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Beale, ColinDepartment of Biology, University of York, Heslington, York, UK
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Pyrodiversity interacts with rainfall to increase bird andmammal richness in African savannas
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2018-02-14
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Wiley,2018
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LIBRIS-ID:oai:DiVA.org:uu-342005
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https://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-342005URI
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https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.12921DOI
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Fire is a fundamental process in savannas and is widely used for management. Pyrodiversity, variation in local fire characteristics, has been proposed as a driver of biodiversity although empirical evidence is equivocal. Using a new measure of pyrodiversity (Hempsonet al.), we undertook the first continent-wide assessment of how pyrodiversity affects biodiversity in protected areas across African savannas. The influence of pyrodiversity on bird and mammal species richness varied with rainfall: strongest support for a positive effect occurred in wet savannas (>650 mm/year), where species richness increased by 27% for mammals and 40% for birds in the most pyrodiverse regions. Range-restricted birds were most increased by pyrodiversity, suggesting the diversity of fire regimes increases the availability of rare niches. Our findings are significant because they explain the conflicting results found in previous studies of savannas. We argue that managing savanna landscapes to increase pyrodiversity is especially important in wet savannas.
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Courtney Mustaphi, ColinYork Institute for Tropical Ecosystems, Environment Department, University of York, Heslington, York, UK(Swepub:uu)colco127
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Morrison, ThomasInstitute of Biodiversity, Animal Health and Comparative Medicine, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
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Archibald, SallyCentre for African Ecology, School of Animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.; Natural Resources and the Environment, CSIR, Pretoria, South Africa
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Anderson, T. MichaelDepartment of Biology, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA
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Dobson, AndrewEcology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA
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Donaldson, JasonCentre for African Ecology, School of Animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
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Hempson, GaethCentre for African Ecology, School of Animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.; South African Environmental Observation Network (SAEON), Ndlovu Node, Phalaborwa, Kruger National Park, South Africa
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Probert, JamesDepartment of Earth, Ocean & Ecological Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
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Parr, CatherineCentre for African Ecology, School of Animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.; Department of Earth, Ocean & Ecological Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK.; Department of Zoology & Entomology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
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Department of Biology, University of York, Heslington, York, UKYork Institute for Tropical Ecosystems, Environment Department, University of York, Heslington, York, UK
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Ingår i:Ecology Letters: Wiley21:4, s. 557-5671461-023X1461-0248
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