Nieves López Estébanez- PhD
- Professor (Full) at Autonomous University of Madrid
Nieves López Estébanez
- PhD
- Professor (Full) at Autonomous University of Madrid
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Introduction: Tropical peatlands are highly fragile vegetal formations, especially vulnerable to anthropogenic
impacts and changes in climatic conditions.
Objective: To characterize the flora of the Talamanca peatlands, as well as identify their dynamics, threats, and
impacts.
Methods: The flora was analyzed in five peat bogs located in the Buenavi...
XVIII Colóquio Ibérico de Geografia. Associação Portuguesa de Geógrafos. Coimbra. 9-10 October 2024. Book of abstract ISBN: 978-989-35579-2-1
The aim of this paper is to deepen the relationship between the practice of extensive grazing and the conservation of biodiversity in different livestock systems in Spain. Based on three main areas in which extensive traditional grazing livestock practices are developed (Extremaduran pastures, cereal crops in the interior of the peninsula and coast...
The aim of this paper is to delve into the relationship between extensive
grazing with agroecological practices and the conservation of biodiversity in different livestock systems in Spain. Considering three main areas, in which livestock practices based on extensive traditional grazing are developed (Extremaduran pastures, cereal crops in the inte...
Esta adenda aporta referencias sobre la abundancia y localización de 25 nuevos taxones identificados en la ribera urbana del río Manzanares en la ciudad de Madrid (junio 2023-julio 2024). También aporta nuevas referencias de otras especies ya citadas y de especies eliminadas por los trabajos desarrollados en el río. Considerando las nuevas incorpor...
In the continental Mediterranean mountains of the Iberian Peninsula is located a landscape characterized by the presence of enclosed land parcels delimited by dry stone walls or vegetation, or by both these elements. This landscape has been included, since 2018, in UNESCO’s Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity under the n...
In "Mediterranean Plant Conservation Week" (4th: 2023: Valencia, Spain) E. Laguna, D. Arizpe, A. Cebrián, M. Seguí, A. Rubio, editors. 4th Mediterranean Plant Conservation Week “Plant Conservation and Ecosystem Restoration in the Mediterranean” Valencia, Valencian Community, Spain 23-27 October 2023: book of abstracts. Valencia: CIEF, 2023. ISBN 97...
The highland horticultural landscape in Costa Rica, corresponding to contact areas between the Great Metropolitan Area and the Protected Areas of the Central Volcanic Range is characterized by its constitution based on diverse agri-food systems, with varied sociodemographic profiles and with different management patterns, which faces socioeconomic...
El trabajo profundiza en la incidencia del cambio climático en la fenología y productividad de los pastizales de campos cercados de la vertiente madrileña del Sistema Central. Estos pastizales, tradicionalmente destinados a la siega, poseen un elevado valor ambiental, productivo y cultural. Debido a su posición latitudinal, a la morfología de sus l...
El documento presenta los resultados del proyecto de investigación C0612 Catalogación de agropaisajes y propuesta de unidades de gestión paisajística en Buenos Aires, Región Brunca, Costa Rica, inscrito en el Centro de Investigaciones sobre Diversidad Cultural y Estudios Regionales (CIDICER) de la Universidad de Costa Rica. El estudio consistió en...
El documento contiene los resultados del proyecto de investigación C0612 Catalogación de agropaisajes y propuesta de unidades de gestión paisajística en Buenos Aires, Región Brunca, Costa Rica, inscrito en el Centro de Investigaciones sobre Diversidad Cultural y Estudios Regionales (CIDICER) de la Universidad de Costa Rica. El estudio consistió en...
Este anexo aporta información relativa a la localización y densidad de 186 taxones autóctonos y alóctonos de especial interés por su distribución rala o estado de conservación, presentes en estado silvestre en la ribera urbana del río Manzanares en Madrid. El ámbito de muestreo incluye el canal y, en aquellos tramos en los que el río no está canali...
E L VALLE de la Puebla de la Sierra se sitúa en el sector noreste de la Comunidad de Madrid, en el lími-te con la provincia de Guadalajara (figura 1), al sur de los altos relieves de Somosierra. La altitud de las mon-tañas que rodean a este valle oscila entre 1.600 y 1.800 m, siendo la cumbre más alta La Tornera con 1.865 m. El paisaje del valle de...
Landscape analysis, the focus and scale of which are unequivocally regional, constitute a decisive contribution to landscape studies by Spanish Geography. The renewed interest in the landscape of citizens and politicians in reference to all types of territory and as an element of quality of life, promoted by the European Landscape Convention (Europ...
Spanish geography has registered significant changes in the last three decades that have affected teaching, research and social consideration of the discipline. New educational programs (bachelor’s degrees, master’s and doctorates) have been launched within the framework of the reforms developed (LRU, Bologna Declaration) on university education th...
Las redes sociales constituyen en la actualidad una fuente novedosa para la detección del comportamiento comunitario, a la vez que se han convertido en recursos de comunicación muy útiles para establecer contactos inmediatos ante eventuales emergencias, como fue el caso de la llegada de la pandemia COVID-19 y sus graves efectos. La información publ...
OBJECTIVE: This study’s goals are to identify broad-scale types of agricultural landscapes in Spain that are associated with intensification/disintensification and urbanization and then to use case studies to assess the types and extent of cross-landscape connectivity. It examines the social-ecological connectivity of environmental resources, resou...
II Feria de Agroecología. Campus Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. Presentación de caso de estudio en el Proyecto SAMUTER (https://samuter.com)
Se pretende analizar y comparar la evolución de los aprovechamientos de diferentes fresnedas trasmochadas de Fraxinus angustifolia en el piedemonte de la Sierra de Guadarrama (Madrid, España). En este sector de la Península Ibérica el espacio forestal ha sufrido intensas transformaciones que han modificado la superficie de la masa arbolada. En ocas...
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Quercus suber L. rupicolius population on the southern slopes of Guadarrama Mountain Range (Madrid-Spain) Quercus suber L. rupicolius populations on granite lithologies of the Pedriza de Man-zanares (Madrid) were analyzed. Within the Madrid Region these are the most nothern and higher (1.350 m a.s.l) of all of them. In the selected area the cork tr...
This paper addresses the Multifunctional and Territorialised Agri-Food Systems (MTLAFS) in areas of direct urban influence, focusing on the metropolitan region of Madrid. MTLAFS are contextualised as alternatives to the hegemonic global model of mass production and consumption. They are created by combining two conceptual and theoretical bodies of...
Dear Colleagues,
We cordially invite the submission of original contributions dealing with impact of multifunctional and territorialized agrifood systems (MTAS) on improving agricultural landscapes that are risk of transformation due to the influence of urban sprawl and abandonment of agriculture in peri-urban and rural areas. With this Special is...
In Central America, Family Farming (FF) is characterized by the fostering of endogenous development, self-sustaining economies, food safety and upholding the values of the agricultural landscape. However, government agricultural policies have promoted an external model of development based on industrial monocultures, which generates socioeconomic a...
Este Mooc forma parte de un itinerario formativo más amplio, compuesto por tres Moocs, que pretende formar en el reconocimiento de los valores y la diversidad de los paisajes culturales europeos, especialmente de aquellos vinculados al ferrocarril.
This work identifies the different quality marks of agricultural and livestock products existing in Sierra de Guadarrama (Madrid, Spain). With the information obtained, a database has been compiled on products, regulatory bodies, quality requirements, type of brand, municipality, producer, etc. Moreover, this information has been used to characteri...
In this work, the reproductive communities of waterfowl are studied in a set of lagoon treatment plants in the province of Toledo (Central Spain) during a period of more than 25 years (interval 1995-2020). They have been visited during the breeding season (April-July) to find out their specific composition and quantify the specific numbers of each...
La Cordillera de Talamanca, rica en biodiversidad y ecosistemas, alberga humedales
de turbera localizados en los pisos altitudinales de los bosques montano-bajos y
montano-altos, dominados por roble encino (Quercus spp.). Sin embargo, florísticamente están más relacionados con la vegetación de páramo de elevaciones superiores a 3.100 m. El estudio...
The South Pacific region of Costa Rica stands out for its cultural and biological richness in Central America. By contrast, this area is remarkable for the negative impacts of agroindustrial development. Throughout history this region has been marginalized with respect the geo-historical centre of the country. Socio-economic backwardness and enviro...
La protección de la agricultura periurbana mediante la zonificación de determinados suelos como no urbanizables por los instrumentos de planificación urbanística y territorial resulta insuficiente frente a las fuertes presiones de usos residenciales, industriales, infraestructurales y, en ocasiones, turísticos que provocan su fragilidad. En este te...
The present paper combines the classification of hedgerows in relation to surface soil moisture with the consideration of drivers of change (environmental, demographic, and policy) affecting the areal extent of hedgerow land cover in central Spain. These landscapes have a high cultural significance and functionality that needs to be preserved and i...
The present paper addresses the methodology carried out to obtain a new classification of hedgerow networks in the Mediterranean region using GIS and Remote Sensing. A new methodology has been developed due to the need to establish a typification of the hedgerows in this sector of southern Europe, where the variable conditioning the localization, a...
The present paper highlights the importance of hedgerows and enclosures in the mountains of Central Spain. Now, these landscapes have suffered profound variations in terms of agroforestry practices, especially in the Mediterranean mountains where the characteristic multifunctional has largely been lost. The article analyzes land uses changes, dynam...
In line with the Urban Agenda for the EU, this article highlights the importance of local actions in the conservation of biodiversity, both through specific activities and by increasing the availability of information. As such, the policies and projects related to the conservation of biodiversity have been analyzed here at different levels and, in...
The objectives of this paper are: to know the current situation of the hedgerows agrosystem in the southern slope of the Central System taking into account its historical evolution; to establish its most recent dynamics in relation to the crisis experienced in the rural space of this mountainous piedmont; to compare the functioning of this system i...
The objectives of this research are: to know the current situation of the hedgerows agrosystem in the southern slope of the Central System taking into account its historical evolution; to establish its most recent dynamics in relation to the crisis experienced in the rural space of this mountainous piedmont; to compare the functioning of this syste...
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The history and past management of trees within woodlands are the main objectives of this book. The authors show four points of view about one theme: silvicultures. Wood pasture systems of South East England and Northern Italy, Spanish pollard forests, and Portuguese montado are great examples of European ancient forests. Reconstruction of forest e...
![Figure 1. a) Fraxinus angustifolia density in Europe according to [25]....](profile/Fernando-Allende-Alvarez/publication/333618985/figure/fig1/AS:766366399344643@1559727396688/a-Fraxinus-angustifolia-density-in-Europe-according-to-25-b-Localisation-of-the_Q320.jpg)
The activity of pollarding Fraxinus angustifolia L. is one of the most singular in the Guadarrama piedmont, Madrid. This treatment generates a patrimonial landscape of great interest and identity. The main aims of this work are to determine the surface covered by Fraxinus angustifolia L.; its conservation state and structure; the main variables tha...
Libro de Actas del XXV Congreso de Geógrafos Españoles
Gillian Gomez, Nieves López, Fernando Allende. Las fresnedas trasmochadas del piedemonte del Sistema Central en Madrid (España): cambios y usos actuales. Estudios Rurales, Vol 6, N° 11, ISSN 2250-4001, CEAR-UNQ, Buenos Aires, segundo semestre de 2016, pp., 32-47 32 Las fresnedas trasmochadas del piedemonte del Sistema Central en Madrid (España): ca...
This article deals a phytoclimatic characterization of a mountain massif included in Cantabrian central mountain and dominated by Curavacas peak (2.524 m). As starting point are utilized field sampling vegetation plots combining with rainfall and thermal normalized data obtained of the SIGA (Service of Agrarian Geographical Information) and the dat...
This article deals a phytoclimatic characterization of a mountain massif included in Cantabrian central mountain and dominated by Curavacas peak (2.524 m). As starting point are utilized field sampling vegetation plots combining with rainfall and thermal normalized data obtained of the SIGA (Service of Agrarian Geographical Information) and the dat...
En el Preámbulo del Convenio Europeo del Paisaje, firmado en Florencia el 20 de octubre de 2000 por los Estados miembros del Consejo de Europa, se señala: "Tomando nota de que el paisaje desempeña un papel importante de interés general en los campos cultural, ecológico, medioambiental y social, y que constituye un recurso favorable para la activida...
Fecha de exportación: el 27 de octubre de 2014, Origen: DIALNET
The main objective of this chapter is to characterize the different phases of forestry uses and their impact of forest dynamics on the northern and southern slopes of the Somosierra and Ayllón mountain ranges (Madrid-Segovia, Spain). Thus, we attempt to define long-term models reflecting forest dynamics. To this end, there is a vital need to break...
La silvocultura del trasmocho fue una práctica ampliamente extendida en el Sistema Central. En
este trabajo se analizan las tipologías silvomorfológicas pasadas y presentes derivadas de este tipo
de podas. En algunos sectores serranos del centro de la Península aún son reconocibles las huellas
derivadas de esta actividad, tanto funcionales como dif...
The Iberian populations of Juniperus oxycedrus L. subsp. oxycedrus have been studied by several
authors who consider their condition as unfavourable. In the Madrid Region, current status, dynamic and distribution area are unknown even when their populations, specifically those who form arborescent shrubs, are included in the type 5210 (Habitat Dire...
La silvocultura del trasmocho fue una práctica ampliamente extendida en el Sistema Central. En
este trabajo se analizan las tipologías silvomorfológicas pasadas y presentes derivadas de este tipo
de podas. En algunos sectores serranos del centro de la Península aún son reconocibles las huellas
derivadas de esta actividad, tanto funcionales como dif...
Natura 2000 is a pan-european network whose principal aim is to conserve the european spaces of greatest natural interest. Its effectiveness is analyzed in a specific sector in Spain, namely the Atlantic region, through an exhaustive division and assessment by area. This article considers questions related to the impact on the spaces included withi...
Natura 2000 is a pan-european network whose principal aim is to conserve the european spaces of greatest natural interest. Its effectiveness is analyzed in a specific sector in Spain, namely the Atlantic region, through an exhaustive division and assessment by area. This article considers questions related to the impact on the spaces included withi...
We analysed the main changes in land use over a 21 year period within the perimeter of a Protected Natural Area (PNA) and
outside this perimeter. The area is characterised by its Mediterranean mid-mountain landscape and its piedmont, which extends
almost as far as the city of Madrid. We employed cartography of land use and plant formation from 1980...
1. INTRODUCCIÓN El declive a que se vieron sometidas buena parte de las áreas rurales españolas en las décadas de los años 60 y 70 del siglo XX afectó de manera significativa a las de montaña, lo que se tradujo, a veces de modo trágico, en el abandono y la ruina de no pocas de ellas. Desde entonces, la preocupación por el vaciado demográfico, la de...
La Sierra del Rincón está situada en el sector nororiental de la Comunidad de Madrid, limitando con la provincia de Guadalajara (Comunidad de Castilla-La Mancha), en un ámbito serrano perteneciente al Sistema Central, en el contacto entre la Sierra de Ayllón y Somosierra. A este territorio pertenecen los municipios de Prádena del Rincón, Montejo de...
En estas páginas se analiza una fuente documental de alto interés forestal: la Memorias de la Comisión de Repoblación de la Cuenca del Lozoya. Con ella se pretende dar cuenta del valioso retrato que dibujan estos manuscritos de un sector de la Sierra madrileña, pero también reflexionar acerca del ideario y las actuaciones de la etapa previa a la ge...
RESUMEN Se analizan los caracteres de la sucesión secundaria en las repoblaciones de coníferas de la Sierra de los Filabres y se comparan con los que se producen en formaciones vegetales próximas bajo condiciones mesológicas similares. Se estudia la influencia de la estructura espacial de las formaciones forestales, repobladas y naturales en la din...
Se estudia la organización de las comunidades vegetales y sus estructuras en un valle de] sector oriental del Sistema Central (Madrid). Las características y actual distribución de las comunidades son el resultado de una secular intervención humana. Tras el abandono de los usos las dinámicas naturales de la vegetación tienden a recuperar los espaci...
