Pere Casals

Dr. Pere Casals
Researcher
Ecology and Management of Silvopastoral Systems
Forest Technology Centre of Catalonia
Crta. St Llorenç de Morunys Km 2
ES-25280 Solsona
Spain


Phone: +34 973 48 17 52
Fax: +34 973 48 04 31
E-mail: pere.casals(at)ctfc.es


Key Publications of Pere Casals (up to ten) :
Casals P, Baiges T, Bota G, Chocarro C, de Bello F, Fanlo R, Sebastià MT, Taull M. 2009. Silvopastoral systems in the Northeastern Iberian Peninsula. A Multifunctional Perspective. In: Rigueiro-Rodríguez A, McAdam JH, Mosquera-Losada MR (Eds) Agroforestry in Europe: Current Status and Future Prospects. Springer-Berlag. ISBN 978-1-4020-8271-9, pp. 161-181

Casals P, Gimeno C, Carrara A, Lopez-Sangil L, Sanz MJ (2009) Soil CO2 efflux and extractable organic carbon fractions under simulated precipitation events in a Mediterranean Dehesa. Soil Biology and Biochemistry.

De Bello F, Buchmann N, Casals P, Leps J, Sebastia T, 2009. Relating plant species and functional diversity to community  13C in NE Spain pastures. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 131: 303-307

Montané F, Casals P, Taull M, Lambert B, Dale M R T (2009). Spatial patterns of shrub cover after different fire disturbances in the Pyrenees. Annals of Forest Science, 66:612

Garcia-Pausas J, Casals P., Camarero Ll, Huguet C, Sebastià MT, Thomson R, Romanya J. 2008. Factors regulating carbon mineralization in the surface and subsurface soils of the Pyrenean mountain grasslands. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. doi:10.1016/j.soilbio.2008.08.001

Montané F, Rovira P, Casals P. 2007. Shrub encroachment into mesic mountain grasslands in the Iberian peninsula: Effects of plant quality and temperature on soil C and N stocks. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 21, doi:10.1029/2006GB002853



Expertise of Pere Casals:

Expertise Category	Specific Expertise
Expert Type	Expert Type
	Scientific / Fundamental Research
Topic Pedosphere	Pedosphere
	Soil Degradation / Erosion / Desertification
	Soil Pollution and Restauration
Topic Biosphere	Biosphere
	Plants
	Biodiversity
Topic Integrated Systems	Integrated Systems and Ecology
	Carbon Cycle
	Nutrient Cycle / Food Chain
Topic Ecosystems	Ecosystems
	Terrestrial Ecosystems
Methods	Method
	Data Collection - Measurement
	Data Analysis

Specialties of Pere Casals:
Specialist in plant-soil relationships in natural and man-made ecosystems. Broad experience in studying soil nutrient cycling and organic matter changes as affected by fire, abandonment or agricultural practices.

Last update: 7/22/09
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