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Sergio Prats Alegre concluded his European PhD in 2013 under the Marine & Environmental PhD program (PROMAR) in the University of Aveiro, and has a MsC degree in Environmental Sciences in the University of Coimbra. Bachelor in Environmental Sciences (2003) and Pedagogic Specialization Course (2005). He is a researcher at the University of Évora MED -Mediterranean Institute for Agriculture, Environment and Development. He is the PI of 2 research projects. Participates/participated as researcher in more than 25 projects. In their professional activities interacted with 136 collaborator(s) co-authorship of scientific papers. His work has resulted in 50 publications, 42 of which in indexed international journals, being first author in 14 of them across different disciplines: environment, earth-surface and soil sciences and nature conservation and environmental engineering. Overall, his articles have been cited 1465 times (2096 in Google scholar) and his Scopus H-index is 23 (17-04-2024). Additionally, he has authored/co-authored 5 book chapters, 12 papers in conference proceedings and 132 communications in international conferences with 50 oral (of which 16 were as invited speaker) and 80 posters. Co-supervised 1 PhD thesis, 6 MsC thesis and 7 BsC dissertations and trained 7 research projects fellows and 32 environmental workers. Has received 2 awards and/or distinctions and has more than 30 outreach activities. He is/was member of organizing and scientific committees of 5 international conferences and workshops. He is also reviewer for 14 Q1 international journals. He works in the area of Environmental Engineering and Agrarian Sciences with emphasis on Soil Science, and also in Engineering and Technology. In his cv Ciência Vitae the most frequent terms are: Runoff; Soil erosion; Wildfire; Emergency treatments; land management; Mulching; Polyacrylamide; SOM; carbon stocks; Subsurface flow; Streamflow; Soil moisture; Eucalypt; Pine; Terracing. Summary of publication indexes: 54 publications including: o 42 papers published in SCI scientific journals (94% at Q1; 74% at D1 journals on their category; 14 papers as 1st author) o 10 papers published at national open access journals (38% as 1st author) o 5 book chapters. 150 contributions to national and international (82%) conferences: 50 oral presentations and lectures / 15 by invitation - Member of organizing and/or scientific committee of 5 International conferences. 24 disseminations and outreach activities in Radio, TV, news and websites. Reviewer for 14 SCI research journals since 2013. Average of 174 citations per year in SCOPUS (111 in PUBLONS) since 2016. Thompson Reuter: http://www.researcherid.com/rid/B-9951-2019 Scopus: https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=23971055700 Researchgate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Sergio_Prats ~ Google scholar: https://scholar.google.es/citations?user=5J3wLP0AAAAJ&hl=pt-PT Personal webpage: https://www.uevora.pt/pessoas?id=237356; www.cesam.ua.pt/prats
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Sergio Prats

Citation names

  • Prats, Sergio
  • Prats S.A.
  • Sergio Prats Alegre
  • Sergio P. Alegre

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
AB18-3959-DDE9
ORCID iD
0000-0002-7341-877X
Google Scholar ID
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=5J3wLP0AAAAJ&hl=pt-PT
Researcher Id
B-9951-2019
Scopus Author Id
23971055700

Email addresses

  • sergio.prats@uevora.pt (Professional)

Addresses

  • Núcleo da Mitra, Gab. 206, Edificio dos Regentes Agrícolas, Ap. 94, 7006-554, Évora, Évora, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Engineering and Technology - Environmental Engineering - Environmental Engineering
  • Agrarian Sciences - Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries - Soil Science
  • Social Sciences - Economic and Social Geography - Environmental Sciences
  • Natural sciences - Earth and Environmental Sciences - Hydrology
  • Agrarian Sciences - Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries - Agronomy
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Biology

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Proficiency (C2) Advanced (C1)
Spanish; Castilian Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
Galician Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Intermediate (B1) Advanced (C1)
French Beginner (A1) Intermediate (B1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1)
Italian Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Beginner (A1) Intermediate (B1)
Education
Degree Classification
2013
Concluded
 PROMAR-- Programa Doutoral em ciencias do Mar e do Ambiente - U. Porto-U. Aveiro - Doutoramento Europeu - (Doutoramento)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
"Mitigação da erosão do solo após os incendios florestais--Soil erosion mitigation following forest wildfires." (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Appoved unanimously
2007
Concluded
 Curso de Mestrado em Engenharia do Ambiente (edição 2005/2007) (Mestrado)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
"Simulações de chuva para a medição e modelação da erosão em areas florestais recentemente ardidas" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Curricular Course: 15 (gama 0-20); MSc Thesis: ´Mu
2005
Concluded
 Certificado de Aptitud Pedagogica (Licenciatura)
Universidad de Granada, Spain
"n/a" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Muito Bom
2002/02
Concluded
 Licenciado en Ciencias Ambientales (Bachelor (1st cycle))
Universidad de Granada, Spain
"Efeitos da Eucaliptização nas Comunidades Vegetais da Serra do Caramulo" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 1.96 (gama 0-4)
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2021/11/02 - Current Auxiliary Researcher (Research) Universidade de Évora Instituto de Ciências Agrárias e Ambientais Mediterrânicas, Portugal
2019/02/01 - 2021/11/01 Contracted Researcher (Research) Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
2014/12/01 - 2019/01/31 Postdoc (Research) Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal, Portugal
2014/04/15 - 2014/11/30 Postdoc (Research) Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal, Portugal
Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal, Portugal
2013/02/01 - 2014/03/14 Contracted Researcher (Research) Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal, Portugal
2008/09/01 - 2012/08/31 Researcher (Research) Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal, Portugal
2007/03/01 - 2008/08/31 Contracted Researcher (Research) European Commission Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development Small Medium Enterprises, Belgium
2005/10/01 - 2007/02/28 Research Assistant (Research) Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Ambiente e Ordenamento, Portugal

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2019/10/08 - 2019/10/11 Lecturer (University Teacher) Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros Agrónomos de Albacete, Spain
2011/04/05 - 2011/04/05 Lecturer (University Teacher) Universidade Lusófona do Porto, Portugal
Universidade Lusófona do Porto, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2009/07/01 - 2012/08/31 PhD Scolarship (funded by FCT) Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
Colorado State University, United States
(...)
2008/09/01 - 2009/06/29 PhD Scolarship (funded by FCT) Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Portugal
2002/12/13 - 2003/12/31 Contracted Biologist for coordination of decontamination activities of the "Prestige" oil spill. TRAGSA-Ministerio Medio Ambiente, Spain, Spain
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2023/03 - 2026/03 SOLVO - SOLuções baseadas em cobertura do solo com mulch e biochar procedentes de resíduos do lagar para reverter processos de desertificação nos oliVais do MediterrâneO.
Provided by PTCRIS: 2022.06004.PTDC
Principal investigator
Universidade de Évora, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2023/01/01 - 2025/12/31 Vine&Wine - Driving Sustainable Growth Through Smart Innovation. 3.2.SOLVIT subproject. C644866286-00000011
C644866286-00000011
Principal investigator
Universidade de Évora Instituto de Ciências Agrárias e Ambientais Mediterrânicas, Portugal
Ongoing
2021/06 - 2024/05 Engenharia da função de esponja dos solos portugueses de pastagem para combater de forma sustentável a desertificação
Provided by PTCRIS: PTDC/EAM-AMB/0474/2020
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2022/04/01 - 2023/12/31 BIOMONTADO - O ecossistema de montado e a vinha 181621
C645792349-00469009
Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI)
Universidade de Évora, Portugal
Concluded
2019/03 - 2023/03 Utilização de biomassa de exóticas para a recuperação pós-fogo: Reutilização, Regeneração e Reflorestação
Provided by PTCRIS: PCIF/GVB/0202/2017
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2016/07 - 2020/06 FIRE-C-BUDs - Efeitos indiretos de incêndios florestais nos fluxos e no balanço de carbono
Provided by PTCRIS: PTDC/AGR-FOR/4143/2014
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2016/07 - 2019/10 Modelação de processos hidrológicos de superfície com base em termografia de infravermelhos às escalas local e da parcela.
Provided by PTCRIS: PTDC/ECM-HID/4259/2014
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2007/05 - 2011/01 EROSFIRE II - Ferramenta SIG para conservação do solo, à escala de encostas até bacias hidrográficas, após incêndios florestais
Provided by PTCRIS: PTDC/AGR-CFL/70968/2006
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2007/06 - 2010/11 Estratégias de remediação de solos imediatamente após incêndios florestais.
Provided by PTCRIS: PTDC/AGR-AAM/73350/2006
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2005/06 - 2008/06 EROSFIRE - Ferramenta de apoio na decisão para identificação, com base em modelação, de risco de erosão do solo após incêndios florestais
Provided by PTCRIS: POCI/AGR/60354/2004
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia

Contract

Designation Funders
2015/10/01 - 2029/10/01 Valley Fire - Post-Fire Response to Forest Management in Central California
D1613501
Researcher
US Department of Agriculture Forest Service, United States
 California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection
Concluded
2022/06/01 - 2026/05/31 REWET - REstoration of WETlands to minimise emissions and maximise carbon uptake: a strategy for long term climate mitigation.
101056804
Researcher
Universidade de Évora, Portugal
 Europe Horizons
Ongoing
2016 - 2025 Caspar Creek Experimental Watershed - Effects of logging on streamflow, sedimentation, fish life, and fish habitat in the north coast redwood—Douglas-fir type, Jackson State Forest, Fort Bragg, California
Caspar Creek Experimental Watersheds
Caspar Creek Experimental Watersheds
Researcher
US Department of Agriculture Forest Service, United States
 California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection
Ongoing
2021/02/01 - 2023/05/31 SUSTAINOLIVE Novel approaches to promote the SUSTAInability of OLIVE cultivation in the Mediterranean
2018-SECTION1-FA3
Researcher
Universidad de Jaén, Spain
 H2020 Food Security Sustainable Agriculture and Forestry Marine Maritime and Inland Water Research and the Bioeconomy
Ongoing
2020/04/10 - 2023/03/31 EROFIRE - Post-fire erosion risk assessment using molecular markers.
PCIF/RPG/0079/2018
Researcher
Universidade de Évora Instituto de Ciências Agrárias e Ambientais Mediterrânicas, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2020/05/01 - 2022/12/31 FRISCO – managing Fire-induced RISks of water quality Contamination
PCIF/MPG/0044/2018
Collaborator
Centro de Ecologia Evolução e Alterações Ambientais, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2020/03/01 - 2022/12/15 CILIFO - Iberian Centre for Forest Fire Research and Control
0753_CILIFO_5_E
Collaborator
Agencia de Medio Ambiente y Agua de Andalucía, Spain
 Interreg Europe
Ongoing
2018/03/01 - 2021/02/28 EPyRIS - Joint Strategy for the Protection and Restoration of Ecosystems Affected by Forest Fires. (Integrated management in high-risk natural areas)
SOE2/P5/E0811
Researcher
Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
 FEDER - Fundo Europeu de Desenvolvimento Regional
2018 - 2021 R3FOREST ¿ Using exotic biomass for post-fire recovery: re-use, regenerate and reforest. PTCRIS: PCIF/GVB/0202/2017
PCIF/GVB/0202/2017
Researcher
Centro de Ecologia Evolução e Alterações Ambientais, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2017/09/01 - 2020/08/31 ACEP-RAA "Acordo de Cooperação Estação-Piloto para a Recuperação das Áreas Ardidas”
ACEP-RAA
Researcher
Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
 Fundo Florestal Permanente (FFP)
Cancelled
2019/01/01 - 2019/12/31 Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar
UID/AMB/50017/2019
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2016/12/31 - 2019/12/30 BIOREMEC – Aplicación de biochar procedente de residuos agrícolas como nueva estrategia para la recuperación de suelos contaminados por metales pesados y el secuestro de carbono
CGL2016-76498-R
Researcher
Gobierno de España Ministerio de Economía y Empresa, Spain
 Gobierno de España Ministerio de Economía y Empresa
Concluded
2016/07/01 - 2019/06/30 FIRE-C-BUDs – “Indirect effects of wildfire (severity) on carbon fluxes and budgets”
PTDC/AGR-FOR/4143/2014
Researcher
Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2018/03/01 - 2018/11/30 Programa de Recuperação das Matas (Sub-)Litorais
n.a.
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Portugal

Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal

Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal

Instituto Politécnico de Bragança Escola Superior Agrária, Portugal

Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária, Portugal

Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra Escola Superior Agrária de Coimbra, Portugal

Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
Concluded
2013/09 - 2018/09 RECARE Preventing and Remediating degradation of soils in Europe through Land Care
603498
603498
Researcher
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
 European Commission Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development Regions of Knowledge
2016 - 2018 HIRT - Modelling surface hydrologic processes based on infrared thermography at local and field scales
PTDC/ECM-HID/4259/2014
Researcher
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2014/06/01 - 2017/06/30 FUEGOSOL – Recovery of fire-affected forest areas: up-scaling from soil properties to landscape level
CGL2013-43440-R
Researcher
Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain
 Gobierno de España Ministerio de Economía y Empresa
2012 - 2014 TRANSFIBRA – Desenvolvimento de um novo sensor de turvação baseado em tecnologia de fibra óptica.
Transfibra
Research Fellow
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
 Agência Nacional de Inovação SA
Concluded
2010/05/01 - 2013/04/30 FIRECNUTS – WildFIRE effects on topsoil Carbon and NUTrient Stocks, dynamics and exports
PTDC/AGR-CFL/104559/2008
Researcher
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2011/01/01 - 2012/12/31 Projecto Estratégico - LA 17 - 2011-2012
PEst-C/MAR/LA0017/2011
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal

Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2010/04/10 - 2012/03/31 IBERfireRFSs – Impacts of wildfires on hydrological processes and soil erosion: an Iberian perspective.
Acção No. E-76/09
Researcher
Council of Rectors of the Portuguese Universities (CRUP)
2007/02/01 - 2012/01/30 DESIRE– Desertification mitigation and remediation of land. A global approach for local solutions
DESIRE
Research Fellow
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
 European Commission Sixth Framework Programme
2011/05/01 - 2011/09/30 Implementation of PRODER subactions 2.3.2.1.
IMPLEMENTATION OF PRODER SUBACTIONS 2.3.2.1.
Researcher
Penacova municipalty
Concluded
2005/04/12 - 2011/04/12 RAA –Rehabilitation of burnt areas (Recuperação Áreas Ardidas)
RAA
Researcher
Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Ecologia Aplicada Prof Baeta Neves, Portugal
 IFADAP - Instituto de Financiamento e Apoio ao Desenvolvimento da Agricultura e Pescas
Concluded
2007/05 - 2011/01 EROSFIRE II - A GIS-tool for slope-to-catchment-scale soil conservation management following forest wildfires
Provided by PTCRIS: 70968
70968
Researcher
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.
2007/06 - 2010/11 RECOVER - Immediate soil management strategy for recovery after forest fires
Provided by PTCRIS: 73350
73350
PTDC/AGR-AAM/73350/2006
Researcher
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.
2003/07/01 - 2009/06/30 SILVAQUA - Assessment of climatic change impact on water resources and CO2 fixation in fast growing forest stands in Portugal.
POCTI/MGS/49210/2002
Scientific Initiation Fellow
Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Ecologia Aplicada Prof Baeta Neves, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2009/01/01 - 2009/04/30 Immediate soil management strategy for recovery after forest fires
grant.Provided by PTCRIS: 73350
PTDC/AGR-AAM/73350/2006
Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2005/06/01 - 2008/11/01 PHOENIX – Forest reconversion in burnt areas
POCI/AGR/58896/2004
Scientific Initiation Fellow
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2005/06 - 2008/06 EROSFIRE - A model-based, decision-support tool for soil erosion hazard assessment following forest wildfires
Provided by PTCRIS: 60354
60354
Research Fellow
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.
2004/06/30 - 2006/12/30 INUNDA – Actions Pilote de Prévention des Risques d’Inondation dans des Zones Fortement Urbanisées
INUNDA
Scientific Initiation Fellow
Generalitat Valenciana, Spain
 European Regional Development Fund. 2000 - 2006 Interreg IIIC
2002/01/01 - 2005/10/30 FIREGUARD– Monitoring Forests at the Management Unit Level for Fire Prevention and Control
ENV.2013.6.2-4
Researcher
Joanneum Research Forschungsgesellschaft mbH, Austria
 European Commission Sixth Framework Programme
2003/12/20 - 2004/12/31 Limpieza urgente Playas Pontevedra PRESTIGE
LIMPIEZA-URGENTE PRESTIGE
Technical development
Gobierno de España Ministerio de Agricultura Pesca y Alimentación
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book
  1. João Pedro Carvalho Nunes; Joana Parente; Benali, Akli; Niels Nitzsche; Sergio Prats Alegre; Sá, Ana C. L.; Carlos Brito; Dias, Luís Filipe. Práticas para a gestão de recursos hídricos em bacias hidrográficas com histórico de incêndios rurais em Portugal: Projeto FRISCO: gestão de riscos de contaminação da qualidade da água induzidos pelo fogo. Lisbon, Portugal. 2023.
    Published • 10.13140/RG.2.2.29524.37761
Book chapter
  1. Prats S.A.; Frank G.A. Verheijen; Merino A.; Gonzalez-Perez J.A.,; De La Rosa JA.. "Straw mulch and biochar application in recently burned areas of Algarve (Portugal) and Andalusia (Spain)". In Recarbonizing global soils: A technical manual of recommended management practices, Volume 6: Other land uses: Forestry, Wetlands, Urban Soils – Case-studies., edited by FAO & ITPS, 0-5. Rome, Italy: Global Soil Partnership (GSP) Secretariat and Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2021.
    Accepted • https://doi.org/10.4060/cb6605en
  2. Malvar, M.C.; Prats S.A.; J. Jacob Keizer. "Advances in post-fire soil erosion assessment and reduction in central Portugal. The experience of the University of Aveiro.". In Planeamento e Gestão dos Recursos Naturais- Homenagem Professora Doutora Celeste Coelho, edited by Ferreira ADJ., Alves F., Keizer JJ, 134-155. Aveiro, Portugal: University of Aveiro, 2015.
    Published
  3. Coelho COA., Keizer JJ. , Nunes JP., Rial-Rivas ME., Varela MET., Faria S., Ferreira RSV., Maia PAA., Malvar MC.,; Prats SA., Valente S., Vasques A., Vieira DCS.. "Fire Effects on Soil and Water Resources, and Their Mitigation". In Forest fires research: beyond burnt area statistics., edited by Amorim J.H., Keizer JJ. , Miranda AI., Monaghan K., 53-58. Aveiro, Portugal: University of Aveiro, 2011.
  4. Ferreira AJD.; Prats S.A.; Carvalho T.; Silva J.S.; Pinheiro AQ.. "Estratégias e técnicas de conservação do solo e da água após incêndios. Capitulo X". In Ecologia do Fogo e Gestão de Áreas Ardidas., edited by Moreira F., Catry FX., Silva JS., Rego F., 229-252. Lisboa, Portugal: Instituto Superior de Agronomia de Lisboa, 2010.
    Published
  5. Ferreira AJD.; Prats S.A.; Ferreira, C.S.S.; Malvar MC.; Coelho COA.; Carreiras M.; Esteves T.. "Los incendios forestales en Portugal. Aportes para la comprensión del impacto en la degradación de suelos y aguas". In Efectos de los Incendios Forestales Sobre los Suelos en España., edited by Cerdà, A., Mataix-Solera, J., 79-103. Valencia, Spain: Universitat de València, Cátedra Divulgación de la Ciencia., 2009.
    Published
Conference abstract
  1. Prats S.A.; Correia A.R.; Brigido C.; Rodriguez-Sousa A.A.; Pinto-Correia, Teresa; Munoz-Rojas, J. Corresponding author: Prats S.A.. "Assessing and up-scaling soil erosion in Mediterranean olive orchards with different farming systems.". Paper presented in IALE 2022 European Landscape Ecology Congress: Making the future, learning from the past., Warsaw, 2022.
  2. Beatriz Faria; João Pedro Carvalho Nunes; Wu, Jinfeng; Baartman, Jantiene; Sergio Prats Alegre; Dias, Luís Filipe. "Assessing the Effectiveness of SLM Measures in Restoring Forest Ecosystem Services Disturbed by Forest Fires". Paper presented in EGU General Assembly 2022, Vienna, 2022.
    Published • https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu22-351
  3. Prats S.A.; Prats SA., De La Rosa JM., Merino A., Verheijen F. Keizer JJ., González-Pérez J.A.. "Assessment of post-fire erosion mitigation tools: impact on carbon stocks and soil quality.". Paper presented in Book of Abstracts of EWWF (The England & Wales Wildfire Forum) Wildfire Conference, Cardiff, 2019.
    Published
  4. Prats SA., De La Rosa JM., Merino A., Keizer JJ., Valencia, F., Alegre, P., Prats-Fons, SF., Verheijen F.. "Use of coupled biochar and straw mulch as a technique to mitigate soil erosion and improve soil carbon stocks in burned soils of southern Iberian Peninsula.". Paper presented in ISMOM- 8th International Symposium of Interactions of Soil Minerals with Organic components and Microorganisms pp. 14., 2019.
    Published
  5. Prats SA., Sierra-Abain P., Moraña-Fontan A., Sampedro L., Moreira X., Covelo F., Zas R.. "Effectiveness of community-based initiatives for mitigation of land degradation after wildfires.". Paper presented in Book of Abstracts of EWWF (The England & Wales Wildfire Forum) Wildfire Conference., 2019.
    Published
  6. Wagenbrenner JW., Prats SA., Malvar MC., Coelho COA.. "Compaction and ground cover as controls on runoff generation and soil erosion following post-fire logging.". Paper presented in European Geosciences Union - EGU Geophysical Research Abstracts Vol. 21, EGU2019-10001, EGU General Assembly 2019. Session SSS2.12, 2019.
  7. Silva F., Prats SA., Vieira DCS., Puga J., Lopes R., Gonzaléz-Pelayo O., Caetano A., Campos IMAN., Keizer JJ.. "The effectiveness of two contrasting mulch application rates to reduce post-fire erosion in a Portuguese eucalypt plantation.". Paper presented in Geophysical Research Abstracts Vol. 20, EGU2018-17868, EGU General Assembly 2018., 2018.
  8. Abrantes JRCB., de Lima JLMP, Prats SA., Keizer JJ., Montenegro AAA., de Lima MIP.; Abrantes JRCB., de Lima JLMP., Prats SA., Lira LMC., Keizer JJ.. "Using infrared thermography to assess soil water repellency: Laboratory and field applications.". Paper presented in IAHS MOXXI and WMO HydroHub Joint Meeting 2017 Abstracts Book, Genebra, 2017.
    Published
  9. Keizer JJ., Lopes R., Silva F., Gonzaléz-Pelayo O., Caetano A., Campos I., Fernandes C., Oliveira B., Ribeiro C., Prats; Prats S.A., Puga J., Serpa D., Vieira A., Vieira D., Valente S.. "Can ploughing reduce post-fire soil -fertility- losses as effectively as mulching?". Paper presented in VIII FUEGORED 2017 International Meeting, 2017.
    Published
  10. Keizer JJ., Silva F., Prats SA., Gonzalez-Pelayo O., Campos I., Lopes A., Malvar M., Martins M., Oliveira B., et al.. "The effectiveness of two contrasting mulch application rates to reduce post-fire erosion.". Paper presented in 8º Congresso Florestal Nacional. Floresta em Português: Raízes do Futuro, Livro de Resumos., 2017.
    Published
  11. Malvar MC., Silva F., Prats SA., Vieira D., Coelho C., Keizer JJ.. "Short- term effects of post-fire salvage logging on runoff and soil erosion.". Paper presented in 8º Congresso Florestal Nacional. Floresta em Português: Raízes do Futuro, Livro de Resumos, Viana do Castelo, 2017.
    Published
  12. Vieira DCS, Serpa D, Nunes JPC, Prats SA, Keizer JJ.. "Predicting the effectiveness of different mulching techniques to reduce post-fire runoff and erosion in Mediterranean pine stands – does cover matter?.". Paper presented in 4th International Conference on Ecohydrology, Soil and Climate Change., Fig da Foz, 2017.
    Published
  13. Prats S.A.. "Effectiveness of two contrasting mulching rates to reduce post-fire soil and organic matter losses.". Paper presented in Geophysical Research Abstracts Vol. 19, EGU2017-15136, EGU General Assembly 2017., 2017.
  14. Prats SA., Abrantes JRCB., Crema IP., Keizer JJ., de Lima JLMP.. "Effectiveness of distinct mulch application rates and schemes under laboratory conditions.". Paper presented in Geophysical Research Abstracts Vol. 19, EGU2017-15473, EGU General Assembly 2017., 2017.
  15. Martins MAS., Prats SA., Keizer JJ., Verheijen F.. "Soil water repellency under stones, forest residue mulch and bare soil following wildfire.". Paper presented in Geophysical Research Abstracts Vol. 19, EGU2017-865, EGU General Assembly 2017., 2017.
  16. Malvar MC., Silva F., Prats SA., Vieira DCS., Keizer JJ.. "Short- term effects of post-fire logging on runoff and soil erosion at two spatial scales.". Paper presented in Geophysical Research Abstracts Vol. 19, EGU2017-19264, EGU General Assembly 2017., 2017.
  17. Keizer JJ., Abrantes N., Nunes, JP., Caetano A., Campos IMAN., Faria S., Gonzalez-Pelayo O., Hoogerwerf A., Malvar MC.,; Martins MAS., Methorst M., Oliveira B., Prats SA., et al.. "Recent advances towards an integrated assessment of wildfire effects in forest plantations in Portugal.". Paper presented in Geophysical Research Abstracts Vol. 19, EGU2017-14369, EGU General Assembly 2017., 2017.
    Published
  18. Prats SA., Martins MAS., Verheijen F., Silva F., Resensburg T., Malvar MC., Faria S., Keizer JJ.. "Assessing the effectiveness of PRODER-funded measures to reduce soil erosion in the Caramulo wildfire.". Paper presented in Book of Abstracts of VII FUEGORED meeting, p62, 2016.
  19. Keizer JJ., Oliveira B., Dias P., Cerqueira M., Bastos A., Pio C., Serpa D., Silva FC., Verheijen F., Pinto G.,; Nunes J., Pereira L., Varela MET., Malvar MC., Abrantes N., Gonzaléz-Pelayo O., Prats SA., et al.. "FIRE-C-BUDs: Indirect effects of wildfire (severity) on Carbon Fluxes and Budgets.". Paper presented in Book of Abstracts of VII FUEGORED meeting, p45, 2016.
    Published
  20. Vieira DCS., Silva FC., Puga JRL., Malvar MC., Prats SA., Keizer JJ.. "Soil water repellency assessment after wildfire in Central Portugal.". Paper presented in Book of Abstracts of VII FUEGORED meeting, p58, 2016.
    Published
  21. Silva F., Prats SA., Brandsma M., van der Spek, E., van Vliet,, J., Martins MAS., Puga J., Silva T., Pimpão G., et al.. "Post-fire mulching to decrease soil loss: less is enough.". Paper presented in Book of Abstracts of VII FUEGORED meeting, p59-60, 2016.
    Published
  22. Malvar MC., Silva F., Prats SA., Vieira DCS., Puga J., Campos IMAN., Martins MAS., Coelho COA., Keizer JJ.. "Short- term effects of post-fire logging on runoff and soil erosion at two spatial scales.". Paper presented in Book of Abstracts of VII FUEGORED meeting, p61, 2016.
    Published
  23. Prats SA., Abrantes JRCB., Crema IP., Keizer JJ., de Lima JLMP.. "Evaluation of a forest residue mulch blend applied in strips for reducing runoff, interrill and rill erosion in small plots under laboratory conditions.". Paper presented in Book of Abstracts of VII FUEGORED meeting, p55, 2016.
    Published
  24. de Lima JLMP., Abrantes JRCB., Prats SA., Keizer JJ.. "Assessing soil water repellency spatial variability using infrared thermography.". Paper presented in ERB2016, 16th Biennal Conference,“Hydrological behaviour in small basins under changing conditions" Abstracts book p37., 2016.
  25. Prats SA., Abrantes JRCB., Crema IP., Keizer JJ., de Lima JLMP.. "Can the effectiveness of forest residue mulching be improved by strip-wise application?.". Paper presented in ERB2016, 16th Biennal Conference,“Hydrological behaviour in small basins under changing conditions" Abstracts book p38., 2016.
  26. de Lima JLMP., Abrantes JRCB., Silva VP., Montenegro AAA., de Lima MIP., Gonçalves JM., Prats SA., Keizer JJ.. "Monitorização da superfície do solo usando termografia por infravermelhos.". Paper presented in UMS 2016 "Uso e Maneio do Solo" International conference, Book of Abstracts, 2016.
    Published
  27. Keizer JJ., Vieira D., Valente S., Silva T., Silva F., Serpa D., Santos L., Rocha J., Ribeiro C., Puga J., Prats SA.,; Pimpão G., Oliveira M., Martins M., Malvar M., Faria S., Campos I., Brandsma M., Bastos A., Abrantes N.. "Impactos de aplicação de resíduos florestais nas perdas do solo, da matéria orgânica e da biodiversidade em duas plantações de eucalipto no centro-norte de Portugal.". Paper presented in UMS 2016 "Uso e Maneio do Solo" International conference, Book of Abstracts, 2016.
    Published
  28. Prats SA., Abrantes JRCB., Crema IP., Keizer JJ., de Lima JLMP.. "Efectividad de las bandas de acolchado con restos forestales triturados para la mitigación de la escorrentía y la erosion del suelo en el laboratorio.". Paper presented in UMS 2016 "Uso e Maneio do Solo" International conference, Book of Abstracts, 2016.
    Published
  29. Malvar MC., Silva F., Prats SA., Martins M., Vieira D., Silva T., Puga J., Faria S., Campos I., Coelho COA., Keizer JJ.. "Efectos de la tala post-incendio en la respuesta hidrológica y de erosión del suelo medidos a dos escalas espaciales.". Paper presented in UMS 2016 "Uso e Maneio do Solo" International conference, Book of Abstracts p63, 2016.
    Published
  30. Prats S.A.. "Caracterização da variabilidade espacial da hidrofobicidade do solo: Utilização de termografia por infravermelhos.". Paper presented in UMS 2016 "Uso e Maneio do Solo" International conference, Book of Abstracts, 2016.
    Published
  31. KeizerJJ., Abrantes N., Bastos A., Brandsma M., Campos I., Faria S., Malvar M., Martins MAS., Oliveira MJ., Pimpão G.,; Prats SA., Puga J., Ribeiro C., Rocha J., Santos L., Serpa D., Silva F., Silva T., Valente S., Vieira DCS.. "Towards an integrated assessment of the impacts of forest residue mulching following wildfire in eucalypt plantations in north-central Portugal.". Paper presented in Geophysical Research Abstracts Vol. 18, EGU2016-8400. EGU General Assembly 2016. ISSN: 1607-7963, 2016.
    Published
  32. Prats S.A.. "Predicting the effectiveness of different mulching techniques to reduce post-fire runoff and erosion in Mediterranean pine stands – does cover matter?.". Paper presented in Geophysical Research Abstracts Vol. 18, EGU2016-853. EGU General Assembly 2016. ISSN: 1607-7963, 2016.
    Published
  33. Keizer JJ., Martins MAS., Prats SA., Vieira DCS., Nogueira R., Bilro L.. "The potential of a novel plastic optical fiber turbidity sensor to estimate sediment yields from recently burnt areas.". Paper presented in ERB2014, 15th Biennal Conference, “Hydrologic Research on pristine, rural and urban small basins" Abstracts Book, 2014.
    Published
  34. Malvar C.M.; Prats S.A.; Martins MAS.; Vieira DCS.; Machado AI.; Serpa D.; Gonzalez-Pelayo O.; et al. "Scientific steps through a sustainable forest management in north-central Portugal: Assessing the impacts of pre- and post-fire ground preparations, logging and mitigation treatments on post-fire runoff and erosion.". Paper presented in Conferência nacional do projeto Forestake. Participar no rumo e no cuidar da floresta portuguesa: um repto para todos?, Aveiro, 2013.
  35. Vieira DCS., Prats SA., Nunes JP., Fernández CF., Shakesby R.A., Ferreira AJD., Vega J.A., Coelho COA., Keizer JJ.. "Strengths and weaknesses of the Revised Morgan-Morgan-Finney model in predicting post-wildfire erosion.". Paper presented in Collected abstracts of the AGU Chapman Conference, “Synthesizing Empirical Results to Improve Predictions of Post-wildfire Runoff and Erosion Response”, 2013.
    Published
  36. Prats SA., Martins MAS., Malvar MC., Ben-Hur M., Keizer JJ.. "Does polyacrylamide reduce post-fire runoff and inter-rill erosion as effectively as forest residue mulching?.". Paper presented in Geophysical Research Abstracts Vol. 15, EGU2013-1605, EGU General Assembly 2013., 2013.
  37. Nunes JP., Wahren FT., Santos JM., Gosch L., Malvar MC., Wahren A., Rial-Rivas ME., Schwärzel K., Bernard-Jannin L.,; Hawtree D., Vieira DCS., Prats SA., van Hall I., van Beersum S., Boulet AK., Schumacher F., Pinto R., Cuco A., et al.. "Soil and water interactions in Iberian eucalypt and pine forest plantations.". Paper presented in EUROSOIL2012- 4th International Congress of the ECSSS “Soil science for the benefit of mankind and environment”, Proceedings, 2012.
    Published
  38. Prats S.A.. "Soil carbon stocks and losses in a recently burnt forest area in north-central Portugal.". Paper presented in EUROSOIL2012- 4th International Congress of the ECSSS “Soil science for the benefit of mankind and environment”, 2012.
    Published
  39. Keizer JJ., Nunes JP., Faria SR., Ferreira RSV., Malvar MC., Prats SA., Rodrigues J., Varela MET., Vieira DCS.. "Runoff generation across spatial and temporal scales following wildfire in north-central Portuguese forest plantations.". Paper presented in Managed forest in Future Landscapes: Implications for water and Carbon Cycles, Santiago de Compostela, 2011.
    Published
  40. Keizer JJ., Abrantes N., Campos IMAN., Cerqueira MMA., Erny G., Esteves VI., Faria SE., Ferreira RSV., Malvar MC.,; Nunes JP., Nunes MIS., Prats SA., Varela MET., Van den Heuvel S., Xufeng Shen M.. "Soil nutrients and organic matter stock and their losses by runoff following Wildfire in North-Central Portugal.". Paper presented in 3rd International Meeting of Fire Effects on Soil Properties FESP-III, 2011.
    Published
  41. Keizer JJ., Nunes JP., Rial ME., Varela MET., Abrantes N., Vasques A., Vieira DCS., Campos IMAN., Malvar M., Maia PAA.,; Ferreira RSV., Prats SA., Boulet AK., Pedrosa ET., Fernandes IAC., Faria S.. "Land degradation risk assessment following wildfire in Portugal - the challenge of an integrated approach.". Paper presented in FUEGORED 2010 International Meeting "Research and post-fire management: soil protection and rehabilitation techniques for burnt forest ecosystems", Santiago, 2010.
    Published
  42. Keizer JJ., Nunes JP., Malvar MC., Prats SA., Ferreira RSV., Vieira DCS., Varela M.E., Fernandes I., Faria S.. "Runoff generation across spatial and temporal scales following wildfire.". Paper presented in COST Action FP 0601 FORMAN - 7th Science Workshop_Helsinki, 2010.
    Published
  43. Keizer JJ., Malvar MC., Prats SA., Nunes JP.. "Repeat rainfall simulation experiments for assessing the evolution of overland flow generation and inter-rill erosion following wildfire.". Paper presented in Geophysical Research Abstracts Vol. 12, EGU2010-6800, EGU General Assembly 2010., 2010.
    Published
  44. Prats S.A.. "Runoff, Erosion, and Effects of Mulching on Burned Pine and Eucalyptus Plantations, Central Portugal.". Paper presented in AGU Hydrology Days Conference, Frot Collins (CO), 2010.
  45. Pinheiro A., Prats SA., Carvalho T.C., Boulet AK., Ferreira A.D.J., Coelho COA.. "Comparação da efectividade de diferentes técnicas de conservação do solo e da água, após incêndios florestais, baseada em pesquisa bibliográfica.". Paper presented in Book of Abstracts of UMS 09 – III Congreso sobre Uso y Manejo del Suelo., Lugo, 2009.
    Published
  46. Malvar MC., Prats SA., Nunes JP., Keizer JJ.. "Micro-plot scale overland flow generation and soil erosion in two recently burnt eucalypt stands in north-central Portugal - measurement and modelling results for simulated and natural events.". Paper presented in Proceedings of the 15th International Congress of ISCO, Budapest, 2008.
    Published
  47. J.J. Keizer; M. Malvar; J. Nunes; J. Silva; C. Coelho; S. Prats; R. Ferreira; et al. "The role of land management practices in soil erosion hazard in eucalypt stands in north-central Portugal following forest wildfires". Paper presented in V International Conference on Forest Fire Research, Figueira da Foz, 2006.
    Published • 10.1016/j.foreco.2006.08.306
  48. Keizer J., Nunes J., Malvar M., Prats SA., Ferreira R., Coelho C., Pereira V., Condesso de Melo T., Silva J., et al.. "The EROSFIRE project – preliminary results of small-scale and slope-scale runoff plots.". Paper presented in Geophysical Research Abstracts Vol. 8, EGU2006-10373. EGU General Assembly 2006., 2006.
    Published
Conference paper
  1. Sergio Prats Alegre; Basch, Gottlieb; A. C. Bastos or Catarina Bastos A or Catarina Bastos or Ana Catarina Bastos; Clarisse Brígido; Ana Caetano; Jose Maria de la Rosa; Ana Dias; et al. "Rainfall simulations to compare the effect of mulch and biochar on different soil ecosystem services". Paper presented in 2nd Rainfall Simulator Workshop: "Towards harmonisation in the use of rainfall simulators, Coimbra, 2023.
  2. Daniel P. Duarte; Sergio Prats; J. J. Keizer; Petia Georgieva; Rogério Nogueira; Lúcia Bilro; Hypolito J. Kalinowski; José Luís Fabris; Wojtek J. Bock. "Novel approach for simultaneous sediment classification and concentration determination of water turbidity". Paper presented in Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, 2015.
    10.1117/12.2194578
  3. Prats S.A.; Martins MAS.; Malvar MC.; Vieira DCS.; Coelho COA.; Cerdà A.; MacDonald LH.; Ferreira ADJ.; Keizer JJ.. "Aplicação de “mulch” após o fogo: um método efectivo para a redução da escorrência e da erosão.". Paper presented in Proceedings of the VII Encontro de Geografia Física e Ambiente., Guimarães, 2013.
    Published
  4. Prats S.A.; Bilro L.; Pinto JL.; Nogueira R.; Keizer JJ.. "Comparison of a new, fiber-optical sensor with a classical turbidity sensor, with special emphasis on recently burnt areas.". Paper presented in XI Reunión Nacional de Geomorfología, Solsona, 2011.
    Published
  5. Prats S.A.; Malvar MC.; Faria S.; Vieira DCS.; Maia PAA.; Vasques A.; Albuquerque A.; et al. "Effectiveness of hydromulching to reduce runoff and erosion in a recently burnt and logged Maritime Pine stand in north-central Portugal.". Paper presented in 3rd International Meeting of Fire Effects on Soil Properties FESP-III, 2011.
    Published
  6. Prats S.A.; Coelho COA.; Pinheiro A.; Carvalho T.; Boulet A-K.; Ferreira AJD.; Soares J.. "Effectiveness of two mulch treatments controlling soil erosion and water conservation". Paper presented in 3rd International Meeting of Fire Effects on Soil Properties FESP-III, 2011.
    Published
  7. Prats S.A.; Coelho COA.; Pinheiro A.; Carvalho T.; Ferreira AJD.. "Immediate post-fire soil interventions in forested areas.". Paper presented in 3rd International Meeting of Fire Effects on Soil Properties FESP-III, 2011.
    Published
  8. Bilro, L.; Prats, S.; Pinto, J.L.; Keizer, J.J.; Nogueira, R.N.. "Turbidity sensor for determination of concentration, ash presence and particle diameter of sediment suspensions". 2011.
    10.1117/12.885112
  9. Keizer JJ. , Nunes JP., Fernandes IA., Ferreira RS., Pereira LM., Varela MET., Pereira VM., Santos AS., Malvar MC., Maia; P.A., Fernandes H., Faria S., Coelho C.O., Vieira D.C., Prats SA., Benali A., Sande Silva J., Magalhães MC., Ferreira A.. "Erosão do solo após incêndios florestais a multiplas escalas espaciais". Paper presented in 6º Congresso Nacional Florestal, Ponta Delgada, 2009.
    Published
  10. Prats SA., Bilro L., Pinto JL., Nogueira RN., Keizer JJ.. "Development of a POF based device for measuring water turbidity of recent forest fires areas.". Paper presented in 18th International Conference on Plastic Optic Fibres and Application POF2009, Sydney, 2009.
    Published
  11. Keizer JJ. , Malvar M., Nunes J., Oñate M., Prats S., Palacios E., Menci S., Coelho C., García-M. A., Herrera D., Cascão; P., Martín C., Lucia A., Silva J., Ferreira A., Magalhães C., Estrada J., Pereira V., Stolte J.. "EROSFIRE: una herramienta de apoyo para la decisión en identificación, basado en la modelación, del riesgo de erosión del suelo después de los incendios forestales.". Paper presented in 4th International Wildland Fire Conference Book of Abstracts, Seville, 2007.
    Published
  12. Boulet AK., Prats SA., Ferreira AJD., Coelho COA.. "Estudo dos padrões espaciais e temporais dos processos de infiltração e de evapotranspiração à escala da vertente para vários tipos de maneio de eucaliptais.". Paper presented in 9ª Conferência Nacional Do Ambiente, Aveiro, 2007.
    Published
  13. Keizer JJ. , Malvar M., Nunes J., Coelho C., Prats S., Herrera D., García-M. A., Ferreira R., Oñate M., Menci S.,; Van Broeckhuysen P., Seck A., de Vos D., Silva, J., Lucena J., Ferreira A., Pereira V., Condesso de Melo T.,. "O projecto EROSFIRE – Ferramenta de apoio na decisão para identificação, com base em modelação, de risco de erosão do solo após incêndios florestais.". Paper presented in Proceedings of 9ª Conferêcia Nacional Do Ambiente, Aveiro, 2007.
  14. Prats S.A.. "Partição da chuva incidente em precipitação interna, escorrência pelo tronco e perdas por intercepção nos eucaliptais da Serra do Caramulo.". Paper presented in 9ª Conferência Nacional Do Ambiente, Aveiro, 2007.
    Published
Conference poster
  1. Coelho, Luísa; João Canedo; Cachapa, Filipa C.; Basch, Gottlieb; Maria João Cabrita; Livian Castro; V. Daimonakos; et al. "Effect of biochar application to soil habitat on lettuce germination (Lactuca sativa L.)". Paper presented in VIII Meeting of PhD Students in Environment and Agriculture, 2023.
  2. Prats, Sergio; Nicolas S., De Paula S., Prats-Fons S., Prats-Alegre C., Tomé-Marques J.L.,; Munoz-Rojas, J; Senra F., Madrigal J.. "Assessing the effect of fire severity and mulch strips in mitigating soil erosion and carbon losses after the Sierra Bermeja megafire.". Paper presented in IALE 2022 European Landscape Ecology Congress: Making the future, learning from the past., 2022.
  3. Jesus, J.; Ulm, Florian; H. Trindade; Chozas, Sergio; Anjos, A.; Prats S.A.; Marques C.; et al. "The other side of the coin: Acacia longifolia compost improves soil in post-fire conditions". Paper presented in Sétimo Encontro Anual do Centro de Ecologia, Evolução e Alterações Ambientais - ¿Frontiers in E3¿, 2021.
Journal article
  1. Frank G. A. Verheijen; Martinho A. S. Martins; Sergio A. Prats; Jan J. Keizer. "A new approach to pedestal differentiation for soil loss estimation—a case study from a burnt area in north-central Portugal". Journal of Forestry Research (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11676-023-01694-3.
    10.1007/s11676-023-01694-3
  2. Souza-Alonso, P.; Prats, S. A.; Merino, A.; Guiomar, N.; Guijarro, M.; Madrigal, J.. "Fire enhances changes in phosphorus (P) dynamics determining potential post-fire soil recovery in Mediterranean woodlands". Scientific Reports 14 1 (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-72361-8.
    Published • 10.1038/s41598-024-72361-8
  3. Maria Helena Guimarães; Martinho Martins; Diana Vieira; Isabel Brito; Claire Kelly; Nuno Guiomar; Nikolaos Stathopoulos; et al. "Preliminary assessment of the knowledge gaps to prevent soil erosion". Soils for Europe (2024): http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/soils4europe.e118669.
    10.3897/soils4europe.e118669
  4. O. González-Pelayo; S. A. Prats; E. van den Elsen; M. C. Malvar; C. Ritsema; S. Bautista; J. J. Keizer. "The effects of wildfire frequency on post-fire soil surface water dynamics". European Journal of Forest Research (2023): https://doi.org/10.1007/s10342-023-01635-z.
    10.1007/s10342-023-01635-z
  5. Dafni Petratou; João Pedro Nunes; Maria Helena Guimarães; Sergio Prats. "Decision-making criteria to shape mulching techniques for fire-prone landscapes". Landscape Ecology (2023): https://doi.org/10.1007/s10980-023-01659-1.
    10.1007/s10980-023-01659-1
  6. O. González-Pelayo; S.A. Prats; Vieira AMD; Vieira DCS; P. Maia; J.J. Keizer. "Impacts of barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) straw mulch on post-fire soil erosion and ground vegetation recovery in a strawberry tree (Arbutus unedo L.) stand". Ecological Engineering 195 (2023): 107074-107074. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoleng.2023.107074.
    10.1016/j.ecoleng.2023.107074
  7. S.A. Prats; D. Serpa; L. Santos; J.J. Keizer. "Effects of forest residue mulching on organic matter and nutrient exports after wildfire in North-Central Portugal". Science of The Total Environment 885 (2023): 163825-163825. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.163825.
    10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.163825
  8. A. A. Rodríguez Sousa; J. Muñoz-Rojas; C. Brígido; S. A. Prats. "Impacts of agricultural intensification on soil erosion and sustainability of olive groves in Alentejo (Portugal)". Landscape Ecology (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10980-023-01682-2.
    10.1007/s10980-023-01682-2
  9. Prats, S.A.; Sierra-Abraín, P.; Moraña-Fontán, A.; Zas, R.. "Effectiveness of community-based initiatives for mitigation of land degradation after wildfires". Science of the Total Environment 810 (2022): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85121242256&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.152232
  10. Sergio A. Prats; Maruxa C. Malvar; Joseph W. Wagenbrenner. "Compaction and cover effects on runoff and erosion in post-fire salvage logged areas in the Valley Fire, California". Hydrological Processes 35 1 (2021): https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.13997.
    10.1002/hyp.13997
  11. Prats S.A.. "Biochar amendment increases bacterial diversity and vegetation cover in trace element-polluted soils: A long-term field experiment". Soil Biology and Biochemistry 150 (2020): 108014-108014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2020.108014.
    10.1016/j.soilbio.2020.108014
  12. Prats S.A.. "Can straw-biochar mulching mitigate erosion of wildfire-degraded soils under extreme rainfall?". Science of The Total Environment (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.143219.
    10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.143219
  13. Lopes A.R.; Prats S.A.; Silva F.C.; Keizer J.J.. "Effects of ploughing and mulching on soil and organic matter losses after a wildfire in Central Portugal". Cuadernos de Investigación Geográfica (2019): https://doi.org/10.18172/cig.3768.
    10.18172/cig.3768
  14. Prats S.A.; Óscar González-Pelayo; Flavio C. Silva; Koen J. Bokhorst; Jantiene E.M. Baartman; Jan J. Keizer. "Post-fire soil erosion mitigation at the scale of swales using forest logging residues at a reduced application rate". Earth Surface Processes and Landforms (2019): https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.4711.
    10.1002/esp.4711
  15. S.A. Prats; M.C. Malvar; C.O.A Coelho; J.W. Wagenbrenner. "Hydrologic and erosion responses to compaction and added surface cover in post-fire logged areas: Isolating splash, interrill and rill erosion". Journal of Hydrology (2019): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2019.05.038.
    10.1016/j.jhydrol.2019.05.038
  16. Keizer, J.J.; Silva, F.C.; Vieira, D.C.S.; González-Pelayo, O.; Campos, I.; Vieira, A.M.D.; Valente, S.; Prats, S.A.. "The effectiveness of two contrasting mulch application rates to reduce post-fire erosion in a Portuguese eucalypt plantation". CATENA 169 (2018): 21-30. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2018.05.029.
    10.1016/j.catena.2018.05.029
  17. Abrantes, João R.C.B.; Prats, Sérgio A.; Keizer, J. Jacob; de Lima, João L.M.P.. "Effectiveness of the application of rice straw mulching strips in reducing runoff and soil loss: Laboratory soil flume experiments under simulated rainfall". Soil and Tillage Research 180 (2018): 238-249. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.still.2018.03.015.
    10.1016/j.still.2018.03.015
  18. Prats S.A.; João Rafael Cardoso de Brito Abrantes; Celeste de Oliveira Alves Coelho; Jan Jacob Keizer; João Luis Mendes Pedroso de Lima. "Comparing topsoil charcoal, ash, and stone cover effects on the postfire hydrologic and erosive response under laboratory conditions". Land Degradation & Development (2018): https://doi.org/10.1002/ldr.2884.
    10.1002/ldr.2884
  19. Vieira DCS.; Serpa, D.; Nunes JP.; Prats, Sergio; Neves R.; Keizer JJ.. "Predicting the effectiveness of different mulching techniques in reducing post-fire runoff and erosion at plot scale with the RUSLE, MMF and PESERA models.". Environmental Research 165 (2018): 365-378. DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2018.04.029.
    Published • 10.1016/j.envres.2018.04.029
  20. Maruxa C. Malvar; Flávio C. Silva; Sergio A. Prats; Diana C.S. Vieira; Celeste O.A. Coelho; J. Jacob Keizer. "Short-term effects of post-fire salvage logging on runoff and soil erosion". Forest Ecology and Management 400 (2017): 555-567. https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.foreco.2017.06.031.
    10.1016/j.foreco.2017.06.031
  21. Prats S.A.; João Rafael Abrantes; Isabela P. Crema; Jacob J. Keizer; João L.M.P. de Lima. "Runoff and soil erosion mitigation with sieved forest residue mulch strips under controlled laboratory conditions". Forest Ecology and Management 396 (2017): 102-112. https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.foreco.2017.04.019.
    10.1016/j.foreco.2017.04.019
  22. João R.C.B. Abrantes; João L.M.P. de Lima; Sérgio A. Prats; J. Jacob Keizer. "Assessing soil water repellency spatial variability using a thermographic technique: An exploratory study using a small-scale laboratory soil flume". Geoderma 287 (2017): 98-104. https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.geoderma.2016.08.014.
    10.1016/j.geoderma.2016.08.014
  23. Mohammadreza Hosseini; Jan Jacob Keizer; Oscar Gonzalez Pelayo; Prats S.A.; Coen Ritsema; Violette Geissen. "Effect of fire frequency on runoff, soil erosion, and loss of organic matter at the micro-plot scale in north-central Portugal". Geoderma 269 (2016): 126-137. https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.geoderma.2016.02.004.
    10.1016/j.geoderma.2016.02.004
  24. Prats S.A.; Wagenbrenner J.W.; Martins M.A.S.; Malvar M.C.; Keizer J.J.. "Hydrologic Implications of Post-Fire Mulching Across Different Spatial Scales". Land Degradation & Development 27 5 (2016): 1440-1452. https://doi.org/10.1002%2Fldr.2422.
    Published • 10.1002/ldr.2422
  25. Malvar M.C.; Prats S.A.; Keizer J.J.. "Runoff and Inter-Rill Erosion Affected by Wildfire and Pre-Fire Ploughing in Eucalypt Plantations of North-Central Portugal". Land Degradation & Development 27 5 (2016): 1366-1378. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ldr.2365.
    10.1002/ldr.2365
  26. João R.C.B. Abrantes; João L.M.P. De Lima; Sérgio A. Prats; Jacob J. Keizer. "Field Assessment of Soil Water Repellency Using Infrared Thermography". Forum geografic {XV Suppl. 2 (2016): 12-18. https://doi.org/10.5775%2Ffg.2016.019.s.
    10.5775/fg.2016.019.s
  27. Prats S.A.; Joseph W. Wagenbrenner; Martinho António Santos Martins; Maruxa Cortizo Malvar; Jan Jacob Keizer. "Mid-term and scaling effects of forest residue mulching on post-fire runoff and soil erosion". Science of The Total Environment 573 (2016): 1242-1254. https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.scitotenv.2016.04.064.
    10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.04.064
  28. Prats, S.A.; Malvar, M.C.; Vieira, D.C.S.; Macdonald, L.; Keizer, J.J.. "Effectiveness of hydromulching to reduce runoff and erosion in a recently burnt pine plantation in central portugal". Land Degradation and Development 27 (2016): 1319-1333. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84881489049&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1002/ldr.2236
  29. Maruxa C. Malvar; Sergio A. Prats; João P. Nunes; Jan J. Keizer. "Soil Water Repellency Severity and its Spatio-Temporal Variation in Burnt Eucalypt Plantations in North-Central Portugal". Land Degradation & Development 27 5 (2015): 1463-1478. https://doi.org/10.1002%2Fldr.2450.
    10.1002/ldr.2450
  30. Prats S.A.; Malvar, M.C.; Sierra G.; Prats SF.; Borrego FJ.; Lopez-Pastora A.; Melgar M.; et al. "Post-fire epiphytic lichens recovery on Quercus ilex L. in southern Iberian Peninsula (Serranía de Ronda).". Flamma 6 3 (2015): 109-112. https://sites.google.com/site/flammafgr/texto/volumen-6-2015/6-3-2015/6-3-2.
    Open access • Published
  31. Prats S.A.; Abrantes JRCB.; Crema IP.; Keizer JJ.; de Lima JLMP.. "Testing the effectiveness of three forest residue mulch application schemes for reducing post-fire runoff and soil erosion using indoor simulated rain.". Flamma 6 3 (2015): 113-116. https://sites.google.com/site/flammafgr/texto/volumen-6-2015/6-3-2015/6-3-3.
    Open access • Published
  32. Boulet, Anne-K.; Prats, Sergio A.; Malvar, Maruxa C.; González-Pelayo, Oscar; Coelho, Celeste O.A.; Ferreira, Antonio J.D.; Keizer, Jan J.. "Surface and subsurface flow in eucalyptus plantations in north-central Portugal". Journal of Hydrology and Hydromechanics 63 3 (2015): 193-200. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/johh-2015-0015.
    10.1515/johh-2015-0015
  33. J. J. Keizer; M. A. S. Martins; S. A. Prats; L. F. Santos; D. C. S. Vieira; R. Nogueira; L. Bilro. "Assessing the performance of a plastic optical fibre turbidity sensor for measuring post-fire erosion from plot to catchment scale". SOIL 1 2 (2015): 641-650. https://doi.org/10.5194%2Fsoil-1-641-2015.
    10.5194/soil-1-641-2015
  34. António José Dinis Ferreira; Sérgio Prats Alegre; Celeste Oliveira Alves Coelho; Rick A. Shakesby; Fernando M. Páscoa; Carla Sofia Santos Ferreira; Jan Jacob Keizer; Coen Ritsema. "Strategies to prevent forest fires and techniques to reverse degradation processes in burned areas". CATENA 128 (2015): 224-237. https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.catena.2014.09.002.
    10.1016/j.catena.2014.09.002
  35. Keizer, J.J.; Martins, M.; Prats, S.A.; Faria, S.R.; González-Pelayo, O.; Machado, A.I.; Rial-Rivas, M.E.; et al. "Within-in flume sediment deposition in a forested catchment following wildfire and post-fire bench terracing, North-Central Portugal.". Cuadernos de Investigacion Geografica 41 1 (2015): 149-164. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84927738935&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.18172/cig.2700
  36. Prats S.A.. "Soil erosion mitigation following forest wildfires.". Flamma 6 2 (2015): 101-104. https://sites.google.com/site/flammafgr/texto/volumen-6-2015/6-2-2015/6-2-16.
    Open access • Published
  37. Prats S.A.; Malvar M.C.; Martins M.A.S.; Keizer J.J.. "Post-fire soil erosion mitigation: a review of the last research and techniques developed in Portugal". Cuadernos de Investigación Geográfica 40 2 (2014): 403-403. https://doi.org/10.18172%2Fcig.2519.
    10.18172/cig.2519
  38. Prats S.A.; Martins M.A.S.; Malvar M.C.; Ben-Hur, Meni; Keizer J.J.. "Polyacrylamide application versus forest residue mulching for reducing post-fire runoff and soil erosion". Science of The Total Environment 468-469 (2014): 464-474. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.08.066.
    10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.08.066
  39. Vieira, D.C.S.; Prats, S.A.; Nunes, J.P.; Shakesby, R.A.; Coelho, C.O.A.; Keizer, J.J.. "Modelling runoff and erosion, and their mitigation, in burned Portuguese forest using the revised Morgan-Morgan-Finney model". Forest Ecology and Management 314 (2014): 150-165. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84891429572&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.foreco.2013.12.006
  40. Martins, Martinho A.S.; Machado, Ana I.; Serpa, Dalila; Prats, Sergio A.; Faria, Sílvia R.; Varela, María E.T.; González-Pelayo, Óscar; Keizer, J. Jacob. "Runoff and inter-rill erosion in a Maritime Pine and a Eucalypt plantation following wildfire and terracing in north-central Portugal". Journal of Hydrology and Hydromechanics 61 4 (2013): 261-268. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/johh-2013-0033.
    10.2478/johh-2013-0033
  41. Boogert FJ.; Martins MAS.; Bilro L.; Prats S.A.; Nogueira RN.; Keizer JJ.. "Assessing the potential of a newly-developed turbidity sensor for estimating sediment yields from recently burnt catchments.". Flamma 4 3 (2013): 139-141. https://sites.google.com/site/flammafgr/texto/volumen-4-2013/4-3-2013/4-3-2.
    Open access • Published
  42. Martins MAS.; Prats S.A.; Ben-Hur M.; Keizer JJ.. "Evaluation of two emergency treatments for reducing post-fire runoff and sediment losses.". Flamma 4 1 (2013): 1-4. https://sites.google.com/site/flammafgr/texto/volumen-4-2013/4-1-2013/4_1_1.
    Open access • Published
  43. Martins MAS.; Serpa, D.; Machado AI.; de Lenne RFH.; Linden AGvd.; Faria SR; Ferreira RSV.; et al. "Effects of terrace construction on runoff and erosion in a recently burnt forest area in north-central Portugal.". Flamma 4 2 (2013): 81-84. https://sites.google.com/site/flammafgr/texto/volumen-4-2013/4-2-2013/4_2_4.
    Open access • Published
  44. Maruxa Malvar Cortizo; Sergio Prats Alegre; Ann Karine Boulet; João Pedro Nunes; Jan Jacob Keizer. "Resposta hidrológica e erosão do solo a partir de simulações de chuva em eucaliptais ardidos". Revista Recursos Hídricos 33 1 (2012): 29-46. https://doi.org/10.5894%2Frh33n1-3.
    Open access • 10.5894/rh33n1-3
  45. Prats, S.A.; MacDonald, L.H.; Monteiro, M.; Ferreira, A.J.D.; Coelho, C.O.A.; Keizer, J.J.. "Effectiveness of forest residue mulching in reducing post-fire runoff and erosion in a pine and a eucalypt plantation in north-central Portugal". Geoderma 191 (2012): 115-124. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84868359357&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.geoderma.2012.02.009
  46. Malvar, M.C.; Prats, S.A.; Nunes, J.P.; Keizer, J.J.. "Post-fire overland flow generation and inter-rill erosion under simulated rainfall in two eucalypt stands in north-central Portugal". Environmental Research 111 2 (2011): 222-236. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-79551476542&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.envres.2010.09.003
  47. Bilro, L.; Prats, S.A.; Pinto, J.L.; Keizer, J.J.; Nogueira, R.N.. "Design and performance assessment of a plastic optical fibre-based sensor for measuring water turbidity". Measurement Science and Technology 21 10 (2010): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-78149379950&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1088/0957-0233/21/10/107001
  48. Keizer, J.J.; Doerr, S.H.; Malvar, M.C.; Prats, S.A.; Ferreira, R.S.V.; Oñate, M.G.; Coelho, C.O.A.; Ferreira, A.J.D.. "Temporal variation in topsoil water repellency in two recently burnt eucalypt stands in north-central Portugal". Catena 74 3 (2008): 192-204. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-48849090942&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.catena.2008.01.004
Online resource
  1. Keizer JJ., Prats SA., Valente S., Rial M., Ribeiro C.. Recare factsheet: Case study experiments post-fire mulching to reduce soil erosion.. 2018. http://recare-hub.eu/case-studies/caramulo.
  2. Malvar M.C., Coelho C.O.A., Prats S.A., Keizer J.J.. Post-fire Salvage logging. 2016. https://qcat.wocat.net/es/wocat/technologies/view/technologies_1713/.
  3. Prats S.A.. Prats S. 2013. Description of SLM technologies in the WOCAT database. Post-fire Natural Mulching [Portugal]. 2013. https://qcat.wocat.net/es/wocat/technologies/view/technologies_1298/.
  4. Prats S.A.. Prats S. 2013. Description of SLM technologies in the WOCAT database. Hydromulching for reducing runoff and soil erosion [Portugal]. 2013. https://qcat.wocat.net/es/wocat/technologies/view/technologies_1299/.
  5. Prats S.A.. Prats S. 2013. Description of SLM technologies in the WOCAT database. Post-fire Forest Residue Mulch [Portugal]. (TPOR003en). 2013. https://qcat.wocat.net/es/wocat/technologies/view/technologies_1186/.
Report
  1. Keizer JJ., González-Pelayo O., Prats S., Vieira D., Figueiredo T., Fonseca F., Varandas S.. 2019. Programa De Recuperação Das Matas Litorais. Monitorização e controlo da erosão eólica e hídrica..
  2. alente, S., Ribeiro, C., Keizer, J.J., Prats, S.A.. 2015. Relatório do Workshop 1 – Identificação participativa de medidas para combater as ameaças ao solo na Europa..
  3. Coelho, C.O.A., Prats SA., Pinheiro, A., Carvalho, T., Boulet AK., Ferreira AJD.. 2010. Técnicas para a Minimização da Erosão e Escorrência Pós-Fogo. www.phoenixefi.org/uploads/tecnicas_rel.pdf.
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Alegre, Sergio Prats. "Soil erosion mitigation following forest wildfires". PhD, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10773/11925.
  2. Alegre, Sérgio Prats. "Simulações de chuva para medição e modelação da erosão do solo em áreas florestais recentemente ardidas". Master, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10316/15578.

Other

Other output
  1. Assessing the performance of a plastic optical fiber turbidity sensor for measuring post-fire erosion from plot to catchment scale. 2015. J. J. Keizer; M. A. S. Martins; S. A. Prats; L. F. Santos; R. Nogueira; L. Bilro. https://doi.org/10.5194/soild-2-449-2015.
    10.5194/soild-2-449-2015
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2019/04/10 Perdidas de solo tras os incendios de 2017. Resultado do seguimento científico das actuacións de voluntariado. II Xornadas Florestais Escola de Enxeñaria Florestal Pontevedra
Escola de Enxeñaria Florestal Pontevedra
2019/02/28 Estabilização de emergência em áreas ardidas. Workshop interno ICNF: Estabilização de emergência em áreas ardidas.
ICNF (Lousã, Portugal)
2019/02/26 A Rente do Chan. Accións de protección de solo por voluntariado. Charla de Divulgación en Instituto de Educación Secundaria Luis Seoane.
Instituto de Educación Secundaria Luis Seoane. (Pontevedra,, Spain)
2018/10/16 A Rente do Chan. Resumen de resultados do seguimento científico das actuacións realizadas. Xornadas de homenaxe ó Voluntariado. Concello de Ponte Caldelas.
Concello de Ponte Caldelas. (Pontecaldelas, Spain)
2018/06/30 Voluntariado e boas técnicas tras os lumes en Ponte Caldelas. Historia dun gran éxito. Casa da Cultura de Ponte Caldelas.
Casa da Cultura de Ponte Caldelas.
2018/02/16 Post-fire contamination control measures. COST CONNECTEUR Meeting “Connecting burnt hillslopes, streams and reservoirs: impacts of fires on water quality”
University of Lisbon (Lisbon, Portugal)
2017/11/30 A Rente do Chan. Os lumes en Galicia: un complexo problema inundado de opinións infundadas. Charla de Divulgación en Instituto de Educación Secundaria de Pontepedriña.
Instituto de Educación Secundaria de Pontepedriña. (Santiago de Compstela, Spain, Spain)
2017/10/21 Mitigação da erosão do solo post-incêndio em Portugal. Concello de Pontecaldelas.
Pontecaldelas municipalty (Pontecaldelas, Spain)
2016/05/10 Post-fire soil erosion mitigation in Portugal. CESAM workshop “Contribuições do CESAM para o Uso Inteligente das Funções do Solo”
CESAM-University of Aveiro (Portugal)
2016/04/06 Erosão do solo e as práticas Florestais. Associação Florestal Baixo Vouga Internal meeting
Associação Florestal Baixo Vouga (Portugal)
2015/12/03 Effectiveness of erosion mitigation measures at multiple scales. COST CONNECTEUR International meeting "Hydrological and sediment connectivity following wildfires in Humid Mediterranean".
DAO -University of Aveiro (A, Portugal)
2015/11/21 Soil treatments and managements to reduce post-fire erosion impacts. FUEGORED 2015 International Meeting
University of Malaga-FUEGORED (Malaga, Spain)
2015/09/21 Erosão do solo pós-incêndio e sua mitigação: novas abordagens para reduzir a escorrência e erosão do solo em Portugal. FIRETOX project final workshop “Impactes dos incêndios florestais na qualidade da água”.
CESAM-University of Aveiro (Aveiro, Portugal)
2014/03 Efectividad de las medidas post-incendio para la conservación de suelos en Portugal. IV Jornada sobre conservación y rehabilitación de suelos.
Instituto de Estudios Altoaragoneses, Escuela Politécnica Superior de Huesca, SECS and Instituto de Ciencias Ambientales de Aragón-Universidad de Zaragoza (Huesca, Spain)
2014/02/14 A utilização do mulch como medida de combate à desertificação. Exposição “Desertos - A vida no limite".
CMIA-Centro de Monitorização e Interpretação Ambiental de Vila do Conde-CIIMAR Universidade do Porto. (Vila do Conde, Portugal)
2013/10/11 Post-fire mulching: revisiting an effective method for reducing runoff and erosion. University of Minho
VII Encontro de Geografia Física e Ambiente -EFGA-Conference. (Guimarães, Portugal)
2013/02/23 Emergency measures for mitigating soil erosion following wildfires. Book of abstracts of 2.º Seminário Ibérico Intervenções Raianas no Combate à Desertificação
IPCB-Instituto Politécnico e Escola Superior Agraria de Castelo Branco. (Castelo Branco, Portugal)
2012/01/26 Soil erosion assessment and mitigation following wildfires in Portugal: the state-of-affairs of the EROSFIRE decision-support tool for post-fire land management and impact assessment of future scenarios. Proceedings of the conference: Climate Change & Forest Fires in the Mediterranean Basin: management & risk reduction.
Ministry of Environmental Protection of Israel, Forestry Department KKL-JNF, ERA-NET CIRCLE2 ( Mt. Karmel, Israel)
2009/09/24 Towards a theory of soil degradation processes following forest fires. Processes and thresholds from 20 years of experiments in Portugal. 2nd International Conference BIOHYDROLOGY 2009: A changing climate for biology and soil hydrology interactions
Institute of Hydrology, Slovak Academy of Sciences. (Bratislava, Slovakia)
2006/05/19 The EROSFIRE project - presentation and first results of a rainfall-simulation and model-based approach to soil erosion assessment in recently burned forest areas in Portugal. Proceedings of the ISCO 2006, 14th Conference of the International Soil Conservation Organization. 10-Fire impact Session.
International Soil Conservation Organization, IRD Maroc, Ministère de l´Agriculture, du Developement Rural et des Pêches Maritimes du Maroc. (Marrakech, Morocco)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2023/10/01 - 2027/12/31 PhD (Geosciences)
Co-supervisor
Instituto de Ciências da Terra, Portugal
2023/09 - 2024/09 Análise comparativa dos efeitos da aplicação de biochar nas emissões de CO2, stocks de carbono, erosão e fitotoxicidade dos solos de uma vinha na região do Alentejo.
Co-supervisor
Universidade de Évora, Portugal
2023/09 - 2024/06 Evaluation of the effectiveness of different post-fire mitigation treatments through field measurements and modelling.
Co-supervisor
Soil Physics and Land Management Group Wageningen University, Netherlands
2022/09 - 2023/06 Assessing soil erosion for different olive groves farming systems in the Alentejo region
Co-supervisor
Soil Physics and Land Management Group Wageningen University, Netherlands
2021/09 - 2022/06 How can different decision-making criteria shape mulching techniques in burnt areas?
Co-supervisor
 Wildifres and soil management (Master)
Soil Physics and Land Management Group Wageningen University, Netherlands
2017/10/01 - 2018/06/20 Impact of low mulch application rates on post-fire erosion and soil physical properties at the micro-catchment scale.
Co-supervisor of Koen Bokhorst
 MSc International Land and Water Management (Master) (Master)
Soil Physics and Land Management Group Wageningen University, Netherlands
2015/09/16 - 2016/01/01 A study of silt fence effectiveness for measuring erosion,
Co-supervisor of Micha Brandsma
 BsC International Land and Watermanagement (Dissertation) (Degree)
Wageningen University, Netherlands
2014/06/16 - 2014/08/01 The role of stakeholders in PRODER measures for emergency stabilization after wildfires in Portugal.
Co-supervisor of Melisa Cuevas
 MSc Internship report in Environmental System Analysis (Degree)
Wageningen University, Netherlands
2010/09/01 - 2011/12/20 Evaluation of the effectiveness of two treatments for post-fire soil erosion reduction.
Co-supervisor of Martinho Antonio dos Santos Martins
 MsC Mestrado em Engenharia do Ambiente (Master)
Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
2007/09/15 - 2008/06/30 Soil properties assessment and monitoring in burned and unburned areas.
Co-supervisor of Federico Barragan Pimentel
 BsC Geology Bachelor final Thesis (TFG) (Degree)
Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal

Universidad de Granada - Campus de Fuentenueva, Spain
2007/09/01 - 2008/03/31 Soil erosion mitigation techniques and erosion assessment after wildfires.
Co-supervisor of Luis P. Amaral
 Scientific initiation in research project RECOVER (PTDC/AGR-AAM/73350/2006). (Scientific initiation)
Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
2007/09 - 2008/03/31 Erosion and hydrologic data collection.
Supervisor of Alessandra Queirós Pinheiro
 Scientific initiation in the research project RECOVER (PTDC/AGR-AAM/73350/2006). (Scientific initiation)
Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
2006/07/01 - 2007/01/31 Improvement of automated devices for runoff monitoring.
Supervisor of Fabien Fauchereau
 Scientific initiation in the research project SILVAQUA (POCTI/MGS/49210/2002). (Scientific initiation)
Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal
2003/12/13 - 2004/12/31 Training of 32 environmental restoration professionals for the effective decontamination of fuel in sandy and rocky O Grove-Sanxenxo shorelines, under the framework of the Spanish Environment Ministry funded project “Limpieza urgente Playas Pontevedra PRESTIGE”
Supervisor
 Formation of Professionals for environmental restoration (Specialization course)
Ministerio de Medio Ambiente, Spain

Committee member

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization
2016 - Current Member of the Organizing Comitee on the VII Congress on soil Use and Management. Soil and Water conservation and restoration.
Member
 Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
2018 - 2020 Member of the FUEGORED Award committee
Member
 FUEGORED International network Effects of Fire in Forest ecosystems, Spain
2016/07/13 - 2016/07/16 Member of the Organizing Comitee on the VII Congress on soil Use and Management. Soil and Water conservation and restoration. http://www1.ci.uc.pt/imar/ums2016/UMS2016_ebook_resumos.pdf
Member
 Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
2008/06/30 - 2008/07/04 Member of the Organizing Comitee Cost 634 International Conference “On- And Off-Site Environmental Impacts Of Runoff And Erosion”. 2008.
Member
 Universidade de Aveiro Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar, Portugal

Conference scientific committee

Conference name Conference host
2015/11/18 - 2015/11/21 FUEGORED 2015 Conference Universidad de Malaga
2013/10/10 - 2013/10/12 VII Encontro de Geografia Física e Ambiente Universidade do Minho/NIGP/CEGOT

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2019/02/08 - 2019/02/08 AFLOBEI Advanced course: Gestão e mitigação da erosão em áreas ardidas. http://www.unave.pt/?p=11663 (Curso de Especialização Tecnológica) Aflobei | Grupo Certibei. Região Centro., Portugal
2014/06/23 - 2014/06/26 Advanced course in Post-fire vegetation recovery and the role therein of drought. In: Advanced course Plant Stress Responses: an integrated approach from bench to the field. Biologia - Universidade de Aveiro (Especialização pós-licenciatura) Ordem dos Engenheiros, Região Centro, Aveiro, Portugal

Interview (newspaper / magazine)

Activity description Newspaper / Forum
2018/03/16 Community-based initiatives for mitigation of land degradation after wildfires in Pontecaldelas, Spain Faro de Vigo.
2018/03/15 Ponte Caldelas, referencia para o Norte de Portugal na prevención da erosión nos montes queimados. Deputacion Pontevedra.
2017/10/19 Community-based initiatives for mitigation of land degradation after wildfires in Pontecaldelas, Spain Faro de Vigo.
2017/10/19 Call to attendance to the Speech given by Prats about Community-based initiatives for restoration strategies after wildfires in Pontecaldelas, Spain. Deputacion Pontevedra, Local Government
2016/06/21 Universidade de Aveiro distinguida pela investigação em estratégias contra a desertificação. Terranova.
2016 Community-based initiatives for mitigation of land degradation after wildfires in Pontecaldelas, Spain Diario de Pontevedra
2013/10/14 Forest residue mulching reduces post-fire soil erosion. Gsoil
2013/10/10 O mulching: um metodo simples para reduzir os efeitos erosivos dos incêndios florestais. Ciência Viva-Diario de Aveiro, Laboração contínua.
2013/10/03 L'Université d'Aveiro étudie les techniques pour stopper l'érosion des sols après un incendie – Portugal. Forum UNESCO. . Disaster and Risk Mitigation and Management. University and Heritage (FUUH) Newsletter n95.
2013/09/12 A Universidade de Aveiro estudia as técnicas para mitigar a erosão do solo aós incêndios. Ambassade de France au Portugal / ADIT. BE Portugal. numéro 60
2013/08/01 Nova técnica combate a erosão após fogo. Diario de Aveiro, Nova técnica combate a erosão após fogo. 01/08/2013,
2013/07/31 Universidade de Aveiro estuda nova técnica de combate à erosão após incêndios. ExpressoXL
2013/07/31 UA estuda técnica inédita no país contra a erosão depois dos incêndios florestais. UA online, http://uaonline.ua.pt/pub/detail.asp?lg=pt&c=35275 31/07/2013.
2013/07/31 UA estuda técnica inédita no país contra a erosão depois dos incêndios florestais. Ciência Hoje

Interview (tv / radio show)

Program Topic
2021/10/30 - Current Canal Sur, Espacio Protegido. (3:15-4:35 30/10/2021).https://www.canalsur.es/multimedia.html?id=1763109&jwsource=cl Volvemos a Sierra Bermeja para evaluar los daños del incendio.
2016/06/21 - Current TERRANOVA 105.0 Universidade de Aveiro distinguida pela investigação em estratégias contra a desertificação.
2016/06/21 - Current RTP-Antena1, Portugal em direto. Minute 9:37 to 20:30 http://www.rtp.pt/play/p470/e159597/portugal-em-direto Nova técnica de combate à erosão.
2014/07/03 - Current RTP1, Especial Incêndios. Especial Incêndios: Rui Melo (ICNF), Carlos Fonseca (UA.DBIO), Sergio Prats Alegre (UA), David Lopes (Floresta Unida).
2013/12/18 - Current LUSA radio. Técnica combate a erosão após fogo.
2013/12/18 - Current RTP-Antena1, Click. Técnica combate a erosão após fogo. Técnica combate a erosão após fogo.
2013/08/12 - Current TSF Madeira, Noticiários. Técnica combate a erosão após fogo.
2022/02/03 - 2022/02/03 Radio CTRVG. Comunidades locais e voluntariado tralos incendios de Pontecaldelas. Comunidades locais e voluntariado tralos incendios de Pontecaldelas.
2021/12/28 - 2021/12/28 Radio Nova. 28/12/2021. Charla A Rente do Chan Pontecaldelas. Charla A Rente do Chan Pontecaldelas.
2013/08/24 - 2013/08/24 RTP1, Jornal da Tarde. Estudos da UA contra erosão dos solos em destaque na RTP1. Estudos da UA contra erosão dos solos em destaque na RTP1.
2013/08/20 - 2013/08/20 Canal Porto. A técnica do mulching.
2013/04/08 - 2013/04/08 M80 Radio, 94.4FM. 8.00, 9.00 and 10.00 AM News A técnica do mulching.
2012/11/20 - 2012/11/20 RTP2, Programa “Biosfera” Recuperação pós-incêndio.
Distinctions

Award

2016 Drylands Champions
ICNF-Instituto da Conservação da Natureza e as Florestas, Portugal

Other distinction

2013 PhD Distinction in EGU BLOGS.
Soil System Sciences (SSS) Division of the European Geosciences Union (EGU)., Austria