Recuperación de un suelo bajo diferente tipo de vegetación un año después de sufrir un incendio no controlado de alta intensidad
Recuperación de un suelo bajo diferente tipo de vegetación un año después de sufrir un incendio no controlado de alta intensidad
Studies on soil recovery in fragile ecosystems following high intensity wildfires are scarce. The aim of the present investigation is to evaluate the impact of a high intensity wildfire in an ecosystem under different vegetation (shrubland and pinewood) located at Vilardevós (Galicia, NW Spain) and highly susceptible to suffer soil erosion due to the steep relief and high erositivity of the rainfall. Soil samples were collected from the A horizon (0-5 cm) 1 year after the fire and soil quality was evaluated by analysis of several physical, chemical and biochemical properties measured in the fraction chemical properties > physical properties. The data also showed that the fire impact was different depending on the soil vegetation considered (shrubland and pinewood). Moreover, the data confirmed the slow soil recovery in this fragile ecosystem and, therefore, the need of adopting post-fire stabilisation and rehabilitation treatments in order to minimize the post-fire erosion and soil degradation.
Trabajo presentado en la IV Reunión de Internacional de FUEGORED (Red Temática efectos de los incendios forestales sobre los suelos), celebrada en Puerto de la Cruz, Tenerife (España), del 24 al 27 de octubre de 2012
Esta investigación fue financiada por la Consellería de Educación y Ordenación Universitaria de la Xunta de Galicia (08MRU002400PR) y por el Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (AGL2008-02823), España.
Peer reviewed
Fire, Shrubland, Soil quality, Pinewood
Fire, Shrubland, Soil quality, Pinewood
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