Fire-induced deforestation in drought-prone Mediterranean forests: drivers and unknowns from leaves to communities

Over the past 15 years, 3 million hectares of forests have been converted into shrublands or grasslands in the Mediterranean countries of the European Union. Fire and drought are the main drivers underlying this deforestation. Here we present a conceptual framework for the process of fire-induced de...

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Published in:	Ecological monographs 2018-05, Vol.88 (2), p.141-169
Main Authors:	Karavani, Asaf, Boer, Matthias M., Baudena, Mara, Colinas, Carlos, Díaz-Sierra, Rubén, Pemán, Jesús, de Luis, Martín, Enríquez-de-Salamanca, Álvaro, de Dios, Víctor Resco
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Subjects:	altitude botanical composition Climate change community dynamics Conifers Deforestation Drought Dry season Embolism European Union Exhaustion fire fire resistance Flammability Forest management Forests Grasslands High altitude land degradation leaf abscission Leaves Mediterranean forests Mediterranean region mortality mycorrhizae prediction Quercus Resilience REVIEWS shrublands Species composition state and transition stress physiology Survival trees Understory Water consumption water stress
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