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Fuensanta García-Orenes

Fuensanta García-Orenes

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
34
Citations
4395
World Ranking
9455
National Ranking
301

Overview

Fuensanta García-Orenes is affiliated with Miguel Hernandez University in Spain and has a research focus primarily within Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Environmental Science. Their work covers several subfields including Soil Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, and Earth-Surface Processes.

The scientist's research encompasses a range of topics. Key themes include Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics, Biocrusts and Microbial Ecology, Fire effects on ecosystems, Lichen and fungal ecology, Aeolian processes and effects, Soil erosion and sediment transport, and Soil and Land Suitability Analysis.

Recent publications by Fuensanta García-Orenes include:

  • The role of mosses in soil stability, fertility and microbiology six years after a post-fire salvage logging management, 2020, Journal of Environmental Management
  • Visual assessment of the impact of agricultural management practices on soil quality, 2020, Agronomy Journal
  • Moss biocrust accelerates the recovery and resilience of soil microbial communities in fire-affected semi-arid Mediterranean soils, 2022, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Salvage logging alters microbial community structure and functioning after a wildfire in a Mediterranean forest, 2021, Applied Soil Ecology
  • Manuring effects on visual soil quality indicators and soil organic matter content in different pedoclimatic zones in Europe and China, 2021, Soil and Tillage Research

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Fuensanta García-Orenes include Jorge Mataix-Solera, Minerva García-Carmona, Victoria Arcenegui, Alicia Morugán-Coronado, and José A. Sánchez-Zapata.

Publication venues where this scientist has frequently published include the Journal of Environmental Management, Applied Soil Ecology, Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment, Forest Ecology and Management, and the SSRN Electronic Journal.

Best Publications

  • Soil microbial biomass and activity under different agricultural management systems in a semiarid Mediterranean agroecosystem

    F. García-Orenes;C. Guerrero;A. Roldán;J. Mataix-Solera

  • Effects of agricultural management on surface soil properties and soil–water losses in eastern Spain

    F. García-Orenes;A. Cerdà;J. Mataix-Solera;C. Guerrero

  • Factors controlling the aggregate stability and bulk density in two different degraded soils amended with biosolids

    F. García-Orenes;C. Guerrero;J. Mataix-Solera;J. Navarro-Pedreño

  • Changes in soil microbial community structure influenced by agricultural management practices in a mediterranean agro-ecosystem.

    Fuensanta García-Orenes;Alicia Morugán-Coronado;Raul Zornoza;Artemi Cerdà

  • AN INCUBATION EXPERIMENT TO DETERMINE FACTORS INVOLVING AGGREGATION CHANGES IN AN ARID SOIL RECEIVING URBAN REFUSE

    A. Roldán;F. García-Orenes;A. Lax

  • Soil structural stability and erosion rates influenced by agricultural management practices in a semi‐arid Mediterranean agro‐ecosystem

    F. García-Orenes;A. Roldán;J. Mataix-Solera;A. Cerdà

  • Assessing air-drying and rewetting pre-treatment effect on some soil enzyme activities under Mediterranean conditions

    R. Zornoza;C. Guerrero;J. Mataix-Solera;V. Arcenegui

  • Soil microbial recolonisation after a fire in a Mediterranean forest

    Gema Bárcenas-Moreno;Fuensanta García-Orenes;Jorge Mataix-Solera;Jorge Mataix-Beneyto

  • Forest Fire Effects on Soil Microbiology

    Jorge Mataix-Solera;César Guerrero;Fuensanta García-Orenes;Gema M. Bárcenas

  • Water repellency under different plant species in a calcareous forest soil in a semiarid Mediterranean environment

    J. Mataix-Solera;V. Arcenegui;C. Guerrero;A. M. Mayoral

  • Immediate effects of wildfires on water repellency and aggregate stability in Mediterranean calcareous soils

    V. Arcenegui;J. Mataix-Solera;C. Guerrero;R. Zornoza

  • Microbial recolonization and chemical changes in a soil heated at different temperatures

    César Guerrero;Jorge Mataix-Solera;Ignacio Gómez;Fuensanta García-Orenes

  • EVALUATION OF SOIL QUALITY USING MULTIPLE LINEAL REGRESSION BASED ON PHYSICAL, CHEMICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES

    Raúl Zornoza;Jorge Mataix-Solera;César Guerrero;Victoria Arcenegui

  • Short-term effects of treated wastewater irrigation on Mediterranean calcareous soil

    Alicia Morugán-Coronado;Fuensanta García-Orenes;Jorge Mataix-Solera;Victoria Arcenegui

  • Biological and chemical factors controlling the patchy distribution of soil water repellency among plant species in a Mediterranean semiarid forest

    E. Lozano;P. Jiménez-Pinilla;J. Mataix-Solera;V. Arcenegui

  • Changes in the composition and diversity of AMF communities mediated by management practices in a Mediterranean soil are related with increases in soil biological activity

    M.M. Alguacil;E. Torrecillas;F. García-Orenes;A. Roldán

  • Different Patterns of Aggregate Stability in Burned and Restored Soils

    C. Guerrero;J. Mataix-Solera;J. Navarro-Pedreño;F. García-Orenes

  • Organic Fertilization in Traditional Mediterranean Grapevine Orchards Mediates Changes in Soil Microbial Community Structure and Enhances Soil Fertility

    Fuensanta García‐Orenes;Antonio Roldán;Alicia Morugán‐Coronado;Carlos Linares

  • Effects of salvage logging on soil properties and vegetation recovery in a fire-affected Mediterranean forest: A two year monitoring research.

    F. García-Orenes;V. Arcenegui;K. Chrenková;J. Mataix-Solera

  • The effect of moisture on soil microbial properties and nitrogen cyclers in Mediterranean sweet orange orchards under organic and inorganic fertilization.

    Alicia Morugán-Coronado;Fuensanta García-Orenes;Mary McMillan;Lily Pereg

  • Assessing the effects of air-drying and rewetting pre-treatment on soil microbial biomass, basal respiration, metabolic quotient and soluble carbon under Mediterranean conditions

    R. Zornoza;C. Guerrero;J. Mataix-Solera;V. Arcenegui

Frequent Co-Authors

Jorge Mataix-Solera
Jorge Mataix-Solera Miguel Hernandez University
Victoria Arcenegui
Victoria Arcenegui Miguel Hernandez University
Antonio Roldán
Antonio Roldán Spanish National Research Council
Artemi Cerdà
Artemi Cerdà University of Valencia
César Guerrero
César Guerrero Miguel Hernandez University
Raúl Zornoza
Raúl Zornoza Polytechnic University of Cartagena
Fuensanta Caravaca
Fuensanta Caravaca Spanish National Research Council
Minggang Xu
Minggang Xu Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences
Jerzy Lipiec
Jerzy Lipiec Polish Academy of Sciences
Violette Geissen
Violette Geissen Wageningen University & Research

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