The FEVER project (Fire in Mediterranean Forest Ecosystems: Vulnerability, Equilibrium and Resilience), part of the PEPR-FORESTT programme, aims to study the resilience of Mediterranean forest ecosystems to fire by characterising fire regimes and their effects on stand structure, plant diversity and soils. By analysing different types of fires, from controlled burns to wildfires, it will seek to better understand the mechanisms of vegetation regeneration, ecosystem resilience and biodiversity using an innovative multi-scale approach, both spatially and temporally, applied to several types of Mediterranean forests (Laricio black pine, holm oak, downy oak and Aleppo pine).
The project will integrate several aspects:
the effects of repeated fires on vegetation combustibility in these four main forest types in southern France,
soil responses (nutrient pool and nutrient cycle) following fire and cumulative effects over long time scales,
the influence of different forest types on litter combustibility, and
the short- and long-term consequences for the functional aspects of these ecosystems.
The project’s kick-off meeting took place at our premises on 16 and 17 March 2026.
