Climate change impact on future wildfire danger and activity in southern Europe: a review

J Dupuy, H Fargeon, N Martin-StPaul, F Pimont… - Annals of Forest …, 2020 - Springer
Key message Wildfire danger and burnt areas should increase over the century in southern
Europe, owing to climate warming. Fire-prone area expansion to the north and to …

The influence of land abandonment on forest disturbance regimes: a global review

G Mantero, D Morresi, R Marzano, R Motta… - Landscape …, 2020 - Springer
Context Since the nineteenth century, rural areas have experienced progressive
abandonment mostly due to socioeconomic changes, with direct and indirect effects on …

Tamm Review: Shifting global fire regimes: Lessons from reburns and research needs

SJ Prichard, CS Stevens-Rumann… - Forest Ecology and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Across the globe, rising temperatures and altered precipitation patterns have caused
persistent regional droughts, lengthened fire seasons, and increased the number of weather …

Tamm review: Does salvage logging mitigate subsequent forest disturbances?

AB Leverkus, B Buma, J Wagenbrenner… - Forest Ecology and …, 2021 - Elsevier
After natural forest disturbances such as wildfires, windstorms and insect outbreaks, salvage
logging is commonly applied to reduce economic losses and mitigate subsequent …

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 …

The impacts of climate change on groundwater quality: A review

PU Dao, AG Heuzard, TXH Le, J Zhao, R Yin… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Groundwater has been known as the second largest freshwater storage in the world,
following surface water. Over the years, groundwater has already been under overwhelming …

Biogeographic variability in wildfire severity and post-fire vegetation recovery across the European forests via remote sensing-derived spectral metrics

A Nolè, A Rita, MF Spatola, M Borghetti - Science of the Total Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
Wildfires have large-scale and profound effects on forest ecosystems, and they force burned
forest areas toward a wide range of post-fire successional trajectories from simple reduction …

Bottom-up variables govern large-fire size in Portugal

PM Fernandes, T Monteiro-Henriques, N Guiomar… - Ecosystems, 2016 - Springer
Large fires and their impacts are a growing concern as changes in climate and land use
proceed. The study of large-fire controls remains incipient in comparison with other …

Understanding the long-term dynamics of forest transition: From deforestation to afforestation in a Mediterranean landscape (Catalonia, 1868–2005)

T Cervera, J Pino, J Marull, R Padró, E Tello - Land use policy, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract As other Mediterranean areas, Catalonia has experienced a forest transition
following rural abandonment during the last sixty years. The GIS reconstruction of three land …

Fractional vegetation cover ratio estimated from radiative transfer modeling outperforms spectral indices to assess fire severity in several Mediterranean plant …

JM Fernández-Guisuraga, L Calvo, C Quintano… - Remote Sensing of …, 2023 - Elsevier
The obtention of wall-to-wall fire severity estimates through reliable remote sensing-based
techniques that align with management needs is a critical factor in post-fire decision-making …