How Long Is Long? A Bibliographic Review of What Is Meant by the Long-Term Effects of Fire on Soil Properties

  1. Eduardo García-Braga 1
  2. Antonio Peñalver-Alcalá 1
  3. Joaquim Farguell 1
  4. Marcos Francos 2
  5. Xavier Úbeda 1
  1. 1 Universitat de Barcelona
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    Universitat de Barcelona

    Barcelona, España

    ROR https://ror.org/021018s57

  2. 2 Universidad de Salamanca
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    Universidad de Salamanca

    Salamanca, España

    ROR https://ror.org/02f40zc51

Revista:
Spanish Journal of Soil Science: SJSS

ISSN: 2253-6574

Año de publicación: 2024

Volumen: 14

Número: 1

Tipo: Artículo

DOI: 10.3389/SJSS.2024.12499 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openDialnet editor

Otras publicaciones en: Spanish Journal of Soil Science: SJSS

Resumen

Wildfires pose one of the greatest threats to the world’s forests soils. After exposure to fire, forests lose many of their ecological functions; moreover, the repercussions can extend well beyond the forest itself, as the erosive processes attributable to the combustion of vegetation and the soil’s lack of protection against rainfall are likely to impact any areas of a catchment, contaminating reservoirs, estuaries and aquifers. A forest fire is not solely, therefore, an environmental issue, but also a social and economic problem. The recovery of a forest is heavily dependent on just how the soil has been affected and how rapidly the latter can be restored. Fire intensity is critical in understanding the temporal evolution of the forest, while its location—a clear determinant of its climate and the ecosystem it occupies—can undermine the functionality of the forest system and is critical in determining the duration of the effects of the fire episode. This paper undertakes a review of the literature with the aim of understanding what might be understood when studies speak of the long-term effects of fire on the soil and when a soil might be considered to have recovered from these effects. What is evident is that many variables have a role to play and that not all soil properties recover at the same rate; indeed, some may never be restored to pre-fire levels.

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