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Antonio J. Castro
Biology and Geology Department, Social-Ecological Research Laboratory, Andalusian Center for the Assessment and Monitoring of Global Change (CAESCG), University of Almeria, 04120 Almería, Spain

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Journal article
Published: 16 July 2021 in Resources, Conservation and Recycling
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This study implements the ecosystem service framework to link the concepts of farming activity and ecosystem restoration within the circular economy. It proposes a method for identifying social indicators of ecosystem restoration that can be taken into account in the transition towards more circular and sustainable agricultural systems. Using a case study located in semi-arid Mediterranean landscapes, we conducted a social sampling with 350 respondents to explore how an almond tree restoration changes perceptions and preferences for ecosystem services, and how these socio-ecological changes translate into indicators of natural capital and human wellbeing. Results not only indicated that the almond tree restoration induced changes in people´s preferences and perceptions for ecosystem services, such as an increase in ecosystem service diversity (i.e., local identity and erosion control), but they also demonstrated how the social and cultural benefits associated to ecosystem services can be used as indicators of human well-being (i.e., human health and access to goods). We suggest that the inclusion of social indicators of ecosystem restoration must be included in policies and initiatives for a transition to circular economy, and to achieve the challenges of the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration.

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Daniela Alba-Patiño; Vicenç Carabassa; Hermelindo Castro; Inés Gutiérrez-Briceño; Marina García-Llorente; Cynthia Giagnocavo; Miguel Gómez-Tenorio; Javier Cabello; José A. Aznar-Sánchez; Antonio J. Castro. Social indicators of ecosystem restoration for enhancing human wellbeing. Resources, Conservation and Recycling 2021, 174, 105782 .

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Daniela Alba-Patiño, Vicenç Carabassa, Hermelindo Castro, Inés Gutiérrez-Briceño, Marina García-Llorente, Cynthia Giagnocavo, Miguel Gómez-Tenorio, Javier Cabello, José A. Aznar-Sánchez, Antonio J. Castro. Social indicators of ecosystem restoration for enhancing human wellbeing. Resources, Conservation and Recycling. 2021; 174 ():105782.

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Daniela Alba-Patiño; Vicenç Carabassa; Hermelindo Castro; Inés Gutiérrez-Briceño; Marina García-Llorente; Cynthia Giagnocavo; Miguel Gómez-Tenorio; Javier Cabello; José A. Aznar-Sánchez; Antonio J. Castro. 2021. "Social indicators of ecosystem restoration for enhancing human wellbeing." Resources, Conservation and Recycling 174, no. : 105782.

Research paper
Published: 03 January 2021 in Journal of Iberian Geology
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Crystallization of a hydrous andesite within a thermal boundary layer at 500 MPa pressure is simulated experimentally using the intrinsic thermal gradient of 10 mm length capsules in a horizontally arranged piston-cylinder apparatus. Magma solidification is programmed at two distinct cooling rates, slow (0.6 °C/h) and rapid (9.6 °C/h). Bulk laser ablation (LA-ICP-MS) analyses across the thermal gradient shed light about fractionation efficiency for trace elements at conditions of slow cooling in which, water-rich fluids favours element mobility. Compositional and textural features of our experiments provide new insights on the kinetics of trace element fractionation in water-bearing intermediate magmas. These features, together with the unrealistic diffusion values measured in the capsules (close to 10–6 cm2 s−1), indicate that incompatible elements co-migrate with a water-rich fluid phase, expelled from a crystal-rich network or mush, by gas-driven filter pressing. In the studied system, diffusive transport proceeded in the same direction of chemical elements migration by advection. It is proposed that liquid segregation is particularly effective at the thermal boundary layers created at the margins of ascent conduits and the walls of magma chambers. Fluxing of a trace element-rich fluid into the hotter, crystal-poor areas, at central and/or upper zones of magma chambers, gives rise to compositional zoning and, eventually, to the formation of silicic cupolas, which are preferential places for ore deposit generation.

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Carmen Rodríguez; Antonio Castro; Antonio Sánchez-Navas. Trace element fractionation in water-bearing silicic magmas. Journal of Iberian Geology 2021, 47, 263 -279.

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Carmen Rodríguez, Antonio Castro, Antonio Sánchez-Navas. Trace element fractionation in water-bearing silicic magmas. Journal of Iberian Geology. 2021; 47 (1-2):263-279.

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Carmen Rodríguez; Antonio Castro; Antonio Sánchez-Navas. 2021. "Trace element fractionation in water-bearing silicic magmas." Journal of Iberian Geology 47, no. 1-2: 263-279.

Correspondence
Published: 15 December 2020 in Lithos
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A non-basaltic cotectic array has been determined to constrain the origin of Andean- (Cordilleran) calc-alkaline batholiths that form at active continental margins in response to subduction. The cotectic array is traced after the anhydrous composition of experimental liquids formed at 800–1100 °C, 3 and 10 kbar, from a synthetic model parental magma of dioritic (andesitic) composition with initial water contents of 1 and 5 wt% H2O. A cotectic line is common for 3 and 10 kbar experiments for water-poor systems containing 1 wt% initial water. For systems with 5 wt% initial water, liquids plot close to the common array at 3 kbar and slightly departs from the array at 10 kbar. The common array for 3 and 10 kbar, called here the main cotectic array (MCA) is almost coincident with the geochemical trends of Andean-type batholiths from California (Sierra Nevada and Peninsular Ranges) and South America (Patagonia). Comparisons are given in terms of MgO/CaO ratios, as these are the best proxy of phase relations in granite/granodiorite/tonalite systems. The results put into question models based on basaltic magmas as the precursors of Andean-type batholiths. Also, water-fluxed melting of the lower crust at active continental margins is questioned. By contrast, the results of this preliminary study support derivation of batholiths by fractionation over a wide range of pressures, from lower to upper crust, of an intermediate, non-basaltic magma precursor.

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Antonio Castro. A non-basaltic experimental cotectic array for calc-alkaline batholiths. Lithos 2020, 382-383, 105929 .

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Antonio Castro. A non-basaltic experimental cotectic array for calc-alkaline batholiths. Lithos. 2020; 382-383 ():105929.

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Antonio Castro. 2020. "A non-basaltic experimental cotectic array for calc-alkaline batholiths." Lithos 382-383, no. : 105929.

Journal article
Published: 18 November 2020 in New Biotechnology
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Bioeconomy is becoming the main driver transforming European agri-food value chains towards global sustainability in the food supply chain. Intensive horticultural production systems based on medium and low-tech greenhouses are suitable scenarios implementing bioeconomy strategies to achieve sustainability targets. Since the publication of the European Strategy of Bioeconomy in 2012, policy measures intended to boost bioeconomy are responsible for changing what are now considered outdated production systems to more high-tech models capable of responding to climate-change challenges. This article describes the potential for the agri-food supply chain to drive the transition of medium and low-tech intensive greenhouse systems to biobased, circular economy value-chains. Key areas of impact relate to waste valorisation and management, new inputs based on biotechnological innovations, building clusters of innovative delivery partners within the sector, and the increase in public awareness of the impact of the bioeconomy through socio-economic analysis.

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Francisco J. Egea; María D. López-Rodríguez; Pascual Oña-Burgos; Antonio J. Castro; C. Richard Glass. Bioeconomy as a transforming driver of intensive greenhouse horticulture in SE Spain. New Biotechnology 2020, 61, 50 -56.

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Francisco J. Egea, María D. López-Rodríguez, Pascual Oña-Burgos, Antonio J. Castro, C. Richard Glass. Bioeconomy as a transforming driver of intensive greenhouse horticulture in SE Spain. New Biotechnology. 2020; 61 ():50-56.

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Francisco J. Egea; María D. López-Rodríguez; Pascual Oña-Burgos; Antonio J. Castro; C. Richard Glass. 2020. "Bioeconomy as a transforming driver of intensive greenhouse horticulture in SE Spain." New Biotechnology 61, no. : 50-56.

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Published: 31 October 2020
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Differentiation and contamination of silicic magmas are common phenomena characterizing the granite batholiths and large igneous provinces that build up most of the continental crust. Although they can be identified by means of geochemical relations of igneous rocks exposed in the continents, the mechanisms allowing magmas to undergo the necessary crystal–liquid separation and digestion of country rocks for differentiation and contamination are poorly constrained. In this paper we show two independent approaches that are essential to understand fractionation and contamination of magmas. These are (1) the study and interpretation of field relations in exposed deep sections of batholiths, and (2) the results of laboratory experiments carried out at middle–upper crust pressure. Experiments support that fractionation is intrinsic to crystallization of water-bearing magmas in thermal boundary layers created at the sidewalls of ascent conduits and walls of magma chambers. Gravitational collapse and fluid migration are processes identified in experimental capsules. Similarly, reaction experiments in mixed capsules support reactive bulk assimilation as a plausible mechanism that is compatible with field and petrographic observations in contaminated granitic rocks.

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Antonio Castro; Carmen Rodríguez; J Uan Díaz-Alvarado; Carlos Fernández; Olga García-Moreno. Magma differentiation and contamination: Constraints from 2 experimental and field evidences. 2020, 1 .

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Antonio Castro, Carmen Rodríguez, J Uan Díaz-Alvarado, Carlos Fernández, Olga García-Moreno. Magma differentiation and contamination: Constraints from 2 experimental and field evidences. . 2020; ():1.

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Antonio Castro; Carmen Rodríguez; J Uan Díaz-Alvarado; Carlos Fernández; Olga García-Moreno. 2020. "Magma differentiation and contamination: Constraints from 2 experimental and field evidences." , no. : 1.

Journal article
Published: 18 September 2020 in Land
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Combining socio-cultural valuations of ecosystem services with ecological and monetary assessments is critical to informing decision making with an integrative and multi-pronged approach. This study examined differences in the perceptions of ecosystem service supply and diversity across eight major ecosystem types in Spain and scrutinized the social and ecological factors shaping these perceptions. First, we implemented 1932 face-to-face questionnaires among local inhabitants to assess perceptions of ecosystem service supply. Second, we created an ecosystem service diversity index to measure the perceived diversity of services considering agroecosystems, Mediterranean mountains, arid systems, two aquatic continental systems, coastal ecosystems and two urban ecosystems. Finally, we examined the influence of biophysical, socio-demographic and institutional factors in shaping ecosystem service perceptions. Overall, cultural services were the most widely perceived, followed by provisioning and regulating services. Provisioning services were most strongly associated with agroecosystems, mountains and coastal systems, whereas cultural services were associated with urban ecosystems and regulating services were specifically linked with agroecosystems, mountains and urban recreational areas. The highest service diversity index values corresponded to agroecosystems, mountains and wetlands. Our results also showed that socio-demographic factors, such as place of origin (urban vs. rural) and educational level, as well as institutional factors, such as management and access regimes, shaped the perception of ecosystem services.

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Marina García-Llorente; Antonio J. Castro; Cristina Quintas-Soriano; Elisa Oteros-Rozas; Irene Iniesta-Arandia; José A. González; David García Del Amo; Marta Hernández-Arroyo; Izaskun Casado-Arzuaga; Ignacio Palomo; Erik Gómez-Baggethun; Miren Onaindia; Carlos Montes; Berta Martín-López. Local Perceptions of Ecosystem Services Across Multiple Ecosystem Types in Spain. Land 2020, 9, 330 .

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Marina García-Llorente, Antonio J. Castro, Cristina Quintas-Soriano, Elisa Oteros-Rozas, Irene Iniesta-Arandia, José A. González, David García Del Amo, Marta Hernández-Arroyo, Izaskun Casado-Arzuaga, Ignacio Palomo, Erik Gómez-Baggethun, Miren Onaindia, Carlos Montes, Berta Martín-López. Local Perceptions of Ecosystem Services Across Multiple Ecosystem Types in Spain. Land. 2020; 9 (9):330.

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Marina García-Llorente; Antonio J. Castro; Cristina Quintas-Soriano; Elisa Oteros-Rozas; Irene Iniesta-Arandia; José A. González; David García Del Amo; Marta Hernández-Arroyo; Izaskun Casado-Arzuaga; Ignacio Palomo; Erik Gómez-Baggethun; Miren Onaindia; Carlos Montes; Berta Martín-López. 2020. "Local Perceptions of Ecosystem Services Across Multiple Ecosystem Types in Spain." Land 9, no. 9: 330.

Journal article
Published: 18 July 2020 in Lithos
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An ensemble of fifteen granodiorite/tonalite plutons and minor intrusions was generated during Cambro-Ordovician times (ca. 498–462 Ma) at the margin of Gondwana, which occupies a large portion of the Central Iberian Zone of the Iberian Massif (Spain and Portugal). This ensemble is known as the Beira-Extremadura batholith (BEB), which is mainly composed of tonalities and granodiorites (>90 vol%) and shows an atypical composition, with values of ASI (alumina saturation index) ≈ 1.2 on average, and marked calc-alkaline affinity in terms of major and trace elements. SHRIMP zircon U-Pb ages of 476 ± 7 Ma, 476 ± 6 Ma, and 474 ± 7 Ma for Montánchez, Santa Cruz de la Sierra and Valdemorales tonalites, respectively, coincide within uncertainty with the age of other Lower Ordovician BEB intrusions. Analysis of phase relations and comparisons with experimental results on cotectic liquid compositions, indicate that these atypical rocks represent calc-alkaline magmas that carried exogenous pelitic restites from depth. Assimilation of partially molten metasediments by invasion of calc-alkaline magmas is a plausible explanation. Model mixing of experimental calc-alkaline liquids and Ediacaran metasedimentary rocks yields that 20% (up to 40% in samples of the Santa Cruz Pluton) of assimilated metagreywackes and metapelites is required to account for geochemical atypical compositions departing from a main cotectic array of calc-alkaline systems. The processes of melting or melting plus assimilation are favored by addition of water-rich fluids. We propose a tectonic scenario of crustal extension and metasomatized mantle melting that supplied hydrous intermediate magmas to the crust triggering crustal melting and massive assimilation of metasediments.

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Antonio Castro; Manuel F. Pereira; Carmen Rodríguez; Carlos Fernández; Jesús D. de la Rosa. Atypical peri-Gondwanan granodiorite–tonalite magmatism from Southern Iberia. Origin of magmas and implications. Lithos 2020, 372-373, 105684 .

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Antonio Castro, Manuel F. Pereira, Carmen Rodríguez, Carlos Fernández, Jesús D. de la Rosa. Atypical peri-Gondwanan granodiorite–tonalite magmatism from Southern Iberia. Origin of magmas and implications. Lithos. 2020; 372-373 ():105684.

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Antonio Castro; Manuel F. Pereira; Carmen Rodríguez; Carlos Fernández; Jesús D. de la Rosa. 2020. "Atypical peri-Gondwanan granodiorite–tonalite magmatism from Southern Iberia. Origin of magmas and implications." Lithos 372-373, no. : 105684.

Research article
Published: 21 February 2020 in Ambio
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Conservation easements are the fastest growing private conservation strategy in the United States. However, mechanisms to assess private land conservation as well as their support by the general public are not well understood. This study uses the ecosystem services framework for assessing existing private lands in Idaho and identifies areas for future conservation easements. Using conservation targets of the land trust as a guide for selecting ecosystem services, we (a) mapped the spatial delivery of conservation targets across public and private lands, (b) explored public awareness in terms of social importance and vulnerability, and (c) mapped future priority areas by characterizing conservation bundles. We found that public lands provided the highest levels of conservation targets, and we found no difference in conservation target provision between private areas and conservation easements. The spatial characterization of conservation target bundles identified potential future priority areas for conservation easements, which can guide planning of land trust conservation efforts.

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Cristina Quintas-Soriano; Dainee M. Gibson; Jodi S. Brandt; María D. López-Rodríguez; Javier Cabello; Pedro A. Aguilera; Antonio J. Castro. An interdisciplinary assessment of private conservation areas in the Western United States. Ambio 2020, 50, 150 -162.

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Cristina Quintas-Soriano, Dainee M. Gibson, Jodi S. Brandt, María D. López-Rodríguez, Javier Cabello, Pedro A. Aguilera, Antonio J. Castro. An interdisciplinary assessment of private conservation areas in the Western United States. Ambio. 2020; 50 (1):150-162.

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Cristina Quintas-Soriano; Dainee M. Gibson; Jodi S. Brandt; María D. López-Rodríguez; Javier Cabello; Pedro A. Aguilera; Antonio J. Castro. 2020. "An interdisciplinary assessment of private conservation areas in the Western United States." Ambio 50, no. 1: 150-162.

Journal article
Published: 22 January 2020 in Sustainability
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In recent years, researchers have begun to adopt a perspective evaluating “winners and losers” regarding the consumption and value of ecosystem services. “Winners” tend to benefit from the ecosystem service and “losers” absorb most associated costs. Our study focuses on water use in Oklahoma (USA) and a plan to divert water from the Kiamichi River in southeastern Oklahoma for consumption at residences in the Oklahoma City metropolitan area. Our study is, in part, a follow-up from an initial 2013 survey of Oklahoma City residents and residents of the Kiamichi. For this paper, a survey was distributed within the state of Oklahoma to evaluate changes to ecosystem service willingness to pay and valuation. This survey also included an experimental element assessing if exposure to additional information about ecosystem services influenced respondents on ecosystem service valuation, or willingness to pay. Our results generally aligned with those found in the 2013 survey. Oklahoma City residents are not aware of where their water is coming from and are not willing to pay to protect ecosystem services, despite an overall increase in activism. Our results indicate that a smaller number of significant factors determining willingness to pay for ecosystem service maintenance were identified than the study in 2013. Exposure to additional information had no effect on peoples’ preferences. We found that public opinion surrounding environmental support is context-specific, political conservatism may not always impede valuation of environmental protections. We conclude that cultural, moral, and political values interact in their influence on expressions of valuation and willingness to pay for ecosystem services.

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Claire Burch; Michelle Busch; Edward Higgins; Steven Bittner; Nuwanthika Perera; Kevin Neal; Lawrence Burkett; Antonio Castro; Christopher Anderson. Revisiting a Water Conflict in Southeastern Oklahoma 6 Years Later: A New Valuation of the Willingness to Pay for Ecosystem Services. Sustainability 2020, 12, 819 .

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Claire Burch, Michelle Busch, Edward Higgins, Steven Bittner, Nuwanthika Perera, Kevin Neal, Lawrence Burkett, Antonio Castro, Christopher Anderson. Revisiting a Water Conflict in Southeastern Oklahoma 6 Years Later: A New Valuation of the Willingness to Pay for Ecosystem Services. Sustainability. 2020; 12 (3):819.

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Claire Burch; Michelle Busch; Edward Higgins; Steven Bittner; Nuwanthika Perera; Kevin Neal; Lawrence Burkett; Antonio Castro; Christopher Anderson. 2020. "Revisiting a Water Conflict in Southeastern Oklahoma 6 Years Later: A New Valuation of the Willingness to Pay for Ecosystem Services." Sustainability 12, no. 3: 819.

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Published: 11 December 2019 in Environmental Research Letters
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The future of conservation and human-wildlife relationships in the American West is at a defining moment. The region consists of a mosaic of land-cover types, with large amounts of public land under varying degrees of protection, use, and ownership. This public land provides the foundation for high levels of connectivity and habitat for healthy populations of wildlife, including those with large resource requirements such as large and wide-ranging mammals (Barnes et al 2016). However, space for wildlife is under threat in the West. Energy development projects, urban and ex-urban sprawl, increasing road traffic and density, and amenity-driven human migration are dramatically changing the ecological landscape (Leu et al 2008). The social landscape is rapidly changing as well, with new residents bringing different worldviews, economic activities, and expectations regarding wildlife and their habitats (Teel and Manfredo 2010). Because maintaining and establishing landscape connectivity for wildlife in part depends on facilitating their movement across privately-owned lands that connect protected areas, balancing disparate human priorities with wildlife conservation across large landscapes in the American West requires novel approaches to conservation practice. Inclusion of multi-level drivers of social processes and human behavior in spatial analysis and conservation planning represents a tremendous opportunity to improve outcomes for both wildlife and humans in shared landscapes (Lischka et al. 2018). A growing body of work has demonstrated novel ways to spatially integrate social and ecological factors that can better inform decision making for human-wildlife coexistence under changing conditions (Bryan et al 2011, Behr et al 2017, Williamson et al 2018). Here, we build on that foundation to underscore the utility of integrating social factors into traditional spatial analysis to promote human-wildlife coexistence in the American West.

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Neil H Carter; Matthew A Williamson; Sophie Gilbert; Stacy A Lischka; Laura R Prugh; Joshua J Lawler; Alexander L Metcalf; Aerin Jacob; Bray J Beltran; Antonio J. Castro; Abigail Sage; Morey Burnham. Integrated spatial analysis for human–wildlife coexistence in the American West. Environmental Research Letters 2019, 15, 021001 .

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Neil H Carter, Matthew A Williamson, Sophie Gilbert, Stacy A Lischka, Laura R Prugh, Joshua J Lawler, Alexander L Metcalf, Aerin Jacob, Bray J Beltran, Antonio J. Castro, Abigail Sage, Morey Burnham. Integrated spatial analysis for human–wildlife coexistence in the American West. Environmental Research Letters. 2019; 15 (2):021001.

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Neil H Carter; Matthew A Williamson; Sophie Gilbert; Stacy A Lischka; Laura R Prugh; Joshua J Lawler; Alexander L Metcalf; Aerin Jacob; Bray J Beltran; Antonio J. Castro; Abigail Sage; Morey Burnham. 2019. "Integrated spatial analysis for human–wildlife coexistence in the American West." Environmental Research Letters 15, no. 2: 021001.

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Published: 05 November 2019 in Environmental Research Letters
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Carnivore and humans live in proximity due to carnivore recovery efforts and ongoing human encroachment into carnivore habitats globally. The American West is a region that uniquely exemplifies these human-carnivore dynamics, however, it is unclear how the research community here integrates social and ecological factors to examine human-carnivore relations. Therefore, strategies promoting human-carnivore coexistence are urgently needed. We conducted a systematic review on human-carnivore relations in the American West covering studies between 2000 and 2018. We first characterized human-carnivore relations across states of the American West. Second, we analyzed similarities and dissimilarities across states in terms of coexistence, tolerance, number of ecosystem services and conflicts mentioned in literature. Third, we used Bayesian modeling to quantify the effect of social and ecological factors influencing the scientific interest on coexistence, tolerance, ecosystem services and conflicts. Results revealed some underlying biases in human-carnivore relations research. Colorado and Montana were the states where the highest proportion of studies were conducted with bears and wolves the most studied species. Non-lethal management was the most common strategy to mitigate conflicts. Overall, conflicts with carnivores were much more frequently mentioned than benefits. We found similarities among Arizona, California, Utah, and New Mexico according to how coexistence, tolerance, services and conflicts are addressed in literature. We identified percentage of federal/private land, carnivore family, social actors, and management actions, as factors explaining how coexistence, tolerance, conflicts and services are addressed in literature. We provide a roadmap to foster tolerance towards carnivores and successful coexistence strategies in the American West based on four main domains, (1) the dual role of carnivores as providers of both beneficial and detrimental contributions to people, (2) social-ecological factors underpinning the provision of beneficial and detrimental contributions, (3) the inclusion of diverse actors, and (4) cross-state collaborative management.

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Mónica Expósito-Granados; Antonio J. Castro; Jorge Lozano; José Ángel Aznar Sánchez; Neil H Carter; Juan Miguel Requena-Mullor; Aurelio Malo; Agnieszka Olszańska; Zebensui Morales-Reyes; Marcos Moleón; José A Sánchez-Zapata; Ainara Cortés-Avizanda; Joern Fischer; Berta Martín-López. Human-carnivore relations: conflicts, tolerance and coexistence in the American West. Environmental Research Letters 2019, 14, 123005 .

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Mónica Expósito-Granados, Antonio J. Castro, Jorge Lozano, José Ángel Aznar Sánchez, Neil H Carter, Juan Miguel Requena-Mullor, Aurelio Malo, Agnieszka Olszańska, Zebensui Morales-Reyes, Marcos Moleón, José A Sánchez-Zapata, Ainara Cortés-Avizanda, Joern Fischer, Berta Martín-López. Human-carnivore relations: conflicts, tolerance and coexistence in the American West. Environmental Research Letters. 2019; 14 (12):123005.

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Mónica Expósito-Granados; Antonio J. Castro; Jorge Lozano; José Ángel Aznar Sánchez; Neil H Carter; Juan Miguel Requena-Mullor; Aurelio Malo; Agnieszka Olszańska; Zebensui Morales-Reyes; Marcos Moleón; José A Sánchez-Zapata; Ainara Cortés-Avizanda; Joern Fischer; Berta Martín-López. 2019. "Human-carnivore relations: conflicts, tolerance and coexistence in the American West." Environmental Research Letters 14, no. 12: 123005.

Journal article
Published: 24 October 2019 in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
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Globally, current food consumption and trade are placing unprecedented demand on agricultural systems and increasing pressure on natural resources, requiring tradeoffs between food security and environmental impacts especially given the tension between market-driven agriculture and agro-ecological goals. In order to illustrate the wicked social, economic and environmental challenges and processes to find transformative solutions, we focus on the largest concentration of greenhouses in the world located in the semi-arid coastal plain of South-east Spain. Almería family farming, predominantly cooperative, greenhouse intensive production, commenced after the 1960s and has resulted in very significant social and economic benefits for the region, while also having important negative environmental and biodiversity impacts, as well as creating new social challenges. The system currently finds itself in a crisis of diminishing economic benefits and increasing environmental and social dilemmas. Here, we present the outcomes of multi-actor, transdisciplinary research to review and provide collective insights for solutions-oriented research on the sustainability of Almeria’s agricultural sector. The multi-actor, transdisciplinary process implemented collectively, and supported by scientific literature, identified six fundamental challenges to transitioning to an agricultural model that aims to ameliorate risks and avoid a systemic collapse, whilst balancing a concern for profitability with sustainability: (1) Governance based on a culture of shared responsibility for sustainability, (2) Sustainable and efficient use of water, (3) Biodiversity conservation, (4) Implementing a circular economy plan, (5) Technology and knowledge transfer, and (6) Image and identity. We conclude that the multi-actor transdisciplinary approach successfully facilitated the creation of a culture of shared responsibility among public, private, academic, and civil society actors. Notwithstanding plural values, challenges and solutions identified by consensus point to a nascent acknowledgement of the strategic necessity to locate agricultural economic activity within social and environmental spheres.This paper demonstrates the need to establish transdisciplinary multi-actor work-schemes to continue collaboration and research for the transition to an agro-ecological model as a means to remain competitive and to create value.

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Antonio J. Castro; María D. López-Rodríguez; Cynthia Giagnocavo; Miguel Gimenez; Leticia Céspedes; Abel La Calle; Marisa Gallardo; Pablo Pumares; Javier Cabello; Estefanía Rodríguez; David Uclés; Salvador Parra; Jesús Casas; Francisco Rodríguez; Juan Sebastián Fernández-Prados; Daniela Alba-Patiño; Mónica Expósito-Granados; Beatriz E. Murillo-López; Lina M. Vasquez; Diego L. Valera. Six Collective Challenges for Sustainability of Almería Greenhouse Horticulture. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2019, 16, 4097 .

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Antonio J. Castro, María D. López-Rodríguez, Cynthia Giagnocavo, Miguel Gimenez, Leticia Céspedes, Abel La Calle, Marisa Gallardo, Pablo Pumares, Javier Cabello, Estefanía Rodríguez, David Uclés, Salvador Parra, Jesús Casas, Francisco Rodríguez, Juan Sebastián Fernández-Prados, Daniela Alba-Patiño, Mónica Expósito-Granados, Beatriz E. Murillo-López, Lina M. Vasquez, Diego L. Valera. Six Collective Challenges for Sustainability of Almería Greenhouse Horticulture. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2019; 16 (21):4097.

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Antonio J. Castro; María D. López-Rodríguez; Cynthia Giagnocavo; Miguel Gimenez; Leticia Céspedes; Abel La Calle; Marisa Gallardo; Pablo Pumares; Javier Cabello; Estefanía Rodríguez; David Uclés; Salvador Parra; Jesús Casas; Francisco Rodríguez; Juan Sebastián Fernández-Prados; Daniela Alba-Patiño; Mónica Expósito-Granados; Beatriz E. Murillo-López; Lina M. Vasquez; Diego L. Valera. 2019. "Six Collective Challenges for Sustainability of Almería Greenhouse Horticulture." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 16, no. 21: 4097.

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Published: 17 September 2019 in Environmental Research Letters
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The American West exists in the popular imagination as a distinct region, and policies and politics often suggest that both the challenges and the opportunities for land management and human well-being across the region are relatively homogeneous. In this paper, we argue that there are key characteristics that define the West as a social-ecological region, and also that there are myriad social-ecological systems (SESs) within the region that require diverse and dynamic approaches to managing change over time. We first conceptualize aridity, topography, and a unique political economy of land as exogenous factors that persist over time and space to define the American West as a contiguous social-ecological region. We then identify a second set of characteristics that show high degrees of variation across SESs within the American West. Finally, we operationalize the relationships between regional characteristics and local dynamics through a set of case studies that exemplify specific types of SESs in the region. The results of these empirical representations of the regional and intra-regional social-ecological dynamics of the contemporary American West highlight the implications for research and management of taking a cross-scale integrated approach to address pressing social-ecological opportunities and challenges in complex adaptive systems.

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Kristal Jones; Jesse Abrams; R Travis Belote; Bray J Beltran; Jodi Brandt; Neil H Carter; Antonio J Castro; Brian C Chaffin; Alexander L Metcalf; Gabrielle Roesch-McNally; Kenneth E Wallen; Matthew A Williamson; Travis Belote; Alex L Metcalf; Gabrielle Roche-McNally. The American West as a social-ecological region: drivers, dynamics and implications for nested social-ecological systems. Environmental Research Letters 2019, 14, 115008 .

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Kristal Jones, Jesse Abrams, R Travis Belote, Bray J Beltran, Jodi Brandt, Neil H Carter, Antonio J Castro, Brian C Chaffin, Alexander L Metcalf, Gabrielle Roesch-McNally, Kenneth E Wallen, Matthew A Williamson, Travis Belote, Alex L Metcalf, Gabrielle Roche-McNally. The American West as a social-ecological region: drivers, dynamics and implications for nested social-ecological systems. Environmental Research Letters. 2019; 14 (11):115008.

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Kristal Jones; Jesse Abrams; R Travis Belote; Bray J Beltran; Jodi Brandt; Neil H Carter; Antonio J Castro; Brian C Chaffin; Alexander L Metcalf; Gabrielle Roesch-McNally; Kenneth E Wallen; Matthew A Williamson; Travis Belote; Alex L Metcalf; Gabrielle Roche-McNally. 2019. "The American West as a social-ecological region: drivers, dynamics and implications for nested social-ecological systems." Environmental Research Letters 14, no. 11: 115008.

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Published: 11 September 2019 in Environmental Science & Policy
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Globally, concern about climate change and awareness of its impacts on local environments is not uniform between or within countries. In the U.S., variation in the public's perception of climate change may be due to differences in personal experience, knowledge, and priorities. The ecosystem services framework provides an opportunity for understanding this variation by connecting what people value about their local ecosystems with their understanding of how changes in climate may impact specific services. We use a social survey administered in the western U.S. to analyze how people prioritize different ecosystem services and how these priorities vary between people with different views about climate change. Overall, 70% of our sample reported concern about climate change, but there were interesting differences in which ecosystem services concerned and unconcerned respondents valued most. Also, many of those respondents who did not report climate change concern often recognized that climate change will affect services they valued most. These results highlight that local publics can be either uninterested in or unworried by scientific findings about the human causes of climate change, but still realize that the environment is changing and that these changes will impact the ecosystem services upon which they depend. Combining the ecosystem service framework with questions about local environmental change provides details on the environmental values of people with different opinions about climate change, and we argue a more comprehensive understanding of this dynamic should help guide scientists and policymakers communicate more effectively about climate-related effects and potential responses.

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Joseph D. Cornell; Cristina Quintas-Soriano; Katrina Running; Antonio J. Castro. Examining concern about climate change and local environmental changes from an ecosystem service perspective in the Western U.S. Environmental Science & Policy 2019, 101, 221 -231.

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Joseph D. Cornell, Cristina Quintas-Soriano, Katrina Running, Antonio J. Castro. Examining concern about climate change and local environmental changes from an ecosystem service perspective in the Western U.S. Environmental Science & Policy. 2019; 101 ():221-231.

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Joseph D. Cornell; Cristina Quintas-Soriano; Katrina Running; Antonio J. Castro. 2019. "Examining concern about climate change and local environmental changes from an ecosystem service perspective in the Western U.S." Environmental Science & Policy 101, no. : 221-231.

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Published: 01 September 2019 in Biological Conservation
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Jorge Lozano; Agnieszka Olszańska; Zebensui Morales-Reyes; Antonio A. Castro; Aurelio F. Malo; Marcos Moleón; José A. Sánchez-Zapata; Ainara Cortés-Avizanda; Henrik von Wehrden; Ine Dorresteijn; Ruth Kansky; Joern Fischer; Berta Martín-López. Human-carnivore relations: A systematic review. Biological Conservation 2019, 237, 480 -492.

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Jorge Lozano, Agnieszka Olszańska, Zebensui Morales-Reyes, Antonio A. Castro, Aurelio F. Malo, Marcos Moleón, José A. Sánchez-Zapata, Ainara Cortés-Avizanda, Henrik von Wehrden, Ine Dorresteijn, Ruth Kansky, Joern Fischer, Berta Martín-López. Human-carnivore relations: A systematic review. Biological Conservation. 2019; 237 ():480-492.

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Jorge Lozano; Agnieszka Olszańska; Zebensui Morales-Reyes; Antonio A. Castro; Aurelio F. Malo; Marcos Moleón; José A. Sánchez-Zapata; Ainara Cortés-Avizanda; Henrik von Wehrden; Ine Dorresteijn; Ruth Kansky; Joern Fischer; Berta Martín-López. 2019. "Human-carnivore relations: A systematic review." Biological Conservation 237, no. : 480-492.

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Published: 30 April 2019 in Landscape Ecology
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Humans continually transform landscapes, affecting the ecosystem services (ES) they provide. Thus, the spatial relationships among services vary across landscapes. Managers and decision makers have access to a variety of tools for mapping landscapes and analyzing their capacity to provide multiple ES. This paper characterizes and maps ES bundles across transformed landscapes in southeast Spain incorporating both the ecological and social perspectives. Our specific goals were to: (1) quantify ES biophysical supply, (2) identify public awareness, (3) map ES bundles, and (4) characterize types of ES bundles based on their social-ecological dimensions. Biophysical models and face-to-face social surveys were used to quantify and map ES bundles and explore the public awareness in a highly transformed Mediterranean region. Then, we classified ES bundles into four types using a matrix crossing the degree of biophysical ES supply and the degree of social awareness. Results mapped seven ES bundles types representing diverse social-ecological dynamics. ES bundles mapped at the municipality level showed mismatches between their biophysical provision and the public awareness, which has important implications for operationalizing the bundles concept for landscape planning and management. ES bundles characterization identified four types of bundles scenarios. We propose an ES bundles classification that incorporates both their social and ecological dimensions. Our findings can be used by land managers to identify areas in which ES are declining as well as priority areas for maximizing ES provision and can help to identify conflicts associated with new management and planning practices.

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Cristina Quintas-Soriano; Marina García-Llorente; Albert Norström; Megan Meacham; Garry Peterson; Antonio J. Castro. Integrating supply and demand in ecosystem service bundles characterization across Mediterranean transformed landscapes. Landscape Ecology 2019, 34, 1619 -1633.

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Cristina Quintas-Soriano, Marina García-Llorente, Albert Norström, Megan Meacham, Garry Peterson, Antonio J. Castro. Integrating supply and demand in ecosystem service bundles characterization across Mediterranean transformed landscapes. Landscape Ecology. 2019; 34 (7):1619-1633.

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Cristina Quintas-Soriano; Marina García-Llorente; Albert Norström; Megan Meacham; Garry Peterson; Antonio J. Castro. 2019. "Integrating supply and demand in ecosystem service bundles characterization across Mediterranean transformed landscapes." Landscape Ecology 34, no. 7: 1619-1633.

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Published: 28 April 2019 in Land Use Policy
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A projected 60% of the world’s population will live in urban areas by 2030. Urbanization has major impacts on ecosystem services, and therefore human well-being, but not all groups within a community experience the impacts of urbanization on ecosystem services the same. It is important for decision-makers to understand the trade-offs that occur with urbanization, as it relates to ecosystem services provision, as well as the perceptions of importance of ecosystem services among a population. In this paper, we measured a) areas at environmental risk due to urban growth, b) differences in societal demand for ecosystem services between socio-demographic groups, c) perceptions of urban and agricultural impacts to ecosystem services, and d) public awareness of current ecosystem services trends, in the Boise, Idaho, metropolitan area, one of the fastest-growing areas in the United States. We applied urban growth projections to current land use-land cover, and found that agriculture is at highest risk of conversion. We then conducted over 400 face-to-face survey, measuring whether perceptions regarding ecosystem services from urban and agricultural land differ between socio-demographic groups. We found significant differences regarding perceived importance of ecosystem services. The general public placed higher importance on food production and alternative energy while experts placed higher importance on water quality and recreation. Overall, respondents perceived that urban land use negatively impacts more ecosystem services than agriculture land use. Urban areas were associated with positive impacts to local identity and recreation, while agriculture was positively associated with cultural heritage and food production. Both urban and agriculture land uses were negatively associated with water quality, air quality, and habitat for species with urban land having greater, negative impacts. Our results indicate a need to incorporate social demand for ecosystem services in urban planning, to ensure policy resilience and to appropriately address diverse perspectives.

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Jenna Narducci; Cristina Quintas-Soriano; Antonio Castro; Rebecca Som-Castellano; Jodi S. Brandt. Implications of urban growth and farmland loss for ecosystem services in the western United States. Land Use Policy 2019, 86, 1 -11.

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Jenna Narducci, Cristina Quintas-Soriano, Antonio Castro, Rebecca Som-Castellano, Jodi S. Brandt. Implications of urban growth and farmland loss for ecosystem services in the western United States. Land Use Policy. 2019; 86 ():1-11.

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Jenna Narducci; Cristina Quintas-Soriano; Antonio Castro; Rebecca Som-Castellano; Jodi S. Brandt. 2019. "Implications of urban growth and farmland loss for ecosystem services in the western United States." Land Use Policy 86, no. : 1-11.

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Published: 23 April 2019 in Landscape Ecology
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Cultivated lands have undergone a shift towards intensification and increased productivity, favoring provisioning services at the expense of regulating and cultural services. Cultivated lands have rarely been researched as a provider of cultural services. The overarching goal of this study is to assess sense of place across cultivated lands. To do so, we used participatory mapping to elicit public knowledge of the past and present coverage of agricultural areas, as well as to reveal the public sense of place attached to cultivated lands and perceptions about future land-use pathways. This study was conducted in an agrarian and rural region of SE Madrid (Spain), where we did ecosystem service participatory mapping workshops with key stakeholders related to the agrarian sector: farming professionals, land-use decision-makers and planners and other local actors. We identified linkages between cultivated lands and sense of place as a key cultural service. The locations most pinpointed for its sense of place overlapped with cultivated lands. The future land-use pathways that showed the highest agreement between the likelihood and interest in their promotion were the increases in green and/or protected areas and orchards. Extensive crops and urban areas the land-use pathways with the highest dissonance. The results encourage land planners and researchers to approach landscape values in relation to the sense of place. We concluded that cultivated lands present a sense of place, and this link has the possible to root society in agricultural landscape through the establishment of belongingness, stewardship and care connections.

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I. Pérez-Ramírez; M. García-Llorente; Alejandro Benito; Antonio J. Castro. Exploring sense of place across cultivated lands through public participatory mapping. Landscape Ecology 2019, 34, 1675 -1692.

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I. Pérez-Ramírez, M. García-Llorente, Alejandro Benito, Antonio J. Castro. Exploring sense of place across cultivated lands through public participatory mapping. Landscape Ecology. 2019; 34 (7):1675-1692.

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I. Pérez-Ramírez; M. García-Llorente; Alejandro Benito; Antonio J. Castro. 2019. "Exploring sense of place across cultivated lands through public participatory mapping." Landscape Ecology 34, no. 7: 1675-1692.

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Published: 01 March 2019 in Geology
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Antonio Castro. Generation of I-type granitic rocks by melting of heterogeneous lower crust: COMMENT. Geology 2019, 47, e455 -e455.

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Antonio Castro. Generation of I-type granitic rocks by melting of heterogeneous lower crust: COMMENT. Geology. 2019; 47 (3):e455-e455.

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Antonio Castro. 2019. "Generation of I-type granitic rocks by melting of heterogeneous lower crust: COMMENT." Geology 47, no. 3: e455-e455.

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Published: 06 February 2019 in Geological Society, London, Special Publications
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New laboratory experiments using granulite xenoliths support a dual origin for I-type granites as primary and secondary. Primary I-type granites represent fractionated liquids from intermediate magma systems of broadly andesitic composition. Fluid-fluxed melting of igneous rocks that resided in the continental crust generates secondary I-type granites. The former are directly related to subduction, with Cordilleran batholiths as the most characteristic examples. Experiments with lower crust granulite sources, in the presence of water, show that amphibole is formed by a water-fluxed peritectic rehydration melting reaction. Entrainment of only 10% of restites composed of amphibole, pyroxene, plagioclase and magnetite, is sufficient to account for discrepancies in aluminium saturation index and maficity in secondary I-type granites. Lower crust granulite xenoliths, attached to a sanukitoid containing 6 wt% water, have been used in two-layer capsules to test fluid-fluxed melting reactions as the origin of secondary I-type granites. It is proposed that sanukitoid magmas act as water donors that trigger extensive melting of the lower crust, giving rise to granodioritic liquids. Because primary granites are related to coeval subduction, and secondary ones are crustal melts from older subduction-related rocks, the distinction between both I-types is essential in tectonic reconstructions of ancient orogenic belts.

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Antonio Castro. The dual origin of I-type granites: the contribution from experiments. Geological Society, London, Special Publications 2019, 491, 101 -145.

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Antonio Castro. The dual origin of I-type granites: the contribution from experiments. Geological Society, London, Special Publications. 2019; 491 (1):101-145.

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Antonio Castro. 2019. "The dual origin of I-type granites: the contribution from experiments." Geological Society, London, Special Publications 491, no. 1: 101-145.