Antonio Yeste

A nutrient availability experiment was carried out for four years in a mature mixed stand of Pinus sylvestris and Fagus sylvatica in the South-western Pyrenees mountains. Initial homogeneous pine regeneration (~58 years ago) was followed by uneven beech regeneration (~45 years ago), leading to the current successional stage in which areas resemblin...

Forest growth models are increasingly being used in forestry and ecology research as predictive tools to help developing practical guidelines and to improve understanding of the drivers of forest ecosystem functioning. Models are usually calibrated using parameters directly obtained or estimated from empirical field observation, and hence are subje...

Tree species alter soil properties, potentially modifying forest nutrients cycling. In the current management context in which mixed species forests are favoured over monocultures due to their biodiversity and productivity-related advantages, the assessment of species effects on soils, as well as their interactions with other species, gains increas...

Sierra Nevada representa uno de los puntos con mayor biodiversidad de la península ibérica. Dentro de este área existe una gran amenaza para las poblaciones de vertebrados terrestres, un canal de conducción de agua con una longitud de 6890 metros conocido como Canal de la Espartera. Está situado dentro de porciones de parque natural y parque nacion...

Soils store an important amount of carbon (C), mostly in the form of organic matter in different decomposing stages. Hence, understanding the factors that rule the rates at which decomposed organic matter is incorporated into the soil is paramount to better understand how C stocks will vary under changing atmospheric and land use conditions. We stu...

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 ecosyst...

Las Albuferas de Adra forman parte de los humedales mejor conocidos a escala nacional en diversas disciplinas, como hidrogeología, limnología, ornitología, botánica, etnografía, historia y entomología acuática. No obstante, existe un gran vacío de información en lo que se refiere a entomofauna terrestre, a pesar de tratarse de uno de los principale...

Los programas de voluntariado ambiental son de importancia crucial en la conservación de la naturaleza. Resultan básicos para la formación acerca de los delicados equilibrios que regulan cada ecosistema, aportando a los voluntarios un aprendizaje sobre las especies y el entorno en el que viven. En las Albuferas de Adra, humedales incluidos en la Re...

El Parque Natural de Sierra Nevada representa uno de los puntos con mayor biodiversidad de la Península Ibérica y como tal debe ser protegido. No obstante, dentro de este área existe una gran amenaza para las poblaciones de vertebrados terrestres: se trata de un canal de conducción de agua situado en la zona de Cumbres Verdes conocido como Canal d...