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Victoria Arcenegui

Victoria Arcenegui

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
34
Citations
4525
World Ranking
9447
National Ranking
300

Overview

Victoria Arcenegui is affiliated with Miguel Hernandez University in Spain. Their research primarily focuses on Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Environmental Science, with a particular emphasis on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Global and Planetary Change, Earth-Surface Processes, Ecology, and Soil Science.

The main topics covered in Victoria Arcenegui's work include:

  • Biocrusts and Microbial Ecology
  • Lichen and fungal ecology
  • Aeolian processes and effects
  • Fire effects on ecosystems
  • Rangeland and Wildlife Management
  • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
  • Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology

Several recent papers illustrate the scope and direction of their research. These 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
  • 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
  • The Recovery of Mediterranean Soils After Post-Fire Management: The Role of Biocrusts and Soil Microbial Communities, 2023, Spanish Journal of Soil Science
  • Soil Vulnerability Indicators to Degradation by Wildfires in Torres del Paine National Park (Patagonia, Chile), 2021, Spanish Journal of Soil Science
  • Ungulate herbivores promote contrasting modifications of soil properties and organic carbon stabilization in a grazed grassland versus rewilded woodland environment, 2024, Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment

Their research has appeared frequently in the Spanish Journal of Soil Science, with two publications, as well as in other venues including the SSRN Electronic Journal, Journal of Environmental Management, The Science of The Total Environment, and Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment.

Victoria Arcenegui has collaborated regularly with several co-authors. Frequent collaborators include:

  • Jorge Mataix-Solera
  • Minerva García-Carmona
  • Fuensanta García-Orenes
  • Clémentine Lepinay
  • Petr Baldrián

Their body of work addresses aspects related to soil conditions and recovery, particularly after disturbances such as wildfires, studying the role of biocrusts and microbial communities. This approach integrates ecological and soil science perspectives to understand ecosystem resilience.

Best Publications

  • Fire effects on soil aggregation: A review

    J. Mataix-Solera;J. Mataix-Solera;A. Cerdà;A. Cerdà;V. Arcenegui;V. Arcenegui;A. Jordán

  • Near infrared spectroscopy for determination of various physical, chemical and biochemical properties in Mediterranean soils

    R. Zornoza;C. Guerrero;J. Mataix-Solera;K.M. Scow

  • 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

  • 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

  • Changes in soil microbial community structure following the abandonment of agricultural terraces in mountainous areas of Eastern Spain.

    R. Zornoza;C. Guerrero;J. Mataix-Solera;K.M. Scow

  • 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

  • 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

  • Modelling the Impacts of Wildfire on Ash Thickness in a Short-Term Period

    P. Pereira;A. Cerdà;X. Úbeda;J. Mataix-Solera

  • 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

  • Factors controlling the water repellency induced by fire in calcareous Mediterranean forest soils

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

  • Short-term vegetation recovery after a grassland fire in Lithuania: the effects of fire severity, slope position and aspect.

    Paulo Pereira;Artemi Cerdà;Antonio Jordán Lopez;Lorena M. Zavala

  • 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

  • Microbial biomass and activity of an agricultural soil amended with the solid phase of pig slurries.

    César Guerrero;Raúl Moral;Ignacio Gómez;Raúl Zornoza

  • Wildfire effects on the soil seed bank of a maritime pine stand — The importance of fire severity

    P. Maia;J.G. Pausas;V. Arcenegui;C. Guerrero

  • Do conservative agriculture practices increase soil water repellency? A case study in citrus-cropped soils

    Félix A. González-Peñaloza;Félix A. González-Peñaloza;Artemi Cerdà;Lorena M. Zavala;Antonio Jordán

  • Soil properties under natural forest in the Alicante Province of Spain

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

  • 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
Fuensanta García-Orenes
Fuensanta García-Orenes Miguel Hernandez University
César Guerrero
César Guerrero Miguel Hernandez University
Raúl Zornoza
Raúl Zornoza Polytechnic University of Cartagena
Artemi Cerdà
Artemi Cerdà University of Valencia
Antonio Jordán
Antonio Jordán University of Seville
Paulo Pereira
Paulo Pereira Mykolas Romeris University
Kate M. Scow
Kate M. Scow University of California, Davis
Fuensanta Caravaca
Fuensanta Caravaca Spanish National Research Council
Raul Moral
Raul Moral Miguel Hernandez University

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