Altered fire regimes modify lizard communities in globally endangered Araucaria forests of the southern Andes

Abstract Wildfire regimes are being altered in ecosystems worldwide. The density of reptiles responds to fires and changes to habitat structure. Some of the most vulnerable ecosystems to human-increased fire frequency are old-growth Araucaria araucana forests of the southern Andes. We investigated t...

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Main Authors: José Infante, Fernando J. Novoa, José Tomás Ibarra, Don J. Melnick, Kevin L. Griffin, Cristián Bonacic
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021-11-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-02169-3