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Short-term low-severity spring grassland fire impacts on soil extractable elements and soil ratios in Lithuania.

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Short-term low-severity spring grassland fire impacts on soil extractable elements and soil ratios in Lithuania.

dc.contributor.author	Pereira, Paulo
dc.contributor.author	Cerdà Bolinches, Artemi
dc.contributor.author	Martin, Deborah
dc.contributor.author	Úbeda, Xavier
dc.contributor.author	Depellegrin, Daniel
dc.contributor.author	Novara, Agata
dc.contributor.author	Rodrigo-Comino, J.
dc.contributor.author
dc.contributor.author	Miesel, Jessica
dc.contributor.author	Menshov, Oleksandr
dc.contributor.author	Brevik, Eric C.
dc.contributor.author	Martínez Murillo, Juan Francisco
dc.date.accessioned	2018-04-17T10:10:10Z
dc.date.available	2018-04-17T10:10:10Z
dc.date.issued	2017
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10550/65725
dc.description.abstract	Spring grassland fires are common in boreal areas as a consequence of slash and burn agriculture used to remove dry grass to increase soil nutrient properties and crop production. However, fewworks have investigated fire impacts on these grassland ecosystems, especially in the immediate period after the fire. The objective of this work was to study the short-termimpacts of a spring grassland fire in Lithuania. Four days after the firewe established a 400 m2 sampling grid within the burned area and in an adjacent unburned area with the same topographical, hydrological and pedological characteristics. Wecollected topsoil samples immediately after the fire (0 months), 2, 5, 7 and 9 months after the fire. We analysed soil pH, electrical conductivity (EC), major nutrients including calcium(Ca), magnesium(Mg), sodium(Na), and potassium(K), and theminor elements aluminium(Al), manganese (Mn), iron (Fe) and zinc (Zn). We also calculated the soil Na and K adsorption ratio (SPAR), Ca:Mg and Ca:Al. The results showed that this low-severity grassland fire significantly decreased soil pH, Al, and Mn but increased EC, Ca,Mg, and K,. There was no effect on Na, Fe, and Zn. Therewas a decrease of EC, Ca,Mg, and Na from 0months after the fire until 7 months after the fire,with an increase during the last sampling period. Fire did not significantly affect SPAR. Ca:Mg decreased significantly immediately after the fire, but not to critical levels. Ca:Al increased after the fire, reducing the potential effects of Al on plants. Overall, fire impactsweremainly limited to the immediate period after the fire.
dc.language.iso	eng
dc.relation.ispartof	Science of the Total Environment, 2017, vol. 578, p. 469-475
dc.rights.uri	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.source	Pereira, Paulo Cerdà Bolinches, Artemi Martin, Deborah Úbeda, Xavier Depellegrin, Daniel Novara, Agata Rodrigo-Comino, J. Miesel, Jessica Menshov, Oleksandr Brevik, Eric C. Martínez Murillo, Juan Francisco 2017 Short-term low-severity spring grassland fire impacts on soil extractable elements and soil ratios in Lithuania. Science of the Total Environment 578 469 475
dc.subject	Ecologia dels sòls
dc.title	Short-term low-severity spring grassland fire impacts on soil extractable elements and soil ratios in Lithuania.
dc.type	info:eu-repo/semantics/article
dc.date.updated	2018-04-17T10:10:10Z
dc.identifier.doi	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.10.210
dc.identifier.idgrec	125698