The focus of this group is on the study of forests, their dynamics and biodiversity, and their key role in the provision of different ecosystem services within the context of global and climate change. Some of the research areas of this multidisciplinary group are focused on researching, understanding and predicting how the biodiversity, ecological processes and ecosystem services of forests are affected by environmental and anthropogenic factors such as climate, global change, fire and forest management.
The group conducts its research using various data-analysis methodologies within the area of data science, such as different models and tools for obtaining and analysing data (and incorporating field data), scientific databases, and remote sensing. It also carries out computer simulations at different spatial, temporal and biological scales ranging from local to global, with different time frames and at the level of both species and ecological communities. Its work also includes collaboration with other disciplines and areas, such as bioeconomy, environmental policy and ecological restoration: not only in order to increase and improve scientific knowledge, but also to propose innovative solutions that are based on nature and are scientifically rooted in the major challenges facing the relationship between forests, society and global change.