Soil, a non-renewable resource, sustains life on Earth by supporting around 95% of global
food production and providing ecosystem services such as biomass production, filtration of …

Fire has always been a driving factor of life on Earth. Now that mankind has definitely joined
the other environmental forces in shaping the planet, lots of species are threatened by …

The ecosystem response to fire is often linked to fire severity and recurrence, with potentially
large consequences on both aboveground and below–ground processes. Understanding …

Fire is an ecological disturbance that alters soil microbiomes and the functions they mediate
in terrestrial ecosystems. Soil microbial diversity in Mediterranean Basin ecosystems shows …

Oak forests accompanied by Cistus species are a common landscape in the Mediterranean
basin. It is argued that Cistus dominated fields serve as recruitment areas for Quercus …

Cistus scrublands are pyrophytic ecosystems and occur widely across Mediterranean
regions. Management of these scrublands is critical to prevent major disturbances, such as …

Climate change, which leads to higher temperatures, droughts, and storms, is expected to
have a strong effect on both health of forest trees and associated biodiversity. The aim of this …

In the context of global change, wildfires are not only a threat but are also increasing in their
severity in forest ecosystems worldwide, affecting and modifying vegetation, wildlife, and …

Cistus ladanifer-dominated ecosystems are widely distributed in the Western Mediterranean
basin and are affected by recurrent fires. Although these scrublands were traditionally …

Background More than a decade of fire suppression has changed the structure of fire-
adapted shrubland ecosystems in Spain's National Parks, which are now at extreme risk of …