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Implications of land use change on runoff generation at the plot scale in the humid tropics of Costa Rica

Publicated to: CATENA. 135 263-270 - 2015-12-01 135(), DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2015.08.004

Authors:

Algeet-Abarquero, N; Marchamalo, M; Bonatti, J; Fernández-Moya, J; Moussa, R
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Affiliations

Hidrobiología. Universidad Politécnica de Madrid - Author
INRA, UMR LISAH - Author
Univ Costa Rica, Ctr Invest Agron, Lab Recursos Nat - Author
Univ Costa Rica, Ctr Invest Ciencias Atom Nucl & Mol - Author
Univ Politecn Madrid, Dept Ingn & Morfol Terreno - Author
Univ Politecn Madrid, Dept Silvopascicultura - Author
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Abstract

Recent land use changes in Central America have involved the abandonment of marginal farmland activities, the regeneration of secondary forest and the spread of high return crops such as oil palm plantations. The potential impacts of land use change on overland flow are evaluated using data from Tinoco Experimental Catchment (South Pacific Costa Rica). Our main hypothesis is that secondary forest overland flow is lower than the one generated under the other land cover types. For this purpose, runoff responses at plot scale are analyzed for different land uses: secondary forests, forest plantations, oil palm plantations and grasslands. Runoff plots were situated over former grasslands, abandoned 8-15 years prior to plot settlement Measurements were conducted at two complementary spatial scales i) the plot (150 m(2)) under natural precipitation and ii) rainfall simulation on microplots (0.0625 m(2)). The combination of natural and simulated rain runoff response measurements provides a more accurate picture of the overland flow generation in the study site. Secondary forest shows a significantly lower runoff response than grassland and oil palm plantations, although there are no significant differences among the plots in variables such as saturated hydraulic conductivity (Ks). The oil palm plantation plot presented the highest runoff coefficient (mean RC = 32.6%), twice that measured under grasslands (mean RC = 153%) and 20-fold greater than in secondary forest (mean RC = 1.7%). The runoff plots part of the Tinoco Experimental Catchment provide valuable data and coefficients for evaluating the influence on overland flow of secondary forest recovery and oil palm plantation expansion over hillsides, contributing to a better understanding of the effects of land cover dynamics on water resources in the humid tropics. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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Keywords

CatchmentDisturbanceForestGrassland abandonmentImpactLand use changeOil palmOil palm plantationsOverland flow generationPastureRunoff plotsSaturated hydraulic conductivitySecondary forestSoilVariabilityWater

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Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal CATENA 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, 2015, it was in position 9/34, thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Soil Science.

Independientemente del impacto esperado determinado por el canal de difusión, es importante destacar el impacto real observado de la propia aportación.

Según las diferentes agencias de indexación, el número de citas acumuladas por esta publicación hasta la fecha 2026-04-27:

  • Google Scholar: 26
  • WoS: 21
  • Scopus: 20
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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 2026-04-27:

  • 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: 109 (PlumX).

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:

  • Assignment of a Handle/URN as an identifier within the deposit in the Institutional Repository: https://oa.upm.es/85505/

As a result of the publication of the work in the institutional repository, statistical usage data has been obtained that reflects its impact. In terms of dissemination, we can state that, as of

  • Views: 133
  • Downloads: 54
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Leadership analysis of institutional authors

This work has been carried out with international collaboration, specifically with researchers from: Costa Rica; France.

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 (Algeet-Abarquero, Nur) .

the author responsible for correspondence tasks has been Algeet-Abarquero, Nur.

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Awards linked to the item

This research was funded by MACOSACEN project (A2/037794/11), financed by PCI-AECID (Agenda Espanola de Cooperacion Internacional) and CAB project financed by CONARE (Costa Rica). The authors are very grateful to the Natural Resource Laboratory at CIA-UCR for their support and assistance in Costa Rica.
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