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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Nature Portfolio
2021-11-01
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Series: | Scientific Reports |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-02169-3 |