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History matters: previous land use changes determine post-fire vegetation recovery in forested Mediterranean landscapes

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dc.creator Puerta-Piñero, Carolina
dc.creator Espelta Morral, Josep Maria
dc.creator Sánchez Humanes, Belén
dc.creator Rodrigo, Anselm
dc.creator Coll Mir, Lluís
dc.creator Brotons, Lluís
dc.date 2012-06-23
dc.date.accessioned 2025-11-03T12:17:22Z
dc.date.available 2025-11-03T12:17:22Z
dc.identifier https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2012.05.020
dc.identifier 0378-1127
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/10459.1/68419
dc.identifier.uri http://fima-docencia.ub.edu:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/24421
dc.description Land use changes and shifts in disturbance regimes (e.g. wildfires) are recognized worldwide as two of the major drivers of the current global change in terrestrial ecosystems. We expect that, in areas with large-scale land use changes, legacies from previous land uses persist and affect current ecosystem responses to climate-associated disturbances like fire. This study analyses whether post-fire vegetation dynamics may differ according to specific historical land use histories in a Mediterranean forest landscape of about 60,000 ha that was burnt by extensive fires. For that, we assessed land use history of the whole area through the second half of the XXth century, and evaluated the post-fire regeneration success in terms of: (i) forest cover and (ii) tree species composition (biotic-dispersed, resprouter species, Quercus spp. vs. wind-dispersed species with or without fire-resistant seed bank, Pinus spp.). Results showed that stable forest areas exhibited a higher post-fire recovery than younger forests. Furthermore, the longer since crop abandonment translates into a faster post-fire recovery. Results highlight that to anticipate the impacts of disturbances on ecosystems, historical land trajectories should be taken into account.
dc.description Collaborative work was facilitated by the Consolider-Ingenio Montes CSD2008-00040 project by Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation. Postdoctoral and predoctoral fellowships to CPP (EX2009-0703) and BSH (FPU) were provides by Spanish Ministry of Education.
dc.language eng
dc.publisher Elsevier
dc.relation Versió postprint del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2012.05.020
dc.relation Forest Ecology and Management, 2012, vol. 279, p. 121-127
dc.rights cc-by-nc-nd (c) Elsevier, 2012
dc.rights info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.rights http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subject Global change
dc.subject Mediterranean forest
dc.subject Quercus
dc.subject Pinus
dc.subject Passive restoration
dc.title History matters: previous land use changes determine post-fire vegetation recovery in forested Mediterranean landscapes
dc.type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
dc.type info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion


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