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Gustavo Saiz Rueda

Academic

Universidad Católica de la Santísima Concepción

Concepción, Chile

Líneas de Investigación


Procesos biogeoquímicos terrestres, con énfasis en el estudio de las dinámicas de carbono orgánico y nitrógeno en el suelo. Ecología del fuego y ciclo del carbono pirogénico.

Educación

  •  Environmental Resource Management, UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN. Irlanda, 2002
  •  Forestry, UNIVERSIDAD DE VALLADOLID. España, 1998
  •  Environmental Resource Management, UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN. Irlanda, 2006

Experiencia Académica

  •   Academic Full Time

    UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE LA SANTISIMA CONCEPCION

    Ciencias

    Concepcion, Chile

    2018 - At present

  •   Visiting Scientist Other

    IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON

    Reino Unido

    2016 - At present

  •   Senior Scientist Full Time

    KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

    Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research

    Garmisch-Partnekirchen, Alemania

    2011 - 2016

Experiencia Profesional

  •   Academic Full Time

    Universidad Catolica de la Santisima Concepcion

    Concepcion, Chile

    2018 - At present

  •   Visiting Scientist Other

    Imperial College London

    Ascot, Reino Unido

    2016 - At present

  •   Senior Scientist Full Time

    Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

    Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Alemania

    2011 - 2016

  •   Senior Research Associate Full Time

    James Cook University

    Cairns, Australia

    2010 - 2011

  •   Postdoctoral Researcher Full Time

    St Andrews University

    St Andrews, Reino Unido

    2006 - 2010


 

Article (50)

Management of invasive shrubs to mitigate wildfire through fuel pellet production in central Chile
MODIS Vegetation Continuous Fields tree cover needs calibrating in tropical savannas
Post-fire ecological restoration in Latin American forest ecosystems: Insights and lessons from the last two decades
Variations in soil aggregation, microbial community structure and soil organic matter cycling associated to long-term afforestation and woody encroachment in a Mediterranean alpine ecotone
Pantropical variability in tree crown allometry
Taking the pulse of Earth's tropical forests using networks of highly distributed plots
Woody plant composition, diversity and conservation status of a protected area in the transition zone of Ghana
Variations in soil chemical and physical properties explain basin-wide Amazon forest soil carbon concentrations
Nitrogen turnover and N2O/N-2 ratio of three contrasting tropical soils amended with biochar
Stable carbon and nitrogen isotopic composition of leaves, litter, and soils of various ecosystems along an elevational and land-use gradient at Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania
Linkages between soil carbon, soil fertility and nitrogen fixation in Acacia senegal plantations of varying age in Sudan
Preferential Production and Transport of Grass-Derived Pyrogenic Carbon in NE-Australian Savanna Ecosystems
Comparison of nitrogen nutrition and soil carbon status of afforested stands established in degraded soil of the Loess Plateau, China
Enhancement of root systems improves productivity and sustainability in water saving ground cover rice production system
Nitrate leaching and soil nitrous oxide emissions diminish with time in a hybrid poplar short-rotation coppice in southern Germany
Smallholder farms in eastern African tropical highlands have low soil greenhouse gas fluxes
Thinning of Beech Forests Stocking on Shallow Calcareous Soil Maintains Soil C and N Stocks in the Long Run
Amazon forest response to repeated droughts
Contribution of Acacia senegal to biomass and soil carbon in plantations of varying age in Sudan
Long-term assessment of soil and water conservation measures (Fanya-juu terraces) on soil organic matter in South Eastern Kenya
Biome-specific effects of nitrogen and phosphorus on the photosynthetic characteristics of trees at a forest-savanna boundary in Cameroon
Edaphic, structural and physiological contrasts across Amazon Basin forest-savanna ecotones suggest a role for potassium as a key modulator of tropical woody vegetation structure and function
Foliar trait contrasts between African forest and savanna trees: genetic versus environmental effects
Ground cover rice production systems increase soil carbon and nitrogen stocks at regional scale
More rice with less water - evaluation of yield and resource use efficiency in ground cover rice production system with transplanting
Pyrogenic carbon from tropical savanna burning: production and stable isotope composition
Structural, physiognomic and above-ground biomass variation in savanna-forest transition zones on three continents - how different are co-occurring savanna and forest formations?
The influence of C-3 and C-4 vegetation on soil organic matter dynamics in contrasting semi-natural tropical ecosystems
The Pyrogenic Carbon Cycle
Basin-wide variations in Amazon forest nitrogen-cycling characteristics as inferred from plant and soil N-15:N-14 measurements
Charcoal re-combustion efficiency in tropical savannas
Contrasting photosynthetic characteristics of forest vs. savanna species (Far North Queensland, Australia)
Do water-saving ground cover rice production systems increase grain yields at regional scales?
On the delineation of tropical vegetation types with an emphasis on forest/savanna transitions
Quantifying pyrogenic carbon from thermosequences of wood and grass using hydrogen pyrolysis
Annual variation in soil respiration and its component parts in two structurally contrasting woody savannas in Central Brazil
Quantifying the abundance and stable isotope composition of pyrogenic carbon using hydrogen pyrolysis
Rapid degradation of pyrogenic carbon
Tree height integrated into pantropical forest biomass estimates
Variation in soil carbon stocks and their determinants across a precipitation gradient in West Africa
Height-diameter allometry of tropical forest trees
Co-limitation of photosynthetic capacity by nitrogen and phosphorus in West Africa woodlands
Recovery of organic matter from mineral-rich sediment and soils for stable isotope analyses using static dense media
Carbon stock and stock changes across a Sitka spruce chronosequence on surface-water gley soils
The potential of Miscanthus to sequester carbon in soils: comparing field measurements in Carlow, Ireland to model predictions
Savanna burning and the assessment of long-term fire experiments with particular reference to Zimbabwe
Assessment of soil CO2 efflux and its components using a process-based model in a young temperate forest site
Inventory and eddy covariance-based estimates of annual carbon sequestration in a Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis (Bong.) Carr.) forest ecosystem
Seasonal and spatial variability of soil respiration in four Sitka spruce stands
Stand age-related effects on soil respiration in a first rotation Sitka spruce chronosequence in central Ireland

Proyecto (10)

Biorefinery of urban greening waste for the production of solid biofuels and chemical building blocks, based on a hydrothermal carbonization process
Pyrogenic carbon sequestration in Australian soils
The impact of wildfire severity on soil pyrogenic carbon across contrasting fire-prone ecosystems in central Chile=> Temporal dynamics and related-effects on soil properties
Does lateral export of carbon decrease in a greener savanna?
Particulate-Aerosol Emissions and Radiative Impact from Forest Fires (PAERIFF)
The science underpinning the West-African forest island phenomenon
Use of biochar in agricultural soils as a potential abatement for both greenhouse gas emissions and the biological availability of lead in soybean plants
Past and present tropical vegetation dynamics and their impact on soil organic carbon pools
Tropical vegetation shifts
Simulation of carbon cycling in a Sitka spruce chronosequence
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Gustavo Saiz

Academic

Química Ambiental

Universidad Católica de la Santísima Concepción

Concepción, Chile

11
Michael Bird

Distinguished Professor

College of Science and Engineering

James Cook University

Cairns, Australia

1
Rafael García

Director del Laboratorio de Invasiones Biológicas (LIB)

Instituto de Ecologia y Biodiversidad

Concepción, Chile

1
Pablo Souza

Investigador Posdoctoral

Edafología y Química Agrícola

Universidad de Santiago de Compostela

Lugo, España