An ecohydrological and soils study in a montane cloud forest in the National Park of Garajonay, La Gomera (Canary Islands, Spain)
Researcher: Glenda García-Santos
Current affiliation: ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Supervisors:
Duration: 2005-2007, VUA-based guest researcher phase
Funding: 2001-2005, INIA, Spain; field research phase
Research questions
- How do fog occurrence and interception vary with topographical position and exposure? /li>
- What is the contribution of transpiration to total evaporative losses from ridge-top vegetation? To what extent is transpiration reduced during times of (dense) fog? /li>
- What is the water budget of ridge-top cloud forest?
Project publications
- García-Santos, G. (2012). Transpiration in a sub-tropical ridge-top cloud forest. Journal of Hydrology 462-463, 42-52.
- García-Santos, G., Bruijnzeel, L.A. (2011). Rainfall, fog and throughfall dynamics in a subtropical ridge top cloud forest, National Park of Garajonay (La Gomera, Canary Islands, Spain). Hydrological Processes 25, 411-417.
- García-Santos, G., Bruijnzeel, L.A., Dolman, A.J. (2009). Modelling canopy conductance under wet and dry conditions in a subtropical cloud forest. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 149, 1565-1572.
- García-Santos, G. (2007). An eco-hydrological and soils study in a montane cloud forest in the National Park of Garajonay, La Gomera (Canary Islands, Spain). Doctoral Dissertation, VU University, Amsterdam, 185 pp.
Selected related publications
- García-Santos, G., Bruijnzeel, L.A. (2012). "Reply to "Comment on: Rainfall, fog and throughfall dynamics in a subtropical ridge top cloud forest, National Park of Garajonay (La Gomera, Canary Islands, Spain)" by A. Ritter and C.M. Regalado". Hydrological Processes, HYP-12-0106.
- Ritter, A., Regalado, C.M. (2012). Comment on: "Rainfall, fog and throughfall dynamics in a subtropical ridge top cloud forest, National Park of Garajonay (La Gomera, Canary Islands, Spain)". Hydrological Processes, doi: 10.1002/hyp.8428.
- Marzol-Jaén, V.M., Sanchez-Megía, J, García-Santos, G. (2010). Effects of fog on climatic conditions at a sub-tropical montane cloud forest site in northern Tenerife (Canary Islands, Spain). In Tropical Montane Cloud Forests: Science for Conservation and Management, L.A. Bruijnzeel, F.N. Scatena and L.S. Hamilton (Editors), Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, pp. 359-364.
