The impacts of wildfire on vegetation and soil erosion have been studied for decades aiming to bring back ecosystems after fire perturbance. However, the influence of fires on above and belowground biodiversity remains far less understood. Biodiversity is critical for supporting ecosystem function, and this data scarcity is hampering managers in adopting effective practices for a proper restoration of burned ecosystems. This limitation could be overcome by future research that should focus post -fire diversity of plants and soil biota, by (i) analysing the environmental factors driving post -fire evolutionary trends; (ii) exploring their interrelations across different spatial and temporal scales; (iii) identifying the variability across fires of different severities and frequency; (iv) ascertaining the post -fire response of individual plant species and soil taxa to fire with or without application of post -fire restoration actions.
Fostering biodiversity research in post-fire biology / Lucas-Borja, Manuel Esteban; Zhou, Guiyao; Zema, Demetrio Antonio; Delgado-Baquerizo, Manuel. - In: SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT. - ISSN 0048-9697. - 926:171985(2024). [10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.171985]
Fostering biodiversity research in post-fire biology
Zema, Demetrio Antonio;
2024-01-01
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The impacts of wildfire on vegetation and soil erosion have been studied for decades aiming to bring back ecosystems after fire perturbance. However, the influence of fires on above and belowground biodiversity remains far less understood. Biodiversity is critical for supporting ecosystem function, and this data scarcity is hampering managers in adopting effective practices for a proper restoration of burned ecosystems. This limitation could be overcome by future research that should focus post -fire diversity of plants and soil biota, by (i) analysing the environmental factors driving post -fire evolutionary trends; (ii) exploring their interrelations across different spatial and temporal scales; (iii) identifying the variability across fires of different severities and frequency; (iv) ascertaining the post -fire response of individual plant species and soil taxa to fire with or without application of post -fire restoration actions.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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