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Abstract Forest social-ecological systems (FSESs) can play a major role in both the mitigation of climate change, as well as the adaptation of local communities to it. In Europe, however, forests are highly fragmented and located close to human populations.…...
Soto-Navarro, J., Jordá, G., Amores, A., Cabos, W., Somot, S., Sevault, F., ... & Sein, D. (2020). Evolution of Mediterranean Sea water properties under climate change scenarios in the Med-CORDEX ensemble. Climate Dynamics, 54, 2135–2165. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-019-05105-4 Abstract Twenty-first century projections for the…...
Gutiérrez, C., Somot, S., Nabat, P., Mallet, M., Corre, L., van Meijgaard, E., ... & Gaertner, M. Á. (2020). Future evolution of surface solar radiation and photovoltaic potential in Europe: investigating the role of aerosols. Environmental Research Letters, 15(3), 034035. Abstract In…...
Väänänen, P. J., Osem, Y., Cohen, S., & Grünzweig, J. M. (2020). Differential drought resistance strategies of co-existing woodland species enduring the long rainless Eastern Mediterranean summer. Tree Physiology, 40(3), 305-320. https://doi.org/10.1093/treephys/tpz130 Abstract In anticipation of a drier climate and to project…...
Zampieri, M., Toreti, A., Ceglar, A., Naumann, G., Turco, M., & Tebaldi, C. (2020). Climate resilience of the top ten wheat producers in the Mediterranean and the Middle East. Regional Environmental Change, 20, 41. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10113-020-01622-9 Abstract Wheat is the main staple crop…...
Dakhlaoui, H., Seibert, J., & Hakala, K. (2020). Sensitivity of discharge projections to potential evapotranspiration estimation in Northern Tunisia. Regional Environmental Change, 20(2), 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10113-020-01615-8 Abstract Tunisia has a long history of coping with water scarcity, and the quantification of climate change…...