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SUBMITTER: Chergui B
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6697351 | biostudies-other | 2019
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Chergui Brahim B Rodríguez-Caro Roberto C RC Graciá Eva E Fahd Soumia S Santos Xavier X
PloS one 20190816 8
Fire is a key ecological process in several biomes worldwide. Over recent decades, human activities (e.g. rural abandonment, monoculture plantations) and global warming are magnifying the risk of fire, with changes in fire intensity and frequency. Here, we offer the first study that examines the impact of fire on the spur-thighed tortoise Testudo graeca living in a native cork oak forest and pine plantation in north-western Africa. A total of 44 transects (22 burnt and 22 unburnt) were sampled a ...[more]