Successional trends in standing dead biomass in Mediterranean basin species

Successional trends in standing dead biomass in Mediterranean basin species

8 páginas, 5 figuras, 1 tabla.

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Main Authors: Baeza, M. J., Santana, V. M., Pausas, J. G., Vallejo, Ramón
Other Authors: Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (España)
Format: artículo biblioteca
Language:English
Published: Wiley-Blackwell 2011-06
Subjects:Early and late species, Flammability, Retaining dead fuel, Species replacement, Successional stages, Woody species,
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/38728
http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100003329
http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100004837
http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100003359
http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100004975
http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100003339
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spelling dig-cide-es-10261-387282019-10-01T12:33:13Z Successional trends in standing dead biomass in Mediterranean basin species Baeza, M. J. Santana, V. M. Pausas, J. G. Vallejo, Ramón Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (España) Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (España) Generalitat Valenciana Fundación Bancaja Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (España) Universidad de Valencia Early and late species Flammability Retaining dead fuel Species replacement Successional stages Woody species 8 páginas, 5 figuras, 1 tabla. Question: Landscape models of fire occurrence in ecosystems assume that the time since the last fire determines vegetation flammability by enabling the accumulation of dead biomass. In this study we ask if Mediterranean basin shrublands respond to these models or, on the contrary, if initial successional stages in these ecosystems could be more flammable than later stages. Location:Mediterranean shrubland in the Valencia region, eastern Spain. Methods: Using different stages of vegetation development (5, 9, 14 and 26 years since the last fire), we first study the structural composition of the aboveground biomass in 375 individuals of nine woody species. Then, we measure how the standing dead biomass varies during succession, taking into account the surface cover of each species and the quantity of total dead biomass accumulated in different successional stages (3, 9, 14 and 26 years since the last fire). Results: The largest amount of standing dead biomass at the plant community level is observed in the middle stages of the succession. Early successional species, such as Cistus spp., Ulex parviflorus and Pinus halepensis, have a higher percentage of standing dead biomass at earlier stages in the succession than species typical of later successional stages, e.g. Juniperus oxycedrus, Quercus coccifera and Quercus ilex. Conclusions: The results suggest that monotonic increase in fire hazard with increasing stand age is not necessarily the rule in Mediterranean basin shrublands, since early successional species may accumulate large amounts of standing dead biomass and thus promote fire at early successional stages. We thank J. Scheiding for the English translation of the text and Ana Sevilla for her collaboration in laboratory and field sampling. Comments from Dr. K. Woods and two anonymous referees greatly improved the quality of the manuscript. This research was financed by the following Spanish national projects: GRACCIE (Consolider-Ingenio 2010, CSD2007-00067), FIREMED (AGL2008-04522/FOR) and VIRRA (CGL2009-12048/BOS). CEAM is supported by the Generalitat Valenciana and the Fundació Bancaja. CIDE is supported by CSIC, Generalitat Valenciana and Universitat de Valencia. Peer reviewed 2011-08-17T11:19:24Z 2011-08-17T11:19:24Z 2011-06 artículo http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501 Journal of Vegetation Science 22(3): 467-474 (2011) 1100-9233 http://hdl.handle.net/10261/38728 10.1111/j.1654-1103.2011.01262.x http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100003329 http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100004837 http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100003359 http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100004975 http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100003339 en http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1654-1103.2011.01262.x open Wiley-Blackwell
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topic Early and late species
Flammability
Retaining dead fuel
Species replacement
Successional stages
Woody species
Early and late species
Flammability
Retaining dead fuel
Species replacement
Successional stages
Woody species
spellingShingle Early and late species
Flammability
Retaining dead fuel
Species replacement
Successional stages
Woody species
Early and late species
Flammability
Retaining dead fuel
Species replacement
Successional stages
Woody species
Baeza, M. J.
Santana, V. M.
Pausas, J. G.
Vallejo, Ramón
Successional trends in standing dead biomass in Mediterranean basin species
description 8 páginas, 5 figuras, 1 tabla.
author2 Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (España)
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Baeza, M. J.
Santana, V. M.
Pausas, J. G.
Vallejo, Ramón
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topic_facet Early and late species
Flammability
Retaining dead fuel
Species replacement
Successional stages
Woody species
author Baeza, M. J.
Santana, V. M.
Pausas, J. G.
Vallejo, Ramón
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title Successional trends in standing dead biomass in Mediterranean basin species
title_short Successional trends in standing dead biomass in Mediterranean basin species
title_full Successional trends in standing dead biomass in Mediterranean basin species
title_fullStr Successional trends in standing dead biomass in Mediterranean basin species
title_full_unstemmed Successional trends in standing dead biomass in Mediterranean basin species
title_sort successional trends in standing dead biomass in mediterranean basin species
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