Cumulative effects of fire and drought in Mediterranean ecosystems

Batllori, Enric; De Cáceres, Miquel; Brotons, Lluís; Ackerly, David D.; Moritz, Max A.; Lloret, Francisco

doi:10.1002/ecs2.1906

Title: Cumulative effects of fire and drought in Mediterranean ecosystems

Journal Article · Fri Aug 18 00:00:00 EDT 2017 · Ecosphere

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.1906· OSTI ID:1479323

Batllori, Enric ^[1]; De Cáceres, Miquel ^[1]; Brotons, Lluís ^[2]; Ackerly, David D. ^[3]; Moritz, Max A. ^[3]; Lloret, Francisco ^[4]

CREAF Cerdanyola del Valles, Barcelona (Spain); CTFC, Solsona (Spain)
CREAF Cerdanyola del Valles, Barcelona (Spain); InForest Joint Research Unit (CTFC-CEMFOR), Solsona (Spain); CSIC, Cerdanyola del Valles (Spain)
Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States)
CREAF Cerdanyola del Valles, Barcelona (Spain); Univ. Autonoma Barcelona, Barcelona (Spain)

Here, the occurrence of multiple disturbances can jointly affect the recovery capacity of ecosystems, potentially leading to changes in vegetation dynamics or loss of resilience. The effects of interacting disturbances on ecosystems are, however, not well understood. We use a model system based on Mediterraneantype ecosystems (MTEs) to examine how the interplay between vegetation regeneration traits and compound, stochastic disturbances modulate ecosystem dynamics. We developed a state-and-transition simulation model including two tree species with contrasting regeneration strategies (seeder vs. resprouter) and a shrubland formation. We aim to assess potential compositional switches under contrasted scenarios of compound fire-drought regimes, and to characterize the cumulative effects of fire-drought (synergism vs. antagonism) relative to the effects of individual disturbance regimes. Our simulation results indicate that interaction between moderate fire and sporadic drought recurrence-as opposed to chronic dryness-can act as a strong mechanism generating highly heterogeneous landscapes in which different regeneration types coexist, as observed in MTEs. Resprouters dominated under individual, moderate disturbance regimes of fire or drought, whereas the interaction of the two disturbances promoted the longterm coexistence of both tree regeneration strategies. However, shrubland expansion and persistence at the expanse of forests was favored by increases in drought recurrence and associated fire-drought interactions, highlighting the potential for important vegetation changes in MTEs under climate change. Overall, the cumulative effects of fire and drought can lead to distinct landscape configurations under moderate disturbance regimes that are otherwise only attained under high frequency of individual disturbances. At the ecosystem level, however, we suggest that disturbance-induced vegetation dynamics can modify vegetation sensitivity and resilience to further disturbances precluding the prevalence of synergistic effects of the two disturbances.

View Accepted Manuscript (DOE)

Cite

Export

Save

Research Organization:: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-05CH11231

OSTI ID:: 1479323

Journal Information:: Ecosphere, Vol. 8, Issue 8; ISSN 2150-8925

Publisher:: Ecological Society of AmericaCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Citation Metrics:

Cited by: 31 works

Citation information provided by
Web of Science

References (71)

Disturbance interactions: characterization, prediction, and the potential for cascading effects Buma, B. Ecosphere, Vol. 6, Issue 4 https://doi.org/10.1890/ES15-00058.1	journal	April 2015
State-and-transition simulation models: a framework for forecasting landscape change Daniel, Colin J.; Frid, Leonardo; Sleeter, Benjamin M. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, Vol. 7, Issue 11 https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.12597	journal	July 2016
Analysis of large fires in European Mediterranean landscapes: Lessons learned and perspectives San-Miguel-Ayanz, Jesús; Moreno, Jose Manuel; Camia, Andrea Forest Ecology and Management, Vol. 294 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2012.10.050	journal	April 2013
Landscape-scale density-dependent recruitment of oaks in planted forests: More is not always better Sheffer, Efrat; Canham, Charles D.; Kigel, Jaime Ecology, Vol. 94, Issue 8 https://doi.org/10.1890/12-2121.1	journal	August 2013
Changes in Fire and Climate in the Eastern Iberian Peninsula (Mediterranean Basin) Pausas, Juli G. Climatic Change, Vol. 63, Issue 3 https://doi.org/10.1023/B:CLIM.0000018508.94901.9c	journal	April 2004
Interactive and cumulative effects of multiple human stressors in marine systems Crain, Caitlin Mullan; Kroeker, Kristy; Halpern, Benjamin S. Ecology Letters, Vol. 11, Issue 12 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1461-0248.2008.01253.x	journal	December 2008
Effects of fire frequency on species composition in a Mediterranean shrubland Vilà-Cabrera, Albert; Saura-Mas, Sandra; Lloret, Francisco Écoscience, Vol. 15, Issue 4 https://doi.org/10.2980/15-4-3164	journal	December 2008
Global patterns in the sensitivity of burned area to fire-weather: Implications for climate change Bedia, Joaquín; Herrera, Sixto; Gutiérrez, Jose Manuel Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, Vol. 214-215 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2015.09.002	journal	December 2015
Effects of fire severity and post-fire climate on short-term vegetation recovery of mixed-conifer and red fir forests in the Sierra Nevada Mountains of California Meng, Ran; Dennison, Philip E.; Huang, Chengquan Remote Sensing of Environment, Vol. 171 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2015.10.024	journal	December 2015
Towards understanding resprouting at the global scale Pausas, Juli G.; Pratt, R. Brandon; Keeley, Jon E. New Phytologist, Vol. 209, Issue 3 https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.13644	journal	October 2015
Coexistence in Disturbance‐Prone Communities: How a Resistance‐Resilience Trade‐Off Generates Coexistence via the Storage Effect Miller, Adam D.; Chesson, Peter The American Naturalist, Vol. 173, Issue 2 https://doi.org/10.1086/595750	journal	February 2009
Seedling emergence and growth of Quercus spp. following severe drought effects on a Pinus sylvestris canopy Galiano, Lucía; Martínez-Vilalta, Jordi; Eugenio, Màrcia Journal of Vegetation Science, Vol. 24, Issue 3 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1654-1103.2012.01485.x	journal	September 2012
Indication of antagonistic interaction between climate change and erosion on plant species richness and soil properties in semiarid Mediterranean ecosystems GarcÍA-Fayos, Patricio; Bochet, Esther Global Change Biology, Vol. 15, Issue 2 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2486.2008.01738.x	journal	February 2009
Sequential Disturbance Effects of Hailstorm and Fire on Vegetation in a Mediterranean-Type Ecosystem Gower, K.; Fontaine, J. B.; Birnbaum, C. Ecosystems, Vol. 18, Issue 7 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10021-015-9886-5	journal	May 2015
A review of the development of Mediterranean pine–oak ecosystems after land abandonment and afforestation: are they novel ecosystems? Sheffer, Efrat Annals of Forest Science, Vol. 69, Issue 4 https://doi.org/10.1007/s13595-011-0181-0	journal	February 2012
Interactions among ecosystem stressors and their importance in conservation Côté, Isabelle M.; Darling, Emily S.; Brown, Christopher J. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, Vol. 283, Issue 1824 https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2015.2592	journal	February 2016
Multiple Disturbance Interactions and Drought Influence fire Severity in Rocky Mountain Subalpine Forests Bigler, Christof; Kulakowski, Dominik; Veblen, Thomas T. Ecology, Vol. 86, Issue 11 https://doi.org/10.1890/05-0011	journal	November 2005
Disturbance and landscape dynamics in a changing world Turner, Monica G. Ecology, Vol. 91, Issue 10 https://doi.org/10.1890/10-0097.1	journal	October 2010
Terrestrial Gross Carbon Dioxide Uptake: Global Distribution and Covariation with Climate Beer, C.; Reichstein, M.; Tomelleri, E. Science, Vol. 329, Issue 5993 https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1184984	journal	July 2010
The outstanding synergy between drought, heatwaves and fuel on the 2007 Southern Greece exceptional fire season Gouveia, Célia M.; Bistinas, Ioannis; Liberato, Margarida L. R. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, Vol. 218-219 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2015.11.023	journal	March 2016
Large-scale recruitment limitation in Mediterranean pines: the role of Quercus ilex and forest successional advance as key regional drivers : Large-scale pine recruitment limitation Carnicer, Jofre; Coll, Marta; Pons, Xavier Global Ecology and Biogeography, Vol. 23, Issue 3 https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.12111	journal	September 2013
Survival, growth and vulnerability to drought in fire refuges: implications for the persistence of a fire-sensitive conifer in northern Patagonia Landesmann, Jennifer B.; Gowda, Juan H.; Garibaldi, Lucas A. Oecologia, Vol. 179, Issue 4 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-015-3431-2	journal	September 2015
Are wildfires a disaster in the Mediterranean basin? - A review Pausas, Juli G.; Llovet, Joan; Rodrigo, Anselm International Journal of Wildland Fire, Vol. 17, Issue 6 https://doi.org/10.1071/WF07151	journal	January 2008
Mortality of resprouting chaparral shrubs after a fire and during a record drought: physiological mechanisms and demographic consequences Pratt, R. Brandon; Jacobsen, Anna L.; Ramirez, Aaron R. Global Change Biology, Vol. 20, Issue 3 https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.12477	journal	December 2013
Fire-driven oak regeneration in French Mediterranean ecosystems Curt, Thomas; Adra, Walaa; Borgniet, Laurent Forest Ecology and Management, Vol. 258, Issue 9 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2009.08.010	journal	October 2009
Alternative community states maintained by fire in the Klamath Mountains, USA: Fire and alternative community states Odion, Dennis C.; Moritz, Max A.; DellaSala, Dominick A. Journal of Ecology, Vol. 98, Issue 1 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2745.2009.01597.x	journal	January 2010
Reconceptualizing synergism and antagonism among multiple stressors Piggott, Jeremy J.; Townsend, Colin R.; Matthaei, Christoph D. Ecology and Evolution, Vol. 5, Issue 7 https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.1465	journal	March 2015
Temperate and boreal forest mega-fires: characteristics and challenges Stephens, Scott L.; Burrows, Neil; Buyantuyev, Alexander Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, Vol. 12, Issue 2 https://doi.org/10.1890/120332	journal	March 2014
Optimal intensity and age of management in young Aleppo pine stands for post-fire resilience Moya, D.; De las Heras, J.; López-Serrano, F. R. Forest Ecology and Management, Vol. 255, Issue 8-9 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2008.01.067	journal	May 2008
Predictive modelling of fire occurrences from different fire spread patterns in Mediterranean landscapes Duane, Andrea; Piqué, Míriam; Castellnou, Marc International Journal of Wildland Fire, Vol. 24, Issue 3 https://doi.org/10.1071/WF14040	journal	January 2015
Physiological differences explain the co-existence of different regeneration strategies in Mediterranean ecosystems Vilagrosa, Alberto; Hernández, Encarnación I.; Luis, Vanessa C. New Phytologist, Vol. 201, Issue 4 https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.12584	journal	November 2013
Spatial and temporal patterns of plant functional types under simulated fire regimes Pausas, Juli G.; Lloret, F. International Journal of Wildland Fire, Vol. 16, Issue 4 https://doi.org/10.1071/WF06109	journal	January 2007
Canopy recovery after drought dieback in holm-oak Mediterranean forests of Catalonia (NE Spain) Lloret, Francisco; Siscart, Daniel; Dalmases, Carles Global Change Biology, Vol. 10, Issue 12 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2486.2004.00870.x	journal	December 2004
Post-fire tree mortality in mixed forests of central Portugal Catry, F. X.; Rego, F.; Moreira, F. Forest Ecology and Management, Vol. 260, Issue 7 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2010.07.010	journal	August 2010
Integrating theory into disturbance interaction experiments to better inform ecosystem management Foster, Claire N.; Sato, Chloe F.; Lindenmayer, David B. Global Change Biology, Vol. 22, Issue 4 https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.13155	journal	February 2016
Vegetation Responses to Extreme Hydrological Events: Sequence Matters Miao, ShiLi; Zou, Chris B.; Breshears, David D. The American Naturalist, Vol. 173, Issue 1 https://doi.org/10.1086/593307	journal	January 2009
Sensitivity of plant functional types to climate change: classification tree analysis of a simulation model Esther, Alexandra; Groeneveld, Jürgen; Enright, Neal J. Journal of Vegetation Science, Vol. 21, Issue 3 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1654-1103.2009.01155.x	journal	June 2010
Assessing the resilience of Mediterranean holm oaks to disturbances using selective thinning López, Bernat C.; Gracia, Carlos A.; Sabaté, Santiago Acta Oecologica, Vol. 35, Issue 6 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actao.2009.09.001	journal	November 2009
Wildfire Selectivity for Land Cover Type: Does Size Matter? Barros, Ana M. G.; Pereira, José M. C. PLoS ONE, Vol. 9, Issue 1 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0084760	journal	January 2014
Climate change and disruptions to global fire activity Moritz, Max A.; Parisien, Marc-André; Batllori, Enric Ecosphere, Vol. 3, Issue 6 https://doi.org/10.1890/ES11-00345.1	journal	June 2012
A global overview of drought and heat-induced tree mortality reveals emerging climate change risks for forests Allen, Craig D.; Macalady, Alison K.; Chenchouni, Haroun Forest Ecology and Management, Vol. 259, Issue 4 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2009.09.001	journal	February 2010
Interval squeeze: altered fire regimes and demographic responses interact to threaten woody species persistence as climate changes Enright, Neal J.; Fontaine, Joseph B.; Bowman, David MJS Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, Vol. 13, Issue 5 https://doi.org/10.1890/140231	journal	June 2015
Mechanisms maintaining biodiversity in Mediterranean pine-oak forests: insights from a spatial simulation model Zavala, Miguel A.; Zea, Eduardo Plant Ecology (formerly Vegetatio), Vol. 171, Issue 1/2 https://doi.org/10.1023/B:VEGE.0000029387.15947.b7	journal	January 2004
Climate change-induced shifts in fire for Mediterranean ecosystems: Fire shifts in Mediterranean ecosystems Batllori, Enric; Parisien, Marc-André; Krawchuk, Meg A. Global Ecology and Biogeography, Vol. 22, Issue 10 https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.12065	journal	June 2013
Fine fuels consumption and CO2 emissions from surface fire experiments in maritime pine stands in northern Portugal Fernandes, Paulo M.; Loureiro, Carlos Forest Ecology and Management, Vol. 291 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2012.11.037	journal	March 2013
Savanna woody plant dynamics: the role of fire and herbivory, separately and synergistically Midgley, Jeremy J.; Lawes, Michael J.; Chamaillé-Jammes, Simon Australian Journal of Botany, Vol. 58, Issue 1 https://doi.org/10.1071/BT09034	journal	January 2010
Mechanisms of plant survival and mortality during drought: why do some plants survive while others succumb to drought? McDowell, Nate; Pockman, William T.; Allen, Craig D. New Phytologist, Vol. 178, Issue 4 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-8137.2008.02436.x	journal	June 2008
Fuel loading and flammability in the Mediterranean Basin woody species with different post-fire regenerative strategies Saura-Mas, S.; Paula, S.; Pausas, J. G. International Journal of Wildland Fire, Vol. 19, Issue 6 https://doi.org/10.1071/WF09066	journal	January 2010
Synergism and antagonism among multiple stressors Folt, C. L.; Chen, C. Y.; Moore, M. V. Limnology and Oceanography, Vol. 44, Issue 3part2 https://doi.org/10.4319/lo.1999.44.3_part_2.0864	journal	May 1999
A functional approach reveals community responses to disturbances Mouillot, David; Graham, Nicholas A. J.; Villéger, Sébastien Trends in Ecology & Evolution, Vol. 28, Issue 3 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2012.10.004	journal	March 2013
Post-fire regeneration strategies and flammability traits of California chaparral shrubs Cowan, Peter D.; Ackerly, David D. International Journal of Wildland Fire, Vol. 19, Issue 7 https://doi.org/10.1071/WF09072	journal	January 2010
Spatially-explicit simulation of the effect of prescribed burning on fire regimes and plant extinctions in shrublands typical of south-eastern Australia Bradstock, R. A.; Bedward, M.; Kenny, B. J. Biological Conservation, Vol. 86, Issue 1 https://doi.org/10.1016/S0006-3207(97)00170-5	journal	October 1998
A minimal model of fire-vegetation feedbacks and disturbance stochasticity generates alternative stable states in grassland–shrubland–woodland systems Batllori, Enric; Ackerly, David D.; Moritz, Max A. Environmental Research Letters, Vol. 10, Issue 3 https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/10/3/034018	journal	March 2015
Modelling natural disturbances in forest ecosystems: a review Seidl, Rupert; Fernandes, Paulo M.; Fonseca, Teresa F. Ecological Modelling, Vol. 222, Issue 4 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2010.09.040	journal	February 2011
On underestimation of global vulnerability to tree mortality and forest die-off from hotter drought in the Anthropocene Allen, Craig D.; Breshears, David D.; McDowell, Nate G. Ecosphere, Vol. 6, Issue 8 https://doi.org/10.1890/ES15-00203.1	journal	August 2015
The global distribution of ecosystems in a world without fire Bond, W. J.; Woodward, F. I.; Midgley, G. F. New Phytologist, Vol. 165, Issue 2 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-8137.2004.01252.x	journal	November 2004
Compounded Perturbations Yield Ecological Surprises Paine, Robert T.; Tegner, Mia J.; Johnson, Edward A. Ecosystems, Vol. 1, Issue 6 https://doi.org/10.1007/s100219900049	journal	November 1998
Human Influence on California fire Regimes Syphard, Alexandra D.; Radeloff, Volker C.; Keeley, Jon E. Ecological Applications, Vol. 17, Issue 5 https://doi.org/10.1890/06-1128.1	journal	July 2007
Tree-ring-based drought reconstruction in the Iberian Range (east of Spain) since 1694 Tejedor, Ernesto; de Luis, Martín; Cuadrat, José María International Journal of Biometeorology, Vol. 60, Issue 3 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00484-015-1033-7	journal	August 2015
Fire variability, as well as frequency, can explain coexistence between seeder and resprouter life histories Tucker, Caroline M.; Cadotte, Marc W. Journal of Applied Ecology, Vol. 50, Issue 3 https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.12073	journal	March 2013
Fire regenerative syndromes of forest woody species across fire and climatic gradients Lloret, Francisco; Estevan, Helena; Vayreda, Jordi Oecologia, Vol. 146, Issue 3 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-005-0206-1	journal	August 2005
Resistance and resilience to changing climate and fire regime depend on plant functional traits Enright, Neal J.; Fontaine, Joseph B.; Lamont, Byron B. Journal of Ecology, Vol. 102, Issue 6 https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.12306	journal	September 2014
A Review of the Main Driving Factors of Forest Fire Ignition Over Europe Ganteaume, Anne; Camia, Andrea; Jappiot, Marielle Environmental Management, Vol. 51, Issue 3 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00267-012-9961-z	journal	October 2012
Components of tree resilience: effects of successive low-growth episodes in old ponderosa pine forests Lloret, Francisco; Keeling, Eric G.; Sala, Anna Oikos, Vol. 120, Issue 12 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0706.2011.19372.x	journal	July 2011
Identification of drought phases in a 110-year record from Western Mediterranean basin: Trends, anomalies and periodicity analysis for Iberian Peninsula Merino, Andrés; López, Laura; Hermida, Lucía Global and Planetary Change, Vol. 133 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2015.08.007	journal	October 2015
Canadian boreal forest ecosystem structure and function in a changing climate: impact on fire regimes Weber, M. G.; Flannigan, M. D. Environmental Reviews, Vol. 5, Issue 3-4 https://doi.org/10.1139/a97-008	journal	December 1997
Testing the Shifting Persistence Niche Concept: Plant Resprouting along Gradients of Disturbance Clarke, Peter J.; Bell, Dorothy M.; Lawes, Michael J. The American Naturalist, Vol. 185, Issue 6 https://doi.org/10.1086/681160	journal	June 2015
On the relationships between forest fires and weather conditions in Greece from long-term national observations (1894–2010) Koutsias, Nikos; Xanthopoulos, Gavriil; Founda, Dimitra International Journal of Wildland Fire, Vol. 22, Issue 4 https://doi.org/10.1071/WF12003	journal	January 2013
Constraints and trade-offs in Mediterranean plant communities: The case of holm oak-Aleppo pine forests Zavala, M. A.; Espelta, J. M.; Retana, Javier The Botanical Review, Vol. 66, Issue 1 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02857785	journal	January 2000
The ODD protocol: A review and first update Grimm, Volker; Berger, Uta; DeAngelis, Donald L. Ecological Modelling, Vol. 221, Issue 23 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2010.08.019	journal	November 2010
The ODD protocol: A review and first update Grimm, Volker; Berger, Uta; DeAngelis, Donald QUBES Educational Resources https://doi.org/10.25334/q49428	text	January 2018

Cited By (10)

Fire-induced deforestation in drought-prone Mediterranean forests: drivers and unknowns from leaves to communities Karavani, Asaf; Boer, Matthias M.; Baudena, Mara Ecological Monographs, Vol. 88, Issue 2 https://doi.org/10.1002/ecm.1285	journal	January 2018
Loss of potential bat habitat following a severe wildfire: a model-based rapid assessment Bosso, Luciano; Ancillotto, Leonardo; Smeraldo, Sonia International Journal of Wildland Fire, Vol. 27, Issue 11 https://doi.org/10.1071/wf18072	journal	January 2018
Climatic and fire determinants of early life-history stages in the Mediterranean shrub Cistus albidus Saura-Mas, Sandra; Saperas, Anna; Lloret, Franciso Journal of Plant Ecology, Vol. 13, Issue 1 https://doi.org/10.1093/jpe/rtz040	journal	November 2019
Compound fire‐drought regimes promote ecosystem transitions in Mediterranean ecosystems Batllori, Enric; De Cáceres, Miquel; Brotons, Lluís Journal of Ecology, Vol. 107, Issue 3 https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.13115	journal	November 2018
A comparative assessment of plant flammability through a functional approach: The case of woody species from Argentine Chaco region: A comparative assessment of plant flammability Santacruz-García, Ana Carolina; Bravo, Sandra; del Corro, Florencia Austral Ecology, Vol. 44, Issue 8 https://doi.org/10.1111/aec.12815	journal	August 2019
Evolutionary history of fire‐stimulated resprouting, flowering, seed release and germination Lamont, Byron B.; He, Tianhua; Yan, Zhaogui Biological Reviews, Vol. 94, Issue 3 https://doi.org/10.1111/brv.12483	journal	November 2018
Increased aridity drives post‐fire recovery of Mediterranean forests towards open shrublands Baudena, Mara; Santana, Victor M.; Baeza, M. Jaime New Phytologist, Vol. 225, Issue 4 https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.16252	journal	November 2019
Correspondence: Uncertainty in Climate-Vegetation Feedbacks on Fire Regimes Challenges Reliable Long-Term Projections of Burnt Area from Correlative Models Brotons, Lluís; Duane, Andrea Fire, Vol. 2, Issue 1 https://doi.org/10.3390/fire2010008	journal	February 2019
Increased aridity drives post‐fire recovery of Mediterranean forests towards open shrublands Baudena, Mara; Santana, Victor M.; Baeza, M. Jaime Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, Inc. https://doi.org/10.5167/uzh-180275	text	January 2020
Interaction of drought and frost in tree ecophysiology: rethinking the timing of risks Charrier, Guillaume; Martin-StPaul, Nicolas; Damesin, Claire Annals of Forest Science, Vol. 78, Issue 2 https://doi.org/10.1007/s13595-021-01052-5	journal	April 2021

Similar Records

Compound fire-drought regimes promote ecosystem transitions in Mediterranean ecosystems

Journal Article · Wed Nov 28 00:00:00 EST 2018 · Journal of Ecology · OSTI ID:1479323

Batllori, Enric; De Cáceres, Miquel; Brotons, Lluís; +3 more

A minimal model of fire-vegetation feedbacks and disturbance stochasticity generates alternative stable states in grassland–shrubland–woodland systems

Journal Article · Thu Mar 19 00:00:00 EDT 2015 · Environmental Research Letters · OSTI ID:1479323

Batllori, Enric; Ackerly, David D.; Moritz, Max A.

Modeling Aeolian Transport of Contaminated Sediments at Los Alamos National Laboratory, Technical Area 54, Area G: Sensitivities to Succession, Disturbance, and Future Climate

Technical Report · Tue Mar 27 00:00:00 EDT 2012 · OSTI ID:1479323

Whicker, Jeffrey J; Kirchner, Thomas B; Breshears, David D; +1 more

Related Subjects

58 GEOSCIENCES
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
additive model
climatic change
compound disturbance regimes
cumulative effects
drought
ecosystem resilience
fire
Mediterranean ecosystems
regeneration traits
sequence of events

Title: Cumulative effects of fire and drought in Mediterranean ecosystems

Citation Formats

References (71)

Cited By (10)

Similar Records

Related Subjects