“…Thus, for centuries, the Mediterranean mountains in Europe, especially those of mid‐altitude, were subjected to strong pressure from humans, who made use of natural resources for agrosilvopastoral activities (Lasanta et al, 2017; Sluiter & de Jong, 2007). Land use by humans expanded to its maximum between the mid‐19th and mid‐20th centuries, coinciding with greater demographic pressure (González Díaz, Celaya, Fernández‐García, Osoro, & García, 2019; Sancho‐Reinoso, 2013). Prolonged occupation by humans constructed cultural landscapes, featuring very diverse land uses in which grazing and agricultural land were the landscape matrix, whereas forest and shrubland covered a smaller area (De Aranzabal, Schmitz, Aguilera, & Pineda, 2008; García‐Ruiz & Lasanta, 2018).…”