Rewilding and restoring cultural landscapes in Mediterranean mountains: Opportunities and challenges

JM García-Ruiz, T Lasanta, E Nadal-Romero… - Land use policy, 2020 - Elsevier
Farmland abandonment and the decline of livestock activity in the Mediterranean mountains
have resulted in dramatic landscape changes, including the generalized expansion of …

Hydro-geomorphological consequences of the abandonment of agricultural terraces in the Mediterranean region: Key controlling factors and landscape stability …

M Moreno-de-las-Heras, F Lindenberger, J Latron… - Geomorphology, 2019 - Elsevier
Traditional cultivation terraces are one of the most ancient and conspicuous agricultural
landscapes in mountain and hilly regions of the Mediterranean basin. Spreading out from …

Hillslope degradation in representative Italian areas: Just soil erosion risk or opportunity for development?

P Brandolini, G Pepe, D Capolongo… - Land Degradation & …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
In recent years, much research have dealt with the impact of human and climate change on
the morpho‐evolution of Mediterranean catchments characterized by high ecological and …

Slope instabilities in steep cultivation systems: Process classification and opportunities from remote sensing

P Tarolli, A Pijl, S Cucchiaro… - Land Degradation & …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The cultivation of steep slopes is a widespread practice in hilly and mountainous areas
around the world. Such environments often result in particular agricultural systems linked …

El Pirineo Aragonés como paisaje cultural

JMG Ruiz, T Lasanta - Pirineos, 2018 - pirineos.revistas.csic.es
Los paisajes culturales se han construido a lo largo de siglos o milenios como
consecuencia de la adaptación de diferentes culturas a la heterogeneidad de los sistemas …

Soil degradation, restoration and management in abandoned and afforested lands

T Lasanta, J Arnáez, E Nadal-Romero - Advances in chemical pollution …, 2019 - Elsevier
Soil degradation is currently one of the major worldwide environmental problems, being
land abandonment one of its main causes. In the last decades an important number of …

Catchment based hydrology under post farmland abandonment scenarios

N Lana-Renault, M López-Vicente, E Nadal-Romero… - 2018 - digital.csic.es
[EN] Vegetation expansion following farmland abandonment is a complex process that
depends on multiple natural and human-induced factors, resulting in differences in the …

Una revisión sobre las tierras abandonadas en España: de los paisajes locales a las estrategias globales de gestión

T Lasanta, E Nadal-Romero… - Cuadernos de …, 2021 - publicaciones.unirioja.es
Abandoned lands occupy extensive territories in some Spanish regions, particularly in
mountain areas and semiarid environments. These lands originate very diverse landscapes …

[HTML][HTML] Detecting trends in seagrass cover through aerial imagery interpretation: Historical dynamics of a Posidonia oceanica meadow subjected to anthropogenic …

G Mancini, G Mastrantonio, A Pollice, GJ Lasinio… - Ecological …, 2023 - Elsevier
Over the last century, P. oceanica meadows have undergone significant regression along
Mediterranean coasts due to anthropogenic disturbances. Using an integrated approach …

[HTML][HTML] Searching for the best post-land abandonment management to enhance long-term carbon storage in Mediterranean mountain areas

M Cortijos-López, T Lasanta, E Cammeraat… - Geography and …, 2025 - Elsevier
The abandonment of rural activities in the Mediterranean mid-mountains has led to the
activation of revegetation processes, as well as the subsequent implementation of various …