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 …

Natural hazards are naturally occurring physical events that can impact human welfare both
directly and indirectly, via shocks to ecosystems and the services they provide. Animal …

The identification and analysis of ecological guilds have been fundamental to understand
the processes that determine the structure and organization of communities. However …

Understanding patterns of species diversity at different spatial scales is important for
adapting management and conservation efforts. We have therefore studied wild bee and …

The profound impacts of fire on natural ecosystems have moulded many aspects of life on
Earth, but many of these effects remain poorly understood, other than in the most general …

Evidence-based conservation allows the evaluation of both the collateral benefits and the
drawbacks of a wide range of human activities, like quarrying. In this study, the community …

Rewilding has been proposed as an opportunity for biodiversity conservation in abandoned
landscapes. However, rewilding is challenged by the increasing fire risk associated with …

Little is known about the impact of disturbances on functional diversity and the long‐term
provisioning of ecosystem services, especially in animals. In this work we analyze the effect …

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 …

Wildfires are common disturbances that have a major impact on ecosystems. Recent
decades have seen an increase in fire frequency and extension due to the combined effects …