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T1 Fungal diversity and community composition responses to the reintroduction of fire in a non-managed Mediterranean shrubland ecosystem
A1 Espinosa Prieto, Juncal
A1 Dejene, Tatek
A1 Guijarro, Mercedes
A1 Cerdá, Xim
A1 Madrigal, Javier
A1 Martín Pinto, Pablo
AB BackgroundMore than a decade of fire suppression has changed the structure of fire-adapted shrubland ecosystems in Spain's National Parks, which are now at extreme risk of uncontrolled wildfires. Prescribed burning can mitigate the risk of wildfires by reducing the fuel load but prescribed burning may also alter the soil properties and reduce microbial and fungal activity, causing changes in the availability of nutrients deep in the soil layer. Although fungal communities are a vital part of post-fire restoration, some fire effects remain unclear. To examine the short-term effects of prescribed burning on soil fungal communities in Doñana Biological Reserve (SW Spain), we collected soil samples pre-burn and 1 day, 6 and 12 months post-burn from burned plots to perform physicochemical and metabarcode DNA analyses.ResultsPrescribed burning had no significant effect on the total fungal operational taxonomic unit richness and abundance. However, changes in soil pH, nitrogen and potassium content post-burn affected fungal community composition. Small non-significant changes in pH and phosphorous affected the composition of ectomycorrhizal fungi.ConclusionsThe ectomycorrhizal fungal community appears to be resilient to the effects of low-to moderate-intensity fires and saprotrophic taxa may benefit from this kind of fire. This finding revealed that prescribed burning is a potentially valuable management tool for reducing fire hazards in shrublands that has little effect on the total richness and abundance of fungal communities.
SN 2197-5620
YR 2023
FD 2023
LK https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/64736
UL https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/64736
LA spa
NO Forest Ecosystems, 2023, vol. 10
DS UVaDOC
RD 06-ago-2024