Fire as a fundamental ecological process: Research advances and frontiers

KK McLauchlan, PE Higuera, J Miesel… - Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Fire is a powerful ecological and evolutionary force that regulates organismal traits,
population sizes, species interactions, community composition, carbon and nutrient cycling …

Towards a framework for understanding the context dependence of impacts of non‐native tree species

SJ Sapsford, AJ Brandt, KT Davis, G Peralta… - Functional …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Biological invasions are a major driver of ecosystem change but causes of variation in their
environmental impacts over space and time remain poorly understood. Most approaches …

Mapping the effectiveness of nature‐based solutions for climate change adaptation

A Chausson, B Turner, D Seddon… - Global Change …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Nature‐based solutions (NbS) to climate change currently have considerable political
traction. However, national intentions to deploy NbS have yet to be fully translated into …

Projections of fire probability and ecosystem vulnerability under 21st century climate across a trans-Andean productivity gradient in Patagonia

T Kitzberger, F Tiribelli, I Barberá, JH Gowda… - Science of the total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Warming trends are altering fire regimes globally, potentially impacting on the long-term
persistence of some ecosystems. However, we still lack clear understanding of how climatic …

Landscape drivers of recent fire activity (2001-2017) in south-central Chile

DB McWethy, A Pauchard, RA García, A Holz… - PloS one, 2018 - journals.plos.org
In recent decades large fires have affected communities throughout central and southern
Chile with great social and ecological consequences. Despite this high fire activity, the …

[HTML][HTML] Post-fire ecological restoration in Latin American forest ecosystems: Insights and lessons from the last two decades

P Souza-Alonso, G Saiz, RA García, A Pauchard… - Forest Ecology and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Wildfires are responsible for a substantial loss of forest ecosystem services globally and
represent a major driving force of forest degradation across Latin American and the …

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 …

Should tree invasions be used in treeless ecosystems to mitigate climate change?

MA Nuñez, KT Davis, RD Dimarco… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Intentionally allowing or promoting invasion by non‐native trees into areas characterized by
treeless vegetation could contribute to climate‐change mitigation by increasing carbon (C) …

Impacts of invasive alien species on nature, nature's contributions to people, and good quality of life

S Bacher, B Galil, M Nunez, M Ansong… - IPBES Invasive Alien …, 2023 - folia.unifr.ch
“The cardoon (Cynara cardunculus) has a far wider range: it now occurs in these latitudes
on both sides of the Cordillera, across the continent. I saw it in unfrequented spots in Chile …

Global guidelines for the sustainable use of non-native trees to prevent tree invasions and mitigate their negative impacts

G Brundu, A Pauchard, P Pyšek, J Pergl… - NeoBiota, 2020 - iris.uniroma1.it
Sustainably managed non-native trees deliver economic and societal benefits with limited
risk of spread to adjoining areas. However, some plantations have launched invasions that …