Fires are usually seen as a threat for biodiversity conservation in the Mediterranean, but
natural afforestation after abandonment of traditional land uses is leading to the …

Wildfires simplify ecosystems, modifying the ecological niches of the fauna living in the
recently burned areas. Small mammals respond rapidly to changes in habitat structure and …

Background. Habitat complexity, predation risk, and intraspecific competition shape rodent
communities and impact foraging. Wildfires remove vegetation shelter, which increases the …

Rodents respond quickly to changes in habitat structure after wildfires. They constitute
important prey items for vertebrate predators and influence vegetation structure and …

After wildfires, emergency actions and post-fire management are implemented to mitigate
fire damage. Salvage logging is a tool often applied to burned stands, but despite being a …

In flammable ecosystems, forest dynamics are affected by fire suppression, climate change
and changes in land use that cause the frequency and intensity of fires to diverge from …

The habitat accommodation model (HAM) is a theoretical framework that predicts wildlife
community recovery based on their habitat requirements. While post-fire habitat-related …

Stand regeneration is a crucial step in the management of many forests and its failure can
jeopardize future forest growth and production. Thus, adapting forestry practices to improve …

Faunal responses to wildfire depend on the fire effects on direct mortality, habitat structure,
and resource availability for animals. Despite the importance of large predators in terrestrial …

Salvage logging treatments, a type of logging to economic returns after natural disturbance,
are often applied in the aftermath of wildfires. Specialist or dependent species of open …