Fire, usualy a detrimental factor makes changes in comonly structure and functions when it ispracticed properly. In countries like Australia, South Africa, Japan and Texas in USA etc., fire is used as a tol to manage the natural ecosystems in productive condition on the basis of ecological approach. However, in developing countries like India there is efective measure to use and control fire in rangelands. This review provides knowledge on changes in sociological characters of plants, biomass profile, cycling of materials and Further, the informations furnished in this article will be more useful for the forest managers, planers of rangelands and administrators in countries like India and tropical countries with similar bioclimatic conditions to prepare appropriate management plans where the fire is an integral factor.
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