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Pinus halepensis M. versus Quercus ilex subsp. Rotundifolia L. runoff and soil erosion at pedon scale under natural rainfall in Eastern Spain three decades after a forest fire

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Pinus halepensis M. versus Quercus ilex subsp. Rotundifolia L. runoff and soil erosion at pedon scale under natural rainfall in Eastern Spain three decades after a forest fire

dc.contributor.author	Cerdà Bolinches, Artemi
dc.contributor.author	Lucas Borja, Manuel Esteban
dc.contributor.author	Úbeda, Xavier
dc.contributor.author	Martínez Murillo, Juan Francisco
dc.contributor.author	Keesstra, Saskia
dc.date.accessioned	2018-04-18T10:12:42Z
dc.date.available	2018-04-18T10:12:42Z
dc.date.issued	2017
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10550/65773
dc.description.abstract	Afforestation aims to recover the vegetation cover, and restore natural ecosystems. The plant species selected for restoration will determine species richness and the fate of the ecosystem. Research focussing on the impact of vegetation recovery on soil quality are abundant, especially on fire affected land and where rehabilitation, afforestation and restoration projects were carried out. However, little is known about how different plants species affect soil erosion and water losses, which are key factors that will impact the fate of the afforested land. Aleppo pine (Pinus halepensis M.) is the species commonly used for afforestation in the Mediterranean and is very successful when natural recovery takes place, however, the original forests were composed of Holm oaks (Quercus ilex subsp. rotundifolia L.). There is little information about the hydrological and erosional impact of this change of vegetation cover stimulated by a millennia old forest use in the Mediterranean, and a century old afforestation policies and natural recovery as a consequence of land abandonment. To get insights in the effect of plant species on runoff generation and soil erosion, individual trees should be selected. Plots of 1 m2 are necessary to identify homogeneous patches, and were installed under Aleppo pine (4 plots) and Holm oaks (4 plots) in a 30 (34)-years old plant cover recovered after a forest fire that took place in 1979. A raingauge was installed in the study site to characterize the rainfall. The soil erosion plots were built with metal borders and each plot drained to a collector (gutter) and a 60 L container to store the surface runoff. Runoff was measured after each rainfall event and sediment concentration was determined by desiccation. Results show that Aleppo pine covered soils yield six times more runoff (232 mm, 8.31%) than Holm oaks (40 mm, 1.4%) during the experimental period of 2010-2014, when rainfall amount 2,721.1 mm. Runoff sediment concentration was higher in the Aleppo pine plots (4.9 g l 1) than in the Holm oaks plots (2.6 g l 1). Soil erosion rate was ten times higher in Aleppo pine (2.6 Mg ha 1 y 1) than in Holm oaks (0.26 Mg ha 1 y 1).
dc.language.iso	eng
dc.relation.ispartof	Biological Agriculture & Horticulture, 2018, vol. 400, p. 447-456
dc.rights.uri	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.source	Cerdà Bolinches, Artemi Lucas Borja, Manuel Esteban Úbeda, Xavier Martínez Murillo, Juan Francisco Keesstra, Saskia 2018 Pinus halepensis M. versus Quercus ilex subsp. Rotundifolia L. runoff and soil erosion at pedon scale under natural rainfall in Eastern Spain three decades after a forest fire Biological Agriculture & Horticulture 400 447 456
dc.subject	Boscos i silvicultura
dc.title	Pinus halepensis M. versus Quercus ilex subsp. Rotundifolia L. runoff and soil erosion at pedon scale under natural rainfall in Eastern Spain three decades after a forest fire
dc.type	info:eu-repo/semantics/article
dc.date.updated	2018-04-18T10:12:42Z
dc.identifier.doi	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2017.06.038
dc.identifier.idgrec	125687