• Quality of the Pellets Obtained with Wood and Cutting Residues of Stone Pine (Pinus pinea L.) 

  Fernández Martínez, Manuel; Tapias Martín, Raúl; Camacho Cascajo, Victoriano; Alaejos Gutiérrez, Joaquín (MDPI, 2023-05)

  The use of wood and residual biomass from forestry works is a CO2 emission-neutral source of energy that also contributes to reducing the risk of spreading forest fires, especially under Mediterranean climate. The forest ...

  

• Every Fish Counts: Challenging Length–Weight Relationship Bias in Discards 

  Rodríguez García, Carlos; Castro Gutiérrez, Jairo; Domínguez Bustos, Ángel Rafael; García González, Alberto; Cabrera Castro, Remedios (MDPI, 2023-04)

  Bycatch is a significant issue in global fisheries and understanding the length–weight relationships (LWR) of fish species can provide valuable insights for stock assessment and management efforts. In this study, we estimated ...

  

• Forest Tent Caterpillar Outbreaks Drive Change in Ant Communities in Boreal Forests 

  Caron, Anne-Sophie; Gagnon Koudji, Essivi; Handa, Ira Tanya; Montoro Girona, Miguel; Despland, Emma (MDPI, 2023-06)

  Insect outbreaks are major drivers of natural disturbances in forest ecosystems. Outbreaks can have both direct and indirect effects on the composition of soil arthropod communities through canopy opening, nutrient ...

  

• Complex regeneration responses of eight tree species to partial harvest in mixedwood forests of northeastern North America 

  Bose, Arun K.; Alcalá Pajares, Martín; Kern, Christel C.; Montoro Girona, Miguel; Thiffault, Nelson (Elsevier, 2023)

  Ecosystem-based forest management associated with partial harvesting (PH) is intended to balance ecological and economic values of sustainable forest management. The potential for delayed growth response and elevated mortality ...

  

• Biomass Production and Quality of Twelve Fast-Growing Tree Taxa in Short Rotation under Mediterranean Climate 

  Alaejos Gutiérrez, Joaquín; Tapias Martín, Raúl; López Baldovín, Francisco; Romero Gómez, David; Ruiz, Federico; Fernández Martínez, Manuel (MDPI, 2023-06)

  Sustainable production of lignocellulosic biomass for energy use can contribute to climate change mitigation. This work aims to compare the biomass production of twelve fast-growing woody taxa belonging to the Eucalyptus, ...

  

• D-amino acid peptides as antimicrobial agents against vibrio-associated diseases in aquaculture 

  López Sanmartín, Montserrat; Rengel Domínguez, Rocío; López López, Manuel; Lebrón, José Antonio; Molina Márquez, Ana; Rosa Lucas, Ignacio de la; López Cornejo, Pilar; Cuesta, Alberto; Vigara Fernández, Javier; León Bañares, Rosa María (Elsevier, 2023)

  Vibriosis is one of the most usual infection diseases in bivalve mollusks, particularly affecting seeds and larvae, which are more susceptible than adults to these bacterial infections. The devastating effect of vibriosis ...

  

• When non‑target wildlife species and alien species both affect negatively to an artisanal fishery: the case of trammel net in the Alboran Sea 

  Báez Barrionuevo, José Carlos; Camiñas Hernández, Juan Antonio; Aguilera, Raquel; Castro Gutiérrez, Jairo; Real, Raimundo (Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2023)

  In the Northern Alboran Sea, artisanal small-scale fisheries using trammel nets suffer economic losses, and local fishermen see their way-of-life endangered, due to interactions with wildlife species such as alien species ...

  

• The USLE soil erodibility nomograph revisited 

  Corral Pazos de Provens, Eva; Rapp Arrarás, Ígor; Domingo Santos, Juan Manuel (Elsevier, 2023)

  The nomograph by Wischmeier et al. (1971) for calculating the K-factor in the USLE was extremely useful when there was low access to calculators. However, the generalised calculation of this factor requires the development ...

  

• Effects of environmental factors on the historical time serie of blackspot seabream commercial landings (1983 to 2015) in the strait of Gibraltar: A shared marine resource between the Spanish and Moroccan fleets 

  Sanz Fernández, Víctor; Gutiérrez Estrada, Juan Carlos (Elsevier, 2023-03)

  In the Strait of Gibraltar, the Blackspot Seabream (Pagellus bogaraveo, Brünnich 1768) is an economic resource of great commercial importance for the Spanish and Moroccan artisanal and Moroccan longline fleets. Given ...

  

• Enhancing the Energy Efficiency of Buildings by Shading with PV Panels in Semi-Arid Climate Zone 

  Albatayneh, Aiman; Albadaineh, Renad; Juaidi, Adel; Abdallah, Ramez; Zabalo Torrejón, Alberto José; Manzano Agugliaro, Francisco (MDPI, 2022-12)

  Solar energy is one of the most abundant and available forms of renewable energy. Reliance on the electricity network can be decreased and net-zero energy achieved by mounting photovoltaic power on the tops of houses. ...

  

• Performance of Winter-Sown Chickpea Breeding Lines with Contrasting Levels of Resistance to Ascochyta Blight 

  Rubiales Olmedo, Diego; Moral, Ana; Flores Gil, Fernando (MDPI, 2022-09)

  Multi-environment field testing of chickpea accessions winter sown in Southern Spain showed that environmental effects on yield were more important than genotypic effects and GEI. The most detrimental factor on grain yield ...

  

• Biometry of Acorn of the Putative Oak from Akfadou Forest in North Africa (Algeria) 

  Akli, Amel; Rabehi, Khellaf; Torres Álvarez, Enrique; Alía, Ricardo; Kheloul, Lynda; Messaoudene, Mahand (AVES Publishing, 2022)

  In this study, we are interested in the acorn biometry of the putative oak of Akfadou forest in Algeria. We measured the size of acorns of 34 putative species' trees collected from 9 stands in the Akfadou forest massif ...

  

• Long-Term Impacts of Forest Management Practices under Climate Change on Structure, Composition, and Fragmentation of the Canadian Boreal Landscape 

  Molina, Eliana; Valeria, Osvaldo; Martin, Maxence; Montoro Girona, Miguel; Ramírez, Jorge Andrés (MDPI, 2022-08)

  Forest harvesting and fire are major disturbances in boreal forests. Forest harvesting has modified stand successional pathways, which has led to compositional changes from the original conifer-dominated forests to ...

  

• Individualización de copas en encinares (Quercus ilex l.) mediante el empleo de técnicas de segmentación de imágenes y clasificación por objetos 

  Jiménez Fernández Palacios, Agustín; Vázquez Piqué, Javier; Calzado Carretero, Anabel (Asociación Española de Geografía, 2022)

  A la hora de caracterizar una masa forestal, se hace imprescindible conocer la densidad, lo que puede hacerse a través de la individualización de las copas de cada árbol o pie. En el presente artículo se muestra el flujo ...

  

• Marker-Trait Associations for Total Carotenoid Content and Individual Carotenoids in Durum Wheat Identified by Genome-Wide Association Analysis 

  Requena Ramírez, María Dolores; Rodríguez Suárez, Cristina; Flores Gil, Fernando; Hornero Méndez, Dámaso; Atienza, Sergio G. (MDPI, 2022-08-07)

  Yellow pigment content is one of the main traits considered for grain quality in durum wheat (Triticum turgidum L.). The yellow color is mostly determined by carotenoid pigments, lutein being the most abundant in wheat ...

  

• Different Non-Target Site Mechanisms Endow Different Glyphosate Susceptibility in Avena Species from Spain 

  Vázquez García, Jose G.; Torra, Joel; Palma Bautista, Candelario; Bastida Milián, Fernando; Alcántara de la Cruz, Ricardo; Portugal, João; Jorrin Novo, Jesús V.; Prado, Rafael de (MDPI, 2023)

  In recent decades, cereal agriculture across main producing areas in Spain has progressively adopted direct sowing, associated with an increased use of herbicides in pre-sowing. Weedy species from genus Avena have been ...

  

• Grain Quality as Influenced by the Structural Properties of Weed Communities in Mediterranean Wheat Crops 

  (MDPI, 2022)

  Weed community structure, including composition, taxonomic and functional diversity, may explain variability in crop quality, adding to the variability accounted by management, climatic and genetic factors. Focusing on ...

  

• Estimación de la capacidad de retención de agua en el suelo: revisión del parámetro CRA 

  Domingo Santos, Juan Manuel; Fernández de Villarán San Juan, Rubén; Corral Pazos de Provens, Eva; Rapp Arrarás, Ígor (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, 2006)

  El parámetro de capacidad de retención de agua en el suelo (CRA) es un modelo de base física ampliamente utilizado por técnicos forestales e investigadores en ecología forestal del territorio español, como uno de los ...

  

• Reducing the Operating Energy of Buildings in Arid Climates through an Adaptive Approach 

  Albatayneh, Aiman; Assaf, Mohammed N.; Albadaineh, Renad; Juaidi, Adel; Abdallah, Ramez; Zabalo Torrejón, Alberto José; Manzano Agugliaro, Francisco (MDPI, 2022-10)

  Due to its excessive energy consumption, the building sector contributes significantly to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The type of thermal comfort models used to maintain the comfort of occupants has a direct influence ...

  

• Diseño de un sistema integral de monitorización de la actividad pesquera 

  Galotto Tébar, María del Mar (Universidad de Huelva, 2022)

  La gestión de la pesca se basa generalmente en la regulación del esfuerzo pesquero, limitando la capacidad y la actividad pesquera. Conocer la actividad de los buques pesqueros con precisión y en tiempo real supone un salto ...

  

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