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Changes in ecosystem properties after post-fire management strategies in wildfire-affected Mediterranean forests.

Published online: 11 Aug 2021

Authors: Lucas-Borja, M. E. & Delgado-Baquerizo, M. & Muñoz-Rojas, M. & Plaza-Álvarez, P. A. & Gómez-Sanchez, M. E. & González-Romero, J. & Peña-Molina, E. & Moya, D. & Heras, J. de las

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Forest are highly vulnerable to global change drivers, such as an increase in wildfire events. Learning more about how and why different post-fire man...

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Grassland fire dynamics in the Serengeti ecosystem, and a potential method of retrospectively estimating fire energy.

Published online: 06 Jul 1990

Authors: Stronach, N. R. H. & McNaughton, S. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Grassland plots in the Serengeti National Park were burnt at the beginning of the 1986 dry season during the period of max. fire frequency. The availa...

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High-intensity fires may have limited medium-term effectiveness for reversing woody plant encroachment in an African savanna.

Published online: 23 Aug 2023

Authors: Strydom, T. & Smit, I. P. J. & Govender, N. & Coetsee, C. & Jenia Singh & Davies, A. B. & Wilgen, B. W. van

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Woody thickening or 'bush encroachment' is a growing concern in savannas worldwide, and can reportedly be reversed by applying high-intensity fires. P...

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FIRETOOL: an expert system for the use of prescribed fires in Brazilian savannas.

Published online: 10 Aug 1996

Authors: Pivello, V. R. & Norton, G. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A prototype expert system, FIRETOOL, was developed to help decision makers and managers use prescribed burns for the ecological management of Brazilia...

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Fire management in Mediterranean-climate shrublands: a case study from the Cape fynbos, South Africa.

Published online: 26 May 2010

Authors: Wilgen, B. W. van & Forsyth, G. G. & Klerk, H. de & Sonali Das & Khuluse, S. & Schmitz, P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Fire is an important process in Mediterranean-ecosystem shrublands, and prescribed burning is often used to manage these ecosystems. Analyses of past ...

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Fire intensity, fire severity and ecosystem response in heathlands: factors affecting the regeneration of Calluna vulgaris.

Published online: 07 Apr 2010

Authors: Davies, G. M. & Smith, A. A. & MacDonald, A. J. & Bakker, J. D. & Legg, C. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Upland heaths in the UK are of significant conservation importance. Large areas are managed through prescribed burning to improve habitat and grazing ...

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The response of sub-adult savanna trees to six successive annual fires: an experimental field study on the role of fire season.

Published online: 03 Aug 2022

Authors: N'Dri, A. B. & Kpangba, K. P. & Werner, P. A. & Koffi, K. F. & Bakayoko, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In mesic savannas worldwide, trees experience frequent fires, almost all set by humans. Management fires are set to reduce or enhance tree cover. Succ...

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Refining thresholds in coupled fire-vegetation models to improve management of encroaching woody plants in grasslands.

Published online: 12 Jun 2013

Authors: Twidwell, D. & Fuhlendorf, S. D. & Taylor, C. A., Jr. & Rogers, W. E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Restoration priorities are typically established without quantitative information on how to overcome the thresholds that preclude successful restorati...

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Repeated fires trap Amazonian blackwater floodplains in an open vegetation state.

Published online: 28 Sep 2016

Authors: Flores, B. M. & Fagoaga, R. & Nelson, B. W. & Holmgren, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Climate change may increase the occurrence of droughts and fires in the Amazon. Most of our understanding on how fire affects tropical ecosystems is b...

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Spatio-temporal trends in tree cover of a tropical mesic savanna are driven by landscape disturbance.

Published online: 29 Oct 2008

Authors: Lehmann, C. E. R. & Prior, L. D. & Williams, R. J. & Bowman, D. M. J. S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

How tree cover in tropical savannas changes through time and space is a major unresolved issue in ecology due to the complexity of these systems where...

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