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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2023-11-22
12:01
Response of topsoil Fe-bound organic carbon pool and microbial community to Spartina alterniflora invasion in coastal wetlands / Lin, Meifen (Fujian Normal University. College of Life Science) ; Chen, Yu (Fujian Normal University. College of Life Science) ; Cheng, Liwen (Fujian Normal University. College of Life Science) ; Zheng, Yi (Fujian Normal University. College of Life Science) ; Wang, Weiqi (Fujian Normal University. Key Laboratory of Humid Subtropical Eco-geographical Process) ; Sardans i Galobart, Jordi (Centre de Recerca Ecològica i d'Aplicacions Forestals) ; Song, Zhaoliang (Tianjin University. School of Earth System Science) ; Guggenberger, Georg (Leibniz University. Institute of Soil Science) ; Zou, Yuanchun (Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology (Changchun, Xina)) ; Ding, Xueli (Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology. School of Applied Meteorology) ; Tariq, Akash (Chinese Academy of Sciences. Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography. State Key Laboratory of Desert and Oasis Ecology) ; Zeng, Fanjiang (Chinese Academy of Sciences. Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography. State Key Laboratory of Desert and Oasis Ecology) ; Fahad Alrefaei, Abdulwahed (King Saud University. Department of Zoology) ; Peñuelas, Josep (Centre de Recerca Ecològica i d'Aplicacions Forestals)
Wetland ecosystems have dual functions as both carbon (C) sources and C sinks, playing a vital role in the world's C budget. Wetlands are prone to suffer from plant invasions, and for example, Spartina alterniflora, a well-known invasive species, has rapidly expanded in coastal areas of Asia since 1979 and altered the C cycles in coastal wetland ecosystems. [...]
2023 - 10.1016/j.catena.2023.107414
Catena, Vol. 232 (Nov. 2023) , art. 107414  
2023-11-22
11:35
51 p, 1.5 MB Shaping the niche of Taxus baccata, a modelling exercise using biologically meaningful information / Sanchez Martinez, Pablo (Centre de Recerca Ecològica i d'Aplicacions Forestals) ; Marcer, Arnald (Centre de Recerca Ecològica i d'Aplicacions Forestals) ; Mayol Martínez, Maria (Centre de Recerca Ecològica i d'Aplicacions Forestals) ; Riba Rovira, Miquel (Centre de Recerca Ecològica i d'Aplicacions Forestals)
Widely used Correlative Species Distribution Models (C-SDMs) usually make some simplifying assumptions, often failing to consider important ecological and evolutionary attributes potentially hindering the characterization of the species niche. [...]
2021 - 10.1016/j.foreco.2021.119688
Forest ecology and management, Vol. 501 (Dec. 2021) , art. 119688  
2023-11-22
11:11
27 p, 598.1 KB Diagnosing destabilisation risk in global land carbon sinks / Fernández-Martínez, Marcos (Centre de Recerca Ecològica i d'Aplicacions Forestals) ; Peñuelas, Josep (Centre de Recerca Ecològica i d'Aplicacions Forestals) ; Chevallier, Frédéric (Université Paris-Saclay. Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement) ; Ciais, Philippe (Université Paris-Saclay. Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement) ; Obersteiner, Michael (International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (Àustria). Ecosystem Services and Management) ; Rödenbeck, Christian (Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry. Department of Biogeochmical Systems) ; Sardans i Galobart, Jordi (Centre de Recerca Ecològica i d'Aplicacions Forestals) ; Vicca, Sara (University of Antwerp. Department of Biology) ; Yang, Hui (Université Paris-Saclay. Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement) ; Sitch, Stephen (University of Exeter. College of Life and Environmental Sciences) ; Friedlingstein, Pierre (University of Exeter. College of Engineering, Mathematics, and Physical Sciences) ; Arora, Vivek K. (Canadian Centre for Climate Modelling and Analysis) ; Goll, Daniel (Université Paris-Saclay. Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement) ; Jain, Atul (University of Illinois. Department of Atmospheric Sciences) ; Lombardozzi, Danica (National Center for Atmospheric Research (Boulder, Estats Units). Climate and Global Dynamics Laboratory) ; McGuire, Patrick C. (University of Reading. Department of Meteorology) ; Janssens, Ivan (University of Antwerp. Department of Biology)
Global net land carbon uptake or net biome production (NBP) has increased during recent decades1. Whether its temporal variability and autocorrelation have changed during this period, however, remains elusive, even though an increase in both could indicate an increased potential for a destabilized carbon sink2,3. [...]
2023 - 10.1038/s41586-023-05725-1
Nature, Vol. 615, issue 7954 (March 2023) , p. 848-853
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2023-11-22
10:53
Chronic drought alters extractable concentrations of mineral elements in Mediterranean forest soils / Mu, Zhaobin (Centre de Recerca Ecològica i d'Aplicacions Forestals) ; Asensio, Dolores (Centre de Recerca Ecològica i d'Aplicacions Forestals) ; Sardans i Galobart, Jordi (Centre de Recerca Ecològica i d'Aplicacions Forestals) ; Ogaya Inurrigarro, Romà (Centre de Recerca Ecològica i d'Aplicacions Forestals) ; Llusia, Joan (Centre de Recerca Ecològica i d'Aplicacions Forestals) ; Filella, Iolanda (Centre de Recerca Ecològica i d'Aplicacions Forestals) ; Liu, Lei (Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology. Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Agricultural Meteorology) ; Wang, Xinming (Chinese Academy of Sciences. Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry. State Key Laboratory of Organic Geochemistry) ; Peñuelas, Josep (Centre de Recerca Ecològica i d'Aplicacions Forestals)
Altres ajuts: the Fundación Ramón Areces grant CIVP20A6621.
Soil mineral elements play a crucial role in ecosystem productivity and pollution dynamics. Climate models project an increase in drought severity in the Mediterranean Basin in the coming decades, which could lead to changes in the composition and concentrations of mineral elements in soils. [...]

2023 - 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.167062
Science of the total environment, Vol. 905 (Dec. 2023) , art. 167062  
2023-11-22
10:51
Estimation of photosynthetic dynamics in forests from daily measured fluorescence and PRI data with adjustment for canopy shadow fraction / Kováč, Daniel (Czech Academy of Sciences. Global Change Research Institute) ; Novotný, Jan (Czech Academy of Sciences. Global Change Research Institute) ; Šigut, Ladislav (Czech Academy of Sciences. Global Change Research Institute) ; Ač, Alexander (Czech Academy of Sciences. Global Change Research Institute) ; Peñuelas, Josep (Centre de Recerca Ecològica i d'Aplicacions Forestals) ; Grace, John (University of Edinburgh. School of GeoSciences) ; Urban, Otmar (Czech Academy of Sciences. Global Change Research Institute)
We conducted year-long measurements of the photochemical reflectance index (PRI) and solar-induced fluorescence in the O2A oxygen band (SIFA) at a Norway spruce forest and a European beech forest to study relationships of these remote sensing variables to photosynthesis by trees in grown forest stands. [...]
2023 - 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.166386
Science of the total environment, Vol. 898 (Nov. 2023) , art. 166386  
2023-11-22
10:31
Recent shift from dominant nitrogen to CO2 fertilization control on the growth of mature Qinghai spruce in China's Qilian Mountains / Wang, Ziyi (Shaanxi Normal University. School of Geography and Tourism) ; Liu, Xiaohong (Shaanxi Normal University. School of Geography and Tourism) ; Peñuelas, Josep (Centre de Recerca Ecològica i d'Aplicacions Forestals) ; Camarero, Jesús Julio (Instituto Pirenaico de Ecología) ; Zeng, Xiaomin (Shaanxi Normal University. School of Geography and Tourism) ; Liu, Xueyan (Tianjin University. School of Earth System Science) ; Zhao, Liangju (Northwest University. College of Urban and Environmental Sciences. Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Earth Surface System and Environmental Carrying Capacity) ; Xu, Guobao (Northwest University. College of Urban and Environmental Sciences. Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Earth Surface System and Environmental Carrying Capacity) ; Wang, Lixin (Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis. Department of Earth Sciences)
Terrestrial vegetation growth is stimulated by rising atmospheric CO2 concentration, a warmer climate, and increased soil nutrient availability. However, as plants age, progressive nutrient limitation is known to occur, especially in mature forests where soil nitrogen is deficient. [...]
2023 - 10.1016/j.agrformet.2023.109779
Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, Vol. 343 (Dec. 2023) , art. 109779  
2023-11-21
18:12
Is tree planting an effective strategy for climate change mitigation ? / Kirschbaum, Miko (Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research) ; Cowie, Annette (University of New England) ; Peñuelas, Josep (Centre de Recerca Ecològica i d'Aplicacions Forestals) ; Smith, Pete (University of Aberdeen. Institute of Biological and Environmental Sciences) ; Conant, Richard (Colorado State University. Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory) ; Sage, Rowan (University of Toronto. Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology) ; Brandão, Miguel (KTH Royal Institute of Technology. Department of Sustainable Development, Environmental Science and Engineering) ; Cotrufo, M. Francesca (Colorado State University. Department of Soil and Crop Sciences) ; Luo, Yiqi (Cornell University. School of Integrative Plant Science) ; Way, Danielle (The Australian National University. Research School of Biology. Division of Plant Sciences) ; Robinson, Sharon A. (University of Wollongong. School of Earth, Atmospheric and Life Sciences)
The world's forests store large amounts of carbon (C), and growing forests can reduce atmospheric CO2 by storing C in their biomass. This has provided the impetus for world-wide tree planting initiatives to offset fossil-fuel emissions. [...]
2024 - 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.168479
Science of the total environment, Vol. 909 (Jan. 2024) , art 168479  
2023-11-21
18:01
Crop residue return achieves environmental mitigation and enhances grain yield : a global meta‑analysis / Liu, Ji (Chinese Academy of Sciences. Institute of Earth Environment. State Key Laboratory of Loess and Quaternary Geology) ; Fang, Linchuan (Wuhan University of Technology. Hubei Key Laboratory of Mineral Resources Processing and Environment) ; Qiu, Tianyi (Northwest Agriculture and Forestry University. College of Natural Resources and Environment) ; Chen, Ji (Chinese Academy of Science. Institute of Earth Environment. State Key Laboratory of Loess and Quaternary Geology) ; Wang, Hai (Central China Normal University. Hubei Province Key Laboratory for Geographical Process Analysis and Simulation) ; Liu, Muxing (Central China Normal University. Hubei Province Key Laboratory for Geographical Process Analysis and Simulation) ; Yi, Jun (Central China Normal University. Hubei Province Key Laboratory for Geographical Process Analysis and Simulation) ; Zhang, Hailin (Central China Normal University. Hubei Province Key Laboratory for Geographical Process Analysis and Simulation) ; Wang, Cong (Central China Normal University. Hubei Province Key Laboratory for Geographical Process Analysis and Simulation) ; Sardans i Galobart, Jordi (Centre de Recerca Ecològica i d'Aplicacions Forestals) ; Chen, Li (Northwest Agriculture and Forestry University. State Key Laboratory of Soil Erosion and Dryland Farming on the Loess Plateau) ; Huang, Min (Wuhan University of Technology. Hubei Key Laboratory of Mineral Resources Processing and Environment) ; Peñuelas, Josep (Centre de Recerca Ecològica i d'Aplicacions Forestals)
Inorganic fertilizers are widely used to provide crops with significant amounts of nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P), but can exacerbate soil carbon (C) limitation and acidification. Crop residues with distinct ecological stoichiometry from inorganic fertilizers can help balance soil ecological stoichiometry and thus increase soil organic matter accumulation. [...]
2023 - 10.1007/s13593-023-00928-2
Agronomy for Sustainable Development, Vol. 43, issue 6 (Dec. 2023) , art. 78  
2023-11-21
17:52
17 p, 588.5 KB Combining solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence and optical vegetation indices to better understand plant phenological responses to global change / Zhang, Yao (Sino-French Institute for Earth System Science) ; Peñuelas, Josep (Centre de Recerca Ecològica i d'Aplicacions Forestals)
Recent advances in the satellite retrieval of solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence (SIF) provide new opportunities for understanding the phenological responses of ecosystems to global climate change. [...]
2023 - 10.34133/remotesensing.0085
Journal of Remote Sensing, Vol. 3 (2023) , art. 0085  
2023-11-21
17:48
12 p, 3.1 MB Nitrogen addition delays the emergence of an aridity-induced threshold for plant biomass / Li, Hailing (Lanzhou University. College of Ecology. State Key Laboratory of Herbage Improvement and Grassland Agro-Ecosystems) ; Terrer, César (Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering) ; Berdugo, Miguel (Universitat d'Alacant. Institut Multidisciplinari per a l'Estudi del Medi 'Ramón Margalef') ; Maestre, Fernando T. (Universitat d'Alacant. Institut Multidisciplinari per a l'Estudi del Medi 'Ramón Margalef') ; Zhu, Zaichun (Peking University. School of Urban Planning and Design) ; Peñuelas, Josep (Centre de Recerca Ecològica i d'Aplicacions Forestals) ; Yu, Kailiang (Princeton University. High Meadows Environmental Institute) ; Luo, Lin (Lanzhou University. College of Ecology. State Key Laboratory of Herbage Improvement and Grassland Agro-Ecosystems) ; Gong, Jie-Yu (Lanzhou University. College of Ecology. State Key Laboratory of Herbage Improvement and Grassland Agro-Ecosystems) ; Ye, Jian-Sheng (Lanzhou University. College of Ecology. State Key Laboratory of Herbage Improvement and Grassland Agro-Ecosystems)
Crossing certain aridity thresholds in global drylands can lead to abrupt decays of ecosystem attributes such as plant productivity, potentially causing land degradation and desertification. It is largely unknown, however, whether these thresholds can be altered by other key global change drivers known to affect the water-use efficiency and productivity of vegetation, such as elevated CO2 and nitrogen (N). [...]
2023 - 10.1093/nsr/nwad242
National science review, Vol. 10, issue 11 (Nov. 2023) , art. nwad242  
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