A5071733168- Heavy metals in environment
- Historical and socio-economic studies of Spain and related regions
- Forest ecology and management
- Mine drainage and remediation techniques
- Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
- Soil erosion and sediment transport
- Plant and soil sciences
- Horticultural and Viticultural Research
- Agroforestry and silvopastoral systems
- Mediterranean and Iberian flora and fauna
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies
- Seedling growth and survival studies
- Algal biology and biofuel production
- Plant Physiology and Cultivation Studies
- Geological and Geophysical Studies Worldwide
- Fire effects on ecosystems
- Environmental and Ecological Studies
- Arsenic contamination and mitigation
- Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics
- Isotope Analysis in Ecology
- Archaeological and Historical Studies
- Soil Science and Environmental Management
- Composting and Vermicomposting Techniques
- Soil Management and Crop Yield
Universidad de Granada
2013-2023
Universidad Complutense de Madrid
2010
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas
2006
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
1999
Agricultural soils play a very important role in regulating the carbon dioxide (CO2) content of atmosphere, and can behave either as sources or sinks. We have simulated dynamics soil under different land uses soil-management systems Mediterranean olive grove with Rothamsted (RothC) model. To this end we chose patches native vegetation (NV) two (chromic calcisols calcic vertisols) systems: conventional tillage (T), mulching shredded olive-pruning debris residues from olive-fruit cleaning (PD...
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 Question How does the sowing of native species under different soil treatments contribute to recovery gypsum habitats affected by quarrying in Mediterranean environments? Location outcrops Granada ( SE Spain; 37º2′ N, 3º45′ W). Methods We conducted an experimental perennial from (both gypsophiles and gypsovags) considering two factors: bedding materials surface treatments. For material we used: spoil, topsoil addition on raw removal. The were: control, sowing, plus organic matter...
Large amounts of logs and coarse woody debris remain in the ecosystem after wildfires. However, relevance nutrient reservoir contained remaining post-fire for reserves is rarely considered. In this paper, we determine carbon concentrations partially charred wood a wildfire along an altitudinal gradient assess relative magnitude relation to those existing first 10-cm soil layer. Soils were poorly developed nutrients limiting vegetation requirements. Charred material still relatively high...
In the carbonate soils contaminated by a toxic spill from pyrite mine (Aznalcóllar, southern Spain), study was made of thin layer (thickness = 4 mm) polluted soil located between tailings and underlying soil. This layer, reddish-yellow in color due to high Fe content, formed when sulfates (from oxidation sulfides) infiltrated soil, causing acidification (to pH 5.6 as opposed 8.0 unaffected soil) pollution (in Zn, Cu, As, Pb, Co, Cd, Sb, Bi, Tl, In). The less mobile elements (As, In, Tl)...
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...