Vegetation types & flammability

How do different vegetation types differ in their global flammability?

Lightning & wildfires

Where in the world is lightning most likely to strike?

Plant communities and fire

How do fire regimes differ across vegetation types?

Individual plants and fire

What different strategies do plants have to survive fire?

Post-fire conditions

How has the habitat changed?

More plant responses to fire

Are some species fire dependents?

Plant life-history traits & fire responses

Can we classify plant responses to fire?

Plant life-history & survival

Why does life-history matter?

Obligate seeders & fire regime

Will obligate seeders survive changing fire regimes?

Fire regime & tree survival

Which trees will survive?

Eucalyptus seedling survival & fire

How do seedlings establish in relation to fire?

Bandicoot survival & fire frequency

What determines bandicoot survival?

Investigating declining species

Who is in decline and why?

Ant communities & fire

How does fire regime affect ant community composition?

Community & ecosystem dynamics

Have ideas changed?

Successional pathways and fire

How do fire regimes affect successional pathways?

Community resilience

Is community resilience to fire surprising?

Fauna communities & fire

How resilient is savanna fauna to fire?

Nitrogen & fires

How is the nitrogen budget affected by fire?

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