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Identifying the most threatened areas by human activity in the Mediterranean Sea

A study analysed and distributed the existing information on several impacts that are simultaneously affecting the Mediterranean Sea: from climate impacts like the rise of temperatures in the sea, to the fishing pressure on natural resources or changes in physical and chemical conditions. The result is a map of the places that are most affected by human activity such as the Adriatic Sea, the Aegean Sea, the African coast and the Catalan sea, among others. According to the researchers, this...

When remote sensing and field approaches combine

Implementing long-term monitoring programs that effectively inform conservation plans is a top priority in environmental management. In floodplain forests, historical pressures interplay with the complex multiscale dynamics of fluvial systems and require integrative approaches to pinpoint drivers for their deterioration and ecosystem services loss. This study evaluates the initial results of a decade of floodplain forest monitoring.

Analysis of the effects of an extreme climatic event on scrub communities

The effects of an extreme climatic event on shrub species were assessed by analyzing their leaves, roots, seeds and stem.The long-term monitoring of scrub communities allowed to evidence the effects of this extreme event by monitoring the permanent network of plots sampled annually and the remote sensing images. The results showed, first, that not all scrub species respond in a similar way showing a wide gradient of affection. Secondly, these differences are clearly in relation to the various...

New publication: Predicting the collapse of ecological networks

Mutualistic networks of plants and their pollinators are considered the 'architecture' of biodiversity