The chaparrals are a biodiversity hotspot, meaning it is a community of diverse plants and species that are under threat. The native plants of the chaparrals and the chaparral itself can cease to exist if the over-consumption of its natural resources and frequent fires continue. The plants don't have enough time to recover if there isn't a long enough period between each fire especially because these plants have not adapted to fire quite yet. Many of the native plants of the chaparrals have already been overpowered by non-native plants and weeds because there wasn't a long enough recovery period after a fire. Many of the animals can become extinct like the California grizzly bear or be endangered like the California condor.
(source: http://www.defenders.org/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/grizzly-bear-harry-bosen-dpc.jpg)
(source: http://www.sonoma.edu/preserves/prairie/prairie_desc/images/urar_flag.jpg)
(source: http://www.friendsofcondors.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Condor-206-b-e.jpg)
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