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Evolutionary fire ecology

• 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]
• 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.]
• 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.]
• 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]
• 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] [trends] [pdf] [For managers]
• Ojeda, F., Pausas, J.G., Verdú, M. 2010. Soil shapes community structure through fire. Oecologia 163:729-735. [doi] [SpringerLink] [pdf] [post]
• Pausas, J.G. 2010. Fuego y evolución en el Mediterráneo. Investigación y Ciencia 407 (Agosto): 56-63. [IyC pdf] [pdf]
• Pausas J.G. & Keeley J.E. 2009. A burning story: The role of fire in the history of life. BioScience 59: 593-601 [caliber] [BioOne] [doi] [pdf] [scribd] [ppt slides]
• Pausas J.G. & Verdú M. 2008. Fire reduces morphospace occupation in plant communities. Ecology 89: 2181-2186. [pdf] [doi] [ESA journals] [Ecological Archives] [scribd]
• 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]
• 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]
• Paula S. & Pausas J.G. 2006. Leaf traits and resprouting ability in the Mediterranean basin. Functional Ecology 20: 941-947. [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]
• 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., 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]

Fire statistics, fire regime and vegetation

• Pausas J.G. & Keeley J.E., 2014. Abrupt climate-independent fire regime changes. Ecosystems 17: 1109-1120. [doi | pdf | USGS brief]
• Pausas J.G. & Ribeiro E. 2013. The global fire-productivity relationship. Global Ecol. & Biogeogr. 22: 728-736. [doi | pdf]
• 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]
• 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]
• 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]
• Pausas, J.G. & Abdel Malak, D. 2004. Spatial and temporal patterns of fire and climate change in the eastern Iberian Peninsula (Mediterranean Basin). In: Arianoutsou, M. & Papanastasis, V.P. (eds.). Ecology, Conservation and Management of Mediterranean Climate Ecosystems of the World. MEDECOS 10th International Conference, Rhodes, Greece. Millpress, The Netherlands.
• Pausas, J.G. 2004. La recurrencia de incendios en el monte mediterráneo. In: Vallejo, R. (ed.). Avances en el estudio de la gestión del monte mediterráneo. pp. 47-64. CEAM, València. [pdf] [the book]
• 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] [Kluwer online]
• 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]
• 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]
• Pausas, J.G. & Vallejo, V.R. 1999. The role of fire in European Mediterranean ecosystems. In: Chuvieco, E. (ed.). Remote sensing of large wildfires in the European Mediterranean basin. pp. 3-16. Springer, Berlin. [pdf]

Community assembly

• Podani, J., Ricotta, C., Pausas, J.G. & Schmera, D. 2013. Combinatorial functional diversity: an information theoretical approach. Community Ecology 14(2): 180-188. [doi | 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] [caliber] [ppt slides]
• Ojeda, F., Pausas, J.G., Verdú, M. 2010. Soil shapes community structure through fire. Oecologia 163:729-735. [doi] [SpringerLink] [pdf] [post]
• Coca M. & Pausas J.G. 2009. Regeneration traits are structuring phylogenetic diversity in cork oak (Quercus suber) woodlands. Journal of Vegetation Science 20: 1009-1015 [Wiley] [doi] [pdf]
• Pausas J.G. & Verdú M. 2008. Fire reduces morphospace occupation in plant communities. Ecology 89: 2181-2186. [pdf] [doi] [ESA journals] [Ecological Archives] [scribd]
• 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]

Post-fire regeneration dynamics

• 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]
• 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]
• 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]
• Moreira B., Tavsanoglu Ç., Pausas J.G. 2012. Local versus regional intraspecific variability in regeneration traits. Oecologia 168: 671-677. [doi | pdf]
• 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]
• 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]
• 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] [blog]
• 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]
• 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] [IJWF CSIRO pub] [doi] [scribd]
• 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]
• Abdel Malaak, D. & Pausas J.G. 2006. Fire regime and post-fire NDVI regeneration in the eastern Iberian peninsula (Mediterranean basin). Int. J. Wildland Fire 15(3): 407-413. [pdf] [CSIRO Publishing]
• 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] [doi]
• 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., Gimeno, T. & Vallejo V.R. 2002. Fire severity and pine regeneration in the Eastern Iberian Peninsula. In: Viegas X.D. (ed.). Forest Fire Reseaerch & Wildland Safety. Millpress. Rotterdam (ISBN: 9077017720) [pdf]
• Pausas, J.G. 2001. Resprouting vs seeding - a Mediterranean perspective. Oikos 94: 193-194. [pdf]
• 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]
• Pausas, J.G. 1997. Resprouting of Quercus suber in NE Spain after fire. J. Veg. Sci. 8: 703-706. [doi] [pdf] [scribd]
• 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]

Models, Modelling vegetation dynamics in Mediterranean fire-prone ecosystems

• Pausas J.G. & Lloret F. 2007. Spatial and temporal patterns of plant functional types under simulated fire regimes. Internat. J. Wildland Fire 16: 484-492. [pdf] [doi] [CSIRO publishing]
• 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] [DOI] [ScienceDirect]
• Pausas J.G. 2006. Simulating Mediterranean landscape pattern and vegetation dynamics under different fire regimes. Plant Ecology 187:249 - 259. [pdf] [doi] [SpringerLink] [Software]
• Pausas J.G. & Ramos J.I. 2006. Landscape Analysis and Simulation Shell (LASS). Environmental Modelling and Software 21(5): 629-639 (Available online since 10 February 2005) [pdf] [DOI] [ScienceDirect] [Elsevier] [Software] [KW: modelling modeling landscape MTE FATE FATELAND BROLLA MELCA]
• Pausas, J.G. & Ramos, J.I. 2004. Landscape pattern, fire regime and vegetation dynamics - A modelling approach. In: Arianoutsou, M. & Papanastasis, V.P. (eds.). Ecology, Conservation and Management of Mediterranean Climate Ecosystems of the World. MEDECOS 10th International Conference, Rhodes, Greece. Millpress, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
• 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] [OpulusPress] [doi]
• 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]
• 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. 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. 1999b. Mediterranean vegetation dynamics: modelling problems and functional types. Plant Ecol. 140: 27-39. [pdf] [Springer] [doi] [scribd]
• Pausas, J.G. 1998. Modelling fire-prone vegetation dynamics. In: Trabaud, L. (ed.). Fire Management and Landscape Ecology. pp. 327-334. Internat. Ass. Wildland Fire, Washington. [pdf]
• Austin, M.P., Pausas, J.G. & Noble, I.R. 1997. Modelling environmental and temporal niches of Eucalyptus. In: Williams, J.E., Woinarski, J.C.Z. (eds.). Eucalyptus Ecology: from Individuals to Ecosystems. pp. 129-150. Cambridge University Press,
• 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]

Succession and Oldfield dynamics

• 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]
• Bonet A. & Pausas J.G. 2007. Old field dynamics on the dry side of the Mediterranean Basin: patterns and processes in semiarid SE Spain In: V.A. Cramer & R.J. Hobbs (eds) Old Fields: Dynamics and Restoration of Abandoned Farmland. Island Press. pp. 247-264. [preprint] [scribd] [The book: IslandPress | googleBooks]
• 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]
• 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]

Functional types and functional traits

• 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.]
• 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]
• Dantas V., Batalha MA & Pausas JG. 2013. Fire drives functional thresholds on the savanna-forest transition. Ecology 94:2454-2463. [doi | pdf | appendix]
• 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.)]
• Verdú M. & Pausas J.G. 2013. Syndrome-driven diversification in a Mediterranean ecosystem. Evolution. 67: 1756-1766. [doi | pdf]
• 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]
• 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]
• 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]
• 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]
• Moreira B., Tavsanoglu Ç., Pausas J.G. 2012. Local vs regional intraspecific variability in regeneration traits. Oecologia 168: 671-677. [doi] [pdf]
• 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., Alessio G., Moreira B. & Corcobado G. 2012. Fires enhance flammability in Ulex parviflorus. New Phytol. 193 [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]
• 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]
• Paula S. & Pausas J.G. 2011. Root traits explain different foraging strategies between resprouting life histories. Oecologia 165:321-331. [doi] [preprint] [blog]
• 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]
• 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]
• 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] [Erratum]
• 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]
• Coca M. & Pausas J.G. 2009. Regeneration traits are structuring phylogenetic diversity in cork oak (Quercus suber) woodlands. Journal of Vegetation Science 20: 1009-1015. [Wiley] [doi] [pdf]
• 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] [scribd]
• Paula S. & Pausas J.G. 2008. Burning seeds: Germinative response to heat treatments in relation to resprouting ability. Journal of Ecology 96: 543 - 552. [pdf] [doi] [blackwell]
• 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]
• Lavorel S., S. Díaz, H. Cornelissen, E. Garnier, S.P. Harrison, S. McIntyre, J.G. Pausas, N. Pérez-Harguindeguy, C. Urcelay. 2007. Plant functional types: are we getting any closer to the Holy Grail? In: Canadell J, Pitelka LF, Pataki D (eds). Terrestrial Ecosystems in a Changing World. Springer-Verlag. pp. 171-186. [preprint] [The book]
• Paula S. & Pausas J.G. 2006. Leaf traits and resprouting ability in the Mediterranean basin. Functional Ecology 20: 941-947. [pdf] [doi] [Blackwell]
• 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., 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]
• Pausas, J.G. & Lavorel, S. 2003. A hierarchical deductive approach for functional types in disturbed ecosystems. J. Veg. Sci. 14: 409-416. [pdf] [OpulusPress] [doi] [bioone]
• 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] [OpulusPress]
• 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]
• 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]
• 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]
• Pausas, J.G. 2001. Resprouting vs seeding - a Mediterranean perspective. Oikos 94: 193-194. [pdf] [doi]
• Pausas, J.G. 1999b. Mediterranean vegetation dynamics: modelling problems and functional types. Plant Ecol. 140: 27-39. [pdf] [Springer] [doi] [scribd]

Oak (Quercus) ecology (regeneration, dispersal)

• 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.]
• 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 |
• 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]
• Catry F., Moreira F., Cardillo E. & Pausas J.G. 2012. Post-fire management of cork oak forests. In: Moreira, F.; Arianoutsou, M.; Corona, P.; De las Heras, J. (Eds.). Post-fire management and restoration of southern European forests. pp. 195-222. Springer. [doi | pdf] [the book]

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] [blog] [Featured on the cover: pdf, foto] [Podcast 12:12m]

• Coca M. & Pausas J.G. 2009. Regeneration traits are structuring phylogenetic diversity in cork oak (Quercus suber) woodlands. Journal of Vegetation Science 20: 1009-1015. [Wiley] [doi] [pdf]

Aronson J., Pereira J.S., Pausas J.G. (eds). 2009. Cork Oak Woodlands on the Edge: conservation, adaptive management, and restoration. Island Press, Washington DC. 315 pp. [The book] - Pausas J.G., Pereira J.S., and Aronson J. 2009. Chapter 1. The tree. In: Aronson et al. (eds). pp. 11-21. [preprint] - Serrasolses I., M. Pérez-Devesa, A. Vilagrosa, J.G. Pausas, T. Sauras, J. Cortina and R. Vallejo 2009. Chapter 8. Soil properties constraining cork oak distribution. In: Aronson et al. (eds). pp. 89-99. [preprint] - Pausas J.G., Marañón T., Caldeira M and Pons J. 2009. Chapter 10. Natural regeneration. In: Aronson et al. (eds). pp. 115-124. [preprint] - Vallejo R., J. Aronson, J.G. Pausas and J.S. Pereira. 2009. Chapter 20. The way forward. In: Aronson et al. (eds). pp. 235-245. [preprint]

• 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. 2007. Acorn dispersal estimated by radio-tracking. Oecologia 153: 903-911 [pdf] [doi] [springer] [PubMed] [Faculty1000evaluation]
• Pons J. & Pausas J.G. 2007. Rodent acorn selection in a Mediterranean oak landscape. Ecological Research 22: 535-541. [pdf] [doi] [springer]
• 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. 2007. Cork Oak (Quercus suber): The Roles of its Bark. ECOLOGY.INFO 34 [link | 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] [OpulusPress] [doi] [BioOne]
• 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]
• Pausas, J.G., Pons, J. & Vallejo, R., 2004. Cork Oak Restoration: developing techniques to enhance establishment of a threatened ecosystem (Spain). Ecological Restoration 22 (4):289-290. [pdf] [IngentaConnect]
• Pausas, J.G. 1997. Resprouting of Quercus suber in NE Spain after fire. J. Veg. Sci. 8: 703-706. [doi] [pdf] [scribd]

Global change, 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. & 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]
• 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]

Dispersal ecology

• Pons J. & Pausas J.G. 2007. Acorn dispersal estimated by radio-tracking. Oecologia 153: 903-911 [pdf] [doi] [springer] [PubMed] [Faculty1000evaluation]
• Pons J. & Pausas J.G. 2007. Rodent acorn selection in a Mediterranean oak landscape. Ecological Research 22: 535-541. [pdf] [doi] [springer]
• 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]

Savanna ecology, cerrado

• Dantas V., Batalha MA & Pausas JG. 2013. Fire drives functional thresholds on the savanna-forest transition. Ecology 94:2454-2463. [doi | pdf | appendix]
• 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.)]
• 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]
• Delitti, W.B.C., Meguro, M. & Pausas J.G. 2006. Biomass and mineralmass estimates in a cerrado ecosystem. Revista Brasileira de Botânica 29(4): 531-540. [pdf] [journal] [scribd]
• 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] [scribd]

Species richness, diversity, phylodiversity

• Coca M. & Pausas J.G. 2009. Regeneration traits are structuring phylogenetic diversity in cork oak (Quercus suber) woodlands. Journal of Vegetation Science 20: 1009-1015. [Wiley] [doi] [pdf]
• 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 [pdf] [doi]
• 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]
• 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]
• 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]
• 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] [OpulusPress]
• 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] [OpulusPress]
• Pausas, J.G. & Sáez, L. 2000. Pteridophyte richness in the NE Iberian Peninsula: biogeographic patterns. Plant Ecol. 148: 197-207. [pdf] [Kluwer online]
• 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]
• 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]
• Pausas, J.G. 1994. Species richness patterns in the understorey of Pyrenean Pinus sylvestris forest. J. Veg. Sci. 5: 517-524. [OpulusPress] [pdf]

Restoration

• Vallejo, R., Aronson, J., Pausas, J.G. & Cortina, J. 2006. Mediterranean Woodlands. In: van Andel, J., Aronson, J. (eds.). Restoration ecology: The New Frontier. Blackwell Science. Oxford, UK . Pages 193-207. [pdf] [The book] [KW: post-fire planting seeding MTE]
• 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]
• Pausas, J.G., Pons, J. & Vallejo, R., 2004. Cork Oak Restoration: developing techniques to enhance establishment of a threatened ecosystem (Spain). Ecological Restoration 22 (4):289-290. [pdf] [IngentaConnect]

Invasion

• 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]
• 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] [doi]

Habitat quality for fauna

• 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]
• 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]
• 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] [ESA journals]
• 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] [doi]

Pyrenean vegetation (<2000)

• Pausas, J.G. & Carreras, J. 1999. Relationship between vegetation units and terrain paramenters in vegetation maps using GIS tools: a case study in the eastern Pyrenees. Ecol. Medit. 25: 57-73.
• 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.
• Pausas, J.G. 1997. Litter fall and litter decomposition in Pinus sylvestris forests of the eastern Pyrenees. J. Veg. Sci. 8: 645-650. [pdf] [OpulusPress]
• Pausas, J.G. & Feoli, E. 1996. Environment-vegetation relationships in the understory of Pyrenean Pinus sylvestris forests: II. A classification approach. Coenoses 11: 45-59.
• Pausas, J.G. & Feoli, E. 1995. Environment-vegetation relationships in the understory of Pyrenean Pinus sylvestris forests: I. An ordination approach. Coenoses 10: 39-44.
• 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]
• Pausas, J.G., Carceller, F. & Vallejo, V.R. 1994. El desfronde de Pinus sylvestris L. en relación con las caracteristícas climáticas. Ecología 8: 167-176.
• Pausas, J.G. 1994. Species richness patterns in the understorey of Pyrenean Pinus sylvestris forest. J. Veg. Sci. 5: 517-524. [OpulusPress] [pdf]
• Pausas, J.G. 1996. Estructura en l'espai del sotabosc als boscos pirinencs de pi roig (Pinus sylvestris L.). Orsis 11: 133-139. [pdf] [Raco]
• Pausas, J.G. 1996. Relació entre la vegetació i els paràmetres ambientals als boscos pirinencs de pi roig (Pinus sylvestris L.). Orsis 11: 117-131. [pdf] [Raco]
• Pausas, J.G. 1993. Litterfall in two Pyrenean stands of Pinus sylvestris L. under different environmental conditions. Fol. Bot. Misc. 9: 127-136.
• Pausas, J.G. & Fons, J. 1992. Estructura i creixement d'algunes pinedes en diferents situacions topogràfiques. Fol. Bot. Misc. 8: 199-213.

Popular writtings (in Spanish or Catalan) / Divulgación

• Pausas, J. G. 2011. El foc en els ecosistemes terrestres: ara i sempre. Mètode 70: 13-19. [pdf]

Pausas, J.G. 2010. Fuego y evolución en el Mediterráneo. Investigación y Ciencia [Spanish edition of Scientific American] 407 (Agosto): 56-63. [IyC pdf] [pdf] [blog] [article featured in the cover]

• Díaz, M., Pulido, F. J. & Pausas, J. D. 2009. 9330 Alcornocales de Quercus suber. In: VV.AA., Bases ecológicas preliminares para la conservación de los tipos de hábitat de interés comunitario en España. Madrid: Ministerio de Medio Ambiente, y Medio Rural y Marino. 58 p. [pdf]
• Pausas, J.G., Vallejo R. 2008. Bases ecológicas para convivir con los incendios forestales en la Región Mediterránea - decálogo Ecosistemas 17(2):128-129, 5/2008. [link] [pdf] [English version: pdf]
• García-Fayos P., F.J. Bonet, F. Valladares, A. Traveset, J.G. Pausas, J. Bosco Imbert, F. Lloret. 2008. El ecólogo en su laberinto. Ecosistemas 17(2):125-127. [link] [pdf]
• Pausas, J.G. 2008. Pérdida de diversidad política en España. Rechazado en El País [pdf] [blog]
• Pausas, J.G. 2007. Los creadores del clima. Ecosistemas 16(3):189, Sep/2007. [link] [pdf]
• Pausas, J.G. 2006. Aumentan los presupuestos para la investigación en España? La cara oculta de la ciencia. Ecosistemas 15(1):118-119, Ene/2006. [link] [pdf]
• Pausas JG. 2001. Tipos funcionales de plantas y perturbación: las redes temáticas de investigación de la GCTE. Ecosistemas 10, 2 (Mayo-Agosto).
• Pausas, J.G. 2000. El desfronde en pinares. Criterio de productividad. Investigación y Ciencia 280:37-38 (enero 2000). [IyC]

Review papers

• 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] [blog] [Featured on the cover: pdf, foto] [see also the Cork oak book]
• Pausas, J.G., Verdú, M. 2010. The jungle of methods for evaluating phenotypic and phylogenetic structure of communities. BioScience, 60: 614-625. [pdf] [doi] [caliber] [ppt slides]
• Pausas J.G. & Keeley J.E. 2009. A burning story: The role of fire in the history of life. BioScience 59: 593-601 [caliber] [BioOne] [doi] [pdf] [scribd] [ppt slides]
• 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., Pereira J.S., and Aronson J. 2009. Chapter 1. The tree. In: Aronson J., Pereira J.S., Pausas J.G. (eds). Cork Oak Woodlands on the Edge: conservation, adaptive management, and restoration. pp. 11-21. Island Press, Washington DC. [The book] [preprint Ch 1]
  
• 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] [IJWF CSIRO pub] [doi] [scribd]
• 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] [OpulusPress]
• Pausas, J.G. 1999b. Mediterranean vegetation dynamics: modelling problems and functional types. Plant Ecol. 140: 27-39. [pdf] [Springer] [doi] [scribd]

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