Respuesta hidrológica y erosiva de un suelo forestal mediterráneo en recuperación de diferentes impactos

V. Andreu; E. Gimeno-García; O. González-Pelayo; J. Campo; J. L. Rubio

doi:10.3989/Pirineos.2010.165002

Authors

V. Andreu Centro de Investigaciones sobre Desertificación-CIDE (CSIC, Univ. de Valencia, Generalitat Valenciana)
E. Gimeno-García Centro de Investigaciones sobre Desertificación-CIDE (CSIC, Univ. de Valencia, Generalitat Valenciana)
O. González-Pelayo Centro de Investigaciones sobre Desertificación-CIDE (CSIC, Univ. de Valencia, Generalitat Valenciana)
J. Campo Centro de Investigaciones sobre Desertificación-CIDE (CSIC, Univ. de Valencia, Generalitat Valenciana)
J. L. Rubio Centro de Investigaciones sobre Desertificación-CIDE (CSIC, Univ. de Valencia, Generalitat Valenciana)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3989/Pirineos.2010.165002

Keywords:

Hydrology dynamics, Erosion processes, Plots, Soil moisture content, Forest fire, Runoff, Rain regime

Abstract

Land use changes, including land abandonment, and forest fires have been two key factors that have characterized the evolution of Mediterranean ecosystems. This work studies the evolution in the hydrologic characteristics and the erosive response of a Mediterranean forest soil, which has undergone during years changes in its forest use and the fire impact, are shown. This soil is in recovering stage since year 1996. The study has been carried out in the Experimental Station of Porta-Coeli in a system of four erosion plots (40 x 8 m) of closed type. The hydrologic behaviour and erosive parameters have been studied in each rain event during period 2006-2008. The temporal variability of soil moisture contents have been also studied through the characterization of its response curves regarding different episodes of rain, analyzing its relation with runoff generation.

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