HIDALGO GÁLVEZ , María Dolores

Las dehesas son sistemas agroforestales que cubren extensas áreas de la Península Ibérica y se caracterizan por poseer principalmente dos estratos vegetales: árboles dispersos (mayoritariamente pertenecientes al género Quercus) y un estrato herbáceo compuesto predominantemente por especies anuales. Este tipo de ecosistemas se dedica...

Background and aims: Forecasted climate change and overgrazing are threatening the sustainability of dehesas, human-managed ecosystems where pastures, livestock and scattered trees coexist. Pasture quality is particularly sensitive to these global-change drivers, but there are still many gaps to broaden knowledge about the interactive effects...

Increasing air temperatures and decreasing rainfall can alter Mediterranean ecosystems, where summer heat and drought already limit plant regeneration. Manipulative field studies can help to understand and anticipate community responses to climate changes. In a Mediterranean oak wooded pasture, we have investigated the effects of warming (W,...

Increasing temperature and aridity predicted by climate change models in the Mediterranean region will pose a significant challenge for the survival of some plant species. The mechanisms by which species modify their phenotype across generations in response to the environment have been identified as essential to cope with the new climatic...