Purpose of review Forests are frequently exposed to natural disturbances, which are likely to
increase with global change, and may jeopardize the delivery of ecosystem services. Mixed …

Every year approximately half a million hectares of land are burned by wildfires in southern
Europe, causing large ecological and socio-economic impacts. Climate and land use …

Forest disturbance regimes are expected to intensify as Earth's climate changes. Quantifying
forest vulnerability to disturbances and understanding the underlying mechanisms is crucial …

Natural disturbances like wildfire, windthrow and insect outbreaks are critical drivers of
composition, structure and functioning of forest ecosystems. They are strongly climate …

Modified, more severe fire regimes are develo** in the Mediterranean basin as a result of
changes in land use and climate. Current fire management privileges fire suppression and …

We present the point cloud slicing (PCS) algorithm, to post process point cloud data (PCD)
from terrestrial laser scanning (TLS). We then test this tool for forest inventory application in …

Recent large wildfires have caused serious environmental and social impacts in different
areas of the world, such as Portugal, Greece and Australia. Sociodemographic changes in …

Large fires and their impacts are a growing concern as changes in climate and land use
proceed. The study of large-fire controls remains incipient in comparison with other …

Accurate and spatially explicit information on forest fuels becomes essential to designing an
integrated fire risk management strategy, as fuel characteristics are critical for fire danger …

This study explored and applied the concepts of Fire Regulation Capacity (FRC) and Fire
Protection Ecosystem Service (FPES) in the assessment of the effects of landscape change …