The current context of global change and the associated uncertainties poses threats to the continuous provision of essential ecosystem services and entails new challenges to environmental managers. Expected future changes in climatic conditions and socio-economic contexts make the enhancing ecosystem-wide adaptive capacity—understood as promoting ecosystem resistance and resilience to adverse changes—a primary objective for management.
In FiDBosc we work on the analysis of the compositional, structural and functional attributes of forest ecosystems that provide them with the ability to resist or rapidly respond to environmental changes. This is addressed with the use of large forest databases (including national forest surveys). In addition we are conducting a number of studies aiming at analyzing the main factors driving post-disturbance dynamics using as study case the Mediterranean pinewoods affected by large wildfires and the mountain forests of the Pyrenees affected by catastrophic windstorms.
In FiDBosc we work on the analysis of the compositional, structural and functional attributes of forest ecosystems that provide them with the ability to resist or rapidly respond to environmental changes. This is addressed with the use of large forest databases (including national forest surveys). In addition we are conducting a number of studies aiming at analyzing the main factors driving post-disturbance dynamics using as study case the Mediterranean pinewoods affected by large wildfires and the mountain forests of the Pyrenees affected by catastrophic windstorms.
Related publications
Sánchez-Pinillos M., Coll L., De Cáceres M., Ameztegui A. (2015) The Persistence Index: a quantitative measure of the adaptive capacity of ecosystems based on species response traits. Submitted.
Blázquez A., González-Olabarría J.R., Martín-Alcón S., Just A., Cabré M., Coll L. (2015) Assessing post-storm forest dynamics in the Pyrenees using high-resolution LIDAR data and aerial photographs. Journal of Mountain Science 12(4): 841-853.
Martín-Alcón S., Coll L., De Cáceres M., Cabré M., Just A., González-Olabarría J.R. (2015) Combining aerial LiDAR and multi-spectral imagery to assess post-fire regeneration types in a Mediterranean forest. Canadian Journal of Forest Reserach 45(7): 856-866.
Puerta C., Espelta J., Sánchez-Humanes B., Rodrigo A., Coll L., Brotons L. (2012) History matters: previous land use changes determine post-fire vegetation recovery in forested Mediterranean landscapes. Forest Ecology and Management 279: 121-127.
Puerta-Piñero, C., Brotons L., Coll L., González-Olabarría J.R. (2012) Valuing acorn dispersal and resprouting capacity ecological functions to ensure Mediterranean forest resilience after fire. European Journal of Forest Research 131: 835-844.
Martín-Alcón S., González-Olabarria J.R., Coll L. (2010) Wind and snow damage in the Pyrenees pine forests: effect of stand attributes and location. Silva Fennica 44(3): 399-410.
Blázquez A., González-Olabarría J.R., Martín-Alcón S., Just A., Cabré M., Coll L. (2015) Assessing post-storm forest dynamics in the Pyrenees using high-resolution LIDAR data and aerial photographs. Journal of Mountain Science 12(4): 841-853.
Martín-Alcón S., Coll L., De Cáceres M., Cabré M., Just A., González-Olabarría J.R. (2015) Combining aerial LiDAR and multi-spectral imagery to assess post-fire regeneration types in a Mediterranean forest. Canadian Journal of Forest Reserach 45(7): 856-866.
Puerta C., Espelta J., Sánchez-Humanes B., Rodrigo A., Coll L., Brotons L. (2012) History matters: previous land use changes determine post-fire vegetation recovery in forested Mediterranean landscapes. Forest Ecology and Management 279: 121-127.
Puerta-Piñero, C., Brotons L., Coll L., González-Olabarría J.R. (2012) Valuing acorn dispersal and resprouting capacity ecological functions to ensure Mediterranean forest resilience after fire. European Journal of Forest Research 131: 835-844.
Martín-Alcón S., González-Olabarria J.R., Coll L. (2010) Wind and snow damage in the Pyrenees pine forests: effect of stand attributes and location. Silva Fennica 44(3): 399-410.
