To inform this debate, we assessed the impact of prescribed fires on diversity of plants (different growth forms), ants, frogs, lizards, birds, and small mammals, in savannas and grasslands of the Brazilian Cerrado. Knowledge gaps on the ideal fire regime, such as how and when to burn, and especially the fear of biodiversity losses, are among the main arguments against fire management applied to remnants of native savanna vegetation. Faced with uncertainty, many decision makers and even scientists are still reluctant to prescribe fire for conservation purposes in fire-prone ecosystems, invoking the precautionary principle.

9Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia (UFU), Uberlândia, BrazilĪlthough savannas are fire-adapted ecosystems, prescribing fire for biodiversity conservation remains controversial at least in some regions where savannas occur.

8Laboratório de Diversidade Animal, Departamento de Biologia, Universidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCar), Campus Sorocaba, Sorocaba, Brazil.

7Seção de Animais Silvestres, Instituto Florestal (IF), São Paulo, Brazil.

6Programa de Pós-graduação em Ecologia Aplicada, Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Piracicaba, Brazil.

5Departamento de Ecologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, Brazil.

4Departamento de Ciências Ambientais (DCA), Instituto de Florestas (IF), Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro (UFRRJ), Seropédica, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

3Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, North Carolina State University (NCSU), Raleigh, NC, United States.

2Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, Brazil.

1Laboratório de Ecologia e Hidrologia Florestal, Floresta Estadual de Assis, Instituto Florestal (IF), Assis, Brazil.

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