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T1 Burnt wood management enhances soil multifunctionality at the medium term after a large wildfire in North-West Spain
A1 Fernández Guisuraga, José Manuel
A1 Calvo Galván, María Leonor
A1 Huerta del Gallego, Sara
A1 Marcos Porras, Elena María
A2 Ecologia
K1 Ecología. Medio ambiente
K1 Ingeniería forestal
K1 Cut plus lopping
K1 Heathlands
K1 High-severity
K1 Mediterranean ecosystems
K1 Pinus sylvestris
K1 Post-fire treatments
K1 Soil functions
K1 Straw mulching
K1 Woody debris
K1 2511.06 Conservación de Suelos
K1 3106.99 Otras (Incendios forestales)
K1 2417.13 Ecología Vegetal
K1 3106 Ciencia Forestal
AB [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
PB CSIRO Publishing
SN 1049-8001
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10612/19741
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10612/19741
NO 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
DS BULERIA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de León
RD 07-jun-2024