Forest Fire Ecology and Ecological Restoration

Dear Colleagues,

Climate change, wildfires, and accentuated land use changes observed over recent decades in areas with valuable forest systems have resulted in the need to produce high-quality research to guide a more sustainable use of global forestry resources. Most studies on fire ecology are related to specific aspects of fire on vegetation, soils, and wildlife, and usually at a particular scale of analysis. On the other hand, most studies considering the restoration of burnt areas mainly discuss aspects related to environmental changes at soil and vegetation levels, but data about the fire ecology of vegetation units and the success of human intervention over a long time lapse are missing. This Special Issue on ‘Forest Fire Ecology and Ecological Restoration’ gathers scientific articles that could guide and improve the evaluations, fire damage perception, and management decisions after wildfire events. The relationship between forest fragmentation and degradation, fire, and management of different types of forests, the functional traits of species related to fire resistance, regeneration strategies after disturbances, evaluations on fire damage, biodiversity, the main processes altered by fire, fire resilience, and post-fire land management are study objects in the articles of this Special Issue. All these topics will enhance the compression of natural and exotic vegetation dynamics in burnt areas and land management plans.

Dr. Sandra Josefina Bravo
Prof. Dr. Laura M. Bellis
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

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• forest disturbance
• burnt areas
• fire resilience
• post-fire land management