Publicaciones relevantes

  • Tatiana P.L. Cunha–Chiamolera, Miguel Urrestarazu, Ainoa Morillas-España, Raúl Ortega, Isabel Miralles, Cynthia Victoria González–López, Ireri A. Carbajal–Valenzuela, Evaluation of the reuse of regenerated water from microalgae–related wastewater treatment processes in horticulture (2024). Agricultural Water Management,  292, 108660, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agwat.2023.108660.
  • David Candel-Pérez, Manuel Esteban Lucas-Borja, Pedro Antonio Plaza-Álvarez, María Dolores Carmona Yáñez, Rocío Soria, Raúl Ortega, Isabel Miralles, Lorrayne Miralha, Demetrio Antonio Zema,(2024). Effects of grazing on soil properties in mediterranean forests (Central-Eastern Spain), Journal of Environmental Management,  354, 120316, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.120316.
  • Ana B. Villafuerte, Rocío Soria, Natalia Rodríguez-Berbel, Demetrio Antonio Zema, Manuel Esteban Lucas-Borja, Raúl Ortega, Isabel Miralles (2024).  Short-term evaluation of soil physical, chemical and biochemical properties in an abandoned cropland treated with different soil organic  amendments under semiarid conditions, Journal of Environmental Management,349, 119372,https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.119372.
  • Manuel Esteban Lucas-Borja, Pedro Antonio Plaza-Álvarez, María Dolores Carmona Yáñez, Isabel Miralles, Raúl Ortega, Rocío Soria, David Candel-Pérez, Demetrio Antonio Zema.(2024). Long-term evaluation of soil functionality in Mediterranean forests after a wildfire and post-fire hillslope stabilisation, Forest Ecology and Management, 555, 121715, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2024.121715.
  • Soria, R.; Tortosa, A.; Rodríguez-Berbel, N.; Lucas-Borja, M.E.; Ortega, R.; Miralles, I.(2023) Short-Term Response of Soil Bacterial Communities after Prescribed Fires in Semi-Arid Mediterranean Forests. Fire, 6, 145. https://doi.org/10.3390/fire6040145
  • Guerrero, M.d.M.; Lacasa, C.M.; Martínez, V.; Monserrat, A.; López-Pérez, J.A.; Ortega, R.; Nieto, J.C.; Miralles, I.; Larregla, S. (2023). Influence of Season and Organic Amendment on the Effectiveness of Different Biosolarization Treatments against Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lactucae. Agronomy, 13, 1498. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy13061498
  • Grishkan, I.; Kidron, G.J.; Rodriguez-Berbel, N.; Miralles, I.; Ortega, R. (2023) Altitudinal Gradient and Soil Depth as Sources of Variations in Fungal Communities Revealed by Culture-Dependent and Culture-Independent Methods in the Negev Desert, Israel. Microorganisms,  11, 1761. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms11071761
  • Maria Elena Gómez-Sánchez, Mehdi Navidi, Raúl Ortega, Rocío Soria, Isabel Miralles, Maria Dolores Carmona-Yáñez, Pablo Garrido-Gallego, Pedro Plaza Àlvarez, Daniel Moya, Jorge de las Heras, Demetrio Antonio Zema, Manuel Esteban Lucas-Borja. (2023). Medium-term associations of soil properties and plant diversity in a semi-arid pine forest after post-wildfire management. Forest Ecology and Management. Volume 545,121163. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2023.121163.
  • Zema, D.A.; Carra, B.G.; Sorgonà, A.; Zumbo, A.; Lucas-Borja, M.E.; Miralles, I.; Ortega, R.; Soria, R.; Zimbone, S.M.; Calabrò, P.S.(2023). Sustainable Use of Treated Municipal Wastewater after Chlorination: Short-Term Effects on Crops and Soils. Sustainability, 15, 11801. https://doi.org/10.3390/su151511801
  • Nicolas Beriot, Raúl Zornoza, Esperanza Huerta Lwanga, Paul Zomer, Benjamin van Schothorst, Onurcan Ozbolat, Eva Lloret, Raúl Ortega, Isabel Miralles, Paula Harkes, Joris van Steenbrugge, Violette Geissen. (2023). Intensive vegetable production under plastic mulch: A field study on soil plastic and pesticide residues and their effects on the soil microbiome, Science of The Total Environment, 900, 165179. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.165179.
  • Ortega Pérez, R.; Nieto García, J.C.; Gallegos-Cedillo, V.M.; Domene Ruiz, M.Á.; Santos Hernández, M.; Nájera, C.; Miralles Mellado, I.; Diánez Martínez, F. (2023). Biofertilizers Enriched with PGPB Improve Soil Fertility and the Productivity of an Intensive Tomato Crop. Agronomy 2023, 13, 2286. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy13092286
  • Riveros, G., Soria, R., Villafuerte, A., Gomez, P., Ortega, R., Miralles, I., & Schoebitz, M. (2023). Effects of low-density polyethylene and polyamide microplastics on the microbiological and chemical characteristics of an Andisol. Soil Use and Management, 00, 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1111/sum.12991
  • Isabel Miralles, Raúl Ortega, Maria del Carmen Montero-Calasanz (2023). Functional and biotechnological potential of microbiome associated with soils colonised by cyanobacteria in drylands, Applied Soil Ecology, 192, 105076.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsoil.2023.105076.
  • Rocío Soria, Natalia Rodríguez-Berbel, Enrique P. Sánchez-Cañete, Ana B. Villafuerte, Raúl Ortega, Isabel Miralles (2023). Organic amendments from recycled waste promote short-term carbon sequestration of restored soils in drylands. Journal of Environmental Management, 327, 116873,https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.116873.
  • Ortega, R., Miralles, I., Soria, R., Rodríguez-Berbel, N., Villafuerte, A.B., Zema, D.A., Lucas-Borja, M.E. (2023). Short-term effects of post-fire soil mulching with wheat straw and wood chips on the enzymatic activities in a Mediterranean pine forest. Sci. Total Environ. 857, 159489. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.SCITOTENV.2022.159489
  • Rocío Soria, Natalia Rodriguez-Berbel, Enrique Pérez Sánchez-añete, Ana Belén Villafuerte, Raúl Ortega Pérez, Isabel Miralles (2022). The effect of organic amendments on net CO2 exchange in restored soils . J. Environ. Manage.327:116873.10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.116873
  • Company, J., Valiente, N., Fortesa, J., García-Comendador, J., Lucas-Borja, M.E., Ortega, R., Miralles, I., Estrany, J. (2022). Secondary succession and parent material drive soil bacterial community composition in terraced abandoned olive groves from a Mediterranean hyper-humid mountainous area. Agric. Ecosyst. Environ. 332, 107932. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.AGEE.2022.107932
  • Lucas-Borja, M.E., de las Heras, J., Moya Navarro, D., González-Romero, J., Peña-Molina, E., Navidi, M., Fajardo-Cantos, Á., Miralles Mellado, I., Plaza-Alvarez, P.A., Gianmarco Carrà, B., Wagenbrenner, J.W., Zema, D.A. (2022). Short-term effects of prescribed fires with different severity on rainsplash erosion and physico-chemical properties of surface soil in Mediterranean forests. J. Environ. Manage. 322, 116143. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.JENVMAN.2022.116143
  • Lucas-Borja, M.E., Zema, D.A., Fernández, C., Soria, R., Miralles, I., Santana, V.M., Pérez-Romero, J., del Campo, A.D., Delgado-Baquerizo, M. (2022). Limited contribution of post-fire eco-engineering techniques to support post-fire plant diversity. Sci. Total Environ. 815, 152894. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.SCITOTENV.2021.152894
  • Luna, L., Lázaro, R., Miralles, I., Solé-Benet, A. (2022). Opportunistic vegetation in quarry soil restoration from semiarid South East Spain: Pines and spontaneous species. L. Degrad. Dev. https://doi.org/10.1002/LDR.4413
  • Ortega, R., Zema, D.A., Valiente, N., Soria, R., Miralles, I., Lucas-Borja, M.E. (2022). The Impacts of Post-Fire Straw Mulching and Salvage Logging on Soil Properties and Plant Diversity in a Mediterranean Burned Pine Forest. For. 2022, Vol. 13, Page 1580 13, 1580. https://doi.org/10.3390/F13101580
  • N. Rodríguez-Berbel; R. Soría; R. Ortega; M. E. Lucas-Borja; I. Miralles (2022). Benefits of applying organic amendments from recycled wastes for fungal community growth in restored soils of a limestone quarry in semiarid environments. Science of the Total Environment. 806 – 151226,
  • R. Soría; J.A. Gonzalez-Pérez; J. M. de la Rosa; L. M. San Emeterio; M.A. Domene; R. Ortega; I. Miralles (2022). Effects of technosols based on organic amendments addition for the recovery of the functionality of degraded quarry soils under semiarid Mediterranean climate: a field stud. Science of the Total Environment. 151572, Elsevier, 2022.
  • I. Miralles; C. Trasar Cepeda; R. Soría; R. Ortega; M.E. Lucas-Borja (2021). Environmental and ecological factors influencing soil functionality of biologically crusted soils by different lichen species in drylands. Science of the Total Environment.733, pp. 138613.
  • I. Miralles; R. Ortega; A. Comeau (2021). Functional and Taxonomic Effects of Organic Amendments on the Restoration of Semiarid Quarry Soils. mSystems. 6 – 6, pp. e00752-21. American Society for Microbiology.
  • N. Rodríguez-Berbel; R. Soría; R. Ortega; F. Bastida; I. Miralles (2021). Quarry restoration treatments from recycled waste modify the physicochemical soil properties, composition and activity of bacterial communities and priming effect in semi-arid areas. Science of the Total Environment. 774 – 145693, pp. Science of the Total Environment.
  • R. Soria, N. Rodríguez-Berbel, R. Ortega, M.E. Lucas-Borja, I. Miralles. (2021).Soil amendments from recycled waste differently affect CO₂ soil emissions in restored mining soils under semiarid conditions.Journal of Environmental Management. Volume 294, 112894
  • Rodríguez-Berbel, R. Soria, R. Ortega, F. Bastida, I. Miralles (2021). Quarry restoration treatments from recycled waste modify the physicochemical soil properties, composition and activity of bacterial communities and priming effect in semi-arid areas. Science of the Total Environment. Volume 774, 145693.
  • N. Rodríguez-Berbel, R. Ortega. M.E. Lucas-Borja, A. Solé-Benet, I. Miralles (2020). Long-term effects of two organic amendments on bacterial communities of calcareous mediterranean soils degrades by mining. Journal of Environmental management. Volume 271, 1 October 2020, 110920.
  • R. Soria, R. Ortega, F. Bastida, I. Miralles (2020). Role of organic amendment application on short-term, soil quality, functionality and greenhouse emission in a limestone quarry. Applied Soil Ecology. Volume 164, 103925.
  • R. Ortega; M.A. Domene; M. Soriano; M. Sánchez-Marañón; C. Asensio; I. Miralles (2020). Improving the fertility of degraded soils from a limestone quarry with organic and inorganic amendments to support vegetation restoration with semiarid Mediterranean plants. Soil & Tillage Research. Volume 204, October 2020, 104718..
  • ME. Lucas-Borja; R. Ortega; I. Miralles; PA. Plaza-Alvárez; J. González-Romero; E. Peña-Molina; D. Moya; D. Antonio Zema; J. Wagenbrenner; J. de las Heras. (2020). Effects of wildfire and logging on soil functionality in the short-term in Pinus halepensis M. European Journal of forest Research. Vol 139 (3).
  • Lucas-Borja, M.E.; Plaza-Álvarez, P.A.; Ortega, R.; Miralles, I.; González-Romero, J.; Sagra, J.; Moya, D.; Zema, D.A.; de las Heras, J (2020). Short-term changes in soil functionality after wildfire and straw mulching in a Pinus Halepensis M. forest. Forest Ecology and management. Volume 457, Febrero 2020, 117700
  • I. Miralles; R. Soria; M.E. Lucas-Borja; M. Soriano; R. Ortega (2020). Effect of biocrusts on bacterial community composition at different soil depths in Mediterraneansemi-arid Ecosystems.  Science of the Total Environment. Volume 733-138613.
  • I. Miralles; R. Lázaro; M. Sánchez-Marañón; M. Soriano; R. Ortega (2020). Biocrust cover and successional stages influence soil bacterial composition and diversity in semiarid ecosystems». Science of the total environment. Volume 709-134654.
  • ME Lucas-Borja, Mehdi Heydari, Isabel Miralles, Demetrio Antonio Zema and Ruben Manso. Effects of Skidding Operations after Tree Harvesting and Soil Scarification by Felled Trees on Initial Seedling Emergence of Spanish Black Pine (Pinus nigra Arn. ssp. salzmannii). Forests 11, 767. DOI:10.3390/f11070767.
  • ME Lucas-Borja, PA Plaza-Álvarez, J González-Romero, I Miralles, J Sagra, E Molina-Peña, D Moya, J de las Heras, C. Fernández. Post-wildfire straw mulching and salvage logging affects initial pine seedling density and growth in two Mediterranean contrasting climatic areas in Spain. Forest Ecology and Management 474 (2020) 118363
  • Lucas-Borja ME; Miralles I; Ortega R; Plaza-Álvarez PA; Gonzalez-Romero J; Sagra J; Soriano-Rodríguez M; Certini G; Moya D; Heras J (2019). Immediate fire-induced changes in soil microbial community composition in an outdoor experimental controlled system.  Science of the total environment. Volume 696, 134033
  • N. Rodríguez-Berbel, N; R. Soria; R. Ortega; Miralles, I (2019). Biochemistry and Metagenomic Techniques in Restored Soils with Organic Amendments. Agricultural Research & Technology 20(5).
  • Pulido, R. García, S. Schnabel, J.F. Lavado-Contador, I. Miralles, J. Barrena. 2019. La construcción de infraestructuras de abastecimiento de agua como respuesta de supervivencia y modernización del sector agrario español. Finisterra, 111: 79‑98. ISSN: 0430-5027. doi: 10.18055/Finis16841.
  • Sabik García-Ávalos, Emilio Rodríguez-Caballero, Isabel Miralles, Lourdes Luna, Miguel Ángel Domene, Albert Solé-Benet, Yolanda Cantón. (2018). Water harvesting techniques based on terrain modification enhance vegetation survival in dryland restoration. Catena. 167: 319-326.
  • Miralles, I; Ladrón de Guevara, M; Chamizo, S; Caballero, E; Ortega, R; van Wesemael, B; Cantón, Y (2018). Interactions between biocrust successional stage and environmental variables control the CO2 exchange in the soil of two Mediterranean ecosystems. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 124 11(23).
  • R. Ortega; I Miralles; MA Domene; M Sánchez-Marañón; M Soriano (2017). Functions and Applications of Plant Growth Promoting Bacteria (PGPR) in Highly Technified Crops. Agricultural Research & Technology. 12(1).
  • M. Sánchez-Marañón; I. Miralles; JF Aguirre-Garrido; M Anguita-Maeso; V. Millán; R Ortega; J.A. García-Salcedo; F. Martínez-Abarca; M. Soriano. Changes in the soil bacterial community along a pedogenic gradient. Scientific Reports 7 – 14593, 1 – 11, 2017.
  • I. Miralles; S.E. Jorge Villar; B. van Wesemael; R. Lazaro. Raman spectroscopy detection of biomolecules in biocrusts from differing environmental conditions. Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy.171, 40 – 51, 2017.
  • R. Ortega; I. Miralles; D.E. Meca; J.C. Gázquez; M.A. Domene. Effect of Organic and Synthetic Fertilizers on the Crop Yield and Macronutrients Contents in Soil and Pepper, Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis. Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis.47(10), 1216 – 1226. 2016.
  • L. Luna-Ramos; R. Pastorelli; F. Bastida; T. Hernandez; C. Garcia; I. Miralles; A. Sole-Benet. Effects of organic amendments and mulches on the soil enzyme activities and microbial community composition in quarry restoration under semiarid climate. Applied Soil Ecology. 107, 33 – 47. 2016.
  • I. Miralles; C. Trasar-Cepeda; M. C. Leirós; Gil-Sotres. F. Labile carbon in biological soil crusts in the Tabernas desert, SE Spain.Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 58, 1 – 8, 2013.
  • I.Miralles; F. Domingo; E. García-Campos; C. Trasar-Cepeda; M.C Leirós; F. Gil-Sotres. Biological and microbial activity in biological soil crusts from the Tabernas desert, a sub-arid zone in SE Spain.Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 55, 113 – 121, 2012.
  • I. Miralles; S.E. Jorge-Villar; Y. Canton; F. Domingo. Using a mini-Raman spectrometer to monitor the adaptive strategies of extremophile colonizers in arid deserts: Relationships between signal strength, adaptive strategies, solar radiation and humidity. Astrobiology. 12, 743 – 753. 2012.
  • I. Miralles; V. Millán; J.A. García; M.C. Leirós; C. Trasar-Cepeda; M. Soriano; F. Martínez-Abarca; F. Gil-Sotres. Relationchips between taxonomy and function of microorganisms in natural environments. The FEBS Journal. 1, pp. 278 – 279. 2012.
  • I. Miralles; R. Ortega; M. Sánchez-Marañón; M.C. Leiros; C. Trasar Cepeda; F. Gil Sotres. Biochemical properties of range and forest soils in mediterranean mountain environments (southeastern Spain). Biology and Fertility of Soils. 43, 721 – 729. 2007