Publications by authors named "Montse Ribas"
Tree-ring data has been widely used to inform about tree growth responses to drought at the individual scale, but less is known about how tree growth sensitivity to drought scales up driving changes in forest dynamics. Here, we related tree-ring growth chronologies and stand-level forest changes in basal area from two independent data sets to test if tree-ring responses to drought match stand forest dynamics (stand basal area growth, ingrowth, and mortality). We assessed if tree growth and changes in forest basal area covary as a function of spatial scale and tree taxa (gymnosperm or angiosperm).
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- Forecasted increases in drought frequency and severity may lead to declines in forest productivity globally, with species responses influenced by their functional traits.
- The study analyzed forest resilience to drought using tree-ring width data and satellite imagery across 11 tree species and 502 forests in Spain, revealing that TRWi data offers more sensitivity to forest resilience than NDVI data.
- Results showed that evergreen gymnosperms in semi-arid Mediterranean forests had lower resistance but higher recovery potential compared to deciduous angiosperms in humid temperate areas, suggesting that increased drought frequency could limit recovery capabilities, especially for species in drier environments.
Mediterranean climate promotes two distinct growth peaks separated by summer quiescence in trees. This bimodal pattern has been associated to favourable growing conditions during spring and autumn when mild temperatures and soil-water availability enhance cambial activity. Climatic models predict progressive warming and drying for the Mediterranean Basin, which could shorten or shift the spring and autumn growing seasons.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEarly and mid-term results of lung transplantation with donors 60 years and older.
Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg
January 2015
Objectives: There are doubts about the age limit for lung donors and the ideal donor has traditionally been considered to be one younger than 55 years. The objective of this study was to compare the outcomes in lung transplantation between organs from donors older and younger than 60 years.
Methods: We performed a retrospective observational study comparing the group of patients receiving organs from donors 60 years or older (Group A) or younger than 60 years (Group B) between January 2007 and December 2011.