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Overview

Victor Castillo is affiliated with the Spanish National Research Council in Spain. Their work is primarily situated in the field of Environmental Science, with specific emphasis on several subfields, including Global and Planetary Change, Soil Science, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, and Water Science and Technology.

Their research covers a range of topics, particularly focusing on Forest ecology and management, Land Use and Ecosystem Services, Soil erosion and sediment transport, Forest Management and Policy, Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics, Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes, and Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies.

Victor Castillo has contributed to multiple publications, appearing in various academic venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • Forests
  • Ecosystem Services
  • Atmosphere
  • Systems
  • Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Their recent papers include:

  • Mountain ecosystem services affected by land use changes and hydrological control works in Mediterranean catchments, 2020, Ecosystem Services
  • Relationship of Weather Types on the Seasonal and Spatial Variability of Rainfall, Runoff, and Sediment Yield in the Western Mediterranean Basin, 2020, Atmosphere
  • Long-Term Carbon Sequestration in Pine Forests under Different Silvicultural and Climatic Regimes in Spain, 2022, Forests
  • SilvAdapt.Net: A Site-Based Network of Adaptive Forest Management Related to Climate Change in Spain, 2021, Forests
  • Toward Resilient Implementation of Land Degradation Neutrality via Systemic Approaches, 2025, Systems

Victor Castillo regularly collaborates with several coauthors, reflecting an active engagement in collaborative research efforts. Frequent coauthors include:

  • Rafael M. Navarro-Cerrillo
  • J. Julio Camarero
  • Gonzalo G. Barberá
  • Francisco B. Navarro
  • Juan A. Blanco

Best Publications

  • The role of antecedent soil water content in the runoff response of semiarid catchments: a simulation approach

    V.M Castillo;A Gómez-Plaza;M Martı́nez-Mena

  • Factors regulating spatial distribution of soil water content in small semiarid catchments

    A Gómez-Plaza;M Martı́nez-Mena;J Albaladejo;V.M Castillo

  • Measuring soil erosion by field plots: understanding the sources of variation

    C. Boix-Fayos;M. Martínez-Mena;E. Arnau-Rosalén;A. Calvo-Cases

  • Effects of check dams, reforestation and land-use changes on river channel morphology: Case study of the Rogativa catchment (Murcia, Spain)

    C. Boix-Fayos;G.G. Barberá;F. López-Bermúdez;V.M. Castillo

  • Spatial patterns and temporal stability of soil moisture across a range of scales in a semi‐arid environment

    A Gómez‐Plaza;J Alvarez‐Rogel;J Albaladejo;V. M Castillo

  • Runoff and Soil Loss Response to Vegetation Removal in a Semiarid Environment

    V. M. Castillo;M. Martinez-Mena;J. Albaladejo

  • The impact of land use change and check-dams on catchment sediment yield

    Carolina Boix-Fayos;Joris de Vente;Joris de Vente;María Martínez-Mena;Gonzalo G. Barberá

  • Effectiveness and geomorphological impacts of check dams for soil erosion control in a semiarid Mediterranean catchment: El Cárcavo (Murcia, Spain) ☆

    V.M. Castillo;W.M. Mosch;C. Conesa García;G.G. Barberá

  • Factors influencing surface runoff generation in a Mediterranean semi-arid environment: Chicamo watershed, SE Spain

    M. Martínez-Mena;J. Albaladejo;V. M. Castillo

  • The restoration of vegetation cover in the semi-arid Iberian southeast

    J. Cortina;B. Amat;V. Castillo;D. Fuentes

  • Reclamation of physical and chemical properties of a salinized soil by organic amendment

    A. Lax;E. Diaz;V. Castillo;J. Albaladejo

  • Anthropogenic nutrient sources and loads from a Mediterranean catchment into a coastal lagoon: Mar Menor, Spain.

    Javier Garcia-Pintado;M. Martínez-Mena;G. G. Barberá;J. Albaladejo

  • Causes and underlying processes of measurement variability in field erosion plots in Mediterranean conditions

    C. Boix-Fayos;M. Martínez-Mena;A. Calvo-Cases;E. Arnau-Rosalén

  • Relations between interrill erosion processes and sediment particle size distribution in a semiarid Mediterranean area of SE of Spain

    M Martı́nez-Mena;V Castillo;J Albaladejo

  • Soil degradation and desertification induced by vegetation removal in a semiarid environment

    J. Albaladejo;M. Martinez-Mena;A. Roldan;V. Castillo

  • Influence of vegetal cover on sediment particle size distribution in natural rainfall conditions in a semiarid environment

    M Martinez-Mena;J.Alvarez Rogel;J Albaladejo;V.M Castillo

  • Revegetation in Semiarid Zones: Influence of Terracing and Organic Refuse on Microbial Activity

    C. Garcia;T. Hernandez;J. Albaladejo;V. Castillo

  • Soil water availability improved by site preparation in a Pinus halepensis afforestation under semiarid climate

    José Ignacio Querejeta;Antonio Roldán;Juan Albaladejo;Vı́ctor Castillo

  • Organic carbon and nitrogen losses influenced by vegetation removal in a semiarid mediterranean soil.

    M. Martínez-Mena;J. Alvarez Rogel;V. Castillo;J. Albaladejo

  • Organic carbon enrichment in sediments: Effects of rainfall characteristics under different land uses in a Mediterranean area

    M. Martínez-Mena;J. López;M. Almagro;J. Albaladejo

Frequent Co-Authors

Juan Albaladejo
Juan Albaladejo Spanish National Research Council
María Martínez-Mena
María Martínez-Mena Spanish National Research Council
Antonio Roldán
Antonio Roldán Spanish National Research Council
Carolina Boix-Fayos
Carolina Boix-Fayos Spanish National Research Council
José Ignacio Querejeta
José Ignacio Querejeta Spanish National Research Council
Janet Hooke
Janet Hooke University of Liverpool
Francesc Gallart
Francesc Gallart Spanish National Research Council
Jérôme Latron
Jérôme Latron Spanish National Research Council
Estela Nadal-Romero
Estela Nadal-Romero Instituto Pirenaico de Ecología
Jesús Rodrigo-Comino
Jesús Rodrigo-Comino University of Granada

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