Soils are an important natural capital and can be negatively affected by high severity fires.
The capacity of soil to recover from the degradation caused by fire disturbance depends on …

Forest ecosystems in the Mediterranean Basin are mostly situated in the north of the Basin
(mesic). In the most southern and dry areas, the forest can only exist where topography …

This study evaluated the opportunities and challenges of using drones to obtain
multispectral orthomosaics at ultra-high resolution that could be useful for monitoring large …

Background Mediterranean ecosystems dominated by Pinus pinaster Ait.(maritime pine) are
subject to a shift from fuel-limited to drought-driven fire regimes, characterized by an …

Straw and wood chips have been widely used as mulch materials to control post-fire erosion
in burned forests. However, their effects on ecosystem multifunctionality (EMF) have been …

In Mediterranean-climate areas, wildfires have an important ecological role, selecting
organisms, influencing species composition and structure of vegetation, and shaping …

Fire frequency has been highlighted as an important component of fire effects on
ecosystems; nevertheless, there is scarce information about how fire modulates changes in …

Abstract Changes in climate and land use are altering fire regimes in many regions across
the globe. This work aims to study the influence of wildfire recurrence and burn severity on …

Forest fires are a common disturbance in many forest systems in the world and in particular
in the Mediterranean region. Their origins can be either natural or anthropogenic. The …

Prescribed fires have been applied in many countries as a useful management tool to
prevent large forest fires. Knowledge on burn severity is of great interest for predicting post …