NDLI: Plant and soil carbon accumulation following fire in Mediterranean woodlands in Spain

Content Provider	Springer Nature Link
Author	Kaye, Jason Philip Romanyà, Joan Vallejo, V. Ramón
Copyright Year	2010
Abstract	We measured plant and soil carbon (C) storage following canopy-replacing wildfires in woodlands of northeastern Spain that include an understory of shrubs dominated by Quercus coccifera and an overstory of Pinus halepensis trees. Established plant succession models predict rapid shrub recovery in these ecosystems, and we build on this model by contrasting shrub succession with long-term C storage in soils, trees, and the whole ecosystem. We used chronosequence and repeated sampling approaches to detect change over time. Aboveground plant C increased from <100 to ~3,000 g C m−2 over 30 years following fire, which is substantially less than the 5,942 ± 487 g C m−2 (mean ±1 standard error) in unburned sites. As expected, shrubs accumulated C rapidly, but the capacity for C storage in shrubs was <600 g C m−2. Pines were the largest plant C pool in sites >20 years post fire, and accounted for all of the difference in plant C between older burned sites and unburned sites. In contrast, soil C was initially higher in burned sites (~4,500 g C m−2) than in unburned sites (3,264 ± 261 g C m−2) but burned site C declined to unburned levels within 10 years after fire. Combining these results with prior research suggests two states for C storage. When pine regeneration is successful, ~9,200 g C m−2 accumulate in woodlands but when tree regeneration fails (due to microclimatic stress or short fire return intervals), ecosystem C storage of ~4,000 g C m−2 will occur in the resulting shrublands.
Starting Page	533
Ending Page	543
Page Count	11
File Format	PDF
ISSN	00298549
Journal	Oecologia
Volume Number	164
Issue Number	2
e-ISSN	14321939
Language	English
Publisher	Springer-Verlag
Publisher Date	2010-05-25
Publisher Place	Berlin, Heidelberg
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Succession Carbon storage Garrigue Pinus halepensis Quercus coccifera Plant Sciences Ecology
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

Sl.	Authority	Responsibilities	Communication Details
1	Ministry of Education (GoI), Department of Higher Education	Sanctioning Authority	https://www.education.gov.in/ict-initiatives
2	Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	Host Institute of the Project: The host institute of the project is responsible for providing infrastructure support and hosting the project	https://www.iitkgp.ac.in
3	National Digital Library of India Office, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	The administrative and infrastructural headquarters of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in
4	Project PI / Joint PI	Principal Investigator and Joint Principal Investigators of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in Prof. Saswat Chakrabarti will be added soon
5	Website/Portal (Helpdesk)	Queries regarding NDLI and its services	support@ndl.gov.in
6	Contents and Copyright Issues	Queries related to content curation and copyright issues	content@ndl.gov.in
7	National Digital Library of India Club (NDLI Club)	Queries related to NDLI Club formation, support, user awareness program, seminar/symposium, collaboration, social media, promotion, and outreach	clubsupport@ndl.gov.in
8	Digital Preservation Centre (DPC)	Assistance with digitizing and archiving copyright-free printed books	dpc@ndl.gov.in
9	IDR Setup or Support	Queries related to establishment and support of Institutional Digital Repository (IDR) and IDR workshops	idr@ndl.gov.in

Effects of fire recurrence in Quercus coccifera L. shrublands of the Valencia Region (Spain): II. plant and soil nutrients

Colonization of Pinus halepensis in Mediterranean habitats: consequences of afforestation, grazing and fire

Allelopathic effects of Pinus halepensis and Quercus coccifera on the germination of Mediterranean crop seeds

Classification of the Sardinian pine woodlands

Influence of plant species on physical, chemical and biological soil properties in a Mediterranean forest soil

Biomass storage in low timber productivity Mediterranean forests managed after natural post-fire regeneration in south-eastern Spain

Phenotypic plasticity blurs ecotypic divergence in the response of Quercus coccifera and Pinus halepensis to water stress

Fire severity and seedling establishment in Pinus halepensis woodlands, eastern Iberian Peninsula

Predicting the Recovery of Pinus halepensis and Quercus ilex Forests after a Large Wildfire in Northeastern Spain

Plant and soil carbon accumulation following fire in Mediterranean woodlands in Spain

Similar Documents

Effects of fire recurrence in Quercus coccifera L. shrublands of the Valencia Region (Spain): II. plant and soil nutrients

Colonization of Pinus halepensis in Mediterranean habitats: consequences of afforestation, grazing and fire

Allelopathic effects of Pinus halepensis and Quercus coccifera on the germination of Mediterranean crop seeds

Classification of the Sardinian pine woodlands

Influence of plant species on physical, chemical and biological soil properties in a Mediterranean forest soil

Biomass storage in low timber productivity Mediterranean forests managed after natural post-fire regeneration in south-eastern Spain

Phenotypic plasticity blurs ecotypic divergence in the response of Quercus coccifera and Pinus halepensis to water stress

Fire severity and seedling establishment in Pinus halepensis woodlands, eastern Iberian Peninsula

Predicting the Recovery of Pinus halepensis and Quercus ilex Forests after a Large Wildfire in Northeastern Spain

Plant and soil carbon accumulation following fire in Mediterranean woodlands in Spain