González de Andrés, Ester

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  • PublicationOpen Access
    Synergies between climate change, biodiversity, ecosystem function and services, indirect drivers of change and human well-being in forests
    (Springer, 2021) Imbert Rodríguez, Bosco; Blanco Vaca, Juan Antonio; Candel Pérez, David; Lo, Yueh-Hsin; González de Andrés, Ester; Yeste Yeste, Antonio; Herrera Álvarez, Ximena; Rivadeneira Barba, Gabriela; Liu, Yang; Chang, Shih-Chieh; Ciencias; Zientziak
    Climate change is having impacts on the biodiversity and structure of many ecosystems. In this chapter, we focus on its impacts on forests. We will focus on how the potential climate change impacts on forest biodiversity and structure will have a reflection on the ecosystem services provided by forests, and therefore on the capacity of these ecosystems to support the Sustainable Development Goals set by the United Nations. The chapter will be organized in three sections, considering boreal, temperate, and tropical forests along each section. The first section will deal with the synergies or interactions between climate change, biodiversity, and ecosystem function with emphasis not only on plants but also on fungi, animals, and prokaryotes. Synergies between climate change and ecosystem services will be described and analyzed in the second section. To better link the first two sections, we will explore the relationships between ecosystem function, species traits, and ecosystem services. Finally, case studies for boreal, Mediterranean, and tropical forests will be presented, emphasizing the synergies between the above factors, the indirect drivers of change (demographic, economic, sociopolitical, science and technology, culture and religion), and human well-being (basic materials for a good life, health, good social relations, freedom of choice and actions) in forests.
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    Simulando la interacción entre la densidad inicial y los flujos de agua y nutrientes para comprender el desarrollo de rodales mixtos de Pinus sylvestris y Fagus sylvatica bajo cambio climático
    (Asociación Española de Ecología Terrestre, 2017) Candel Pérez, David; Blanco Vaca, Juan Antonio; González de Andrés, Ester; Lo, Yueh-Hsin; Imbert Rodríguez, Bosco; Castillo Martínez, Federico; Ciencias del Medio Natural; Natura Ingurunearen Zientziak
    La gestión de bosques mixtos se ha convertido en una estrategia de adaptación para reducir los riesgos relacionados con el cambio climático. A su vez, los modelos ecológicos pueden ser una herramienta útil para el estudio del crecimiento y la productividad de dichas masas. En este trabajo se presenta una evaluación de la capacidad del modelo híbrido “FORECAST Climate” de simular el estrés hídrico y la productividad en bosques mixtos de pino silvestre y haya en Navarra (norte de España) y su interacción con distintos niveles de densidad de regenerado. En el estudio se incluyeron tres escenarios climáticos para comprobar la capacidad del modelo para simular los flujos de agua bajo condiciones de cambio climático. Las estimaciones del modelo tanto de estrés hídrico como de acumulación de biomasa se mostraron sensibles a la reducción en la densidad de regeneración inicial. Los resultados indicaron que el modelo muestra la suficiente capacidad para simular los efectos de la competencia entre especies en la mortalidad de árboles en bosques mixtos y estimar variables relacionadas con los flujos hídricos. Por un lado, los efectos más significativos de la densidad del rodal sobre la disponibilidad hídrica aparecen durante la primera etapa de desarrollo, mientras que, por otro, el estrés hídrico es mayor en el caso del haya, aunque la reducción de la competencia podría compensar dicho aumento. Las implicaciones de este trabajo para la gestión adaptativa de bosques mixtos sugieren el actual control de la densidad para que los efectos acumulativos sean significativos en próximas décadas.
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    Drought-induced changes in wood density are not prevented by thinning in Scots pine stands
    (MDPI, 2018) Candel Pérez, David; Lo, Yueh-Hsin; Blanco Vaca, Juan Antonio; Chiu, Chih-Ming; Camarero, Jesús Julio; González de Andrés, Ester; Imbert Rodríguez, Bosco; Castillo Martínez, Federico; Ciencias del Medio Natural; Natura Ingurunearen Zientziak
    Density is an important wood mechanical property and an indicator of xylem architecture and hydraulic conductivity. It can be influenced by forest management and climate. We studied the impact of thinning and climate variables on annual stem radial growth (ring width and ring density, and their earlywood and latewood components) in two contrasting Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) stands in northern Spain (one continental, one Mediterranean). At each site, three thinning regimes (control or T0, removing 20% basal area or T20, and removing 30% or T30) were randomly applied to nine plots per site (three plots per treatment) in 1999. Thinning was repeated at the Mediterranean site in 2009 (increasing thinning intensity in T30 to 40%). Eight trees per plot were cored in spring 2014. Second thinning at the Mediterranean site and first thinning at the continental site generally caused significantly wider ring (RW), earlywood (EW) and latewood (LW) widths, although no differences between T20 and T30/40 were found, supporting in part the common observation that radial growth is enhanced following thinning as competition for water and nutrients is reduced. At the Mediterranean site, values of latewood density (LD) and maximum density (Dmax) relative to pre-thinning conditions were significantly lower in T0 than in T30. However, at the continental site, relative changes of ring density (RD) and LD were significantly higher in T0 than in T20 and T30. Climate significantly affected not only RWbut also RD, with significant RD drops during or right after unusually warm-dry years (e.g., 2003, 2011), which were characterized by LD reductions between 5.4 and 8.0%. Such RD decreases were quickly followed by recovery of pre-drought density values. These results indicate trees temporarily reduce LD as a way to enhance hydraulic conductivity during dry summers. However, climate effects on wood density were site-dependent. We also detected that the thinning effect was not intense enough to prevent drought-induced changes in wood density by altering water availability, but it could help to reduce wood properties fluctuations and therefore maintain more homogeneous wood mechanic features.