A5087449471- Soil erosion and sediment transport
- Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes
- Aeolian processes and effects
- Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
- Soil Geostatistics and Mapping
- Landslides and related hazards
- Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
- Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
- Soil and Unsaturated Flow
- Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
- Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics
- Irrigation Practices and Water Management
- Historical and socio-economic studies of Spain and related regions
- Land Use and Ecosystem Services
- Tree Root and Stability Studies
- Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology
- Clay minerals and soil interactions
- Soil Moisture and Remote Sensing
- Agroforestry and silvopastoral systems
- Forest ecology and management
- Horticultural and Viticultural Research
- Sustainable Agricultural Systems Analysis
- Fire effects on ecosystems
- Plant Ecology and Soil Science
- Remote Sensing in Agriculture
University of Córdoba
2015-2024
State Key Laboratory of Hydrology-Water Resources and Hydraulic Engineering
2023
Leonardo (United Kingdom)
2023
Cordoba University
2015-2023
Research Institute for Geo-Hydrological Protection
2023
National Research Council
2023
Vinci (France)
2023
Instituto de Agricultura Sostenible
2010-2012
KU Leuven
2003-2006
Fund for Scientific Research
2003-2006
Permanent grasslands cover 34% of the European Union's agricultural area and are vital for a wide variety ecosystem services essential our society. Over recent decades, permanent grassland has declined land use change continues to threaten its extent. Simultaneously, management intensity increased. We performed systematic literature review on multifunctionality in Europe, examining effects 19 service indicators. Based evidence 696 out 70,456 screened papers, published since 1980, we found...
Abstract Landscape evolution is closely related to soil formation. Quantitative modeling of the dynamics soils and landscapes should therefore be integrated. This paper presents a model, named Model for Integrated Evolution Soil Development (MILESD), which describes interaction between pedogenetic geomorphic processes. mechanistic model includes most significant formation processes, ranging from weathering clay translocation, combines these with lateral redistribution particles through...
This article is intended as a review of the current situation regarding impact olive cultivation in Southern Spain (Andalusia) on soil degradation processes and its progression into yield impacts, due to diminishing profile depth climate change sloping areas where it usually cultivated. Finally, explores possible implications regional agricultural policy these results might have. It tries show how expansion intensification Andalusia, especially since late 18th century, had consequence an...
Permanent grasslands are widely recognized for their role in protecting the landscape against soil erosion and flooding. However, this has not yet been comprehensively quantified. Also, degradation of is accelerating at an alarming pace, leading to runoff generation. This study aims (i) quantify flooding mitigation effect permanent EU UK, compared other land uses; (ii) review all generating processes on grasslands. First, a meta-analysis four flooding-related indicators: bulk density,...
Abstract Understanding spatio-temporal changes in soil thickness and their natural anthropogenic driving factors are essential for earth system modeling resource conservation. It remains challenging to accurately quantify the spatial pattern of thickness, there is no assessment its temporal at national scale across eco-climatic zones. Here we compiled a long-term (1950–2018), large-scale (conterminous United States America) topsoil (A horizon, n = 37,712) solum (22,409) data variations using...
Measurements of gullies and rills were carried out in an olive orchard microcatchment 6.1 ha over a 4-year period (2010-2013). No tillage management allowing the development spontaneous grass cover was implemented study period. Rainfall, runoff sediment load measured at catchment outlet. The objectives this were: 1) to quantify erosion by concentrated flow analysis geometric geomorphologic changes between July 2010 2013; 2) evaluate relative percentage derived from total yield; 3) explain...
Land use change (LUC) is identified as one of the main drivers soil erosion in Mediterranean. However, very little information exists regarding relationship between land and over longer time periods on regional scales. We quantified LUC Southern Spain 1956 2018, examining its effect assessing mitigation role permanent grassland (PG). The influence represented by RUSLE's C-factor, which was modelled using Monte Carlo Method (MCM) based historical LUC. Moreover, future scenarios 2038 were...
Grasslands are at risk of degradation due to unsustainable management practices and climate change. Here, we review the principal soil quality indicators (SQIs) evaluate sustainability different grassland globally. We discuss importance SQI assessment Soil Quality Minimum Dataset (MDS) specifically in context grasslands. then two potential solutions, first which is adopting grazing management, whereby sustainable plans (GMPs) offer great potential. The other solution development adoption...
Soil erosion significantly threatens soil health in semiarid regions such as the Mediterranean. Fallout radionuclides (FRNs), deposited from atmospheric fallout, accumulate profile and their redistribution patterns can be used to estimate deposition rates.  While 137Cs has been traditionally for studies, this research explores application of fallout-derived 239+240Pu an olive orchard under Mediterranean climate conditions (Montefrío, Granada, Spain). The spatial variability...
In contrast with the understanding of present-day soil erosion processes, knowledge on past phenomena is still rather limited. Although some studies report severe gully phases during fourteenth and eighteenth centuries, almost no evidence available that documents earlier phases. This study investigates development age two old, permanent gullies are conserved in ancient Meerdaal forest central Belgium. The history both very similar. first gully, archaeological was found indicating an phase...