[HTML][HTML] Tree species flammability based on plant traits: A synthesis

Z Popović, S Bojović, M Marković, A Cerdà - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
The occurrence of large and recurring forest fires has long been associated with fire-prone
environments, but this perception has been shifted rapidly in recent decades as Earths' …

Tissue-level flammability testing: A review of existing methods and a comparison of a novel hot plate design to an Epiradiator design

JV Celebrezze, I Boving, MA Moritz - Fire, 2023 - mdpi.com
Increased wildfire frequency and size has led to a surge in flammability research, most of
which investigates landscape-level patterns and wildfire dynamics. There has been a recent …

Changes in multi-level biodiversity and soil features in a burned beech forest in the southern Italian coastal mountain

A Stinca, M Ravo, R Marzaioli, G Marchese, A Cordella… - Forests, 2020 - mdpi.com
In the context of global warming and increasing wildfire occurrence, this study aims to
examine, for the first time, the changes in multi-level biodiversity and key soil features …

[HTML][HTML] Long-term recovery of Mediterranean ant and bee communities after fire in southern Spain

JM Vidal-Cordero, E Angulo, FP Molina… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Wildfires play a determinant role in the composition and structure of animal communities,
especially for groups closely associated with the vegetation and soil, such as bees or ants …

Tree Growth Response to Low-Intensity Prescribed Burning in Pinus nigra Stands: Effects of Burn Season and Fire Severity

J Espinosa, D Martin-Benito, Ó Rodríguez de Rivera… - Applied Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
The study of the short-term post-burn tree growth in a mixed stand of Pinus nigra and Pinus
pinaster and in a pure stand of P. nigra in the Cuenca Mountains (Spain) will enable us to …

Fire Severity Influences Ecophysiological Responses of Pinus pinaster Ait

F Niccoli, A Esposito, S Altieri… - Frontiers in Plant Science, 2019 - frontiersin.org
The effect of fire severity on Pinus pinaster growth and ecophysiological responses was
evaluated in four burned sites of Vesuvio National Park, Southern Italy. After the wildfire of …

Stable isotopes in tree rings record physiological trends in Larix gmelinii after fires

Y Zhang, Q Qin, Q Zhu, X Sun, Y Bai, Y Liu - Tree Physiology, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Fire is an important regulator of ecosystem dynamics in boreal forests, and in particular has
a complicated association with growth and physiological processes of fire-tolerant tree …

Empirical Modelling of Stem Cambium Heating Caused by Prescribed Burning in Mediterranean Pine Forest

J Madrigal, Ó Rodríguez de Rivera, C Carrillo… - Fire, 2023 - mdpi.com
Little is known about the interactions between the variables involved in the post-fire
response of Mediterranean pine species to prescribed burning (PB). Thus, it is essential to …

[HTML][HTML] Role of serotiny on Pinus pinaster Aiton germination and its relation to mother plant age and fire severity

O Cruz, J Garcia-Duro, M Casal… - iForest-Biogeosciences …, 2019 - iforest.sisef.org
Serotiny degree may hypothetically depend on mother plant age and fire severity, and fire
severity can strongly affect the regeneration of Pinus pinaster Aiton, which is an obligate …

How does water availability affect the allocation to bark in a Mediterranean conifer?

RC Martín-Sanz, R San-Martín, H Poorter… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Bark thickness is a key structural feature in woody plants in the protection against fire. We
used 19 provenances of Pinus halepensis, an obligate-seeder species, in a replicated …