How clear-cutting affects fire severity and soil properties in a Mediterranean ecosystem

Forest management practices in Mediterranean ecosystems are frequently employed to reduce both the risk and severity of wildfires. However, these pre-fire treatments may influence the effects of wildfire events on soil properties. The aim of this study is to examine the short-term effects of a wildf...

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Autores: Francos, Marcos, Pereira, Paulo, Mataix-Solera, Jorge, ARCENEGUI, VICTORIA, Alcañiz, Meritxell, Úbeda, Xavier
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2017
País:España
Institución:Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche
Repositorio:REDIUMH. Depósito Digital de la UMH
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Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/11000/7170
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Pre-fire management
Soil properties
Fire severity
Wildfire
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spelling How clear-cutting affects fire severity and soil properties in a Mediterranean ecosystemFrancos, MarcosPereira, PauloMataix-Solera, JorgeARCENEGUI, VICTORIAAlcañiz, MeritxellÚbeda, XavierPre-fire managementSoil propertiesFire severityWildfire504 - Ciencias del medio ambienteForest management practices in Mediterranean ecosystems are frequently employed to reduce both the risk and severity of wildfires. However, these pre-fire treatments may influence the effects of wildfire events on soil properties. The aim of this study is to examine the short-term effects of a wildfire that broke out in 2015 on the soil properties of three sites: two exposed to management practices in different years e 2005 (site M05B) and 2015 (site M15B) e and one that did not undergo any management (NMB) and to compare their properties with those recorded in a plot (Control) unaffected by the 2015 wildfire. We analyzed aggregate stability (AS), soil organic matter (SOM) content, total nitrogen (TN), carbon/ nitrogen ratio (C/N), inorganic carbon (IC), pH, electrical conductivity (EC), extractable calcium (Ca), magnesium (Mg), sodium (Na), and potassium (K), microbial biomass carbon (Cmic) and basal soil respiration (BSR). In the managed plots, a clear-cutting operation was conducted, whereby part of the vegetation was cut and left covering the soil surface. The AS values recorded at the Control site were significantly higher than those recorded at M05B, whereas the TN and SOM values at NMB were significantly higher than those recorded at M05B. IC was significantly higher at M05B than at the other plots. There were no significant differences in C/N ratio between the analyzed sites. Soil pH at M05B was significantly higher than the value recorded at the Control plot. Extractable Ca was significantly higher at NMB than at both M05B and the Control, while extractable Mg was significantly lower at M05B than at NMB. Extractable K was significantly lower at the Control than at the three fire-affected plots. Cmic was significantly higher at NMB than at the Control. BSR, BSR/C and BSR/Cmic values at the fire-affected sites were significantly lower than those recorded at the Control. No significant differences were identified in Cmic/C. Overall, a comparison of the pre-fire treatments showed that NMB was the practice that had the least negative effects on the soil properties studied, followed by M15B, and that fire severity was highest at M05B due to the accumulation of dead plant fuelThis study was supported by the POSTFIRE Project (CGL2013-47862-C2-1 and 2-R) and the POSTFIRE_CARE Project (CGL2016-75178-C2-2-R [AEI/FEDER, UE]),financed by the Spanish Research Agency (AIE) and the European Union through European Funding for Regional Development (FEDER) and the FPU Program (FPU 014/00037) of the Ministry of Education, Cultureand Sports and Program 2014SGR825 of the Generalitat de Catalunya.Departamentos de la UMH::Agroquímica y Medio Ambiente2021202120172021info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdf8application/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11000/7170reponame:REDIUMH. Depósito Digital de la UMHinstname:Universidad Miguel Hernández de ElcheIngléshttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2017.11.011info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:dspace.umh.es:11000/71702026-05-27T13:36:21Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv How clear-cutting affects fire severity and soil properties in a Mediterranean ecosystem
title How clear-cutting affects fire severity and soil properties in a Mediterranean ecosystem
spellingShingle How clear-cutting affects fire severity and soil properties in a Mediterranean ecosystem
Francos, Marcos
Pre-fire management
Soil properties
Fire severity
Wildfire
504 - Ciencias del medio ambiente
title_short How clear-cutting affects fire severity and soil properties in a Mediterranean ecosystem
title_full How clear-cutting affects fire severity and soil properties in a Mediterranean ecosystem
title_fullStr How clear-cutting affects fire severity and soil properties in a Mediterranean ecosystem
title_full_unstemmed How clear-cutting affects fire severity and soil properties in a Mediterranean ecosystem
title_sort How clear-cutting affects fire severity and soil properties in a Mediterranean ecosystem
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Francos, Marcos
Pereira, Paulo
Mataix-Solera, Jorge
ARCENEGUI, VICTORIA
Alcañiz, Meritxell
Úbeda, Xavier
author Francos, Marcos
author_facet Francos, Marcos
Pereira, Paulo
Mataix-Solera, Jorge
ARCENEGUI, VICTORIA
Alcañiz, Meritxell
Úbeda, Xavier
author_role author
author2 Pereira, Paulo
Mataix-Solera, Jorge
ARCENEGUI, VICTORIA
Alcañiz, Meritxell
Úbeda, Xavier
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author
author
author
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dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Departamentos de la UMH::Agroquímica y Medio Ambiente
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Pre-fire management
Soil properties
Fire severity
Wildfire
504 - Ciencias del medio ambiente
topic Pre-fire management
Soil properties
Fire severity
Wildfire
504 - Ciencias del medio ambiente
description Forest management practices in Mediterranean ecosystems are frequently employed to reduce both the risk and severity of wildfires. However, these pre-fire treatments may influence the effects of wildfire events on soil properties. The aim of this study is to examine the short-term effects of a wildfire that broke out in 2015 on the soil properties of three sites: two exposed to management practices in different years e 2005 (site M05B) and 2015 (site M15B) e and one that did not undergo any management (NMB) and to compare their properties with those recorded in a plot (Control) unaffected by the 2015 wildfire. We analyzed aggregate stability (AS), soil organic matter (SOM) content, total nitrogen (TN), carbon/ nitrogen ratio (C/N), inorganic carbon (IC), pH, electrical conductivity (EC), extractable calcium (Ca), magnesium (Mg), sodium (Na), and potassium (K), microbial biomass carbon (Cmic) and basal soil respiration (BSR). In the managed plots, a clear-cutting operation was conducted, whereby part of the vegetation was cut and left covering the soil surface. The AS values recorded at the Control site were significantly higher than those recorded at M05B, whereas the TN and SOM values at NMB were significantly higher than those recorded at M05B. IC was significantly higher at M05B than at the other plots. There were no significant differences in C/N ratio between the analyzed sites. Soil pH at M05B was significantly higher than the value recorded at the Control plot. Extractable Ca was significantly higher at NMB than at both M05B and the Control, while extractable Mg was significantly lower at M05B than at NMB. Extractable K was significantly lower at the Control than at the three fire-affected plots. Cmic was significantly higher at NMB than at the Control. BSR, BSR/C and BSR/Cmic values at the fire-affected sites were significantly lower than those recorded at the Control. No significant differences were identified in Cmic/C. Overall, a comparison of the pre-fire treatments showed that NMB was the practice that had the least negative effects on the soil properties studied, followed by M15B, and that fire severity was highest at M05B due to the accumulation of dead plant fuel
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