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Re-ignitions and soil importance on wildfire risk and management research proposals in a Mediterranean ecosystem

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This study was conducted following the fires that took place in Rocallaura (Spain) between 23/06/2016 and 19/07/2017. The aim is to analyse the importance of soil on forest planning and management mechanisms to mitigate the impacts of forest fire re-ignitions on risk and management framework. The main factors found to influence the occurrence of re-ignitions in a forest ecosystem dominated by Pinus halepensis were weather conditions, possible future climatic changes, soil and subsoil biomass amount and the physico-chemical properties of the organic layer. The re-ignition dynamics were included in the study as a new parameter—fire persistence—to be considered in fire regimes. It is proposed that fire persistence should be included in strategic framework for integrating wildfire risk in forest planning. This will entail identifying and including the potential for re-ignition in fire risk maps and fire suppression policies and implementing forest management actions in areas vulnerable to re-ignition.

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We thank the members of the GRAF team from the Catalan Fire and Rescue Service and Rural Agents for providing support in the field and helping in completing the research. We are grateful to the support in the field of Meritxell Alcañiz.

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This work was supported by POSTFIRE_CARE Project (Grant No. CGL2016-75178-C2-2-R [AEI/FEDER, UE]), financed by the Spanish Research Agency (AIE) and to Grant No. 2017SGR1344 of the Generalitat de Catalunya. The authors have no relevant financial or non-financial interests to disclose. All authors certify that they have no affiliations with or involvement in any organization or entity with any financial interest or non-financial interest in the subject matter or materials discussed in this manuscript. The authors have no financial or proprietary interests in any material discussed in this article.

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  1. Department of Geography, Faculty of Geography and History, Universitat de Barcelona, Montalegre, 6, 08001, Barcelona, Spain

    Miquel Àngel Xifré-Salvadó & Xavier Úbeda

  2. Pau Costa Foundation, Mossèn Cinto Verdaguer, 42 baixos A, 08552, Taradell, Spain

    Núria Prat-Guitart

  3. Department of Geography, Faculty of Geography and History, University of Salamanca, Cervantes s/n, 37002, Salamanca, Spain

    Marcos Francos

  4. Centro de Investigación de Estudios Avanzados del Maule (CIEAM), Universidad Católica del Maule, Av. San Miguel 3605, 3466706, Talca, Chile

    Marcos Francos

  5. GRAF, Bombers de la Generalitat de Catalunya, Av. de Serragalliners, 08193, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Barcelona, Spain

    Marc Castellnou

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All authors contributed to the study conception and design. Material preparation, data collection and analysis were performed by MAX-S, NP-G, MF and XÚ. The first draft of the manuscript was written by MAX-S, NP-G and MF and all authors commented on previous versions of the manuscript. The supervision of the work was carried out by XÚ and MC. All authors reviewed the manuscript and approved the final manuscript.

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Xifré-Salvadó, M.À., Prat-Guitart, N., Francos, M. et al. Re-ignitions and soil importance on wildfire risk and management research proposals in a Mediterranean ecosystem. Eur J Forest Res 141, 753–767 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10342-022-01490-4

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