Fire regimes and demographic responses interact to threaten woody species

本项目旨在扩展和测试预测火-气候相互作用对植物物种持久性影响的间隔挤压概念模型。复杂的过程影响未来物种的持久性，需要一个基于证据的概念框架。该项目横跨两大洲，将量化火灾间隔缩短、降雨量减少和温度升高对木本植物物种的影响。现场证据涵盖全球变化预测、代表关键系统优势和功能响应类型的生态系统和物种。该项目将把这些数据综合到更大的模拟模型中，并扩展其概念框架，直接为保护和火灾管理提供信息。

This project aims to extend and test an Interval Squeeze conceptual model which predicts fire-climate interaction effects on plant species persistence. Complex processes affect future species persistence, and an evidence-based conceptual framework is needed. Working across two continents, this project will quantify the effects of projected shortening of fire intervals, lower rainfall and elevated temperatures on woody plant species. Field evidence spans global change predictions, ecosystems and species representing key system dominants and functional response types. The project will synthesise this data into larger simulation models and extend its conceptual framework to directly inform conservation and fire management.