Coupling a water balance model with forest inventory data to predict drought stress: the role of forest structural changes vs. climate changes

M De Cáceres, J Martínez-Vilalta, L Coll… - Agricultural and Forest …, 2015‏ - Elsevier
Mechanistic water balance models can be used to predict soil moisture dynamics and
drought stress in individual forest stands. Predicting current and future levels of plant …

Contributions of throughfall, forest and soil characteristics to near-surface soil water-content variability at the plot scale in a mountainous Mediterranean area

AJ Molina, P Llorens, P Garcia-Estringana… - Science of the Total …, 2019‏ - Elsevier
Soil water-content (SWC) variability in forest ecosystems is affected by complex interactions
between climate, topography, forest structure and soil factors. However, detailed studies …

Spatial variability of the relationships of runoff and sediment yield with weather types throughout the Mediterranean basin

D Peña-Angulo, E Nadal-Romero… - Journal of …, 2019‏ - Elsevier
Soil degradation by water is a serious environmental problem worldwide, with specific
climatic factors being the major causes. We investigated the relationships between synoptic …

Effect of biotic and abiotic factors on inter-and intra-event variability in stemflow rates in oak and pine stands in a Mediterranean mountain area

C Cayuela, P Llorens, E Sánchez-Costa, DF Levia… - Journal of …, 2018‏ - Elsevier
Stemflow, despite being a small proportion of gross rainfall, is an important and
understudied flux of water in forested areas. Recent studies have highlighted its complexity …

Spatio-temporal variability of soil water content on the local scale in a Mediterranean mountain area (Vallcebre, North Eastern Spain). How different spatio-temporal …

AJ Molina, J Latron, CM Rubio, F Gallart, P Llorens - Journal of Hydrology, 2014‏ - Elsevier
As a result of complex human-land interactions and topographic variability, many
Mediterranean mountain catchments are covered by agricultural terraces that have locally …

Rainfall partitioning in a deciduous forest plot in leafed and leafless periods

A Mużyło, P Llorens, F Domingo - Ecohydrology, 2012‏ - Wiley Online Library
In deciduous forests, it is particularly difficult to understand the factors controlling rainfall
partitioning because of the seasonal changes of canopy cover. Moreover, under …

A multi‐year study of rainfall and soil water controls on Scots pine transpiration under Mediterranean mountain conditions

P Llorens, R Poyatos, J Latron, J Delgado… - Hydrological …, 2010‏ - Wiley Online Library
This study is focused on the analysis of the relationship between sap‐flow‐derived
transpiration measured in a Scots pine stand in the Vallcebre research catchments (NE …

Modelling rainfall partitioning with sparse Gash and Rutter models in a downy oak stand in leafed and leafless periods

A Mużyło, F Valente, F Domingo… - Hydrological …, 2012‏ - Wiley Online Library
Application of models for estimating rainfall partitioning in deciduous forests may be
considered time consuming and laborious given the need for two different parameter sets to …

[HTML][HTML] Relationship of weather types on the seasonal and spatial variability of rainfall, runoff, and sediment yield in the western Mediterranean basin

D Peña-Angulo, E Nadal-Romero… - Atmosphere, 2020‏ - mdpi.com
Rainfall is the key factor to understand soil erosion processes, mechanisms, and rates. Most
research was conducted to determine rainfall characteristics and their relationship with soil …

Particulate matter fluxes in a Mediterranean mountain forest: interspecific differences between throughfall and stemflow in oak and pine stands

C Cayuela, DF Levia, J Latron… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2019‏ - Wiley Online Library
In forested areas, canopies play an important role in the partitioning of rainfall. During this
process there is also a redistribution of particulate matter (PM) that is deposited from the …