The little ice age in Iberian mountains

M Oliva, J Ruiz-Fernández, M Barriendos, G Benito… - Earth-Science …, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract The Little Ice Age (LIA) is known as one of the coldest stages of the Holocene. Most
records from the Northern Hemisphere show evidence of significantly colder conditions …

Rewilding and restoring cultural landscapes in Mediterranean mountains: Opportunities and challenges

JM García-Ruiz, T Lasanta, E Nadal-Romero… - Land use policy, 2020 - Elsevier
Farmland abandonment and the decline of livestock activity in the Mediterranean mountains
have resulted in dramatic landscape changes, including the generalized expansion of …

Ongoing and emerging questions in water erosion studies

JM García‐Ruiz, S Beguería… - Land Degradation & …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Soil erosion is a threat to food security, especially in regions where the area of arable land is
shrinking dramatically because of soil degradation. Research on soil erosion expanded …

[HTML][HTML] Impacts of global change on Mediterranean forests and their services

J Peñuelas, J Sardans, I Filella, M Estiarte, J Llusià… - Forests, 2017 - mdpi.com
The increase in aridity, mainly by decreases in precipitation but also by higher temperatures,
is likely the main threat to the diversity and survival of Mediterranean forests. Changes in …

Quaternary disappearance of tree taxa from Southern Europe: Timing and trends

D Magri, F Di Rita, J Aranbarri, W Fletcher… - Quaternary Science …, 2017 - Elsevier
A hundred pollen and plant macrofossil records from the Iberian Peninsula, Southern
France, the Italian Peninsula, Greece and the Aegean, and the southwestern Black Sea area …

Transhumance and long-term deforestation in the subalpine belt of the central Spanish Pyrenees: An interdisciplinary approach

JM García-Ruiz, G Tomás-Faci, P Diarte-Blasco… - Catena, 2020 - Elsevier
A key problem in explaining the mountain landscapes of the Mediterranean region is the
relationship between the development of transhumance (seasonal movement of livestock …

[HTML][HTML] A unique Pyrenean varved record provides a detailed reconstruction of Mediterranean vegetation and land-use dynamics over the last three millennia

V Rull, T Vegas-Vilarrúbia, JP Corella… - Quaternary Science …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The Pyrenean Lake Montcortès sediments hold the longest continuous and
absolutely varve-dated record of the Mediterranean region, encompassing the last three …

Late Quaternary glacial phases in the Iberian Peninsula

M Oliva, D Palacios, JM Fernández-Fernández… - Earth-Science …, 2019 - Elsevier
The only glaciers existing today in the Iberian Peninsula are small features located in the
Pyrenees, though their number and extension has undergone significant changes over the …

Humans take control of fire-driven diversity changes in Mediterranean Iberia's vegetation during the mid–late Holocene

SE Connor, B Vannière, D Colombaroli… - The …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
Fire regime changes are considered a major threat to future biodiversity in the
Mediterranean Basin. Such predictions remain uncertain, given that fire regime changes and …

[HTML][HTML] New insights into the climate of northern Iberia during the Younger Dryas and Holocene: The Mendukilo multi-speleothem record

JL Bernal-Wormull, A Moreno, M Bartolomé… - Quaternary Science …, 2023 - Elsevier
Recent hydroclimate studies on the Iberian Peninsula have shown a complex regional
pattern in timing and intensity of climate change spanning the Younger Dryas and the …