Search
All content is free for everyone to browse, read and share. You’ll find journal articles and non-peer reviewed grey literature. Type keywords into the search box or Use the filtering options below to browse the content.
Showing 48 results
Fire is important for the maintenance and conservation of African savanna ecosystems. Despite the importance of fire intensity as a key element of the...
Read moreFrequent fires are often proposed as a way of preventing woody encroachment in savannas, yet few studies have examined whether high-intensity fires ca...
Read moreClimate change is driving changes in fire frequency and intensity, making it more urgent for conservation managers to understand how species and ecosy...
Read moreWoody thickening or 'bush encroachment' is a growing concern in savannas worldwide, and can reportedly be reversed by applying high-intensity fires. P...
Read moreRestoration priorities are typically established without quantitative information on how to overcome the thresholds that preclude successful restorati...
Read moreThe effect was studied of prescribed fire on the pattern and level of seedling recruitment of 7 shrubs (Eremophila mitchellii, E. sturtii, Geijera par...
Read moreFires are common in many ecosystems world-wide, and are frequently used as a management tool. Although the responses of herbivores to fire have been w...
Read moreSouth African fynbos vegetation, principally Protea repens and P. neriifolia, is fire-prone and susceptible to invasion by alien shrubs. Changes in bi...
Read moreIn a study of 14 experimental fires in tall open sclerophyllous shrubland in 2 state forests, rates of spread ranged from 0.04 to 0.89 m/s, flame leng...
Read moreWhile many ecosystems depend on fire to maintain biodiversity, non-native plant invasions can enhance fire intensity, suppressing native species and g...
Read more