Impacts of Global Change on Mediterranean Forests and Their Services
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The publication discusses the impacts of climate change and other components of global change, and their interactions on the terrestrial forests of Mediterranean regions, with special attention to their impacts on ecosystem services.
The higher temperatures and decrease in precipitation were identified as a serious threat to the diversity and survival of Mediterranean forests. The study suggests that the forests capacity to provide their current services and maintain biodiversity will decrease significantly if negative impacts such as changes in climate, land use, pollution and overexploitation of resources cannot be reduced. Finally the authords discuss different management tools for counteracting the negative effects of global change on Mediterranean ecosystem- services.
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Peñuelas, J.; Sardans, J.; Filella, I.; Estiarte, M.; Llusià, J.; Ogaya, R.; Carnicer, J.; Bartrons, M.; Rivas-Ubach, A.; Grau, O.; Peguero, G.; Margalef, O.; Pla-Rabés, S.; Stefanescu, C.; Asensio, D.; Preece, C.; Liu, L.; Verger, A.; Barbeta, A.; Achotegui-Castells, A.; Gargallo-Garriga, A.; Sperlich, D.; Farré-Armengol, G.; Fernández-Martínez, M.; Liu, D.; Zhang, C.; Urbina, I.; Camino-Serrano, M.; Vives-Ingla, M.; Stocker, B.D.; Balzarolo, M.; Guerrieri, R.; Peaucelle, M.; Marañón-Jiménez, S.; Bórnez-Mejías, K.; Mu, Z.; Descals, A.; Castellanos, A.; Terradas, J. Impacts of Global Change on Mediterranean Forests and Their Services. Forests 2017, 8, 463.Published in Climate-ADAPT Mar 23 2018 - Last Modified in Climate-ADAPT Dec 12 2023