CREAF (Centre de Recerca Ecològica i d'Aplicacions Forestals)

Research, Innovation and Knowledge Transfer in Terrestrial Ecology.

CREAF is a public research center dedicated to terrestrial ecology and territorial analysis, producing knowledge and methodologies for conservation, management, and adaptation of the environment to global change. The center’s objective is to work as a bridge between academia, administrations, and society, promoting awareness and exchanging knowledge within its scope of activities, at the local, regional, and global levels.

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2024-05-16
15:01
30 p, 652.6 KB Litter quality and stream physicochemical properties drive global invertebrate effects on instream litter decomposition / Yue, Kai (Fujian Normal University) ; De Frenne, Pieter (Ghent University) ; Van Meerbeek, Koenraad (KU Leuven. Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences) ; Ferreira, Verónica (University of Coimbra. Department of Life Sciences) ; Fornara, Dario A. (Institute European Regenerative Organic Center (Italy)) ; Wu, Qiqian (Zhejiang A&F University) ; Ni, Xiangyin (Fujian Normal University) ; Peng, Yan (University of Copenhagen. Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management) ; Wang, Dingyi (Fujian Normal University) ; Heděnec, Petr (University Malaysia Terengganu. Institute of Tropical Biodiversity and Sustainable Development) ; Yang, Yusheng (Fujian Normal University) ; Wu, Fuzhong (Fujian Normal University) ; Peñuelas, Josep (Centre de Recerca Ecològica i d'Aplicacions Forestals)
Plant litter is the major source of energy and nutrients in stream ecosystems and its decomposition is vital for ecosystem nutrient cycling and functioning. Invertebrates are key contributors to instream litter decomposition, yet quantification of their effects and drivers at the global scale remains lacking. [...]
2022 - 10.1111/brv.12880
Biological reviews, Vol. 97, Issue 6 (December 2022) , p. 2023-2038  
2024-05-16
14:56
14 p, 2.7 MB Disentangling temperature and water stress contributions to trends in isoprene emissions using satellite observations of formaldehyde, 2005-2016 / Strada, S. (The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics) ; Fernández-Martínez, Marcos (Centre de Recerca Ecològica i d'Aplicacions Forestals) ; Peñuelas, Josep (Centre de Recerca Ecològica i d'Aplicacions Forestals) ; Bauwens, M. (Royal Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy) ; Stavrakou, T. (Royal Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy) ; Verger, Aleixandre (Centre de Recerca Ecològica i d'Aplicacions Forestals) ; Giorgi, F. (The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics)
Isoprene, produced by plants in response to multiple drivers, affects climate and air quality when released into the atmosphere. In turn, climate change may influence isoprene emissions through variations in occurrence and intensity of types of stress that affect plant functions. [...]
2023 - 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2022.119530
Atmospheric Environment, Vol. 295 (February 2023) , art. 119530  
2024-05-16
14:51
Challenges and solutions to biodiversity conservation in arid lands / Zhang, Yuanming (Chinese Academy of Sciences. Xinjiang Institute of Ecology & Geography) ; Tariq, Akash (Chinese Academy of Sciences. Xinjiang Institute of Ecology & Geography) ; Hughes, Alice C. (Chinese Academy of Sciences. Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden) ; Hong, Deyuan (Chinese Academy of Sciences. Institute of Botany) ; Wei, Fuwen (Chinese Academy of Sciences. Institute of Zoology) ; Sun, Hang (Chinese Academy of Sciences. Kunming Institute of Botany) ; Sardans i Galobart, Jordi (Centre de Recerca Ecològica i d'Aplicacions Forestals) ; Peñuelas, Josep (Centre de Recerca Ecològica i d'Aplicacions Forestals) ; Perry, Gad (Texas Tech University. Department of Natural Resource Management) ; Qiao, Jianfang (Chinese Academy of Sciences. Xinjiang Institute of Ecology & Geography) ; Kurban, Alishir (Chinese Academy of Sciences. Xinjiang Institute of Ecology & Geography) ; Jia, Xiaoxia (Secretariat of the UNCCD. Science Technology Innovation Unit (Germany)) ; Raimondo, Domitilla (South African National Biodiversity Institute) ; Pan, Borong (Chinese Academy of Sciences. Xinjiang Institute of Ecology & Geography) ; Yang, Weikang (Chinese Academy of Sciences. Xinjiang Institute of Ecology & Geography) ; Zhang, Daoyuan (Chinese Academy of Sciences. Xinjiang Institute of Ecology & Geography) ; Li, Wenjun (Chinese Academy of Sciences. Xinjiang Institute of Ecology & Geography) ; Ahmed, Zeeshan (Chinese Academy of Sciences. Xinjiang Institute of Ecology & Geography) ; Beierkuhnlein, Carl (University of Bayreuth. Department of Biogeography) ; Lazkov, Georgy (National Academy of Sciences of Kyrgyzstan. Institute of Biology) ; Toderich, Kristina (University of Tottori. International Platform for Dryland Research and Education) ; Karryeva, Shirin (Focal Point for SBSTTA/CBD (Turkmenistan)) ; Dehkonov, Davron (Academy Sciences of Uzbekistan. Institute of Botany) ; Hisoriev, Hikmat (Tajikistan National Academy of Sciences. Institute of Botany, Plant Physiology and Genetics) ; Dimeyeva, Liliya (Institute of Botany & Phytointroduction (Kazakhstan)) ; Milko, Dmitry (National Academy of Sciences of Kyrgyzstan. Institute of Biology) ; Soule, Ahmedou (Research Center for the Valorization of Biodiversity (Mauritania)) ; Suska-Malawska, Malgozhata (University of Warsaw) ; Saparmuradov, Jumamurat (Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection of Turkmenistan. Department of Environmental Protection and Hydrometeorology) ; Bekzod, Alilov (Academy Sciences of Uzbekistan. Institute of Botany) ; Allin, Paul (Transfrontier Africa (South Africa)) ; Dieye, Sidy (Transfrontier Africa (South Africa)) ; Cissse, Birane (Cheikh Anta DIOP University of Dakar) ; Whibesilassie, Wondmagegne (Texas Tech University. Department of Natural Resource Management) ; Ma, Keping (Chinese Academy of Sciences. Institute of Botany)
The strategic goals of the United Nations and the Aichi Targets for biodiversity conservation have not been met. Instead, biodiversity has continued to rapidly decrease, especially in developing countries. [...]
2023 - 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.159695
Science of the total environment, Vol. 857, part 3 (January 2023) , art. 159695  
2024-05-15
13:42
Climate-targets group should rescind its endorsement of carbon offsets / Anderegg, William R. L. (University of Utah) ; Blanchard, Libby (University of Utah) ; Peñuelas, Josep (Centre de Recerca Ecològica i d'Aplicacions Forestals) ; Martínez Vilalta, Jordi 1975- (Centre de Recerca Ecològica i d'Aplicacions Forestals)
2024 - 10.1038/d41586-024-01271-6
Nature, (April 2024)  
2024-05-15
13:26
Environment‑driven intraspecific variation shows coordination of functional traits of deciduous oaks among and within different biological levels / Lin, Yutong (Yulin Normal University. People's Republic of China) ; Lai, Yuan (University of Chinese Academy of Sciences. People's Republic of China) ; Tang, Songbo (University of Chinese Academy of Sciences. People's Republic of China) ; Cavender-Bares, Jeannine (University of Minnesota. Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior) ; Peñuelas, Josep (Centre de Recerca Ecològica i d'Aplicacions Forestals) ; Sardans i Galobart, Jordi (Centre de Recerca Ecològica i d'Aplicacions Forestals) ; Liu, Jianfeng (Chinese Academy of Forestry. Research Institute of Forestry) ; Zhang, Lingling (Chinese Academy of Sciences. South China Botanical Garden. People's Republic of China) ; Kuang, Yuanwen (University of Chinese Academy of Sciences. People's Republic of China)
Deciduous oaks (Quercus spp. ) are distributed from subalpine to tropical regions in the northern hemisphere and have important roles as carbon sinks and in climate change mitigation. Determining variations in plant functional traits at multiple biological levels and linking them to environmental variables across geographical ranges is important for forecasting range-shifts of broadly-distributed species under climate change. [...]
2024 - 10.1007/s11676-024-01721-x
Journal of Forestry Research, Vol. 35 (April 2024) , art. 83  
2024-05-15
13:19
21 p, 8.6 MB Enhanced response of soil respiration to experimental warming upon thermokarst formation / Wang, Guanqin (University of Chinese Academy of Sciences) ; Peng, Yunfeng (Chinese Academy of Sciences. Institute of Botany) ; Chen, Leiyi (Chinese Academy of Sciences. Institute of Botany) ; Abbott, Benjamin W. (Brigham Young University. Department of Plant and Wildlife Sciences) ; Ciais, Philippe (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique. Université Paris-Saclay) ; Kang, Luyao (University of Chinese Academy of Sciences) ; Liu, Yang (Chinese Academy of Sciences. Institute of Botany) ; Li, Qinlu (Chinese Academy of Sciences. Institute of Botany) ; Peñuelas, Josep (Centre de Recerca Ecològica i d'Aplicacions Forestals) ; Qin, Shuqi (Chinese Academy of Sciences. Institute of Botany) ; Smith, Pete (University of Aberdeen. Institute of Biological and Environmental Sciences) ; Song, Yutong (University of Chinese Academy of Sciences) ; Strauss, Jens (Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research. Alfred Wegener Institute) ; Wang, Jun (Chinese Academy of Sciences. Institute of Botany) ; Wei, Bin (University of Chinese Academy of Sciences) ; Yu, Jianchun (Chinese Academy of Sciences. Institute of Botany) ; Zhang, Dianye (Chinese Academy of Sciences. Institute of Botany) ; Yang, Yuanhe (Chinese Academy of Sciences. Institute of Botany)
As global temperatures continue to rise, a key uncertainty of terrestrial carbon (C)-climate feedback is the rate of C loss upon abrupt permafrost thaw. This type of thawing-termed thermokarst-may in turn accelerate or dampen the response of microbial degradation of soil organic matter and carbon dioxide (CO2) release to climate warming. [...]
2024 - 10.1038/s41561-024-01440-2
Nature Geoscience, (April 2024)  
2024-05-13
13:19
12 p, 4.6 MB Recent tree diversity increase in NE Iberian forests following intense management release : A task for animal-dispersed and drought-tolerant species / Selwyn, Miriam (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona) ; Pino i Vilalta, Joan (Centre de Recerca Ecològica i d'Aplicacions Forestals) ; Espelta Morral, Josep Maria (Centre de Recerca Ecològica i d'Aplicacions Forestals)
Under increasing human-related threats to forests, many studies suggest that increasing tree species diversity may boost forest resilience by enhancing the range of species' responses to disturbances. [...]
2024 - 10.1111/1365-2664.14609
The journal of applied ecology, Vol. 61, Issue 5 (May 2024) , p. 1029-1040  
2024-04-30
17:04
30 p, 1.3 MB Ten new insights in climate science 2023 / Bustamante, Mercedes (Universidade de Brasília) ; Roy, Joyashree (Asian Institute of Technology) ; Ospina, Daniel (Future Earth Secretariat (Sweden)) ; Achakulwisut, Ploy (Stockholm Environment Institute (Thailand)) ; Aggarwal, Anubha (Delhi Technological University) ; Bastos, Ana (Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry) ; Broadgate, Wendy (Future Earth Secretariat (Sweden)) ; Canadell, Josep G. (CSIRO Environment) ; Carr, Edward R. (Clark University) ; Chen, Deliang (University of Gothenburg) ; Cleugh, Helen A. (Australian National University) ; Ebi, Kristie L. (University of Washington) ; Edwards, Clea (Arizona State University) ; Farbotko, Carol (Griffith University) ; Fernández-Martínez, Marcos (Centre de Recerca Ecològica i d'Aplicacions Forestals) ; Frölicher, Thomas L. (University of Bern) ; Fuss, Sabine (Humboldt University of Berlin) ; Geden, Oliver (German Institute for International and Security Affairs) ; Gruber, Nicolas (ETH Zürich) ; Harrington, Luke J. (University of Waikato) ; Hauck, Judith (Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research) ; Hausfather, Zeke (Stripe (San Francisco, USA)) ; Hebden, Sophie (Future Earth Secretariat (Sweden)) ; Hebinck, Aniek (Erasmus University Rotterdam) ; Huq, Saleemul (International Centre for Climate Change & Development) ; Huss, Matthias (ETH Zürich) ; Jamero, M. Laurice (Manila Observatory) ; Juhola, Sirkku (University of Helsinki) ; Kumarasinghe, Nilushi (Future Earth Secretariat (Canada)) ; Lwasa, Shuaib (Erasmus University Rotterdam) ; Mallick, Bishawjit (Utrecht University) ; Martin, Maria (Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research) ; McGreevy, Steven (University of Twente) ; Mirazo, Paula (Arizona State University) ; Mukherji, Aditi (CGIAR (India)) ; Muttitt, Greg (International Institute for Sustainable Development (Switzerland)) ; Nemet, Gregory F. (University of Wisconsin Madison) ; Obura, David (CORDIO East Africa) ; Okereke, Chukwumerije (University of Reading) ; Oliver, Tom (University of Reading) ; Orlove, Ben (Columbia University) ; Ouedraogo, Nadia S. (UN Economic Commission for Africa) ; Patra, Prabir K. (Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology) ; Pelling, Mark (University College London) ; Pereira, Laura M. (University of the Witwatersrand) ; Persson, Åsa (Stockholm Environment Institute) ; Pongratz, Julia (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München) ; Prakash, Anjal (Indian School of Business) ; Rammig, Anja (Technical University of Munich) ; Raymond, Colin (University of California) ; Redman, Aaron (Arizona State University) ; Reveco, Cristobal (Climate Service Center Germany) ; Rockström, Johan (Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research) ; Rodrigues, Regina (Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina) ; Rounce, David R. (Carnegie Mellon University) ; Schipper, Lisa (University of Bonn) ; Schlosser, Peter (Arizona State University) ; Selomane, Odirilwe (University of Pretoria) ; Semieniuk, Gregor (University of Massachusetts) ; Shin, Yunne-Jai (Université Montpellier) ; Siddiqui, Tasneem A. (University of Dhaka) ; Singh, Vartika (Humboldt University of Berlin) ; Sioen, Giles B. (Future Earth Secretariat (Japan)) ; Sokona, Youba (African Climate Policy Centre (Mali)) ; Stammer, Detlef (University of Hamburg) ; Steinert, Norman J. (NORCE Norwegian Research Centre) ; Suk, Sunhee (Future Earth Secretariat (Japan)) ; Sutton, Rowan (University of Reading) ; Thalheimer, Lisa (University of Oxford) ; Thompson, Vikki (Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute) ; Trencher, Gregory (Kyoto University) ; van der Geest, Kees (United Nations University Institute for Environment and Human Security (Germany)) ; Werners, Saskia E. (Wageningen University & Research) ; Wübbelmann, Thea (Climate Service Center Germany) ; Wunderling, Nico (Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research) ; Yin, Jiabo (Wuhan University) ; Zickfeld, Kirsten (Simon Fraser University) ; Zscheischler, Jakob (Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research)
Non-technical summary: We identify a set of essential recent advances in climate change research with high policy relevance, across natural and social sciences: (1) looming inevitability and implications of overshooting the 1. [...]
2023 - 10.1017/sus.2023.25
Global Sustainability, Vol. 7 (December 2023) , art. e19  
2024-04-24
13:36
42 p, 1.4 MB Impact of aridity rise and arid lands expansion on carbon-storing capacity, biodiversity loss, and ecosystem services / Tariq, Akash (Centre de Recerca Ecològica i d'Aplicacions Forestals) ; Sardans i Galobart, Jordi (Centre de Recerca Ecològica i d'Aplicacions Forestals) ; Zeng, Fanjiang (Chinese Academy of Sciences. Institute of Ecology and Geography) ; Graciano, Corina (Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Instituto de Fisiología Vegetal) ; Hughes, Alice (University of Hong Kong. School of Biological Sciences) ; Farré-Armengol, Gerard (Centre de Recerca Ecològica i d'Aplicacions Forestals) ; Peñuelas, Josep (Centre de Recerca Ecològica i d'Aplicacions Forestals)
Drylands, comprising semi-arid, arid, and hyperarid regions, cover approximately 41% of the Earth's land surface and have expanded considerably in recent decades. Even under more optimistic scenarios, such as limiting global temperature rise to 1. [...]
2024 - 10.1111/gcb.17292
Global change biology, Vol. 30, Issue 4 (April 2024) , art. e17292
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2024-04-24
12:28
13 p, 1.3 MB Does urban particulate matter hinder COVID-19 transmission rate? / Peñuelas, Josep (Centre de Recerca Ecològica i d'Aplicacions Forestals) ; Fernández-Martínez, Marcos (Centre de Recerca Ecològica i d'Aplicacions Forestals) ; Cobo, Sandra (Centre de Recerca Ecològica i d'Aplicacions Forestals) ; Badiella Busquets, Llorenç (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona) ; Sardans i Galobart, Jordi (Centre de Recerca Ecològica i d'Aplicacions Forestals)
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on global health, with millions of people affected by the disease. Recent studies have shown that environmental factors such as air quality, temperature, and humidity can impact the survival and transmission of the virus, leading to differences in the rate of spread and severity of the disease in different regions. [...]
2024 - 10.1007/s11869-024-01574-7
Air Quality, Atmosphere Health, (April 2024)  
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