Research
DIVULGATION ARTICLES
International journals
Fernández-García, V., Marcos, E., Calvo, L. (2021) Los ‘ojos’ espaciales que nos ayudan a reparar la huella de destrucción de los megaincendios. The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/los-ojos-espaciales-que-nos-ayudan-a-reparar-la-huella-de-destruccion-de-los-megaincendios-156522
Local journals
Fernández-García, V. (2015) Efectos de la recurrencia y severidad en la recuperación de ecosistemas propensos al fuego. AmbioCiencias 13, 100-101. ISSN: 1998-3021
Local newspapers
I'm truly grateful for the recent feature in the regional newspaper "El Mundo," where they highlighted my journey and current research. This recognition wouldn't have been possible without the amazing people who have supported me over the years. From the teachers I had in my early years to the fantastic people I work with today, I want to thank everyone. Their influence, encouragement, and belief in my work played a crucial role in getting it the media attention it deserves.
- (15-Mayo-2017) DIARIO DE LEÓN
https://www.diariodeleon.es/articulo/sociedad/investigo-gestion-ecosistema-fuego/201705150400011683378.html
- (13-Septiembre-2023) Sección de NOTICIAS de la web institucional de la ULE
- (13-Septiembre-2023) Diario digital LEONOTICIAS
https://www.leonoticias.com/universidad/leones-estudiar-incendios-africa-20230913130133-nt.html
- (13-Septiembre-2023) Diario digital LEÓN 7 DÍAS
- (13-Septiembre-2023) Diario digital ILEÓN
- (13-Septiembre-2023) Diario digital AHORA LEÓN
https://www.ahoraleon.com/investigador-la-ule-estudia-impacto-los-incendios-africa/
- (14-Septiembre-2023) LA NUEVA CRÓNICA DE LEÓN
(Se adjunta recorte de prensa)
- (14-Septiembre-2023) DIARIO DE LEÓN
CONFERENCE COMMUNICATIONS
Oral communications as presenter and/or main contributor
Fernández-García, V., Strydom, T., Santín, C., Masango, E., Mkanzi, N., González, C., Thompson, D., Kull, C. (2024). Exploring the relationships between fire regimes, plant diversity and carbon stocks in African savannas. Oral communication at the European Conference of Tropical Ecology. Lisbon, Portugal.
Fernández-García, V. (2023). Applying fire science to sustainable development in African biodiversity hotspots. Invited talk at Maison de la Télédétection-IRD, Montpellier, France.
Fernández-García, V., Franquesa, M., Kull, C.A. (2023). Characterizing fire regimes in Southeast Africa at 20 m spatial resolution. Oral communication at the 21st Swiss Geoscience Meeting, Mendrisio, Switzerland.
Fernández-García, V. (2023) Fire regimes and ecosystem services in African biodiversity hotspots: project presentation and advances. Invited talk at ESNEC-Universidad Eduardo Mondlane, Mozambique.
Fernández-García, V., Alonso-González, E. (2022) In which biogeographical regions are fire impacts increasing? Oral communication at the "BES annual meeting 2022". Organized by the British Ecological Society, UK.
Fernández-García, V. (2022) Satellites are in your hands: possibilities for environmental monitoring and assessment. Invited talk at Madagascar Biodiversity Center, Madagascar.
Fernández-García, V., Andries, D.M., Fernández-Manso, A. (2022) Post-fire recovery of Pinus halepensis, P. pinaster, and P. brutia forests: identifying key drivers from a biophysical approach. EMCEI-Springer, Tunis.
Fernández-García, V. (2022) Natural Heritage and Biodiversity in Spain. Invited talk at the University of Antananarivo, Madagascar.
Fernández-García, V. (2021) Using Copernicus data to predict wildfire severity. Oral communication at the workshop "Remote sensing for landscape monitoring". Organized by IALE, online.
Calvo, L., Fernández-García, V., Marcos, E., Tárrega García-Mares, R., Valbuena, L., Fernández-Manso, A. (2021). Sheep grazing and pasture evolution in the Cantabrian Mountains (1990-2020). Oral communication at the "XV Nacional Conference of the Spanish Association of Terrestrial Ecology". Organized by AEET, Spain.
Fernández-García, V. et al. (2021) Recurrent wildfires cause soil phosphorus impoverishment in Mediterranean forests. Oral communication at the "8th International Meeting of Fire Effects on Soil Properties". Organized by the University of Guarapuava, Brazil-online.
Fernández-García, V. (2021) Remote sensing methods for characterizing fire regimes. Invited talk at the University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
Fernández-García, V., Miesel, J., Marcos, E., Calvo, L. (2017). Soil biochemical properties as potential indicators of fire severity 3 years after fire. Oral communication at the "6ºFESP- International meeting on fire effects on soil properties". Organized by South African National Parks, Skukuza, South Africa.
Fernández-García, V., Baeza, J., Santana, V.M., Tárrega, R., Valbuena, L., Taboada, Á., Luis-Calabuig, E., ;Fernández-Guisuraga, J.M., Suárez-Seoane, S., Marcos, E., Calvo, L. (2017) ¿Son diferentes los rasgos biológicos de las plantas en relación con la severidad de incendios en pinares propensos al fuego? Oral communication at the "7º Congreso Forestal Español". Organized by SECF, Plasencia, Spain.
Fernández-García, V., Santamarta, M., Fernández-Manso, A., Quintano, C., Marcos, E., Calvo, L. (2016) Comportamiento de distintos índices espectrales en la evaluación de severidad de incendios forestales a lo largo del gradiente climático Mediterráneo-Oceánico. Oral communication at the seminar "Avances en el estudio de la severidad de los incendios forestales utilizando técnicas de teledetección". Organized by the University of León-AET, León, Spain.
Poster communications as presenter and/or main contributor
Fernández-García, V., Razanatsoa, J., Almary, T., Natolojanahary, J.J.M., Randrianiadanarivo, H.M., González, C., Vorontsova, M., Kull, C. (2024). Recent fire history and plant diversity in Madagascar Central Highlands. Oral communication at the European Conference of Tropical Ecology. Lisbon, Portugal.
Fernández-García, V., Santín, C., Strydom, T., Natolojanahary, J.J.M., Randrianiadanarivo, H.M., Masango, E., Mkansi, N., González, C., Otero, X.L., Kull, C.A. (2023). Contrasting legacy of fire regimes on soil carbon stocks in open ecosystems in South Africa and Madagascar. Poster communication at the 21st Swiss Geoscience Meeting, Mendrisio, Switzerland.
Fernández-García, V., Beltrán-Marcos, D., Pinto-Prieto, R., Fernández-Guisuraga, J.M., Calvo, L. (2019). Uso de técnicas de teledetección para determinar la relación entre la historia de incendios y la severidad del fuego. Poster communication at "XVIII Congreso de la Asociación Española de Teledetección". Organized by the AET, Valladolid, Spain.
Fernández-García, V., Marcos, E., Reyes, O., García-Duro, J., Cruz, O., Calvo, L. (2017) Fire recurrence and severity effects on soil properties along a climatic gradient in Pinus fire-prone ecosystems. Poster communication at "VIII International FUEGORED 2017 workshop". Organized by the Universidad de León, León, Spain.
Fernández-Manso, A., Fernández-García, V., Quintano, C., Marcos, E., Calvo, L. (2015) Cartografía de recurrencia-severidad en grandes incendios forestales utilizando técnicas de teledetección. Poster communication at "XVI Congreso de la Asociación Española de Teledetección". Organized by the AET, Sevilla, Spain.
Fernández-García, V., Fernández-Manso, A., Quintano, C., Marcos, E., Calvo, L. (2015) Elaboración de mapas de recurrencia de incendios forestales en la Sierra del Teleno utilizando imágenes Landsat (1978-2014). Poster communication at "XVI Congreso de la Asociación Española de Teledetección". Organized by the AET, Sevilla, Spain.
Marcos, E., Fernández-García, V., Fernández-Manso, A., Quintano, C., Calvo, L. (2015) Use of soil properties for assessing fire severity in fire prone ecosystems. Poster communication at the "5th International Conference of Fire Effects on Soil Properties". Organized by the University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.
Fernández-García, V., Centeno, M.L., Calvo, L. (2015) Impact of wildfire on singular species Gentiana lutea L. in the Cantabrian Mountains (NW Spain). Poster communication at "IV Congreso Ibérico de Ecología". Organized by SPECO-AEET, Coimbra, Portugal.
Other oral communications
Marcos, E., Huerta, S., Fernández-García, V., Prieto, I., Pinto, R., Ansola, G., Sáenz-de-Miera, L., Calvo, L. (2022) Mulching treatments favour the recovery of ecosystem multifunctionality after a large wildfire in Northwest Spain. Oral communication at "IX International Conference on Forest Fire Research". Organized by Universidade de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal.
Calvo, L., Tárrega, R., Valbuena, L., Marcos, E., Taboada, A., Fernández-García, V., Fernández-Guisuraga, J.M., Fernández-Manso, A., Quintano, C., de Luis, E., Reyes, O., Baeza, M.J., Suárez-Seoane, S. (2018). Climatic conditions and fire regime affect vegetation recovery after large wildfires in Pinus forest ecosystems. Oral communication at "VIII International Conference on Forest Fire Research". Organized by Universidade de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal.
Marcos, E., Fernández-García, V., Fernández-Guisuraga, J.M., Quintano, C., Calvo, L. (2018) Soil resilience under different scenarios of fire recurrence and severity in Pinus forest ecosystems affected by large wildfires. Oral communication at "VIII International Conference on Forest Fire Research". Organized by Universidade de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal.
Calvo, L., Fernández-García, V., Fernández-Guisuraga, J.M., Marcos, E., Taboada, A., Tárrega, R., Valbuena, L., Luis-Calabuig, E., Fernández-Manso, A., Quintano, C., Casal, M., Reyes, O., Baeza, M.J., Suárez-Seoane, S. (2017). New tools to study the resilience of Pinus forests after different recurrence-severity wildfire. Invited talk at "VIII International FUEGORED 2017 workshop". Organized by the Universidad de León, León, Spain.
Calvo, L., Marcos, E., Fernández-García, V., Fernández-Guisuraga, J.M., Suárez-Seoane, S. (2017) Resilience in Mediterranean pine forest after recurrent wildfires: new tools to identify the role of restoration. Invited talk at "IUFRO 2017 - Sustainable restoration of Mediterranean forests". Organized by the IFRO, Palermo, Italy.
Fernández-Guisuraga, J.M., Suárez-Seoane, S., Marcos, E., Tárrega, R., Fernández-García, V., Calvo, L. (2016) Potencialidad de las imágenes de satélite de alta resolución espacial Worldview-2 en la evaluación de las actuaciones de restauración post-incendio. Oral communication at the "FUEGORED 2016 International Meeting". Organized by the Universidade de Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal.
Calvo, L., Suárez-Seoane, S., Luis-Calabuig, E., Tárrega, R., Valbuena, L., Marcos, E., Taboada, A., Fernández-Manso, A., Quintano, C., Sanz, E., Fernández-García, V., Fernández-Guisuraga, J.M., Raga, M. (2016) Proyecto GESFIRE: Búsqueda de nuevas herramientas para la gestión post- incendio. Invited talk at the seminar "Avances en el estudio de la severidad de los incendios forestales utilizando técnicas de teledetección". Organized by the University of León-AET, León, Spain.
Fernández-Manso, A., Quintano, C., Luis-Calabuig, E., Tárrega, R., Valbuena, L., Marcos, E., Sanz, E., Taboada, A., Fernández-García, V., Fernández-Guisuraga, J.M., Suárez-Seoane, S., Calvo, L. (2016) Evaluación y seguimiento de áreas quemadas con imágenes de satélite: el ejemplo del proyecto GESFIRE. Invited talk at the "XI Encuentro del Día Internacional de los Bosques: El fuego en los ecosistemas forestales- ciencia, tecnología y sociedad". Organized by the University of León-Ayuntamiento de Ponferrada, Ponferrada, Spain.
Calvo, L. Suárez-Seoane, S., Luis-Calabuig, E., Tárrega, R., Valbuena, L., Marcos, E., Fernández-Manso, A., Quintano, C., Sanz, E., Taboada, A., Fernández-García, V., Fernández-Guisuraga, J.M., (2016) Búsqueda de nuevas herramientas para la gestión post-incendio. Invited talk at the "XI Encuentro del Día Internacional de los Bosques: El fuego en los ecosistemas forestales- ciencia, tecnología y sociedad". Organized by the Universidad de León-Ayuntamiento de Ponferrada, Ponferrada, Spain.
Calvo, L. Suárez-Seoane, S., Luis-Calabuig, E., Tárrega, R., Valbuena, L., Marcos, E., Fernández-Manso, A., Quintano, C., Sanz, E., Taboada, A., Fernández-García, V., Fernández-Guisuraga, J.M., (2016) Evaluación y predicción de la regeneración post-fuego a lo largo del gradiente climático Atlántico-Mediterráneo. Invited talk at "I Congreso Internacional de Medio Ambiente y Clima: objetivos de desarrollo sostenible Naciones Unidas". Organized by the Universidad de Burgos, Ponferrada, Spain.
Huerta, S., Marcos, E., Fernández-García, V., Calvo, L. (2015) Soil as the main compartment of carbon storage after fire in the framework of global change. Oral communication at "VI Reunión Internacional FUEGORED 2015". Organized by the Universidad de Málaga, Málaga, Spain.
Other poster communications
Marcos, E., Huerta, S., Fernández-García, V., Pinto, R., Beltrán, D. Ansola, G., Fernández-Manso, A., Calvo, L. (2022) Resilience of enzymatic activities after large wildfires in fire prone-ecosystems in Northwest Spain. Poster communication at MEDECOS 2022. Organized by Fynbos forum, Langebaan, South Africa.
Calvo, L., Huerta, S., Marcos, E., Fernández-García, V., Fernández-Guisuraga, J.M., Suárez-Seoane, S. (2022) Functional plant traits response to different burn severity after large wildfires in fire-prone ecosystems in Northwest Spain. Poster communication at MEDECOS 2022. Organized by Fynbos forum, Langebaan, South Africa.
Calvo, L., Huerta, S., Fernández-García, V., Fernández-Guisuraga, J.M., Monte, P., Tárrega García-Mares, R., Valbuena Relea, L., Taboada, A., Turiel, S., Marcos, E., Suárez-Seoane, S. (2022) The loss of ecosystem multifunctionality in Pinus pinaster forests as one of the main footprints of large wildfires. Poster communication at the "IX International Conference on Forest Fire Research". Organized by the Universidade de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal.
Crespo, N., Fernández-García, V., Calvo, L., Valbuena, L. (2022) The regeneration of Erica. Australis L. after a forest fire. Poster communication at the "XVIIth European Heathland Workshop". Organized by the Socièté Française de Phytosociologie, Bretagne, France.
Fernández-Manso, A., Fernández-García, V., Fernández-Guisuraga, J.M., Cerrillo, A., Cascallana, G., Calvo, L. (2022) FIREMAP: Software avanzado para la toma de decisiones en la gestión postincendio basado en tecnologías satelitales. Poster communication at the "XIX Congreso de la Asociación Española de Teledetección". Organized by th Universidad Pública de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain.
Huerta, S., Calvo, L., Fernández-García, V., Marcos, E. (2022) Efectos de las medidas de restauración post-incendio sobre las propiedades del suelo en ecosistemas propensos al fuego. Poster communication at the "8º Congreso Forestal Español". Organized by the SECF, Lleida, Spain.
Fernández-Guisuraga, J.M., Suárez-Seoane, S., Fernández-García, V., Beltrán-Marcos, D, Huerta, S., Pinto, R., Turiel, S., Marcos, E., Tárrega, R., Valbuena, L., Ansola, G., Sáenz de Miera, L., Taboada, A., Calvo, L. (2022). Evaluación de la resiliencia forestal al fuego mediante la inversión de modelos de transferencia radiativa a partir de imágenes de satélite. Poster communication at the "8º Congreso Forestal Español". Organized by the SECF, Lleida, Spain.
Huerta, S., Fernández-García, V., Marcos, E., Calvo, L. (2021) Burn severity and plant regenerative traits modulate vegetation response in different fire-prone Mediterranean ecosystems of the Iberian Peninsula. Poster communication at the "1st International Congress on Fire in the Earth System". Organized by the Universitat de Valencia, Valencia, Spain.
Beltrán-Marcos, D., Suárez-Seoane, S., Fernández-García, V., Fernández-Guisuraga, J.M., Calvo, L. (2021) Evaluation of soil burn severity using very high spatial resolution products from Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV). Poster communication at the "1st International Congress on Fire in the Earth System". Organized by the Universitat de Valencia, Valencia, Spain.
Huerta, S., Marcos, E., Fernández-García, V., Calvo, L. (2021) Efecto de la severidad del fuego en la resiliencia a corto plazo de comunidades de matorral de la Cuenca Mediterránea. Poster communication at the "XV Congreso Nacional de la AEET". Organized by the Asociación Española de Ecología Terrestre, Spain.
Huerta, S., Calvo, L., Fernández-García, V., Marcos, E. (2021) Efectos de las medidas de restauración después de incendios forestales en comunidades de matorral propensas al fuego. Poster communication at the "IX Simposio sobre control de la degradación y recuperación de suelos CONDEGRES". Organized by Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche, Elche, Spain.
Beltrán-Marcos, D., Suárez-Seoane, S., Marcos, E., Fernández-Guisuraga, J.M., Fernández-García, V., Pinto, R., Calvo, L. (2021) Identificación de indicadores visuales de severidad en suelos post-incendio a través de imágenes UAV. Poster communication at the "IX Simposio sobre control de la degradación y recuperación de suelos CONDEGRES". Organized by Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche, Elche, Spain.
Fernández-Manso, A., Quintano, C., Fernández-García, V., Calvo, L. (2019). Índices espectrales Sentinel-2 para discriminación de severidad de quemado. Poster communication in "XVIII Congreso de la Asociación Española de Teledetección". Organized by the AET, Valladolid, Spain.
Pérez-Rodríguez, L.A., Quintano, C., García-Llamas, P., Fernández-García, V., Taboada, A., Fernández-Guisuraga, J.M., Marcos, E., Suárez-Seoane, S., Calvo, L., Fernández-Manso, A. (2019). Using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) for forest damage monitoring in south-western Europe. Poster communication at "SPIE Optics + Photonics". Organized by SPIE, San Diego, United States of America.
Suárez-Seoane, S., Fernández-Guisuraga, J.M., Fernández-García, V., Taboada, A., Marcos, E., Calvo, L. (2019) Mechanistic-correlative population models allow the identification of priority areas for restoration in Mediterranean pine forest landscapes affected by different fire regimes. Poster communication at the "10th World Conference IALE". Organized by IALE, Milan, Italy.
Suárez-Seoane, S., Luis-Calabuig, E., Fernández-Guisuraga, J.M., Fernández-García, V., García-Llamas, P., Fernández-Manso, A., Quintano, C., Taboada, A., Marcos, E., Tárrega, R., Valbuena, L., Calvo, L. (2018) Spatial patterns of regeneration in a Mediterranean landscape affected by a megafire. Relationships between fire recurrence and species life history. Poster communication at the "IV Iberian Conference on Landscape Ecology". Organized by Associação Portuguesa de Ecologia da Paisagem, Faro, Portugal.
Quintano, C., Fernández-Manso, A., García-Llamas, P., Fernández-García, V., Fernández-Guisuraga, J.M., Suárez-Seoane, S., Calvo, L. (2018) Thermally enhanced spectral indices to discriminate burn severity in Mediterranean forest ecosystems. Poster communication at "SPIE Optics + Photonics". Organized by SPIE, San Diego, United States of America.
Pinto, R., Fernández-García, V., Marcos, E., Calvo, L. (2017) Identificación de indicadores de severidad a medio plazo en pinares de Pinus pinaster afectados por el fuego. Poster communication at the "VIII International FUEGORED 2017 workshop". Organized by the Universidad de León, León, Spain.
Tárrega, R., Fernández-García, V., Luis-Calabuig, E., Marcos, E., Taboada, A., Valbuena, L., Calvo, L. (2017) Efectos de la severidad del incendio en la recuperación de Pinus pinaster. Poster communication at the "7º Congreso Forestal Español". Organized by SECF, Plasencia, Spain.
Marcos, E., Fernández-García, V., Fernández-Guisuraga, J.M., Valbuena, L., Taboada, A., Luis-Calabuig, E., Calvo, L. (2016) The influence of post-fire management on soil properties in a Pinus pinaster forest. Poster communication at the "FUEGORED 2016 International Meeting". Organized by the Universidade de Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal.
Quintano, C., Fernández-Manso, A., Fernández-García, V., Marcos, E., Calvo, L. (2015) Changes on albedo after a large forest fire in Mediterranean ecosystems. Poster communication at "SPIE Optics + Photonics". Organized by SPIE, San Diego, United States of America.
Other divulgation activities
Expert reactions/stories: https://sciencemediacentre.es/los-incendios-extremos-se-han-duplicado-en-los-ultimos-20-anos