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This study was supported by project AIDroneSeeding (Ref. PID2023.147483OB.I00) funded by Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades from the Spanish Government and the European Union FEDER Program Andalucía 2021–2027, project C-EXP-130-UGR23 funded by the Consejería of University, Research and Innovation and by the European Union under the FEDER Program Andalusia 20212027, project SmartFoRest (Ref. TED2021-129690B-I00) funded by MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033 and by the European Union NextGenerationEU/ PRTR, and by the “Aula de Restauración Ecológica” from the University of Granada. The article is an activity within the work of IUFRO Task Force “Transforming Forest Landscapes for Future Climates and Human Well-Being.”
