María del Pilar Castro Díez

María del Pilar Castro Díez

María del Pilar Castro Díez
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Lecturer in the Department of Life Sciences at the University of Alcalá

Reaction: climate change will reduce the number of tree species in Europe by at least one-third over this century

A study has analyzed how 69 of the tree species present in Europe - such as oaks, ashes or willows - will behave over this century under different climate change scenarios. In the best-case scenario, the number of species able to survive per square kilometer will be reduced by a third, according to their calculations. For the authors, who publish their results in the journal Nature Ecology & Evolution, this could have strong negative repercussions on timber production, carbon storage and biodiversity conservation.

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