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José A. Vega

José A. Vega

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
43
Citations
5735
World Ranking
7214
National Ranking
212

Overview

José A. Vega is affiliated with the Xunta de Galicia in Spain and has a research focus primarily in Environmental Science. Their scholarly work spans several interconnected subfields including Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Soil Science, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Earth-Surface Processes.

The main topics addressed in José A. Vega's research include:

  • Fire effects on ecosystems
  • Soil erosion and sediment transport
  • Aeolian processes and effects
  • Forest ecology and management
  • Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications
  • Remote Sensing in Agriculture
  • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics

The researcher has collaborated frequently with others, with many co-authorships reflecting ongoing partnerships. Notable frequent co-authors include Cristina Fernández, Teresa Fontúrbel, José María Fernández-Alonso, Juan Gabriél Álvarez-González, and Ana Daría Ruiz-González.

José A. Vega's publications appear repeatedly in several scientific journals, marking them as preferred venues for disseminating their research. These journals include:

  • Forest Ecology and Management
  • Fire
  • Forests
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Geoderma

Selected recent papers by José A. Vega and colleagues are as follows:

  • A methodology to estimate forest fires burned areas and burn severity degrees using Sentinel-2 data. Application to the October 2017 fires in the Iberian Peninsula (2020), published in International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation
  • The Effect of Repeated Prescribed Burning on Soil Properties: A Review (2021), published in Forests
  • Exploring the effect of hydrological connectivity and soil burn severity on sediment yield after wildfire and mulching (2020), published in Land Degradation and Development
  • Modelling aboveground biomass and fuel load components at stand level in shrub communities in NW Spain (2021), published in Forest Ecology and Management
  • Exploring the use of spectral indices to assess alterations in soil properties in pine stands affected by crown fire in Spain (2021), published in Fire Ecology

Best Publications

  • Prescribed burning in southern Europe: developing fire management in a dynamic landscape

    Paulo M Fernandes;Paulo M Fernandes;G Matt Davies;Davide Ascoli;Cristina Fernández

  • Fire resistance of European pines

    Paulo M. Fernandes;José A. Vega;Enrique Jiménez;Eric Rigolot

  • Testing the ability of visual indicators of soil burn severity to reflect changes in soil chemical and microbial properties in pine forests and shrubland

    José A. Vega;Teresa Fontúrbel;Agustín Merino;Cristina Fernández

  • Does soil burn severity affect the post-fire runoff and interrill erosion response? A review based on meta-analysis of field rainfall simulation data

    D. C. S. Vieira;C. Fernández;J. A. Vega;J. J. Keizer

  • A generic, empirical-based model for predicting rate of fire spread in shrublands

    Wendy R. Anderson;Miguel G. Cruz;Paulo M. Fernandes;Lachlan McCaw

  • Throughfall, runoff and soil erosion after prescribed burning in gorse shrubland in Galicia (NW Spain)

    J. A. Vega;C. Fernández;T. Fonturbel

  • Effects of an experimental fire and post-fire stabilization treatments on soil microbial communities

    M.T. Fontúrbel;A. Barreiro;J.A. Vega;A. Martín

  • Spot fires: fuel bed flammability and capability of firebrands to ignite fuel beds.

    Anne Ganteaume;Corinne Lampin-Maillet;Mercedes Guijarro;Carmen Hernando

  • Effectiveness of three post-fire treatments at reducing soil erosion in Galicia (NW Spain)

    Cristina Fernández;José A. Vega;Enrique Jiménez;Teresa Fonturbel

  • A methodology to estimate forest fires burned areas and burn severity degrees using Sentinel-2 data. Application to the October 2017 fires in the Iberian Peninsula

    Rafael Llorens;José Antonio Sobrino;Cristina Fernández;José María Fernández-Alonso

  • Evaluation of RUSLE and PESERA models for predicting soil erosion losses in the first year after wildfire in NW Spain

    Cristina Fernández;José A. Vega

  • Assessing soil erosion after fire and rehabilitation treatments in NW Spain: performance of RUSLE and revised Morgan-Morgan-Finney models.

    C. Fernández;J. A. Vega;D.C.S. Vieira

  • Efficacy of bark strands and straw mulching after wildfire in NW Spain: Effects on erosion control and vegetation recovery

    Cristina Fernández;José A. Vega

  • Effects of mulching and post-fire salvage logging on soil erosion and vegetative regrowth in NW Spain.

    Cristina Fernández;José A. Vega

  • Effects of wildfire, salvage logging and slash treatments on soil degradation

    C. Fernández;J. A. Vega;T. Fonturbel;P. Pérez-Gorostiaga

  • Seeding and mulching + seeding effects on post‐fire runoff, soil erosion and species diversity in Galicia (NW Spain)

    C. Fernández;J.A. Vega;E. Jiménez;D.C.S. Vieira

  • The influence of fire severity, serotiny, and post-fire management on Pinus pinaster Ait. recruitment in three burnt areas in Galicia (NW Spain)

    José A. Vega;Cristina Fernández;Pedro Pérez-Gorostiaga;Teresa Fonturbel

  • Modelling the effect of soil burn severity on soil erosion at hillslope scale in the first year following wildfire in NW Spain

    Cristina Fernández;José A. Vega

  • Streamflow drought time series forecasting: a case study in a small watershed in North West Spain

    Cristina Fernández;José A. Vega;Teresa Fonturbel;Enrique Jiménez

  • Post-Fire Management of Serotinous Pine Forests

    Jorge de las Heras;Daniel Moya;José Antonio Vega;Evangelia Daskalakou

  • Soil erosion after Eucalyptus globulus clearcutting: differences between logging slash disposal treatments

    Cristina Fernández;José A Vega;José M Gras;Teresa Fonturbel

Frequent Co-Authors

Agustín Merino
Agustín Merino University of Santiago de Compostela
Paulo M. Fernandes
Paulo M. Fernandes University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro
Tarsy Carballas
Tarsy Carballas Spanish National Research Council
Montserrat Díaz-Raviña
Montserrat Díaz-Raviña Spanish National Research Council
Francisco Rego
Francisco Rego University of Lisbon
Etienne Dambrine
Etienne Dambrine INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
José A. Sobrino
José A. Sobrino University of Valencia
Jorge de las Heras
Jorge de las Heras University of Castilla-La Mancha
Miguel G. Cruz
Miguel G. Cruz Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Felipe Macías
Felipe Macías University of Santiago de Compostela

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