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Burnt wood management enhances soil multifunctionality at the medium term after a large wildfire in North-West Spain
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Título de la revista
International Journal of Wildland Fire
Número de la revista
1
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Fernández-Guisuraga, J. M., Calvo, L., Huerta, S., & Marcos, E. (2022). Burnt wood management enhances soil multifunctionality at the medium term after a large wildfire in north-west Spain. International Journal of Wildland Fire, 32(1), 99-110. https://doi.org/10.1071/WF22091
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CSIRO Publishing
Fecha
2022
ISSN
1049-8001
Resumen
[EN] Background: Mulching and burnt wood treatments are commonly applied to prevent the loss of soil quality and erosion, but their effect on soil multifunctionality remains unexplored.
Aims: We filled this gap by assessing the medium-term (4 years) effects of these treatments on soil multifunctionality after a large wildfire in NW Spain.
Methods: Straw mulching (SM) and cut plus lopping (CpL) treatments were applied in high-severity affected areas of heathland plant communities. CpL areas had been afforested with Scots pine 15 years before the fire. We considered four soil functions estimated in treated and burned control plots 4 years after fire: (1) carbon regulation; (2) water regulation; (3) soil fertility; and (4) nutrient cycling. The functions were integrated into a multifunctionality index and linear models were used to evaluate treatments effect.
Key results: SM had no impact on individual functions and multifunctionality. Conversely, CpL with burnt Scots pine wood was able to sustain higher levels of multiple functions simultaneously than control areas. Consistent trade-offs between soil functions emerged in control areas for both treatments.
Conclusions: Burnt wood could ensure long-lasting effects to promote soil multifunctionality in Mediterranean ecosystems.
Implications: We recommend using a multifunctionality approach to avoid biases in treatment success
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- info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/AEI/Programa Estatal de I+D+i Orientada a los Retos de la Sociedad/AGL2017-86075-C2-1-R/ES/Severidad de grandes incendios en sistemas forestales propensos al fuego: condicionantes, efectos en la provision de servicios y soluciones de gestion pre- y post-incendio/FIRESEVES
- info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/Junta de Castilla y León//LE005P20/ES/Vulnerabilidad de la interfaz urbano-forestal y eficacia de las medidas de restauración tras incendio en áreas propensas al fuego de castilla y león. Aplicaciones a la gestión pre y post-incendio/WUIFIRECYL
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