The paper develops a model through a contingent valuation approach to support public authorities in the exploration and assessment of ecosystem services (ESs) generated by forest and woodlands (FOWLs). This approach is employed to the cork oak forests of the Sardinia region (Italy) due to their...

One of the main challenges under global warming is understanding and predicting the effects of increased aridity on the carbon sink role of forests, particularly in Mediterranean regions. Forest inventories monitor the real state of the forest at a high temporal and financial cost. Cloud computing...

Mediterranean ecosystems are threatened by climate change and shrub encroachment. An increase in shrub cover can intensify the competition for water, aggravating the impacts of drought on ecosystem functioning. The effects of shrubs can be positive or negative, depending on the shrub species and...

The presence of natural forests in association with the planted forests has become a common quite landscape in the Mediterranean basin and even elsewhere. Understanding how native game bird use the different types of forest habitats is a major issue aiming at an effective assessment of their...

During recent decades, tree mortality and dieback have been reported in forest ecosystems across global biomes. Although numerous forest species, including those of the genus Quercus, have been affected by hotter and drier conditions in the Mediterranean Basin during the last decades, there is...

Forests contribute directly to ecosystem structure and functioning, maintaining biodiversity, acting as a climate regulator and reducing desertification. To better manage forests, it is essential to have high-resolution forest models and appropriate spatial-explicit variables able to explain tree...

The accelerated degradation of forests is a major challenge for managers. Reforestation is therefore an important solution for improving ecosystem services and even the survival of ecosystems. Compared to other species such as Eucalyptus, pines contain higher biodiversity. We studied the...

The controling of forest sustainability and preforest ecosystems in achieving stability of forest ecosystem require the identification of biophysical indicators, anthropological, and technological. The significant degradation of Quercus suber formations in forest massif of Tlemcen (Algeria) are...

Sustainable Forest Management (SFM) seeks to make sure a performance of forest ecosystems environmental and socioeconomically just. The cork oak forest management presents a complex problem because silvicultural peculiarities. The aim of the SFM, to guarantee a functioning of forest ecosystems...

Determining site quality is essential in order to develop sustainable forest management, allowing more appropriate silvicultural decisions to be made. However, most studies carried out in Spain have focused on a few species and at local scale, which makes it difficult to apply the findings or...