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Agata Novara is affiliated with the University of Palermo in Italy. Their research primarily focuses on agricultural and biological sciences, with a strong emphasis on environmental science. The main areas of study include soil science, ecology, global and planetary change, plant science, and earth-surface processes.

Their work covers a variety of topics including soil erosion and sediment transport, hydrology and sediment transport processes, soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics, aeolian processes and effects, horticultural and viticultural research, fire effects on ecosystems, and agriculture sustainability and environmental impact.

Novara has published extensively, with recent papers including:

  • Cover crop management and water conservation in vineyard and olive orchards, 2020, Soil and Tillage Research

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Novara include:

  • Artemi Cerdà
  • Luciano Gristina
  • Ioannis Ν. Daliakopoulos
  • Zorica Popović
  • Xavier Úbeda

Novara often publishes in several scientific venues, with notable contributions to:

  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Soil and Tillage Research
  • Sustainability
  • Agronomy
  • Land

Their research integrates soil conservation methods and hydrological processes, establishing links between soil management practices and water resource preservation. Novara's work on cover crops in Mediterranean agroecosystems, for instance, explores sustainable farming methods aimed at enhancing water conservation in vineyards and olive orchards.

Collaboration with researchers such as Artemi Cerdà and Luciano Gristina has produced multiple studies addressing soil hydrology, tillage impacts, and erosion control, extending applicability across Mediterranean environments and beyond.

Best Publications

  • The superior effect of nature based solutions in land management for enhancing ecosystem services.

    Saskia Keesstra;Saskia Keesstra;Joao P. Nunes;Joao P. Nunes;Agata Novara;David Finger

  • Effects of soil management techniques on soil water erosion in apricot orchards

    Saskia Keesstra;Paulo Pereira;Paulo Pereira;Agata Novara;Eric C. Brevik

  • The immediate effectiveness of barley straw mulch in reducing soil erodibility and surface runoff generation in Mediterranean vineyards

    Massimo Prosdocimi;Antonio Jordán;Paolo Tarolli;Saskia Keesstra

  • Soil erosion assessment on tillage and alternative soil managements in a Sicilian vineyard

    A. Novara;L. Gristina;S.S. Saladino;A. Santoro

  • Straw mulch as a sustainable solution to decrease runoff and erosion in glyphosate-treated clementine plantations in Eastern Spain. An assessment using rainfall simulation experiments

    S.D. Keesstra;S.D. Keesstra;J. Rodrigo-Comino;A. Novara;A. Giménez-Morera

  • Use of barley straw residues to avoid high erosion and runoff rates on persimmon plantations in Eastern Spain under low frequency–high magnitude simulated rainfall events

    Artemi Cerdà;Óscar González-Pelayo;Antonio Giménez-Morera;Antonio Jordán

  • Current Wildland Fire Patterns and Challenges in Europe: A Synthesis of National Perspectives

    Nieves Fernandez-Anez;Andrey Krasovskiy;Mortimer Müller;Harald Vacik

  • Cover crop management and water conservation in vineyard and olive orchards

    Agata Novara;Artemi Cerda;Ettore Barone;Luciano Gristina

  • Long-Term Tillage and Cropping System Effects on Chemical and Biochemical Characteristics of Soil Organic Matter in a Mediterranean Semiarid Environment

    Vito Armando Laudicina;Agata Novara;Vito Barbera;Markus Egli

  • Nitrogen losses in vineyards under different types of soil groundcover. A field runoff simulator approach in central Spain

    Andrés García-Díaz;Ramón Bienes;Blanca Sastre;Agata Novara

  • Long-term cropping systems and tillage management effects on soil organic carbon stock and steady state level of C sequestration rates in a semiarid environment

    V. Barbera;I. Poma;L. Gristina;A. Novara

  • Agricultural land abandonment in Mediterranean environment provides ecosystem services via soil carbon sequestration.

    Agata Novara;Luciano Gristina;Giovanna Sala;Antonino Galati

  • Managing soil nitrate with cover crops and buffer strips in Sicilian vineyards

    A. Novara;L. Gristina;F. Guaitoli;A. Santoro

  • Long-term impact of rainfed agricultural land abandonment on soil erosion in the Western Mediterranean basin:

    Artemi Cerdà;Jesús Rodrigo-Comino;Agata Novara;Eric Charles Brevik

  • The impact of soil erosion on soil fertility and vine vigor. A multidisciplinary approach based on field, laboratory and remote sensing approaches

    Agata Novara;Antonino Pisciotta;Mario Minacapilli;Antonino Maltese

  • Litter contribution to soil organic carbon in the processes of agriculture abandon

    A. Novara;J. Rühl;T. La Mantia;L. Gristina

  • Understanding the role of soil erosion on co2-c loss using 13c isotopic signatures in abandoned Mediterranean agricultural land

    Agata Novara;Saskia Keesstra;Artemio Cerdà;Paulo Alexandre da Silva Pereira

  • Real cover crops contribution to soil organic carbon sequestration in sloping vineyard.

    Agata Novara;Mario Minacapilli;Antonino Santoro;Jesus Rodrigo-Comino

  • Policies can help to apply successful strategies to control soil and water losses. The case of chipped pruned branches (CPB) in Mediterranean citrus plantations

    A. Cerdà;J. Rodrigo-Comino;A. Giménez-Morera;A. Novara

  • Runoff initiation, soil detachment and connectivity are enhanced as a consequence of vineyards plantations.

    A. Cerdà;S.D. Keesstra;S.D. Keesstra;J. Rodrigo-Comino;A. Novara

  • Carbon input threshold for soil carbon budget optimization in eroding vineyards

    Andrés García-Díaz;Ramón Bienes Allas;Luciano Gristina;Artemio Cerdà

Frequent Co-Authors

Artemi Cerdà
Artemi Cerdà University of Valencia
Saskia Keesstra
Saskia Keesstra Wageningen University & Research
Antonio Jordán
Antonio Jordán University of Seville
Eric C. Brevik
Eric C. Brevik Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Paulo Pereira
Paulo Pereira Mykolas Romeris University
Jesús Rodrigo-Comino
Jesús Rodrigo-Comino University of Granada
Marc Oliva
Marc Oliva University of Barcelona
Estela Nadal-Romero
Estela Nadal-Romero Instituto Pirenaico de Ecología
João Pedro Nunes
João Pedro Nunes Wageningen University & Research
Jorge Mataix-Solera
Jorge Mataix-Solera Miguel Hernandez University

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