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October 12, 2019New PhytologistOpen Access

Increased aridity drives post‐fire recovery of Mediterranean forests towards open shrublands

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MBMara BaudenaVSVíctor M. SantanaJBJaime Baeza

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Overview

Randomized trial assesses how aridity and fire influence Mediterranean forest recovery, indicating shifts towards shrublands.

Key Points

  • This research evaluates the interactions between fire frequency and aridity on Mediterranean forest recovery dynamics.
  • A model was developed for vegetation dynamics incorporating stochastic fires and plant fire-responses.
  • Parameters calibrated using observational data from 77 sites in Southeast Spain and Southern France over 100 years.
  • Assessment of forest resilience to separate impacts of fires and increasing aridity.
  • Forests demonstrated resilience to individual impacts of fires and increased aridity.
  • Water stress was identified as a factor converting forests to open shrublands, particularly at intermediate aridity levels.
  • Projected aridity increases may limit the recovery of Mediterranean forests post-fire, promoting shrubland dominance.

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Baudena et al. (2019) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a2e129f5da9e99106d158bdhttps://doi.org/10.1111/nph.16252
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