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Luis Lopez Sangil. PhD.
Current address: Dprt. of Environment, Earth & Ecosystems, The Open University (UK)
His research in the CTFC focused on the soil carbon stabilization in Mediterranean agroecosystems and the interactions of organic matter with the microbial and the mineral components in soils. Currently working on the functional fractionation of the mineral-stabilized SOM.
Selected papers:
Lopez-Sangil L, Rovira P, Casals P 2013. Decay and vertical reallocation of organic C, and its incorporation into carbonates, in agricultural soil horizons at two different depths and rewetting frequencies. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 61, 33-44
Lopez-Sangil L, Rovira P 2013. Sequential chemical extractions of the mineral- associated soil organic matter: an integrated approach for the fractionation of organo- mineral complexes. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 62, 57-67.
Lopez-Sangil L, Rousk J, Wallander H, Casals P, 2011. Microbial growth measurements reveal that land-use abandonment promotes a fungal dominance in grazed Mediterranean ecosystems. Biology and Fertility of Soils 47, 129 – 138.
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, GB3012.
Lopez-Sangil L, Rovira P, 2011. Individual closed chamber: an alternative method for quantifying 14C in both labeled organic and inorganic carbon substrates. Biogeochemistry, DOI 10.1007/s10533-011-9643-6.
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Ana I. Ríos Barenys. Master’s Degree in Terrestrial Ecology and Biodiversity Management (Autonomous University of Barcelona).
She is a plant ecologist interested in plant biodiversity conservation, mostly focusing on endangered or invasive plant species. Skills using georeferenced plant databases.
Selected papers:
Oliver X, Ríos AI, 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).
Ríos AI, Casals P, Conesa JA, 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).
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Student of Environmental Science, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra.
Research grant: september 2012 – february 2013.
Aida Sala will collaborate in the finishing of the CRONOPROT project, in which the changes in soils due to land use changes, more specifically the conversion of agricultural to forest soils, as a result of land abandonment and replacement of crops by secondary forests of Pinus nigra, in Catalonia. In his work, Aida Sala pays special attention to the changes in phosphorus and nitrogen pools and availability.
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Francesc Montané Caminal. PhD.
Current address: Department of Microbiology & Plant Biology, University of Oklahoma, USA
His research focuses on global change-induced changes in structure and function of ecosystems, including C sequestration and spatial patterns.
Selected papers:
Montané F, Romanyà J, Rovira P, Casals P 2013. Mixtures with grass litter may hasten shrub litter decomposition after shrub encroachment into mountain grasslands. Plant and Soil , 368 (1-2), 459-469
Montané F, Casals P, Dale MRT, 2011. How spatial heterogeneity of cover affects patterns of shrub encroachment into mesic grasslands. PLoS ONE, 6, e28652
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.
Montané F, Casals P, Taull M, Lambert B, 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.
Montané F, Casals P, Taull M, Lambert B, Dale MRT, 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: GB4016.
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