Agroecology for adaptation to climate change and resource depletion in the Mediterranean region. A review

E Aguilera, C Díaz-Gaona, R García-Laureano… - Agricultural …, 2020 - Elsevier
Mediterranean agriculture has coevolved with harsh environments and changing climate
conditions over millennia, generating an extremely rich heritage of traditional knowledge; …

[HTML][HTML] Typology and distribution of small farms in Europe: Towards a better picture

N Guiomar, S Godinho, T Pinto-Correia, M Almeida… - Land use policy, 2018 - Elsevier
The contribution of small farms to local food supply, food security and food sovereignty is
widely acknowledged at a global level. In the particular case of Europe, they often are seen …

Social and historical dimensions of wildfire research and the consideration given to practical knowledge: a systematic review

J Sousa, C Çinar, M Carmo, MAS Malagoli - Natural Hazards, 2022 - Springer
Existing knowledge about fires has been challenged by changes in forests and wildfire
regimes. We carried out a systematic literature review involving both a global and a case …

Post‐disturbance canopy recovery and the resilience of Europe's forests

C Senf, R Seidl - Global Ecology and Biogeography, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Forest ecosystems around the globe are facing increasing natural and human
disturbances. Increasing disturbances can challenge forest resilience, that is, the capacity of …

Towards a comprehensive wildfire management strategy for Mediterranean areas: Framework development and implementation in Catalonia, Spain

FJ Alcasena, AA Ager, JD Bailey, N Pineda… - Journal of environmental …, 2019 - Elsevier
Southern European countries rely largely on fire suppression and ignition prevention to
manage a growing wildfire problem. We explored a more wholistic, long-term approach …

Assessing wildfire exposure to communities and protected areas in Portugal

F Alcasena, A Ager, Y Le Page, P Bessa, C Loureiro… - Fire, 2021 - mdpi.com
During the 2017 wildfire season in Portugal, unprecedented episodes burned 6% of the
country's area and underscored the need for a long-term comprehensive solution to mitigate …

Analysing eucalypt expansion in Portugal as a fire-regime modifier

PM Fernandes, N Guiomar, CG Rossa - Science of the total environment, 2019 - Elsevier
Eucalypts, especially blue gum (Eucalyptus globulus), have been extensively planted in
Portugal and nowadays dominate most of its forest landscapes. Large-scale forestation …

Spatiotemporal land-use dynamics in continental Portugal 1995–2018

A Alves, F Marcelino, E Gomes, J Rocha, M Caetano - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
Monitoring land-use patterns and its trends provides useful information for impact evaluation
and policy design. The latest in-depth studies of land-use dynamics for continental Portugal …

Land use change towards forests and wooded land correlates with large and frequent wildfires in Italy

D Ascoli, JV Moris, M Marchetti, L Sallustio - Annals of Silvicultural …, 2021 - iris.unito.it
It is commonly believed that wildfires in southern Europe have been favored by the
encroachment of flammable vegetation on cultivated and grazed areas no longer managed …

Maintaining natural and traditional cultural green infrastructures across Europe: learning from historic and current landscape transformations

P Angelstam, M Manton, T Yamelynets, M Fedoriak… - Landscape …, 2021 - Springer
Context Maintaining functional green infrastructures (GIs) require evidence-based
knowledge about historic and current states and trends of representative land cover types …