Many of the processes that can occur in mountainous landscapes have the potential to
significantly affect fire behaviour and bushfire risk in general. These processes can lead to …

Recent results from EU-sponsored projects have shed new light on the workings of the
atmosphere in the Mediterranean Basin, where a large airmass becomes trapped and …

Fire is a dominant ecological factor in Mediterranean ecosystems, and changes in the fire
regime can have important consequences for the stability of our landscapes. In this …

In the semiarid areas of the Mediterranean basin, restoration activities during the XXth
century have mainly relied on extensive plantations of Pinus halepensis, which now cover …

In past decades, the European Mediterranean has undergone widespread land use
transformations. These are largely driven by changes of socio-economic conditions, such as …

The Ayora region, situated about 60 km southwest of the city of Valencia/Spain, was chosen
to demonstrate pathways of characterizing fire events and post-fire succession in …

Cork oak,(Quercus suber) is widely distributed in the Mediterranean region, an area subject
to frequent fires. The ash produced by burning can have impacts on the soil status and water …

This work focuses on the spatial and temporal variability of burnt area (BA) in the entire
Iberian Peninsula (IP) and on the construction of statistical models to reproduce the inter …

In the last half of the twentieth century, the precipitation regime on the Spanish east coast
showed an overall pattern of reduction in precipitation totals. This work presents the results …

Given the increasing need for complete rainfall data networks, in recent years have been
proposed diverse methods for filling gaps in observed precipitation series, progressively …