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Vegetation type determines spore deposition within a forest–agricultural mosaic landscape
(Oxford University Press, 2020-05-01)Predicting fungal community assembly is partly limited by our understanding of the factors driving the composition of deposited spores. We studied the relative contribution of vegetation, geographical distance, seasonality ... -
Conservation planning in a fire-prone Mediterranean region: threats and opportunities for bird species
(Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht, 2013-06-19)In response to the processes threatening biodiversity such as habitat loss, effective selection of priority conservation areas is required. However, reserve selection methods usually ignore the drivers of future habitat ... -
Phenology and plant functional type dominance drive CO2 exchange in seminatural grasslands in the Pyrenees
(Cambridge University Press, 2020)Understanding the mechanisms underlying net ecosystem CO2 exchange (NEE) in mountain grasslands is important to quantify their relevance in the global carbon budget. However, complex interactions between environmental ... -
Cereal-legume mixtures increase net CO2 uptake in a forage system of the Eastern Pyrenees
(European Geosciences UnionCopernicus Publications, 2020-06-11)Forage systems are the major land use, and provide essential resources for animal feeding. Assessing the influence of forage species on net ecosystem CO2 exchange (NEE) is key to develop management strategies that can help ... -
Foraging movements and habitat niche of two closely related seabirds breeding in sympatry
(Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2013-12-19)As central-place foragers, pelagic seabirds are constrained by spatiotemporal heterogeneity to find productive marine areas and compete for prey. We analysed 97 foraging trips to study the movement and oceanographic ... -
The importance of a small ephemeral tributary for fine sediment dynamics in a main‐stem river
(John Wiley & Sons, 2017-07-21)Studies of ephemeral streams have focused mainly in arid and semi‐arid regions. Such streams also occur widely in temperate regions, but much less is known about their influence on fluvial processes in main‐stem rivers ... -
Application of Structure‐from‐Motion photogrammetry to river restoration
(John Wiley & Sons, 2016-11-08)Structure‐from‐Motion (SfM) photogrammetry is now used widely to study a range of earth surface processes and landforms, and is fast becoming a core tool in fluvial geomorphology. SfM photogrammetry allows extraction of ... -
Improvement of flood frequency analysis with historical information in different types of catchments and data series within the Ebro River basin (NE Iberian Peninsula)
(Gebrüder Borntraeger Verlagsbuchhandlung, 2015-10-29)The use of historical information is acknowledged to improve frequency analysis. However, it is not well known if the degree of this improvement depends on the characteristics of both the catch-ment and the data series. ... -
Historical, hydraulic, hydrological and meteorological reconstruction of 1874 Santa Tecla flash floods in Catalonia (NE Iberian Peninsula)
(Elsevier, 2015-02-16)A multidisciplinary methodology for historical floods reconstruction was applied to 1874 Santa Tecla floods occurred in Catalonia (NE Iberian Peninsula), using both historical information and meteorological data from 20th ... -
Meteorological and hydrological analysis of major floods in NE Iberian Peninsula
(Elsevier, 2016-10)This paper analyses the meteorological conditions and the specific peak flows of 24 catastrophic floods that affected NE Iberian Peninsula in the period 1842-2000. We classify these floods according to the affected area, ... -
European population trends and current conservation status of an endangered steppe-bird species: the Dupont’s lark Chersophilus duponti
(PeerJ, 2018-09-19)Background: Steppe-birds face drastic population declines throughout Europe. The Dupont’s lark Chersophilus duponti is an endangered steppe-bird species whose European distribution is restricted to Spain. This scarce ... -
A framework for modeling adaptive forest management and decision making under climate change
(Resilience Alliance, 2017)Adapting the management of forest resources to climate change involves addressing several crucial aspects to provide a valid basis for decision making. These include the knowledge and belief of decision makers, the mapping ... -
Soil carbon stocks and their variability across the forests, shrublands and grasslands of peninsular Spain
(European Geosciences UnionCopernicus Publications, 2013-12-18)Accurate estimates of C stocks and fluxes of soil organic carbon (SOC) are needed to assess the impact of climate and land use change on soil C uptake and soil C emissions to the atmosphere. Here, we present an assessment ... -
Human breathable air in a Mediterranean forest: characterization of monoterpene concentrations under the canopy
(MDPI, 2020-06-18)Monoterpenes have been identified as potential determinants of the human health effects induced by forest exposure. The present study characterizes the total monoterpene concentrations at nose height in a Mediterranean ... -
Interactions between biogeochemical and management factors explain soil organic carbon in Pyrenean grasslands
(European Geosciences UnionCopernicus Publications, 2020-03-17)Grasslands are one of the major sinks of terrestrial soil organic carbon (SOC). Understanding how environmental and management factors drive SOC is challenging because they are scale-dependent, with large scale drivers ... -
Invasive species and habitat degradation in Iberian streams: an analysis of their role in freshwater fish diversity loss
(Ecological Society of America, 2011-01-01)Mediterranean endemic freshwater fish are among the most threatened biota in the world. Distinguishing the role of different extinction drivers and their potential interactions is crucial for achieving conservation goals. ... -
Calibrating the severity of forest defoliation by pine processionary moth with landsat and UAV imagery
(MDPI, 2018-09-29)The pine processionary moth (Thaumetopoea pityocampa Dennis and Schiff.), one of the major defoliating insects in Mediterranean forests, has become an increasing threat to the forest health of the region over the past two ... -
Decision support approaches in adaptive forest management
(MDPI, 2018-03-18)Climate and social changes place strong demands on forest managers. Forest managers need powerful approaches and tools, which could help them to be able to react to the rapidly changing conditions. However, the complexity ... -
Assessing pine processionary moth defoliation using unmanned aerial systems
(MDPI, 2017-09-23)Pine processionary moth (PPM) is one of the most destructive insect defoliators in the Mediterranean for many conifers, causing losses of growth, vitality and eventually the death of trees during outbreaks. There is a ... -
Tools for assessing the impacts of climate variability and change on wildfire regimes in forests
(MDPI, 2015-04-30)Fire is an intrinsic element of many forest ecosystems; it shapes their ecological processes, determines species composition and influences landscape structure. However, wildfires may: have undesirable effects on biodiversity ...