**About the Editors**

#### **V´ıctor Fern´andez-Garc´ıa**

V´ıctor Fernandez-Garc ´ ´ıa was awarded his MSc in Natural Hazards and PhD in Science from the University of Leon, both with extraordinary awards. He is currently working at the University of ´ Lausanne, leading an international project studying the role of fire on climate change, biodiversity and local livelihoods in African biodiversity hotspots.

#### **Leonor Calvo**

Leonor Calvo was awarded her PhD in Biological Sciences from the University of Leon. She is ´ currently a Professor of Ecology at the University of Leon (Spain) and the Leader of the Research ´ group Applied Ecology and Remote Sensing.

#### **Susana Suarez-Seoane**

Susana Suarez-Seoane is a Senior lecturer in Ecology at the University of Oviedo and a researcher at the IMIB (Biodiversity Research Institute). Her research focuses on the multi-scale assessment of landscape patterns and processes under global change scenarios, using remote sensing techniques and species distribution models as methodological tools.

#### **Elena Marcos**

Elena Marcos was awarded her PhD in Biological Sciences from the University of Leon. She is ´ currently a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Biodiversity and Environmental Management of the University of Leon. Her activity is focused on the analysis of the effects of disturbances, mainly forest ´ fires and atmospheric nitrogen deposition, on the functioning of wooded and shrubby ecosystems.
