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The use of scenarios and models to evaluate the future of nature values and ecosystem services in Mediterranean forests

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2018-09-07
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Morán-Ordóñez, Alejandra
Roces-Díaz, José V.
Otsu, Kaori
Améztegui González, Aitor
Coll Mir, Lluís
Lefevre, François
Retana, Javier
Brotons, Lluís
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Morán-Ordóñez, Alejandra; Roces-Díaz, José V.; Otsu, Kaori; Améztegui González, Aitor; Coll Mir, Lluís; Lefevre, François; ... Brotons, Lluís. (2018) . The use of scenarios and models to evaluate the future of nature values and ecosystem services in Mediterranean forests. Regional Environmental Change, 2019, vol. 19, núm. 2, p. 415-428. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10113-018-1408-5.
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Science and society are increasingly interested in predicting the effects of global change and socio-economic development on natural systems, to ensure maintenance of both ecosystems and human well-being. The Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services has identified the combination of ecological modelling and scenario forecasting as key to improving our understanding of those effects, by evaluating the relationships and feedbacks between direct and indirect drivers of change, biodiversity, and ecosystem services. Using as case study the forests of the Mediterranean basin (complex socio-ecological systems of high social and conservation value), we reviewed the literature to assess (1) what are the modelling approaches most commonly used to predict the condition and trends of biodiversity and ecosystem services under future scenarios of global change, (2) what are the drivers of change considered in future scenarios and at what scales, and (3) what are the nature and ecosystem service indicators most commonly evaluated. Our review shows that forecasting studies make relatively little use of modelling approaches accounting for actual ecological processes and feedbacks between different socio-ecological sectors; predictions are generally made on the basis of a single (mainly climate) or a few drivers of change. In general, there is a bias in the set of nature and ecosystem service indicators assessed. In particular, cultural services and human well-being are greatly underrepresented in the literature. We argue that these shortfalls hamper our capacity to make the best use of predictive tools to inform decision-making in the context of global change.
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http://hdl.handle.net/10459.1/68407
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https://doi.org/10.1007/s10113-018-1408-5
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Regional Environmental Change, 2019, vol. 19, núm. 2, p. 415-428
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