Maritime Pine Forest, Serra Calderona (IMAGE)

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Maritime Pine Forest, Serra Calderona

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This is a maritime pine forest in Serra Calderona, eastern Spain. Typical Mediterranean forests as the one pictured here are under severe risk due to summer droughts and wildfire. It is expected that extinction risk of this valuable ecosystem will increase due to climate change.

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Santiago C. González-Martínez

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