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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2024-06-27
10:49
Climate-driven disturbances amplify forest drought sensitivity / Liu, Meng (University of Utah. Wilkes Center on Climate Science and Policy) ; Trugman, Anna T. (University of California. Department of Geography) ; Peñuelas, Josep (Centre de Recerca Ecològica i d'Aplicacions Forestals) ; Anderegg, William R. L. (University of Utah. Wilkes Center on Climate Science and Policy)
Forests are a major terrestrial carbon sink, but the increasing frequency and intensity of climate-driven disturbances such as droughts, fires and biotic agent outbreaks is threatening carbon uptake and sequestration. [...]
2024 - 10.1038/s41558-024-02022-1
Nature climate change, (June 2024)  
2024-06-27
10:42
Fungi and bacteria trade-off mediates drought-induced reduction in wood decomposition / Jia, Shuxian (East China Normal University. School of Ecological and Environmental Sciences) ; Yuan, Tengfeng (East China Normal University. School of Ecological and Environmental Sciences) ; Fu, Yuling (East China Normal University. School of Ecological and Environmental Sciences) ; Peñuelas, Josep (Centre de Recerca Ecològica i d'Aplicacions Forestals) ; Zhou, Guiyao (Instituto de Recursos Naturales y Agrobiología de Sevilla - CSIC) ; Zhou, Lingyan (Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Sustainable Plant Innovation) ; Liu, Dingqin (East China Normal University. School of Ecological and Environmental Sciences) ; He, Yanghui (Northeast Forestry University. Center for Ecological Research) ; Liu, Ruiqiang (Northeast Forestry University. Center for Ecological Research) ; Wang, Xinxin (East China Normal University. School of Ecological and Environmental Sciences) ; Song, Bingqian (East China Normal University. School of Ecological and Environmental Sciences) ; Jiang, Zheng (East China Normal University. School of Ecological and Environmental Sciences) ; Zhou, Xuhui (East China Normal University. School of Ecological and Environmental Sciences)
Climate change has significantly increased the frequency and intensity of drought events in recent decades, which may affect the decomposition of organic matter such as deadwood. Previous studies have examined the impacts of microclimate and wood traits on deadwood decomposition, but how wood microbes regulate effects of drought intensity on deadwood decomposition remains unclear. [...]
2024 - 10.1016/j.catena.2024.108169
Catena, Vol. 243 (August 2024) , art. 108169  
2024-06-27
10:36
Coastal conversion alters topsoil carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus stocks and stoichiometric balances in subtropical coastal wetlands / Hu, Minjie (Fujian Normal University. School of Geographical Sciences) ; Wang, Jingtao (Fujian Normal University. School of Geographical Sciences) ; Sardans i Galobart, Jordi (Centre de Recerca Ecològica i d'Aplicacions Forestals) ; Wu, Hui (Fujian Normal University. School of Geographical Sciences) ; Ni, Ranxu (Fujian Normal University. School of Geographical Sciences) ; Guo, Pingping (Fujian Minjiang River Estuary Wetland National Nature Reserve Administrative Office) ; Yan, Ruibing (Fujian Normal University. School of Geographical Sciences) ; Liao, Haoyu (Fujian Normal University. School of Geographical Sciences) ; Liu, Chunya (Fujian Normal University. School of Geographical Sciences) ; Peñuelas, Josep (Centre de Recerca Ecològica i d'Aplicacions Forestals) ; Tong, Chuan (Fujian Normal University. School of Geographical Sciences)
The extensive conversion of coastal wetlands into agricultural and aquaculture areas has significant repercussions on soil nutrient balance. However, how coastal conversion specifically influences the dynamics and stoichiometry of topsoil carbon (C), nitrogen (N), and phosphorus (P) remains limited due to the considerable spatial variability and a lack of comprehensive field data. [...]
2024 - 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.174011
Science of the Total Environment, Vol. 944 (September 2024) , art. 174011  
2024-06-03
14:36
12 p, 2.7 MB Global biogeography of microbes driving ocean ecological status under climate change / Zhang, Zhenyan (Zhejiang University of Technology) ; Chen, Bingfeng (Zhejiang University of Technology) ; Yitian, Yu (Zhejiang University of Technology) ; Wang, Tingzhang (Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology and Bioinformatics of Zhejiang Province) ; Xu, Nuohan (Zhejiang University of Technology) ; Fan, Xiaoji (Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology and Bioinformatics of Zhejiang Province) ; Peñuelas, Josep (Centre de Recerca Ecològica i d'Aplicacions Forestals) ; Fu, Zhengwei (Zhejiang University of Technology) ; Deng, Ye (Chinese Academy of Sciences) ; Zhu, Yong-Guan (Chinese Academy of Sciences) ; Qian, Haifeng (Zhejiang University of Technology) ; Zhang, Qi (Zhejiang University of Technology)
Microbial communities play a crucial role in ocean ecology and global biogeochemical processes. However, understanding the intricate interactions among diversity, taxonomical composition, functional traits, and how these factors respond to climate change remains a significant challenge. [...]
2024 - 10.1038/s41467-024-49124-0
Nature communications, Vol. 15 (May 2024) , art. 4657  
2024-05-30
05:01
6 p, 1.2 MB Global warming is shifting the relationships between fire weather and realized fire-induced CO emissions in Europe / Carnicer Cols, Jofre (Centre de Recerca Ecològica i d'Aplicacions Forestals) ; Alegría, Andrés (Alfred-Wegener-Institut für Polar- und Meeresforschung) ; Giannakopoulos, Christos (National Observatory of Athens. Institute for Environmental Research and Sustainable Development) ; Di Giuseppe, Francesca (European Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasts) ; Karali, Anna (National Observatory of Athens. Institute for Environmental Research and Sustainable Development) ; Koutsias, Nikos (University of Patras. Department of Environmental Engineering) ; Lionello, Piero (Università del Salento. Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Biologie ed Ambientali) ; Parrington, Mark (European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts) ; Vitolo, Claudia (European Space Agency. European Space Research Institute)
Fire activity has significantly changed in Europe over the last decades (1980-2020s), with the emergence of summers attaining unprecedented fire prone weather conditions. Here we report a significant shift in the non-stationary relationship linking fire weather conditions and fire intensity measured in terms of CO emissions released during biomass burning across a latitudinal gradient of European IPCC regions. [...]
2022 - 10.1038/s41598-022-14480-8
Scientific reports, Vol. 12 (June 2022) , art. 10365  
2024-05-29
13:53
18 p, 1.5 MB Stoichiometry of litter decomposition under the effects of climate change and nutrient enrichment: A meta-analysis / de la Casa, Javier (Centre de Recerca Ecològica i d'Aplicacions Forestals) ; Sardans i Galobart, Jordi (Centre de Recerca Ecològica i d'Aplicacions Forestals) ; Galindo, Marta (KU Leuven. Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences) ; Peñuelas, Josep (Centre de Recerca Ecològica i d'Aplicacions Forestals)
Aims: The cycling of nutrients from plant litter has key implications for the functioning of terrestrial ecosystems by controlling nutrient availability and net primary production. Despite extensive research on the effects of global change on ecosystem functioning, the direct implications of global change on stoichiometry and nutrient dynamics during litter decomposition remain poorly understood. [...]
2024 - 10.1007/s11104-024-06718-3
Plant and soil, (May 2024)  
2024-05-29
13:46
87 p, 8.9 MB The Cultural Ecohydrogeology of Mediterranean-Climate Springs: A Global Review with Case Studies / Pascual, Roger (Catalan Society of Sciences for the Conservation of Biodiversity) ; Piana, Lucia (University of Bologna. Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences) ; Ullah Bhat, Sami (University of Kashmir Srinagar. Department of Environmental Science) ; Castro, Pedro Fidel (Universitat de les Illes Balears) ; Corbera, Jordi (Institució Catalana d'Història Natural) ; Cummings, Dion (University of Western Australia) ; Delgado, Cristina (Campus As Lagoas Marcosende. Departamento de Ecoloxía e Bioloxía Animal) ; Eades, Eugene (University of Western Australia) ; Fensham, Roderick J. Fensham (The University of Queensland) ; Fernández-Martínez, Marcos (Centre de Recerca Ecològica i d'Aplicacions Forestals) ; Ferreira, Verónica (Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre) ; Filippini, Maria (University of Bologna. Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences) ; García, Guillermo (Catalan Society of Sciences for the Conservation of Biodiversity) ; Gargini, Alessandro (University of Bologna. Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences) ; Hopper, Stephen D. (University of Western Australia) ; Knapp, Lynette (University of Western Australia) ; Lewis, Ian D. (Water and River Murray Division) ; Peñuelas, Josep (Centre de Recerca Ecològica i d'Aplicacions Forestals) ; Preece, Catherine (Institut de Recerca i Tecnologia Agroalimentàries) ; Resh, Vincent H. (University of California. Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management) ; Romero, Estela (Centre de Recerca Ecològica i d'Aplicacions Forestals) ; Samraoui, Boudjéma (University Badji Mokhtar Annaba. Department of Biology) ; Samraoui, Farrah (Université 8 Mai 1945 Guelma. Department of Ecology) ; Segadelli, Stefano (Geological Survey Emilia-Romagna Region) ; Skoulikidis, Nikolaos Th. (Institute of Marine Biological Resources and Inland Waters) ; Solak, Cüneyt N. (Kütahya Dumlupınar University) ; Solé, Jaume (Catalan Society of Sciences for the Conservation of Biodiversity) ; Villholth, Karen G. (Water Cycle Innovation) ; Khurshid Wani, Huma (University of Kashmir Srinagar. Department of Environmental Science) ; Cantonati, Marco (University of Bologna. Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences) ; Stevens, Lawrence E. (Springs Stewardship Institute)
Cultures in Mediterranean climate zones (MCZs) around the world have long been reliant on groundwater and springs as freshwater sources. While their ecology and cultural sustainability are recognized as critically important, inter-relationships between springs and culture in MCZs have received less attention. [...]
2024 - 10.3390/environments11060110
Environments, Vol. 11, Issue 6 (May 2024) , art. 110  
2024-05-27
08:45
Non-structural carbohydrates and morphological traits of leaves, stems and roots from tree species in different climates / Zhang, Guangqi (Université de Montpellier) ; Maillard, Pascale (Université de Lorraine) ; Mao, Zhun (Université de Montpellier) ; Brancheriau, Loic (Université de Montpellier) ; Engel, Julien (Université de Montpellier) ; Gérard, Bastien (Université de Lorraine) ; Fortunel, Claire (Université de Montpellier) ; Maeght, Jean-Luc (Université de Montpellier) ; Martínez Vilalta, Jordi 1975- (Centre de Recerca Ecològica i d'Aplicacions Forestals) ; Ramel, Merlin (Université de Montpellier) ; Nourissier-Mountou, Sophie (Université de Montpellier) ; Fourtier, Stéphane (Université de Montpellier) ; Stokes, Alexia (Université de Montpellier)
Objectives: Carbon fixed during photosynthesis is exported from leaves towards sink organs as non-structural carbohydrates (NSC), that are a key energy source for metabolic processes in trees. In xylem, NSC are mostly stored as soluble sugars and starch in radial and axial parenchyma. [...]
2022 - 10.1186/s13104-022-06136-7
BMC research notes, Vol. 15 (July 2022) , art. 251  
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  
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