# Learning outcomes

After studying this course, you should be able to:

- explain why fire is an important component of healthy ecosystems
- explain what is meant by a ‘fire regime’ and how changes in fire regimes can lead to changes in ecosystems
- describe some adaptive features of plants that have evolved in response to fire
- describe how some animals avoid fires and/or benefit from the aftermath of natural fires
- explain how global warming may result in an increase in both the frequency and intensity of fires.

OpenLearn - Fire ecology
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