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Estela Nadal-Romero is affiliated with the Instituto Pirenaico de Ecología in Spain. Their research primarily covers Environmental Science, Agricultural and Biological Sciences, and Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their work spans several subfields, including Soil Science, Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science, Ecology, and Water Science and Technology.

The scientist's research topics focus on soil erosion and sediment transport, hydrology and watershed management studies, hydrology and sediment transport processes, land use and ecosystem services, cryospheric studies and observations, geology and paleoclimatology research, and aeolian processes and effects.

Recent notable papers authored or co-authored by the scientist include:

  • "Rewilding and restoring cultural landscapes in Mediterranean mountains: Opportunities and challenges," 2020, Land Use Policy
  • "Denudation and geomorphic change in the Anthropocene; a global overview," 2022, Earth-Science Reviews
  • "Carbon sequestration and water yield tradeoffs following restoration of abandoned agricultural lands in Mediterranean mountains," 2021, Environmental Research
  • "Effects of active and passive land use management after cropland abandonment on water and vegetation dynamics in the Central Spanish Pyrenees," 2020, The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Effects of agricultural land abandonment on soil organic carbon stocks and composition of soil organic matter in the Central Spanish Pyrenees," 2021, CATENA

Estela Nadal-Romero frequently publishes in these venues:

  • CATENA
  • Cuadernos de Investigación Geográfica
  • Environmental Research
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

The scientist has collaborated extensively with other researchers, including:

  • Teodoro Lasanta Martínez
  • José M. García-Ruiz
  • José Arnáez Vadillo
  • Juan Ignacio López-Moreno
  • Melani Cortijos-López

In addition to journal articles, Estela Nadal-Romero has contributed to the book "Mountain Environments: Changes and Impacts," published by Springer International Publishing in 2024.

Best Publications

  • A meta-analysis of soil erosion rates across the world

    José M. García-Ruiz;Santiago Beguería;Estela Nadal-Romero;José C. González-Hidalgo

  • Erosion in Mediterranean landscapes: Changes and future challenges

    José María García-Ruiz;Estela Nadal-Romero;Noemí Lana-Renault;Santiago Beguería

  • Flood generation and sediment transport in experimental catchments affected by land use changes in the central Pyrenees

    José M. García-Ruiz;David Regüés;Bernardo Alvera;Noemí Lana-Renault

  • Managing abandoned farmland to control the impact of re-vegetation on the environment. The state of the art in Europe.

    Teodoro Lasanta;Estela Nadal-Romero;José Arnáez

  • Ongoing and emerging questions in water erosion studies

    José María García-Ruiz;Santiago Beguería;Noemí Lana-Renault;Estela Nadal-Romero

  • Soil erosion and hydrology of the western Mediterranean badlands throughout rainfall simulation experiments: A review

    J.F. Martínez-Murillo;E. Nadal-Romero;D. Regüés;A. Cerdà

  • Relationships among rainfall, runoff, and suspended sediment in a small catchment with badlands

    E. Nadal-Romero;D. Regüés;J. Latron

  • Effects of secondary succession and afforestation practices on soil properties after cropland abandonment in humid Mediterranean mountain areas

    E. Nadal-Romero;E. Nadal-Romero;E. Cammeraat;E. Pérez-Cardiel;T. Lasanta

  • Temporal distribution of suspended sediment transport in a humid Mediterranean badland area: The Araguás catchment, Central Pyrenees

    E. Nadal-Romero;J. Latron;C. Martí-Bono;D. Regüés

  • Scale-dependency of sediment yield from badland areas in Mediterranean environments

    E. Nadal-Romero;J. F. Martínez-Murillo;Matthias Vanmaercke;J. Poesen

  • From plot to regional scales: Interactions of slope and catchment hydrological and geomorphic processes in the Spanish Pyrenees

    José M. García-Ruiz;Noemí Lana-Renault;Noemí Lana-Renault;Santiago Beguería;Teodoro Lasanta

  • Hydrological Connectivity Does Change Over 70 Years of Abandonment and Afforestation in the Spanish Pyrenees

    Manuel López‐Vicente;Estela Nadal‐Romero;Estela Nadal‐Romero;Erik L. H. Cammeraat

  • Effects of slope angle and aspect on plant cover and species richness in a humid Mediterranean badland

    Estela Nadal-Romero;Kristien Petrlic;Els Verachtert;Esther Bochet

  • Runoff and sediment yield from land under various uses in a Mediterranean mountain area: long‐term results from an experimental station

    Estela Nadal-Romero;Teodoro Lasanta;José M. García-Ruiz

  • Rewilding and restoring cultural landscapes in Mediterranean mountains: Opportunities and challenges

    J.M. García-Ruiz;T. Lasanta;E. Nadal-Romero;N. Lana-Renault

  • Badland dynamics in the Central Pyrenees: temporal and spatial patterns of weathering processes

    E. Nadal‐Romero;D. Regüés;C. Martí‐Bono;P. Serrano‐Muela

  • Geomorphological dynamics of subhumid mountain badland areas — weathering, hydrological and suspended sediment transport processes: A case study in the Araguás catchment (Central Pyrenees) and implications for altered hydroclimatic regimes

    E. Nadal-Romero;D. Regüés

  • Los efectos geoecológicos del cambio global en el Pirineo Central español: una revisión a distintas escalas espaciales y temporales

    José M. García-Ruiz;Juan I. López-Moreno;Teodoro Lasanta;Sergio M. Vicente-Serrano

  • Denudation and geomorphic change in the Anthropocene; a global overview.

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  • The application of terrestrial laser scanner and SfM photogrammetry in measuring erosion and deposition processes in two opposite slopes in a humid badlands area (central Spanish Pyrenees)

    E. Nadal-Romero;J. Revuelto;P. Errea;J. I. López-Moreno

  • Linking Land Cover Changes in the Sub‐Alpine and Montane Belts to Changes in a Torrential River

    Yasmina Sanjuán;Amelia Gómez-Villar;Estela Nadal-Romero;Javier Álvarez-Martínez

Frequent Co-Authors

Teodoro Lasanta
Teodoro Lasanta Spanish National Research Council
José María García-Ruiz
José María García-Ruiz Spanish National Research Council
Erik Cammeraat
Erik Cammeraat University of Amsterdam
Jérôme Latron
Jérôme Latron Spanish National Research Council
Jean Poesen
Jean Poesen KU Leuven
Santiago Beguería
Santiago Beguería Spanish National Research Council
Artemi Cerdà
Artemi Cerdà University of Valencia
José Carlos González-Hidalgo
José Carlos González-Hidalgo University of Zaragoza
José A. Gómez
José A. Gómez Spanish National Research Council
Juan I. López-Moreno
Juan I. López-Moreno Spanish National Research Council

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