Mediterranean hotspot: climate change impacts on forests at the edge. In: Climate extremes and the carbon cycle

Citation

Zavala MA, Madrigal-Gonzalez J, Ruiz-Benito P, Sanchez-Salguero R & Navarro-Cerrillo RM (2013) Mediterranean hotspot: climate change impacts on forests at the edge. In: Climate extremes and the carbon cycle. In: Reichstein M, Frank D, Mahecha M & Smith P (eds.) Climate Extremes and the carbon cycle: CARBO-Extreme: The Terrestrial Carbon Cycle under Climate Variability and Extremes - a Pan-European Synthesis. Brussels, Belgium: European Commission, pp. 30-31. http://www.carbo-extreme.eu/uploads/Main/News/C-Extreme_bro_med.pdf

Abstract
Mediterranean forests may undergo important changes with climate warming. Among the most important forest functions, productivity and carbon storage could dramatically diminish as a consequence of increasing water deficits and recurrent extreme drought events. Management of forest stand structure and age distributions can be efficient practices to maintain principal forest functions under climate change.