Grupo de Agroecología Aplicada

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Recursos para Investigadores

Publicaciones Científicas

Dinámica del Carbono Orgánico

Soil organic carbon stocks and saturation deficit in Mediterranean olive groves: Effects of intentification and management practices
Víctor Valenzuela‐Polo, Victoria Ochoa, Julio Calero, María Caridad Peñafiel‐Suarez, Vasileios Gkisakis, Ioanna Michail, Emmanouil Kabourakis, Ioannis Zografakis, Thanasis Kizos, Giorgios Stavrianakis, Stratis Sentas, Rosolino Ingraffia, Alfonso S Fenda, Aadil Bajoub, Francesca de Luca, Antonio J Manzaneda
European Journal of Soil Science 77, e70414

Keywords: Climate mitigation; Intensification; Mediterranean agroecosystems; Olive groves; Soil organic carbon

Fecha de Publicación: 01/09/2026

Field-based assessment of carbon farming practices in Mediterranean olive groves: Emission reductions and sequestration outcomes
B. Ruiz-Carrasco, E. Pareja-Sánchez, J. Liétor, D. Vera, L. Fernández-Lobato, R. García-Ruiz
Journal of Cleaner Production 543, 147562

Keywords: Carbon footprint; Olive groves; Soil organic carbon; Carbon sequestration; Carbon farming

Fecha de Publicación: 08/02/2026

Carbon farming in Mediterranean olive groves: potential for carbon credits and policy implications
Pablo Domouso, Evangelina Pareja Sánchez, Jaime Lechuga-Puñal, Antonio J. García Moreno, Victoria Ochoa, Roberto García-Ruiz
Journal of Environmental Managements, 398, 128464

Keywords: voluntary carbon market, soil organic carbon, cover crop, Organic amendment

Fecha de Publicación: 15/01/2026

Soil Respiration in Traditional Mediterranean Olive Groves: Seasonal Dynamics, Spatial Variability, and Controlling Factors
Pareja-Sánchez, E.; García-Ruiz, R.; Sanchez, G.; Cerdá, X.; Angulo, E.; Soriguer, R.C.; Cobos, J. Soil Respiration in Traditional Mediterranean Olive Groves: Seasonal Dynamics, Spatial Variability, and Controlling Factors
Agriculture 2025, 15, 2610

Keywords: soil respiration; Mediterranean olive groves; spatial heterogeneity; soil moisture; carbon fluxes; climate change

Fecha de Publicación: 17/12/2025

Conservation Practices Boost Soil-Protected Organic Carbon Stocks in Olive Orchards
Evangelina Pareja Sánchez, Pablo Domouso, Beatriz Gómez-Muñoz, Maria T. Heras-Linares, Roberto García-Ruiz
Agriculture 14(8):1354, 2024

Keywords: soil organic carbon fractions; olive groves; carbon sequestration; carbon saturation deficit

Fecha de Publicación: 13/08/2024

Carbon and Nitrogen Mineralization of Common Organic Amendments in Olive Grove Soils
Pablo Domouso, Evangelina Pareja Sánchez, Julio Calero, Roberto García-Ruiz
Agriculture 14(11):1923, 2024

Keywords: cover crop; pruning residues; olive mill pomace; carbon sequestration; nitrogen immobilization;decomposition

Fecha de Publicación: 01/10/2024

Does spontaneous cover crop increase the stocks of soil organic carbon and nitrogen in commercial olive orchard?
Evangelina Pareja Sánchez, Julio Calero, Roberto García-Ruiz
Soil and Tillage Research 244(8):10623, 2025

Keywords: Soil organic matter; Cover crops; Soil quality; Nature-based solutions; EU Soil Strategy

Fecha de Publicación: 01/05/2025

Valorización de subproductos

Optimizing alperujo composting strategies for acceleration and quality enhancement
Evangelina Pareja-Sánchez, Antonio Jesús García-Moreno, Melchor Martínez-García, Lola Pérez-Colodrero, Laura García-Zapata, Roberto García-Ruiz
International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation, Volume 201, 2025, 106076

Keywords: Quality of compost; Accelerating composting; Composted alperujo; Olive mill by-products; Circular economy

Fecha de Publicación: 01/05/2025

Bio-based solvents for polyphenol recovery: Transforming olive mill wastewater into high-value resources
Evangelina Pareja-Sánchez, Antonio Jesús García-Moreno, Melchor Martínez-García, Lola Pérez-Colodrero, Laura García-Zapata, Roberto García-Ruiz
Journal of Water Process Engineering, Volume 71, 2025, 107238

Keywords: Sustainable extraction; Bioeconomy; Circular valorization; Phenolic recovery; Green solvents

Fecha de Publicación: 01/03/2025

Ciclos de Nutrientes

Phosphorus and potassium cycling, recycling, and losses in Mediterranean olive orchards: Impact of management and erosion on nutrient balances
Evangelina Pareja-Sánchez, Pablo Domouso, Roberto García-Ruiz
European Journal of Agronomy

Keywords: Nutrient recycling; Phosphorus; Potassium; Nutrient balance; Agroecological management; Olive orchards

Fecha de Publicación: 01/01/2027

Soil erosion changes nitrogen balance estimates across a management gradient in Mediterranean olive groves
Evangelina Pareja-Sánchez, Pablo Domouso, Roberto García-Ruiz
Frontiers 8

Keywords: Climate mitigation; Intensification; Mediterranean agroecosystems; Olive groves; Soil organic carbon

Fecha de Publicación: 11/06/2026

Nitrogen recycling across a spectrum of fertilization strategies: an assessment in olive groves
Pablo Domouso, Julio Calero, Gustavo Ruiz-Cátedra, Roberto García-Ruiz
Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment 372:109096, 2024

Keywords: Nitrogen cycle; Nutrient balance; Olive orchard; Organic amendment

Fecha de Publicación: 15/09/2024

Salud del Suelo / Calidad del suelo

A global atlas of soil microbial genetic resources exposes protection shortfalls
Kunkun Fan, Tadeo Sáez-Sandino, Fernando T. Maestre, Haiyan Chu, David J. Eldridge, Antonio Gallardo, Bin Ma, Jianming Xu, Yuzhuo Zhao, Chao Xiong, Emilio Guirado, Nicolas Gross, Yoann Le Bagousse-Pinguet, Victoria Ochoa et al.
Nature Sustainability

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Fecha de Publicación: 06/08/2026

Strong soil functional recovery under nature-based management despite limited prokaryotic community restructuring in Mediterranean olive groves
Gustavo Ruiz-Cátedra, Julio Calero, Evangelina Pareja-Sánchez, Pablo Domouso de Agar, José Liétor, Roberto García-Ruiz
Science of the Total Environment 1053, 182344

Keywords: Nature-based solutions; Olive groves; Soil health; Soil enzyme activities; Prokaryotic communities; Functinoal recovery; Mediterranean agroecosystems

Fecha de Publicación: 25/10/2026

Do management practices which enhance nature-based processes improve soil health in olive groves?
Gustavo Ruiz-Cátedra, Julio Calero, Pablo Domouso, Roberto García-Ruiz
Geoderma, Volume 457, 2025, 117276

Keywords: Soil organic matter; Cover crops; Soil quality; Nature-based solutions; EU Soil Strategy

Fecha de Publicación: 01/05/2025

Otras

Impacts of Climate, Organic Management, and Degradation Status on Soil Biodiversity in Agroecosystems Worldwide
Pablo Sánchez-Cueto, Martin Hartmann, Laura García-Velázquez, Beatriz Gozalo, Victoria Ochoa, Giulia Bongiorno, Ron Goede, Melpomeni Zoka, Nikolaos Stathopoulos, Charalampos Kontoes, Luis Daniel Olivares Martinez, Jorge Mataix-Solera, Fuensanta García-Orenes, Tomas Van De Sande, Helle Hestbjerg, Ina Alsina, Zoltán Tóth ,María Paula Barral, Ximena Sirimarco, Joseph Blaise Dongmo, Julienne Nguefack, Rochana Tangkoonboribun, Anna Clocchiatti, Radu Ghemis, Montse Bosch, Marcos Parras-Moltó, Cristina Yacoub-Lopez, Santiago Soliveres, Salvador Lladó
Global Change Biology 2025; 31:e70486

Keywords: DNA metabarcoding; global climate; organic farming; oil biodiversity; soil degradation; soil ecology

Fecha de Publicación: 12/09/2025

Olive Leaf Extracts With High, Medium, or Low Bioactive Compounds Content Differentially Modulate Alzheimer’s Disease via Redox Biology
Jose M. Romero-Marquez, María D. Navarro-Hortal, Alfonso Varela-López, Rubén Calderón-Iglesias, Juan G. Puentes, Francesca Giampieri, Maurizio Battino, Cristina Sánchez-González, Jianbo Xiao, Roberto García-Ruiz, Sebastián Sánchez, Tamara Y. Forbes-Hernández, José L. Quiles
Food Frontiers

Keywords: acetylcholinesterase (AChE), by-product, Caenorhabditis elegans, cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2), ferric reducing antioxidant power (FRAP), glutathione (GSH), phytochemical

Fecha de Publicación: 02/04/2025

Application of RAPD and ISSR markers tools for commercial monovarietal Tunisian extra virgin olive oils (EVOO) authenticity and traceability
Sofiane Abdelhamid, Amal Omri, Amira Araouki, Hechmi Chehab, Roberto Garcia-Ruiz & Hudson Ashrafi
Euro-Mediterranean Journal for Environmental Integration

Keywords: RAPDs, ISSRs, Traceability Authentication Olive oil

Fecha de Publicación: 07/08/2024

Libros

The Olive Landscapes of the Mediterranean
José Muñoz-Rojas, Roberto García-Ruiz
The Olive Landscapes of the Mediterranean

Tesis doctorales

Trabajos Fin de Máster

Artículos divulgativos

Revista Mercacei: La fertilización inteligente del olivar

PDF | 5 pág. | 1.5MB | Nutriolivar

Fichas informativas

Guías y manuales

Otros

Calculadora de Requerimientos Nutricionales del Olivar

Excel | 1 pág. | 1.5MB | Nutriolivar

Glosario interactivo de conceptos sobre el mercado del carbono

Excel | 2 pág. | 1.5MB | Life Oliver

Glosario interactivo de conceptos agroecológicos clave aplicables al olivar

PDF | 48 pág. | 18MB | SUSTAINOLIVE