A5067100358- Mediterranean and Iberian flora and fauna
- Forest ecology and management
- Historical and socio-economic studies of Spain and related regions
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Seedling growth and survival studies
- Agroforestry and silvopastoral systems
- Mosquito-borne diseases and control
- Botany and Plant Ecology Studies
- Urbanism, Landscape, and Tourism Studies
- Fire effects on ecosystems
- Plant and soil sciences
- Soil erosion and sediment transport
- Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases
- Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies
- Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
- Heavy metals in environment
- Malaria Research and Control
- Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions
- Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
- Plant Ecology and Taxonomy Studies
- Tree Root and Stability Studies
- Ecology and Conservation Studies
- Soil Management and Crop Yield
- Growth and nutrition in plants
- Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions
Andalusian Institute of Agricultural and Fisheries Research and Training
2016-2025
Junta de Andalucía
2013-2023
Escuela Española de Historia y Arqueología en Roma
2021
Universidad de Granada
1998-2004
Universidad de Málaga
2002
Centro Nacional de Enfermedades Tropicales
1994-1996
Instituto de Medicina Tropical “Pedro Kourí”
1986-1990
Forest restoration is currently a primary objective in environmental management policies at global scale, to the extent that impressive initiatives and commitments have been launched plant billions of trees. However, resources are limited success any effort should be maximized. Thus, programs seek guarantee what planted today will become an adult tree future, simple fact that, however, usually receives little attention. Here, we advocate for need focus efforts on individual level increase...
Abstract This work studies the influence of two mulching treatments on soil properties and field performance afforested holm‐oak seedlings ( Quercus ilex L. subsp. ballota (Desf.) Samp.) nine years after outplanting. Mulching composed stones, forest debris, an untreated control were randomly applied to 180 n = 60) in January 2001 at bed level (1 × 1 m) abandoned agricultural SE Spain. Survival, growth measured by means leaf area, nutrient concentrations leaves measured. Both mulches provided...
Abstract The Baetic range (SE Spain) constitutes an important centre of diversity and speciation in the Mediterranean Basin. However, numerous species are threatened by different human activities global climatic change. In this work, we provide data on conservational state orophilous plants propose priorities for their protection. For this, analysed 82 taxa 17 mountain areas using correspondence analysis (CA) complementarity analysis. Of 2,197.5 km2 high-mountain analysed, only 1,654.5...
Revegetation is key to achieve the goals of UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration. For many situations and plant species, selecting direct seeding or planting can define revegetation success. However, there no clarity about when one method should be preferred over other, partly driven by methodological difficulties that preclude avoiding bias during experimentation. To move debate forward, (1) we propose a systematic review studies compare planting, including how they have handled bias; (2)...
Abstract This work evaluated how pine plantations established on old fields and degraded lands influence soil properties in comparison with adjacent unplanted areas that undergo into secondary succession, native forests, analysing the effects of abiotic variables stand characteristics afforestation process. Thirty‐two paired sites (pine versus areas) 10 forests were selected SE Spain. In total, 74 profiles studied, 222 composite samples collected at three different depths. Soil organic...
Farmland afforestation has been promoted in recent decades and is one of the main strategies included UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration to recover degraded areas. However, impacts plant diversity soil quality indicators are still not well-understood semiarid environments. In this study, we assessed relationships between (abundance, total richness, richness by functional groups, Shannon diversity) a large number variables 48 sites southeast Spain. We considered associated environmental...
It is becoming more and common in the Mediterranean basin to guard against forest fires by creating wooded firebreak areas reducing overstory density, pruning remaining trees slash mulching. Nevertheless, very few attempts have been made analyse effect of this practice upon tree growth productivity understory plant species semi-arid following a well defined experimental design over any length time. To remedy lack information, during spring 2005 we thinned Aleppo pine (Pinus halepensis Mill.)...
Trace elements in soils exist as components of several different fractions. We have analyzed the correlation between total and extractable (EDTA, calcium chloride deionized water) Zn, Pb Cu concentrations concentration these plant leaves. Soil samples been taken from Sulcis-Iglesiente (Sardinia), an area rich mining tailings. This has made that trace element under study were varied. Three plants studied: Dittrichia viscosa, Cistus salviifolius, Euphorbia pithyusa subsp. cupanii. beneath each...