Phenology has achieved a prominent position in current scenarios of global change
research given its role in monitoring and predicting the timing of recurrent life cycle events …

Resprouting as a response to disturbance is now widely recognized as a key functional trait
among woody plants and as the basis for the persistence niche. However, the underlying …

摘要植物功能性状是指植物体具有的与其定植, 存活, 生长和死亡紧密相关的一系列核心植物
属性, 且这些属性能够显著影响生态系统功能, 并能够反映植被对环境变化的响应 …

摘要植物性状反映了植物对生长环境的响应和适应, 将环境, 植物个体和生态系统结构,
过程与功能联系起来(所谓的“植物功能性状”). 该文介绍了植物功能性状的分类体系 …

This book explores the geography, ecology, and antiquity of'open ecosystems', which
include grasslands, savannas, and shrublands. They occur in climates that can support …

Abstract Australia's 2019–2020 'Black Summer'bushfires burnt more than 8 million hectares
of vegetation across the south-east of the continent, an event unprecedented in the last 200 …

There are two broad mechanisms by which plant populations persist under recurrent
disturbances: resprouting from surviving tissues, and seedling recruitment. Species can …

People depend on benefits provided by ecological systems. Understanding how these
ecosystem services–and the ecosystem properties underpinning them–respond to drivers of …

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 …

Exploring the role of fire in each of the five Mediterranean-type climate ecosystems, this
book offers a unique view of the evolution of fire-adapted traits and the role of fire in shaping …