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Global effects of forest modification on herpetofauna communities. [PDF]

Conserv Biol, 2023
Abstract As the area covered by human‐modified environments grows, it is increasingly important to understand the responses of communities to the novel habitats created, especially for sensitive and threatened taxa. We aimed to improve understanding of the major evolutionary and ecological processes that shape the assemblage of amphibian and reptile ...
Iglesias-Carrasco M, Medina I, Ord TJ.
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Finding floral and faunal species richness optima among active fire regimes. [PDF]

Conserv Biol
Abstract Changing fire regimes have important implications for biodiversity and challenge traditional conservation approaches that rely on historical conditions as proxies for ecological integrity. This historical‐centric approach becomes increasingly tenuous under climate change, necessitating direct tests of environmental impacts on biodiversity.
Steel ZL, Fogg AM, Buzbee RF, Wilkin K, Collins BM, Burnett R, Meyer MD, Wuenschel A, Stephens SL.   +8 more
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Toward a functional understanding of novel fire regimes in tropical forests. [PDF]

Am J Bot
Abstract Climate change and land‐use alterations are driving forest fires to unprecedented frequencies and intensities worldwide. Even wet tropical forests—historically rarely subjected to fire—are increasingly experiencing fire disturbances. The impact of wildfires on these forests is likely large, since many of their tree species are not adapted to ...
Pacuk D, van der Sleen P, Sterck FJ, van der Sande MT.   +3 more
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Past human‐induced ecological legacies as a driver of modern Amazonian resilience

People and Nature, Volume 5, Issue 5, Page 1415-1429, October 2023., 2023
Abstract People have modified landscapes throughout the Holocene (the last c. 11,700 years) by modifying soils, burning forests, cultivating and domesticating plants, and directly and indirectly enriched and depleted plant abundances. These activities also took place in Amazonia, which is the largest contiguous piece of rainforest in the world, and for
Crystal N. H. McMichael, Mark B. Bush, Juan C. Jiménez, William D. Gosling   +3 more
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Mice population dynamics and structure over time and space after wildfires

Journal of Zoology, Volume 321, Issue 2, Page 128-141, October 2023., 2023
Wood and Algerian mice live syntopically within burnt areas, the former species being more abundant. In this study, adult females were recaptured more often over time, while males were found to cover greater distances. We found that recovery strategies of Mediterranean rodents are mainly driven by ex situ immigration from unburnt areas.
R. Puig‐Gironès, P. Pons
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Modeling mammal response to fire based on species’ traits

Conservation Biology, Volume 37, Issue 4, August 2023., 2023
Abstract Fire has shaped ecological communities worldwide for millennia, but impacts of fire on individual species are often poorly understood. We performed a meta‐analysis to predict which traits, habitat, or study variables and fire characteristics affect how mammal species respond to fire.
Christopher A. Pocknee, Sarah M. Legge, Jane McDonald, Diana O. Fisher   +3 more
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An autonomous ground robot to support firefighters' interventions in indoor emergencies

Journal of Field Robotics, Volume 40, Issue 3, Page 614-625, May 2023., 2023
Abstract Intervention teams act in hostile scenarios where reducing mission times and accident risks is critical. In these situations, the availability of accurate information about the environment plays a key role in ensuring the well‐being of rescuers and victims.
N. Fernández Talavera, Juan Jesús Roldán‐Gómez, Francisco Martín, M. C. Rodriguez‐Sanchez   +3 more
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Modeling the spatial evolution wildfires using random spread process

Environmetrics, Volume 33, Issue 8, December 2022., 2022
Abstract The study of wildfire spread and the growth of the area burned is an important task in ecological studies and in other contexts. In this work we present a model for fire spread and show the results obtained from simulations of burned areas. The model is based on probabilities of fire at different locations. Such probabilities are obtained from
Carlos Díaz‐Avalos, Pablo Juan
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Tropical and subtropical Asia's valued tree species under threat

Conservation Biology, Volume 36, Issue 3, June 2022., 2022
Abstract Tree diversity in Asia's tropical and subtropical forests is central to nature‐based solutions. Species vulnerability to multiple threats, which affect provision of ecosystem services, is poorly understood. We conducted a region‐wide, spatially explicit assessment of the vulnerability of 63 socioeconomically important tree species to ...
Hannes Gaisberger, Tobias Fremout, Chris J. Kettle, Barbara Vinceti, Della Kemalasari, Tania Kanchanarak, Evert Thomas, Josep M. Serra‐Diaz, Jens‐Christian Svenning, Ferry Slik, Wichan Eiadthong, Kandasamy Palanisamy, Gudasalamani Ravikanth, Vilma Bodos, Julia Sang, Rekha R. Warrier, Alison K. S. Wee, Christian Elloran, Lawrence Tolentino Ramos, Matieu Henry, Md. Akhter Hossain, Ida Theilade, Simon Laegaard, K. M. A. Bandara, Dimantha Panduka Weerasinghe, Suchitra Changtragoon, Vivi Yuskianti, Peter Wilkie, Nguyen Hoang Nghia, Stephen Elliott, Greuk Pakkad, Pimonrat Tiansawat, Colin Maycock, Chaloun Bounithiphonh, Rozi Mohamed, M. Nazre, Baktiar Nur Siddiqui, Soon‐Leong Lee, Chai‐Ting Lee, Nurul Farhanah Zakaria, Ida Hartvig, Lutz Lehmann, Dzaeman B. Dzulkifli David, Jens‐Peter Barnekow Lillesø, Chhang Phourin, Zheng Yongqi, Huang Ping, Hugo A. Volkaert, Lars Graudal, Arief Hamidi, So Thea, Sineath Sreng, David Boshier, Enrique Tolentino Jr., Wickneswari Ratnam, Mu Mu Aung, Michael Galante, Siti Fatimah Md Isa, Nguyen Quoc Dung, Tran Thi Hoa, Tran Chan Le, Md. Danesh Miah, Abdul Lateef Mohd Zuhry, Deepani Alawathugoda, Amelia Azman, Gamini Pushpakumara, Nur Sumedi, Iskandar Z. Siregar, Hong Kyung Nak, Jean Linsky, Megan Barstow, Lian Pin Koh, Riina Jalonen   +72 more
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Influencia de la realidad socioeconómica de Galicia en la dinámica de producción de incendios forestales

Boletín de la Asociación de Geógrafos Españoles, 2020
Galicia, con un 5,8 % de la superficie de España, concentró el 50% de los incendios forestales del país en el siglo XXI. Las investigaciones han analizado principalmente las características físicas y meteorológicas, las situaciones post- incendio y sus ...
Jaime de Diego Abad, Mercedes Fernández García, Antonio Rúa Vieites   +2 more
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