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- Flora adventícia de pomóideas e prunóideas da Região do OestePublication . Vasconcelos, T.; Sá, G.; Leitão, A.; Santos, F.; Alexandre, R.
- Local influences of geothermal anomalies on permafrost distribution in an active volcanic island (Deception Island, Antarctica)Publication . Goyanes, G.; Vieira, Goncalo; Caselli, A.; Cardoso, M.; Marmy, A.; Santos, F.; Bernardo, I.; Hauck, C.This study aims at understanding the spatial distribution and characteristics of the frozen and unfrozen terrain in an alluvial fan on Deception Island, which is an active strato-volcano located in the Bransfield Strait (South Shetland Islands)with recent eruptions in 1967, 1969 and 1970. The alluvial fan is dominated by debris-flow, run-off and rock fall processes and permafrost occurs in several parts in the vicinity of anomalous geothermal heat flux. The aim is to assess the ways volcanic activity controls permafrost development and associated geomorphic dynamics using shallow subsurface, surface and air temperature measurements as well as thaw depth and electrical resistivity tomography (ERT) surveys. Results showa temperature increasewith depth in the lower part of the fan reaching 13 °C at 0.80mdepth,without the presence of permafrost. The shallowborehole located at this site showed a stable thermal stratification all year-round, with only the upper 0.20 m reacting to meteorological forcing. In the upper part of the alluvial fan and debris cones, c. 100mfromthe coast, frozen ground is present at c. 0.70mdepth. There, the shallowborehole shows a good coupling with air temperatures and the thermal regime favours the presence of permafrost. ERT shows the lowest resistivity values in the lower part of the alluvial fan and a highly resistivity zone in the upper sector of the fan and in the debris cones. These large variations in resistivity mark the presence of a saline water wedge from the sea into the fan, reaching frozen ground conditions about 100 m inland. It can be shown that the volcano-hydrothermal activity only inhibits frost development very locally, with frozen ground conditions occurring about 100 m away.
- Transpiration reduction as an answer to water stress: models versus measurements for irrigated olive trees in South PortugalPublication . Lourenço, S.; Conceição, N.; Losada, H.P.; Silvestre, J.; Siqueira, J.; Santos, F.; Rolim, J.; Ferreira, Maria IsabelThe so-called stress functions, allowing quantification of transpiration or evapotranspiration reduction, as an answer to water deficit stress (stress coefficient, Ks), are useful tools for irrigation scheduling. It is known that this coefficient depends on several variables and parameters, such as evapotranspiration rate, root patterns/density and soil properties. However, the most common Ks models with practical applicability do not include some of these factors and the experimental work on this matter is not abundant. A well-known model proposed in the FAO 56 manual uses two parameters: the allowable depletion (p) and the total available soil water (TAW) in the root zone, the input variable being the soil water depletion (SWD). We discuss the application of this model in olive trees under specific natural conditions. Two studies were conducted in Alentejo, South Portugal (2011 and 2017), in one intensive and one super intensive drip irrigated olive orchards (Olea europaea 'Arbequina'). Transpiration reduction was obtained from sap flow measurements. For both experiments, Ks was related to the estimated SWD. The experimental relationship was compared with modelling outputs. Experimental results show that, in both experiments, the Ks FAO 56 model only fits using parameters such as p= 0.05 and TAW = 350 mm. The suggested p in that manual is 0.7. Furthermore, for such soils, anisotropic canopy and small wetted area (drippers), 350 mm is much more than first approach estimates would suggest. The results can be related with the root system functioning and resilience of olive trees