Summary of the fire history at the eight sites sampled in north-western Africa.

For each study area, the information of the forest type, area burnt (ha), date of fire, elevation (m), time since fire (TSF; in years) when the sampling occurred, and number of tortoises detected in the burnt and unburnt transects.

针对每个研究区域，其所包含的信息如下：森林类型、过火面积（单位：公顷，ha）、火灾发生日期、海拔（单位：米）、采样实施时的火灾后时长（Time Since Fire，简称TSF，单位：年），以及过火与未过火样带中检测到的陆龟数量。