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- Title
A Local-Scale, Post-Fire Assessment in a Double-Burned Area: A Case Study from Peloponnisos, Greece.
- Authors
Panagiotaras, Dionisios; Kokkoris, Ioannis P.; Avramidis, Pavlos; Papoulis, Dimitrios; Koulougliotis, Dionysios; Gianni, Eleni; Lekka, Dimitra; Christodoulopoulos, Dionisis C.; Nifora, Despoina; Druvari, Denisa; Skalioti, Alexandra
- Abstract
In the summer of 2021, Greece experienced significant forest fires and mega-fires across multiple regions, leading to human casualties and damage to the natural environment, infrastructure, livestock, and agriculture. The current study aims to assess the ecosystem condition in terms of the natural regeneration and soil conditions of an area burnt by a forest fire (2021), specifically in the Ancient Olympia region situated in West Peloponnese (Ilia Prefecture), Greece. A standardized field sampling methodology was applied to record natural regeneration at chosen sites where a forest fire had also previously occurred (in 2007), resulting in the natural re-growth of the Pinus halepensis forest. Furthermore, an analysis was conducted on the geochemical, mineralogical, and sedimentological properties of soils obtained from this location. The findings of the research demonstrate the decline in the established natural regeneration of the Pinus halepensis forest and the overall tree layer. Species characteristic of post-fire ecological succession were observed in the shrub and herb layers, displaying varying coverage. The examination of soil mineralogy, sedimentology, and geochemistry indicated that the soil characteristics in the area are conducive to either natural or artificial regeneration. Ultimately, recommendations for landscape rehabilitation strategies are provided to inform decision-making processes, considering future climate conditions.
- Subjects
FOREST restoration; FOREST management; SOIL mineralogy; FOREST fires; ALEPPO pine; SOIL classification
- Publication
Land (2012), 2024, Vol 13, Issue 7, p982
- ISSN
2073-445X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/land13070982