In many parts of the world forest disturbance regimes have intensified recently, and future
climatic changes are expected to amplify this development further in the coming decades …

Climate change, alteration of atmospheric composition, land abandonment in some areas
and land use intensification in others, wildfires and biological invasions threaten forests …

Old-growth forests are often looked at as a reference for naturalness. Analyzing their
successional pathways can provide valuable information on the main drivers of succession …

The capacity of a forest ecosystem to recover following major disturbances depends on the
regeneration characteristics of the species and the environment at the time of establishment …

Early stages of post-fire regeneration are sensitive to various factors, and can provide critical
information for understanding forest responses to fire disturbance and projecting …

Chilean territory is recurrently affected by severe wildfires, which drastically reduce the forest
cover and promote runoff, soil erosion and slope instabilities. To understand how the …

Floods and forest fires are two of the most devastating natural hazards with severe
socioeconomic, environmental as well as aesthetic impacts on the affected areas …

Considering that diverse fire severities can affect soil properties differently, the aim of this
study was to examine to what extent changes in soil properties caused by fire could …

Climate change is a key driver of increased wildfire activity globally. Whilst the recovery of
plant communities after fire is generally understood, the impacts on ecological processes …

The European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) is one of the most ecologically and economically
important tree species in Europe. Nonetheless, post-fire ecological processes in beech …