Rafael Ubaldo Gosalvez Rey

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Departamento de Geografía y Ordenación del Territorio/Facultad de Letras
Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha

Rafael Ubaldo Gosalvez Rey


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Geography, Planning and Development, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
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  • Geomorfositios de interés geoturístico del volcán monogenético Tajogaite, erupción de 2021 (La Palma, Islas Canarias, España)
    Javier Dóniz-Páez, Rafael Becerra-Ramírez, Karoly Németh, Rafael U. Gosálvez, Estela Escobar
    Geofisica Internacional, 2024
    Las Islas Canarias (España) son un conjunto de islas volcánicas oceánicas localizadas en la placa africana y en la latitud subtropical. En los últimos 500 años han ocurrido dieciséis erupciones históricas y la última, la del volcán monogenético Tajogaite, tuvo lugar en La Palma en 2021 (19 de septiembre-13 de diciembre) y, además de sus profundos impactos negativos en la comunidad, generó un importante y diverso geopatrimonio volcánico con un enorme potencial para el geoturismo. El objetivo principal de este trabajo es identificar, seleccionar, caracterizar y valorar geomorfositios de elevado interés geoturístico que sean representativos del patrimonio natural y cultural tanto del paisaje previo afectado por la erupción, como del generado durante la misma y que puedan ser visitados in situ o de manera virtual. La metodología empleada se basa en trabajos de campo y vídeos y fotos de vuelos de dron registrados durante y después de la erupción y la evaluación de su geopatrimonio. Las principales geoformas están asociadas con los edificios volcánicos y los importantes campos de lava. También se han identificado formas de erosión y acumulación. Igualmente, la caída de piroclastos y la emisión de coladas de lava afectaron a zonas urbanas y rurales generando un importante patrimonio asociado a los efectos sobre viviendas, infraestructuras y cultivos. Se han seleccionado y estudiado dieciséis geomorfositios de los cuales seis se generaron durante la erupción y el resto están relacionados con los paisajes naturales y rurales previos a la misma. A partir de los geomorfositios las autoridades y empresas pueden diseñar geoitinerarios, reales y/o virtuales.
  • Extremely rare Cistus ladanifer var. supermaculatus var. nov. (Cistaceae)
    Pedro-Pablo Buitrago, Rafael U. Gosálvez, Emilio Laguna, Pedro-Pablo Ferrer-Gallego, Arturo Valdés-Franzi, Alonso Verde, Concepción Obón, Diego Rivera
    South African Journal of Botany, 2023
    Cistus ladanifer L. is a shrub which presents a typical flower consisting in five white petals provided or not with a basal deep purple blotch, covering less than 10% of the petal's surface. The new variety here proposed is characterized by the large dark dots that cover often an 80% of the petal's surface, hence the epithet adopted “supermaculatus”. Because the dot is superb in dimensions and is visible both on the adaxial, but also on the abaxial faces of the petal. Cistus ladanifer var. supermaculatus var. nov. is endemic to the Ciudad Real Province of Spain.
  • Spatial Synchrony of Diving Waterbirds Populations in Continental Wetlands of the Iberian Region
    Olga Vallés-Medialdea, José Antonio Gil-Delgado, Germán Manuel López-Iborra, Rafael Ubaldo Gosálvez, Ángel Velasco, Maycon S. S. Gonçalves
    Wetlands, 2022
  • Characterization and geotourist resources of the campo de calatrava volcanic region (Ciudad real, Castilla-la Mancha, Spain) to develop a UNESCO global geopark project
    Rafael Becerra-Ramírez, Rafael U. Gosálvez, Estela Escobar, Elena González, Mario Serrano-Patón, Darío Guevara
    Geosciences Switzerland, 2020
    The Campo de Calatrava Volcanic Region is located in Central Spain (Ciudad Real province, Castilla-La Mancha) where some eruptions of different intensity and spatial location took place throughout a period of more than 8 million years. As a result, more than 360 volcanic edifices spread over 5000 km2. Eruptions of this volcanic system were derived from alkaline magmas with events of low explosivity (Hawaiian and Strombolian). These events are characterized by three different manifestations: the emission of pyroclasts (cinder and spatter cones) and lava flows; some hydromagmatic events, which lead to the formation of wide craters (maars) and pyroclastic flows; and remnant volcanic activity related to gas emission (CO2), hot springs (hervideros) and carbonic water fountains (fuentes agrias). The methods used for this study are based on analytical studies of geography, geomorphology and geoheritage to identify volcanoes and their resources and attractions linked to the historical-cultural heritage. These volcanoes are a potential economic resource and attraction for the promotion of volcano tourism (geotourism), and they are the basis for achieving a UNESCO Global Geopark Project, as a sustainable territorial and economic management model, to be part of the international networks of conservation and protection of nature and, especially, that of volcanoes.
  • Seasonal differences in drivers of species richness of waders in inland wetlands of La Mancha Húmeda Biosphere Reserve
    Maycon Sanyvan Sigales Gonçalves, José Antonio Gil‐Delgado, Rafael U. Gosálvez, Germán Manuel López‐Iborra, Adrián Ponz, Ángel Velasco
    Aquatic Conservation Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 2018
    Temporary inland wetlands are among the most threatened ecosystems worldwide, and recognition of the factors that determine species richness in different seasons is key for developing conservation plans for these systems. La Mancha Húmeda Biosphere Reserve in central Spain has many inland wetlands of this type, but the driving ecological processes of species richness are poorly understood. This study examines the association of landscape and local variables with species richness patterns of inland wetlands of La Mancha Húmeda Biosphere Reserve during winter and the breeding season. The number of lakes in several increasing radii was a proxy of connectivity, and maximum flooded surface and shoreline length were surrogates of the species–area relationship. Other landscape and local habitat variables, such as hydroperiod (length of inundation period), distance from human settlements, shoreline development index, vegetation surface cover, average lake depth, number of islands and surface area of islands were also analysed. Hierarchical partitioning analysis was used to evaluate the contribution of the environmental variables to explain the species richness of waders. Species richness (26 species, four threatened in Europe) had different associations with the variables during the wintering and breeding seasons. The richness of breeding and wintering species was positively associated with hydroperiod and maximum flooded surface area respectively. No variable measured was negatively associated with species richness in any season. Hydroperiod and flooded surface area are altered directly by human activities. Water extraction for irrigation reduces hydroperiod in some wetlands, whereas wastewater input extends hydroperiod in others, promoting wader concentrations in lakes flooded in summer and potentially favouring botulism outbreaks. In addition, the lack of protection and management on most of the lakes in La Mancha Húmeda Biosphere Reserve also favours encroachment of agriculture, destroying and degrading habitat for wintering and breeding waders.
  • Analysis of waterbirds metapopulations in la Mancha Húmeda: Availability of wetlands importance
    Gema Sánchez Emeterio, Rafael Ubaldo Gosálvez Rey, Máximo Florín Beltrán
    Cuadernos Geograficos, 2018
    La Mancha Húmeda combines a surface, density and diversity of wetlands unique in the Iberian Peninsula, so as abundant and diverse waterfowl. Despite degradation and/or threats to wetlands and populations, management is concentrated in a few sites. Our hypothesis is that it is the complex, and not individual wetlands, which attracts and maintains this biodiversity. To contrast it, Levins’ model of metapopulations is applied to 10 species of different functional groups and 10 representative wetlands along four hydrological cycles, one of them very humid. When analyzing the variation in the counts of birds, colonization and extinction rates, proportion of occupied habitats and habitat availability, it was observed that: 1. The method has been validated against the dynamics of wintering and summer populations. 2. Some species show a classical metapopulation strategy in the study period. 3. Loss of habitats may mean a high risk of decline in the populations of some species. It is concluded that the survival of many species depends on the maintenance of the asynchronous functioning of the wetlands, for which management at the wetland network level is necessary.
  • Foraging habitat selection by gull-billed tern (Gelochelidon nilotica) in central Spain (Castilla-La Mancha)
    , V. O. Britto, J. A. Gil–Delgado, , R. U. Gosálvez, , G. M. López–Iborra, , A. Velasco, and
    Animal Biodiversity and Conservation, 2018
    Foraging habitat selection by gull–billed tern (Gelochelidon nilotica) in Central Spain (Castilla–La Mancha). The
\ngull–billed tern breeds in temporary lakes in Castilla–La Mancha in Central Spain but depends on surrounding
\nland habitats to feed its chicks. It is therefore vital to know the type of environments it selects to capture prey
\nto feed nestlings. The aim of this study was to evaluate the use of habitats for hunting by adult gull–billed tern.
\nOf 66 lakes monitored between 1996 and 2016, we found the gull–billed tern used 12 for breeding. Each lake
\nwas used during this period for 1–14 breeding seasons. We selected circular areas around the three wetlands
\nwhere the species bred in 2013 and 2014. Within these circles, we sampled a total of 60 random points and
\nrecorded 125 gull–billed tern contacts (including between 1 and 39 birds). We estimated the same environmental
\nvariables at contact and random points, including land use and the distance to the nearest wetland, the nearest
\ncolony and to several types of anthropic uses (paved roads, houses, and cities). To evaluate habitat selection
\nwe calculated the Manly selection index for soil use variables, and fitted linear mixed models to evaluate differences
\nin the distance variables. Land uses selected for foraging by the gull–billed tern were mainly cereal
\ncrops, whereas vineyards were avoided. The birds foraged on average up to 2 km from the colonies and tended
\nto avoid proximity of towns and paved roads, suggesting that the species is sensitive to human disturbance.
\nVineyards are the main land use in this region and the intensity is increasing. Our results suggest vineyards
\nshould be limited in areas around these wetlands so that gull–billed terns may forage in their preferred sites.
  • Presence of plastic particles in waterbirds faeces collected in Spanish lakes
    J.A. Gil-Delgado, D. Guijarro, R.U. Gosálvez, G.M. López-Iborra, A. Ponz, A. Velasco
    Environmental Pollution, 2017
  • Spatial synchrony of wader populations in inland lakes of the Iberian Peninsula
    M. S. S. Gonçalves, J. A. Gil‐Delgado, R. U. Gosálvez, G. M. López‐Iborra, A. Ponz, A. Velasco
    Ecological Research, 2016
    Spatial synchronization refers to similarity in temporal variations between spatially separated populations. Three mechanisms have been associated with the spatial synchrony of populations: Moran effect, dispersal and trophic interactions. In this study, we explored the degree of spatial synchrony of three wader species populations (Pied Avocet, Black‐winged Stilt and Kentish Plover) using monthly estimates of their abundance in inland lakes of the Iberian Peninsula. The effect of several types of wetland variables (structural, hydroperiod and landscape) on spatial synchronization was explored. Groups of lakes with significant synchronization were identified for all three species. The lakes with wastewater input presented longer hydroperiods than those that did not receive these effluents, and this factor was positively related to the spatial synchrony of the Pied Avocet and Kentish Plover populations. The distance between lakes (used as an indicator of the dispersal effect on synchronization) was significant only in Pied Avocet. No structural or landscape variables were related to spatial synchronization in any species. It was impossible to identify any variable related to the spatial synchronization of Black‐winged Stilt abundance as a possible result of the high ecological plasticity of this species. Our data provides the first evidence for mechanisms that act on the spatial synchronizing of wader populations in temporary continental lakes in central Spain, and show that the hydroperiod of lakes acts as an important factor in the spatial synchronization of aquatic species and that its effect is mediated by the reception of urban wastewater.
  • Evidences of quaternary paleoseismicity in hydromagmatics deposits in the campo de calatrava volcanic region (central spain)
    Elena González, Rafael U. Gosálvez, Rafael Becerra, Estela Escobar
    Boletin De La Asociacion De Geografos Espanoles, 2013
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  • Regional planning in Castilla-La Mancha: State of affairs and studies of cases
    Cuadernos Geograficos, 2010

RECENT SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • The Cañadas Reales of the UNESCO Global Geopark Volcanes de Calatrava. Ciudad Real (Spain): a backbone of Geomorphological Heritage and Geotourism
    R Becerra-Ramírez, D Guevara, E Escobar, RU Gosálvez, M Moreno, ...
    MDPI , 2025
    2025
  • El flamenco común (phoenicopterus roseus) en la cuenca alta del río Guadiana (2013-2023)
    ABL Rodríguez, RUG Rey, ÁV García, JAGD Alberti
    Geografía, realidades y retos de la ciencia del paisaje: Estudios en … , 2025
    2025
  • Changes in the natural landscape in the eruption of Tajogaite 2021 (La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain)
    RB Ramírez, RUG Rey, EE Lahoz, AMS Cordero, NMP Rodríguez
    Cosmológica, 405-407 , 2025
    2025
  • Education and scientific outreach: Understanding volcanic geomorphology, geoheritage, and volcanic hazard through Tajogaite eruption 2021 (La Palma, Spain)
    RB Ramírez, RUG Rey, EE Lahoz, EG Alonso, D Guevara, AN Montilla, ...
    Cosmológica, 523-525 , 2025
    2025
  • Tajogaite 2021: Geoheritage or hated geoheritage?
    ME González, RB Ramírez, EE Lahoz, RUG Rey, M Moreno
    Cosmológica, 409-410 , 2025
    2025
  • Geomorfositios de interés geoturístico del volcán monogenético Tajogaite, erupción de 2021 (La Palma, Islas Canarias, España)
    J Dóniz-Páez, R Becerra-Ramírez, K Németh, RU Gosálvez, ...
    Geofísica internacional 63 (1), 731-748 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 20
  • Spatial synchrony of marsh harrier in wetlands of Castilla-La Mancha
    J Cruz González, MSS Gonçalves, RU Gosálvez Rey, Á Velasco García, ...
    International Conference Conservation and Management of Wetlands to Tackle … , 2024
    2024
  • Harriers as sister umbrella species in agriculture-wetland ecosystems
    J Cruz González, S Majo del Río, I García Morales, MSS Gonçalves, ...
    XXII Meeting Iberian Association of Limnology (AIL) , 2024
    2024
  • Young population and environmental problems: an exploratory study with high school students
    RU Gosalvez Rey, G Sánchez Emeterio, D Sánchez Ramos, ...
    2024
  • Participatory science for raising awareness and citizen action in favor of the human well-being provided by wetlands
    Á Chicote Díaz, P Pichaco García, EM Muñoz Espinosa, B Morales Pérez, ...
    XXII Meeting Iberian Association of Limnology (AIL) , 2024
    2024
  • Guía Interpretativa Volcanes del Campo de Calatrava. Montañas de Fuego. Los conos de piroclastos del Campo de Calatrava.
    J Dóniz Páez, R Becerra Ramírez, E Escobar Lahoz, RU Gosálvez Rey, ...
    Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha , 2024
    2024
  • Extremely rare Cistus ladanifer var. supermaculatus var. nov.(Cistaceae)
    PP Buitrago, RU Gosálvez, E Laguna, PP Ferrer-Gallego, A Valdés-Franzi, ...
    South African Journal of Botany 162, 115-119 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 4
  • Los Volcanes de Corral de Calatrava. Geomorfología, patrimonio y paisaje
    R Becerra Ramírez, E Escobar Lahoz, RU Gosálvez Rey, ...
    2023
  • Geografía, paisaje y vegetación de las lagunas volcánicas ibéricas.
    RU Gosálvez
    Geografia, paisatge i vegetació. Estudis en homenatge a Josep Maria Panareda … , 2023
    2023
  • Guía Interpretativa Volcanes del Campo de Calatrava. Maares de Vida. Los volcanes hidromagmáticos del Campo de Calatrava y sus lagunas
    RU Gosálvez Rey, R Becerra Ramírez, E Escobar Lahoz, ...
    GEOVOL UCLM , 2023
    2023
  • ‘Super Spot’: A new Cistus ladanifer L. cultivar
    PP Buitrago, RU Gosálvez, E Laguna, PP Ferrer Gallego, A Valdés Franzi, ...
    2023
  • Hidden costs of La Mancha's production model and drivers of change
    M Florín, RU Gosálvez
    arXiv preprint arXiv:2212.13611 , 2022
    2022
  • Tajogaite 2021 eruption (La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain): an exceptional volcanic heritage to develop geotourism
    J Dóniz-Páez, K Németh, R Becerra-Ramírez, W Hernández, ...
    Proceedings 87 (1), 26 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 19
  • Birdwatching as a new tourist activity in El Hierro Geopark
    RU Gosálvez Rey, A Navas Berbel, ...
    El Hierro Island Global Geopark: Diversity of Volcanic Heritage for … , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 1
  • Spatial synchrony of diving waterbirds populations in continental wetlands of the Iberian Region
    O Vallés-Medialdea, JA Gil-Delgado, GM López-Iborra, RU Gosálvez, ...
    Wetlands 42 (7), 92 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 3

MOST CITED SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • Presence of plastic particles in waterbirds faeces collected in Spanish lakes
    JA Gil-Delgado, D Guijarro, RU Gosálvez, GM López-Iborra, A Ponz, ...
    Environmental pollution 220, 732-736 , 2017
    2017
    Citations: 125
  • Characterization and geotourist resources of the Campo de Calatrava Volcanic Region (Ciudad Real, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain) to develop a UNESCO global geopark project
    R Becerra-Ramírez, RU Gosálvez, E Escobar, E González, ...
    Geosciences 10 (11), 441 , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 63
  • Actividad eruptiva holocena en el Campo de Calatrava (Volcán Columba, Ciudad Real, España)
    E González, RUG Rey, R Becerra, E Escobar
    Contribuciones al estudio del periodo Cuaternario, 143-144 , 2007
    2007
    Citations: 43
  • La ordenación del territorio en Castilla-La Mancha: estado de la cuestión y estudio de casos
    JP Tabasco, HSM Sánchez-Mateos, RUG Rey
    Cuadernos geográficos 47, 493-522 , 2010
    2010
    Citations: 29
  • Lagunas y charcas temporales mediterráneas
    A Camacho, C Borja, B Valero-Garcés, M Sahuquillo, S Cirujano, ...
    VV. AA., Bases ecológicas preliminares para la conservación de los tipos de … , 2009
    2009
    Citations: 24
  • Geomorfositios de interés geoturístico del volcán monogenético Tajogaite, erupción de 2021 (La Palma, Islas Canarias, España)
    J Dóniz-Páez, R Becerra-Ramírez, K Németh, RU Gosálvez, ...
    Geofísica internacional 63 (1), 731-748 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 20
  • Tajogaite 2021 eruption (La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain): an exceptional volcanic heritage to develop geotourism
    J Dóniz-Páez, K Németh, R Becerra-Ramírez, W Hernández, ...
    Proceedings 87 (1), 26 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 19
  • Seguimiento de aves acuáticas amenazadas en lagunas de la Reserva de la Biosfera de La Mancha Húmeda (España Central)
    R Gosalvez, JA Gil-Delgado, C Vives-Ferrándiz, G Sánchez, M Florín
    Polígonos. Revista de Geografía , 2012
    2012
    Citations: 18
  • Análisis biogeográfico de las lagunas volcánicas de la Península Ibérica. Bases científicas para su gestión
    RU Gosálvez
    Tesis doctoral. Inédita. UCLM, Ciudad Real , 2012
    2012
    Citations: 18
  • Atlas provisional de distribución de los anfibios y reptiles de la provincia de Ciudad Real (Castilla-La Mancha, España)
    RUG Rey, JMH de Miguel, J Galindo, EA López, F Cabrera, FZ Soria
    Zoologica Baetica, 155-203 , 2002
    2002
    Citations: 15
  • Foraging habitat selection by gull-billed tern (Gelochelidon nilotica) in Central Spain (Castilla-La Mancha)
    VO Britto, JA Gil–Delgado, RU Gosálvez, GM López–Iborra, A Velasco
    Animal Biodiversity and Conservation 41 (2), 301-310 , 2018
    2018
    Citations: 13
  • Evidencias de actividad hidromagmática de Edad Holocena en el volcán Columba, Campo de Calatrava (España)
    E González, RU Gosálvez, R Becerra–Ramírez, E Escobar
    González, C. et al, 2005-2008 , 2010
    2010
    Citations: 13
  • La conservación de los volcanes del Campo de Calatrava (Ciudad Real, España): hitos a considerar
    RU Gosálvez, E González, R Becerra-Ramírez, E Escobar, ML Morales
    Aportaciones recientes en volcanología 2008, 389-396 , 2005
    2005
    Citations: 13
  • Los geosistemas lagunares de origen volcánico del Campo de Calatrava: Funcionamiento y dinámica reciente
    E González-Cárdenas, JL García, RU Gosálvez, M Morales, M Peinado
    Aportaciones a la Geomorfología de España en el inicio del Tercer Milenio … , 2002
    2002
    Citations: 13
  • Seasonal differences in drivers of species richness of waders in inland wetlands of La Mancha Húmeda Biosphere Reserve
    MSS Gonçalves, JA Gil‐Delgado, RU Gosálvez, GM López‐Iborra, ...
    Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 28 (6), 1414-1423 , 2018
    2018
    Citations: 12
  • Spatial synchrony of wader populations in inland lakes of the Iberian Peninsula
    MSS Gonçalves, JA Gil-Delgado, RU Gosálvez, GM López-Iborra, A Ponz, ...
    Ecological Research 31 (6), 947-956 , 2016
    2016
    Citations: 12
  • Volcanes. El latido del Campo de Calatrava
    E González, RU Gosálvez, E Escobar, R Becerra
    Lafarge Cementos, SAU Toledo , 2013
    2013
    Citations: 10
  • El Valle de Alcudia y Sierra Madrona, Paraíso Europeo para la Observación de Aves: una propuesta de turismo ornitológico
    RUG Rey
    Asociación para el Desarrollo Sostenible del Valle de Alcudia , 2009
    2009
    Citations: 10
  • Depósitos de flujos de spatter en el volcán Cerro Gordo. Región volcánica del Campo de Calatrava (Ciudad Real, España)
    E González, R Becerra–Ramírez, RU Gosálvez, E Escobar
    Aportaciones recientes en Volcanología 2008 , 2005
    2005
    Citations: 10
  • 3190 Lagos y lagunas kársticas sobre yesos
    A Camacho, C Borja, B Valero-Garcés, M Sahuquillo, S Cirujano, ...
    Ministerio de Medio Ambiente, y Medio Rural y Marino Bases ecológicas … , 2009
    2009
    Citations: 9