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| Santos, X.; Bros, V.; Ros, E.. |
| Land-use change is considered the main disturbance in landscapestructure and composition, directly affecting faunal distributionand 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... |
| Tipo: Article / Letter to the editor |
Palavras-chave: Burnt areas; Mediterranean basin; Terrestrial gastropods; Wildfires; Leucothoid clade; Xerocrassa spp.; 42.73. |
| Ano: 2012 |
URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/424617 |
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| Chen, Xuan; Goodwin, Barry K.. |
| In the US forestry industry, wildfire has always been one of the leading causes of damage. This topic is of growing interest as wildfire has caused huge losses for landowners, residents and governments in recent years. While individual wildfire behavior is well studied (e.g. Butry 2009; Holmes 2010), a lot of new literature on broadscale wildfire risks (e.g. by county) is emerging (e.g. Butry et al. 2001; Prestemon et al. 2002). The papers of the latter category have provided useful suggestions for government wildfire management and policies. Although wildfire insurance for real estate owners is popular, the possibility to develop a forestry production insurance scheme accounting for wildfire risks has not yet been investigated. The purpose of our paper is... |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Wildfires; Forestry; Weather; Socio-economic; Spatio-Temporal autocorrelation; Risk and Uncertainty. |
| Ano: 2011 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/103628 |
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