The occurrence of large and recurring forest fires has long been associated with fire-prone
environments, but this perception has been shifted rapidly in recent decades as Earths' …

Wildfires are a global crisis, but current fire models fail to capture vegetation response to
changing climate. With drought and elevated temperature increasing the importance of …

We introduce the AusTraits database-a compilation of values of plant traits for taxa in the
Australian flora (hereafter AusTraits). AusTraits synthesises data on 448 traits across 28,640 …

Roughly 3% of the Earth's land surface burns annually, representing a critical exchange of
energy and matter between the land and atmosphere via combustion. Fires range from slow …

Tropical grasses fuel the majority of fires on Earth. In fire‐prone landscapes, enhanced
flammability may be adaptive for grasses via the maintenance of an open canopy and an …

Forest wildfire impact is widely believed to increase with time since disturbance, presenting
a dilemma for the persistence of fire‐sensitive species. However, in south‐western Australia …

Fire and herbivory both remove aboveground biomass. Environmental factors determine the
type and intensity of these consumers globally, but the traits of plants can also alter their …

Globally, fire regimes are being altered by changing climatic conditions. New fire regimes
have the potential to drive species extinctions and cause ecosystem state changes, with a …

Over the past 15 years, 3 million hectares of forests have been converted into shrublands or
grasslands in the Mediterranean countries of the European Union. Fire and drought are the …

The influence of plant traits on forest fire behaviour has evolutionary, ecological and
management implications, but is poorly understood and frequently discounted. We use a …