<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Uribe, C</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Inclán, R</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Sanchez, D M</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Clavero, M A</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Fernandez, A M</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Morante, R</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Cardena, A</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Blanco, A</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Van Miegroet, H</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Effect of wildfires on soil respiration in three typical Mediterranean forest ecosystems in Madrid, Spain</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">PLANT AND SOIL</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">climate change</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Pinus sylvestris</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Quercus ilex</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Quercus pyrenaica</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">soil parameters</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Soil respiration</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">wildfires</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2013</style></year></dates><publisher><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">SPRINGER</style></publisher><pub-location><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">VAN GODEWIJCKSTRAAT 30, 3311 GZ DORDRECHT, NETHERLANDS</style></pub-location><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">369</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">403-420</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Mediterranean forests are vulnerable to numerous threats including wildfires due to a combination of climatic factors and increased urbanization. In addition, increased temperatures and summer drought lead to increased risk of forest fires as a result of climate change. This may have important consequences for C dynamics and balance in these ecosystems. Soil respiration was measured over 2 successive years in Holm oak (Quercus ilex subsp. ballota; Qi); Pyrenean Oak (Quercus pyrenaica Willd; Qp); and Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.; Ps) forest stands located in the area surrounding Madrid (Spain), to assess the long term effects of wildfires on C efflux from the soil, soil properties, and the role of soil temperature and soil moisture in the variation of soil respiration. Soil respiration, soil temperature, soil moisture, fine root mass, microbial biomass, biological and chemical soil parameters were compared between non burned (NB) and burned sites (B). The annual C losses through soil respiration from NB sites in Qi, Qp and Ps were 790, 1010, 1380 gCm(-2) yr(-1), respectively, with the B sites emitting 43 %, 22 % and 11 % less in Qi, Qp and Ps respectively. Soil microclimate changed with higher soil temperature and lower soil moisture in B sites after fire. Exchangeable cations and the pH also decreased. The total SOC stocks were not significantly altered, but 6-8 years after wildfires, there was still measurably lower fine root and microbial biomass, while SOC quality changed, indicated by lower the C/N ratio and the labile carbon and a relative increase in refractory SOC forms, which resulted in lower Q(10) values. We found long term effects of wildfires on the physical, chemical and biological soil characteristics, which in turn affected soil respiration. The response of soil respiration to temperature was controlled by moisture and changed with ecosystem type, season, and between B and NB sites. Lower post-burn Q(10) integrated the loss of roots and microbial biomass, change in SOC quality and a decrease in soil moisture.</style></abstract></record><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Santos, Xavier</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Bros, Vicenc</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Ros, Elisabet</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Contrasting responses of two xerophilous land snails to fire and natural reforestation</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">CONTRIBUTIONS TO ZOOLOGY</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">burnt areas</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Mediterranean basin</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">terrestrial gastropods</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">wildfires</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Xerocrassa spp.</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2012</style></year></dates><publisher><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">UNIV AMSTERDAM</style></publisher><pub-location><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">LIBRARY FACULTY BIOLOGY, PLANTAGE MIDDENLAAN 45, AMSTERDAM, 1018 DC, NETHERLANDS</style></pub-location><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">81</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">167-180</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Land-use change is considered the main disturbance in landscape structure and composition, directly affecting faunal distribution and species richness worldwide. Wildfires and natural reforestation alter habitat structure in terms of vegetation cover and also in soil composition and moisture; these processes hence trigger habitat transformations that act as opposing forces at small spatial scales. We have explored the contrasting effects of wildfires and natural reforestation on two land-snail species of the genus Xerocrassa, which are endemic in the western Mediterranean. Snails were sampled in pine and Holm oak forest, stony bare slopes and burnt sites. Both species followed a similar pattern: they were present in more than 75% of the stony bare slope sites and around 50% of the burnt sites, but were almost absent in Holm oak forests. The comparison of aerial photographs from 1956 and 2003 showed that stony bare slopes were significantly larger in 1956, this indicating that the natural reforestation might close these habitats, and consequently threaten the viability of the Xerocrassa populations. Given their limited mobility, the presence of Xerocrassa at burnt sites suggests that these species live in small and cryptic populations within the forest, surviving fire and expanding their distribution due to the appearance of adequate habitats. Our study shows that natural reforestation and fire play opposing roles in conserving Xerocrassa populations. The preservation of stony bare slopes as well as other open areas is a key management guideline to maintain landscape mosaics and help future conservation of species of open habitats such as these vulnerable endemic gastropods.</style></abstract></record><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Catry, Filipe Xavier</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Moreira, Francisco</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Duarte, Inês</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Acácio, Vanda</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Factors affecting post-fire crown regeneration in cork oak (Quercus suber L.) trees</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">European Journal of Forest Research</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Cork oak</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">crown regeneration</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Forest management</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">wild w res</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">wildfires</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2009</style></year></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">128</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">231-240</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Cork oak (Quercus suber) forests are acknowledged for their biodiversity and economic (mainly cork production) values. WildWres are one of the main threats contributing to cork oak decline in the Mediterranean Basin, and one major question that managers face after Wre in cork oak stands is whether the burned trees should be coppiced or not. This decision can be based on the degree of expected crown regeneration assessed immediately after Wre. In this study we carried out a post-Wre assessment of the degree of crown recovery in 858 trees being exploited for cork production in southern Portugal, 1.5 years after a wildWre. Using logistic regression, we modelled good or poor crown recovery probability as a function of tree and stand variables. The main variables inXuencing the likelihood of good or poor crown regeneration were bark thickness, charring height, aspect and tree diameter. We also developed management models, including simpler but easier to measure variables, which had a lower predictive power but can be used to help managers to identify, immediately after Wre, trees that will likely show good crown regeneration, and trees that will likely die or show poor regeneration (and thus, potential candidates for trunk coppicing).</style></abstract></record><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Catry, Filipe Xavier</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Moreira, Francisco</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Duarte, Inês</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Acácio, Vanda</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Factors affecting post-fire crown regeneration in cork oak (Quercus suber L.) trees</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">European Journal of Forest Research</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Cork oak</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">crown regeneration</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Forest management</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">wild w res</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">wildfires</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2009</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2009///</style></date></pub-dates></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s10342-009-0259-5http://www.springerlink.com/index/10.1007/s10342-009-0259-5</style></url></web-urls></urls><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">128</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">231 - 240</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Cork oak (Quercus suber) forests are acknowledged for their biodiversity and economic (mainly cork production) values. WildWres are one of the main threats contributing to cork oak decline in the Mediterranean Basin, and one major question that managers face after Wre in cork oak stands is whether the burned trees should be coppiced or not. This decision can be based on the degree of expected crown regeneration assessed immediately after Wre. In this study we carried out a post-Wre assessment of the degree of crown recovery in 858 trees being exploited for cork production in southern Portugal, 1.5 years after a wildWre. Using logistic regression, we modelled good or poor crown recovery probability as a function of tree and stand variables. The main variables inXuencing the likelihood of good or poor crown regeneration were bark thickness, charring height, aspect and tree diameter. We also developed management models, including simpler but easier to measure variables, which had a lower predictive power but can be used to help managers to identify, immediately after Wre, trees that will likely show good crown regeneration, and trees that will likely die or show poor regeneration (and thus, potential candidates for trunk coppicing).</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">3</style></issue></record><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Sarà, Maurizio</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Bellia, Enrico</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Milazzo, Andrea</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Fire disturbance disrupts co-occurrence patterns of terrestrial vertebrates in Mediterranean woodlands</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Journal of Biogeography</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Community disruption</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Madonie Park</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Mediterranean belt</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">null models</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">perturbation</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Sicily</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">species co-occurrence</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">terrestrial vertebrates</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">wildfires</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2006</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2006///</style></date></pub-dates></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2699.2006.01429.x</style></url></web-urls></urls><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">33</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">843 - 852</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Aim This paper uses null model analysis to explore the pattern of species co-occurrence of terrestrial vertebrate fauna in fire-prone, mixed evergreen oak woodlands. Location The Erico–Quercion ilicis of the Mediterranean belt (50–800 m a.s.l.) in the Madonie mountain range, a regional park in northern Sicily (37°50′ N, 14°05′ E), Italy. Methods The stratified sampling of vertebrates in a secondary succession of recent burned areas (BA, 1–2 years old), intermediate burned areas (INT, 4–10 years old) and ancient burned areas (CNB, &gt; 50 years old), plus forest fragments left within burned areas (FF, 1–2 years old) permitted the comparison of patterns of species co-occurrence using a set of separate presence/absence matrices. First, the breeding avifauna derived from standardized point counts was analysed using Stone &amp; Roberts’C-score, and by a null model algorithm (fixed/equiprobable). Secondly, the analysis was repeated using all vertebrate species recorded in the succession. Results Sixty-five species were recorded in the 2-year study period in the four sample treatments. Birds were found to make up the largest component (63%) of the recorded assemblage. The BA treatment had the lowest species richness, followed in order by the small, medium and large FFs, and then by the CNBs. For both analyses (birds and total vertebrates), the C-scores were quite small and not significantly different from those that could be expected by chance in the BA and INT burned areas; this indicates a random co-occurrence among vertebrates of those assemblages. Contrariwise, for both analyses in the CNBs, the C-scores were large and significantly different from the simulated indices, thereby indicating a non-random co-occurrence pattern (segregation) of vertebrates in the undisturbed woodlands. In addition, C-score values for the surviving FFs show a significant aggregation of species. Main conclusions The null model analyses highlighted a new aspect of fire disturbance in Mediterranean woodland ecosystems: the disruption in patterns of co-occurrence in the terrestrial vertebrate community. Wildfire alters community organization, inducing, for at least 10 years, a random aggregate of species. Communities re-assemble themselves, showing the occurrence of species segregation at least 50 years after fire.</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">5</style></issue><notes><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">The following values have no corresponding Zotero field:&lt;br/&gt;publisher: Blackwell Publishing Ltd</style></notes></record><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Sarà, Maurizio</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Bellia, Enrico</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Milazzo, Andrea</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Fire disturbance disrupts co-occurrence patterns of terrestrial vertebrates in Mediterranean woodlands</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Journal of Biogeography</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Community disruption</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Madonie Park</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Mediterranean belt</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">null models</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">perturbation</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Sicily</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">species co-occurrence</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">terrestrial vertebrates</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">wildfires</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2006</style></year></dates><publisher><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Blackwell Publishing Ltd</style></publisher><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">33</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">843-852</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Aim This paper uses null model analysis to explore the pattern of species co-occurrence of terrestrial vertebrate fauna in fire-prone, mixed evergreen oak woodlands. Location The Erico–Quercion ilicis of the Mediterranean belt (50–800 m a.s.l.) in the Madonie mountain range, a regional park in northern Sicily (37°50′ N, 14°05′ E), Italy. Methods The stratified sampling of vertebrates in a secondary succession of recent burned areas (BA, 1–2 years old), intermediate burned areas (INT, 4–10 years old) and ancient burned areas (CNB, &gt; 50 years old), plus forest fragments left within burned areas (FF, 1–2 years old) permitted the comparison of patterns of species co-occurrence using a set of separate presence/absence matrices. First, the breeding avifauna derived from standardized point counts was analysed using Stone &amp; Roberts’C-score, and by a null model algorithm (fixed/equiprobable). Secondly, the analysis was repeated using all vertebrate species recorded in the succession. Results Sixty-five species were recorded in the 2-year study period in the four sample treatments. Birds were found to make up the largest component (63%) of the recorded assemblage. The BA treatment had the lowest species richness, followed in order by the small, medium and large FFs, and then by the CNBs. For both analyses (birds and total vertebrates), the C-scores were quite small and not significantly different from those that could be expected by chance in the BA and INT burned areas; this indicates a random co-occurrence among vertebrates of those assemblages. Contrariwise, for both analyses in the CNBs, the C-scores were large and significantly different from the simulated indices, thereby indicating a non-random co-occurrence pattern (segregation) of vertebrates in the undisturbed woodlands. In addition, C-score values for the surviving FFs show a significant aggregation of species. Main conclusions The null model analyses highlighted a new aspect of fire disturbance in Mediterranean woodland ecosystems: the disruption in patterns of co-occurrence in the terrestrial vertebrate community. Wildfire alters community organization, inducing, for at least 10 years, a random aggregate of species. Communities re-assemble themselves, showing the occurrence of species segregation at least 50 years after fire.</style></abstract></record><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>3</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">ESPELTA, J M</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Rodrigo, a</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Habrouk, A</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Meghelli, N</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Ordonez, J L</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">RETANA, J</style></author></authors><secondary-authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Trabaud, L and Prodon, R</style></author></secondary-authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Land use changes, natural regeneration patterns, and restoration practices after a large wildfire in NE Spain: Challenges for fire ecology and landscape restoration</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">FIRE AND BIOLOGICAL PROCESSES</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">land use changes</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Mediterranean areas</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">natural regeneration</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Spain</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">wildfires</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2002</style></year></dates><publisher><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">BACKHUYS PUBLISHERS</style></publisher><pub-location><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">PO BOX 321, 2300 AH LEIDEN, NETHERLANDS</style></pub-location><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">315-324</style></pages><isbn><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">90-5782-116-8</style></isbn><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Great wildfires have recently affected sub-Mediterranean areas of central Catalonia (NE Spain). The large extension of the burned areas, as well as the fact that non-fire-prone vegetation has been severely affected, lead to ponder over the natural regeneration patterns occurring, and over the best strategies to restore and manage the burned areas. In the present study, we review the land use changes and the natural regeneration patterns observed after the large wildfire that occurred in Bages-Bergueda in 1994. The fire resulted in: (i) the creation of new croplands and pastures in previously forested areas, (ii) the expansion of mixed oak (Quercus ilex and Q. cerrioides) coppices, (iii) the failure of natural regeneration of the dominant tree species (Pinus nigra), leading to the appearance of areas without any tree regeneration. In this context, we discuss the results of different experiments carried out to reforest P nigra stands and to ameliorate the structure of mixed oak coppices.</style></abstract></record><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>47</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Espelta, J. M.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Rodrigo, A.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Habrouk, A.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Meghelli, N.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Ordonez, J. L.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Retana, J.</style></author></authors><secondary-authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Trabaud, L. and Prodon</style></author></secondary-authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Land use changes, natural regeneration patterns, and restoration practices after a large wildfire in NE Spain: Challenges for fire ecology and landscape restoration</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">FIRE AND BIOLOGICAL PROCESSES</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">land use changes</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Mediterranean areas</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">natural regeneration</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Spain</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">wildfires</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2002</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2002///</style></date></pub-dates></dates><publisher><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">BACKHUYS PUBLISHERS</style></publisher><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">315 - 324</style></pages><isbn><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">90-5782-116-8</style></isbn><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Great wildfires have recently affected sub-Mediterranean areas of central Catalonia (NE Spain). The large extension of the burned areas, as well as the fact that non-fire-prone vegetation has been severely affected, lead to ponder over the natural regeneration patterns occurring, and over the best strategies to restore and manage the burned areas. In the present study, we review the land use changes and the natural regeneration patterns observed after the large wildfire that occurred in Bages-Bergueda in 1994. The fire resulted in: (i) the creation of new croplands and pastures in previously forested areas, (ii) the expansion of mixed oak (Quercus ilex and Q. cerrioides) coppices, (iii) the failure of natural regeneration of the dominant tree species (Pinus nigra), leading to the appearance of areas without any tree regeneration. In this context, we discuss the results of different experiments carried out to reforest P nigra stands and to ameliorate the structure of mixed oak coppices.</style></abstract><notes><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">The following values have no corresponding Zotero field:&lt;br/&gt;periodical: FIRE AND BIOLOGICAL PROCESSES&lt;br/&gt;pub-location: PO BOX 321, 2300 AH LEIDEN, NETHERLANDS</style></notes></record></records></xml>