Mediterranean landscapes are in a state of flux due to the impacts of changing land‐use
patterns and climate. Fuel–weather interactions determine that large, severe wildfires are …

Pseudoreplication is defined as the use of inferential statistics to test for treatment effects
where treatments are not replicated and/or replicates are not statistically independent. It is a …

Temperate peatlands represent a substantial store of carbon and their degradation is a
potentially significant positive feedback to climate change. The ignition of peat deposits can …

Fire has been used for centuries to generate and manage some of the UK's cultural landscapes.
Despite its complex role in the ecology of UK peatlands and moorlands, there has been …

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

Atmospheric particulate matter (PM) pollution has become a major global public health
concern, particularly in urbanizing and rapidly developing nations such as China. Health effects …

Managed and wild fires play a significant role in the ecology of heathlands in the UK but we
currently have little ability to forecast fire behaviour or the likelihood of accidental wildfires. …

Abiotic conditions, biotic factors, and disturbances can act as filters that control community
structure and composition. Understanding the relative importance of these drivers would allow …

Peatland ecosystems are of global conservation and environmental importance storing
globally significant amounts of ancient carbon, regulating regional temperatures and …

The future status of peatlands as carbon stores/sinks is uncertain given current and predicted
environmental change. Several factors can affect the magnitude of the peatland carbon …