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Soil Biological Responses under Different Vegetation Types in Mediterranean Area

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العنوان: Soil Biological Responses under Different Vegetation Types in Mediterranean Area
المؤلفون: Panico, Speranza Claudia, Memoli, Valeria, Santorufo, Lucia, Aiello, Stefania, Barile, Rossella, De Marco, Anna, Maisto, Giulia
المساهمون: Panico, Speranza Claudia, Memoli, Valeria, Santorufo, Lucia, Aiello, Stefania, Barile, Rossella, De Marco, Anna, Maisto, Giulia
سنة النشر: 2022
المجموعة: IRIS Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II
مصطلحات موضوعية: integrative biological responses index, unburnt and burnt soils, Pinus pinea L., Quercus ilex L., Robinia pseudoacacia L., herbaceous species
الوصف: The knowledge of the effects of fire on soil properties is of particular concern in Mediterranean areas, where the effects of vegetation type are still scarce also. This research aimed: to assess the properties of burnt soils under different vegetation types; to highlight the soil abiotic properties driving the soil microbial biomass and activity under each vegetation type; to compare the biological response in unburnt and burnt soils under the same vegetation type, and between unburnt and burnt soils under different vegetation types. The soils were collected at a Mediterranean area where a large wildfire caused a 50% loss of the previous vegetation types (holm oak: HO, pine: P, black locust: BL, and herbs: H), and were characterized by abiotic (pH, water, and organic matter contents; N concentrations; and C/N ratios) and biotic (microbial and fungal biomasses, microbial respiration, soil metabolic quotient, and hydrolase and dehydrogenase activities) properties. The biological response was evaluated by the Integrative Biological Responses (IBR) index. Before the fire, organic matter and N contents were significantly higher in P than H soils. After the fire, significant increases of pH, organic matter, C/N ratio, microbial biomass and respiration, and hydrolase and dehydrogenase activities were observed in all the soils, especially under HO. In conclusion, the post-fire soil conditions were less favorable for microorganisms, as the IBR index decreased when compared to the pre-fire conditions.
نوع الوثيقة: article in journal/newspaper
اللغة: English
Relation: info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/wos/WOS:000758406000001; volume:19; issue:2; firstpage:903; journal:INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH; http://hdl.handle.net/11588/892456; info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/scopus/2-s2.0-85122877905
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph19020903
الاتاحة: http://hdl.handle.net/11588/892456
https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19020903
Rights: info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
رقم الانضمام: edsbas.D0DFBFAB
قاعدة البيانات: BASE