Ecology and management of silvopastoral systems http://silvopas.ctfc.cat Mon, 14 May 2012 17:19:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Land use and climate changes effects on plant and soil C and N dynamics http://silvopas.ctfc.cat/?p=338 http://silvopas.ctfc.cat/?p=338#comments Sun, 04 Dec 2011 19:35:23 +0000 Editor http://silvopas.ctfc.cat/?p=338 Soil is the major terrestrial reservoir of C. In spite of its obvious importance, there is a lack of knowledge [...]]]> Soil is the major terrestrial reservoir of C. In spite of its obvious importance, there is a lack of knowledge about how climate change and land-use change interactions affect carbon cycle. The aim of this research line is to contribute to assess the vulnerability of soil carbon stocks in silvopastoral systems, by means of understand the mechanisms underlying soil carbon processes under different land uses and climatic change scenarios.

Related Projects:

CronoCarb. Captura de carbono en suelos agricolas reforestados: estabilizacion del C capturado por proteccion fisica. Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia. 2010-2013

GHG-Europe. Greenhouse gas management in European land use systems. European Comission. EU-RTD integrated project. VII FP. 2010-2013.

VULCA. Vulnerabilidad del C edáfico al cambio climático y de uso del suelo en ecosistemas pastorales: Efectos del cambio en el régimen de precipitación en pastos abandonados o quemados. Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia. 2006-2008.

Selected related papers are:

Casals P, Lopez-Sangil L, Carrara A, Gimeno C, Nogués S, 2011. Autotrophic and heterotrophic contributions to short-term soil CO2 efflux following simulated summer precipitation pulses in a Mediterranean dehesa. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 25, GB 3012, doi:10.1029/2010GB003973

Casals P, Garcia-Pausas J, Montané F, Romanyà J, Rovira P, 2010 Root decomposition in grazed and abandoned Mediterranean and mountain grasslands estimated by standard labelled roots. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 139, 759-765

Rovira P, Rovira R. 2010. Mathematical description of litter decomposition: Towards a generalised exponential approach. Geoderma, 155: 329-343.

Rovira P, Jorba M, Romanyà J. 2010. Active and passive organic matter fractions in Mediterranean forest soils. Biology and Fertility of Soils, 46, 355-369.

Duguy B, Rovira P, 2010. Differential thermogravimetry and differential scanning calorimetry of soil organic matter in mineral horizons: effects of wildfires and land use. Organic Geochemistry, 41, 742-752.

Casals P, Gimeno C, Carrara A, Lopez-Sangil L, Sanz MJ. 2009. Soil CO2 efflux and extractable organic carbon fractions under simulated precipitation events in a Mediterranean Dehesa. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 41: 1915-1922.

Reichstein M., Rey A., Freibauer A., Tenhunen J., Valentini R.,  Banza J., Casals P., Cheng Y., Grünzweig J.M., Irvine J., Joffre R., Law B.E., Loustau D., Miglietta F., Oechel W., Ourcival J.M., Pereira J.S., Peressotti A., Ponti F., Qi Y., Rambal S., Rayment M., Romanya J., Rossi F., Tedeschi V., Tirone G., Xu M. Yakir D. 2003. Modelling temporal and large-scale spatial variability of soil respiration from soil water availability, temperature and vegetation productivity indices. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 17(4), 15-11 – 15-15

Coûteaux M.M., Bottner P., Anderson J.M., Berg B., Bolger T., Casals P., Romanyà J., Thiéry J.M., Vallejo V.R. 2001. Decomposition of 13C labelled standard plant material in a latitudinal transect of European coniferous forests: Differential impact of climate on the decomposition of soil organic mater compartments. Biogeochemistry,   54: 147-170

]]> http://silvopas.ctfc.cat/?feed=rss2&p=338 0 Shrubland management strategies to maximize multiple ecosystem functions and services http://silvopas.ctfc.cat/?p=333 http://silvopas.ctfc.cat/?p=333#comments Sun, 04 Dec 2011 19:16:52 +0000 Editor http://silvopas.ctfc.cat/?p=333 Understory shrubs play an important role in forest functioning as they may compete with overstory trees for soil resources and [...]]]> Understory shrubs play an important role in forest functioning as they may compete with overstory trees for soil resources and increase the risk of fire propagation. Moreover, shrub encroachment into grassland may decrease pastoral value and increase fire hazard to surrounding forests. However, shrubs may have value as a fodder resource or alternative biomass energy, and shrub formations may have non-marketable values as C sinks or biodiversity hot-spots. Thus, forest managers are increasingly interested to develop strategies to manage the multifunctional benefits of these formations in a context of global change. Management for all these goods and services simultaneously may require tradeoffs in most cases. This research aims to contribute to provide knowledge and tools for the management strategies and decision process. The overall aim of this research is to gain knowledge on shrub responses and effects on soil and ecosystem function after disturbances caused by these different management activities. Specifically, this research line addresses the following objectives:

-    To determine the mechanistic drivers of the response of different functional shrub types to management disturbances

-    To understand the trade-offs between different management techniques and shrub formations

-    To estimate how contrasting management practices affect ecosystem function, including pastoral value and soil fertility

-    To define key processes for modelling ecosystem changes associated to different management options 

Related Projects:

GHG-Europe. Greenhouse gas management in European land use systems. European Comission. EU-RTD integrated project. VII FP. 2010-2013.

VULCA. Vulnerabilidad del C edáfico al cambio climático y de uso del suelo en ecosistemas pastorales: Efectos del cambio en el régimen de precipitación en pastos abandonados o quemados.  Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia. 2006-2008.

Selected related papers are:

Montané F, Casals P, Dale MRT,  2011. How spatial heterogeneity of cover affects patterns of shrub encroachment into mesic grasslands.  PLoS ONE, in press.

Martí-Roura M, Casals P, Romanyà J, 2011. Temporal changes in soil organic C under Mediterranean shrublands and grasslands: Impact of fire and drought. Plant and Soil, 338, 289-300 doi: 10.1007/s11104-010-0485-0

Montané F, Romanyà J, Rovira P, Casals P. 2010. Aboveground litter quality changes may drive soil organic carbon increase after shrub encroachment into mountain grasslands. Plant and Soil, 337, 151-165. Doi: 10.1007/s11104-010-0512-1

Montané F, Casals P, Dale MRT. 2010. Spatial patterns of shrub encroachment in neighbouring grassland communities in the Pyrenees: floristic composition heterogeneity drives shrub proliferation rates. Plant Ecology, 211, 267-278 Doi: 10.1007/s11258-010-9788-8

Montané F, Casals P, Taull M, Lambert B, Dale M R T, 2009.  Spatial patterns of shrub cover after different fire disturbances in the Pyrenees. Annals of Forest Science, 66:612

Casals P, Romanya J, Vallejo VR 2005. Short-term N2 fixation by legume seedlings and resprouts after fire in Mediterranean old-fields. Biogeochemistry, 76(3): 477- 501

Romanyà J, Casals P, Vallejo VR 2001. Short-term effects of fire severity on soil nitrogen availability in Mediterranean grasslands and shrublands growing in old fields. Forest Ecology and Management, 147: 39- 53

]]> http://silvopas.ctfc.cat/?feed=rss2&p=333 0 Caracterizació de l’aprofitament silvopastoral a Catalunya i seguiment d’ explotacions demostratives. Centre de la Propietat Forestal. Dept. Medi Ambient, Generalitat de Catalunya. http://silvopas.ctfc.cat/?p=329 http://silvopas.ctfc.cat/?p=329#comments Sun, 04 Dec 2011 19:06:56 +0000 Editor http://silvopas.ctfc.cat/?p=329 Finançament: Centre de la Propietat Forestal. Dept. Medi Ambient, Generalitat de Catalunya. Duració: 2007 – 2011. Resultats: Definició de models de explotació [...]]]> Finançament: Centre de la Propietat Forestal. Dept. Medi Ambient, Generalitat de Catalunya.

Duració: 2007 – 2011.

Resultats: Definició de models de explotació silvopastoral. Indicadors ecològics, agronòmics i econòmics de gestió sostenible. Seguiment d’explotacions demostratives. Visites demostratives amb tècnics i empresaris forestals i ramaders.

 

]]> http://silvopas.ctfc.cat/?feed=rss2&p=329 0 Completed projects http://silvopas.ctfc.cat/?p=319 http://silvopas.ctfc.cat/?p=319#comments Sun, 04 Dec 2011 18:46:01 +0000 Editor http://silvopas.ctfc.cat/?p=319 Pla d’Ordenació i gestió de l’Aprofitament Silvopastoral del Parc Natural Castell de Montesquiu. Diputació de Barcelona i Obra Social “La [...]]]> Pla d’Ordenació i gestió de l’Aprofitament Silvopastoral del Parc Natural Castell de Montesquiu. Diputació de Barcelona i Obra Social “La Caixa”.

Duració: 2007 – 2008.

Resultats: Aptitud de les zones forestals per al pasturatge. Criteris per a l’ordenació. Unitats de pastura. Rodals de gestió silvícola.

Foment del pasturage de zones forestals com a eina per al manteniment de les explotacions d’oví i cabrum al territori en el marc d’una gestió forestal sostenible. Departament de Treball. Generalitat de Catalunya

Duració: 2011.

Resultats: Perímetres de protecció prioritària de les comarques de Tarragona. Tractaments silvícoles de reducció de la densitat arbòria. Planificació de l’aprofitament pastoral amb ramats d’oví cabrum. Costos relacionats amb el pasturatge.

Efecte del pasturatge d’un ramat de cabres sobre l’estructura d’un sotabosc d’alzinar al Paratge natural d’Interès nacional de Poblet. Departament de Medi Ambient.

Duració: 2010.

Resultats: brostejat de Quercus ilex, Quercus humilis i Phyllirea media. Fitovolum i recobriment arbustiu. Transsectes arbustius i marcatge de brots. Càrrega ramadera.

Foment de la pastura de sotabosc com a eina per a la prevenció d’incendis forestals a les comarques de Girona. Diputació de Girona.

Duració: 2008.

Resultats: Comarca del Ripollès. Entrevistes, visites I reunions amb agents del sector agroramader. Legislació relacionada amb ramaderia extensiva. Matriu DAFO sobre la situació del sector ramader.  Propostes per a la dinamització del sector.

 Inventario de los elementos vegetales con interés de protección de las zonas ZEPA del regadío Segarra-Garrigues. REGSEGA – Dept. Medio Ambiente, Generalitat de Catalunya.

Resultats: Listado de taxones de interés. Categorización del interés de conservación. Localización. Medidas de gestión.

Documents:

Oliver X., Ríos A.I. & Casals P. 2010. Metodología en la priorización cualitativa de taxones amenazados en tres sectores de Catalunya (Garrotxa, Ripollès y sector Segarra-Garrigues). Libro de resúmenes de las II Jornadas Catalanas de Conservación de Flora. Argania Editio, Barcelona, 88 pàg. (ISBN: 978-84-93440-1-5). (CL)

Ríos A.I., Casals P., Conesa J.A., Pedrol J. & Sáez, L. 2010. Zonas de interés biogeográfico para la conservación de la flora vascular de La Plana de Lleida. Libro de resúmenes de las II Jornadas Catalanas de Conservación de Flora. Argania Editio, Barcelona, 88 pàg. (ISBN: 978-84-93440-1-5). (CL)

Seguimiento de la gestión silvopastoral y de la presión ganadera sobre la vegetación del Parque natural Sierra del Montsant. Dept. Medio Ambiente, Generalitat de Catalunya.

Duració: 2006-2010.

Resultats: Indicadores de sobrepastoreo. Alternativas para disminuir la carga ganadera. Seguimiento del control de combustible en zonas cortafuegos

Documents:

Simon N, Taull M, Casals P. 2007. Evaluación de la presión ganadera sobre la vegetación de la Serra Major del parque natural de la Sierra del Montsant (Catalunya) y propuesta de alternativas. Actas de la XLVII Reunión Científica de la SEEP, 71 – 75

Medidas Agroambientales para el fomento del pastoreo de sotobosque. Dept. Agric. Ramaderia i Pesca, Generalitat de Catalunya.

Duració: 2006-2007

Resultats: Directrices, mecanismos y medidas agroambientales para el fomento del pastoreo. Entrevistas con empresarios del sector y técnicos de la administración forestal. Evaluación económica de los costes de pastoreo en sotobosque. Intercambio de información con técnicos de las comunidades de Andalucía, Aragón, Valencia y del Sur de Francia.

Documents:

Taull M, Simon N, Casals P. 2007. Caracterización del potencial ganadero de los Perímetros de Protección Prioritaria para prevención de incendios en Catalunya. Actas de la XLVII Reunión Científica de la SEEP.

 Estudio integral de la ganadería en la Alta Ribagorça: Situación y propuestas. Consell Comarcal de l’Alta Ribagorça – Generalitat de Catalunya.

Resultats: Directrices y mecanismos sociales, económicos y estructurales para el mantenimiento de la ganadería extensiva en el pirineo. Sesiones participativas con ganaderos y profesionales relacionados con el sector para la toma de decisiones.

Documents:

Taull M., Casals P., Sebastià M.T. 2005. Valoración de los recursos pastorales de la comarca de la Alta Ribagorça (Pirineos Centrales, Catalunya): Repercursión sobre el proceso de conversión a ganadería ecológica. Pastos 35 (1): 59 – 76.

]]> http://silvopas.ctfc.cat/?feed=rss2&p=319 0 Sustainability of Agro-Silvo-Pastoral systems http://silvopas.ctfc.cat/?p=314 http://silvopas.ctfc.cat/?p=314#comments Sun, 04 Dec 2011 18:23:25 +0000 Editor http://silvopas.ctfc.cat/?p=314 Despite the low contribution of silvopastoralism to the total Gross Domestic Product of the most of European Mediterranean regions, extensive [...]]]> Despite the low contribution of silvopastoralism to the total Gross Domestic Product of the most of European Mediterranean regions, extensive livestock systems play an important social and economic role in the structure of rural areas. This research line aims to (i) detect relevant bottle necks on the structure and management of silvopastoral systems for their economic and agronomic viability and to (2) foresee the role that silvopastoralism might play in the future as an economically and sustainable tool to prevent wildfires and conserve biodiversity.

Related Projects:

Caracterizació de l’aprofitament silvopastoral a Catalunya i seguiment d’ explotacions demostratives. Centre de la Propietat Forestal. Dept. Medi Ambient, Generalitat de Catalunya. 2007 – 2010.

Pla d’Ordenació i gestió de l’Aprofitament Silvopastoral del Parc Natural Castell de Montesquiu. Diputació de Barcelona i Obra Social “La Caixa”. 2007 – 2008.

Foment del pasturage de zones forestals com a eina per al manteniment de les explotacions d’oví i cabrum al territori en el marc d’una gestió forestal sostenible. Departament de Treball. Generalitat de Catalunya.  2011.

Selected related papers are:

Casals P, Baiges T, Bota G, Chocarro C, de Bello F,  Fanlo R, Sebastià MT, Taull M. 2009. Silvopastoral systems in the Northeastern Iberian Peninsula. A Multifunctional Perspective. In: Rigueiro-Rodríguez A, McAdam JH, Mosquera-Losada MR (Eds) Agroforestry in Europe: Current Status and Future Prospects. Springer-Berlag.  ISBN 978-1-4020-8271-9, Cap. 9, pp. 161-181

Baiges T, Taull M, Casals P. 2007 Gestión silvopastoral en Catalunya: de sistema productivo a herramienta de conservación. Cuadernos de la Sociedad Española de las Ciencias Forestales, 22: 11 -16

Taüll M., Casals P., Sebastià M.T. 2007. Valoración de los recursos pastorales de la comarca de la Alta Ribagorça (Pirineos Centrales, Catalunya): Repercursión sobre el proceso de conversión a ganadería ecológica. Pastos, 35 (1): 59 – 76

]]> http://silvopas.ctfc.cat/?feed=rss2&p=314 0 VULCA. Vulnerability of soil carbon in front of Global Change in grassland ecosystems: Effects of changes in rainfall regime in abandoned or burnt grasslands. Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia. 2006-2008. http://silvopas.ctfc.cat/?p=241 http://silvopas.ctfc.cat/?p=241#comments Sat, 03 Dec 2011 18:57:39 +0000 Editor http://silvopas.ctfc.cat/?p=241 Title: VULCA. Vulnerabilidad del C edáfico al cambio climático y de uso del suelo en ecosistemas pastorales: Efectos del cambio [...]]]> Title: VULCA. Vulnerabilidad del C edáfico al cambio climático y de uso del suelo en ecosistemas pastorales: Efectos del cambio en el regimén de precipitación en pastos abandonados o quemados. 

Funding Agency:   Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia

Participating organizations: CEAM, UV

Duration: 2006-2008

PI:    Casals P

Subproject Researchers: Rovira P; Montané, F; Lopez-Sangil, L.

 

The aim of the project is to study the vulnerability of soil carbon in grassland systems, by means of studying the changes in soil carbon processes under different land uses and under Climatic Change scenarios. To do this, the project includes 3 sub-projects, designed to study fluxes of carbon in soil-plant systems (sub-project 1), fluxes between the ecosystem and the atmosphere (sub-project 2) and its extrapolation to a landscape scale (sub-project 3).

The objectives of the coordinated project are:

                        1. To measure how relevant are in the carbon cycle of grasslands the abiotic factors (temperature and humidity) and the biotic factors (plant biomass, organic matter quality).

                        2. To estimate the carbon fluxes to the atmosphere, to the passive fractions of soil organic matter, or to soluble C (DOC), as affected by changes in the rainfall regime, fires or land abandonment.

Related Papers:

Montané F, Casals P, Dale MRT, 2011. How spatial heterogeneity of cover affects patterns of shrub encroachment into mesic grasslands.  PLoS ONE, in press.

Casals P, Lopez-Sangil L, Carrara A, Gimeno C, Nogués S, 2011. Autotrophic and heterotrophic contributions to short-term soil CO2 efflux following simulated summer precipitation pulses in a Mediterranean dehesa. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 25, GB 3012, doi:10.1029/2010GB003973

Lopez-Sangil L, Rousk J, Wallander H, Casals P, 2011. Microbial growth measurements reveal that land-use abandonment promotes a fungal dominance of SOM decomposition in grazed Mediterranean ecosystems. Biology and Fertility of Soils, 47, 129–138  doi: 10.1007/s00374-010-0510-8

Casals P, Garcia-Pausas J, Montané F, Romanyà J, Rovira P, 2010 Root decomposition in grazed and abandoned Mediterranean and mountain grasslands estimated by standard labelled roots. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 139, 759-765

Montané F, Romanyà J, Rovira P, Casals P. 2010. Aboveground litter quality changes may drive soil organic carbon increase after shrub encroachment into mountain grasslands. Plant and Soil, 337, 151-165. Doi: 10.1007/s11104-010-0512-1

Montané F, Casals P, Dale MRT. 2010. Spatial patterns of shrub encroachment in neighbouring grassland communities in the Pyrenees: floristic composition heterogeneity drives shrub proliferation rates. Plant Ecology, 211, 267-278 Doi: 10.1007/s11258-010-9788-8

Casals P, Gimeno C, Carrara A, Lopez-Sangil L, Sanz MJ. 2009. Soil CO2 efflux and extractable organic carbon fractions under simulated precipitation events in a Mediterranean Dehesa. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 41: 1915-1922.

Montané F, Casals P, Taull M, Lambert B, Dale M R T, 2009.  Spatial patterns of shrub cover after different fire disturbances in the Pyrenees. Annals of Forest Science, 66:612

Montané F, Rovira P, Casals P. 2007. Shrub encroachment into mesic mountain grasslands in the Iberian peninsula: Effects of plant quality and temperature on soil C and N stocks. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 21, doi:10.1029/2006GB002853

]]> http://silvopas.ctfc.cat/?feed=rss2&p=241 0 Claus per a la determinació del potencial farratger d’un rodal http://silvopas.ctfc.cat/?p=228 http://silvopas.ctfc.cat/?p=228#comments Sat, 03 Dec 2011 18:02:28 +0000 Editor http://silvopas.ctfc.cat/?p=228 Finançament: Centre de la Propietat Forestal. Dept.d’Agricultura, Ramaderia, Pesca, Alimentació i Medi Natural. Generalitat de Catalunya. Any: 2011. Resultats: tipologies de rodal, [...]]]> Finançament: Centre de la Propietat Forestal. Dept.d’Agricultura, Ramaderia, Pesca, Alimentació i Medi Natural. Generalitat de Catalunya.

Any: 2011.

Resultats: tipologies de rodal, oferta farratgera, càrrega ramadera, efecte de l’arbrat sobre la producció I qualitat de l’herba.

]]> http://silvopas.ctfc.cat/?feed=rss2&p=228 0 Ordenació de pastures de muntanya: tipificació i potencial d’aprofitament ramader http://silvopas.ctfc.cat/?p=207 http://silvopas.ctfc.cat/?p=207#comments Fri, 25 Nov 2011 23:29:01 +0000 Editor http://silvopas.ctfc.cat/?p=207 Any: 2011 Finançament: Dept. Agricultura, Ramaderia, Pesca, Alimentació i Medi Natural. Generalitat de Catalunya Resultats: claus per a la determinació d’una tipologia [...]]]> Any: 2011

Finançament: Dept. Agricultura, Ramaderia, Pesca, Alimentació i Medi Natural. Generalitat de Catalunya

Resultats: claus per a la determinació d’una tipologia de pastura. Producció, valor pastoral i valor bromatològic de diferents tipologies de pastures. Determinació de l’oferta farratgera de les pastures.

 

]]> http://silvopas.ctfc.cat/?feed=rss2&p=207 0 Pere Casals http://silvopas.ctfc.cat/?p=175 http://silvopas.ctfc.cat/?p=175#comments Fri, 25 Nov 2011 22:31:10 +0000 Editor http://silvopas.ctfc.cat/?p=175 Pere Casals Tortras PhD.  Ramon y Cajal Fellow. E-mail: Specialist in plant-soil relationships and soil nutrient dynamics in natural and man-made ecosystems. [...]]]>

Pere Casals Tortras PhD.  Ramon y Cajal Fellow.

E-mail:

Specialist in plant-soil relationships and soil nutrient dynamics in natural and man-made ecosystems. Skills using 13C, 14C and 15N as soil and plant tracers. Involved in research projects assessing the effects of land-use changes and fire derived drivers on C and N stocks and fluxes.

 Selected Papers:

Casals P, Lopez-Sangil L, Carrara A, Gimeno C, Nogués S, 2011. Autotrophic and heterotrophic contributions to short-term soil CO2 efflux following simulated summer precipitation pulses in a Mediterranean dehesa. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 25, GB 3012, doi:10.1029/2010GB003973

Casals P, Garcia-Pausas J, Montané F, Romanyà J, Rovira P, 2010. Root decomposition in grazed and abandoned Mediterranean and mountain grasslands estimated by standard labelled roots. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 139: 759-765

Casals P, Baiges T, Bota G, Chocarro C, de Bello F,  Fanlo R, Sebastià MT, Taull M. 2009. Silvopastoral systems in the Northeastern Iberian Peninsula. A Multifunctional Perspective. In: Rigueiro-Rodríguez A, McAdam JH, Mosquera-Losada MR (Eds) Agroforestry in Europe: Current Status and Future Prospects. Springer-Berlag.  ISBN 978-1-4020-8271-9, Cap. 9, pp. 161-181

Casals P, Gimeno C, Carrara A, Lopez-Sangil L, Sanz MJ. 2009. Soil CO2 efflux and extractable organic carbon fractions under simulated precipitation events in a Mediterranean Dehesa. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 41: 1915-1922.

Casals P, Romanya J, Vallejo VR 2005. Short-term N2 fixation by legume seedlings and resprouts after fire in Mediterranean old-fields. Biogeochemistry, 76(3) : 477- 501

]]> http://silvopas.ctfc.cat/?feed=rss2&p=175 0 Jordi Garcia-Pausas http://silvopas.ctfc.cat/?p=167 http://silvopas.ctfc.cat/?p=167#comments Fri, 25 Nov 2011 22:25:21 +0000 Editor http://silvopas.ctfc.cat/?p=167 Jordi Garcia-Pausas. PhD. Research Scientist specialized in soil C and N stocks and dynamics in grasslands. Working on priming effects in [...]]]>

Jordi Garcia-Pausas. PhD.

Research Scientist specialized in soil C and N stocks and dynamics in grasslands. Working on priming effects in different soil C and nutrient scenarios.

Selected Papers:

Garcia-Pausas, J., Paterson, E., 2011. Microbial community abundance and structure are determinants of soil organic matter mineralisation in the presence of labile carbon. Soil Biology & Biochemistry, 43: 1705-1713.

Garcia-Pausas J, Casals P, Romanya J, Vallecillo S. Sebastià MT, 2011. Seasonal patterns of belowground biomass and productivity in mountain grasslands in the Pyrenees. Plant and Soil, 340: 315-326  

Garcia-Pausas J, Casals P, Camarero Ll, Huguet C, Sebastià MT, Thomson R, Romanya J, 2008. Factors regulating carbon mineralization in the surface and subsurface soils of the Pyrenean mountain grasslands. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. doi:10.1016/j.soilbio.2008.08.001

Garcia-Pausas J, Casals P, Camarero Ll, Huguet C, Sebastià MT, Thomson R, Romanya J, 2007. Soil organic carbon storage in mountain grasslands of the Pyrenees: Effects of climate and topography. Biogeochemistry, 82: 279-289

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