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-induced geochemical changes in soil: Implication for the element cycling

A Roshan, A Biswas - Science of The Total Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
Soils play an essential role in supporting and sustaining life on this planet. In fire-impacted
environments, fire causes considerable changes to the soil, especially in the various …

Effect of prescribed fire on soil properties and soil erosion in a Mediterranean mountain area

F Fonseca, T de Figueiredo, C Nogueira, A Queirós - Geoderma, 2017 - Elsevier
Prescribed fires are a common management practice in the Mediterranean region and can
be an alternative to reduce the quantity of fuel and hence decrease the wildfire risk. This …

Evaluation and comparison of Landsat 8, Sentinel-2 and Deimos-1 remote sensing indices for assessing burn severity in Mediterranean fire-prone ecosystems

P García-Llamas, S Suárez-Seoane… - International Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
The development of improved spatial and spectral resolution sensors provides new
opportunities to assess burn severity more accurately. This study evaluates the ability of …

Wildfire effects on soil properties in fire-prone pine ecosystems: Indicators of burn severity legacy over the medium term after fire

V Fernández-García, J Miesel, MJ Baeza, E Marcos… - Applied Soil …, 2019 - Elsevier
The aim of this study was to determine the effects of burn severity on soil properties
(chemical, biochemical and microbiological) in fire-prone pine ecosystems three years after …

Mapping current and potential future distributions of the oak tree (Quercus aegilops) in the Kurdistan Region, Iraq

NR Khwarahm - Ecological Processes, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Background The oak tree (Quercus aegilops) comprises~ 70% of the oak forests in
the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI). Besides its ecological importance as the residence for …

Eco-friendly synthesis of PbTiO3 nanoparticles and PbTiO3/carbon quantum dots binary nano-hybrids for enhanced photocatalytic performance under visible light

H Kooshki, A Sobhani-Nasab, M Eghbali-Arani… - Separation and …, 2019 - Elsevier
PbTiO 3 nanoparticles, carbon quantum dots CQDs and their composite (ie PbTiO 3/CQDs)
were prepared and studied using XRD, FT-IR, VSM, TEM, BET, PL, FESEM, UV–Vis, and …

Effect of forest fire on soil microbial biomass and enzymatic activity in oak and pine forests of Uttarakhand Himalaya, India

D Singh, P Sharma, U Kumar, A Daverey… - Ecological …, 2021 - Springer
Background Forest fire incidences in the Himalayan region of Uttarakhand, India are very
common in summers. Pine and oak are the principal and dominant species of Himalayan …

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 …

Decrease in soil functionalities and herbs' diversity, but not that of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, linked to short fire interval in semi-arid oak forest ecosystem, west Iran

J Mirzaei, M Heydari, R Omidipour, N Jafarian… - Plants, 2023 - mdpi.com
The semi-arid forest ecosystems of western Iran dominated by Quercus brantii are often
disturbed by wildfires. Here, we assessed the effects of short fire intervals on the soil …