................................................................................................................................................... 38 Introduction .............................................................................................................................................. 39 Methods .................................................................................................................................................... 40 Literature search .................................................................................................................................. 40 Results and discussion .............................................................................................................................. 40 Fire regimes and woody invasions ....................................................................................................... 40 Fire, invasion and the plant community: contrasts between grasses and woody invaders ................... 43 Fire and management of woody invasive species ................................................................................ 46 Conclusions .............................................................................................................................................. 49