Burnt wood management enhances soil multifunctionality at the medium term after a large wildfire in north-west Spain
José Manuel Fernández-Guisuraga A B * , Leonor Calvo A , Sara Huerta A and Elena Marcos A
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A Department of Biodiversity and Environmental Management, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of León, 24071 León, Spain.
B Centro de Investigação e de Tecnologias Agroambientais e Biológicas, Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, 5000-801 Vila Real, Portugal.
* Correspondence to: jofeg@unileon.es
International Journal of Wildland Fire 32(1) 99-110 https://doi.org/10.1071/WF22091
Submitted: 8 June 2022 Accepted: 22 October 2022 Published: 11 November 2022
© 2023 The Author(s) (or their employer(s)). Published by CSIRO Publishing on behalf of IAWF. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC-ND)
Abstract
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.
Keywords: cut plus lopping, heathlands, high-severity, Mediterranean ecosystems, Pinus sylvestris, post-fire treatments, soil functions, straw mulching, woody debris.
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