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description Publicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article , Other literature type , Journal 2019Embargo end date: 01 Feb 2020 Spain, Spain, Italy, Switzerland, Spain, NetherlandsPublisher:Wiley Funded by:EC | ECOHYDRY, EC | CASCADEEC| ECOHYDRY ,EC| CASCADEAuthors: Francisco Rodríguez; Max Rietkerk; Ana Carolina Junqueira Vasques; Ana Carolina Junqueira Vasques; +14 AuthorsFrancisco Rodríguez; Max Rietkerk; Ana Carolina Junqueira Vasques; Ana Carolina Junqueira Vasques; Ana Carolina Junqueira Vasques; Victor M. Santana; Victor M. Santana; V. Ramón Vallejo; Ángeles G. Mayor; Ángeles G. Mayor; Ángeles G. Mayor; Alejandro Valdecantos; Mara Baudena; Lia Hemerik; M. Jaime Baeza; Maarten B. Eppinga; Maarten B. Eppinga; Susana Bautista;SummaryRecent observations suggest that repeated fires could drive Mediterranean forests to shrublands, hosting flammable vegetation that regrows quickly after fire. This feedback supposedly favours shrubland persistence and may be strengthened in the future by predicted increased aridity. An assessment was made of how fires and aridity in combination modulated the dynamics of Mediterranean ecosystems and whether the feedback could be strong enough to maintain shrubland as an alternative stable state to forest.A model was developed for vegetation dynamics, including stochastic fires and different plant fire‐responses. Parameters were calibrated using observational data from a period up to 100 yr ago, from 77 sites with and without fires in Southeast Spain and Southern France.The forest state was resilient to the separate impact of fires and increased aridity. However, water stress could convert forests into open shrublands by hampering post‐fire recovery, with a possible tipping point at intermediate aridity.Projected increases in aridity may reduce the resilience of Mediterranean forests against fires and drive post‐fire ecosystem dynamics toward open shrubland. The main effect of increased aridity is the limitation of post‐fire recovery. Including plant fire‐responses is thus fundamental when modelling the fate of Mediterranean‐type vegetation under climate‐change scenarios.
IRIS Cnr arrow_drop_down Recolector de Ciencia Abierta, RECOLECTAArticle . 2020Data sources: Recolector de Ciencia Abierta, RECOLECTAWageningen Staff PublicationsArticle . 2020License: CC BYData sources: Wageningen Staff PublicationsZurich Open Repository and ArchiveArticle . 2020 . Peer-reviewedLicense: CC BYData sources: Zurich Open Repository and ArchiveRepositorio Institucional de la Universidad de AlicanteArticle . 2020Data sources: Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de AlicanteDiposit Digital de la Universitat de BarcelonaArticle . 2019Data sources: Diposit Digital de la Universitat de BarcelonaRecolector de Ciencia Abierta, RECOLECTAArticle . 2019Data sources: Recolector de Ciencia Abierta, RECOLECTANew PhytologistArticle . 2023 . Peer-reviewedLicense: Wiley Online Library User AgreementData sources: Crossrefadd ClaimPlease grant OpenAIRE to access and update your ORCID works.This Research product is the result of merged Research products in OpenAIRE.
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For further information contact us at helpdesk@openaire.eudescription Publicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article , Journal 2018 SpainPublisher:Elsevier BV Funded by:EC | CASCADEEC| CASCADEAuthors: Victor M. Santana; M. Jaime Baeza; Alejandro Valdecantos; V. Ramón Vallejo;pmid: 29567550
The extensive abandonment of agricultural lands in the Mediterranean basin has led to large landscapes being dominated by early-successional species, characterized by high flammability and an increasing fire risk. This fact promotes fire occurrence and places ecosystems in a state of arrested succession. In this work, we assessed the effectiveness of several restoration actions in redirecting these ecosystems toward more resilient communities dominated by resprouting species. These actions included the mechanical clearing of early-successional species, the plantation of resprouting species, and the combination of both treatments. For 13 years, we assessed shifts in the successional trajectory and ecosystem flammability by changes in: species composition, species richness, ecosystem evenness, the natural colonization of resprouting species, total biomass and proportion of dead biomass. We observed that the plantation and clearing combination was a suitable strategy to promote resilience. Species richness increased as well as the presence of the resprouting species introduced by planting. The natural colonization of the resprouting species was also enhanced. These changes in the successional trajectory were accompanied by a possible reduction of fire risk by reducing dead fuel proportion. These findings are relevant for the management of Mediterranean basin areas, but also suggest new tools for redirecting systems in fire-prone areas worldwide.
Repositorio Instituc... arrow_drop_down Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de AlicanteArticle . 2018Data sources: Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de AlicanteJournal of Environmental ManagementArticle . 2018 . Peer-reviewedLicense: Elsevier TDMData sources: Crossrefadd ClaimPlease grant OpenAIRE to access and update your ORCID works.This Research product is the result of merged Research products in OpenAIRE.
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more_vert Repositorio Instituc... arrow_drop_down Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de AlicanteArticle . 2018Data sources: Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de AlicanteJournal of Environmental ManagementArticle . 2018 . Peer-reviewedLicense: Elsevier TDMData sources: Crossrefadd ClaimPlease grant OpenAIRE to access and update your ORCID works.This Research product is the result of merged Research products in OpenAIRE.
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For further information contact us at helpdesk@openaire.eudescription Publicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article , Journal 2015 SpainPublisher:Wiley Authors: Baeza, M. Jaime; Santana, Víctor M.;doi: 10.1111/plb.12369
pmid: 26186487
AbstractStanding dead biomass retention is considered one of the most relevant fuel structural traits to affect plant flammability. However, very little is known about the biological significance of this trait and its distribution between different functional groups. Our aim was to analyse how the proportion of dead biomass produced in Mediterranean species is related to the successional niche of species (early‐, mid‐ and late‐successional stages) and the regeneration strategy of species (seeders and resprouters). We evaluated biomass distribution by size classes and standing dead biomass retention in nine dominant species from the Mediterranean Basin in different development stages (5, 9, 14 and 26 years since the last fire). The results revealed significant differences in the standing dead biomass retention of species that presented a distinct successional niche or regeneration strategy. These differences were restricted to the oldest ages studied (>9 years). Tree and small tree resprouters, typical in late‐successional stages, presented slight variations with age and a less marked trend to retain dead biomass, while seeder shrubs and dwarf shrubs, characteristic of early‐successional stages, showed high dead biomass loads. Our results suggest that the species that tend to retain more dead branches are colonising species that may promote fire in early‐successional stages.
Plant Biology arrow_drop_down Recolector de Ciencia Abierta, RECOLECTAArticle . 2015Data sources: Recolector de Ciencia Abierta, RECOLECTARepositorio Institucional de la Universidad de AlicanteArticle . 2015Data sources: Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de AlicantePlant BiologyArticle . 2015 . Peer-reviewedLicense: Wiley Online Library User AgreementData sources: Crossrefadd ClaimPlease grant OpenAIRE to access and update your ORCID works.This Research product is the result of merged Research products in OpenAIRE.
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more_vert Plant Biology arrow_drop_down Recolector de Ciencia Abierta, RECOLECTAArticle . 2015Data sources: Recolector de Ciencia Abierta, RECOLECTARepositorio Institucional de la Universidad de AlicanteArticle . 2015Data sources: Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de AlicantePlant BiologyArticle . 2015 . Peer-reviewedLicense: Wiley Online Library User AgreementData sources: Crossrefadd ClaimPlease grant OpenAIRE to access and update your ORCID works.This Research product is the result of merged Research products in OpenAIRE.
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description Publicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article , Other literature type , Journal 2019Embargo end date: 01 Feb 2020 Spain, Spain, Italy, Switzerland, Spain, NetherlandsPublisher:Wiley Funded by:EC | ECOHYDRY, EC | CASCADEEC| ECOHYDRY ,EC| CASCADEAuthors: Francisco Rodríguez; Max Rietkerk; Ana Carolina Junqueira Vasques; Ana Carolina Junqueira Vasques; +14 AuthorsFrancisco Rodríguez; Max Rietkerk; Ana Carolina Junqueira Vasques; Ana Carolina Junqueira Vasques; Ana Carolina Junqueira Vasques; Victor M. Santana; Victor M. Santana; V. Ramón Vallejo; Ángeles G. Mayor; Ángeles G. Mayor; Ángeles G. Mayor; Alejandro Valdecantos; Mara Baudena; Lia Hemerik; M. Jaime Baeza; Maarten B. Eppinga; Maarten B. Eppinga; Susana Bautista;SummaryRecent observations suggest that repeated fires could drive Mediterranean forests to shrublands, hosting flammable vegetation that regrows quickly after fire. This feedback supposedly favours shrubland persistence and may be strengthened in the future by predicted increased aridity. An assessment was made of how fires and aridity in combination modulated the dynamics of Mediterranean ecosystems and whether the feedback could be strong enough to maintain shrubland as an alternative stable state to forest.A model was developed for vegetation dynamics, including stochastic fires and different plant fire‐responses. Parameters were calibrated using observational data from a period up to 100 yr ago, from 77 sites with and without fires in Southeast Spain and Southern France.The forest state was resilient to the separate impact of fires and increased aridity. However, water stress could convert forests into open shrublands by hampering post‐fire recovery, with a possible tipping point at intermediate aridity.Projected increases in aridity may reduce the resilience of Mediterranean forests against fires and drive post‐fire ecosystem dynamics toward open shrubland. The main effect of increased aridity is the limitation of post‐fire recovery. Including plant fire‐responses is thus fundamental when modelling the fate of Mediterranean‐type vegetation under climate‐change scenarios.
IRIS Cnr arrow_drop_down Recolector de Ciencia Abierta, RECOLECTAArticle . 2020Data sources: Recolector de Ciencia Abierta, RECOLECTAWageningen Staff PublicationsArticle . 2020License: CC BYData sources: Wageningen Staff PublicationsZurich Open Repository and ArchiveArticle . 2020 . Peer-reviewedLicense: CC BYData sources: Zurich Open Repository and ArchiveRepositorio Institucional de la Universidad de AlicanteArticle . 2020Data sources: Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de AlicanteDiposit Digital de la Universitat de BarcelonaArticle . 2019Data sources: Diposit Digital de la Universitat de BarcelonaRecolector de Ciencia Abierta, RECOLECTAArticle . 2019Data sources: Recolector de Ciencia Abierta, RECOLECTANew PhytologistArticle . 2023 . Peer-reviewedLicense: Wiley Online Library User AgreementData sources: Crossrefadd ClaimPlease grant OpenAIRE to access and update your ORCID works.This Research product is the result of merged Research products in OpenAIRE.
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visibility 95visibility views 95 download downloads 75 Powered bymore_vert IRIS Cnr arrow_drop_down Recolector de Ciencia Abierta, RECOLECTAArticle . 2020Data sources: Recolector de Ciencia Abierta, RECOLECTAWageningen Staff PublicationsArticle . 2020License: CC BYData sources: Wageningen Staff PublicationsZurich Open Repository and ArchiveArticle . 2020 . Peer-reviewedLicense: CC BYData sources: Zurich Open Repository and ArchiveRepositorio Institucional de la Universidad de AlicanteArticle . 2020Data sources: Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de AlicanteDiposit Digital de la Universitat de BarcelonaArticle . 2019Data sources: Diposit Digital de la Universitat de BarcelonaRecolector de Ciencia Abierta, RECOLECTAArticle . 2019Data sources: Recolector de Ciencia Abierta, RECOLECTANew PhytologistArticle . 2023 . Peer-reviewedLicense: Wiley Online Library User AgreementData sources: Crossrefadd ClaimPlease grant OpenAIRE to access and update your ORCID works.This Research product is the result of merged Research products in OpenAIRE.
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For further information contact us at helpdesk@openaire.eudescription Publicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article , Journal 2018 SpainPublisher:Elsevier BV Funded by:EC | CASCADEEC| CASCADEAuthors: Victor M. Santana; M. Jaime Baeza; Alejandro Valdecantos; V. Ramón Vallejo;pmid: 29567550
The extensive abandonment of agricultural lands in the Mediterranean basin has led to large landscapes being dominated by early-successional species, characterized by high flammability and an increasing fire risk. This fact promotes fire occurrence and places ecosystems in a state of arrested succession. In this work, we assessed the effectiveness of several restoration actions in redirecting these ecosystems toward more resilient communities dominated by resprouting species. These actions included the mechanical clearing of early-successional species, the plantation of resprouting species, and the combination of both treatments. For 13 years, we assessed shifts in the successional trajectory and ecosystem flammability by changes in: species composition, species richness, ecosystem evenness, the natural colonization of resprouting species, total biomass and proportion of dead biomass. We observed that the plantation and clearing combination was a suitable strategy to promote resilience. Species richness increased as well as the presence of the resprouting species introduced by planting. The natural colonization of the resprouting species was also enhanced. These changes in the successional trajectory were accompanied by a possible reduction of fire risk by reducing dead fuel proportion. These findings are relevant for the management of Mediterranean basin areas, but also suggest new tools for redirecting systems in fire-prone areas worldwide.
Repositorio Instituc... arrow_drop_down Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de AlicanteArticle . 2018Data sources: Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de AlicanteJournal of Environmental ManagementArticle . 2018 . Peer-reviewedLicense: Elsevier TDMData sources: Crossrefadd ClaimPlease grant OpenAIRE to access and update your ORCID works.This Research product is the result of merged Research products in OpenAIRE.
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For further information contact us at helpdesk@openaire.eudescription Publicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article , Journal 2015 SpainPublisher:Wiley Authors: Baeza, M. Jaime; Santana, Víctor M.;doi: 10.1111/plb.12369
pmid: 26186487
AbstractStanding dead biomass retention is considered one of the most relevant fuel structural traits to affect plant flammability. However, very little is known about the biological significance of this trait and its distribution between different functional groups. Our aim was to analyse how the proportion of dead biomass produced in Mediterranean species is related to the successional niche of species (early‐, mid‐ and late‐successional stages) and the regeneration strategy of species (seeders and resprouters). We evaluated biomass distribution by size classes and standing dead biomass retention in nine dominant species from the Mediterranean Basin in different development stages (5, 9, 14 and 26 years since the last fire). The results revealed significant differences in the standing dead biomass retention of species that presented a distinct successional niche or regeneration strategy. These differences were restricted to the oldest ages studied (>9 years). Tree and small tree resprouters, typical in late‐successional stages, presented slight variations with age and a less marked trend to retain dead biomass, while seeder shrubs and dwarf shrubs, characteristic of early‐successional stages, showed high dead biomass loads. Our results suggest that the species that tend to retain more dead branches are colonising species that may promote fire in early‐successional stages.
Plant Biology arrow_drop_down Recolector de Ciencia Abierta, RECOLECTAArticle . 2015Data sources: Recolector de Ciencia Abierta, RECOLECTARepositorio Institucional de la Universidad de AlicanteArticle . 2015Data sources: Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de AlicantePlant BiologyArticle . 2015 . Peer-reviewedLicense: Wiley Online Library User AgreementData sources: Crossrefadd ClaimPlease grant OpenAIRE to access and update your ORCID works.This Research product is the result of merged Research products in OpenAIRE.
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more_vert Plant Biology arrow_drop_down Recolector de Ciencia Abierta, RECOLECTAArticle . 2015Data sources: Recolector de Ciencia Abierta, RECOLECTARepositorio Institucional de la Universidad de AlicanteArticle . 2015Data sources: Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de AlicantePlant BiologyArticle . 2015 . Peer-reviewedLicense: Wiley Online Library User AgreementData sources: Crossrefadd ClaimPlease grant OpenAIRE to access and update your ORCID works.This Research product is the result of merged Research products in OpenAIRE.
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