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Pilar Llorens is affiliated with the Spanish National Research Council in Spain. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science, with a significant emphasis on Global and Planetary Change, Water Science and Technology, and Ecology. They have contributed extensively to subfields such as Atmospheric Science and Environmental Engineering.

The main topics addressed in their scholarly work include:

  • Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
  • Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes
  • Flood Risk Assessment and Management
  • Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry
  • Soil and Unsaturated Flow
  • Soil erosion and sediment transport

They have published frequently in journals such as:

  • Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
  • Ecohydrology
  • Hydrological Processes
  • Water
  • Nature Geoscience

Selected recent papers include:

  • "Homogenization of the terrestrial water cycle," 2020, Nature Geoscience
  • "Global transpiration data from sap flow measurements: the SAPFLUXNET database," 2021, Earth System Science Data
  • "Conservation and Management of Isolated Pools in Temporary Rivers," 2020, Water
  • "Advancing ecohydrology in the 21st century: A convergence of opportunities," 2020, Ecohydrology
  • "Investigating young water fractions in a small Mediterranean mountain catchment: Both precipitation forcing and sampling frequency matter," 2020, Hydrological Processes

Llorens has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Jérôme Latron
  • Delphis F. Levia
  • Kazuki Nanko
  • Francesc Gallart
  • Darryl E. Carlyle-Moses

Best Publications

  • Soil moisture estimation through ASCAT and AMSR-E sensors: An intercomparison and validation study across Europe

    L. Brocca;S. Hasenauer;T. Lacava;F. Melone

  • Rainfall partitioning by vegetation under Mediterranean conditions. A review of studies in Europe

    Pilar Llorens;Francisco Domingo;Francisco Domingo

  • Hydraulic adjustment of Scots pine across Europe

    Jordi Martinez-Vilalta;Jordi Martinez-Vilalta;Hervé Cochard;Hervé Cochard;Maurizia Mencuccini;Frank Sterck

  • A review of rainfall interception modelling

    A. Muzylo;P. Llorens;F. Valente;J.J. Keizer

  • Land Use and Land Cover Change After Agricultural Abandonment: The Case of a Mediterranean Mountain Area (Catalan Pre-Pyrenees)

    Rafael Poyatos;Jérôme Latron;Pilar Llorens

  • Homogenization of the terrestrial water cycle

    Delphis F. Levia;Irena F. Creed;David M. Hannah;Kazuki Nanko

  • Rainfall interception by a Pinus sylvestris forest patch overgrown in a Mediterranean mountainous abandoned area I. Monitoring design and results down to the event scale

    Pilar Llorens;Ramon Poch;Jérôme Latron;Francesc Gallart

  • A simplified method for forest water storage capacity measurement

    P Llorens;F Gallart

  • Hydrological processes and their seasonal controls in a small Mediterranean mountain catchment in the Pyrenees

    F. Gallart;P. Llorens;J. Latron;D. Regüés

  • Studying the role of old agricultural terraces on runoff generation in a small Mediterranean mountainous basin

    Francesc Gallart;Pilar Llorens;Pilar Llorens;Jérôme Latron

  • Observations on land cover changes and water resources in the headwaters of the Ebro catchment, Iberian Peninsula

    Francesc Gallart;Pilar Llorens

  • Ideas and perspectives: Tracing terrestrial ecosystem water fluxes using hydrogen and oxygen stable isotopes – challenges and opportunities from an interdisciplinary perspective

    Daniele Penna;Luisa Hopp;Francesca Scandellari;Scott T. Allen

  • Global transpiration data from sap flow measurements: the SAPFLUXNET database

    Rafael Poyatos;Víctor Granda;Víctor Flo;Mark A. Adams;Mark A. Adams

  • A novel approach to analysing the regimes of temporary streams in relation to their controls on the composition and structure of aquatic biota

    F. Gallart;N. Prat;E. M. García-Roger;J. Latron

  • A review of the combination among global change factors in forests, shrublands and pastures of the Mediterranean Region: Beyond drought effects

    E. Doblas-Miranda;R. Alonso;X. Arnan;V. Bermejo

  • Throughfall drop size distributions: a review and prospectus for future research

    Delphis F. Levia;Sean A. Hudson;Pilar Llorens;Kazuki Nanko

  • Catchment Management under Environmental Change: Impact of Land Cover Change on Water Resources

    Francesc Gallart;Pilar Llorens

  • Plasticity in hydraulic architecture of Scots pine across Eurasia

    R. Poyatos;J. Martinez-Vilalta;J. Martinez-Vilalta;J. Cermak;R. Ceulemans

  • Response of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) and pubescent oak (Quercus pubescens Willd.) to soil and atmospheric water deficits under Mediterranean mountain climate

    Rafael Poyatos;Pilar Llorens;Josep Piñol;Carles Rubio

  • Variation in the radial patterns of sap flux density in pubescent oak (Quercus pubescens) and its implications for tree and stand transpiration measurements.

    Rafael Poyatos;Jan Čermák;Pilar Llorens

  • Spatial and temporal variability of the hydrological response in a small Mediterranean research catchment (Vallcebre, Eastern Pyrenees)

    J. Latron;M. Soler;P. Llorens;F. Gallart

  • Expressing stemflow commensurate with its ecohydrological importance

    Darryl E. Carlyle-Moses;Shin'ichi Iida;Sonja Germer;Pilar Llorens

  • Coupling a water balance model with forest inventory data to predict drought stress : the role of forest structural changes vs. climate changes

    Miquel De Cáceres;Jordi Martínez-Vilalta;Lluís Coll;Pilar Llorens

Frequent Co-Authors

Jérôme Latron
Jérôme Latron Spanish National Research Council
Francesc Gallart
Francesc Gallart Spanish National Research Council
Delphis F. Levia
Delphis F. Levia University of Delaware
Narcís Prat
Narcís Prat University of Barcelona
Francisco Domingo
Francisco Domingo Spanish National Research Council
Jordi Martínez-Vilalta
Jordi Martínez-Vilalta Autonomous University of Barcelona
Núria Bonada
Núria Bonada University of Barcelona
Maria Rieradevall
Maria Rieradevall University of Barcelona
Doerthe Tetzlaff
Doerthe Tetzlaff Leibniz Association
Beate Michalzik
Beate Michalzik Friedrich Schiller University Jena

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