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Scientific Articles (ISI)
Gidey, T., Birhane, E., Berhe, D. H., Manaye A., Solomon, N., Gufi, Y., Negussie, A., Oliveita, T. S., Palma, J., Mader, P., Borges J. G. (2025)
Effects of wheat and faba bean intercropping on yield, land use efficiency and economic revenue in semi-arid areas
Agronomy Journal . DOI: http://doi.org/10.1002/agj2.70031
Gidey, T., Birhane E., Solomon, N., Atsbha,T., Manaye, A., Hisne, H., Gufi, H., Tesfaye, M., Negussie, A., Oliveira, T. S., Palma, J. H. N., Madera, P, Borges J.G. (2024)
Population and conservation status of the endangered Dracaena ombet tree in dry Afromontane forests
Global Ecology and Conservation 50, e02809. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2024.e02809
Ferreiro-DomĂnguez N., Palma J.H.N., Paulo J.A., Rigueiro-RodrĂguez A., Mosquera-Losada M.R (2022)
Assessment of soil carbon storage in three land use types of a semi-arid ecosystem in South Portugal.
Catena, 213: 106196. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2022.106196
Rolo V., Roces-Diaz J.V., Torralba M., Kay S., Fagerholm N., Aviron S., Burgess P., Crous-Duran J., Ferreiro-Dominguez N., Graves A., …,Palma J.H.N. et al. (2021)
Mixtures of forest and agroforestry alleviate trade-offs between ecosystem services in European rural landscapes
Ecosystem Services, 101318. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoser.2021.101318
White D.A., Silberstein R.P., Balocchi-Contreras F., Quiroga J.J., Meason D.F., Palma J.H.N., de Arellano P.R. (2021)
Growth, water use, and water use efficiency of Eucalyptus globulus and Pinus radiata plantations compared with natural stands of Roble-Hualo forest in the coastal mountains of central Chile
Forest Ecology and Management, 501: 119676. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2021.119676
Crous-Duran J., Graves A.R., de Jalon S.G., Kay S., Tomé M., Burgess P.J., Giannitsopoulos M., Palma J.H.N. (2020)
Quantifying regulating ecosystem services with increased tree densities on European farmland
Sustainability, 12(16): 6676. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/su12166676
Damianidis C., Santiago-Freijanes J.J., den Herder M., Burgess P., Mosquera-Losada M.R., Graves A., Papadopoulos A., Pisanelli A., Camilli F., Rois-Diaz M., Kay S., Palma J.H.N., Pantera A. (2020)
Agroforestry as a sustainable land use option to reduce wildfires risk in European Mediterranean areas
Agroforestry Systems, 95: 919â929. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10457-020-00482-w
Giannitsopoulos M.L., Graves A.R., Burgess P.J., Crous-Duran J., Moreno G., Herzog F., Palma J.H.N., Kay S., de Jalon S.G. (2020)
Whole system valuation of arable, agroforestry and tree-only systems at three case study sites in Europe
Journal of Cleaner Production, 269: 122283. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.122283
Gidey T., Hagos D., Juhar H.M., Solomon N., Negussie A., Crous-Duran J., Oliveira T.S., Abiyu A., Palma J.H.N. (2020)
Population status of Boswellia papyrifera woodland and prioritizing its conservation interventions using multi-criteria decision model in northern Ethiopia
Heliyon, 6(10): e05139. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e05139
Gidey T., Oliveira T.S., Crous-Duran J., Palma J.H.N. (2020)
Using the Yield-SAFE model to assess the impacts of climate change on yield of coffee (Coffea arabica L.) under agroforestry and monoculture systems
Agroforestry Systems, 94(1): 57-70. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10457-019-00369-5
Rolo V., Hartel T., Aviron S., Berg S., Crous-Duran J., Franca A., Mirck J., Palma J.H.N., Pantera A. Paulo J.A., Pulido F.J., Seddaiu G., Thenail C., Varga A., Viaud V., Burgess P.J., Moreno G. (2020)
Challenges and innovations for improving the sustainability of European agroforestry systems of high nature and cultural value: stakeholder perspectives
Sustainability Science, 15(5): 1301-1315. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11625-020-00826-6
Crous-Duran J., Graves A., Paulo J.A., Mirck J., Oliveira T.S., Kaya S., GarcĂa de JalĂłn S., Palma J.H.N. (2019)
Modelling tree density effects on provisioning ecosystem services in Europe
Agroforestry Systems, 93, 1985â2007. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10457-018-0297-4
Crous-Duran J., Graves A.R., Garcia-de-Jalón S., Paulo J.A., Tomé M., Palma J.H.N. (2019)
Assessing food sustainable intensification potential of agroforestry using a carbon balance method
iForest, 12: 85-91. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3832/ifor2578-011
de Jalon S.G., Burgess P.J., Curiel-Yuste J., Moreno G., Graves A., Palma J.H.N., Crous-DurĂĄn J., Kay S., Chiabai A. (2019)
Dry deposition of air pollutants on trees at regional scale: a case study in the Basque Country
Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 278: 107648.
Kay S., Graves A.R., Palma J.H.N., Moreno G., Roces-Diaz J.V., Aviron S., Chouvardas D., Crous-Duran J., Ferreiro-DomĂnguez N., GarcĂa de JalĂłn S., MÄcicÄĆan V., Mosquera-Losada M.R., Pantera A., Santiago-Freijanes J.J., Szerencsits E., Torralba M., Burgess P.J., Herzog F. (2019)
Agroforestry is paying off â Economic evaluation of ecosystem services in European landscapes with and without agroforestry systems
Ecosystem Services, 36: art100896.
Kaya S., Rega C., Moreno G., Den Herder M., Palma J.H.N., Borek R., Crous-Duran J., Freese D., Giannitsopoulos M., Graves A., JĂ€ger M., Lamersdorf N., Memedemin D., Mosquera-Losada R., Pantera A., Paracchini M.L., Paris P., Roces-DĂaz J.V., Rolo V., Rosati A., Sandor M., Smith J., Szerencsits E., Varga A., Viaud V., Wawer R., Burgess P.J., Herzog F. (2019)
Agroforestry creates carbon sinks whilst enhancing the environment in agricultural landscapes in Europe
Land Use Policy, 83: 581-593.
de JalĂłn S.G., Burgess P.J., Graves A., Moreno G., McAdam J., Pottier E., Novak S., Bondesan V., Mosquera-Losada R., Crous-Duran J., Palma J.H.N., Paulo J.A., Oliveira T.S., Cirou E., Hannachi Y., Pantera A., Wartelle R., Kay S., Malignier N., Lerberghe P.V., Tsonkova P., Mirck J., Rois M., Kongsted A.G., Thenail C., Luske B., Berg S., Gosme M., Vityi A. (2018)
How is agroforestry perceived in Europe? An assessment of positive and negative aspects by stakeholders
Agroforestry Systems, 92(4): 829-848. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10457-017-0116-3
de JalĂłn S.G., Graves A., Moreno A., Palma J.H.N., Crous-DurĂĄn J., Kay S., Burgess P.J. (2018)
Forage-SAFE: a model for assessing the impact of tree cover on wood pasture profitability
Ecological Modelling, 372: 24â32. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2018.01.017
de JalĂłn S.G., Graves A., Palma J.H.N., Williams A., Upson M., Burgess P.J. (2018)
Modelling and valuing the environmental impacts of arable, forestry and agroforestry systems: a case study
Agroforestry Systems, 92(4): 1059-1073. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10457-017-0128-z
Faias S.P., Paulo J.A., Palma J.H.N., Tomé M. (2018)
Understory effect on tree and cork growth in cork oak woodlands
Forest Systems, 27(1).
Kay S., Crous-Duran J., Ferreiro-DomĂnguez N., GarcĂa de JalĂłn S., Graves A., Moreno G., Mosquera-Losada M.R., Palma J.H.N., Roces-DĂaz J.V., Santiago-Freijanes J.J., Szerencsits E., Weibel R., Herzog F. (2018)
Spatial similarities between European agroforestry systems and ecosystem services at the landscape scale
Agroforestry Systems, 92(4): 1075â1089.
Kay S., Crous-Duran J., GarcĂa de JalĂłn S., Palma J.H.N., Roces-DĂaz J.V., Szerencsits E., Weibel R., Herzog F. (2018)
Landscape-scale modelling of agroforestry ecosystems services in Swiss orchards: a methodological approach
Landscape Ecology, 33(9): 1633â1644.
Moreno G., Aviron S., Berg S., Crous-Duran J., Franca A., de JalĂłn S.G., Hartel T., Mirck J., Pantera A., Palma J.H.N., Paulo J.A., Re G.A., Sanna F., Thenail C., Varga A., Viaud V., Burgess P.J. (2018)
Agroforestry systems of high nature and cultural value in Europe: provision of commercial goods and other ecosystem services
Agroforestry Systems, 92(4): 877â891.
Palma J.H.N., Cardoso R.M., Soares P.M.M., Oliveira T.S., Tomé M. (2018)
Using high-resolution simulated climate projections on forest process based modelling
Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 263: 100-106.
Palma J.H.N., Crous-Duran J., Graves A., GarcĂa de JĂĄlon S., Upson M., Oliveira T., Paulo J.A., Ferreiro-Dominguez N., Moreno G., Burgess P. (2018)
Integrating belowground carbon dynamics into Yield-SAFE, a parameter sparse agroforestry model
Agroforestry Systems, 92 (4): 1047-1057.
Rois-DĂaz M., LovriÄ N., LovriÄ M., Ferreiro-DomĂnguez N., Mosquera-Losada M.R., den Herder M., Graves A., Palma J.H.N., Paulo J.A., Pisanelli A., Smith J., Moreno G., GarcĂa S., Varga A., Pantera A., Mirck J., Burgess P. (2018)
Farmers’ reasoning behind the uptake of agroforestry practices: evidence from multiple case-studies across Europe
Agroforesty Systems, 92(4): 811-828.
den Herder M., Moreno G., Mosquera-Losada R., Palma J.H.N, Sidiropoulou A., Freijanes J.J.S., Crous-Duran J., Paulo J.A., Tomé M., Pantera A., Papanastasis V.P., Mantzanas K., Pachana P., Papadopoulos A., Plieninger T., Burgess P.J. (2017)
Current extent and stratification of agroforestry in the European Union
Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 241: 121â132. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2017.03.005
Palma J.H.N. (2017)
CliPick â Climate change web picker. A tool bridging daily climate needs in process based modelling in forestry and agriculture
Forest Systems, 26(1): eRC01.
Reyer C., Bathgate S., Blennow K., Borges J.G., Bugmann H., Delzon S., Faias S.P., Garcia-Gonzalo J., Gardiner B., Gonzalez-Olabarria J.R., Gracia C., Guerra J., KellomÀki S., Kramer K., Lexer M.J., Lindner M., van der Maaten E., Maroschek M., Muys B., Nicoll B., Palahi M., Palma J.H.N., Paulo J.A., Peltola H., Pukkala T., Rammer W., Ray D., Sabaté S., Schelhaas M., Seidl R., Temperli C., Tomé M., Yousefpour R., Zimmermann N.E., Hanewinkel M. (2017)
Are forest disturbances amplifying or canceling out climate change-induced productivity changes in European forests?
Environmental Research Letters, 12(3).
Yousefpour R., Temperli C., Jacobsen J.B., Thorsen B.J., Meilby H., Lexer M.J., Lindner M., Bugmann H., Borges J.G., Palma J.H.N., Ray D., Zimmermann N.E., Delzon S., Kremer A., Kramer K., Reyer C.P.O., Lasch-Born P., Garcia-Gonzalo J., Hanewinkel M. (2017)
A framework for modeling adaptive forest management and decision making under climate change
Ecology and Society, 22(4):40.
Palma J.H.N., Paulo J.A., Faias S.P., Garcia-Gonzalo J., Borges J.G., Tomé M. (2015)
Adaptive management and debarking schedule optimization of Quercus suber L. stands, under climate change. Case study in Chamusca, Portugal
Regional Environmental Change, 15:(8): 1569-1580.
Paulo J.A., Faias S., Gomes A.A., Palma J.H.N., Tomé J., Tomé M. (2015)
Predicting site index from climate and soil variables for cork oak (Quercus suber L.) stands in Portugal
New Forests, 46(2):293-307.
Sereke F., Graves A.R., Dux D., Palma J.H.N., Herzog F. (2015)
Innovative agroecosystem goods and services: key profitability drivers in Swiss agroforestry
Agronomy for Sustainable Development, 35(2): 759-770.
Garcia-Gonzalo J., Borges J.G., Palma J.H.N., Zuzibarreta-Gerendiain A. (2014)
A decision support system for management planning of Eucalyptus plantations facing climate change
Annals of Forest Science, 71(2): 187-199.
Palma J.H.N., Paulo J.A., Tomé M. (2014)
Carbon sequestration of modern Quercus suber L. silvoarable agroforestry systems in Portugal: a YieldSAFE-based estimation
Agroforestry Systems, 88(5): 791-801.
Yao R.T., Scarpa R., Turner J.A., Barnard T.D., Rose J.M., Palma J.H.N., Harrison D.R. (2014)
Valuing biodiversity enhancement in New Zealand’s planted forests: socioeconomic and spatial determinants of willingness-to-pay
Ecological Economics,98: 90-101.
Garcia-Gonzalo J., Palma J.H.N., Freire J., TomĂ© M., Mateus R., RodrĂguez L. C., Bushenkov V., Borges J. G. (2013)
A decision support system for a multi stakeholderâs decision process in a Portuguese national forest
Foresty Systems, 22(2): 359-373.
Rammer W., Schauflinger C., Vacik H., Palma J.H.N., Garcia-Gonzalo J., Borges J.G., Lexer M.J. (2013)
A web-based ToolBox approach to support adaptive forest management under climate change
Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research, 29(1): 96-107.
Coelho M.B., Paulo J.A., Palma J.H.N., Tomé M. (2012)
Contribution of cork oak plantations installed after 1990 in Portugal to the Kyoto commitments and to the landowners economy
Forest Policy and Economics, 17: 59-68.
Faias S.P., Palma J.H.N., Barreiro S., Paulo J.A., Tomé M. (2012)
sIMfLOR â Platform for the Portuguese forest simulators
Forest Systems, 21 (3): 543-548.
Graves A.R., Burgess P.J., Liagre F., Terreaux J.P., Borrel T., Dupraz C., Palma J.H.N., Herzog F. (2011)
Farm-SAFE: the process of developing a plot- and farm-scale model of arable, forestry, and silvoarable economics
Agroforestry Systems, 81(2): 93-108.
Keesman K., Graves A., van der Werf W., Burgess P., Palma J.H.N., Dupraz C., van Keulen H. (2011)
A system identification approach for developing and parameterising an agroforestry system model under constrained availability of data
Environmental Modelling and Software, 26(12): 1540-1553.
Graves A.R., Burgess P.J., Palma J.H.N., Keesman K., van der Werf W., Dupraz C., van Keulen H., Herzog F., Mayus M., Moreno G. (2010)
Implementation and calibration of the parameter-sparse Yield-SAFE model to predict production and land equivalent ratio in mixed tree and crop systems under two contrasting production situations in Europe
Ecological Modelling, 221(13-14): 1744-1756.
Books
Estudo prospetivo para o setor florestal
Caldeira B., Praxedes J., Santos P.M., BrĂgido S., Paulo J.A., Palma J.H.N., Pina J.P., Garcia-Gonzalo J., Borges J.G.C., TomĂ© M., Soares P., Barreiro S., Mendes A.M.S.C., Sottomayor M. (2013)
Associação para a Competitividade da IndĂșstria da Fileira Floresta, 295 p.. URL: http://www.aiff.pt/assets/ESTUDO_Prospetivo_-Sector-Florestal.pdf
Book Chapters
TomĂ©, M., Cañellas, I., Bonet, J. A., Paulo, J. A., Palma, J. H. N., MartĂnez de AragĂłn, J., Miina, J., Sheppard, J., Kurttila, M., SanchĂ©s-Gonzalez, M., Pasalodos, M., de-Miguel, Sergio. (2019)
Resource and management â Novel management concepts to boost product diversity and secure higher product flows
In: Wolfslehner, B., Prokofieva, I. and Mavsar, R. (editors). Non-wood forest products in Europe: Seeing the forest around the trees. What Science Can Tell Us 10. European Forest Institute. pp 114. . URL: https://efi.int/sites/default/files/files/publication-bank/2019/efi_wsctu_10_2019.pdf
Tomé, M., Sheppard, J., Alma, M. H., Carrasquinho, I., Christensen, C. J., Hellström, J., Kurttila, M., Marnila, P., Mattila, P., Miina, J., Mutke, S., Paulo, J. A., Palma, J. H., Pihlava, J., Pignatti, G., Sanchéz-Gonzålez, M., Silva, C. S., Soares, P., Vanhanen, H. (2019)
Non-wood tree products in Europe.
In: Harald Vacik, Mike Hale, Heinrich Spiecker, Davide Pettenella & Margarida Tomé (Eds.) 2020: Non-Wood Forest Products in Europe, Ecology and management of mushrooms, tree products, understory plants and animal products, Outcomes of the COST Action FP1203 on European NWFPs, BoD, Norderstedt, 416p.. ISBN: 978-3-7494-7546-9
Borges J.G., Garcia-Gonzalo J., Guerra-Hernandez J., Marques S., Palma J.H.N. (2013)
Chapter IX. A decision support system for forest management planning under climate change
In: Adapting to climate change in European forests â results of the MOTIVE Project. J. Fitzgerald and M. Linder (Eds.). Pensoft, pp. 89-92.. URL: http://motive.pensoft.net/NPDOCS/MOTIVE2_FINAL_FULL.pdf
Projects
CorkNeighbors
Estudo e modelação da interação de sobreiros com a vegetação circundante
Duration: 2016-2019
CEF Budget: 156.000 âŹ
SUFORUN
Models and decision SUpport tools for integrated FOrest policy development under global change and associated Risk and UNcertainty
Duration: 2016-2020
CEF Budget: 275333.00 âŹ