A5016120989- Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions
- Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics
- Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
- Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases
- Astro and Planetary Science
- Fungal Biology and Applications
- Forest Management and Policy
- Lichen and fungal ecology
- Forest ecology and management
- Solar Radiation and Photovoltaics
- Horticultural and Viticultural Research
- Geophysics and Gravity Measurements
- Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies
- Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing
- Animal Nutrition and Physiology
- Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
- Forest Insect Ecology and Management
- Tree-ring climate responses
- Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
- Botany and Plant Ecology Studies
- Plant Parasitism and Resistance
- Calibration and Measurement Techniques
- Fire effects on ecosystems
Universitat de Lleida
2016-2025
Forest Science and Technology Centre of Catalonia
2014-2024
Technology Centre Prague
2019-2023
Joint Research Center
2019-2022
Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias
2004-2019
Universidad de La Laguna
2010-2014
European Forest Institute
2010
University of Eastern Finland
2010
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas
1984-2010
The Sunrise balloon-borne solar observatory consists of a 1m aperture Gregory telescope, UV filter imager, an imaging vector polarimeter, image stabilization system and further infrastructure. first science flight yielded high-quality data that reveal the structure, dynamics evolution convection, oscillations magnetic fields at resolution around 100 km in quiet Sun. After brief description instruments data, qualitative results are presented. In contrast to earlier observations, we clearly...
Deadwood is a large global carbon store with its size partially determined by biotic decay. Microbial wood decay rates are known to respond changing temperature and precipitation. Termites also important decomposers in the tropics but less well studied. An understanding of their climate sensitivities needed estimate change effects on pools. Using data from 133 sites spanning six continents, we found that termite discovery consumption were highly sensitive (with increasing >6.8 times per 10°C...
The first science flight of the balloon-borne \Sunrise telescope took place in June 2009 from ESRANGE (near Kiruna/Sweden) to Somerset Island northern Canada. We describe scientific aims and mission concept project give an overview a description various hardware components: 1-m main with its postfocus instruments (the UV filter imager SuFI imaging vector magnetograph IMaX) support (image stabilizing light distribution system ISLiD correlating wavefront sensor CWS), optomechanical structure...
The Imaging Magnetograph eXperiment (IMaX) is a spectropolarimeter built by four institutions in Spain that flew on board the Sunrise balloon-borne telesocope June 2009 for almost six days over Arctic Circle. As polarimeter IMaX uses fast polarization modulation (based use of two liquid crystal retarders), real-time image accumulation, and dual beam polarimetry to reach sensitivities 0.1%. spectrograph, instrument LiNbO3 etalon double pass narrow band pre-filter achieve spectral resolution...
Soil microclimate is a potentially important regulator of the composition plant-associated fungal communities in climates with significant drought periods. Here, we investigated spatio-temporal dynamics soil Mediterranean Pinus pinaster forest relation to moisture and temperature. Fungal 336 samples collected monthly over 1 year from 28 long-term experimental plots were assessed by PacBio sequencing ITS2 amplicons. Total biomass was estimated analysing ergosterol. Community changes analysed...
There is an increasing evidence for the significant value and potential of Medicinal Aromatic Plants (MAPs) worldwide. Among other non-wood forest products, MAPs are considered a key element sustainable management economic development. As part Mediterranean cultural heritage, these plants major driver rural tourism, in many areas representing important raw material various bio-based industrial sectors. Besides their value, enhance social integration maintain gender balance as harvesting...
Tree phenology is sensitive to climate warming and changes in seasonal precipitation. Long xylogenesis records are scarce, thus limiting our ability analyse how radial growth responds variability. Alternatively, process-based models can be used simulate intra-annual dynamics better understand why bimodality varies along temperature precipitation gradients. We the Vaganov-Shashkin (VS) model main climatic drivers of eight trees shrubs conifers (four pines four junipers) across Spain. selected...
Until today, the small size of magnetic elements in quiet Sun areas has required application indirect methods, such as line-ratio technique or multi-component inversions, to infer their physical properties. A consistent match observed Stokes profiles could only be obtained by introducing a filling factor that specifies fraction pixel filled with field. Here, we investigate properties patch IMaX magnetograph on board balloon-borne telescope Sunrise unprecedented spatial resolution and low...
We characterize the observational properties of convectively driven vortex flows recently discovered on quiet Sun, using magnetograms, Dopplergrams, and images obtained with 1 m balloon-borne Sunrise telescope. By visual inspection time series, we find some 3.1 × 10−3 vortices Mm−2 minute−1, which is a factor ∼1.7 larger than previous estimates. The mean duration individual events turns out to be 7.9 minutes, standard deviation 3.2 minutes. In addition, several appearing at same locations...
Multiple-use forestry requires comprehensive planning to maximize the utilization and sustainability of many forest resources whose growth productivity are interconnected. Forest fungi represent an economically important nonwood resource that provides food, medicine, recreation worldwide. A vast majority edible marketed mushrooms belong grow symbiotically with trees. To respond need for tools multiple-use forestry, we developed empirical models predicting production wild in pine forests...
We present the first observations of transverse component a photospheric magnetic field acquired by imaging magnetograph Sunrise/IMaX. Using an automated detection method, we obtain statistical properties 4536 features with significant linear polarization signal. rate occurrence 7 × 10−4 s−1 arcsec−2, which is 1–2 orders magnitude larger than values reported previous studies. show that these have no characteristic size or lifetime. They appear preferentially at granule boundaries most them...
The forest-based sector plays a significant role in supporting Europe on its pathway towards more integrated and bio-based circular economy. Beyond the supply of timber, forest ecosystems offer wide range products services beneficial to human wellbeing. Non-wood (NWFPs) play an integral provisioning ecosystem constitute huge portfolio species from various taxonomic kingdoms. As diverse as resources themselves is list end-products that may be derived raw non-wood materials. Multiple...
Abstract Mushrooms are an important product of the pine stands Central Pyrenees Catalonia. In places where microclimate is reasonably moist, value mushrooms may be clearly higher than timber production. This study examines optimal economic management for both and in even-aged Scots Black Empirical mushroom yield models were integrated a stand growth simulator, which was linked with optimization algorithm to find schedule Pinus sylvestris nigra on different sites prices. The results showed...
We describe the design of Sunrise Filter Imager (SuFI) and Image Stabilization Light Distribution (ISLiD) unit onboard balloon borne solar observatory. This contribution provides necessary information which is relevant to understand instruments' working principles, technical data, about calibration issues directly related science data.