A5034631890- Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
- Soil erosion and sediment transport
- Agroforestry and silvopastoral systems
- Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics
- Land Use and Ecosystem Services
- Horticultural and Viticultural Research
- Bioenergy crop production and management
- Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
- Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology
- Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes
- Forest Biomass Utilization and Management
- Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
- Irrigation Practices and Water Management
- Plant Ecology and Soil Science
- Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact
- Soil and Unsaturated Flow
- Agriculture and Rural Development Research
- Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems
- Aeolian processes and effects
- Nuts composition and effects
- Graphite, nuclear technology, radiation studies
- Forest Management and Policy
- Nuclear and radioactivity studies
Centro de Edafología y Biología Aplicada del Segura
2013-2024
Andalusian Institute of Agricultural and Fisheries Research and Training
2023-2024
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas
2012-2023
Centre d'Etudes Biologiques de Chizé
2021-2023
Basque Centre for Climate Change
2018-2021
University of the Basque Country
2018-2021
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
2014-2017
Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales
2015-2016
Universidad de Murcia
2011
Mediterranean environments are especially susceptible to soil erosion and inappropriate management, leading accelerated loss. Sustainable Land Management (SLM) practices (such as reduced tillage, no-tillage, cover crops, etc.,) have the potential reduce soil, organic carbon (OC), nutrient losses by erosion. However, effectivity of these is site-dependent varies under different rainfall conditions. The objective this paper was evaluate effects SLM – in two rainfed systems (a wheat field an...
Intensive agriculture causes land degradation and other environmental problems, such as pollution, soil erosion, fertility loss, biodiversity decline, greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, which exacerbate climate change. Sustainable agricultural practices, reduced tillage, growing cover crops, implementing crop residue retention measures, have been proposed cost-effective solutions that can address degradation, food security, change mitigation adaptation by enhancing organic carbon (SOC)...
Abstract To date, only few studies have compared the soil organic carbon (SOC) sequestration potential between perennial woody and herbaceous crops. The main objective of this study was to assess effect (poplar, black locust, willow) (giant reed, miscanthus, switchgrass) crops on SOC stock its stabilization level after 6 years from plantation an arable field. Seven fractions related different mechanisms were isolated by a combination physical chemical fractionation methods: unprotected (...
Soils play a major role in the global carbon cycle and are crucial to management of climate change. Changes plant cover derived from different agricultural practices induce variations quality residue inputs soil microbial community structure activity, which may enhance storage protection organic (OC) nitrogen (N) within aggregates. The aim this study was assess how differences chemical composition residues combination with tillage affect local activity structure, subsequent aggregation OC N...
Intermittent rivers and ephemeral streams (IRES) encompass fluvial ecosystems that eventually stop flowing run dry at some point in space time. During the phase, channels of IRES consist mainly riverbeds (DRBs), prevalent yet widely unexplored ecotones between wet phases can strongly influence biogeochemistry networks. DRBs are often overlooked because they do not strictly belong to either domain soil or freshwater science. Due this dual character DRBs, we suggest concepts knowledge from...
Abstract Leaf litter decomposition is a key component of global biogeochemical cycles that influence soil carbon storage, nutrient availability and plant productivity. Ongoing climate change will lead to warmer drier conditions in many dryland regions, potentially affecting dynamics. Climate effects can be direct and/or indirect, for example, through changes quality, yet their relative importance on remains unclear. We conducted manipulative study semi‐arid shrubland assess the leaf...
Soil health and function is one of the most important components for sustainable management woody orchards. Intensive use machinery tillage creates heavy pressure on agroecosystems by altering soil physicochemical biological characteristics. In this study we aimed to assess changes in properties bacterial community structure, as well main drivers involved shifts microbial following 10 years implementing reduced plus green manure a rainfed Mediterranean almond orchard. The treatments were: i)...
The implementation of alley cropping in orchards can be a sustainable strategy to increase farm productivity by crop diversification and contribute climate change mitigation. In this research, we evaluated the short-term effect with reduced tillage on soil CO2 N2O emissions total organic carbon (TOC) an almond orchard under Mediterranean rainfed conditions. We compared monoculture all plot surface (MC) growth Capparis spinosa (D1) Thymus hyemalis (D2). For two years, were measured, sampling...
Abstract Purpose Diversification practices such as intercropping in woody cropping systems have recently been proposed a promising management strategy for addressing problems related to soil degradation, climate change mitigation and food security. In this study, we assess the impact of several diversification different regimes on main carbon fluxes regulating balance under semiarid Mediterranean conditions. Methods The study was conducted two nearby systems: (i) low input rainfed almond (...