David Nogués Bravo,^* Miguel B. Araújo,^** Teodoro Lasanta,^*** Juan Ignacio López Moreno<sup>****


*</sup>David Nogués Bravo has a PhD from the University of Zaragoza. He is a postdoctoral researcher at the Biodiversity and Global Change Lab (MNCN, CSIC). His research focuses on the relationships between climate, species distribution, and human impacts at large scales, including future impacts of climate and land-use changes on biodiversity and alpine ecosystems. His address: Biodiversity and Global Change Lab, National Museum of Natural Science, CSIC, C/ José Gutiérrez Abascal, 2, 28006 Madrid, Spain davidnogues@mncn.csic.es
^**Miguel B. Araújo has a PhD from the University of London. He is the leader of the Biodiversity and Global Change Lab at the National Museum of Natural Sciences in Madrid. His main interests include an investigation of the processes affecting the occurrence and persistence of species at different spatial and temporal scales. He is also interested in the development of effective conservation-planning tools to prevent local extinctions of species and large-scale assessments of climate change. His address: Biodiversity and Global Change Lab, National Museum of Natural Sciences, CSIC, C/ José Gutiérrez Abascal, 2, 28006 Madrid, Spain. maraujo@mcn.csic.es
^***Teodoro Lasanta obtained his PhD in geography and rural planning at the University of Zaragoza (1988), with the doctorate dissertation “Mountain Agriculture Evolution: the Aragonese Pyrenees.” He works as a senior researcher for the Scientific Research Council (CSIC) of the Ministry of Education and Science. He deals with the effects of land use and land planning in mountain areas, specifically focusing on the relationship between field land abandonment and its consequences on landscape and soil conservation. His address: Pyrenean Institute of Ecology, CSIC, Campus de Aula Dei, Apartado 202, 50080-Zaragoza, Spain. fm@ipe.csic.es
^****Juan Ignacio López Moreno has a PhD from the University of Zaragoza. He is a postdoctoral research fellow (Spanish Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports) at the Climate Research Group of the University of Geneve. His research focuses on the impacts of climate and land-use changes on the hydrology and water resources availability in mountainous areas. His address: Climate Research Group, University of Geneve, 7 Route de Drize, CH 1227. Switzerland. nlopez@ipe.csic.es