Ecology and Evolution in fire-prone ecosystems

1. Fire history [link]
2. Fire regime: climate, fuel, humans [link]
3. Fire traits [link]:
resprouting, postfire germination, serotiny, bark thickness, flammability, defences traits (herbivory)
4. Fire & plant strategies [link]:
med ecosys, pines, savannas, comm assembly global ecol
5. Fire & evolution [link]
6. Fire & molecular ecology [link]
7. Fauna & Biotic interactions [link]
8. Some fire-adapted species [link]: Pinus Quercus Ulex
9. Fire & vegetation modelling [link]
10. Restoration & conservation [link]
11. Species richeness/diversity [link]

Ecology and disturbance

Riera R & Pausas JG 2024. Fire ecology in marine systems. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 39(3): 221-224. [doi | sciencedirect | pdf]
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]
Pausas JG & Leverkus A. 2023. Disturbance ecology in human societies. People and Nature 5(4): 1082-1093. [doi | wiley | pdf | relationalthinking]
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. Alternative biome states challenge the modelling of species' niche shifts under climate change. Journal of Ecology 109(12): 3962-3971. [doi | wiley | 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]
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. & Bond W.J. 2020. Alternative biome states in terrestrial ecosystems. Trends in Plant Science 25(3): 250-263. [doi | sciencedirect | cell | 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. 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]
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]
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 | supp.]

1. Fire history

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

2. Fire regime: climate, fuel, and humans

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]
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]
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 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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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 | 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 Ecol. & Biogeogr. 21: 1074-1082. [doi | pdf | supp]
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]
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 | doi | CSIRO Publishing]
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] [scribd]
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. [pdf]
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]

3. Fire traits

Introduction

By fire traits we mean plant traits that enhance fitness (i.e., that have an adaptive value) under recurrent fires.

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

Resprouting

Pausas J.G. & Paula S. 2020. Grasses and fire: the importance of hiding buds. New Phytologist 226(4):957–959. [doi | pdf]
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]
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. & 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]
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.]
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]
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.]
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]
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.]
Paula S. & Pausas J.G. 2011. Root traits explain different foraging strategies between resprouting life histories. Oecologia 165:321-331. [doi] [digital.csic] [pdf] [blog]
Paula S. & Pausas J.G. 2006. Leaf traits and resprouting ability in the Mediterranean basin. Functional Ecology 20: 941-947. [pdf] [doi] [Blackwell] [scribd]
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]
Pausas, J.G. 1997. Resprouting of Quercus suber in NE Spain after fire. J. Veg. Sci. 8: 703-706. [doi] [pdf] [scribd]

Seed dormancy & postfire germination

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]
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]
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. & Lamont B.B. 2022. Fire-released seed dormancy - a global synthesis. Biological Reviews 97: 1612-1639. [doi | pdf | supp. mat. | data (figshare)] (highlighted in plant.org)
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]
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)]
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]
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 | pdf]
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]
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]
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., Tavsanoglu Ç., Pausas J.G. 2012. Local versus regional intraspecific variability in regeneration traits. Oecologia 168: 671-677. [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] [blog]
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] [scribd] [issuu]
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]

Serotiny (including precocity)

Guiote C & Pausas JG. 2023. Fire favors sexual precocity in a Mediterranean pine. Oikos 2023(3):e09373. [ doi | pdf]
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.]
Pausas, J.G. 2015. Evolutionary fire ecology: lessons learned from pines. Trends in Plant Science 20(5): 318-324. [doi | sciencedirect | cell | 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.]
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.]
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.]
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 | dryad]
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.]

Bark thickness

Pausas J.G. 2017. Bark thickness and fire regime: another twist. New Phytologist 213: 13-15. [doi | wiley | pdf]
Pausas, J.G. 2015. Bark thickness and fire regime. Functional Ecology 29:317-327. [doi | pdf | suppl.]
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.]
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.]
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 |
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. 2007. Cork Oak (Quercus suber): The Roles of its Bark. ECOLOGY.INFO 34 [link | pdf]

Flammability

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., Keeley J.E., Schwilk D.W. 2017. Flammability as an ecological and evolutionary driver. Journal of Ecology 105: 289-297. [doi | wiley | pdf]
[post-1 | post-2 | brief for managers | Featured on the cover & the cover image]
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)]
Pausas J.G., Alessio G., Moreira B. & Corcobado G. 2012. Fires enhance flammability in Ulex parviflorus. New Phytologist 193: 18-23. [doi | wiley | pdf]
Pausas J.G. & Moreira B. 2012. Flammability as a biological concept. New Phytologist 194: 610-613. [doi | wiley | pdf]
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]
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]
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]

Defences traits (herbivory)

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]
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]

Traits: data & methods

Díaz S, Kattge J, Cornelissen JHC, Wright IJ, Lavorel S, Dray S, Reu B, Kleyer M, Wirth C, Prentice IC, Garnier E, Bönisch G, Westoby M, Poorter H, Reich PB, Moles AT, Dickie J, Zanne AE, Chave J, Wright SJ, Sheremetiev SN, Jactel H, Baraloto C, Cerabolini BEL, Pierce S, Shipley B, Casanoves F, Joswig JS, Günther A, Falczuk V, Rüger N, Mahecha MD, Gorné LD, Amiaud B, Atkin OK, Bahn M, Baldocchi D, Beckmann M, Blonder B, Bond W, Bond-Lamberty B, Brown K, Burrascano S, Byun C, Campetella G, Cavender-Bares J, Chapin FS, Choat B, Coomes DA, Cornwell WK, Craine J, Craven D, Dainese M, de Araujo AC, de Vries FT, Domingues TF, Enquist BJ, Fagúndez J, Fang J, Fernández-Méndez F, Fernandez-Piedade MT, Ford H, Forey E, Freschet GT, Gachet S, Gallagher R, Green W, Guerin GR, Gutiérrez AG, Harrison SP, Hattingh WN, He T, Hickler T, Higgins SI, Higuchi P, Ilic J, Jackson RB, Jalili A, Jansen S, Koike F, König C, Kraft N, Kramer K, Kreft H, Kühn I, Kurokawa H, Lamb EG, Laughlin DC, Leishman M, Lewis S, Louault F, Malhado ACM, Manning P, Meir P, Mencuccini M, Messier J, Miller R, Minden V, Molofsky J, Montgomery R, Montserrat-Martí G, Moretti M, Müller S, Niinemets Ü, Ogaya R, Öllerer K, Onipchenko V, Onoda Y, Ozinga WA, Pausas JG, Peco B, Penuelas J, Pillar VD, Pladevall C, Römermann C, Sack L, Salinas N, Sandel B, Sardans J, Schamp B, Scherer-Lorenzen M, Schulze E-D, Schweingruber F, Shiodera S, Sosinski Ê, Soudzilovskaia N, Spasojevic MJ, Swaine E, Swenson N, Tautenhahn S, Thompson K, Totte A, Urrutia-Jalabert R, Valladares F, van Bodegom P, Vasseur F, Verheyen K, Vile D, Violle C, von Holle B, Weigelt P, Weiher E, Wiemann MC, Williams M, Wright J, Zotz G. 2022. The global spectrum of plant form and function: enhanced species-level trait dataset. Scientific Data 9(1):755. [doi]
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]
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]
Kattge, J., (+728 authors). 2020. TRY plant trait database - enhanced coverage and open access. Global Change Biology 26: 119-188. [doi]
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!}
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]
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)]
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.]
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]
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. [pdf] [The book]
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]

4. Fire, plant strategies & communities

In Mediterranean ecosystems

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.]
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 | esa | doi | jstor | Ecological Archives E085-029 | scribd]
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]
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]
Keeley J.E., Bond W.J., Bradstock R.A., Pausas J.G. & Rundel P.W. 2012. Fire in Mediterranean Ecosystems: Ecology, Evolution and Management. Cambridge University Press. [The book]
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]
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. & Bradstock R.A. 2007. Fire persistence traits of plants along a productivity and disturbance gradient in Mediterranean shrublands of SE Australia. Global Ecology & Biogeography 16: 330-340. [pdf] [doi] [Blackwell] [scribd]
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] [doi] [CSIRO Publishing] [scribd]
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]

In pines

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

In savannas

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]
Dantas V. & Pausas J.G. 2022. The legacy of Southern American extinct megafauna on plants and biomes. Nature Communications 13: 129. [doi | pdf | data & codes]
Bernardino P, Dantas V, Hirota M, Pausas JG, Oliveira R. 2022. Savanna-forest coexistence across a fire gradient. Ecosystems 25: 279–290. [doi | pdf]
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. & Bond W.J. 2020. Alternative biome states in terrestrial ecosystems. Trends in Plant Science 25(3): 250-263. [doi | sciencedirect | cell | 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]
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]
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 | supp.]
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]
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]
Delitti, W.B.C., Meguro, M. & Pausas J.G. 2006. Biomass and mineralmass estimates in a cerrado ecosystem. Revista Brasileira de Botânica / Brazilian Journal of Botany 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]

Fire and community assembly

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]
Pausas J.G. & Bond W.J. 2020. Alternative biome states in terrestrial ecosystems. Trends in Plant Science 25(3): 250-263. [doi | sciencedirect | cell | pdf]
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]
He T., Lamont N.B., Pausas J.G. 2019. Fire as s key driver of Earth's biodiversity. Biological Reviews 94:1983-2010. [doi | pdf]
Pausas, J.G. 2015. Alternative fire-driven vegetation states. Journal of Vegetation Science 26:4-6. [doi | pdf | suppl.]
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]
Ojeda, F., Pausas, J.G., Verdú, M. 2010. Soil shapes community structure through fire. Oecologia 163:729-735. [doi] [SpringerLink] [pdf] [blog]
Pausas J.G. & Verdú M. 2008. Fire reduces morphospace occupation in plant communities. Ecology 89: 2181-2186. [pdf] [doi] [ESA journals] [Ecological Archives] [scribd] [issuu]
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] [scribd]
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] [scribd]

Global fire ecology

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]
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]
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. & Ribeiro E. 2013. The global fire-productivity relationship. Global Ecology and Biogeography 22: 728-736. [doi | pdf | appendix | erratum | global fire map (shape)] Featured by NASA: NASA-SOP-2014 | PDF

5. Fire & evolution

Pausas JG & Keeley JE 2023. Evolutionary fire ecology: an historical account and future directions. BioScience 73(8): 602–608. [doi | pdf]
Keeley J.E. & Pausas J.G. 2022. Evolutionary ecology of fire. Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics 53: 203-225. [doi | pdf]
He T., Lamont N.B., Pausas J.G. 2019. Fire as s key driver of Earth's biodiversity. Biological Reviews 94:1983-2010. [doi | pdf]
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]
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]
Pausas, J.G. 2015. Evolutionary fire ecology: lessons learned from pines. Trends in Plant Science 20(5): 318-324. [doi | sciencedirect | cell | pdf]
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.]
Verdú M. & Pausas J.G. 2013. Syndrome-driven diversification in a Mediterranean ecosystem. Evolution. 67: 1756-1766. [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., Schwilk, D. W. 2012. Fire and plant evolution. New Phytologist, 193:301-303. [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 | sciencedirect | trends | pdf | For managers]
MEDECOS Special session on Fire & Evolution (Sept 2011)
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]
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] [scribd]
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] [scribd]
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] [scribd] [citations]

6. Fire and molecular 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]
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]
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]
Budde KB, González-Martínez SC, Navascués M, Burgarella C, Mosca E, Lorenzo Z, Zabal-Aguirre M, Vendramin GG, Verdú M, Pausas JG, Heuert M. 2017. Increased fire frequency promotes stronger spatial genetic structure and natural selection at regional and local scales in Pinus halepensis Mill. Annals of Botany 119: 1061-1072. [doi | 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.]
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 | 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]
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]

Fauna and Biotic Interactions in fire-prone ecosystems

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. 2013. Postfire biodiversity database for eastern Iberia. Scientific Data 10:872. [doi | pdf | pdf | data: figshare]
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, 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]
Santos X. Belliure J., Gonçalves J, Pausas JG. 2022. Resilience of reptiles to megafires. Ecological Applications 32(2): e2518. [doi | wiley | pdf | data]
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]
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, 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
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]
Roca, V., Belliure, J., Santos, X. & Pausas, J.G. 2020. New reptiles hosts for helminth parasites in a Mediterranean area. Journal of Herpetology 54(2):268-271. [ doi | web | pdf]
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]
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!}
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]
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]
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]
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. (in press). Molecular evidence for host-parasite co-speciation between lizards and Schellackia parasites. International Journal for Parasitology 48: 709-718. [doi | pdf]
García Y., Castellanos M.C. & Pausas J.G. 2016. Fires can benefit plants by disrupting antagonistic interactions. Oecologia 182, 1165–1173. [doi | pdf]
Roca V., Belliure J., Santos X., Pausas J.G. 2015. Incendios y parásitos de reptiles: uso de helmintos y protistas como bioindicadores en la regeneración postincendio. Boletín de la Asociación Herpetológica Española 26:75-81. [pdf | herpetologica]
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., 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] [scribd]
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]

Some fire-adapted species

Pinus halepensis
Ulex parviflorus
Quercus suber
Notes on Mediterranean trees and large shrubs [MedTrees]

Fire & vegetation modelling

Harrison, S. P., Prentice, I. C., Bloomfield, K. J., Dong, N., Forkel, M., Forrest, M., Ningthoujam, R. K., Pellegrini, A., Shen, Y., Baudena, M., Cardoso, A. W., Huss, J. C., Joshi, J., Oliveras, I., Pausas, J. G., & Simpson, K. J. (2021). Understanding and modelling wildfire regimes: An ecological perspective. Environmental Research Letters 16:125008. [doi | pdf]
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.]
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. [pdf] [doi] [ScienceDirect] [Available online: LASS Software]
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 | 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]
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]

Restoration, Conservation, & Management

Pausas JG 2024. Science in a changing world. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 22(7): e2797. [doi | pdf]
Chergui B, Fahd S, Santos X, Pausas JG. 2024. Moroccan cannabis farms threaten biodiversity. Science 385 (6712): 941. [doi | pdf] French & Arabic versions]
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]
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]
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]
Gómez-González S., Ochoa-Hueso R., Pausas J.G. 2020. Afforestation falls short as a biodiversity strategy. Science 368 (6498): 1439. [doi | science | pdf]
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. PNAS [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]
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]
Leverkus A.B., García Murillo P, Jurado Doña V, Pausas J.G. 2019. Wildfire: opportunity for restoration? Science 363 (6423): 134-135. [doi | science | pdf]
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)
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]
Vallejo, R., Allen, E. B., Aronson, J., Pausas, J. G., Cortina, J. & Gutiérrez, J. R. 2012. Restoration of mediterranean woodlands and shrublands. In: J. van Andel & J. Aronson (eds), Restoration ecology: the new frontier, pp 193-207. Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford. [wiley | the book | pdf | book references list]
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]
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] [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]

Species richness, diversity

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)]
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]
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]
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. [pdf]