36) Merino-Martín, L., Hernández-Cáceres, D., Reverchon, F., Angeles-Alvarez, G., Zhang, G., Dunoyer de Segonzac, D., Dezette, D. and Stokes, A. (In press). Habitat partitioning of soil microbial communities along an elevation gradient: from plant root to landscape scale. Oikos. (link)
35) Mao, Z., Roumet, C., Rossi, L.M.W., Merino-Martín, L., Nespoulous, J., Taugourdeau, O., Boukcim, H., Fourtier, S., Del Rey-Granado, M., Ramel, M., Ji, K., Zuo, J., Fromin, N., Stokes, A. and Fort, F. (In press). Intra- and inter-specific variation in root mechanical traits for twelve herbaceous plants and their link with the root economics space. Oikos. (link)
34) Elliott, C. P., Commander, L. E., Merino-Martín, L., Golos, P. J., Stevens, J. and Miller, B. P. (In press). Restoring a Threatened Ecological Community: Defining and Achieving Restoration Targets. Bull Ecol Soc Am. (link)
33) Elliott C.P.,Commander L.E., Merino‐Martín L., Golos P. J., Stevens J., Miller B. P. (In press). An approach to defining and achieving restoration targets for a threatened plant community. Ecological Applications. (link)
32) Hernández-Cáceres, D., Stokes A., Angeles-Alvarez G., Abadie J., Anthelme F., Bounous M., Freschet G. T., Roumet C., Weemstra M., Merino-Martín L., Reverchon F. (2022). Vegetation creates microenvironments that influence soil microbial activity and functional diversity along an elevation gradient. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 165:108485. (link)
31) Vicente, E., Moreno-de las Heras, M., Merino-Martín, L., Nicolau, J.M. Espigares, T. (2022). Assessing the effects of nurse shrubs, sink patches and plant water-use strategies for the establishment of late-successional tree seedlings in Mediterranean reclaimed mining hillslopes. Ecological Engineering 176:106538. (link)
30) Merino-Martín, L., Stokes, A., Gweon, H. S., Moragues-Saitua, L., Staunton, S., Plassard, C., Griffiths, R. I. Interacting effects of land use type, microbes and plant traits on soil aggregate stability. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 154, 108072. (link)
29) Guirado, M., Garrido-Sanz D., Pindado O., Rodriguez-Rastrero M., Merino-Martín L., Sierra M. J., Escolano O., Rivilla R., and Millan R. (2021). Effectiveness of biochar application and bioaugmentation techniques for the remediation of freshly and aged diesel-polluted soils. International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation 163:105259. (link)
28) Shackelford, N., Paterno G. B.; Winkler D. E.; Erickson T. E.; Leger E. A.; Svejcar L. N.; Breed M. F.; Faist A. M.; Harrison P. A.; Curran M. F.; Guo Q. F.; Kirmer A.; Law D. J.; Mganga K. Z.; Munson S. M.; Porensky L. M.; Quiroga R. E.; Torok P.; Wainwright C. E.; Abdullahi A.; Bahm M. A.; Ballenger, E. A.; Barger N.; Baughman O. W.; Becker, C.; Lucas-Borja M. E.; Boyd C. S.; Burton C. M.; Burton P. J.; Calleja E.; Carrick P. J.; Caruana A.; Clements C. D.; Davies K. W.; Deak B.; Drake J.; Dullau S.; Eldridge J.; Espeland E.; Farrell H. L.; Fick S. E.; Garbowski M.; de la Riva E. G.; Golos P. J.; Grey P. A.; Heydenrych B.; Holmes P. M.; James J. J.; Jonas-Bratten J.; Kiss R.; Kramer A. T.; Larson J. E.; Lorite J.; Mayence C. E.; Merino-Martín L.; Miglecz T.; Milton S. J.; Monaco T. A.; Montalvo A. M.; Navarro-Cano J. A.; Paschke M. W.; Peri P. L.; Pokorny M. L.; Rinella M. J.; Saayman N.; Schantz M. C.; Parkhurst T.; Seabloom E. W.; Stuble K. L.; Uselman S. M.; Valko O.; Veblen K.; Wilson S.; Wong M.; Xu Z. W., Suding K. L. (2021). Drivers of seedling establishment success in dryland restoration efforts. Nature Ecology & Evolution 5:1283. (link)
27) Stokes, A., Angeles, G., Anthelme, F. et al. Shifts in soil and plant functional diversity along an altitudinal gradient in the French Alps. BMC Res Notes 14, 54. (link)
26) Golos P. J., Merino-Martín L., Commander L. E., Elliott C. P., Williams M. R., Miller B. P., et al. Interactions between soil covers and rainfall affect post-mining plant restoration in a semi-arid Banded Iron Formation. Ecological Engineering 159:106101. (link)
25) Portell, X., Sauzet, O., Balseiro-Romero, M., Benard, P., Cardinael, R., Couradeau, E., Danra, D.D., Evans, D.L., Fry, E.L., Hammer, E.C., Mamba, D., Merino-Martín, L., Mueller, C.W., Paradelo, M., Rees, F., M. W. Rossi, L., Schmidt, H., Schnee, L.S., Védère, C. and Vidal, A. (2021), Bypass and hyperbole in soil science: A perspective from the next generation of soil scientists. Eur J Soil Sci, 72: 31-34. (link)
24) Merino-Martín L., Griffiths R.I., Gweon H.S., Furget-Bretagnon C., Oliver A., Mao Z., Le Bissonnais Y., Stokes A. 2020. Rhizosphere bacteria are more strongly related to plant root traits than fungi in temperate montane forests: insights from closed and open forest patches along an elevational gradient. Plant Soil 450, 183–200. (link)
23) Rossi, L., Mao, Z., Merino-Martín, L., Roumet, C., Fort F., Taugourdeau, O., Chevallier, T., Cardinael R., Le Fromin, N., Stokes A. 2020. Pathways to persistence: plant root traits alter carbon accumulation in different soil carbon pools. Plant Soil 452, 457–478. (link)
22) Peña-Angulo, D., González-Hidalgo, J.C., Albaladejo, J., et al. 2020. Relationship of weather types on the seasonal and spatial variability of rainfall, runoff and sediment yield in the western Mediterranean basin. Atmosphere 11, 609. (link)
21) Demenois, J., Merino-Martín, L., Fernandez Nuñez, N., Stokes, A., Carriconde F. 2020. Do diversity of plants, soil fungi and bacteria influence aggregate stability on ultramafic Ferralsols? A metagenomic approach in a tropical hotspot of biodiversity. Plant Soil 448, 213–229. (link)
20) Moreno-de-las-Heras, M., Merino-Martín, L., Saco, P.M., Espigares, T., Gallart, F., Nicolau J.M. 2020. Structural and functional control of surface-patch to hillslope-scale runoff and sediment connectivity in Mediterranean-dry reclaimed slope systems. Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 24, 2855–2872. (link)
19) Commander, L.E., Merino-Martín, L., Elliott, C.P., Miller, B.P., Dixon, K., Stevens, J., 2019. Demographic, seed and microsite limitations to seedling recruitment in semi-arid mine site restoration. Plant and Soil, 457, 113–129 (link)
18) Nespoulous, J., Merino-Martín, L., Monnier, Y., Bouchet, D.C., Ramel, M., Dombey, R., Viennois, G., Mao, Z., Zhang, J.-L., Cao, K.-F., Le Bissonnais, Y., Sidle, R.C., Stokes, A., 2019. Tropical forest structure and understorey determine subsurface flow through biopores formed by plant roots. CATENA 181, 104061. (link)
17) Peña-Angulo, D., González-Hidalgo, J.C., Albaladejo, J., et al. 2019. Spatial variability of the relationships of runoff and sediment yield with weather types throughout the Mediterranean basin. Journal of Hydrology 571: 390-405. (link)
16) Bakker, M.R., Brunner, I., Ashwood, F., Bjarnadottir, B., Bolger, T., Børja, I., Carnol, M., Cudlin, P., Dalsgaard, L., Erktan, A., Godbold, D., Kraigher, H., Meier, I.C., Merino-Martín, L., Motiejūnaitė, J., Mrak, T., Oddsdóttir, E.S., Ostonen, I., Pennanen, T.L., Püttsepp, Ü., Suz, L.M., Vanguelova, E.I., Vesterdal, L., Soudzilovskaia, N.A., 2019. Belowground Biodiversity Relates Positively to Ecosystem Services of European Forests. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change 2(6). (link)
15) Moragues-Saitua, L., Merino-Martín, L., Stokes, A., Staunton S. 2019. Towards meaningful quantification of glomalin-related soil protein (GRSP), taking account of interference with the Coomassie Blue (Bradford) assay. Eur J Soil Sci; 70: 727– 735. (link)
14) García-Leoz V, Villegas JC, Suescún D, Flórez CP, Merino-Martín L, Betancur T, León JD. 2017. Land cover effects on water balance partitioning in the Colombian Andes: improved water availability in early stages of natural vegetation recovery. Regional Environmental Change, 18, 1117–1129 (link)
13) Turner S. R., Lewandrowski W., Elliott C. P., Merino-Martín L., Miller B.P., Stevens J.C., Erickson T. E., Merritt D. J. Seed ecology informs restoration approaches for threatened species in water-limited environments: a case study on the short-range Banded Ironstone endemic Ricinocarpos brevis (Euphorbiaceae). Australian Journal of Botany, 65, 661-677 (link)
12) Merino-Martín, L, Courtauld C., Commander L., Turner S., Lewandrowski W., Stevens J. Interactions between seed functional traits and burial depth regulate germination and seedling emergence under water stress in species from semi-arid environments. Journal of Arid Environments, 147, 25-33 (link)
11) Merino-Martín, L., Commander, L., Mao, Z., Stevens, J.C., Miller, B.P., Golos, P.J. et al. (2017). Overcoming topsoil deficits in restoration of semiarid lands: Designing hydrologically favourable soil covers for seedling emergence. Ecological Engineering, 105, 102-117 (link)
10) Erktan, A.; Balmot, J.; Merino-Martín, L.; Monnier, Y.; Pailler, F.; Coq, S.; Abiven, S.; Stokes, A.; Le Bissonnais, Y. Immediate and long-term effect of tannins on the stabilization of soil aggregates. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 105:197-205; 2017 (link)
9) Miller, B.P.; Sinclair, E.A.; Menz, M.H.M.; Elliott, C.P.; Bunn, E.; Commander, L.E.; Dalziell, E.; David, E.; Davis, B.; Erickson, T.E.; Golos, P.J.; Krauss, S.L.; Lewandrowski, W.; Mayence, C.E.; Merino-Martín, L.; Merritt, D.J.; Nevill, P.G.; Phillips, R.D.; Ritchie, A.L.; Ruoss, S.; Stevens, J.C. A framework for the practical science necessary to restore sustainable, resilient, and biodiverse ecosystems. Restoration Ecology, 25: 605-617 (link)
8) Merino-Martín, L., M. Moreno-de las Heras, T. Espigares, and J. M. Nicolau. 2015. Overland flow directs soil moisture and ecosystem processes at patch scale in Mediterranean restored hillslopes. Catena 133:71-84. (link)
7) Merino-Martín, L, Field, J. P., Villegas J. C., Whicker J. J., Breshears D. B., Law D. J., Urgeghe A. M. 2014. Aeolian sediment and dust fluxes during predominant "background" wind conditions for unburned and burned semiarid grassland: Interplay between particle size and temporal scale. Aeolian Research 14 (0): 97-103. (link)
6) Merino-Martín, L., Moreno-de las Heras, S., Espigares, T., Nicolau, J.M. 2012. Hydrological heterogeneity in mediterranean-dry reclaimed landscapes: runoff and sediment yield of patches and slopes along a gradient of overland flow. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences (HESS)16, 1305-1320, doi:10.5194/hess-16-1305-2012. (link)
5) Espigares, T., Merino-Martín, L., Moreno-de las Heras, M., Nicolau, J.M. 2012. Intensity of ecohydrological interactions in reclaimed Mediterranean slopes: effects of runoff redistribution on plant performance. Ecohydrology 6(5): 836-844. (link)
4) Merino-Martín, L., Breshears, D. D., Moreno-de las Heras, M., Villegas J. C., Pérez S., Espigares, T., Nicolau, J.M. 2012. Ecohydrological Source-Sink Interrelationships between Vegetation Patches and Soil Hydrological Properties along a Disturbance Gradient Reveal a Restoration Threshold. Restoration Ecology 20(3):360-368. (link)
3) Moreno-de las Heras, M., Espigares, T., Merino-Martín, L., Nicolau, J.M. 2011. Water-related ecological impacts of soil erosion processes in Mediterranean-dry reclaimed slopes. Catena 84, 114-124. (link)
2) Moreno-de las Heras, M., Wilcox, B. P., Merino-Martín, L., Nicolau, J.M. 2010. Plot-scale effects on runoff and erosion along a slope degradation gradient. Water Resources Research 46, W04503, (link)
1) Moreno-de las Heras, M., Merino-Martín, L., Nicolau, J.M. 2009. Effect of vegetation cover on the reclaimed mining soils under Mediterranean-Continental climate. Catena 77, 39–47. (link)
Nicolau, J. M., Moreno de las Heras M., Merino-Martín L., Espigares T. (2013). Bases eco-hidrológicas para aplicar la restauración ecológica en minería. Restauración Ecológica en Minería. De la teoría a la práctica. Fundación ciudad de la energía, Ponferrada (León). (link)
Nicolau, J.M., Espigares, T., Moreno-de las Heras, M., Merino-Martín, L. (2011) Ecohidrología: erosión hídrica y dinámica de la vegetación en laderas artificiales. In: Restauración ecológica de áreas afectadas por infraestructuras de transporte. Bases científicas para soluciones técnicas (Fernando Valladares, Luis Balaguer, Ignacio Mola, Adrián Escudero and Valentín Alfaya eds.). Fundación Biodiversidad, Madrid, España. ©Fundación Biodiversidad 2011. (link)
Nicolau, J.M., Espigares, T., Merino-Martín, L., Moreno-de las Heras, M., Nyssen, S., Pérez-Domingo, S. (2009) Sobre la compatibilidad de la minería del carbón a cielo abierto con la sostenibilidad ambiental. El caso de las cuencas de Teruel. In: Evaluación del impacto y restauración ambiental de la cuenca mineral de El Bierzo (Vadillo F. ed.) IGME (Madrid, España). (link)
2010 “Ecology of restored slopes from opencast coal mining: ecohydrological interactions”. (link)
Supervisors: Jose Manuel Nicolau and Tíscar Espigares. Universidad de Alcalá.