Marc Estiarte
A5011814551- Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
- Plant responses to elevated CO2
- Plant and animal studies
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology
- Botany and Plant Ecology Studies
- Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
- Fire effects on ecosystems
- Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
- Tree-ring climate responses
- Climate variability and models
- Forest ecology and management
- Mediterranean and Iberian flora and fauna
- Forest Management and Policy
- Horticultural and Viticultural Research
- Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism
- Forest Insect Ecology and Management
- Climate change and permafrost
- Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
- Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance
- Sustainable Agricultural Systems Analysis
- Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis
- Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
Centre for Research on Ecology and Forestry Applications
2014-2023
Global Ecology Unit CREAF-CSIC-UAB
2014-2023
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
2007-2020
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas
2004-2019
Carnegie Institution for Science
2012
Centre for Ecological Research
2004
Abstract Plant traits – the morphological, anatomical, physiological, biochemical and phenological characteristics of plants their organs determine how primary producers respond to environmental factors, affect other trophic levels, influence ecosystem processes services provide a link from species richness functional diversity. Trait data thus represent raw material for wide range research evolutionary biology, community ecology biogeography. Here we present global database initiative named...
Significance One of the greatest challenges in projecting future shifts global climate is understanding how soil respiration rates will change with warming. Multiple experimental warming studies have explored this response, but no consensus has been reached. Based on a synthesis 27 spanning nine biomes, we find that although increases rates, there limited evidence for shifting response We also note universal decline temperature sensitivity at temperatures >25 °C. Together, our data...
Microbial-mediated decomposition of soil organic matter (SOM) ultimately makes a considerable contribution to respiration, which is typically the main source CO2 arising from terrestrial ecosystems. Despite this central role in SOM, few studies have been conducted on how climate change may affect microbial community and, furthermore, possible climate-change induced alterations ecology communities emissions. Here we present results seasonal study structure, SOM and its temperature sensitivity...
Leaf senescence in winter deciduous species signals the transition from active to dormant stage. The purpose of leaf is recovery nutrients before leaves fall. Photoperiod and temperature are main cues controlling species, with water stress imposing an additional influence. exerts a strict control on at latitudes where winters severe gains importance regulation as become less severe. On average, climatic warming will delay drought advance senescence, but varying degrees depending species....
The BioTIME database contains raw data on species identities and abundances in ecological assemblages through time. These enable users to calculate temporal trends biodiversity within amongst using a broad range of metrics. is being developed as community-led open-source time series. Our goal accelerate facilitate quantitative analysis patterns the Anthropocene.The 8,777,413 abundance records, from consistently sampled for minimum 2 years, which need not necessarily be consecutive. In...
• Climatic warming produces significant gradual alterations in the timing of life-cycle events, and here we study phenological effects rainfall-pattern changes. We conducted ecosystem field experiments that partially excluded rain runoff during growing season a Mediterranean forest mediterranean shrubland. Studies time-series leaf-unfolding, flowering fruiting over last 50 yr central Catalonia were carried out, greenup onset Iberian Peninsula was monitored by satellite images. Experimental,...
Shifts in the elemental stoichiometry of organisms response to their ontogeny and changing environmental conditions should be related metabolomic changes because elements operate mostly as parts molecular compounds. Here we show this relationship leaves Erica multiflora throughout seasonal development moderate experimental field drought warming. The N/P ratio decreased metabolically active growing seasons, coinciding with an increase content primary metabolites. These results support...
Significance The stability of ecological communities under ongoing climate and land-use change is fundamental to the sustainable management natural resources through its effect on critical ecosystem services. Biodiversity hypothesized enhance compensatory effects (decreased synchrony between species). However, relative importance interplay different biotic abiotic drivers remain controversial. By analyzing long-term data from seminatural ecosystems across globe, we found that degree among...
Abstract We used a nonintrusive field experiment carried out at six sites – Wales (UK), Denmark (DK), the Netherlands (NL), Hungary (HU), Sardinia (Italy IT), and Catalonia (Spain SP) along climatic latitudinal gradient to examine response of plant species richness primary productivity warming drought in shrubland ecosystems. The treatment raised plot daily temperature by ca. 1 °C, while led reduction soil moisture peak growing season that ranged from 26% SP site 82% NL site. During 7 years...
Abstract We are still lacking in experimental evidence of the effects climate change on richness plant species under field conditions. report a decrease recruited seedlings Mediterranean shrubland experimentally induced drought and warming over 4 consecutive years. Drought decreased number emerging their respective richness. Warming also seedling richness, but it did not affect seedlings. Species that produce fewer recruits more likely to disappear drier or warmer scenarios. However, when...
Abstract We investigated the effects of warming and drought on C N concentrations, nitrogen use efficiency (NUE), accumulation in different ecosystem compartments. conducted a 6‐year (1999–2005) field experiment to simulate climate conditions projected by IPCC models for coming decades Mediterranean shrubland. studied two dominant species, Globularia alypum Erica multiflora , an N‐fixing Dorycnium pentaphyllum also abundant this Warming (1 °C) decreased leaf concentrations 25% increased stem...
The increase in aridity, mainly by decreases precipitation but also higher temperatures, is likely the main threat to diversity and survival of Mediterranean forests. Changes land use, including abandonment extensive crop activities, mountains remote areas, increases human settlements demand for more resources with resulting fragmentation landscape, hinder establishment appropriate management tools protect forests their provision services biodiversity. Experiments observations indicate that...
Human domination of the biosphere includes changes to disturbance regimes, which push many ecosystems towards early-successional states. Ecological theory predicts that are more sensitive perturbations than mature systems, but little evidence supports this relationship for perturbation climate change. Here we show vegetation (abundance, species richness and composition) across seven European shrublands is quite resistant moderate experimental warming drought, responsiveness associated with...