[HTML][HTML] Humans as niche constructors: Revisiting the concept of chronic anthropogenic disturbances in ecology

UP Albuquerque, PHS Gonçalves, WSF Júnior… - Perspectives in Ecology …, 2018 - Elsevier
The ecology has witnessed a strong conceptual shift regarding the transition from human-
free to human-dominated ecosystems. Nevertheless, human beings are still treated as …

[HTML][HTML] The role of plant species on runoff and soil erosion in a Mediterranean shrubland

A Cerdà, ME Lucas-Borja, I Franch-Pardo… - Science of The Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Shrubland is a Mediterranean biome characterized by densely growing evergreen shrubs
adapted to fire events. To date, scientific research has focused on the impact of vegetation …

Wildfire effects on soil properties in fire-prone pine ecosystems: Indicators of burn severity legacy over the medium term after fire

V Fernández-García, J Miesel, MJ Baeza, E Marcos… - Applied Soil …, 2019 - Elsevier
The aim of this study was to determine the effects of burn severity on soil properties
(chemical, biochemical and microbiological) in fire-prone pine ecosystems three years after …

Long-term impact of wildfire on soils exposed to different fire severities. A case study in Cadiretes Massif (NE Iberian Peninsula)

M Francos, X Úbeda, P Pereira, M Alcañiz - Science of the Total …, 2018 - Elsevier
Wildfires affect ecosystems depending on the fire regime. Long-term studies are needed to
understand the ecological role played by fire, especially as regards its impact on soils. The …

High-severity wildfire reduces richness and alters composition of ectomycorrhizal fungi in low-severity adapted ponderosa pine forests

MF Pulido-Chavez, EC Alvarado, TH DeLuca… - Forest Ecology and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa) forests are increasingly experiencing high-severity,
stand-replacing fires. Whereas alterations to aboveground ecosystems have been …

Short-term effects of burn severity on ecosystem multifunctionality in the northwest Iberian Peninsula

S Huerta, E Marcos, V Fernández-García… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Severe wildfires cause important changes in vegetation and soil properties in Mediterranean
ecosystems. The aim of this work was to evaluate ecosystem multifunctionality through the …

Wildfire effects on diversity and composition in soil bacterial communities

LES de Miera, R Pinto, JJ Gutierrez-Gonzalez… - Science of The Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
In recent years, the Mediterranean area has witnessed an increase of both the frequency
and severity of large fires, which appears to be intimately associated with climate and land …

Evaluation of geomorphometric characteristics and soil properties after a wildfire using Sentinel-2 MSI imagery for future fire-safe forest

T Dindaroglu, E Babur, T Yakupoglu… - Fire safety journal, 2021 - Elsevier
Understanding spatiotemporal geomorphological and pedological changes as a
consequence of wildfires can allow stakeholders, land planners, and policymakers to design …

Remote sensing applied to the study of fire regime attributes and their influence on post-fire greenness recovery in pine ecosystems

V Fernández-García, C Quintano, A Taboada… - Remote Sensing, 2018 - mdpi.com
We aimed to analyze the relationship between fire regime attributes and the post-fire
greenness recovery of fire-prone pine ecosystems over the short (2-year) and medium (5 …

A 13-year approach to understand the effect of prescribed fires and livestock grazing on soil chemical properties in Tivissa, NE Iberian Peninsula

M Alcañiz, X Úbeda, A Cerdà - Forests, 2020 - mdpi.com
The high density of fuel accumulated in the Mediterranean ecosystems due to land
abandonment results in high severity fires. Traditional fire practices and livestock grazing …