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Effects of grazing on plant composition, conservation status and ecosystem services of Natura 2000 shrub-grassland habitat types by Silva, Vasco, Catry, Filipe X., Fernandes, Paulo M., Rego, Francisco C., Paes, Paula, Nunes, Leónia, Caperta, Ana D., Sérgio, Cecília, Bugalho, Miguel N.

“…The Natura 2000 network is crucial to conserve biodiversity in the European Union and provides hotspots for certain ecosystem services. Grazing, a common land…”
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Investigating the invasiveness of Eucalyptus globulus in Portugal: site-scale drivers, reproductive capacity and dispersal potential by Deus, Ernesto, Silva, Joaquim S., Larcombe, Matthew J., Catry, Filipe X., Queirós, Luís, dos Santos, Patrícia, Matias, Hugo, Águas, Ana, Rego, Francisco C.

“…Plantations of Eucalyptus globulus Labill. have expanded rapidly over the last four decades across temperate parts of the globe. There has been growing concern…”
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Development of a Model to Estimate the Risk of Emission of Greenhouse Gases from Forest Fires by Lerma-Arce, Victoria, Yagüe-Hurtado, Celia, Van den Berg, Helena, García-Folgado, Miguel, Oliver-Villanueva, Jose-Vicente, Benhalima, Yacine, Marques-Duarte, Inês, Acácio, Vanda, Rego, Francisco, López-Senespleda, Eduardo, Menéndez-Miguélez, María, Ruiz-Peinado, Ricardo, Petillon, Thomas, Jalabert, Stéphanie, Carbó-Valverde, Ester, Gimeno-García, Eugenia, Aleix-Amurrio, Rebeca, Lorenzo-Sáez, Edgar

“…While the Mediterranean basin is foreseen to be highly affected by climate change (CC) and severe forest fires are expected to be more frequent, international…”
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Public funding constrains effective postfire emergency restoration in Portugal by Lopes, Luís F., Fernandes, Paulo M., Rego, Francisco C., Acácio, Vanda

“…In the last decades, fire regimes in Europe have changed toward an increased occurrence of extreme fire events with large burned areas and associated impacts…”
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Growth dynamics and productivity of pure and mixed Castanea sativa Mill. and Pseudotsuga menziesii (Mirb.) Franco plantations in northern Portugal by Nunes, L, Gower, ST, Monteiro, ML, Lopes, D, Rego, FC

“…Since the late 1980’s the productivity of monocultures versus mixed-species forests has been the object of special interest and study by forest managers and…”
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Wildfires as a major driver of landscape dynamics in three fire-prone areas of Portugal by Silva, Joaquim S., Vaz, Pedro, Moreira, Francisco, Catry, Filipe, Rego, Francisco C.

“…► Logistic regression, transition matrices and Markov chains were used to assess the effect of wildfires on landscape dynamics. ► Wildfires strongly influenced…”
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Natural establishment of Eucalyptus globulus Labill. in burnt stands in Portugal by Águas, Ana, Ferreira, António, Maia, Paula, Fernandes, Paulo M., Roxo, Luís, Keizer, Jan, Silva, Joaquim S., Rego, Francisco C., Moreira, Francisco

“…•Post-fire natural establishment of E. globulus occurred in 72% of the studied sites.•Occurrence was influenced by stand type, productivity region and…”
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Fire effects on litter chemistry and early development of Eucalyptus globulus by Águas, Ana, Incerti, Guido, Saracino, Antonio, Lanzotti, Virginia, Silva, Joaquim S., Rego, Francisco C., Mazzoleni, Stefano, Bonanomi, Giuliano

“…Background and aim Fires affect what happens to litter in ecosystems. Biological and chemical effects of burnt litter on plants are not as of yet fully…”
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Comparing chemistry and bioactivity of burned vs. decomposed plant litter: different pathways but same result? by Bonanomi, Giuliano, Incerti, Guido, El-Gawad, Ahmed M. Abd, Cesarano, Gaspare, Sarker, Tushar C., Saulino, Luigi, Lanzotti, Virginia, Saracino, Antonio, Rego, Francisco C., Mazzoleni, Stefano

“…Litter burning and biological decomposition are oxidative processes co-occurring in many terrestrial ecosystems, producing organic matter with different…”
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Trade‐offs between fire hazard reduction and conservation in a Natura 2000 shrub–grassland mosaic by Silva, Vasco, Catry, Filipe X., Fernandes, Paulo M., Rego, Francisco C., Bugalho, Miguel N., Marrs, Rob

“…Questions What are the effects of time since prescribed burning on plant species composition and diversity in a Natura 2000 shrub–grassland mosaic? Is it…”
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Fire meets inland water via burned wood: and then what? by Vaz, Pedro G., Merten, Eric C., Warren, Dana R., Durscher, Kelsie, Tapp, Megan, Robinson, Christopher T., Rego, Francisco C., Pinto, Paulo

“…Wood is a key structural element in aquatic ecosystems. Wood provides habitat complexity, alters geomorphology, retains organic and inorganic material,…”
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The FIRE PARADOX project: Towards science-based fire management in Europe by Fernandes, Paulo M., Rego, Francisco C., Rigolot, Eric

“…▶ This paper introduces the FIRE PARADOX special issue…”
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Land cover type and fire in Portugal : do fires burn land cover selectively? by NUNES, Maria C. S, VASCONCELOS, Maria J, PEREIRA, José M. C, DASGUPTA, Nairanjana, ALLDREDGE, Richard J, REGO, Francisco C

“…The purpose of this study is to investigate if, or under what conditions, fires select given land cover types for burning. If fires burn unselectively then the…”
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Cooperative Distributed Estimation and Control of Multiple Autonomous Vehicles for Range-Based Underwater Target Localization and Pursuit by Hung, Nguyen T., Rego, Francisco F. C., Pascoal, Antonio M.

“…We study the problem of using single or multiple cooperative autonomous vehicles, called trackers, to localize and pursue an unknown underwater moving target…”
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Temporal (1958-1995) pattern of change in a cultural landscape of northwestern Portugal: implications for fire occurrence by MOREIRA, Francisco, REGO, Francisco C, FERREIRA, Paulo G

“…In this paper we test the hypothesis that landscape changes in a region of Northern Portugal (Minho) in the last 40 years could be predicted from socioeconomic…”
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Understanding the naturalization of Eucalyptus globulus in Portugal: a comparison with Australian plantations by Águas, Ana, Larcombe, Matthew J., Matias, Hugo, Deus, Ernesto, Potts, Brad M., Rego, Francisco C., Silva, Joaquim S.

“…Despite the potential utility of a biogeographical approach to understanding the naturalization of exotic species, studies using this approach are scarce…”
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Effects of burn status and conditioning on colonization of wood by stream macroinvertebrates by Vaz, Pedro G., Dias, Susana, Pinto, Paulo, Merten, Eric C., Robinson, Christopher T., Warren, Dana R., Rego, Francisco C.

“…The combination of changing climate and anthropogenic activities is increasing the probability of wildfire around the world. When fires occur in riparian…”
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Which stream wood becomes functional following wildfires? by Vaz, Pedro G., Merten, Eric C., Warren, Dana R., Robinson, Christopher T., Pinto, Paulo, Rego, Francisco C.

“…► We challenge the idea that function of wood is a matter size, stability, and decay. ► We examine the role wildfires may play in affecting functionality of…”
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Effects of forest type and stream size on volume and distribution of stream wood: legacies of wildfire in a Euro-Mediterranean context by Vaz, Pedro G., Warren, Dana R., Merten, Eric C., Robinson, Christopher T., Pinto, Paulo, Rego, Francisco C.

“…Downed wood pieces are key links between terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. They promote organic matter retention, create habitat, and potentially increase…”
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Seed bank dynamics of two obligate seeders, Cistus monspeliensis and Rosmarinus officinalis, in relation to time since fire by Clemente, Adelaide S, Rego, Francisco C, Correia, Otília A

“…Many species in Mediterranean-type ecosystems regenerate after fire by seed germination from soil seed banks. Seed bank dynamics of two of those obligate…”
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