Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B (RSS)

The influence of changing fire regimes on specialized plant–animal interactions
by Felicity E. CharlesApril E. ResideAnnabel L. Smith1School of the Environment, Faculty of Science, The University of Queensland, Saint Lucia 4072, Queensland, Australia on 17 April 2025 at 07:00
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, Volume 380, Issue 1924, April 2025.
Collapse and recovery of livestock systems shape fire regimes on the Eurasian steppe: a review of ecosystem and biodiversity implications
by Johannes KampTejas BhagwatNorbert HölzelIlya Smelansky1Department of Conservation Biology, University of Göttingen, Göttingen 37073, Germany2Institute of Landscape Ecology, University of Münster, Münster 48149, Germany3Association for the Conservation of Biodiversity of Kazakhstan (ACBK), Astana 010000, Kazakhstan on 17 April 2025 at 07:00
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, Volume 380, Issue 1924, April 2025.
Quantifying wildfire risk to the built environment in rural rangelands of the US Interior West
by Devan McGranahanCarissa Wonkka1USDA-ARS Fort Keogh Livestock and Range Research Laboratory, Miles City, MT, USA2West Florida Research and Education Center, University of Florida, Milton, FL, USA on 17 April 2025 at 07:00
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, Volume 380, Issue 1924, April 2025.
Novel wildfire regimes under climate change and human activity: patterns, driving mechanisms and ecological impacts
by Zehao ShenKate GiljohannZhihua LiuJuli PausasBrendan Rogers1Institute of Ecology, College of Urban & Environmental Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, People’s Republic of China2Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Canberra, Victoria, Australia3Chinese Academy of Science Institute of Applied Ecology, Shenyang 110016, People’s Republic of China4CIDE/CSIC, Moncada, Valencia 46113, Spain5Woodwell Climate Research Center, Falmouth, MA, USA on 17 April 2025 at 07:00
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, Volume 380, Issue 1924, April 2025.
A global expert elicitation on present-day human–fire interactions
by Cathy SmithOl PerkinsJayalaxshmi MistryBibiana A. BilbaoRebecca Bliege BirdAmy Cardinal ChristiansonKayla Maria de FreitasWolfram DresslerErle C. EllisLudivine EloyCynthia FowlerSimon HaberleJed O. KaplanPaul LarisJames MillingtonClaudia Monzón-Alvarado1Department of Geography, Royal Holloway University of London, Egham, UK2Leverhulme Centre for Wildfires, Environment and Society, London, UK3Department of Geography, King’s College London, London, UK4Departamento de Estudios Ambientales, Universidad Simón Bolívar, Caracas, Venezuela5ART-Dev, Univ Montpellier, CIRAD, CNRS, Univ Paul Valéry Montpellier 3, Univ Perpignan Via Domitia, Montpellier, France6Department of Anthropology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA7Indigenous Leadership Initiative, Quebec, Canada8School of Geography, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia9Geography & Environmental Systems, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, USA10Wofford College, Spartanburg, SC, USA11CABAH, School of Culture, History & Language, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia12Department of Earth, Energy, and Environment, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada13California State University, Long Beach, CA, USA14CONAHCYT – ECOSUR, Lerma, Campeche, Mexico on 17 April 2025 at 07:00
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, Volume 380, Issue 1924, April 2025.
The fire regimes of the Cerrado and their changes through time
by Carlota Segura-GarciaAne AlencarVera L. S. ArrudaDavid BaumanWallace SilvaDhemerson E. ConcianiImma Oliveras Menor1Environmental Change Institute, School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK2IPAM, Brasilia, Brazil3AMAP, Univ Montpellier, IRD, CIRAD, CNRS, INRAE, Montpellier, France on 17 April 2025 at 07:00
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, Volume 380, Issue 1924, April 2025.
Stable isotope analysis in tree rings of conifer species relevant to fire history study
by Mao WeiMengxia LiuYuanfan MaMulualem TigabuKeyan FangXinbin GuoWenxia ZhengFutao Guo1Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, Fujian, People's Republic of China2Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, Fujian, People's Republic of China on 17 April 2025 at 07:00
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, Volume 380, Issue 1924, April 2025.
Local and regional factors influencing historical forest fires in eastern Fennoscandia
by Gargi TariyalRoman FluryJari KoukiTuomas Aakala1Faculty of Science and Forestry, University of Eastern Finland, Joensuu 80101, Pohjois-Karjala, Finland2Forest Resources and Management, Swiss Federal Institute for Forest Snow and Landscape Research WSL, 8903 Birmensdorf, Switzerland3Department of Mathematics, University of Zurich, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland on 17 April 2025 at 07:00
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, Volume 380, Issue 1924, April 2025.
Are fire regimes the result of top-down or bottom-up drivers?
by Juli G. PausasJon E. KeeleyAlexandra D. Syphard1Desertification Research Center (CIDE), CSIC-UV-GV, Moncada, Valencia 46113, Spain2US Geological Survey, Western Ecological Research Center, Three Rivers, CA 93271, USA3University of California-Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA4Conservation Biology Institute, Corvallis, OR 97333, USA on 17 April 2025 at 07:00
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, Volume 380, Issue 1924, April 2025.
Persistent positive anomalies in geopotential heights drive enhanced wildfire activity across Europe
by Kerryn LittleDante Castellanos-AcunaPiyush JainLaura GrahamNicholas KettridgeMike Flannigan1School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK2Department of Renewable Resources, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2E3, Canada3Northern Forestry Centre, Canadian Forest Service, Natural Resources Canada, Edmonton, Alberta T6H 3S5, Canada4Biodiversity, Ecology and Conservation Group, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Vienna 2361, Austria5Department of Natural Resource Science, Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops, British Columbia V2C 0C8, Canada on 17 April 2025 at 07:00
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, Volume 380, Issue 1924, April 2025.
Fire-driven alternative vegetation states across the temperate Andes
by Diego P. RamírezSergio A. EstayAlejandro MirandaJuli G. PausasSusana Paula1Instituto de Ciencias Ambientales y Evolutivas, Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia, Los Ríos, Chile2Institute of Ecology and Biodiversity (IEB), Concepción, Chile3Programa de Magíster en Ecología Aplicada, Escuela de Graduados de la Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia, Los Ríos, Chile4Center of Applied Ecology and Sustainability (CAPES), Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile5Laboratorio de Ecología del Paisaje y Conservación, Departamento de Ciencias Forestales, Universidad de La Frontera, Temuco, Chile6Center for Climate and Resilience Research (CR2), Santiago, Chile7Centre for Fire and Socioecological Systems (FireSES), Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia, Los Ríos, Chile8Centro de Investigaciones sobre Desertificación (CIDE, CSIC-UV-GV), Moncada, Valencia, Spain on 17 April 2025 at 07:00
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, Volume 380, Issue 1924, April 2025.
When is fire weather extreme enough for active fire spread in Canada?
by Xianli WangTom SwystunJacqueline OliverKathryn LevesqueMike D. Flannigan1Northern Forestry Centre, Canadian Forest Service, Natural Resources Canada, Edmonton, Alberta T6H 3S5, Canada2Great Lakes Forestry Centre, Canadian Forest Service, Natural Resources Canada, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario P6A 2E5, Canada3Department of Natural Resource Science, Faculty of Science, Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops, British Columbia V2C 0C8, Canada on 17 April 2025 at 07:00
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, Volume 380, Issue 1924, April 2025.
Post-fire spectral recovery and driving factors across the boreal and temperate forests
by Li Kai LiZhihua LiuWenru XuWenjuan WangJiajia SuQiushuang LvWenhua GuoMarie Johnson1CAS Key Laboratory of Forest Ecology and Silviculture, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, People's Republic of China2University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, People's Republic of China3Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130102, People's Republic of China4State Key Laboratory of Earth Surface Processes and Resource Ecology, Faculty of Geographical Science, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100091, People's Republic of China5Department of Ecosystem and Conservation Sciences, WA Franke College of Forestry and Conservation, University of Montana, Missoula, MT 59812, USA on 17 April 2025 at 07:00
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, Volume 380, Issue 1924, April 2025.
Priority research directions for wildfire science: views from a historically fire-prone and an emerging fire-prone country
by Kerryn LittleRayanne VitaliClaire M. BelcherNicholas KettridgeAdam F.A. PellegriniAdriana E.S. FordAlistair M.S. SmithAndy ElliottApostolos VoulgarakisCathelijne R. StoofCrystal A. KoldenDylan W. SchwilkEric B. KennedyFiona E. Newman ThackerGail R. Millin-ChalabiGareth D. ClayJames I. MorisonJessica L. McCartyKaty IvisonKevin TanseyKimberley J. SimpsonMatthew W. JonesMichelle C. MackPeter Z. FuléRob GazzardSandy P. HarrisonStacey NewSusan E. PageTilly E. HallTim BrownW. Matt JollyStefan Doerr1School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK2WildFIRE Lab, University of Exeter, Exeter, Devon, UK3iClimate, Department of Environmental Science, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Midtjylland, Denmark4University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK5Leverhulme Centre for Wildfires, Environment and Society, Imperial College London, London, UK6Department of Earth and Spatial Sciences, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID, USA7School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Technical University of Crete, Chania, Greece8Soil Physics and Land Management Group, Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands9University of California Merced School of Engineering, Merced, CA, USA10Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, USA11School of Administrative Studies, York University, North York, Canada12Soil Physics and Land Management Group, Wageningen University and Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands13Department of Geography, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK14Forest Research UK, Farnham, UK15NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, USA16School of Geography, Geology and the Environment, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK17Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK18Botany Department, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa19School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK20Center for Ecosystem Science and Society, Department of Biological Sciences, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, USA21School of Forestry, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, USA22Forestry Commission England, Brandon, UK23Defra, London, UK24Geography and Environmental Science, University of Reading, Reading, UK25Met Office Hadley Centre, Exeter, UK26Department of Geography, Durham University, Durham, UK27Desert Research Institute, Reno, Nevada, UK28Rocky Mountain Research Station Missoula Fire Sciences Laboratory, Missoula, MT, USA29Department of Geography, Swansea University, Swansea, UK on 17 April 2025 at 07:00
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, Volume 380, Issue 1924, April 2025.
The effects of fire frequency on leaf and bark flammability strategies in subtropical semi-humid evergreen broadleaved forests in China
by Caifang LuoZehao ShenXinpei WangMingjian XiahouYuyang XieTao YangJuli Pausas1Peking University, Beijing, People's Republic of China2Yunnan University, Kunming, People's Republic of China3Southwest United Graduate School, Kunming, People's Republic of China4CSIC, Montcada, Valencia, Spain on 17 April 2025 at 07:00
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, Volume 380, Issue 1924, April 2025.
The use of fire to preserve biodiversity under novel fire regimes
by Roger Puig-GironèsMarina Palmero-IniestaPaulo M. FernandesImma Oliveras MenorDavide AscoliLuke T. KellyTristan Charles-DominiqueAdrian RegosSandy HarrisonDolors ArmenterasLluís BrotonsSergio de-MiguelGian Luca SpadoniRachel CarmentaManoela MachadoAdrian CardilXavier SantosMaitane ErdozainGuillem CanaletaChristian Niel BerlinckQuel Vilalta-ClapésFlorent MouillotMichele SalisMarcello VerdinelliValentina BacciuPere Pons1Universitat de Girona Departament de Ciencies Ambientals, Girona, Catalunya, Spain2Universitat de Barcelona Departament de Biologia Evolutiva Ecologia i Ciencies Ambientals, Barcelona, Spain3Universidade de Tras-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Vila Real, Portugal4AMAP (Botanique et Modélisation de l'Architecture des Plantes et des Végétations), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement Centre de Montpellier, Montpellier, Occitanie, France5Environmental Change Institute, School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK6University of Torino, Turin, Italy7University of Melbourne, Melbourne, UK8Institute of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Paris, France9Department of Community Diversity and Ecosystem Functioning, Sorbonne University, Paris, France10Forest Science and Technology Centre of Catalonia, Solsona, Spain11Geography and Environmental Science, University of Reading, Reading, UK12Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia13CREAF, Bellaterra, Catalunya Spain14CSIC, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Catalunya Spain15Department of Agricultural and Forest Sciences and Engineering, University of Lleida, Lleida, Spain16AMAP, Montpellier, Occitanie, France17Department of Agriculture, Forest and Food Science; University of Torino, Torino, Italy18Department of Science, Technology and Society; University School for Advanced Studies IUSS Pavia, Pavia, Italy19Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research and School of Global Development, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK20School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK21Woodwell Climate Research Center, Falmouth, MA USA22CIBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal23Pau Costa Foundation, Taradell, Spain24Centro Nacional de Pesquisa e Conservação de Mamíferos Carnívoros, Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade, Atibaia, Brazil25CEFE, Montpellier, Languedoc-Roussillon, France26Institute of BioEconomy National Research Council Sassari Branch, Sassari, Sardegna, Italy on 17 April 2025 at 07:00
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, Volume 380, Issue 1924, April 2025.
Climate, vegetation, people: disentangling the controls of fire at different timescales
by Sandy P. HarrisonOlivia HaasPatrick J. BartleinLuke SweeneyGuoxi Zhang1Leverhulme Centre for Wildfires, Environment and Society, Imperial College London, London SW7 2BW, UK2Geography and Environmental Science, Faculty of Science, University of Reading, Reading RG6 6AH, UK3Department of Geography, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403, USA on 17 April 2025 at 07:00
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, Volume 380, Issue 1924, April 2025.