Wildfire impacts on flood regulation and water purification

  1. Marcos Francos 1
  2. Igor Bogunovic 2
  3. Paulo Pereira 3
  1. 1 Universidad de Salamanca
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    Universidad de Salamanca

    Salamanca, España

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  2. 2 University of Zagreb
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    University of Zagreb

    Zagreb, Croacia

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  3. 3 Environmental Management Laboratory, Mykolas Romeris University
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Revista:
Pirineos

ISSN: 0373-2568

Año de publicación: 2023

Número: 178

Tipo: Artículo

DOI: 10.3989/PIRINEOS.2023.178006 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openAcceso abierto editor

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Resumen

Los incendios forestales son un fenómeno global con repercusiones positivas y negativas en los ecosistemas. Estos son un elemento natural de los ecosistemas que dio forma a diversos biomas. Sin embargo, durante algún tiempo, pueden perturbar los ecosistemas, reduciendo su capacidad para suministrar diversos servicios. El objetivo de este artículo es resumir los impactos de los incendios forestales en la regulación de las inundaciones y la depuración del agua y discutir el uso de algunas medidas de restauración para mitigar los impactos de los incendios forestales. Los incendios forestales, especialmente en el periodo inmediatamente posterior al evento, reducen la capacidad del ecosistema para regular las inundaciones y depurar el agua debido a la eliminación de vegetación y cenizas que pueden degradar la calidad de ese agua. La magnitud de los impactos depende esencialmente de la severidad del incendio forestal y de la intensidad de las precipitaciones posteriores al mismo. Deben aplicarse medidas de restauración, especialmente después de incendios forestales de gran severidad y si la recurrencia es elevada. En el contexto del cambio climático, se espera que el intervalo entre incendios sea más corto y que la severidad sea mayor. Por lo tanto, las medidas de restauración pueden ser más necesarias.

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