Active management against shrubland expansion: Seeking a balance between conservation and exploitation in the mountains

The mountains of Europe, especially in the Mediterranean, have undergone a significant process of revegetation since the mid-20 century with the spread of shrublands and forests in succession stages. This leads to negative effects (degradation of pasture, accumulation of biomass with the subsequent...

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Autor: Lasanta Martínez, Teodoro
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2019
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
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Palabra clave:Prescribed fires
Mediterranean mountains
Rewilding
Shrub clearing
Land abandonment
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spelling Active management against shrubland expansion: Seeking a balance between conservation and exploitation in the mountainsLasanta Martínez, TeodoroPrescribed firesMediterranean mountainsRewildingShrub clearingLand abandonmentThe mountains of Europe, especially in the Mediterranean, have undergone a significant process of revegetation since the mid-20 century with the spread of shrublands and forests in succession stages. This leads to negative effects (degradation of pasture, accumulation of biomass with the subsequent increase in fire risk, loss or trivialized of cultural landscapes, etc.) and other positive ones (greater rewilding of landscapes, recovery of forest life, more CO fixation, less soil erosion, etc.). Thus, two alternatives must be put forward: either allow the rewilding process to continue, or intervene in the region to reduce the negative effects of revegetation. In this paper, the literature forms the base for a discussion on the main interventions in the territory: extensive livestock grazing, combined with prescribed fires and shrub clearing. Prescribed fires are found to be insufficient to control the spread of shrublands, and in some cases promotes its regrowth (Echinospartum horridum), as well as degrading the pasture land and increasing soil erosion. On the other hand, clearing shrubland has positive effects: a reduction in wildfires, increased livestock numbers, and improved indicators of heterogeneity and fragmentation of the landscape. © Universidad de La RiojaThis research was supported by the ESPAS project (CGL2015-65569-R, funded by the State Research Agency-FEDER) and ECOHIPRO (1560/2015), funded by the Natural Parks-Ministry of Agriculture and Environment. The “Geomorphology and Global Change” Group was financed by the Aragón Government and the European Social Fund (ESF-FSE).Peer ReviewedJohn Wiley & SonsGobierno de AragónEuropean CommissionConsejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [https://ror.org/02gfc7t72]2020202020192020info:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501Publisher's versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://hdl.handle.net/10261/197373reponame:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSICinstname:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)Inglés#PLACEHOLDER_PARENT_METADATA_VALUE#info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/MINECO/Plan Estatal de Investigación Científica y Técnica y de Innovación 2013-2016/CGL2015-65569-RSíinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:digital.csic.es:10261/1973732026-05-22T06:33:51Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Active management against shrubland expansion: Seeking a balance between conservation and exploitation in the mountains
title Active management against shrubland expansion: Seeking a balance between conservation and exploitation in the mountains
spellingShingle Active management against shrubland expansion: Seeking a balance between conservation and exploitation in the mountains
Lasanta Martínez, Teodoro
Prescribed fires
Mediterranean mountains
Rewilding
Shrub clearing
Land abandonment
title_short Active management against shrubland expansion: Seeking a balance between conservation and exploitation in the mountains
title_full Active management against shrubland expansion: Seeking a balance between conservation and exploitation in the mountains
title_fullStr Active management against shrubland expansion: Seeking a balance between conservation and exploitation in the mountains
title_full_unstemmed Active management against shrubland expansion: Seeking a balance between conservation and exploitation in the mountains
title_sort Active management against shrubland expansion: Seeking a balance between conservation and exploitation in the mountains
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Lasanta Martínez, Teodoro
author Lasanta Martínez, Teodoro
author_facet Lasanta Martínez, Teodoro
author_role author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Gobierno de Aragón
European Commission
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [https://ror.org/02gfc7t72]
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Prescribed fires
Mediterranean mountains
Rewilding
Shrub clearing
Land abandonment
topic Prescribed fires
Mediterranean mountains
Rewilding
Shrub clearing
Land abandonment
description The mountains of Europe, especially in the Mediterranean, have undergone a significant process of revegetation since the mid-20 century with the spread of shrublands and forests in succession stages. This leads to negative effects (degradation of pasture, accumulation of biomass with the subsequent increase in fire risk, loss or trivialized of cultural landscapes, etc.) and other positive ones (greater rewilding of landscapes, recovery of forest life, more CO fixation, less soil erosion, etc.). Thus, two alternatives must be put forward: either allow the rewilding process to continue, or intervene in the region to reduce the negative effects of revegetation. In this paper, the literature forms the base for a discussion on the main interventions in the territory: extensive livestock grazing, combined with prescribed fires and shrub clearing. Prescribed fires are found to be insufficient to control the spread of shrublands, and in some cases promotes its regrowth (Echinospartum horridum), as well as degrading the pasture land and increasing soil erosion. On the other hand, clearing shrubland has positive effects: a reduction in wildfires, increased livestock numbers, and improved indicators of heterogeneity and fragmentation of the landscape. © Universidad de La Rioja
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