The Mediterranean Basin is a global hotspot of biodiversity. Hotspots are said to be
experiencing a major loss of habitat, but an added risk could be the decline of some species …

Fire is a primary disturbance in the world's forested ecosystems and its impacts are
projected to increase in many regions due to global climate change. Fire impacts have been …

Land-use/land-cover change is the most important factor in causing biodiversity loss. The
Mediterranean region has been affected by antropic disturbance for thousands of years, and …

Vegetation recovery from fire has been widely studied at the stand level in many types of
terrestrial ecosystems, but factors controlling regeneration at the landscape scale are less …

This paper examines the spatial and temporal rainfall characteristics of the region of
Valencia, Western Mediterranean Basin (east Spain), during the World Meteorological …

The impacts of climate change on Mediterranean‐type ecosystems may result from complex
interactions between direct effects on water stress and subsequent modifications in …

Global change poses new challenges for plant species, including novel and complex
combinations of environmental conditions to which plants should adjust and adapt …

The structure and functioning of semi-arid ecosystems are strongly influenced by
precipitation patterns. Water availability in such environments is highly pulsed, and discrete …

Periodic wildfire is an important natural process in Mediterranean‐climate ecosystems, but
increasing fire recurrence threatens the fragile ecology of these regions. Because most fires …

Climate change, alteration of atmospheric composition, land abandonment in some areas
and land use intensification in others, wildfires and biological invasions threaten forests …