New online atlas shows how climate change will affect distribution patterns of forests
Monday, November 29, 2010 - 10:32
in Earth & Climate
Researchers from Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona and CREAF have developed the Suitability Atlas of Woody Plants of the Iberian Peninsula, a series of digital maps available online which for the first time reveal the present and future degree of adaptation to climate conditions of the main plant species found in the forests throughout the Iberian Peninsula (south-western Europe). Data shows the tendency of forests to move higher in altitude and migrate towards the north.