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Teodoro Lasanta is affiliated with the Spanish National Research Council in Spain. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, agricultural and biological sciences, and earth and planetary sciences.

The scientist's work spans several subfields, including soil science, atmospheric science, global and planetary change, ecology, and water science and technology.

Main topics addressed in their research include:

  • Soil erosion and sediment transport
  • Hydrology and watershed management studies
  • Geology and paleoclimatology research
  • Land use and ecosystem services
  • Soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics
  • Rangeland management and livestock ecology
  • Hydrology and sediment transport processes

Frequent co-authors associated with Teodoro Lasanta's publications are:

  • Estela Nadal-Romero
  • José M. García-Ruiz
  • José Arnáez Vadillo
  • Juan Ignacio López-Moreno
  • Melani Cortijos-López

Common publication venues include:

  • CATENA
  • Cuadernos de Investigación Geográfica
  • Land Use Policy
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Land Degradation and Development

Selected recent papers by Teodoro Lasanta include:

  • Rewilding and restoring cultural landscapes in Mediterranean mountains: Opportunities and challenges, 2020, Land Use Policy
  • Transhumance and long-term deforestation in the subalpine belt of the central Spanish Pyrenees: An interdisciplinary approach, 2020, CATENA
  • 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

Teodoro Lasanta has published a book titled Mountain Environments: Changes and Impacts in 2024 with Springer International Publishing.

Best Publications

  • Mediterranean water resources in a global change scenario

    José M. García-Ruiz;J. Ignacio López-Moreno;Sergio M. Vicente-Serrano;Teodoro Lasanta–Martínez

  • Space-time process and drivers of land abandonment in Europe.

    T. Lasanta;J. Arnáez;N. Pascual;P. Ruiz-Flaño

  • Mountain Mediterranean landscape evolution caused by the abandonment of traditional primary activities: a study of the Spanish Central Pyrenees

    Teodoro Lasanta-Martínez;Sergio M. Vicente-Serrano;José Ma Cuadrat-Prats

  • Land-use changes and sustainable development in mountain areas: a case study in the Spanish Pyrenees

    José M. García-Ruiz;Teodora Lasanta;Purificación Ruiz-Flano;Luis Ortigosa

  • Effects of farming terraces on hydrological and geomorphological processes. A review

    J. Arnáez;N. Lana-Renault;T. Lasanta;P. Ruiz-Flaño

  • Factors affecting runoff and erosion under simulated rainfall in Mediterranean vineyards

    J. Arnaez;T. Lasanta;P. Ruiz-Flaño;L. Ortigosa

  • Assessment of radiometric correction techniques in analyzing vegetation variability and change using time series of Landsat images

    Sergio M. Vicente-Serrano;Fernando Pérez-Cabello;Teodoro Lasanta

  • Land abandonment, landscape evolution, and soil erosion in a Spanish Mediterranean mountain region: The case of Camero Viejo

    J. Arnaez;T. Lasanta;M. P. Errea;L. Ortigosa

  • RESEARCH: Managing Mountainous Degraded Landscapes After Farmland Abandonment in the Central Spanish Pyrenees

    M Molinillo;T Lasanta;JM Garcia-Ruiz

  • Runoff and sediment yield in a semi-arid environment: the effect of land management after farmland abandonment

    T Lasanta;J.M Garcı́a-Ruiz;C Pérez-Rontomé;C Sancho-Marcén

  • Long-term erosional responses after fire in the Central Spanish Pyrenees: 1. Water and sediment yield

    Artemi Cerdà;Artemi Cerdà;Teodoro Lasanta

  • 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

  • Analysis of Spatial and Temporal Evolution of Vegetation Cover in the Spanish Central Pyrenees: Role of Human Management

    Sergio M. Vicente-Serrano;Teodoro Lasanta;Alfredo Romo

  • LAND-USE CHANGES IN THE SPANISH PYRENEES

    Jose M. GARCIA-RuIZ;Teodoro Lasanta-Martinez

  • Climate change in Mediterranean mountains during the 21st century.

    David Nogués Bravo;Miguel B. Araújo;Teodoro Lasanta;Juan Ignacio López Moreno

  • Do tourism-based ski resorts contribute to the homogeneous development of the Mediterranean mountains? A case study in the Central Spanish Pyrenees

    Teodoro Lasanta;María Laguna;Sergio M. Vicente-Serrano

  • Dryness is accelerating degradation of vulnerable shrublands in semiarid Mediterranean environments

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  • Using landscape ecology to evaluate an alternative management scenario in abandoned Mediterranean mountain areas

    Teodoro Lasanta;José C. González-Hidalgo;Sergio M. Vicente-Serrano;Emna Sferi

  • SEDIMENT YIELD UNDER DIFFERENT LAND USES IN THE SPANISH PYRENEES

    Jost M. Garcia-Ruiz;Teodoro Lasanta;Carlos Marti;Constanza Gonzalez

  • Marginal Lands and Erosion in Terraced Fields in the Mediterranean Mountains A Case Study in the Camero Viejo (Northwestern Iberian System, Spain)

    Teodoro Lasanta;José Arnáez;Marco Oserín;Luis M. Ortigosa

  • 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

  • Understanding soil erosion processes in Mediterranean sloping vineyards (Montes de Málaga, Spain).

    J. Rodrigo Comino;J. Rodrigo Comino;J.M. Senciales;M.C. Ramos;J.A. Martínez-Casasnovas

  • Long-term erosional responses after fire in the Central Spanish Pyrenees: 2. Solute release

    Teodoro Lasanta;Artemi Cerdà;Artemi Cerdà

  • 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

  • Aridification determines changes in forest growth in Pinus halepensis forests under semiarid Mediterranean climate conditions

    Sergio M. Vicente-Serrano;Teodoro Lasanta;Carlos Gracia

Frequent Co-Authors

Estela Nadal-Romero
Estela Nadal-Romero Instituto Pirenaico de Ecología
José María García-Ruiz
José María García-Ruiz Spanish National Research Council
Sergio M. Vicente-Serrano
Sergio M. Vicente-Serrano Spanish National Research Council
Artemi Cerdà
Artemi Cerdà University of Valencia
Santiago Beguería
Santiago Beguería Spanish National Research Council
Erik Cammeraat
Erik Cammeraat University of Amsterdam
Juan I. López-Moreno
Juan I. López-Moreno Spanish National Research Council
José Carlos González-Hidalgo
José Carlos González-Hidalgo University of Zaragoza
Johannes B. Ries
Johannes B. Ries University of Trier
María Concepción Ramos
María Concepción Ramos University of Lleida

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