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September 26, 2022
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Carbon stocks and changes in biomass of Mediterranean woody crops over a six-year period in NE Spain

Publicated to: Agronomy for Sustainable Development. 42 (5): 98- - 2022-10-01 42(5), DOI: 10.1007/s13593-022-00827-y

Authors:

Funes, I; Molowny-Horas, R; Savé, R; De Herralde, F; Aranda, X; Vayreda, J
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Affiliations

CREAF, E-08193 Bellaterra, Cerdanyola Del, Spain - Author
Fructicultura. IRTA Investigación y Tecnología Agroalimentarias - Author
Fructicultura. Producció Vegetal - Author
IRTA Inst Recerca & Tecnol Agroalimentaries, C-59 Km 12-1, Barcelona 08140, Spain - Author
Producció Vegetal. IRTA Investigación y Tecnología Agroalimentarias - Author
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Abstract

Carbon sequestration and storage in biomass is one of the most important measures to mitigate climate change. Mediterranean woody crops can sequestrate carbon in the biomass of their permanent structures for decades; however, very few studies have focused on an assessment of biomass and carbon sequestration in these types of crops. This study is the first to estimate above- and belowground biomass carbon stock in Mediterranean woody crops through a bottom-up approach in the NE Iberian Peninsula in 2013. Moreover, this is the first time that an assessment of the annual changes in carbon stock in the study area over a six-year period is presented. For this purpose, eight crop- and site-specific equations relating biomass or biometric variables to crop age were calculated. Most of the data were our own measurements, but unpublished data supplied from other authors as well as data from literature were also considered. Census of Agriculture data was used to scale results from individual data up to the municipality level at the regional scale. Results show that in woody cropland in NE Spain the total biomass carbon stock in 2013 was 5.48 Tg C, with an average value of 16.44 +/- 0.18 Mg C ha(-1). Between 2013 and 2019, although there was a 2.8% mean annual decrease in the area covered by woody crops, the carbon stock in the biomass of these crops increased annually by 3.8% due to the growth of the remaining woody cropland. This new estimation of carbon stocks may contribute to better understand carbon balances and serve as a baseline to global inventories. It may also serve to assess and manage carbon storage as an ecosystem service provided by Mediterranean woody cropland for mitigating climate change and, in combination with adaptive strategies, for supporting a productive and resilient agro-food system.
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Keywords

AgricultureAllometric equationsBalanceClimate change mitigationGrapevinesGrowthOlea-europaea l.Olive treesPeach-treesPlanting densityRegional upscalingTrunk diameter measurementsVineyardWoody cropland

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Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal Agronomy for Sustainable Development due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency WoS (JCR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2022, it was in position 1/88, thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Agronomy. Notably, the journal is positioned above the 90th percentile.

From a relative perspective, and based on the normalized impact indicator calculated from World Citations provided by WoS (ESI, Clarivate), it yields a value for the citation normalization relative to the expected citation rate of: 1.59. This indicates that, compared to works in the same discipline and in the same year of publication, it ranks as a work cited above average. (source consulted: ESI Nov 13, 2025)

Specifically, and according to different indexing agencies, this work has accumulated citations as of 2026-04-24, the following number of citations:

  • WoS: 12
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Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2026-04-24:

  • The use, from an academic perspective evidenced by the Altmetric agency indicator referring to aggregations made by the personal bibliographic manager Mendeley, gives us a total of: 43.
  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 41 (PlumX).

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

  • The Total Score from Altmetric: 13.
  • The number of mentions on the social network X (formerly Twitter): 4 (Altmetric).
  • The number of mentions in news outlets: 1 (Altmetric).

It is essential to present evidence supporting full alignment with institutional principles and guidelines on Open Science and the Conservation and Dissemination of Intellectual Heritage. A clear example of this is:

  • The work has been submitted to a journal whose editorial policy allows open Open Access publication.
  • Assignment of a Handle/URN as an identifier within the deposit in the Institutional Repository: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12327/1948
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Leadership analysis of institutional authors

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: First Author (FUNES MESA, IMMACULADA) .

the author responsible for correspondence tasks has been FUNES MESA, IMMACULADA.

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Observations

MICINN/Programa Nacional de Proyectos de Investigación Fundamental/CGL2011-30300/ES/PATRONES DE DISTRIBUCION ACTUALES Y POTENCIALES DE STOCKS DE CARBONO Y PRODUCCION PRIMARIA NETA EN LOS DIFERENTES TIPOS DE CUBIERTAS DE VEGETACION EN LA ESPAÑA PENINSULAR/CARBOSTOCK; EC/LIFE/LIFE18 CCA-ES-001099/EU/Mid-mountain adaptation to climate change/LIFE MIDMACC
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Awards linked to the item

Open Access funding provided thanks to the CRUE-CSIC agreement with Springer Nature. This work was partially supported by the research project CARBOSTOCK and the Life MIDMACC project (LIFE18 CCA/ES/001099).
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