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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2026-02-16
17:12
2 p, 380.8 KB Les comunitats complexes de les bromèlies neotropicals / O'Reilly Berkeley, Xaali (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona)
Un estudi dut a terme per investigadors del CREAF i la UAB ha examinat les bromèlies, una planta tropical que creix en troncs i branques d'arbres, a l'Equador, per analitzar el microhàbitat que s'hi forma entre les seves fulles, on es pot acumular aigua. [...]
Un estudio llevado a cabo por investigadores del CREAF y la UAB ha examinado las bromelias, una planta tropical que crece en troncos y ramas de árboles en Ecuador, para analizar el microhábitat que se forma entre sus hojas, donde se puede acumular agua. [...]

2026
UAB divulga, febrer 2026
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2026-02-16
14:18
13 p, 2.1 MB Long-term comparison shows protected and non-protected forests differ in harvesting, but not in wildfires or drought-driven dieback / Espelta Morral, Josep Maria (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona) ; Viana-Soto, Alba (Technical University of Munich) ; Molowny Horas, Roberto (Centre de Recerca Ecològica i d'Aplicacions Forestals) ; Cáceres Ainsa, Miquel de (Centre de Recerca Ecològica i d'Aplicacions Forestals) ; Selwyn, Miriam (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona) ; Banqué Casanovas, Mireia (Centre de Recerca Ecològica i d'Aplicacions Forestals) ; Brotons, Lluís (Centre de Recerca Ecològica i d'Aplicacions Forestals) ; Lloret Maya, Francisco (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona) ; Martínez Vilalta, Jordi 1975- (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona) ; Piqué Nicolau, Míriam (Centre de Ciència i Tecnologia Forestal de Catalunya (CTFC)) ; Senf, Cornelius (Technical University of Munich)
While disturbances are essential for biodiversity, their escalation driven by climate change may threaten forest ecosystems. Contrasting approaches to adapt forests to disturbances-intensifying management versus encouraging natural succession towards more mature ecosystems-have sparked a debate about whether protection influences forests' vulnerability to disturbance. [...]
2026 - 10.1111/1365-2664.70282
Journal of applied ecology, Vol. 63, Num. 2 (February 2026) , art. e70282
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2026-02-11
15:12
16 p, 1.9 MB A Dual Soil Carbon Framework for Enhanced Silicate Rock Weathering : Integrating Organic and Inorganic Carbon Pathways Across Forest and Cropland Ecosystems / Ding, Yang (Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology. School of Ecology and Applied Meteorology) ; Yan, Zhongao (Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology. Changwang School of Honors) ; Wang, Hao (Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology. Changwang School of Honors) ; Mao, Yifei (Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology. School of Ecology and Applied Meteorology) ; Liu, Zeding (Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology. School of Ecology and Applied Meteorology) ; Sardans i Galobart, Jordi (Centre de Recerca Ecològica i d'Aplicacions Forestals) ; Fang, Chao (Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology. School of Ecology and Applied Meteorology) ; Feng, Zhaozhong (Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology. School of Ecology and Applied Meteorology)
Enhanced silicate rock weathering (ESRW) has been proposed as a promising carbon dioxide removal strategy, yet its carbon sequestration pathways, durability, and ecosystem dependence remain incompletely understood. [...]
2026 - 10.3390/f17010144
Forests, Vol. 17, Num. 1 (January 2026) , art. 144  
2026-01-29
20:12
35 p, 697.6 KB Temporal dynamics of soil fungal communities after partial and total clearcutting in a managed Pinus sylvestris stand / Parladé, Javier (Institut de Recerca i Tecnologia Agroalimentàries) ; Queralt, Mikel (Universidad de Navarra. Departamento de Biología Ambiental) ; Pera, Joan (Institut de Recerca i Tecnologia Agroalimentàries) ; Bonet, Jose A. (Universitat de Lleida. Departament de Producció Vegetal i Ciència Forestal) ; Castaño, Carles (Joint Research Unit CTFC - AGROTECNIO) ; Martínez-Peña, Fernando (Centro de Investigación y Tecnología Agroalimentaria de Aragón) ; Piñol, Josep (Centre de Recerca Ecològica i d'Aplicacions Forestals) ; Senar Rosell, Miquel Àngel (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona) ; Miguel, Ana de (Universidad de Navarra. Departamento de Biología Ambiental)
Forest management aimed to maximize timber production might impact soil fungi, especially those symbiotically associated to tree roots. In this study, we analyse the temporal dynamics of soil fungi along five sampling years after tree removal in a managed Pinus sylvestris stand in northern Spain, where timber production is combined with regular mushroom harvesting. [...]
2019 - 10.1016/j.foreco.2019.117456  
2026-01-30
15:41
35 p, 1.1 MB The choice of universal primers and the characteristics of the species mixture determine when DNA metabarcoding can be quantitative / Piñol, Josep (Centre de Recerca Ecològica i d'Aplicacions Forestals) ; Senar Rosell, Miquel (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona) ; Symondson, William O.C. (Cardiff University)
DNA metabarcoding is a technique used to survey biodiversity in many ecological settings, but there are doubts about whether it can provide quantitative results, that is, the proportions of each species in the mixture as opposed to a species list. [...]
2019 - 10.1111/mec.14776
Molecular ecology, Vol. 28, Num. 2 (January 2019) , p. 407-419  
2026-01-27
13:15
12 p, 4.0 MB The impact of war on forest logging : Changes in logging practices in Syrian rural communities / Daiyoub, Angham (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Biologia Animal, de Biologia Vegetal i d'Ecologia) ; Saura Mas, Sandra (Centre de Recerca Ecològica i d'Aplicacions Forestals) ; Maarouf, Yakzan (South-Westphalia University of Applied Sciences. Department of Agriculture)
Syria has been struggling with a prolonged and brutal war for over a decade, leaving much of the country in devastation and its forests severely degraded. While many studies have identified logging for firewood as a significant driver of deforestation during the war, there is a notable absence of research specifically addressing logging behavior within the context of war. [...]
2024 - 10.1016/j.tfp.2024.100668
Trees, Forests and People, Vol. 18 (December 2024) , art. 100668  
2026-01-26
18:11
33 p, 1.4 MB Ecometabolomics : Optimized NMR-based method / Rivas-Ubach, Albert (Centre de Recerca Ecològica i d'Aplicacions Forestals) ; Pérez-Trujillo, Míriam (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Servei de Ressonància Magnètica Nuclear) ; Sardans i Galobart, Jordi (Centre de Recerca Ecològica i d'Aplicacions Forestals) ; Gargallo-Garriga, Albert (Centre de Recerca Ecològica i d'Aplicacions Forestals) ; Parella Coll, Teodor (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Servei de Ressonància Magnètica Nuclear) ; Peñuelas, Josep (Centre de Recerca Ecològica i d'Aplicacions Forestals)
Metabolomics is allowing great advances in biological sciences. Recently, an increasing number of ecological studies are using a metabolomic approach to answer ecological questions (ecometabolomics). [...]
2013 - 10.1111/2041-210X.12028
Methods in Ecology and Evolution, Vol. 4, Num. 5 (May 2013) , p. 464-473  
2026-01-26
21:15
25 p, 402.6 KB Metabolic responses of Quercus ilex seedlings to wounding analysed with nuclear magnetic resonance profiling / Sardans i Galobart, Jordi (Centre de Recerca Ecològica i d'Aplicacions Forestals) ; Gargallo-Garriga, Albert (Centre de Recerca Ecològica i d'Aplicacions Forestals) ; Pérez-Trujillo, Míriam (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Servei de Ressonància Magnètica Nuclear) ; Parella Coll, Teodor (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Servei de Ressonància Magnètica Nuclear) ; Seco, R. (Centre de Recerca Ecològica i d'Aplicacions Forestals) ; Filella, Iolanda (Centre de Recerca Ecològica i d'Aplicacions Forestals) ; Peñuelas, Josep (Centre de Recerca Ecològica i d'Aplicacions Forestals)
Plants defend themselves against herbivory at several levels. One of these is the synthesis of inducible chemical defences. Using NMR metabolomic techniques, we studied the metabolic changes of plant leaves after a wounding treatment simulating herbivore attack in the Mediterranean sclerophyllous tree Quercus ilex. [...]
2014 - 10.1111/plb.12032
Plant biology, Vol. 16, Num. 2 (March 2014) , p. 395-403  
2026-01-27
15:27
90 p, 1.0 MB Aula d'Ecologia : cicle de conferències 2012 / Àvila i Castells, Anna ed. (Centre de Recerca Ecològica i d'Aplicacions Forestals) ; Terradas, Jaume ed. (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Biologia Animal, de Biologia Vegetal i d'Ecologia)
El present volum recull els resums de les conferències del cicle 2012 de l'Aula d'Ecologia i és el que fa quinze de la sèrie. L'Aula és una iniciativa de l'Ajuntament de Barcelona, ara sota la responsabilitat de Parcs i Jardins, que es realitza mitjançant un conveni amb la Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona i amb la cooperació del Centre de Recerca Ecològica i d'Aplicacions Forestals (CREAF). [...]
Bellaterra: Publicacions de la Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 2013 (Ecologia Ciència i tècnica ; 46) (Ciència i tècnica ; 46) (Ecologia Ecologia)
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2026-01-22
13:10
13 p, 1.7 MB Microbial Nitrogen Cycling Becomes Conservative and Resilient to Long-Term Warming in High-Latitude Carbon-Limited Soils / Zevenhuizen, Ana Leticia (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona) ; Richter, Andreas (University of Vienna. Centre for Microbiology and Environmental Systems Science) ; Fuchslueger, Lucia (University of Vienna. Centre for Microbiology and Environmental Systems Science) ; Prommer, Judith (University of Vienna. Centre for Microbiology and Environmental Systems Science) ; Janssens, Ivan (University of Antwerpen. Department of Biology) ; Verbrigghe, Niel (Flanders Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food) ; Peñuelas, Josep (Centre de Recerca Ecològica i d'Aplicacions Forestals) ; Sigurdsson, Bjarni D. (Agricultural University of Iceland) ; Marañón Jiménez, Sara (Centre de Recerca Ecològica i d'Aplicacions Forestals)
High-latitude soils are warming rapidly due to climate change, raising concerns about long-term impacts on nitrogen (N) and carbon (C) cycling. Here, we investigate how decadal soil warming affects microbial N transformations in subarctic grasslands using natural geothermal gradients with soil temperatures ranging from ambient to +12. [...]
2025 - 10.1111/gcb.70673
Global change biology, Vol. 32, Num. 1 (January 2026) , art. e70673  
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