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ISI journals only: Acta Oecologica, Agricultural & Forest Meteorology, American Journal of Botany, Animal Behaviour, Annals of Botany, Annals of Forest Science, Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics, Austral Ecology, Australian Journal of Ecology, Australian Journal of Botany, Basic and Applied Ecology, Behavioral Ecology, Biological Conservation, BioScience, Climatic Change, Conservation Biology, Critical Reviews in Plant Science, Diversity and Distributions, Earth's Future, Ecography, Ecological Applications, Ecological Research, Ecology, Ecology Letters, Ecosystems, Environmental & Experimental Botany, Environmental Modelling and Software, Environmental Research Letters, Evolution, Evolutionary Applications, Evolutionry Ecology, Fire, Fire Ecology, Forest Ecology and Management, Frontiers in Ecology & the Environment, Frontiers in Plant Science, Functional Ecology, Global Ecology & Biogeography, Global Change Biology, International Journal for Parasitology, International Journal of Wildland Fire, Journal of Ecology, Journal of Vegetation Science, Landscape Ecology, Molecular Ecology (Resources, Reports), Molecular Phylogenetics & Evolution, Nature Communcations, New Phytologists, Oecologia, Oikos, People and Nature, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B, PNAS, Plant Ecology, PLoS One, Quaternary Science Reviews, Proceedings of the Royal Society B, Science, Science of The Total Environment Scientific Data, South African J. Botany, Trends in Ecology & Evolution, Trends in Plant Science, Vegetatio

Science

Chergui B, Fahd S, Santos X, Pausas JG. 2024. Moroccan cannabis farms threaten biodiversity. Science 385 (6712): 941. [doi | pdf] French & Arabic versions]
Bond W.J. & Pausas J.G. 2023. We need mechanistic models to explain Alternative Ecosystem States in tropical vegetation. Science 380(6649):add5190 (eLetter) [link | pdf | blog]
Leverkus A.B., Thorn S., Lindenmayer D.B. & Pausas J.G. 2022. Tree planting goals must account for wildfires. Science 376: 588–589. [doi | science | pdf]
Tavsanoglu Ç. & Pausas J.G. 2022. Turkish postfire action overlooks biodiversity. Science 375 (6579): 391. [doi | science | pdf | Turkish version | blog]
Kelly L.T., Giljohann K.M., Duane A., Aquilué N., Archibald S., Batllori E., Bennett A.F., Buckland S.T., Canelles Q., Clarke M.F., Fortin M.-J., Hermoso V., Herrando S., Keane R.E., Lake F.K., McCarthy M.A., Ordóñez A.M., Parr C.L., Pausas J.G., Penman T.D., Regos A., Rumpff L., Santos J.L., Smith A.L., Syphard A.D., Tingley M.W. & Brotons L. 2020. Fire and biodiversity in the Anthropocene. Science 370 (6519): eabb0355. [doi | science | pdf | suppl.]
Leverkus A.B., Thorn S., Lindenmayer D.B., Pausas J.G. 2020. Wildfires debate needs science, not politics. Science 370 (6515): 416-417. [doi | science | pdf]
Gómez-González S., Ochoa-Hueso R., Pausas J.G. 2020. Afforestation falls short as a biodiversity strategy. Science 368 (6498): 1439. [doi | science | pdf]
Leverkus AB, García Murillo P, Jurado Doña V, & Pausas J.G. 2019. Wildfire: opportunity for restoration? Science 363 (6423): 134-135. [doi | science | pdf]
Veldman JW, Aleman JC, Alvarado ST, Anderson TM, Archibald S, Bond WJ, Boutton TW, Buchmann N, Buisson E, Canadell JG, Dechoum MdS, Diaz-Toribio MH, Durigan G, Ewel JJ, Fernandes GW, Fidelis A, Fleischman F, Good SP, Griffith DM, Hermann J-M, Hoffmann WA, Stradic SL, Lehmann CER, Mahy G, Nerlekar AN, Nippert JB, Noss RF, Osborne CP, Overbeck GE, Parr CL, Pausas JG, Pennington RT, Perring MP, Putz FE, Ratnam J, Sankaran M, Schmidt IB, Schmitt CB, Silveira FAO, Staver AC, Stevens N, Still C, Strömberg CAE, Temperton VM, Varner JM, Zaloumis NP. 2019. On "The global tree restoration potential". Science 366 (6463), 18 oct 2019. [doi | science | blog | pdf]

Trends in Ecology and Evolution & Trends in Plant Science

Riera R & Pausas JG 2024. Fire ecology in marine systems. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 39(3): 221-224. [doi | sciencedirect | pdf]
Gómez-González S, Miranda A, Hoyos-Santillan J, Lara A, Moraga P, Pausas JG 2024. Afforestation and climate mitigation: lessons from Chile. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 39(1): 5-8. [doi | pdf]
Pausas J.G. & Bond W.J. 2022. Feedbacks in ecology and evolution. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 37(8): 637-644. [doi | sciencedirect | pdf]
Pausas J.G. & Bond W.J. 2021. On the scale of the terrestrial recycling pathways. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 36(1):11-12. [doi | sciencedirect | pdf]
de Bello F, S Lavorel, LM Hallett, E Valencia, E Garnier, C Roscher, L Conti, T Galland, M Goberna, M Májeková, A Montesinos-Navarro, JG Pausas, M Verdú, A E-Vojtkó, L Götzenberger, J Lepš. 2021. Functional trait effects on ecosystem stability: assembling the jigsaw puzzle. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 36(9): 822-836. [doi | sciencedirect]
Pausas J.G. & Bond W.J. 2020. On the three major recycling pathways in terrestrial ecosystems. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 35(9): 767-775. [doi | sciencedirect | pdf]

Pausas J.G. & Keeley J.E. 2017. Epicormic resprouting in fire-prone ecosystems. Trends in Plant Science 22(12): 1008-1015. [doi | sciencedirect | pdf] [post | Cover image]

Ottaviani G., Martínková J., Herben T., Pausas J.G., Klimešová, J. 2017. On plant modularity traits: functions and challenges Trends in Plant Science 22(8): 648-651. [doi | sciencedirect | pdf]

Pausas, J.G. 2015. Evolutionary fire ecology: lessons learned from pines. Trends in Plant Science 20(5): 318-324. [doi | sciencedirect | cell | pdf]

Keeley J.E., Pausas J.G., Rundel P.W., Bond W.J., Bradstock R.A. 2011. Fire as an evolutionary pressure shaping plant traits. Trends in Plant Science 16(8): 406-411. [doi | sciencedirect | trends | pdf | For managers]

Nature Communications

Dantas V. & Pausas J.G. 2022. The legacy of the extinct Neotropical megafauna on plants and biomes. Nature Communications 13: 129. [doi | pdf | data & codes]

Ecology Letters

Dantas V.L., Hirota M., Oliveira R.S., Pausas J.G. 2016. Disturbance maintains alternative biome states. Ecology Letters 19: 12-19. [doi | wiley | pdf | suppl.]

Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics

Keeley J.E. & Pausas J.G. 2022. Evolutionary ecology of fire. Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics 53: 203-225. [doi | pdf]

BioScience

Pausas JG & Keeley JE 2023. Evolutionary fire ecology: an historical account and future directions. BioScience 73(8): 602–608. [doi | pdf]
Pausas J.G. 2022. Ecology in the cradle of humanity. BioScience 72(7): 705–706. [oup | doi | pdf]
Pausas J.G. & Millán M.M. 2019. Greening and browning in a climate change hotspot: the Mediterranean Basin. BioScience 96(2):143-151. [doi | oup | blog | pdf]
Pausas, J.G., Verdú, M. 2010. The jungle of methods for evaluating phenotypic and phylogenetic structure of communities. BioScience, 60: 614-625. [pdf] [doi] [OUP] [ppt slides] [blog]
Pausas J.G. & Keeley J.E. 2009. A burning story: The role of fire in the history of life. BioScience 59: 593-601 [doi] [OUP] [pdf] [scribd] [ppt slides] [post]

Ecology

Dantas V., Batalha MA & Pausas JG. 2013. Fire drives functional thresholds on the savanna-forest transition. Ecology 94:2454-2463. [doi | pdf | appendix]
Paula S, Arianoutsou M, Kazanis D, Tavsanoglu Ç, Lloret F, Buhk C, Ojeda F, Luna B, Moreno JM, Rodrigo A, Espelta JM, Palacio S, Fernández-Santos B, Fernandes PM, and Pausas JG. 2009. Fire-related traits for plant species of the Mediterranean Basin. Ecology 90: 1420. [doi] [ESA journals] [Ecological Archives E090-094] [pdf] [BROT database online (updated)]
Pausas J.G. & Verdú M. 2008. Fire reduces morphospace occupation in plant communities. Ecology 89: 2181-2186. [pdf] [doi] [ESA journals] [Ecological Archives E089-124] [scribd]
Hawkins BA, MB Araújo, J Beck, LM Bini, FJ Cabrero-Sañudo, I Castro-Parga, JA Felizola Diniz-Filho, D Ferrer-Castán, R Field, JF Gómez, J Hortal, JT Kerr, IJ Kitching, JL León-Cortés, JM Lobo, D Montoya, JC Moreno, MÁ Olalla-Tárraga, JG Pausas, H Qian, C Rahbek, MÁ Rodríguez, NJ Sanders, FS Albuquerque and P Williams 2007. A global evaluation of metabolic theory as an explanation for terrestrial species richness gradients. Ecology 88: 1877-1888 [pdf] [ESA journals] [doi]
Pausas, J.G., Bradstock, R.A., Keith, D.A., Keeley, J.E. & GCTE Fire Network. 2004. Plant functional traits in relation to fire in crown-fire ecosystems. Ecology 85: 1085-1100. [pdf] [jstor] [Ecological Archives E085-029]

Journal of Ecology

Budde KB, Rellstab C, Heuertz M, Gugerli F, Verdú M, Pausas JG, & González-Martínez SC. 2024. Divergent selection in Mediterranean pine stands on local spatial scales. Journal of Ecology 112(2): 278-290. [doi | pdf]

Pausas J.G. & Bond W.J. 2021. Alternative biome states challenge the modelling of species' niche shifts under climate change. Journal of Ecology 109(12): 3962-3971. [doi | wiley | pdf]

McLauchlan, KK, PE Higuera, J Miesel, BM Rogers, J Schweitzer, JK Shuman, AJ Tepley, JM Varner, TT Veblen, SA Adalsteinsson, JK Balch, P Baker, E Batllori, E Bigio, P Brando, M Cattau, ML Chipman, J Coen, R Crandall, L Daniels, N Enright, WS Gross, BJ Harvey, JA Hatten, S Hermann, RE Hewitt, LN Kobziar, JB Landesmann, MM Loranty, SY Maezumi, L Mearns, M Moritz, JA Myers, JG Pausas, AFA Pellegrini, WJ Platt, J Roozeboom, H Safford, F Santos, RM Scheller, RL Sherriff, KG Smith, MD Smith, AC Watts.2020. Fire as a fundamental ecological process: research advances and frontiers. Journal of Ecology 108(5): 2047-2069. [doi | pdf]

Pausas J.G. & Bond W.J. 2019. Humboldt and the reinvention of nature. Journal of Ecology 107(3): 1031-1037. [doi | jecol blog | jgp blog | pdf]

Pausas J.G., Keeley J.E., Schwilk D.W. 2017. Flammability as an ecological and evolutionary driver. Journal of Ecology 105: 289-297. [doi | wiley | pdf | brief for managers] Featured on the cover & the cover image

Dantas V. & Pausas J.G. 2013. The lanky and the corky: fire-escape strategies in savanna woody species Journal of Ecology 101 (5): 1265-1272. [doi | pdf (suppl.)]

Paula S. & Pausas J.G. 2008. Burning seeds: Germinative response to heat treatments in relation to resprouting ability. Journal of Ecology 96 (3): 543 - 552. [pdf] [doi] [blackwell]

Verdú M, & Pausas JG. 2007. Fire drives phylogenetic clustering in Mediterranean Basin woody plant communities Journal of Ecology 95 (6), 1316-323 [pdf] [doi] [blackwell]

Pausas J.G., Keeley J.E. & Verdú M. 2006. Inferring differential evolutionary processes of plant persistence traits in Northern Hemisphere Mediterranean fire-prone ecosystems. Journal of Ecology 94: 31-39. [pdf] [doi] [Blackwell Synergy] [Ingenta] [citations]

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment

Pausas JG 2024. Science in a changing world. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 22(7): e2797. [doi | pdf]
Pausas J.G. & Keeley J.E. 2021. Wildfires and global change. Frontiers in Ecology and Environment 19(7): 387-395. [doi | wiley | pdf | brief for managers]
Pausas J.G. & Keeley J.E. 2019. Wildfires as an ecosystem service. Frontiers in Ecology and Environment 17(6): 289-295. [doi | pdf] (Featured on the cover)
Pausas J.G. & Keeley J.E. 2019. Wildfires misundertood. Frontiers in Ecology and Environment 17(8): 430-431. [doi | pdf]
Bugalho M.N., Caldeira M.C., Pereira J.S., Aronson J., & Pausas J.G. 2011. Mediterranean Cork oak savannas require human use to sustain biodiversity and ecosystem services. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 9: 278-286. [doi] [pdf] [Featured on the cover: pdf, foto] [see also the Cork oak book]

New Phytologists

Pausas JG, Lamont BB, Keeley JE, Bond WJ. 2024. The need for mechanistic explanations in (seed) ecology. New Phytologist 242(6): 2394-2398. [doi | pdf]
Pausas JG, Lamont BB, Keeley JE., Bond, WJ. 2022. Bet-hedging and best-bet strategies shape seed dormancy. New Phytologist 236(4): 1232-1236. [ doi | wiley | pdf]
Pausas J.G., Lamont B.B., Paula S., Appezzato-da-Glória B. & Fidelis A. 2018. Unearthing belowground bud banks in fire-prone ecosystems. New Phytologist 217(4): 1435–1448. [doi | pdf | suppl. | BBB database]
Pausas J.G. 2017. Bark thickness and fire regime: another twist. New Phytologist 213: 13-15. [doi | wiley | pdf]
Pausas, J.G., Pratt, R.B., Keeley, J.E., Jacobsen, A.L., Ramirez, A.R., Vilagrosa, A., Paula, S., Kaneakua-Pia, I.N. & Davis, S.D. 2016. Towards understanding resprouting at the global scale. New Phytologist 209: 945-954. [doi | wiley | pdf | Notes S1-S4 | Table S1: Global P50-Resprouting data (xls)]
Pausas J.G. & Keeley J.E., 2014 Evolutionary ecology of resprouting and seeding in fire-prone ecosystems. New Phytologist 204: 55-65. [doi | wiley | pdf]
Vilagrosa A., Hernández E.I., Luis V.C., Cochard H., Pausas, J.G. 2014. Physiological differences explain the co-existence of different regeneration strategies in Mediterranean ecosystems. New Phytologist 201: 1277-1288. [doi | pdf | suppl.]
Budde, K. B., Heuertz, M., Hernández-Serrano, A., Pausas, J.G., Vendramin, G.G., Verdú, M. & González-Martínez, S.C. 2014. In situ genetic association for serotiny, a fire-related trait, in Mediterranean maritime pine (Pinus pinaster Aiton). New Phytologist 201: 230-241. [doi | pdf | supp1 | supp2]
He T, Pausas JG, Belcher CM, Schwilk DW, Lamont BB. 2012. Fire-adapted traits of Pinus arose in the fiery Cretaceous. New Phytologist 194: 751-759. [doi | wiley | pdf (suppl.)]
Pausas J.G. & Moreira B. 2012. Flammability as a biological concept. New Phytologist 194: 610-613. [doi | wiley | pdf]
Pausas, J. G., Schwilk, D. W. 2012. Fire and plant evolution. New Phytologist, 193:301-303. [doi | wiley | pdf]
Pausas J.G., Alessio G., Moreira B. & Corcobado G. 2012. Fires enhance flammability in Ulex parviflorus. New Phytologist 193: 18-23. [doi] [wiley] [pdf]
Díaz, S., McIntyre, S., Lavorel, S. & Pausas, J.G. 2002. Does hairiness matter in Harare? Resolving controversy in global comparisons of plant trait responses to ecosystem disturbance. New Phytol. 154: 7-9. [pdf] [doi]

Global Ecology & Biogeography

Linley GD, Jolly CJ, Doherty TS, Geary WL, Armenteras D, Belcher CM, Bliege Bird R, Duane A, Fletcher M-S, Giorgis MA, Haslem A, Jones GM, Kelly LT, Lee CKF, Nolan RH, Parr CL, Pausas JG, Price JN, Regos A, Ritchie EG, Ruffault J, Williamson GJ, Wu Q, Nimmo DG. 2025. Megafire—you may not like it, but you cannot avoid it. Global Ecology and Biogeography 34(4): e70032. [doi | wiley | pdf]
Grau-Andrés R, Moreira B, Pausas JG. 2024. Global plant responses to intensified fire regimes. Global Ecology & Biogeography 33(8): e13858. [doi | pdf | data: dryad]
Paula S, Ramírez D, Estay S, Pausas JG. 2024. Soil fertility shapes fire activity across Mediterranean-type climate regions. Global Ecology and Biogeography 33(3): 400-411. [doi | pdf | data: dryad]
Ocampo-Zuleta K, Pausas JG, Paula S. 2024. FLAMITS: A global database of plant flammability traits. Global Ecology and Biogeography 33(3): 412-425. [doi | pdf | data: dryad]
Pausas J.G. 2022. Pyrogeography across the western Palearctic: a diversity of fire regimes. Global Ecology & Biogeography 32(10): 1923-1932. [ doi | wiley | pdf | data: dryad | figures]
Linley G.D., Jolly C.J., Doherty T.S., Geary W.L., Armenteras D., Belcher C.M., Bliege Bird R., Duane A., Fletcher M.-S., Giorgis M.A., Haslem A., Jones G.M., Kelly L.T., Lee C.K.F., Nolan R.H., Parr C.L., Pausas J.G., Price J.N., Regos A., Ritchie E.G., Ruffault J., Williamson G.J., Wu Q. & Nimmo D.G. 2022. What do you mean, 'megafire'? Global Ecology and Biogeography 31(10): 1906-1922. [doi]
Guerrero-Ramirez N, Mommer L, Freschet GT, Iversen CM, McCormack ML, Kattge J, Poorter H, van der Plas F, Bergmann J, Kuyper TW, York LM, Bruelheide H, Laughlin DC, Meier IC, Roumet C, Semchenko M, Sweeney CJ, van Ruijven J, Valverde-Barrantes OJ, Aubin I, Catford JA, Manning P, Martin A, Milla R, Minden V, Pausas JG, Smith SW, Soudzilovskaia NA, Ammer C, Butterfield B, Craine J, Cornelissen JHC, de Vries FT, Isaac ME, Kramer K, König C, Lamb EG, Onipchenko VG, Peñuelas J, Reich PB, Rillig MC, Sack L, Shipley B, Tedersoo L, Valladares F, van Bodegom P, Weigelt P, Wright JP, Weigelt A (2021). Global Root Traits (GRooT) Database. Global Ecology and Biogeography 30(1): 25-37. [doi | journal | pdf]
Dantas V. & Pausas J.G. 2020. Megafauna biogeography explains plant functional trait variability in the tropics. Global Ecology and Biogeography 29(8): 1288-1298. [doi | pdf | data:dryad]
Carbone L.M., Tavella J., Pausas J.G., Aguilar R. 2019. A global synthesis of fire effects on pollinators. Global Ecology & Biogeography 28: 1487-1498. [doi | pdf | post]
Pausas J.G. & Ribeiro E. 2017. Fire and plant diversity at the global scale. Global Ecology and Biogeography 26: 889–897. [doi | pdf | data & maps (figshare)]
Pausas J.G. & Dantas V.L. 2017. Scale matters: Fire-vegetation feedbacks are needed to explain tropical tree cover at the local scale. Global Ecology and Biogeography 26: 395–399. [doi | wiley | pdf]
Pausas J.G. & Ribeiro E. 2013. The global fire-productivity relationship. Global Ecol. & Biogeogr. 22: 728-736. [doi | pdf | appendix | erratum | global fire map (shape)] Featured by NASA: NASA-SOP-2014 | PDF
Pausas J.G. & Paula S. 2012. Fuel shapes the fire-climate relationship: evidence from Mediterranean ecosystems. Global Ecology and Biogeography 21: 1074-1082. [doi | pdf | supp]
Pausas J.G. & Bradstock R.A. 2007. Plant persistence fire traits along a productivity and disturbance gradient in Mediterranean shrublands of SE Australia. Global Ecology & Biogeography 16: 330-340. [pdf] [Blackwell]

Proceedings of the Royal Society & Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London

Pausas JG, Keeley JE, Syphard AD 2025. Are fire regimes the result of top-down or bottom-up drivers? Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B 380 (1924): 20230447. [doi | royal | pdf]
Ramírez DP, Estay S, Miranda A, Pausas JG, Paula S 2025. Fire-driven alternative vegetation states across the temperate Andes Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B 380 (1924): 20230509. [doi | royal | pdf]
Shen Z, Giljohann K, Liu Z, Pausas J, Rogers B. 2025. Novel wildfire regimes under climate change and human activity: patterns, driving mechanisms and ecological impacts. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B 380 (1924): 20230446. [doi | royal]
Luo C, Shen Z, Wang X, Xiahou M, Xie Y, Yang T, Pausas JG. 2025. The effects of fire frequency on leaf and bark flammability strategies in subtropical semi-humid evergreen broadleaved forests in China. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B 380: 20230462. [doi | royal |
Castellanos MC, Montero-Pau J, Ziarsolo P, Blanca JM, Cañizares J, Pausas JG. 2023. Quantitative genetic analysis of floral traits shows current limits but potential evolution in the wild. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 290: 20230141. [doi | pdf | Supp. Info. (figshare) | data & scripts (dryad)]
Álvarez-Ruiz L, Belliure J, Santos X., Pausas JG. 2021. Fire reduces parasite load in a Mediterranean lizard. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 288 (1954): 20211230. [doi | publisher | Sup. Mat. | pdf] Echoes: Nature | The Atlantic

Scientific Data

Gincheva A, Pausas JG, Edwards A, Provenzale A, Cerdà A, Hanes C, Royé D, Chuvieco E, Mouillot F, Vissio G, Rodrigo J, Bedía J, Abatzoglou JT, González JMS, Short KC, Baudena M, Llasat MC, Magnani M, Boer MM, González ME, Torres-Vázquez MÁ, Fiorucci P, Jacklyn P, Libonati R, Trigo RM, Herrera S, Jerez S, Wang X, Turco M. 2024. A monthly gridded burned area database of national wildland fire data Scientific Data 11: 352. [paper | ONFIRE dataset | code]
Pausas JG, Álvarez-Ruiz L, Baz A, Belliure J, Benítez G, Ferrer-Gallego PP, Herrando-Pérez S, Jiménez JN, Laguna E, Mínguez E, Montagud S, Outerelo R, Roca V, Santos X, Velázquez de Castro AJ, Viñolas A, Cifuentes J, Gilgado JD. 2023. Postfire biodiversity database for eastern Iberia. Scientific Data 10:872. [doi | pdf | pdf | data: figshare]
Tavsanoglu Ç. & Pausas J.G. 2018. A functional trait database for Mediterranean Basin plants. Scientific Data 5:180135. [doi | sdata | pdf | data:figshare | BROT web page]

PNAS

Santin C., Doerr S.H., Pausas J.G., Underwood E.C., Safford H.D. 2020. No evidence of suitability of prophylactic fluids for wildfire prevention at landscape scales. PNAS117, 5103-5104. [doi | pdf]

Critical Reviews in Plant Science

Lamont BB, Pausas JG, He T, Witkowski, ETF, Hanley ME. 2020. Fire as a selective agent for both serotiny and nonserotiny over space and time. Critical Reviews in Plant Science 39(2):140-172. [doi | pdf | suppl.]

Environmental Research Letters

Leverkus AB, Thorn S, Gustafsson L, Noss R, Müller J, Pausas JG, Lindenmayer D. 2021. Environmental policies to cope with novel disturbance regimes: steps to address a world scientists’ warning to humanity. Environmental Research Letters 16(2): 021003. [doi | pdf]
Moreira F, Ascoli D, Safford H, Adams M, Moreno JM, Pereira JC, Catry F, Armesto J, Bond WJ, Gonzalez M, Curt T, Koutsias N, McCaw L, Price O, Pausas JG, Rigolot E, Stephens S, Tavsanoglu C, Vallejo R, van Wilgen B, Xanthopoulos G, Fernandes P. 2020. Wildfire management in Mediterranean-type regions: paradigm change needed. Environmental Research Letters 15, 011001. [doi | pdf]
Archibald S., Lehmann C., Belcher C., Bond W., Bradstock R,. Daniau A-L,. Dexter K., Forrestel E., Greve M., He T., Higgins S., Hoffmann W.A., Lamont B., McGlinn D., Moncreiff G., Osborne C.,; Pausas J.G., Price, O., Ripley B., Rogers B., Schwilk D., Simon M., Turetsky M., Van der Werf G., Zanne A. 2018. Biological and geophysical feedbacks with fire in the Earth System. Environmental Research Letters 13: 033003. [doi | pdf]

Oecologia

García Y., Castellanos M.C. & Pausas J.G. 2016. Fires can benefit plants by disrupting antagonistic interactions. Oecologia 182, 1165–1173. [doi | pdf]
Pausas J.G., Alessio G.A., Moreira B., Segarra-Moragues J.G. 2016. Secondary compounds enhance flammability in a Mediterranean plant. Oecologia 180: 103-110. [doi | pdf | ESM: Tabla S1 (csv)]
Dantas V.L., Pausas J.G., Batalha M.A., Loiola P.P. & Cianciaruso M.V. 2013. The role of fire in structuring trait variability in Neotropical savannas. Oecologia 171: 487-494. [doi | pdf]
Pons, J. and Pausas, J.G. 2012. The coexistence of acorns with different maturation patterns explains acorn production variability in Cork oak. Oecologia 169: 723-731. [doi | pdf | suppl.]
Moreira B., Tavsanoglu Ç., Pausas J.G. 2012. Local versus regional intraspecific variability in regeneration traits. Oecologia 168: 671-677. [doi | pdf]
Coca M. & Pausas J.G. 2012. Scale-dependent segregation of seeders and resprouters in cork oak (Quercus suber) forests. Oecologia 168: 503-510. [doi | pdf]
Paula S. & Pausas J.G. 2011. Root traits explain different foraging strategies between resprouting life histories. Oecologia 165:321-331. [doi] [pdf] [blog]
Ojeda, F., Pausas, J.G., Verdú, M. 2010. Soil shapes community structure through fire. Oecologia 163:729-735. [doi] [SpringerLink] [pdf] [post]
Pons J. & Pausas J.G. 2007. Acorn dispersal estimated by radio-tracking. Oecologia 153: 903-911 [pdf] [doi] [springer] [PubMed] [Faculty1000evaluation]

Oikos

Guiote C & Pausas JG. 2023. Fire favors sexual precocity in a Mediterranean pine. Oikos 2023(3):e09373. [ doi | pdf]

Pausas J.G. 2019. Generalized fire response strategies in plants and animals. Oikos 128(2): 147-153 [doi | wiley | pdf | blog1 blog2 | blog3 | cover image] ^{editor's choice!}

Moreira B., Tormo J, Pausas J.G. 2012. To resprout or not to resprout: factors driving intraspecific variability in resprouting. Oikos 121: 1577-1584. [doi | pdf]

Pausas J.G. & Verdú M. 2005. Plant persistence traits in fire-prone ecosystems of the Mediterranean Basin: A phylogenetic approach. Oikos 109: 196-202. [pdf] [doi] [Blackwell Synergy] [Ingenta]

Pausas, J.G. 2001. Resprouting vs seeding - a Mediterranean perspective. Oikos 94: 193-194. [pdf]

Evolution

Verdú M. & Pausas J.G. 2013. Syndrome-driven diversification in a Mediterranean ecosystem. Evolution. 67: 1756-1766. [doi | pdf]
Verdú M, Pausas JG, Segarra-Moragues JG, Ojeda F. 2007. Burning phylogenies: fire, molecular evolutionary rates and diversification. Evolution 61 (9): 2195-2204. [pdf] [doi] [blackwell] [PubMed]

Functional Ecology

Lamont BB & Pausas JG 2023. Seed dormancy revisited: dormancy-release pathways and environmental interactions. Functional Ecology 37(4): 1106-1125. [ doi | data: dryad | pdf]
Pausas, J.G. 2015. Bark thickness and fire regime. Functional Ecology 29:317-327. [doi | pdf | suppl.]
Paula S. & Pausas J.G. 2006. Leaf traits and resprouting ability in the Mediterranean basin. Functional Ecology 20: 941-947. [pdf] [doi] [Blackwell]

Ecosystems

Bernardino P, Dantas V, Hirota M, Pausas JG, Oliveira R. 2022. Savanna-forest coexistence across a fire gradient. Ecosystems 25: 279–290. [doi | pdf]
Chergui B., Fahd S., Santos X., Pausas J.G. 2018. Socioeconomic factors drive fire regime variability in the Mediterranean Basin. Ecosystems 21(4): 619–628. [doi | pdf | post]
Pausas J.G. & Keeley J.E., 2014. Abrupt climate-independent fire regime changes. Ecosystems 17: 1109-1120. [doi | pdf | USGS brief1 | brief2]

Evolutionary Ecology

Pausas J.G., Parr C.L. 2018. Towards an understanding of the evolutionary role of fire in animals. Evolutionary Ecology 32: 113–125. [doi | pdf]
Lamont B.B., He T. & Pausas J.G. 2017. African geoxyles evolved in response to fire; frost came later. Evolutionary Ecology 31(5): 603–617. [doi | pdf | suppl. mat.]

Ecological Applications

Santos X. Belliure J., Gonçalves J, Pausas JG. 2022. Resilience of reptiles to megafires. Ecological Applications 32(2): e2518. [doi | wiley | pdf | data]
Pausas, J.G., Austin, M.P. & Noble, I.R. 1997. A forest simulation model for predicting eucalypt dynamics and habitat quality for arboreal marsupials. Ecol. Applications 7: 921-933. [pdf large] [pdf small] [doi]

Climatic change

Pausas J.G. & Fernández-Muñoz S. 2012. Fire regime changes in the Western Mediterranean Basin: from fuel-limited to drought-driven fire regime. Climatic Change 110: 215-226. [doi | springer | pdf]
Pausas, J.G. 2004. Changes in fire and climate in the eastern Iberian Peninsula (Mediterranean basin). Climatic Change 63: 337-350. [pdf] [doi] [Kluwer online]

Global Change Biology

Kattge, J., (+728 authors). 2020. TRY plant trait database - enhanced coverage and open access. Global Change Biology 26: 119-188. [doi]
Kattge J, Díaz S, Lavorel S, Prentice IC, Leadley P, Bönisch G, Garnier E, Westoby M, Reich PB, Wright IJ, Cornelissen JH, Violle C, Harrison SP, van Bodegom MP, Reichstein M, Soudzilovskaia NA, Ackerly DD, Anand M, Atkin O, Bahn M, Baker TR, Baldocchi D, Bekker R, Blanco C, Blonder B, Bond W, Bradstock R, Bunker DE, Casanoves F, Cavender-Bares J, Chambers J, Chapin FS, Chave J, Coomes D, Cornwell WK, Craine JM, Dobrin BH, Durka W, Elser J, Enquist BJ, Esser G, Estiarte M, Fagan WF, Fang J, Fernández F, Fidelis A, Finegan B, Flores O, Ford H, Frank D, Freschet GT, Fyllas NM, Gallagher R, Green W, Gutierrez AG, Hickler T, Higgins S, Hodgson JG, Jalili A, Jansen S, Kerkhoff AJ, Kirkup D, Kitajima K, Kleyer M, Klotz S, Knops JMH, Kramer K, Kühn I, Kurokawa H, Laughlin D, Lee TD, Leishman M, Lens F, Lenz T, Lewis SL, Lloyd J, Llusià J, Louault F, Ma S, Mahecha MD, Manning P, Massad T, Medlyn B, Messier J, Moles A, Müller S, Nadrowski K, Naeem S, Niinemets Ü, Nöllert S, Nüske A, Ogaya R, Oleksyn J, Onipchenko VG, Onoda Y, Ordoñez J, Overbeck G, Ozinga W, Patiño S, Paula S, Pausas JG, Peñuelas J, Phillips OL, Pillar V, Poorter H, Poorter L, Poschlod P, Proulx R, Rammig A, Reinsch S, Reu B, Sack L, Salgado B, Sardans J, Shiodera S, Shipley B, Sosinski E, Soussana J, Swaine E, Swenson N, Thompson K, Thornton P, Waldram M, Weiher E, White M, Wright SJ, Zaehle S, Zanne AE, Wirth C. 2011. TRY - a global database of plant traits. Global Change Biology 17(9): 2905-2935. [doi | wiley | pdf | suppl. mat.]

Molecular Ecology, Molecular Ecology Resources, Molecular Biology Reports, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Gutiérrez-Larruscain D, Vargas P, Fernández-Mazuecos M, Pausas J.G. 2024. Phylogenomic analysis reveals the evolutionary history of Paleartic needle-leaved junipers. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 199 (october): 108162. [doi | sciencedirect | pdf]
Gutiérrez-Larruscain D, Donat S, Pausas JG, Segarra-Moragues JG. 2023. Development and characterization of microsatellite loci in Ulex parviflorus Pourr. And its cross-transferability to other Genisteae. Molecular Biology Reports 50: 9721–9729. [doi | springer | pdf]
Castellanos, M.C., González-Martínez, S. & Pausas, J.G. 2015. Field heritability of a plant adaptation to fire in heterogeneous landscapes. Molecular Ecology 24, 5633-5642. [doi | pdf | suppl.]
Moreira B., Castellanos M.C., Pausas J.G. 2014. Genetic component of flammability variation in a Mediterranean shrub. Molecular Ecology 23: 1213-1223. [doi | pdf | suppl. | data:dryad]
Pinosio, S., González-Martínez, S., Bagnoli, F., Cattonaro, F., Grivet, D., Marroni, F., Lorenzo, Z., Pausas, J.G., Verdú, M., Vendramin, G.G. 2014 First insights into the transcriptome and development of new genomic tools of a widespread circum-Mediterranean tree species, Pinus halepensis Mill. Molecular Ecology Resources 14: 846-856. [doi | pdf]

PLoS ONE

Pausas, J.G., Belliure, J., Mínguez, E. & Montagut, S. 2018. Fire benefits flower beetles in a mediterranean ecosystem. PLoS One 13(6): e0198951. [doi | plos | pdf]
Gómez-González S., Paula S., Cavieres L.A. & Pausas J.G. 2017. Postfire responses of the woody flora of Central Chile: insights from a germination experiment PLoS One 12: e0180661. [doi | plos | pdf | suppl. mat.]
Moreira B. & Pausas J.G. 2012. Tanned or burned: The role of fire in shaping physical seed dormancy. PLoS ONE 7(12): e51523. [doi | plos | pdf]
Catry F., Moreira F., Pausas J.G., Fernandes P.M., Rego F., Cardillo E. & Curt T. 2012. Cork Oak vulnerability to fire: the role of bark harvesting, tree characteristics and abiotic factors. PLoS ONE 7(6): e39810. [doi | pdf |

American Journal of Botany

Magaña-Hernández E, Zuloaga-Aguilar S, Cuevas-Guzmán R, Pausas JG. 2020. Variation in plant belowground resource allocation across heterogeneous landscapes: implications for post-fire resprouting. American Journal of Botany 107(8):1114-1121. [doi | | pdf]
Hernández-Serrano A., Verdú M., González-Martínez S.C., Pausas J.G. 2013. Fire structures pine serotiny at different scales. American Journal of Botany 100 (12): 2349-2356. [doi | amjbot | pdf | supp.]

Environmental and Experimental Botany

Verdú M, Pausas JG, Postigo-Mijarra JM, Barrón E, Casas-Gallego M, Arroyo J, Carrión JS. 2020. Phylogenetic diversity in the Iberian flora through the Cenozoic. Environmental and Experimental Botany 170 (Feb.): 103888. [doi | pdf]

Ecography

Bini LM, Diniz-Filho JLF, Rangel TFLVB, Akre TSB, Albaladejo RG, Albuquerque FS, Aparicio A, Araújo MB, Baselga A, Beck K, Bellocq MI, Böhning-Gaese K, Borges PAV, Castro-Parga I, Chey VK, Chown SL, de Marco Jr.P, Dobkin DS, Ferrer-Castán D, Field R, Filloy J, Fleishman E, Gómez JF, Hortal J, Iverson JB, Kerr JT, Kissling WD, Kitching IJ, León-Cortés JL, Lobo JM, Montoya D, Morales-Castilla I, Moreno JC, Oberdorff T, Olalla-Tárraga MA, Pausas JG, Qian H, Rahbek C, Rodríguez MA, Rueda M, Ruggiero A, Sackmann P, Sanders NJ, Terribile LC, Vetaas OR, & Hawkins BA. 2009. Coefficient shifts in geographical ecology: an empirical evaluation of spatial and non-spatial regression. Ecography 32: 193-204 [doi] [pdf]

Diversity and Distributions

Gómez-González S, Torres-Díaz C., Valencia G, Torres-Morales P, Cavieres L.A., and Pausas J.G 2011. Anthropogenic fires increase alien and native annual species in the Chilean coastal matorral. Diversity and Distributions 17: 58-67. [doi] [pdf | supp] [blog]
Hawkins, B.A. & Pausas, J.G. 2004. Does plant richness influence animal richness?: the mammals of Catalonia (NE Spain). Diversity and Distributions 10: 247-252. [pdf] [doi] [Blackwell Synergy] [eScholarship Repository, Univ. California]

Annals of Botany

Carbone LM, Tavella J, Marquez V, Ashworth L, Pausas JG, Aguilar R. 2025. Fire effects on pollination and plant reproduction: a quantitative review. Annals of Botany 135(1–2):43–56. [doi | pdf | BotanyOne]
Zomer M, Moreira B, Pausas JG. 2022. Fire and summer temperatures interact to shape seed dormancy thresholds. Annals of Botany 129(7): 809–816. [doi | pdf | data (figshare)]
García Y., Castellanos M.C. & Pausas J.G. 2018. Differential pollinator response underlies plant reproductive resilience after fires. Annals of Botany 122:961-971. [doi | oup | pdf] ^{editor's choice!}
Hernández-Serrano, A., Verdú, M., Santos-Del-Blanco, L., Climent, J., González-Martínez, S.C. & Pausas, J.G. 2014. Heritability and quantitative genetic divergence of serotiny, a fire-persistence plant trait. Annals of Botany 114: 571-577. [doi | pdf | suppl.]
Moreira B., Tormo J., Estrelles E., Pausas J.G. 2010. Disentangling the role of heat and smoke as germination cues in Mediterranean Basin flora. Annals of Botany 105: 627-635. [pdf] [doi] [journal full text | usage] [post]

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

De Cáceres M., Martínez-Vilalta J., Coll L., Llorens P., Casals P., Poyatos R., Pausas J.G., Brotons L. 2015. Coupling a water balance model with forest inventory data to predict drought stress: the role of forest structural changes vs. climate changes. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 213: 77–90. [doi | pdf | suppl.]

Biological Conservation / Conservation Biology

Santos X, Chergui B, Belliure J, Moreira F. Pausas JG. 2025. Reptile responses to fire across the western Mediterranean Basin. Conservation Biology 39(1): e14326. [doi | wiley | pdf]
Pausas J.G., Lloret F. & Vilà M. 2006. Simulating the effects of different disturbance regimes on Cortaderia selloana invasion. Biological Conservation 128: 128-135. [pdf] [ScienceDirect]

Quaternary Science Reviews

Gil-Romera G., J.S. Carrión, J.G. Pausas, S. Fernández, F. Burjachs 2010. Holocene fire activity and vegetation response in South-Eastern Iberia. Quaternary Science Reviews 29: 1082-1092. [pdf] [doi] [post]

Forest Ecology and Management

Catry F.X., Rego F., Moreira F., Fernandes F.M., Pausas J.G. 2010. Post-fire tree mortality in mixed forests of central Portugal. Forest Ecology & Management 206: 1184-1192. [doi] [pdf]
Pons J. & Pausas JG. 2008. Modelling jay (Garrulus glandarius) abundance and distribution for oak regeneration assessment in Mediterranean landscapes. Forest Ecology and Management 256: 578-584. [pdf] [doi] [scribd]
Pons J. & Pausas J.G. 2006. Oak regeneration in heterogeneous landscapes: the case of fragmented Quercus suber forests in the eastern Iberian Peninsula. Forest Ecology & Management 231: 196-204 [pdf] [doi]
Paula S, Cervelló C.P. & Pausas JG. 2006. Fire as a germination cue: a review for the Mediterranean basin. Abstract. For. Ecol. Manage. (Suppl. 1) 234: S176. [PDF] [DOI] [ScienceDirect]
Pausas, J.G., Ribeiro, E. & Vallejo, R. 2004. Post-fire regeneration variability of Pinus halepensis in the eastern Iberian Peninsula. Forest Ecology and Management 203: 251-259. [pdf] [ScienceDirect]
Pausas, J.G., Braithwaite, L.W. & Austin, M.P. 1995. Modelling habitat quality for arboreal marsupials in the South Coastal forests of New South Wales, Australia. For. Ecol. Manage. 78: 39-49. [pdf] [ScienceDirect] [DOI]

Journal of Vegetation Science

Zupo T, Daibes LF, Pausas JG, and Fidelis A. 2021. Post-fire regeneration strategies in a frequently burned Cerrado community. Journal of Vegetation Science 32 (1): e12968. [doi | pdf]
Pausas, J.G. 2015. Alternative fire-driven vegetation states. Journal of Vegetation Science 26:4-6. [doi | pdf | suppl.]
Dantas V., Batalha M.A., França H. & Pausas J.G. 2015. Resource availability shapes fire-filtered savannas. Journal of Vegetation Science 26(2): 395-403. [doi | pdf]
Tormo, J., B. Moreira, and J. G. Pausas, 2014. Field evidence of smoke-stimulated seedling emergence and establishment in Mediterranean Basin flora. Journal of Vegetation Science 25: 771-777. [doi | wiley | pdf]
Baeza, M.J., Santana, V.M., Pausas, J.G. and Vallejo, V.R. 2011. Successional trends in standing dead biomass in Mediterranean basin species. Journal of Vegetation Science 22: 467-474. [doi] [pdf] [wiley]
Coca M. & Pausas J.G. 2009 Regeneration traits are structuring phylogenetic diversity in cork oak (Quercus suber) woodlands. Journal of Vegetation Science 20: 009-1015. [Wiley] [doi] [pdf]
Pausas J.G., Ribeiro E., Dias S.G., Pons J. & Beseler C. 2006. Regeneration of a marginal Cork oak (Quercus suber) forest in the eastern Iberian Peninsula. Journal of Vegetation Science 17: 729-738. [pdf | doi | wiley | BioOne | scribd]
Pausas, J.G. & Lavorel, S. 2003. A hierarchical deductive approach for functional types in disturbed ecosystems. J. Veg. Sci. 14: 409-416. [pdf] [doi] [bioone]
Pausas, J.G. 2003. The effect of landscape pattern on Mediterranean vegetation dynamics: A modelling approach using functional types. J. Veg. Sci. 14 (3): 365-374. [pdf] [doi] [scribd]
Pausas, J.G., Rusch, G.M. & Leps, J. (eds.). 2003. Plant Functional Types in relation to disturbance and land use. J. Veg. Sci. 14 (Special Feature): 305-416. [pdf]
Rusch, G.M., Pausas, J.G. & Leps, J. 2003. Plant Functional Types in relation to disturbance and land use - Introduction. J. Veg. Sci. 14: 307-310. [pdf] [doi]
Pausas, J.G., Carreras, J., Ferré, A. & Font, X. 2003. Coarse-scale plant species richness in relation to environmental heterogeneity. J. Veg. Sci. 14: 661-668. [pdf]
Pausas, J.G. & Austin, M.P. 2001. Patterns of plant species richness in relation to different environments: an appraisal. J. Veg. Sci. 12: 153-166. [pdf]
Pausas, J.G. 1999a. The response of plant functional types to changes in the fire regime in Mediterranean ecosystems. A simulation approach. J. Veg. Sci. 10: 717-722. [pdf] [doi] [OpulusPress]
Pausas, J.G. 1997. Resprouting of Quercus suber in NE Spain after fire. J. Veg. Sci. 8: 703-706. [doi] [pdf] [scribd]
Pausas, J.G. 1997. Litter fall and litter decomposition in Pinus sylvestris forests of the eastern Pyrenees. J. Veg. Sci. 8: 645-650. [pdf]
Pausas, J.G. 1994. Species richness patterns in the understorey of Pyrenean Pinus sylvestris forest. J. Veg. Sci. 5: 517-524. [pdf]

Plant Ecology (Vegetatio)

Paula S., Naulin P.I., Arce C., Galaz C. & Pausas J.G. 2016. Lignotubers in Mediterranean basin plants. Plant Ecology 217: 661-676. [doi | pdf | suppl.]
Hernández E.I., Pausas J.G. & Vilagrosa A. 2011. Leaf physiological traits in relation to resprouter ability in the Mediterranean Basin. Plant Ecology 212: 1959-1966. [doi] [pdf]
Hernández E.I., Vilagrosa A, Pausas, J.G. & Bellot, J. 2010. Morphological traits and water use strategies in seedlings of Mediterranean coexisting species. Plant Ecology 207:233-244. [doi] [pdf]
Pausas J.G. 2006. Simulating Mediterranean landscape pattern and vegetation dynamics under different fire regimes. Plant Ecology 187:249 - 259. [pdf] [doi] [SpringerLink] [Software]
Bonet, A. & Pausas, J.G. 2004. Species richness and cover along a 60-year chronosequence in old-fields of southeastern Spain. Plant Ecology 174: 257-270-270. [pdf] [doi] [Kluwer online] [Springer link]
Pausas, J.G., Bladé, C., Valdecantos, A., Seva, J.P., Fuentes, D., Alloza, J.A., Vilagrosa, A., Bautista, S., Cortina, J. & Vallejo, R. 2004. Pines and oaks in the restoration of Mediterranean landscapes in Spain: New perspectives for an old practice - a review. Plant Ecology 171: 209-220. [pdf] [doi] [Kluwer online] [Springer link]
Lloret, F., Pausas, J.G. & Vilà, M. 2003. Response of Mediterranean plant species to different fire regimes in Garraf Natural Park (Catalonia, Spain): field observations and modelling predictions. Plant Ecol. 167: 223-235. [pdf] [Kluwer online]
Pausas, J.G., Ouadah, N., Ferran, A., Gimeno, T. & Vallejo, R. 2003. Fire severity and seedling establishment in Pinus halepensis woodlands, eastern Iberian Peninsula. Plant Ecol. 169: 205-213. [pdf] [doi] [SpringerLink] [Kluwer online]
Pausas, J.G. & Sáez, L. 2000. Pteridophyte richness in the NE Iberian Peninsula: biogeographic patterns. Plant Ecol. 148: 197-207. [pdf] [Kluwer online]
Pausas, J.G. 1999b. Mediterranean vegetation dynamics: modelling problems and functional types. Plant Ecol. 140: 27-39. [pdf] [Springer] [doi] [scribd]
Pausas, J.G. & Carreras, J. 1995. The effect of bedrock type, temperature and moisture on species richness of Pyrenean Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) forests. Vegetatio 116: 85-92. [pdf] [doi]

Austral Ecology (Aust. J. Ecol.)

Austin, M.P., Pausas, J.G. & Nicholls, A.O. 1996. Patterns of tree species richness in relation to environment in southeastern New South Wales, Australia. Aust. J. Ecol. 21: 154-164. [pdf]
Strasser, M.J., Pausas, J.G. & Noble, I.R. 1996. Modelling the response of eucalypts to fire, Brindabella Ranges, ACT. Aust. J. Ecol. 21: 341-344. [pdf] [Blackwell] [doi]

International Journal of Wildland Fire

Morollón S. Pausas J.G., Urios V., López-López P. 2022. Wildfire response of GPS-tracked Bonelli’s eagles in eastern Spain. International Journal of Wildland Fire 31(9): 901-909. [ doi | ijwf | pdf | animation]
Bekar, I., Tavsanoglu, Ç., Pezzatti, G. B., Vacik, H., Pausas, J. G., Bugmann, H. & Petter, G. 2020. Cross-regional modeling of fire occurrence in the Alps and the Mediterranean Basin. International Journal of Wildland Fire 29(8): 712-722. [ doi | pdf]
Keeley J.E. & Pausas J.G. 2019. Distinguishing disturbance from perturbations in fire-prone ecosystems. Int. J. Wildland Fire 28(4): 282-287. [doi | IJWF | pdf]
Pausas J.G. 2017. Homage to L. M. Coutinho: fire adaptations in cerrado plants. International Journal of Wildland Fire 26(3): 249-251. [doi | pdf]
Pausas J.G. 2016. Flammable Mexico. International Journal of Wildland Fire 25(6): 711-713. [doi | pdf ]
Price, O.F., Pausas, J.G., Govender N., Flannigan M., Fernandes P.M. 2015. Global patterns in fire leverage: the response of annual area burnt to previous fire. International Journal of Wildland Fire 24: 297-306. [doi | CSIRO Pub | pdf]
Catry F., Pausas J.G., Moreira F., Fernandes P., Rego F. 2013. Post-fire tree response variability in Mediterranean Basin tree species in Portugal. International Journal of Wildland Fire 22, 919-932. [doi | pdf]
Saura-Mas S, Paula, S, Pausas JG, Lloret F 2010. Fuel loading and flammability in the Mediterranean Basin woody species with different post-fire regenerative strategies. International Journal of Wildland Fire 19: 783-794. [CSIRO Publ] [doi] [pdf]
Pausas J.G., Llovet J., Rodrigo A., Vallejo R. 2008. Are wildfires a disaster in the Mediterranean basin? - A review. International Journal of Wildland Fires 17(6):713-723. [pdf] [CSIRO Publishing] [doi]
Pausas J.G. & Lloret F. 2007. Spatial and temporal patterns of plant functional types under simulated fire regimes. International Journal of Wildland Fires 16: 484-492. [pdf] [doi] [CSIRO Publishing]
Abdel Malaak, D. & Pausas J.G. 2006. Fire regime and post-fire NDVI regeneration in the eastern Iberian peninsula (Mediterranean basin). International Journal of Wildland Fires 15(3): 407-413. [pdf] [CSIRO Publishing]

South African J. Botany

Keeley J.E. & Pausas J.G. 2018. Evolution of 'smoke' induced seed germination in pyroendemic plants. South African J. Bot. 115: 251-255. [doi | pdf]
Moreira, B. & Pausas J.G. 2018. Shedding light through the smoke on the germination of Mediterranean Basin flora. South African J. Bot. 115: 244-250. [doi | pdf]

Basic and Applied Ecolog

Çatav S.S., Küçükakyüz K., Tavsanoglu Ç, Pausas J.G. 2018. Effect of fire-derived chemicals on germination and seedling growth in Mediterranean plant species. Basic and Applied Ecology 30: 65-75. [doi | ScienceDirect | pdf]

Fire Ecology, Fire

Kobziar LN, Hiers JK, Belcher CM, Bond WJ, Enquist CA, Loudermilk EL, Miesel JR, O’Brien JJ, Pausas JG, Hood S, Keane R, Morgan P, Pingree MRA, Riley K, Safford H, Seijo F, Varner JM, Wall T, Watts AC. 2024. Principles of fire ecology. Fire Ecology 20: 39. [doi | springer | pdf]
Lamont B, Burrows G, Pausas J.G. 2024. Fire-type heat increases the germination of Cistaceae seeds in contrast to summer heat. Fire Ecology 20: 20. [doi | pdf]
Rodríguez-Trejo, D.A., Pausas, J.G. & Miranda-Moreno, A.G. 2019. Plant responses to fire in a Mexican arid shrubland. Fire Ecology 15:11. [doi pdf]
Kelly L.T., Brotons L, Giljohann K.M., McCarthy M.A., Pausas J.G., Smith A.L. 2018. Bridging the divide: integrating animal and plant paradigms to secure the future of biodiversity in fire-prone ecosystems. Fire 1(2): 29. [doi | mdpi | pdf]

Frontiers in Plant Science

Rundel P., Arroyo M.T.K., Cowling R.M., Keeley J.E., Lamont B.B., Pausas J.G. & Vargas P. 2018. Fire and plant diversification in mediterranean-climate regions. Frontiers in Plant Science 9: 851. [doi | journal | pdf]

Acta Oecologica

Pons J. & Pausas J.G. 2007. Not only size matters: acorn selection by the European jay (Garrulus glandarius). Acta Oecologica 31: 353-360. [pdf] [doi]
Pausas J.G., Bonet A., Maestre F.T., Climent A. 2006. The role of the perch effect on the nucleation process in Mediterranean semi-arid oldfields. Acta Oecologica 29: 346-352. [pdf] [doi] [ScienceDirect]
Pausas, J.G., Carbó, E., Caturla, R.N., Gil, J.M. & Vallejo, V.R. 1999. Post-fire regeneration patterns in the Eastern Iberian Peninsula. Acta Oecol. 20: 499-508. [pdf] [doi]

Annals of Forest Science

Maia, P., Pausas, J.G., Vasques, A. and Keizer, J.J. 2012. Fire severity as a key factor in post-fire regeneration of Pinus pinaster (Ait.) in Central Portugal. Annals of Forest Science69: 489-498. [doi | pdf]
Delitti, W.B.C., Pausas, J.G. & Burger, D.M. 2001. Belowground biomass seasonal variation in two Neotropical savannahs (Brazilian Cerrados) with different fire histories. Ann. For. Sci. 58: 713-722. [pdf]
Berg, B., Albrektson, A., Berg, M.P., Cortina, J., Johansson, M.-B., Gallardo, A., Madeira, M., Pausas, J.G., Kratz, W., Vallejo, V.R. & McClaugherty, C. 1999. Amounts of litter fall in some pine forests in a European transect, in particular Scots pine. Ann. For. Sci. 56: 625-639.

Environmental Modelling and Software

Pausas J.G. & Ramos J.I. 2006. Landscape Analysis and Simulation Shell (LASS). Environmental Modelling and Software 21(5): 629-639. [pdf] [DOI] [ScienceDirect] [Elsevier] [Software]
El Yacoubi, S., El Jai, A., Jacewicz, P. & Pausas, J.G. 2003. LUCAS: an original tool for landscape modelling. Environmental Modelling & Software 18: 429-437. [pdf] [doi]

Australian Journal of Botany

Pérez-Harguindeguy N, Díaz S, Garnier E, Lavorel S, Poorter H, Jaureguiberry P, Bret-Harte MS, Cornwell WK, Craine JM, Gurvich DE, Urcelay C, Veneklaas EJ, Reich PB, Poorter L, Wright IJ, Ray P, Enrico L, Pausas JG, de Vos AC, Buchmann N, Funes G, Quetier F, Hodgson JG, Thompson K, Morgan HD, ter Steege H, van der Heijden MGA, Sack L, Blonder B, Poschlod P, Vaieretti V, Conti G, Staver AC, Aquino S, Cornelissen JHC. 2013. New handbook for standardised measurement of plant functional traits worldwide. Australian Journal of Botany 61(3): 167-234. [doi | pdf | Suppl. Mat. | pdf (versión en español)]
Pérez-Harguindeguy N, Díaz S, Garnier E, Lavorel S, Poorter H, Jaureguiberry P, Bret-Harte MS, Cornwell WK, Craine JM, Gurvich DE, Urcelay C, Veneklaas EJ, Reich PB, Poorter L, Wright IJ, Ray P, Enrico L, Pausas JG, de Vos AC, Buchmann N, Funes G, Quetier F, Hodgson JG, Thompson K, Morgan HD, ter Steege H, van der Heijden MGA, Sack L, Blonder B, Poschlod P, Vaieretti V, Conti G, Staver AC, Aquino S, Cornelissen JHC. 2013. Nuevo manual para la medición estandarizada de caracteres funcionales de plantas. Australian Journal of Botany 61(3): 167-234. [doi | pdf | Mat. Supl.]
Cornelissen, J.H.C., Lavorel, S., Garnier, E., Díaz, S., Buchmann, N., Gurvich, D.E., Reich, P.B., Ter Steege, H., Morgan, H.D., van der Heijden, M.G.A., Pausas, J.G. & Poorter, H. 2003. Handbook of protocols for standardised and easy measurement of plant functional traits worldwide. Aust. J. Bot. 51: 335-380. [pdf] [CSIRO Pub]

International Journal for Parasitology

Megía-Palma, R., Martínez, J., Cuervo, J.J., Belliure, J., Jiménez-Robles, O., Gomes, V., Cabido, C., Pausas, J.G., Fitze, P.S., Martín, J. & Merino, S. 2018. Molecular evidence for host-parasite co-speciation between lizards and Schellackia parasites. International Journal for Parasitology 48: 709-718. [doi | pdf]

Ecological Research

Pons J. & Pausas J.G. 2007. Rodent acorn selection in a Mediterranean oak landscape. Ecological Research 22: 535-541. [pdf] [doi] [springer]

Landscape Ecology

Pausas, J.G. & Austin, M.P. 1998. Potential impact of harvesting for the long-term conservation of arboreal marsupials. Landscape Ecol. 13: 103-109. [PDF] [DOI]

Science of The Total Environment

Luo C, Shen Z, Li Y, Han J, Xu Q, Pausas JG, Zhang Z & Jiang Y 2021. Determinants of post–fire regeneration demography in a subtropical monsoon–climate forest in Southwest China. Science of The Total Environment 766: 142605. [doi | pdf]

Evolutionary Applications

Di B, Firn J, Buckley YM, Lomas K, Pausas JG, Smith AL. 2022. The impact of roadside burning on genetic diversity in a high-biomass invasive grass. Evolutionary Applications 15(5): 790-803. [doi | pdf]

Animal Behaviour, Behavioral Ecology

Álvarez-Ruiz L, Belliure J, Pausas JG. 2021. Fire-driven behavioral response to smoke in a Mediterranean lizard. Behavioral Ecology 32(4): 662–667. [doi | oup | data:dryad | PDF]
Álvarez-Ruiz L, Pausas JG, Blumstein DT, Putmanb BJ. 2023. Lizards' response to the sound of fire is modified by fire history. Animal Behaviour 196: 91–102. [doi | sciencedirect | pdf] - Highlighted in New Scientist

People and Nature

Pausas JG & Leverkus A. 2023. Disturbance ecology in human societies. People and Nature 5(4): 1082-1093. [doi | wiley | pdf | relationalthinking]

Earth's Future

Gincheva A, Pausas JG, Bedia J, Vicente-Serrano SM, Abatzoglou JT, Sánchez-Espigares JA, Chuvieco E, Jerez S, Provenzale A, Trigo RM, Turco M. 2024. The interannual variability of global burned area is mostly explained by climatic drivers. Earth's Future 12 (7):e2023EF004334. [doi | wiley | pdf]

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