RT Journal Article
T1 Responses in Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Fractionation after Prescribed Burning in the Montseny Biosphere Reserve (NE Iberian Peninsula)
A1 Chowdhury, Sangita
A1 Manjón-Cabeza, José
A1 Ibáñez, Mercedes
A1 Mestre, Christian
A1 Broncano, María José
A1 Mosquera Losada, María Rosa
A1 Plaixats, Josefina
A1 Sebastià, M.-Teresa
K1 Prescribed burning
K1 Soil particle size fractions
K1 Plant species-fire interactions
K1 Cytisus scoparius
K1 Calluna vulgaris
K1 Biocrusts
AB Prescribed fire is one of the most widely-used management tools to recover encroached rangelands. Fire has been reported to cause changes in the soil physical and chemical properties. However, the legacy effects of former plant species on soil responses to fire remains unknown. The legacy effect of the former extant plant species on soil carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) fractionation distribution after prescribed burning in topsoil (0–5 cm and 5–10 cm) was investigated in Mediterranean shrublands in Montseny. We sampled soils under five vegetation patch types: Cytisus scoparius L., Calluna vulgaris L., Erica arborea L., Pteridium aquilinum L., and Cladonia biocrusts, pre-and post-burning. Multivariate analysis on soil C and N fractions showed that soils under the legume Cytisus and the biocrust were the most differentiated. Vegetation patch types tended to respond differently to burning, soils under Cytisus, Cladonia and Calluna showing the strongest response. Total C and N, and C and N in sand decreased after burning in the 0–5 cm soil layer. Conversely, C in silt, as well as N in clay and silt, increased with soil depth after burning. This study will be helpful for understanding ecological legacy effects and their possible consequences when planning prescribed burning.
PB MDPI
SN 2071-1050
YR 2022
FD 2022
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10347/44121
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10347/44121
LA eng
NO Chowdhury, S.; Manjón-Cabeza, J.; Ibáñez, M.; Mestre, C.; Broncano, M.J.; Mosquera-Losada, M.R.; Plaixats, J.; Sebastià, M.-T. Responses in Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Fractionation after Prescribed Burning in the Montseny Biosphere Reserve (NE Iberian Peninsula). Sustainability 2022, 14, 4232. https://doi.org/ 10.3390/su14074232
NO This study was developed through projects OPEN2PRESERVE (SOE2/P5E0804), from the EU SUDOE; and IMAGINE (CGL2017-85490-R), from the Spanish Science Foundation.
DS Minerva
RD 28 abr 2026