Drought and heat waves, cues for an adaptive silviculture

We propose some ideas for an adaptive silviculture in the Mediterranean biogeographic region that could assist shaping forests which are less vulnerable to extreme climatic events, such as those drought and heat waves expected be more intense frequent future. discuss about silvicultural approaches would aim to: regulate competition density-dependent effects; enhance functional diversity; increase complexity of forest communities. These especially advisable region, is a hotspot climate change where have been exploited many centuries only recently taking advantage recovery phase.