RT Journal Article
T1 The high climate vulnerability of western Mediterranean forests
A1 Hidalgo-Triana, Noelia
A1 Solakis Tena, Andros
A1 Casimiro-Soriguer Solanas, Federico
A1 Choe, Hyeyeong
A1 Navarro-del-Águila, María Teresa
A1 Pérez-Latorre, Andrés Vicente
A1 Thorne, James H.
K1 Clima - Cambios - Aspectos ambientales
K1 Bosques
K1 Vegetación y clima
K1 Plantas - Efectos del calentamiento global
K1 Mediterráneo (Región) - Clima
K1 Andalucía
AB Understanding the effects of climate change is one of the most challenging goals for biodiversity conservation. The forests of Andalusia, in Southern Spain, are part of an important Mediterranean Basin biodiversity hotspot. However, great changes in climate are expected to occur in this region, and there is an increasing need to assess the vulnerability of its vegetation. We assess the vulnerability of twelve forest types in the region that are included in the European Directive 92/43/EEC as Habitats of Community Interest (HCI). HCI are natural habitat types which are in danger, have a small natural range, or present an outstanding example of a biogeographical regions in the European Union. We assessed vulnerability by analyzing the climate exposure level of each forest type under two global climate models [...], two emission scenarios [...] by the mid- and end-century time periods. The vulnerability analysis also includes the sensitivity and adaptive capacity of the dominant tree species which compose each forest type. An overall vulnerability score was calculated for each forest type, model, scenario and time period. [...] However, the effects of climate change will be perceptible by the mid-century, with most of the HCI forest types suffering climate stress. The “Andalusian oak forest” and the “Corylus wet forest” types were the most vulnerable to climate change, while the “Mediterranean pine forest”, the “Olea and Ceratonia forests” and the “oak forests” were the least vulnerable. This assessment identifies the vulnerable forest types to climate change in the south of the Iberian Peninsula, and provides context for natural resource managers in making decisions about how to adapt forests to the impacts of climate change.
PB Elsevier
YR 2023
FD 2023-06
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10630/27195
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10630/27195
LA eng
NO Hidalgo-Triana, N., Solakis, A., Casimiro-Soriguer, F., Choe, H., Navarro, T., Pérez-Latorre, A. V., & Thorne, J. H. (2023). The high climate vulnerability of western Mediterranean forests. Science of The Total Environment, 895, 164983.
NO Incluye un apéndice con un fichero de datos complementarios.
NO This study was partially supported by the European Project (FEDER) through the Ministry for Science and Innovation 2014–2020 LIFEWATCH-2019-UMA-01 “EnBiC2-Lab”. University of Málaga (“I Plan Propio de Investigación, Transferencia y Divulgación Científica de la Universidad de Málaga”) funded a research stay at the University of Davis (California, USA). Funding for open access charge: Universidad de Málaga / CBUA.
DS RIUMA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Málaga
RD 21 ene 2026