A 13-year approach to understand the Effect of prescribed fires and livestock grazing on soil chemical properties in Tivissa, NE Iberian Peninsula

The high density of fuel accumulated in the Mediterranean ecosystems due to land abandonment results in high severity fires. Traditional fire practices and livestock grazing have played an important role in shaping the structure and composition of Mediterranean landscapes, and both can be e cient to...

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Autores: Alcañiz, Meritxell, Úbeda, Xavier, Cerdà, Artemi
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de la UB
OAI Identifier:oai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/174907
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2445/174907
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Palabra clave:Ecosistemes
Incendis forestals
Tivissa (Catalunya)
Biotic communities
Forest fires
Tivissa (Catalonia)
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spelling A 13-year approach to understand the Effect of prescribed fires and livestock grazing on soil chemical properties in Tivissa, NE Iberian PeninsulaAlcañiz, MeritxellÚbeda, XavierCerdà, ArtemiEcosistemesIncendis forestalsTivissa (Catalunya)Biotic communitiesForest firesTivissa (Catalonia)The high density of fuel accumulated in the Mediterranean ecosystems due to land abandonment results in high severity fires. Traditional fire practices and livestock grazing have played an important role in shaping the structure and composition of Mediterranean landscapes, and both can be e cient tools to manage them now that land abandonment is widespread. Attempts at controlling forest fires are essential for landscape management practices that, in their turn, seek to maintain a specific species composition. Against this backdrop, this study aims to determine the short- and long-term e ects of the combined management practices of prescribed fires and goat grazing on the chemical properties of soils in Tivissa, Tarragona (NE Iberian Peninsula). Forty-two samples were collected in a 4 18 m plot before the prescribed fire of 2002 (1), immediately after the 2002 prescribed fire (PF) (2), one year after the 2002 PF (3), three years after the 2002 PF (4), and thirteen years after the 2002 PF (5). Soil samples were taken at each sampling point from the top layer (0-5 cm), sieved to obtain a <2 mm fraction, and soil pH, EC, Total C, total N, available P, K+, Ca2+, and Mg2+ were determined. The results indicate that the short-term e ects of fire are more relevant than those attributable to the livestock over the long term due to the low grazing intensity of less than one goat per ha. The long-term e ects of prescribed fires were not visible in the research, suggesting that they recovered after burning with all their functions intact and with enhanced levels of natural fertility. Combined land management practices of prescribed fire and livestock grazing did not a ect soil chemical properties. The applied management enhanced soil fertility and boosted the ecosystem's resilience.MDPI2020info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/2445/174907Articles publicats en revistes (Geografia)reponame:Dipòsit Digital de la UBinstname:Universidad de BarcelonaInglésReproducció del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.3390/f11091013Forests, 2020, vol. 11, num. 9https://doi.org/10.3390/f11091013cc-by (c) Alcañiz, Meritxell et al., 2020http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/esinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/1749072026-05-27T06:46:51Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv A 13-year approach to understand the Effect of prescribed fires and livestock grazing on soil chemical properties in Tivissa, NE Iberian Peninsula
title A 13-year approach to understand the Effect of prescribed fires and livestock grazing on soil chemical properties in Tivissa, NE Iberian Peninsula
spellingShingle A 13-year approach to understand the Effect of prescribed fires and livestock grazing on soil chemical properties in Tivissa, NE Iberian Peninsula
Alcañiz, Meritxell
Ecosistemes
Incendis forestals
Tivissa (Catalunya)
Biotic communities
Forest fires
Tivissa (Catalonia)
title_short A 13-year approach to understand the Effect of prescribed fires and livestock grazing on soil chemical properties in Tivissa, NE Iberian Peninsula
title_full A 13-year approach to understand the Effect of prescribed fires and livestock grazing on soil chemical properties in Tivissa, NE Iberian Peninsula
title_fullStr A 13-year approach to understand the Effect of prescribed fires and livestock grazing on soil chemical properties in Tivissa, NE Iberian Peninsula
title_full_unstemmed A 13-year approach to understand the Effect of prescribed fires and livestock grazing on soil chemical properties in Tivissa, NE Iberian Peninsula
title_sort A 13-year approach to understand the Effect of prescribed fires and livestock grazing on soil chemical properties in Tivissa, NE Iberian Peninsula
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Alcañiz, Meritxell
Úbeda, Xavier
Cerdà, Artemi
author Alcañiz, Meritxell
author_facet Alcañiz, Meritxell
Úbeda, Xavier
Cerdà, Artemi
author_role author
author2 Úbeda, Xavier
Cerdà, Artemi
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Ecosistemes
Incendis forestals
Tivissa (Catalunya)
Biotic communities
Forest fires
Tivissa (Catalonia)
topic Ecosistemes
Incendis forestals
Tivissa (Catalunya)
Biotic communities
Forest fires
Tivissa (Catalonia)
description The high density of fuel accumulated in the Mediterranean ecosystems due to land abandonment results in high severity fires. Traditional fire practices and livestock grazing have played an important role in shaping the structure and composition of Mediterranean landscapes, and both can be e cient tools to manage them now that land abandonment is widespread. Attempts at controlling forest fires are essential for landscape management practices that, in their turn, seek to maintain a specific species composition. Against this backdrop, this study aims to determine the short- and long-term e ects of the combined management practices of prescribed fires and goat grazing on the chemical properties of soils in Tivissa, Tarragona (NE Iberian Peninsula). Forty-two samples were collected in a 4 18 m plot before the prescribed fire of 2002 (1), immediately after the 2002 prescribed fire (PF) (2), one year after the 2002 PF (3), three years after the 2002 PF (4), and thirteen years after the 2002 PF (5). Soil samples were taken at each sampling point from the top layer (0-5 cm), sieved to obtain a <2 mm fraction, and soil pH, EC, Total C, total N, available P, K+, Ca2+, and Mg2+ were determined. The results indicate that the short-term e ects of fire are more relevant than those attributable to the livestock over the long term due to the low grazing intensity of less than one goat per ha. The long-term e ects of prescribed fires were not visible in the research, suggesting that they recovered after burning with all their functions intact and with enhanced levels of natural fertility. Combined land management practices of prescribed fire and livestock grazing did not a ect soil chemical properties. The applied management enhanced soil fertility and boosted the ecosystem's resilience.
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