Carles Gracia Alonso
Researcher
Centre for Ecological Research and Forestry Applications
Pere Virgili Health Research Institute
Spain
Biography
"Professor at the Departament of Ecology, University of Barcelona and researcher at the CREAF. His activities are mainly focused on Forest Ecology. Primary production, Water and Carbon Balance, as well as the ecophysiological responses of Forest Ecosystems to Climate Change, are the core of his research work. He is co-author of GOTILWA +, a process-based forest growth simulation model under different management and/or climate change scenarios. Dr. Gracia has been the Vice-President of the Spanish Society of Terrestrial Ecology (AEET) and member of the Directory Board of the Spanish Society of Forest Science (SECF). Dr Gracia is, at present, a member of the CREAF's board on behalf of the University of Barcelona, is a member of the Group of experts in Climate Change of Catalonia (GECCC) and of the Scientific Advisory Board of the European Forest Institute (EFI), as well as that of the Mediterranean Regional Office (EFIMED) of EFI."
Research Interest
Forest Ecology, Ecophysiological responses of Forest Ecosystems to Climate Change
Publications
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"Anthropogenic-driven rapid shifts in tree distribution lead to increased dominance of broadleaf species Vayreda, J., Martinez-Vilalta, J., Gracia, M., Canadell, J.G., Retana, J.2016Global Change Biology22: 3984-3995 Doi: 10.1111/gcb.13394"
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"Assessment of the impacts of climate change on Mediterranean terrestrial ecosystems based on data from field experiments and long-term monitored field gradients in Catalonia Peñuelas, J., Sardans, J., Filella, I., Estiarte, M., Llusià , J., Ogaya, R., Carnicer, J., Bartrons, M., Rivas-Ubach, A., Grau, O., Peguero, G., Margalef, O., Pla-Rabés, S., Stefanescu, C., Asensio, D., Preece, C., Liu, L., Verger, A., Rico, L., Barbeta, A., Achotegui-Castells, A., Gargallo-Garriga, A., Sperlich, D., Farré-Armengol, G., Fernández-MartÃnez, M., Liu, D., Zhang, C., Urbina, I., Camino, M., Vives, M., Nadal-Sala, D., Sabaté, S., Gracia, C., Terradas, J.2016Environmental and Experimental Botany00 Doi: 10.1016/j.envexpbot.2017.05.012"
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"Growth and water use performance of four co-occurring riparian tree species in a Mediterranean riparian forest Nadal-Sala D., Sabaté S., Sánchez-Costa E., Poblador S., Sabater F., Gracia C.2017Forest Ecology and Management396: 132-142"
