Long-term impact of wildfire on soil physical, chemical and biological properties within a pine forest
Luigi Marfella,
Paola Mairota,
Rossana Marzaioli
et al.
Abstract:Anthropogenic fires pose a serious threat to many terrestrial ecosystems because they can cause loss of biodiversity and carbon stocks in the biosphere. Specifically, wildfires impacting natural conservation areas such as European Natura 2000 sites (N2K) are of particular concern. The main study objective was to evaluate the long-term effects of wildfires on the organic layer and some physical, chemical and biological properties of the underlying soil mineral layer, linked to soil quality. Here, we studied two… Show more
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