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MountainGreen<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Medicinal Plants as Ecological Stabilisers in Adaptive Landscapes<\/mark><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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MountainGreen<\/strong> es un proyecto estrat\u00e9gico del CRAI<\/strong>, orientado a comprender y modelizar el funcionamiento profundo de los ecosistemas vegetales \u2014especialmente aquellos que integran plantas medicinales\u2014 con el objetivo de estabilizar sus din\u00e1micas naturales y fortalecer una resiliencia ecol\u00f3gica estructural y duradera<\/strong>. Se enmarca en la l\u00ednea Environmental Resilience and Medicinal Plant Systems of the HPCN Pillar. <\/mark><\/strong>del Pilar HPNC.
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MountainGreen does not confine itself to reforestation or surface-level landscape restoration. Its primary aim is to identify the ecological principles that underpin the functional coherence of plant systems under climatic variability and environmental stress, and to translate this understanding into replicable frameworks for profound ecological regeneration.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Scientific Rationale<\/h3><\/div>

En el contexto actual de cambio clim\u00e1tico, desertificaci\u00f3n progresiva y p\u00e9rdida de biodiversidad funcional \u2014particularmente en regiones mediterr\u00e1neas\u2014 los modelos convencionales de restauraci\u00f3n ecol\u00f3gica suelen centrarse en la reintroducci\u00f3n de especies o en la simple recuperaci\u00f3n de la cobertura vegetal, sin abordar las din\u00e1micas regulatorias subyacentes que determinan la estabilidad ecol\u00f3gica a largo plazo. Sin embargo, los ecosistemas resilientes no dependen \u00fanicamente de la presencia de determinadas especies, sino de la configuraci\u00f3n y coherencia de redes tr\u00f3ficas estables, interacciones micorr\u00edcicas funcionales, diversidad fitoqu\u00edmica adaptativa, regulaci\u00f3n h\u00eddrica y ed\u00e1fica integrada, as\u00ed como de retroalimentaciones ecol\u00f3gicas no lineales que permiten absorber perturbaciones sin colapsar estructuralmente.
MountainGreen parte de la hip\u00f3tesis de que la resiliencia ecosist\u00e9mica constituye una propiedad emergente de estas din\u00e1micas regulatorias interdependientes, y que puede ser comprendida, modelizada y reforzada si se integran de forma coherente principios de ecolog\u00eda evolutiva, biolog\u00eda funcional vegetal, regulaci\u00f3n ecol\u00f3gica, agroecolog\u00eda avanzada y fitoqu\u00edmica sist\u00e9mica. Desde esta perspectiva, las plantas medicinales no se consideran \u00fanicamente como recursos terap\u00e9uticos, sino como nodos funcionales dentro de redes ecol\u00f3gicas complejas, capaces de contribuir activamente a la estabilizaci\u00f3n y coherencia del sistema en su conjunto.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Analytical and Methodological Framework<\/h3><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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MountainGreen integrates ecological, analytical, and computational approaches to examine the relationships between functional biodiversity, environmental variability, and systemic stability.<\/span><\/div>\n\n\n\n
<\/path><\/svg><\/span>Functional Ecology and Ecosystem Regulation<\/strong>
Analysis of successional dynamics, plant\u2013soil\u2013microbiome interactions, and mycorrhizal associations, with particular attention to their contribution to hydrological and nutritional stability.<\/span><\/div>\n\n\n\n
<\/path><\/svg><\/span>Ecological Phytochemistry<\/strong>
Investigation of phytochemical variability as an adaptive response, and analysis of secondary metabolites as indicators of ecological condition and systemic biological coherence.<\/span><\/div>\n\n\n\n
<\/path><\/svg><\/span>Systems-Level Modelling<\/strong>
Identification of nonlinear regulatory patterns and development of models integrating biodiversity, climate, and functional stability, including predictive scenarios under conditions of climatic variability.
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<\/path><\/svg><\/span>Evolutionary Perspective<\/strong>
Interpretation of resilience as the outcome of conserved adaptive processes, and analysis of plant strategies of tolerance and compensation in response to stress.<\/span><\/div>\n\n\n\n
This approach guides restoration toward regenerative models grounded in internal ecological coherence.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Impacto cient\u00edfico y resultados
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MountainGreen seeks to develop integrative models connecting functional biodiversity and ecosystem stability, and to identify plant\u2013soil configurations capable of enhancing structural resilience. The project will advance conceptual frameworks that redefine ecological restoration as a regulatory process and will provide a scientific basis for climate-adaptive medicinal agroecological systems, while supporting strategies that strengthen local economies rooted in ecological coherence and long-term sustainability.

From both a scientific and societal perspective, MountainGreen will contribute to advancing the mechanistic understanding of ecosystem resilience and to the regeneration of degraded landscapes through evidence-based approaches. It will also promote productive models compatible with biodiversity and long-term stability, integrating environmental health, biological coherence, and territorial sustainability.

The project aspires to consolidate a paradigm in which resilience is no longer understood as a contingent outcome, but is instead conceived as a structural property cultivated through a deep understanding of ecological functioning.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Scientific Output<\/h3><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Publicaciones revisadas por pares<\/summary>\n
Phytochemical and Growth Patterns in Cistus albidus L.: Seasonal Impacts of inoculation and Fertilization<\/strong><\/summary>\n

Journal of Plant Growth Regulation<\/a>, 2026. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s00344-026-12083-5<\/a>
Estudio sobre los efectos de inoculaci\u00f3n micorr\u00edcica y fertilizaci\u00f3n en crecimiento y perfiles fitoqu\u00edmicos estacionales de Cistus albidus<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n

Enhancingpolyphenol profiles and production: a novel approach through synergistic nonsymbiotic fungi and organic fertilization.<\/strong><\/summary>\n

Phytochemistry Letters, 2025. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.phytol.2025.103490<\/a>
Art\u00edculo sobre aspectos funcionales y biol\u00f3gicos de plantas, con evidencia experimental relevante para comprender variaciones fitoqu\u00edmicas relacionadas con condiciones ambientales.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n

Enhancing polyphenol production in Cistus albidus<\/em> L. through strategic mycorrhization and irrigation management: An off- season approach<\/strong><\/summary>\n

Phytochemistry Letters, 2025. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.phytol.2025.103720<\/a>
Art\u00edculo sobre aspectos funcionales y fitoqu\u00edmicos de plantas bajo condiciones ecol\u00f3gicas espec\u00edficas en Cistus albidus<\/em> L., aportando evidencia emp\u00edrica para entender la modulaci\u00f3n de perfiles bioactivos en sistemas vegetales.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n

Cistus albidus<\/em> L.\u2014Review of a Traditional Mediterranean Medicinal Plant with Pharmacological Potential<\/strong><\/summary>\n

Plants, 2023. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/plants12162988<\/a>
Revisi\u00f3n detallada de las caracter\u00edsticas bot\u00e1nicas, fitoqu\u00edmicas y farmacol\u00f3gicas de Cistus albidus<\/em>, resaltando su riqueza en metabolitos bioactivos tradicionales y su potencial terap\u00e9utico para futuras investigaciones farmacol\u00f3gicas.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n<\/details>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Scientific Networks and Collaborations<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

MountainGreen is coordinated by the CRAI \u2013 Centro Rausenbach de An\u00e1lisis e Investigaci\u00f3n and operates as an open scientific network designed to integrate complementary capacities in plant ecology, soil microbiology, phytochemistry, ecological modelling, and agroecological systems. The project embraces an interdisciplinary framework that bridges fundamental and applied research to develop rigorous, transferable models for the functional stabilisation of plant ecosystems.

Within this framework, MountainGreen advances collaboration with academic institutions, environmental research centres, agrobiotechnology partners, and organisations dedicated to ecological restoration, fostering synergies focused on the systemic analysis of ecosystem resilience and the implementation of regenerative strategies based on sound scientific principles.

The project upholds a clear commitment to collaboration and dialogue with stakeholders engaged in the development of deep resilience models grounded in ecological regulation, biological coherence, and long-term functional stability, promoting the formation of scientific networks that bridge knowledge generation, innovation, and sustainable territorial development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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