“…Finally, in Riaza, the only case where forest reached 50% of the catchment's area, signs of this growth on runoff are perceived. Changes in Ebro's headwaters have been somewhat more significant, with forest expansion over 100% in different catchments in the Pyrenees (Poyatos et al, 2003;Lasanta and Vicente-Serrano, 2006), or greater than 200% in headwaters of the right bank of Ebro (Jubera's headwaters) (Lasanta and Vicente-Serrano, 2001). These authors coincided in observing abrupt changes in the land-cover structure, moving from grassland occupying most of the catchments in the middle of the 20th century, to great forest coverage at the beginning of the present century.…”