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This!report!contains!information!on!the!research!activity!developed!by!the!joint!research!unit!as!
a!collaboration!between!the!CTFC!and!the!CREAF!during!the!period!covered.!!
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Name!of!the!JRU!
INFOREST!JRU!(CREAF-CTFC)!
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Name!of!the!hosting!institution!
CTFC!
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Name!of!the!collaborating!institution!
CREAF!
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Period!covered!by!the!activity!report:!December!2014/June!2018!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Lluís!Brotons!!!!!Antoni!Trasobares!
Research!coordinator!InForest!JRU! ! CTFC!representative!
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!!!!Javier!Retana!
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The!CTFC!and!the!CREAF!sealed!in!December!2014!an!agreement!to!promote!research!to!better!
I&-J)K/(L)(L&).L-JJ&"M&')I&%/0&I)N%$O)MJ$P-J).L-"M&')$")N$%&'()&.$'1'(&O'.!The!InForest!joint!
research!unit!(InForest!JRU)!!was!therefore!created!to!&"L-".&)
.$JJ-P$%-(/0&) %&'&-%.L!to! develop,! implement! and! integrate!
innovative! added! value,! research! based! approaches! and!
methodologies!allowing! the!2%$Q&.(/$")$N)(L&)NR(R%&)'(-(&)$N)
F&I/(&%%-"&-")N$%&'('!under!global!change!pressures!and!to!
offer!a!dynamic!environment!for!open!collaborative!innovation!
and!for!the!creation!of!synergies!among!all!stakeholders!in!the!
definitions! and! assessments! of! possible! futures! for!
Mediterranean!forests.!During!the!last!three!years,!the!activity!
of!the!InForest!JRU!has!developed!novel!landscape!scale!models!(the!MED-LDM!modelling!suite)!
and!produced!assessments!of!future!changes!in!fire!
regimes!in!a!Mediterranean!context.!Furthermore,!
the! JRU! has! lead! innovative! initiatives! in! the!
integration! of! drone! technologies! into! forest! and!
biodiversity!applications!and!lead!the!involvement!
of! CTFC! and! CREAF! in! internationally! influencing!
panels! such! as!The! Intergovernmental! science-
policy! Platform! on! Biodiversity! and! Ecosystem!
Services! -IPBES!(or! the! Biodiversity! IPCC! as! many!
have!named).!The!InForest!JRU!stands!now!as!a!well!
stablished! research! bridge! between! the! CREAF! and! the! CTFC! an d! a! referent! in! the! study! of!
biodiversity!and!landscape!forest!dynamics!in!a!Mediterranean!context.!
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In!December!2014,!the!CTFC!and!the!CREAF!sealed!an!agreement!to!promote!research!on!the!
impact!of!global!changes!on!forest!ecosystems1.!This!agreement!lead!to!the!creation,!under!the!
supervision!of!the!CERCA!institution,!of!the!InForest!joint!research!unit!(InForest!JRU)!between!
the!two! reference! institutions! for! these! topics! in! Catalonia.!The! CTFC,!in!compliance! with! its!
foundational! aims,! wishes! to! stimulate,! promote! and! develop! scientific! and! technological!
research!and!knowledge!in!the!forest!and!environmental!sectors,!by!promoting!and!supporting!
any!activity!that!may!raise!the!level!of!scientific!excellence!through!the!fostering!of!collaboration!
between!research!groups!and!promoting!the!exchange!of!scientific!knowledge!and!information!
on!advances!and!progress.!On!the!other!hand,!the!CREAF,!in!compliance!with!its!foundational!
aims,! is! a! public! research! and! innovation! center! in! land! ecology,! territorial! analysis! and!
environmental! impact! which! strives! for! excellence! in! knowledge! generation,! methodological!
development,! knowledge! transfer,! training! and! dissemination,! and! aims! to! contribute! to!
improving!the!conservation!and!management!of!our!natural!environment!and!territory!on!the!
local,!regional!and!global!scales!by!acting!as!a!bridge!between!academia,!public!administrations!
and!society.!!
1 http://blog.creaf.cat/noticies/catalunya-es-posiciona-com-referent-europeu-en-recerca-forestal-al-mediterrani/
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The!two!institutions!had!been!closely!collaborating!for!years!and!on!February!3rd,!2009!CTFC!and!
CREAF!signed!a!first!official!agreement!aimed!at!strengthening!joint!research!on!biodiversity!and!
forest!dynamics.!This!collaboration!was!extremely!successful!and!lead!to!the!joint!supervision!
of!international!projects!funded!by!the!European!Commission.!Therefore,!and!in!the!interest!of!
the! parties! to! foster,! develop! and! transfer! in! a! coordinated! way! knowledge,! organizational!
processes,! products! and! services! in! the! national! and! international! forest! research! forums,!
through!the!mutual!sharing!of!the!economic,!material!and!human!resources!in!emerging!topics!
in!forest!and!global!change!science.!!
The! InForest! JRU! was! therefore! created! to! enhance! collaborative! research! with! two! main!
objectives!in!mind:!
• To!develop,! implement! and! integrate!innovative!added! value,! research!based! approaches!
and! methodologies! allowing! the! projection! of! the! future! state! of! Mediterranean! forests!
under!global!change!pressures.!!
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• To!offer!a!dynamic! environment!for! open! collaborative!innovation! and!for!the! creation! of!
synergies!among! all!stakeholders!in! the!definitions!and!assessments!of!possible!futures!for!
Mediterranean!forests.!
Both! CTFC! and! CREAF!benefit! from! the! JRU! to! establish! a! broad! network! of! international!
collaboration!in!the!forest!and!environmental!sectors.!In!order!to!achieve!the!above!goals,!the!
JRU!undertakes,!in!a!coordinated!effort,!the!following!activities:!
• The!promotion!of!research!on!main!drivers!of!forest!dynamics!and!biodiversity!patterns!using!
innovative!approaches!and!in!coordination!with!relevant!stakeholders!and!other!researchers!
in!the!field.!
• The!management! of!public!and! private! calls! for!projects!(in-house! dissemination,! writing,!
budget,!application,!follow-up,!etc.).!
• The! Scientific! coordination! of! the! Projects! on! topics! related! to! JRU! main! objectives,!
encompassing:! scientific! monitoring,! drafting! of! reports! and! data! verification,! other!
formalities!
• The! development! of! new! technologies! and! modeling! approaches! allowing! integration! of!
available!ecological!knowledge!and!the!assessment!of!future!forest!states.!!
• The!sharing,!dissemination!of!knowledge!and!technologies!in!the!field!of!forest!ecology!and!
modeling!areas!
• The!promotion!of!the!integration!of!science!based!forest!knowledge!and!modeling!results!in!
decisions!making!processes!at!different!spatial!and!administrative!scales.!!!
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The!main! outcomes! of! the! InForest! JRU!activity! have! revolved!around! its! main!two! strategic!
objectives:! the! development,! implementation! and! integration! of! innovative! added! value!
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N$%&'(')R"I&%)MJ$P-J).L-"M&)2%&''R%&')(marked!as!1)!and!the!offering!of!a!dynamic!environment!
for!open!collaborative!innovation!and!for!the! .%&-(/$")$N)'1"&%M/&')-O$"M)-JJ)'(-X&L$JI&%')/")
(L&)I&N/"/(/$"')-"I)-''&''O&"(')$N)2$''/PJ&)NR(R%&')N$%)F&I/(&%%-"&-")N$%&'(')(marked!as!2).!
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In!addition!to!these!two!main!objectives,!research!activities!have!focused!on!the!assessment!of!
P/$I/0&%'/(1) %&'2$"'&') ($) MJ$P-J) .L-"M&'!(marked! as! 3)! and! the! exploration! of! "$0&J)
(&.L"$J$M/&')'R.L)-'),9<'!in!forest!and!biodiversity!science!(marked!as!4).!
9)($(-J)$N)YY!publications!have!been!published!by!InForest!JRU!researchers!during!the!activity!
period.!InForest!JRU!researchers!are!marked!/")P$JIV!
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3458!(total!of!7!publications)!
F$%Z"7@%I[\&]^)9.,!Roces-Díaz,!J.V.,!@('R^)TV^!9O&](&MR/^)9.,!:$JJ^)HV,!Lefevre,!F.,!Retana,!JV!&!
S%$($"'^)HV!(in! press)! The! use!of!scenarios!and!models! to! evaluate!the!future!of!nature!
values!and!ecosystem!services!in!Mediterranean!forests.!Regional!Environmental!Change.!
(1,3)!
F$%Z"7@%I[\&]^) 9V,! Canessa,! S.,! Bota,! G.,! S%$($"'^) HV,! C&%%-"I$^) BV!and! Hermoso,! V.! (early!
online).!Efficiency! of! species!survey!networks!can!be!improved! by! integrating! different!
monitoring! approaches! in! a! spatial! prioritization! design.! Conservation! Letters.! DOI:!
10.1111/conl.12591!(3)!
9O&](&MR/^) 9V,! G/J7;&"-^) 9V^) Faus,! J.,! Pique,! M.,! S%$($"'^) HV!&! Camprodon,! J.! (2018)! Bird!
community! response! in! mountain! pine! forests! of! the! Pyrenees! managed! under! a!
shelterwood!system.!Forest!Ecology!and!Management,!407,!95-105.!(3)!
Davis,! J.,! Sim,! L.,! Thompson,! R.M.,! Pinder,! A.,! Box,! J.B.,! Murphy,! N.P.,! Sheldon,! F.,! F$%-"7
@%I$"&]^)9.!&!Sunnucks,!P.!(2018)!Patterns!and!drivers!of!aquatic!invertebrate!diversity!
across!an!arid!biome.!Ecography,!41,!375-387.!(3)!
Hass,!A.L.,!Kormann,!U.G.,!Tscharntke,!T.,!Clough,!Y.,!Baillod,!A.B.,!Sirami,!C.,!Fahrig,!L.,!Martin,!
J.L.,!Baudry,!J.,!Bertrand,!C.,!Bosch,!J.,)S%$($"'^)HV^)Burel,!F.,!Georges,!R.,!Giralt,!D.,!Marcos-
Garcia,!M.A.,! Ricarte,!A.,!Siriwardena,!G.!&!Batary,!P.!(2018)!Landscape!configurational!
heterogeneity! by! small-scale! agriculture,! not! crop! diversity,! maintains! pollinators! and!
plant! reproduction! in! western! Europe.! Proceedings! of! the! Royal! Society! B-Biological!
Sciences,!285.!(3)!
Lamb,!A.M.,!Gan,!H.M.,!Greening,!C.,!Joseph,!L.,!Lee,!Y.P.,!F$%-"7@%I$"&]^)9V^!Sunnucks,!P.!&!
Pavlova,!A.!(2018)!Climate-driven!mitochondrial!selection:!A!test!in!Australian!songbirds.!
Molecular!Ecology,!27,!898-918.!(3)!
+&M$'^) 9V^) Clavero,! M.,! D'Amen,! M.,! Guisan,! A.! &! S%$($"'^) H.! (2018)! Wildfire-vegetation!
dynamics!affect!predictions! of! climate! change!impact! on!bird! communities.!Ecography,!
41,!982-995.!(1,3)!
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345_!(17!publications)!
S-(JJ$%/^)>V^!U&):-.&%&'^)FV^!S%$($"'^)HV^!Ackerly,!D.D.,!Moritz,!M.A.!&!Lloret,!F.!(2017)!Cumulative!
effects!of!fire!and!drought!in!Mediterranean!ecosystems.!Ecosphere,!8.!(1)!
Aizpurua,!O.,!Cantu-Salazar,!L.,!San!Martin,!G.,! Sarda-Palomera,! F.,!Gargallo,!G.,!C&%%-"I$^)BV^)
S%$($"'^)HV!&!;/(&R`^)AV!(2017)! Evaluating! the! reliability! of! species! distribution!models!
with!an!indirect!measure!of!bird!reproductive!performance.!Journal!of!Avian!Biology,!48,!
1575-1582.!(1,!3)!
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Cardil,!A.,!Vepakomma,!U.!&!S%$($"'^)HV!(2017)!Assessing!Pine!Processionary!Moth!Defoliation!
Using!Unmanned!Aerial!Systems.!Forests,!8.!(4)!
Clavero,!M.,!Ninyerola,!M.,!Hermoso,!V.,!Filipe,!A.F.,!?J-^)FV^)</JJ&%$^)UV^)S%$($"'^)HV!&!Delibes,!
M.! (2017)! Historical! citizen! science! to! understand! and! predict! climate-driven! trout!
decline.!Proceedings!of!the!Royal!Society!B-Biological!Sciences,!284.!(3)!
Gamero,! A.,! S%$($"'^) HV^!Brunner,! A.,! Foppen,! R.,! Fornasari,! L.,! Gregory,! R.D.,! C&%%-"I$^) B.,!
Horak,!D.,!Jiguet,!F.,!Kmecl,!P.,!Lehikoinen,!A.,!Lindstrom,!A.,!Paquet,!J.Y.,!Reif,!J.,!Sirkia,!
P.M.,!Skorpilova,!J.,!van!Strien,!A.,!Szep,!T.,!Telensky,!T.,!Teufelbauer,!N.,!Trautmann,!S.,!
van!Turnhout,!C.A.M.,!Vermouzek,!Z.,!Vikstrom,!T.!&!Vorisek,!P.!(2017)!Tracking!Progress!
Toward! EU! Biodiversity! Strategy! Targets:! EU! Policy! Effects! in! Preserving! its! Common!
Farmland!Birds.!Conservation!Letters,!10,!395-402.!(3)!
Hakkila,!M.,!Le!Tortorec,!E.,!S%$($"'^)HV^!Rajasarkka,!A.,!Tornberg,!R.!&!Monkkonen,!M.!(2017)!
Degradation!in!landscape!matrix!has!diverse!impacts!on!diversity!in!protected!areas.!Plos!
One,!12.!(3)!
Hollander,! F.A.,! ;/(&R`^) AV^!Holveck,! M.J.! &! Van! Dyck,! H.! (2017)! Timing! of! Breeding! in! an!
Ecologically!Trapped!Bird.!American!Naturalist,!189,!515-525.!(3)!
Kelly,!L.T.!&!S%$($"'^)HV!(2017)!Using!fire!to!promote!biodiversity.!Science,!355,!1264-1265.!(1,3)!
Kelly,! L.T.,!S%$($"'^) HV!&! McCarthy,! M.A.! (2017)! Putting! pyrodiversity! to! work! for! animal!
conservation.!Conservation!Biology,!31,!952-955.!(3)!
?J-^)FV^)UR-"&^)9V)a)S%$($"'^)HV)(2017)!Potential!of!UAV!images!as!ground-truth!data!for!burn!
severity!classification! of! Landsat! imagery:! approaches! to! an! useful!product!for!post-fire!
management.!Revista!De!Teledeteccion,!91-102.!(4)!
+&M$'^) 9V^!Tapia,!L.,!Gil-Carrera,! A.! &! Dominguez,! J.! (2017)! Monitoring! protected! areas! from!
space:!A! multi-temporal! assessment! using! raptors!as! biodiversity! surrogates.! Plos! One,!
12.!(1)!
Sarda-Palomera,! F.,! Bota,! G.,! Padilla,! N.,! S%$($"'^) HV!&! Sarda,! F.! (2017)! Unmanned! aircraft!
systems!to!unravel! spatial!and!temporal!factors!affecting!dynamics!of!colony! formation!
and!nesting!success!in!birds.!Journal!of!Avian!Biology,!48,!1273-1280.!(4)!
Sirami,!C.,!Caplat,!P.,!Popy,!S.,!Clamens,!A.,!Arlettaz,!R.,!Jiguet,!F.,!S%$($"'^)HV!&!Martin,!J.L.!(2017)!
Impacts! of!global! change! on! species! distributions:! obstacles! and! solutions! to! integrate!
climate!and!land!use.!Global!Ecology!and!Biogeography,!26,!385-394.!(1,3)!
Tapia,!L.,!+&M$'^)9V^!Gil-Carrera,!A.!&!Dominguez,!J.!(2017)!Unravelling!the!response!of!diurnal!
raptors! to! land! use! change! in! a! highly! dynamic! landscape! in! northwestern! Spain:! an!
approach! based! on! satellite! earth! observation! data.! European! Journal! of! Wildlife!
Research,!63.!(1,3)!
;/(&R`^)AV^)Henle,!K.,!Mihoub,!J.B.,!Regos,!A.,!Geijzendorffer,!I.R.,!Cramer,!W.,!Verburg,!P.H.!&!
S%$($"'^)H.!(2017a)!Global!scenarios!for!biodiversity!need!to!better!integrate!climate!and!
land!use!change.!Diversity!and!Distributions,!23,!1231-1234.!(1,2)!
;/(&R`^)AV^!Maes,!D.,!Van!Daele,!T.,!Onkelinx,!T.,! Heikkinen,! R.K.,! Romo,! H.,!Garcia-Barros,!E.,!
Munguira,!M.L.,!Thuiller,!W.,! van! Swaay,!C.A.M.,! Schweiger,!O.,!Settele,!J.,! Harpke,!A.,!
Wiemers,!M.,!S%$($"'^)HV!&!Luoto,!M.!(2017b)!The!need!for!large-scale!distribution!data!
to!estimate!regional!changes!in!species!richness! under! future! climate! change.!Diversity!
and!Distributions,!23,!1393-1407.!(1,3)!
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</JJ&%$^)UV^)?J-^)FV^!Camps,!D.,!Ruiz-Olmo,!J.!&!S%$($"'^)HV!(2017)!Integrating!species!distribution!
modelling! into! decision-making! to! inform! conservation! actions.! Biodiversity! and!
Conservation,!26,!251-271.!(2,3)!
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UR-"&^)9V^)9cR/JR&^)AV^)G/J7;&"-^)9V)a)S%$($"'^)HV!(2016)!Integrating!fire!spread!patterns!in!fire!
modelling!at!landscape!scale.!Environmental!Modelling!&!Software,!86,!219-231.!(1)!
G/J7;&"-^)9V^) 9cR/JR&^)AV^)UR-"&^)9V^)U&):-.&%&'^)FV)a)S%$($"'^)HV!(2016)!Mediterranean! fire!
regime! effects! on! pine-oak! forest!landscape! mosaics! under!global! change! in! NE! Spain.!
European!Journal!of!Forest!Research,!135,!403-416.!(1,2)!
Kukkala,! A.S.,! Arponen,! A.,! Maiorano,! L.,! Moilanen,! A.,! Thuiller,! W.,! Toivonen,! T.,! Zupan,! L.,!
S%$($"'^)HV)&!Cabeza,!M.!(2016)!Matches!and!mismatches!between!national!and!EU-wide!
priorities:! Examining! the! Natura! 2000! network! in! vertebrate! species! conservation.!
Biological!Conservation,!198,!193-201.!(3)!
Mann,!M.L.,!S-(JJ$%/^)>V^!Moritz,!M.A.,!Waller,!E.K.,!Berck,!P.,!Flint,!A.L.,!Flint,!L.E.!&!Dolfi,!E.!(2016)!
Incorporating! Anthropogenic! Influences! into! Fire!Probability! Models:! Effects! of!Human!
Activity!and!Climate!Change!on!Fire!Activity!in!California.!Plos!One,!11.!(1)!
+&M$'^)9V^)9cR/JR&^)AV^!Lopez,!I.,!Codina,!M.,!Retana,!J.!&!S%$($"'^)H.!(2016a)!Synergies!Between!
Forest! Biomass! Extraction! for! Bioenergy! and! Fire! Suppression! in! Mediterranean!
Ecosystems:!Insights!from!a!Storyline-and-Simulation!Approach.!Ecosystems,!19,!786-802.!
(1,2)!
+&M$'^)9V^!D'Amen,!M.,!Titeux,!N.,!Herrando,!S.,!Guisan,!A.!&!S%$($"'^)HV!(2016b)!Predicting!the!
future! effectiveness! of! protected! areas! for! bird! conservation! in! Mediterranean!
ecosystems! under! climate! change! and! novel! fire! regime! scenarios.! Diversity! and!
Distributions,!22,!83-96.!(1,3)!
Stephens,!P.A.,!Mason,!L.R.,!Green,!R.E.,!Gregory,!R.D.,!Sauer,!J.R.,!Alison,!J.,!Aunins,!A.,!S%$($"'^)
HV^) Butchart,! S.H.M.,! Campedelli,! T.,! Chodkiewicz,! T.,! Chylarecki,! P.,! Crowe,! O.,! Elts,! J.,!
Escandell,!V.,!Foppen,!R.P.B.,!Heldbjerg,!H.,!C&%%-"I$^)BV^!Husby,!M.,!Jiguet,!F.,!Lehikoinen,!
A.,!Lindstrom,! A.,! Noble,! D.G.,! Paquet,! J.Y.,! Reif,! J.,!Sattler,!T.,!Szep,!T.,!Teufelbauer,!N.,!
Trautmann,! S.,! van! Strien,! A.J.,! van! Turnhout,! C.A.M.,! Vorisek,! P.! &! Willis,! S.G.! (2016)!
Consistent!response!of!bird!populations!to!climate!change! on! two! continents.!Science,!
352,!84-87.!(2)!
;/(&R`^)AV^!Henle,!K.,!Mihoub,!J.B.!&!S%$($"'^)HV!(2016a)!Climate!change!distracts!us!from!other!
threats!to!biodiversity.!Frontiers!in!Ecology!and!the!Environment,!14,!291-291.!(1,2)!
;/(&R`^)AV^!Henle,!K.,!Mihoub,!J.B.,!ReM$'^)9V^)Geijzendorffer,!I.R.,!Cramer,!W.,!Verburg,!P.H.!&!
Br$($"'^)HV)(2016b)!Biodiversity!scenarios!neglect!future!land-use!changes.!Global!Change!
Biology,!22,!2505-2515.!!(1,2)!
Tulloch,!A.I.T.,!Sutcliffe,!P.,!Naujokaitis-Lewis,!I.,!Tingley,!R.,!S%$($"'^)HV^!Ferraz,!K.,!Possingham,!
H.,! Guisan,! A.! &! Rhodes,! J.R.! (2016)! Conservation! planners! tend! to! ignore! improved!
accuracy! of! modelled! species! distributions! to! focus! on! multiple! threats!and! ecological!
processes.!Biological!Conservation,!199,!157-171.!(3)!
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Aizpurua,! O.,! Cantu-Salazar,! L.,! San! Martin,! G.,! Biver,! G.,! S%$($"'^) HV) a) ;/(&R`^) AV!(2015)!
Reconciling!expert!judgement!and!habitat!suitability!models!as!tools!for!guiding!sampling!
of!threatened!species.!Journal!of!Applied!Ecology,!52,!1608-1616.!(3)!
S-(JJ$%/^)>V^!Ackerly,!D.D.!&!Moritz,!M.A.!(2015)!A!minimal!model!of!fire-vegetation!feedbacks!
and!disturbance!stochasticity!generates!alternative!stable!states!in!grassland-shrubland-
woodland!systems.!Environmental!Research!Letters,!10.!(1)!
S%$($"'^)HV!(2015)!Peer-review!warning:!system!error,!reviewers!not!found.!Frontiers!in!Ecology!
and!the!Environment,!13,!241-242.!(2)!
U&):-.&%&'^)FV^!Martinez-Vilalta,!J.,!:$JJ^)HV^!Llorens,!P.,! Casals,! P.,! Poyatos,!R.,!Pausas,!J.G.!&!
S%$($"'^)HV!(2015)!Coupling!a!water!balance!model!with!forest!inventory!data!to!predict!
drought!stress:!the!role!of!forest!structural!changes!vs.!climate!changes.!Agricultural!and!
Forest!Meteorology,!213,!77-90.!(1)!
G/J7;&"-^)9V^) U&) :-.&%&'^) FV^!Ernoult,!A.,!Butet,!A.,!S%$($"'^)HV!&! Burel,!F.!(2015)!Agricultural!
landscape! composition! as! a! driver! of! farmland! bird! diversity! in! Brittany! (NW! France).!
Agriculture!Ecosystems!&!Environment,!205,!79-89.!(3)!
Hollander,!F.A.,!;/(&R`^)AV^!Walsdorff,!T.,!Martinage,!A.!&!Van!Dyck,!H.!(2015a)!Arthropods!and!
novel!bird!habitats:!do!clear-cuts!in!spruce!plantations!provide!similar!food!resources!for!
insectivorous!birds!compared!with!farmland!habitats?!Journal!of!Insect!Conservation,!19,!
1011-1020.!3)!
Hollander,!F.A.,!Van!Dyck,!H.,!San!Martin,!G.!&!;/(&R`^)AV!(2015b)!Nest!Predation!Deviates!from!
Nest!Predator!Abundance!in!an!Ecologically!Trapped!Bird.!Plos!One,!10.!(3)!
+&M$'^)9V^!D'Amen,!M.,!Herrando,!S.,!Guisan,!A.!&!S%$($"'^)HV!(2015)!Fire!management,!climate!
change! and! their! interacting! effects! on! birds! in! complex! Mediterranean! landscapes:!
dynamic! distribution! modelling! of! an! early-successional! species-the! near-threatened!
Dartford!Warbler!(Sylvia!undata).!Journal!of!Ornithology,!156,!S275-S286.!(1,2)!
Whitman,!E.,!S-(JJ$%/^)>V^!Parisien,!M.A.,!Miller,!C.,!Coop,!J.D.,!Krawchuk,!M.A.,!Chong,!G.W.!&!
Haire,! S.L.! (2015)! The! climate! space! of! fire! regimes! in! north-western! North! America.!
Journal!of!Biogeography,!42,!1736-1749.!(1)!
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In!this!section,!we!highlight!the!main!projects!that!have!structured!the!activities!of!the!InForest!
JRU!and!identify!the!main!strategic!outcomes!derived!from! them!during!the!reporting!period.!
These!include!European!project!of!the!ERA-NET!program!like!the!INFORMED!project!
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Main%projects:%
Project%title:!Boscos!sans!per!una!societat!saludable!(ALERTAFORESTAL)%Funding%type:!Fundació!
Bancaria! La! Caixa%Principal% researchers:! Lluís! Brotons! &! Jordi! Vayreda! Duration:!
01/01/2017-31/12/2018.!Budget:!!320.000€.!
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Project%title:!Shifts!in! ecosystems! state!in!Mediterranean! landscapes:! when,! where!and!how?!
The!interacting!effects!of! multiple!disturbances! under! climate! change! (RESCRI)! Funding%
type:!EU,!Marie!Curie!FP7-PEOPLE-2013-IIF!(625547).!Principal%researchers:!!Lluís!Brotons!
&!Enric!Batllori.!Duration:!01/12/2015-31/12/2016.!Budget:!!223.002!€!
Project%title:!Red! de! ecología!terrestre! para! afrontar!los!retos!del!cambio!global! (ECOMETAS)!
Funding%type:!Ministerio!de!Economia!y!Competitividad!CGL2014-53840-REDT.!Principal%
researchers:!!Jose!Miguel!Olano!(UV).!Duration:!01/12/2014-30/11/2016.!Budget:!!30.000!
€!
Project% title:!Assessment! and! forecasting! of! ecosystem! services! in! forests:! impacts! and!
adaptation! to! extreme! climate! events! (FORESTCAST)! Funding% type:! Ministerio! de!
Economia!y!Competitividad!CGL2014-59742-C2-2-R.!Principal%researchers:!!Lluís!Brotons!
&!Javier!Retana.!Duration:!01/01/2015-31/12/2017.!Budget:!!126.000!€.!
Project%title:!INtegrated!research!on!FOrest!Resilience!and!Management!in!the!mEDiterranean!
(INFORMED)! Funding% type:! Ministerio! de! Economia! y! Competitividad! FP7! ERA-Net!
FORESTERRA.!Principal% researchers:! ! François! Lefevre! (INRA-URFM),!Lluís!Brotons! (task!
coordinator).!Duration:!01/01/2015-31/12/2017.!Budget:!!98.500!€.!
Project%title:!New!and!old!World!perspectives!for!forest!ecology!and!management!in!a!context!
of! global! change! (NEWFORESTS)!Funding% type:! Marie! Curie! IRSES! (PIRSES-GA-2013-
612645)!Principal%researchers:!Lluís!Brotons.!Duration:!31/10/2013-29/02/2017.!Budget:!!
405.000€.!
Project%title:!Building! the! European! Biodiversity!Observation!Network!(EUBON)! Funding% type:!
Large-scale! integrated! project,! EU,! (FP7/2007-2013,! 308454)! Principal% researchers:!
Christopher! Hauser! (Alemania),! Lluís! Brotons! (Team! leader)! Duration:! 31/11/2012-
31/11/2016.!Budget:!!9.000.000€!(InForest!(CTFC-CREAF)!145.350!€)!
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Other%major%initiatives:%
F&I/(&%%-"&-")J-"I'.-2&)I1"-O/.')O$I&JJ/"M)DF>U7HUFEd)In! this! initiative!the!InForest! JRU!
uses!Mediterranean!landscapes!affected!by! fires,!but!including!interactions!between!different!
components!of! global! change!(i.e! climate! change!and! land! use!changes)! as!a! model!study! to!
develop! a! method! that! allows! species! dynamic! distribution! modelling! to! be! integrated! in! a!
landscape! scenario!platform.! There!are! three! main! objectives!of! the! initiative:!(1)! to! develop!
spatially! explicit! landscape! dynamic! models! that! integrate! the! main! ecological! and!
socioeconomic! drivers! of! change! of! Mediterranean! forest! landscapes,! (2)! to! build! dynamic!
distribution!models!linked!to!scenario!development,!and!(3)!finally!to!test!explicit!hypothesis!of!
the! effects! of! global! change! on! biodiversity! and! ecosystem! services.!
https://sites.google.com/site/medfireproject/!!
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!A#@+>B;)*+,)I%$"&)'&%0/.&)De!"#$%&'(I%$"E3)d)In!june!2015,!the!InForest!JRU!became the
first academic institution in Catalonia and one of the first in Spain authorized for drone
operation.3!Since!then!the!InForest!JRU!drone!service!has!worked!to!close the distance
2 https://www.researchgate.net/project/InForest-Jru-drone-service
3http://blog.creaf.cat/en/noticies-en/the-ctfc-and-creaf-boast-a-new-drone-service-for-research-in-ecology-and-
conservation/
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between this technology and the research carried out in forest, ecology and biodiversity,
and also strive for future development.
ALERTAFORESTAL Citizen Science project (www.alertaforestal.com). The objective of the
Alertaforestal initiative is to assess the health status of forests and anticipate their future
state by means of modelling the potential response to climate and other environmental
global changes. Basic information on forest health status is collected via the participation
of citizen who send smartphone and drone based photographs that are later analyzed by
the project researchers.
!?S>B)%&2%&'&"(-(/$")-"I)/"0$J0&O&"()/")(L&)!?S>B)O$I&JJ/"M)&`2&%()M%$R2d)The!InForest!JRU!
has! served! as! the! connection! between! the! CREAF! and! the! CTFC! to! the! Intergovernmental!
Platform!on! Biodiversity! and! Ecosystem!Services!(IPBES).!In!particular,! InForest! JRU! has!yearly!
attended!IPBES!plenaries!and!Lluís!Brotons!has!participated!as!Coordinating!Lead!Author!for!the!
“Modelling!impacts!of!drivers!on!biodiversity!and!ecosystem!properties!and!processes’!included!
in!the!deliverable! 3c! of! the! initial!IPBES!working! program!(2014-2015)!and!lead!author! of! the!
Chapter! 5! “! Current! and! future! interactions! between! nature! and! society”! of! the! recently!
published!IPBES!Regional!Assessment!report!on!Biodiversity!and!Ecosystem!Services!for!Europe!
and! Central! Asia! (deliverable! 2b:! https://www.ipbes.net/assessment-reports/eca)! Alejandra!
Morán-Ordóñez!participated!as!contributed!author!in!the!same!regional!assessment.!!
S%$($"'^)HV^!V.!Christensen,!N.H.!Ravindranath,!M.!Cao,!J.H.!Chun,!O.!Maury,!P.L.!Peri,!V.!Proença!
and!B.!Salihoglu!(2016).!Modelling!impacts!of!drivers!on!biodiversity!and!ecosystems.!In!
IPBES,! 2016:! Methodological! assessment! of! scenarios! and! models! of! biodiversity! and!
ecosystem! services! [S.! Ferrier,! K.! N.! Ninan,! P.!Leadley,! R.! Alkemade,! L.! A.! Acosta,! H.R.!
Akçakaya,!HV)S%$($"'^!W.W.L.!Cheung,!V.!Christensen,!K.!A.!Harhash,!J.!Kabubo-Mariara,!
C.!Lundquist,!M.!Obersteiner,!H.!Pereira,!G.!Peterson,!R.!Pichs-Madruga,!N.!Ravindranath,!
C.!Rondinini! and! B.A.! Wintle! (eds.)],!Secretariat!of! the! Intergovernmental!Platform! for!
Biodiversity!and!Ecosystem!Services!(IPBES),!Bonn,!Germany.!ISBN:!978-92-807-3569-7.!
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Alejandra! Morán-Ordóñez!and! Lluís! Brotons! have! been! convened! as! experts! (2018)! by! the!
MedECC!(network!of!MEDiterranean!Experts!on!Climate!and!environmental!Change)!to!be!part!
of!the!Working!group!on!'Ecosystems!and!Ecosystem!Services'!that!is!working!on!a!report!on!the!
current!state!and!risks!of!climate!and!environmental!changes!in!the!Mediterranean!!
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INFOREST!JRU!research!has!been!presented!in!41!times!in!15!international!conferences!in!the!
form!of!oral!presentation!and!posters.!
Furthermore,! INFOREST! JRU!has! been! actively! involved! in! outreach! activities! targeting! both!
decision!makers!working!in!the!administration!(i.e.!PRISMATIC!project4!)!and!the!general!public!
to!specific!project!such!as!AlertaForestal!(see!@Alertaforestal)!or!via!a!series!or!press!releases5.!
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4 http://www.prisma-tic.cat/projectes/lextraccio-de-biomassa-pot-reduir-els-incendis-forestals
5 http://blog.creaf.cat/tag/inforest-ca/
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The! collaboration! between! the! CREAF! and! the! CTFC! via! the! InForest!JRU! has! resulted! in!
advanced!and! impacts!on!three!main! themes.!First,!the!JRU!has!considerably!advanced! in!the!
field!of!landscape!modelling!and!integration!in!a!Mediterranean!context!by!developing!a!suite!
of!modelling!tools!adapted!to!these!systems.!These!developments!represent!a!major!advance!in!
the! capability! of! the! two! institutions! to! generate! future! scenarios! of! landscape! change! and!
assess!the!impact!of!climate!change!and!landscape!and!forest!management!scenarios.!Second,!
the! research! developed! at! the! interfa ce! between! biodiversity! and! citizen! science! plac es! the!
InForest!JRU!at!the!forefront!of!the!use!of!citizen!science!in!ecological!and!global!change!science.!
And!third,!the!development!of!the!InForest!JRU!drone!service!has!allowed!CREAF!and!CTFC!to!
incorporate!this!emerging!technology!to!different!research!lines!and!opens!the!ground!to!future!
developments! of! different! kinds.! Finally,! the! participation! of! the! InForest! JRU! on! a! range! of!
international!initiatives!such!as!the!IPBES,!also!has!contributed!to!raise!the!profile!of!CREAF!and!
CTFC!in!the!international!ecology!and!global!change!arena.!
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Lluís!Brotons!(CREAF-CSIC!researcher)!InForest!JRU!research!coordinator!
Lluís!Coll!(IP,!CTFC-UdL)!
Miquel!de!Càceres!(IP,!CTFC)!
Sergi!Herrando!(IP,!CREAF!and!Catalan!Ornithological!Institute)!
Alejandra!Moran-Ordoñez!(InForest!postdoc,!CREAF-CTFC!jointly!funded)!
Assu!Gil-Tena!(Postdoc!CTFC)!
Nicolas!Titeux!(CTFC,!EU!funded!postdoc)!
Aitor!Amèztegui!(Postdoc,!CREAF)!
Enric!Batllori!(Postdoc,!CREAF)!
Kaori!Otsu!(PhD,!CREAF)!
Adrián!Regos!(PhD,!CTFC)!
Andrea!Duane!(PhD,!CTFC)!
Núria!Aquilué!(PhD,!CTFC-!UM!(Canada))!
Magda!Pla!(Technician,!CTFC)!
Dani!Villero!(Technician,!CTFC)!
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2015-2017!!
Postdoctoral!InForest!researcher:!!32.000!€/year.!
2015/2018!
Support!to!InForest!JRU!drone!service:!1000!€/year.!
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