A review of the effects of forest fire on soil properties

AA Agbeshie, S Abugre, T Atta-Darkwa… - Journal of Forestry …, 2022 - Springer
Forest fires are key ecosystem modifiers affecting the biological, chemical, and physical
attributes of forest soils. The extent of soil disturbance by fire is largely dependent on fire …

Fire effects on geomorphic processes

LA McGuire, BA Ebel, FK Rengers… - Nature reviews earth & …, 2024 - nature.com
Fire-induced geomorphic changes, such as enhanced erosion and debris-flow activity, are
expected to increase with climate change owing to increases in fire activity and rainfall …

Vegetation recovery drivers at short-term after fire are plant community-dependent in mediterranean burned landscapes

JM Fernández-Guisuraga, PM Fernandes… - Forest Ecology and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Large, severe wildfires can cause unpredictable changes in Mediterranean plant
communities that undermine ecosystem resilience. Understanding the geophysical drivers …

[HTML][HTML] Predicting potential wildfire severity across Southern Europe with global data sources

V Fernández-García, D Beltrán-Marcos… - Science of the total …, 2022 - Elsevier
The large environmental and socioeconomic impacts of wildfires in Southern Europe require
the development of efficient generalizable tools for fire danger analysis and proactive …

Resilience of Mediterranean communities to fire depends on burn severity and type of ecosystem

S Huerta, E Marcos, V Fernández-García, L Calvo - Fire Ecology, 2022 - Springer
Background Burn severity plays an important role in sha** vegetation recovery in
Mediterranean ecosystems. In the present study, we aimed to evaluate the influence of burn …

Short-term effects of burn severity on ecosystem multifunctionality in the northwest Iberian Peninsula

S Huerta, E Marcos, V Fernández-García… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Severe wildfires cause important changes in vegetation and soil properties in Mediterranean
ecosystems. The aim of this work was to evaluate ecosystem multifunctionality through the …

[HTML][HTML] Relevance of UAV and sentinel-2 data fusion for estimating topsoil organic carbon after forest fire

D Beltrán-Marcos, S Suárez-Seoane… - Geoderma, 2023 - Elsevier
The evaluation at detailed spatial scale of soil status after severe fires may provide useful
information on the recovery of burned forest ecosystems. Here, we aimed to assess the …

Evaluation of geomorphometric characteristics and soil properties after a wildfire using Sentinel-2 MSI imagery for future fire-safe forest

T Dindaroglu, E Babur, T Yakupoglu… - Fire safety journal, 2021 - Elsevier
Understanding spatiotemporal geomorphological and pedological changes as a
consequence of wildfires can allow stakeholders, land planners, and policymakers to design …

Soil-vegetation relationships in Mediterranean forests after fire

V Fernández-García, E Marcos, S Huerta, L Calvo - Forest Ecosystems, 2021 - Springer
Background Wildfires are one of the major environmental concerns in Mediterranean
ecosystems. Thus, many studies have addressed wildfire impacts on soil and vegetation in …

Impact of fire-burn on soil geochemical, microbial biomass and carbon stocks in a dry tropical forest ecosystem

AA Agbeshie, R Awuah - International Journal of Environmental Science …, 2024 - Springer
Tropical forests are prone to fires, and the severity of burns modulates a crucial function in
evaluating the influence of fires on soils. Yet, information about the consequences of …