The summer of 2003 was characterised by exceptional warm weather in Europe, particularly
during the first two weeks of August, when a devastating sequence of large fires was …

Understanding Precipitation Changes in Iberia in Early Spring: Weather Typing and Storm-Tracking
Approaches in: Journal of Hydrometeorology Volume 7 Issue 1 (2006) Jump to Content …

Abstract In the Iberian Peninsula Mediterranean oak forests have been transformed into a
mosaic landscape of four main patch-types: forests, savannas, shrublands and grasslands …

The impacts of wildfires are increasing in the Mediterranean Basin due to more extreme fire
seasons featuring increasingly fast and high-intensity fires, which often overwhelm the …

Atmospheric emissions from wildfires in Portugal were estimated yearly over the period
1990–2008 using Landsat-based burnt area maps and land cover maps, national forest …

The regions with a climate of the Mediterranean-type have a rainy winter and a dry and hot
summer. They are located on the western side of continents between latitudes 30 to 43° …

Plant life and primary productivity depend on water availability. On Earth, nearly 20% of the
global land surface is too dry to be cultivated. The quest for water and devising ways to use it …

Based on projections that climate changes are will intensify in the near future, it is important
to understand how plants respond to climate. Consequently, we have been studying the …

España presenta una gran variedad de ecosistemas terrestres, muchos de ellos únicos y
todos ellos proporcionando un amplio número de bienes y servicios. Estos ecosistemas han …

This paper presents a model to predict annual wildfire risk in pure and even-aged eucalypt
stands in Portugal. Emphasis was in developing a management-oriented model, ie, a model …