Aim: An emerging framework for tropical ecosystems states that fire activity is either “fuel build-up limited” or “fuel moisture limited”, that is, as you move up along rainfall gradients, the major control on fire occurrence ...

Question: Is domestic cattle an appropriate surrogate for fire in a protected humid temperate savanna? Study area: El Palmar Grande de Colón (31°52' S, 58°17' W), Argentina. Methods: We surveyed dense Butia yatay palm ...

Woody plants have been encroaching into savannas on a global scale. Global climatic changes, along with changes to disturbance regimes, are considered to be the main drivers of this process. Particularly, many formerly ...

Tropical savannas have been increasingly viewed as an opportunity for carbon sequestration through fire suppression and afforestation, but insufficient attention has been given to the consequences for biodiversity. To ...

The cerrado is the most extensive savanna ecosystem of South America and a biodiversity hotspot, harboring a diverse flora ([7,000 species) with high levels of endemism. More than 50 % of the cerrado's approximately 2 ...

Environmental conditions influence specialized plant metabolism. However, many studies aiming to understand these modulations have been conducted with model plants and/or under controlled conditions, thus not reflecting ...