Abstract Exposure to radon and its progeny poses a significant health risk for workers in tourist caves. Implementing protective measures is challenging due to increasingly strict gas concentration and dose limits in new regulations. This study evaluates the annual effective radiation doses received by workers and researchers, considering seasonal and spatial radon variability. Radon levels, […]
Abstract Dutch elm disease (DED) is decimating field elm (Ulmus minor) populations in Europe. The species is subjected to periodic DED outbreaks leading to a loss of vigor (canopy dieback, radial growth, mortality rate), but drought could also stress these riparian stands and interact with DED. However, we lack a quantitative characterization on the impacts of DED […]
Abstract Southern South America has experienced a warming and drying climate trend since the 1970s, culminating in an unprecedented megadrought (2010-2022). Despite reports of declines in forest productivity, there are still limited tree-level assessments of climate sensitivity and drought stress. Here, we analysed the radial growth and intrinsic water-use efficiency (iWUE) of the austral conifer […]
Abstract An improved definition of tree vigor is required to characterize forest resilience in response to drought. We developed a vigor index based on annual crown defoliation and radial-growth data. The index was applied to stone pine (Pinus pinea) and cork oak (Quercus suber) trees affected by die-off in the Doñana National Park (SW Spain), […]
Abstract This study presents the results of monitoring air temperature, atmospheric pressure, relative humidity, air radon (222Rn) concentration and CO2 concentration in a huge cave, Torca del Carlista (–353 m). The cave ends in one of the largest halls in Europe, the Grupo de Espeleología Vizcaino Hall, at –158 m. This hall has a volume […]
Abstract The Cantabrian region, located in north Spain, is home to many caves with parietal art, some of them included on the UNESCO World Heritage list, such as El Castillo and Covalanas. These two caves are currently open to tourism and boast an exceptional archaeological heritage that includes magnificent examples of Palaeolithic cave art. Through […]
Resumen El marco de la diversidad biocultural (entendido como los vínculos entre la diversidad biológica y la diversidad cultural) ha emergido como una herramienta prometedora que aporta un enfoque oportuno para el diagnóstico y la mitigación del abandono rural. En esta contribución se introduce y aplica el marco conceptual de la diversidad biocultural para discutir […]
Abstract Over recent decades, action‐oriented research has gained prominence in co‐producing actionable knowledge to drive transformative change toward sustainability. However, further methodological developments are needed to support the transition to the application phase of such knowledge. This study presents a novel methodological pathway applied through two identical workshops in two case studies within the Spanish […]
Abstract Overall patterns of ecosystem services (ES) supplied by a landscape often hide distributional (in)equalities that condition how the benefits from nature are provided and used by people. This is evident in landscapes dominated by private ownership and composed of a mosaic of property sizes, across which ES supply can vary substantially. So far, the […]
Abstract Both resilience and regeneration are relevant concepts in sustainability science. Resilience thinking has led to improved understanding of cross-scale cycles of growth and renewal, regime shifts, and planetary boundaries. Regeneration highlights the role of positive, place-based and partially self-perpetuating social-ecological dynamics and seeks to foster mutualistic relationships between human and more-than-human entities. This paper […]
