A5053963590- Fire effects on ecosystems
- Soil erosion and sediment transport
- Forest ecology and management
- Aeolian processes and effects
- Rangeland and Wildlife Management
- Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
- Forest Biomass Utilization and Management
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
- Fire dynamics and safety research
- Seedling growth and survival studies
- Mediterranean and Iberian flora and fauna
- Landslides and related hazards
- Forest Insect Ecology and Management
- Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications
- Forest Management and Policy
- Remote Sensing in Agriculture
- Agroforestry and silvopastoral systems
- Tree-ring climate responses
- Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies
- Tree Root and Stability Studies
- Historical and socio-economic studies of Spain and related regions
- Plant Parasitism and Resistance
- Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes
- Thermochemical Biomass Conversion Processes
Xunta de Galicia
2015-2024
Instituto de Ciencias Forestales
2015-2024
Forest Science and Technology Centre of Catalonia
2014-2024
Centre for Research on Ecology and Forestry Applications
2019
Forest Research
2016-2017
Universidad de Huelva
2016
Instituto de Investigaciones Agrobiológicas de Galicia
2015
Universidade de Santiago de Compostela
2015
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
2015
San Antonio College
2014
A shrubland fire behaviour dataset was assembled using data from experimental studies in Australia, New Zealand, Europe and South Africa. The covers a wide range of heathlands species associations vegetation structures. Three models for rate spread are developed 2-m wind speed, reduction factor, elevated dead fuel moisture content either height (with or without live content) bulk density. tested against independent prescribed fires wildfires found to predict within acceptable limits (mean...
This study assessed the effectiveness of different methods reducing soil erosion after a severe wildfire in Galicia (NW Spain). The treatments compared were: straw mulch (2.5 Mg ha–1), wood-chip (4 cut-shrub barriers and control. Straw provided an initial ground cover 80% wood chips only 45%. Sediment yields were measured by means sediment fences 500-m2 bordered plots. During first year wildfire, mean precipitation was 1520 mm. yield control plots 35 ha–1. this period, application...
A methodology to estimate the extent of areas affected by forest fires, as well burn severity levels using Sentinel 2 images (10 and 20 m) is proposed applied fires occurred in October 2017 Spain Portugal. An extension larger than 250,000 ha 4 (low, moderate, high very high) have been obtained. The comparison with European Forest Fire Information System (EFFIS), which uses MODIS (250 m), shows that improves area 10 % commission area. In terms levels, Separability index (SI) Kappa statistic...
The first-year effect of two different prescribed burning treatments on throughfall, runoff and soil erosion was evaluated in gorse shrubland (Ulex europaeus L.) Galicia (NW Spain). compared were: intense burn, light burn control (no burn). Accumulated annual throughfall represented between the 81 87 per cent total rainfall intensely burned lightly areas, respectively, whereas unburnt areas it 60 cent. No significant differences were found for throughfall. However, significantly greater...
A series of tests were conducted under laboratory conditions to assess, first, the capacity several fuel beds be ignited by firebrands and sustain a fire and, second, capability different types ignite beds. Fuel selected among most common in southern Europe. Regarding bed flammability, results show that grasses are more flammable than litter litters, Pinus species flammable. The increase bulk density moisture content involves an time ignition, decrease other flammability parameters. is...
Although the Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation (RUSLE) and revised Morgan–Morgan–Finney (MMF) are well-known models, not much information is available as regards their suitability in predicting post-fire soil erosion forest soils. The lack of even more pronounced rehabilitation treatments. This study compared predicted by RUSLE MMF model with observed values losses, for first year following fire, two burned areas NW Spain different levels fire severity. applicability both models to...
Forest fires in Galicia have become a serious environmental problem over the years. This is especially case Pontevedra region, where October 2017 large (>500 hectares) burned more than 15,000 Ha. In addition to area being of relevance, it also very important know quickly and accurately different severity degrees that soil has suffered order carry out an optimal restoration campaign. this sense, use remote sensing with Sentinel-2 Landsat-8 satellites becomes useful resource due variations...
Abstract The effects of two different soil rehabilitation treatments on runoff, infiltration, erosion and species diversity were evaluated in a shrubland area Galicia (NW Spain) after an experimental fire by means rainfall simulations. compared were: seeding, seeding + mulching control (untreated). Rainfall simulations conducted 9 months the application treatments. A rate 67 mm h −1 was applied for 30 min to each runoff plot. Seeding significantly increased plant richness treated plots...
Abstract Fire severity is recognized as a key factor in explaining post‐fire soil erosion. However, the relationship between burn and loss has not been fully established until now. Sediment availability may also affect extent of The objective this study was to determine whether severity, estimated by an operational classification system based on visual indicators, can significantly explain first year after wildfire shrubland other areas affected crown fires northwest (NW) Spain . An...