Articles

2025

Kenedy-Siqueira, W., Aguilar, R., Borghetti, F., Moreira, B., & Fernandes, G. W. (2025). Germination niche of campo rupestre plants: effects of increased temperature and darkness. Journal of Mountain Science, 22(7), 2541-2554. [doi] [pdf]

Zomer, M. A., Moreira, B., & Pausas, J. G. (2025). Pre-disturbance plant condition drives intraspecific resprouting variability in Mediterranean shrubs. Journal of Experimental Botany, eraf246. [doi] [pdf]

Gould, E., Fraser, H. S., Parker, T. H., Nakagawa, S., Griffith, S. C., Vesk, P. A., ... & Lagisz, M. (2025). Same data, different analysts: variation in effect sizes due to analytical decisions in ecology and evolutionary biology.  BMC biology, 23(1), 35. [doi] [pdf]

2024

Arrogante-Funes, F., Mouillot, F., Moreira, B., Aguado, I., & Chuvieco, E. (2024). Mapping and assessment of ecological vulnerability to wildfires in Europe. Fire Ecology, 20(1), 1-31. [doi | pdf]

Grau‐Andrés, R., Moreira, B., & Pausas, J. G. (2024). Global plant responses to intensified fire regimes. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 33(8): e13858.  [doi | pdf ]

Yebra, M., Scortechini, G., Adeline, K., Aktepe, N., Almoustafa, T., Bar-Massada, A., ... & Younes Cardenas, N. (2024). Globe-LFMC 2.0, an enhanced and updated dataset for live fuel moisture content research. Scientific Data, 11(1), 332.  [doi | pdf ]

2023

Chuvieco, E., M. Yebra, S. Martino, K. Thonicke, M. Gómez-Giménez, J. San-Miguel, D. Oom, R. Velea, F. Mouillot, J. R. Molina, A. I. Miranda, D. Lopes, M. Salis, M. Bugaric, M. Sofiev, E. Kadantsev, I. Z. Gitas, D. Stavrakoudis, G. Eftychidis, A. Bar-Massada, A. Neidermeier, V. Pampanoni, M. L. Pettinari, F. Arrogante-Funes, C. Ochoa, B. Moreira, and D. Viegas. 2023. Towards an Integrated Approach to Wildfire Risk Assessment: When, Where, What and How May the Landscapes Burn. Fire 6 (5) :215. [doi | pdf ]

Ordóñez‐Parra, Carlos A., et al.  (2023). Rock n’Seeds: A database of seed functional traits and germination experiments from Brazilian rock outcrop vegetation. Ecology 104 (1): e3852.  [doi | pdf | data

2022

Bartomeus, I. et al. (2022). Base de datos de abejas ibéricas. Ecosistemas: 2380-2380. [doi | pdf | data: zenodo | github]

Zomer M, Moreira B, Pausas JG. (2022). Fire and summer temperatures interact to shape seed dormancy thresholds. Annals of Botany 129 (7): 809-816 [doi | pdf | data (figshare)]

2021

Fernandes A.F., Oki Y., Fernandes G.W., Moreira B. (2020). The effect of fire on seed germination of campo rupestre species in the South American Cerrado. Plant Ecology 222: 45-55 [doi | Springer]

2018

Pinto, T., Moreira, B., Freitas, H., Santos, X. (2018). The role of fire history, land-use, and vegetation structure on the response of Mediterranean lizards to fire. Forest Ecology and Management, 419, 139-145. [ScienceDirect] [doi] [pdf]

Moreira B., Pausas J.G. (2018) Shedding light through the smoke on the germination of Mediterranean Basin flora. South African Journal of Botany 115: 244-250. [ScienceDirect] [doi] [pdf]

2016

Pausas J.G., Alessio G.A., Moreira B., Segarra-Moragues J.G. 2016. Secondary compounds enhance flammability in a Mediterranean plant. Oecologia 180: 103-110. [Springer] [doi] [pdf] [ESM: table S1 (.csv)]

2014

Moreira B., Castellanos M.C., Pausas J.G. (2014). Genetic component of flammability variation in a Mediterranean shrub. Molecular Ecology 23 (5): 1213-1223 [Wiley] [pdf]  [doi] [data:dryad]

Tormo, J., B. Moreira, and J. G. Pausas. (2014). Field evidence of smoke-stimulated seedling emergence and establishment in Mediterranean Basin flora. Journal of Vegetation Science 25 (3): 771-777 [Wiley] [pdf] [doi]

2013

Gornish, E., Hamilton, J., Barberán, A., Benito, B.M., Binzer, A., De-Meester, J., Gruwez, R., Moreira, B., Taheri, S., Tomiolo, S., Vinagre, V., Vuarin, P., Weaver, J. (2013). Interdisciplinary climate change collaborations are essential for early-career scientists. EOS, Transactions American Geophysical Union 94(16): 151-152 [Wiley] [pdf] [doi]

2012

Moreira B., Pausas J.G. (2012). Tanned or burned: The role of fire in shaping physical seed dormancy. PLoS ONE 7 (12): e51523 [pdf] [doi]

Moreira B., Tormo J., Pausas J.G. (2012). To resprout or not to resprout: factors driving intraspecific variability in resprouting. Oikos 121:1577-1584 [Wiley][pdf] [doi]

Pausas J.G., Moreira B. (2012). Flammability as a biological concept. New Phytologist 194 (3):610-613 [Wiley] [pdf] [doi

Pausas J.G., Alessio G.A., Moreira B., Corcobado G. (2012). Fires enhance flammability in Ulex parviflorus. New Phytologist 193 (1): 18:23 [Wiley] [pdf] [doi]

Moreira B., Tavsanoglu Ç., Pausas J.G. (2012). Local versus regional intraspecific variability in regeneration traits. Oecologia 168 (3): 671-677 [Springer] [pdf] [doi

2010

Moreira B., Tormo J., Estrelles E., Pausas J.G.(2010). Disentangling the role of heat and smoke as germination cues in Mediterranean Basin flora. Annals of Botany 105 (4): 627-635 [oxfordjournals] [pdf] [doi]