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The gap

Consensus across the literature

Supporting evidence — 4 representative gaps

• The species diversity × fire severity relationship is hump‐shaped in semiarid yellow pine and mixed conifer forests (2019) · doi

  While ecosystem impacts of altered fire regimes have been examined in the literature, little is known of the effects of changing fire regimes on forest understory plant diversity even though understory taxa comprise the vast majority of forest plant species and play vital roles in overall ecosystem function.

  Keywords: ecosystem fire regimes forest understory plant impacts altered examined literature little known effects changing diversity
• Effects of Time‐Since‐Fire on Vegetation Composition and Structures in Semi‐Arid Perennial Grassland on the Loess Plateau, China (2013) · doi

  Abstract Although there is an increased understanding of fire's role in maintaining grassland ecosystems, few studies on vegetation develops after a fire disturbance has been reported in arid perennial grasslands on the Loess Plateau.

  Keywords: fire abstract there increased understanding role maintaining grassland ecosystems vegetation develops disturbance reported arid perennial
• Fire regimes and environmental gradients shape vertebrate and plant distributions in temperate eucalypt forests (2017) · doi

  Problems common to fire scientists and managers worldwide include a limited knowledge of how multiple taxonomic groups within a given ecosystem respond to recurrent fires, and how interactions between fire regimes and environmental gradients influence biodiversity.

  Keywords: fire problems common scientists managers worldwide include limited knowledge multiple taxonomic groups within given ecosystem
• Rethinking fire‐adapted species in an altered fire regime (2020) · doi

  We investigate an understudied link in this framework: how juvenile ponderosa pine ( Pinus ponderosa ) and white fir ( Abies lowiana ) growth and mortality rates are affected by shrub competition following stand‐replacing fire.

  Keywords: ponderosa investigate understudied link framework juvenile pine pinus white abies lowiana growth mortality rates affected