This study investigates the influence of fire frequency on woody vegetation in northern Gonarezhou National Park (GNP), Zimbabwe. The study first examines the nature of fire frequency patterns in the GNP, their relationship with rainfall and later, the resultant impacts of fires on woodlands. The break point year in the fire occurrence trends in GNP was 1987. There was a strong positive correlation between number of fires and year (r = 0.79) between 1969 and 1987. In contract, between 1987 and 2005, there was a negative correlation between number of fires and year (r = 0.49). There was a...