The investigation has analyzed to 274 species of animals and 4.606 individuals, concretly after the fires of August, 2003 in Sant Llorenç's Nature reserve of the Munt i l'Obac.
The study has been coordinated by the University of Porto with the collaboration of the Center of Ecological Investigation and Forest Applications (Creaf ).
The study has had as there bases which has been the response to the fire between the animals like snails, spiders, beetles, ants, grasshopper, thumbtacks, birds and reptiles. As consequence, there have been known which support better the effects of the fire and which are more sensitive to the changes in their habitat that take place after the fire.
The investigation emphasizes that the omnivorous species, since they eat of everything, are more resistant, because they can adapt his diet to the available resources after the flames. On the other hand, the study concludes that the species who change his comportament before and after the fire they are those have better mobility, as the birds, since those who do not find hiding places, die calcined, as the snails.
