GUTIÉRREZ HERNÁNDEZ , Oliver

Cambio global es una expresión que integra el conjunto de impactos causados por las actividades humanassobre elfuncionamiento del medio (eco)geográfico donde el propio ser humano se desenvuelve.Ha sido de tal magnitud la aceleración del proceso de antropización que ha experimentado nuestro planeta en los últimos siglos, que en el seno de la...

The Spanish fir is a botanical relic of the Tertiary that persists in a singular mountain ecosystem. This fir is an endemic species that is unusual in the Andalusian landscape, so it is strongly protected with a pro-active con-servation management that seeks to mitigate the negative ef fects of global change. In this paper, we ...

Slightly more than half of the region of Andalusia (South of Spain) is covered by natural areas: forests, shrublands, grasslands or opened unproductive spaces (rocks, sands). In this paper, we present a study of the spatial distribution of forest cover in Andalusia by using the land cover maps of 1956- 2007. We analysed the land cover changes,...