“…In the Iberian Peninsula, there is evidence of anthropic activity related to fire uses since the middle Pleistocene (López-Saéz et al, 2014;Pausas & Keeley, 2009;Raposo & Santonja, 1995) and fire use practices for different management purposes have always been at the origin of wildfires (Badia, Pèlachs, Vera, Tulla, & Soriano, 2014;Carracedo Martín, 2015). The Central Mountain System is one of the areas most affected by wildfires, not only because of its Mediterranean climate but also because of its strategic location and its history of human occupation and fire uses (Araque Jiménez et al, 1999;López-Sáez, Vargas, et al, 2018;Robles-López et al, 2017;Schmuck et al, 2015). Human-caused wildfires are the most frequent in this mountain region (Camarero, Sangüesa-Barreda, Montiel-Molina, Seijo, & López-Sáez, 2018;López-Merino, López-Sáez, Alba-Sánchez, Pérez-Díaz, & Carrión, 2009;Montiel-Molina, 2013a), including arson, accidental fires and negligent fires (Leone, Lovreglio, & Martínez-Fernandéz, 2002).…”