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Celeste Coelho is affiliated with the University of Aveiro in Portugal and works primarily within the field of Environmental Science. Their research spans several subfields including Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Geochemistry and Petrology, Water Science and Technology, and Soil Science.

The scientist's publications cover a range of topics with a focus on fire effects on ecosystems, coal and its by-products, rangeland and wildlife management, hydrology and watershed management studies, soil erosion and sediment transport, hydrology and sediment transport processes, and geotourism and geoheritage conservation.

Notable recent papers authored or coauthored by Celeste Coelho include:

  • Geoparks as art museums for geotourists (2020), published in Repositório Institucional da Universidade de Aveiro (Universidade de Aveiro)
  • Hydrological Processes in Eucalypt and Pine Forested Headwater Catchments within Mediterranean Region (2021), published in Water
  • Perspetivas de Gestão Pós-Fogo: Revisão da Literatura e Análise dos Discursos dos Agentes em Portugal (2020), published in Silva Lusitana
  • Assessing the leaching of nutrients and trace metals from wildfire ashes and heated soils through soil column tests: Potential impacts on groundwater (2025), published in Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • DESIGUALDADE E VULNERABILIDADE: UM ESTUDO SOBRE A MORTALIDADE INFANTIL EM AURELINO LEAL E CAMINHOS PARA A MUDANÇA. (2024), published in Revista fisio&terapia.

Frequent co-authors working with Celeste Coelho include Jan Jacob Keizer, Nélson Abrantes, Isabel Campos, Carlos César Gomes Júnior, and Anne-Karine Boulet.

The scientist has published in various venues such as Water, Repositório Institucional da Universidade de Aveiro (Universidade de Aveiro), Silva Lusitana, Journal of Hazardous Materials, and Revista fisio&terapia.

Best Publications

  • Geotourism and geoparks as novel strategies for socio-economic development in rural areas

    Neda Torabi Farsani;Celeste Coelho;Carlos Costa

  • Impacts of land use and cover type on runoff and soil erosion in a marginal area of Portugal

    Adélia de Jesus Nobre Nunes;António Campar de Almeida;Celeste de Oliveira Alves Coelho

  • Soil water repellency as a potential parameter in rainfall-runoff modelling: experimental evidence at point to catchment scales from Portugal

    S. H. Doerr;A. J. D. Ferreira;R. P. D. Walsh;R. A. Shakesby

  • Effectiveness of forest residue mulching in reducing post-fire runoff and erosion in a pine and a eucalypt plantation in north-central Portugal

    Sergio A. Prats;Lee H. MacDonald;Magda Monteiro;Antonio J.D. Ferreira

  • Hydrological implications of soil water-repellency in Eucalyptus globulus forests, north-central Portugal

    A.J.D. Ferreira;C.O.A. Coelho;R.P.D. Walsh;R.A. Shakesby

  • Geo-knowledge Management and Geoconservation via Geoparks and Geotourism

    Neda T. Farsani;Celeste O. A. Coelho;Carlos M. M. Costa;Alireza Amrikazemi

  • Soil and water degradation processes in burned areas: Lessons learned from a nested approach

    A.J.D. Ferreira;A.J.D. Ferreira;C.O.A. Coelho;C.J. Ritsema;A.K. Boulet

  • Temporal dynamics of water repellency and soil moisture in eucalypt plantations, Portugal

    Gemma Leighton-Boyce;Stefan H. Doerr;Richard A. Shakesby;Rory P. D. Walsh

  • Temporal variation in topsoil water repellency in two recently burnt eucalypt stands in north-central Portugal

    J.J. Keizer;S.H. Doerr;M.C. Malvar;S.A. Prats

  • Geotourism and Geoparks as Gateways to Socio-cultural Sustainability in Qeshm Rural Areas, Iran

    Neda Torabi Farsani;Celeste Coelho;Carlos Costa

  • A structured multi-stakeholder learning process for Sustainable Land Management

    Gudrun Schwilch;Felicitas Bachmann;Sandra Valente;Celeste Coelho

  • Evaluation and selection of indicators for land degradation and desertification monitoring: methodological approach.

    C. Kosmas;Or. Kairis;Ch. Karavitis;C. Ritsema

  • Soil erosion and hydrological response to land abandonment in a central inland area of Portugal

    A. N. Nunes;C. O. A. Coelho;A. C. de Almeida;A. Figueiredo

  • Influence of burning intensity on water repellency and hydrological processes at forest and shrub sites in Portugal

    A.J.D. Ferreira;C.O.A. Coelho;A.K. Boulet;G. Leighton-Boyce

  • Evaluation and Selection of Indicators for Land Degradation and Desertification Monitoring: Types of Degradation, Causes, and Implications for Management

    Or. Kairis;C. Kosmas;Ch. Karavitis;C. Ritsema

  • Temporal patterns of solute loss following wildfires in Central Portugal

    A. J. D. Ferreira;C. O. A. Coelho;A. K. Boulet;F. P. Lopes

  • Overland flow generation processes, erosion yields and solute loss following different intensity fires

    Celeste de Oliveira Alves Coelho;António José Dinis Ferreira;Anne-Karine Boulet;Jan Jacob Keizer

  • Short-term effects of post-fire salvage logging on runoff and soil erosion

    Maruxa C. Malvar;Flávio C. Silva;Sergio A. Prats;Diana C.S. Vieira

  • Coping with risk: analysis on the importance of integrating social perceptions on flood risk into management mechanisms – the case of the municipality of Águeda, Portugal

    Elisabete Figueiredo;Sandra Valente;Celeste Coelho;Luísa Pinho

  • Analysis of Network Activities in Geoparks as Geotourism Destinations

    Neda T. Farsani;Celeste O. A. Coelho;Carlos M. M. Costa

Frequent Co-Authors

António Ferreira
António Ferreira Polytechnic Institute of Coimbra
Jan Jacob Keizer
Jan Jacob Keizer University of Aveiro
Rory P. D. Walsh
Rory P. D. Walsh Swansea University
Richard A. Shakesby
Richard A. Shakesby Swansea University
Tammo S. Steenhuis
Tammo S. Steenhuis Cornell University
Stefan H. Doerr
Stefan H. Doerr Swansea University
Coen J. Ritsema
Coen J. Ritsema Wageningen University & Research
João Pedro Nunes
João Pedro Nunes Wageningen University & Research
Albert Solé-Benet
Albert Solé-Benet Spanish National Research Council
Luca Salvati
Luca Salvati Sapienza University of Rome

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