Aridity influences the recovery of vegetation and shrubland birds after wildfire.

ABSTRACT: Wildfires play a determining role in the composition and structure of many plant and animal communities. On the other hand, climate change is considered to be a major driver of current and future fire regime changes. Despite increases in drought in many areas of the world, the effects of aridity on post-fire colonization by animals have been rarely addressed. This study aims to analyse how a regional aridity gradient affects post-fire recovery of vegetation, bird species richness and the numbers of four early to middle-successional warbler species associated with the shrub cover. The database contains bird relative abundance and environmental variables from 3072 censuses in 695 transects located in 70 recently burnt areas (1 to 11 years after wildfire) in Catalonia (Spain), which were samp

SUBMITTER: Puig-Girones R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5371301 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature