Many terrestrial ecosystems are fire prone, such that their composition and structure are
largely due to their fire regime. Regions subject to regular fire have exceptionally high levels …

Aim Pyrodiversity is the spatial or temporal variability in fire effects across a landscape.
Multiple ecological hypotheses, when applied to the context of post‐fire systems, suggest …

Fire management is increasingly focusing on introducing heterogeneity in burning patterns
under the assumption that “pyrodiversity begets biodiversity.” This concept has been …

Fire has a major impact on the structure and function of many ecosystems globally.
Pyrodiversity, the diversity of fires within a region (where diversity is based on fire …

Aim Understanding the drivers of global diversity has challenged ecologists for decades.
Drivers related to the environment, productivity and heterogeneity are considered primary …

Data are presented indicating a seasonal mosaic pattern of burning in the savanna of
southern Mali. A seasonal mosaic is a landscape that is annually re-created by people, and …

Fire is a large‐scale phenomenon that affects ecosystems in many parts of the world.
Wildfires can have highly destructive effects on habitats and the biota they support, and land …

1. Despite the fact that fire is considered an important disturbance in savannas across the
world and is used widely as a management tool in conservation areas, little is known about …

Anthropogenic fire has long shaped landscapes and livelihoods in South American savanna
environments. With the growing recognition of the failures of fire suppression policies and …

Like other African countries, Madagascar is concerned by vegetation cover degradation
especially in savanna ecosystems. In this article, we describe an approach to quantify and …