Soil organic matter: a sustainability indicator for wildfire control and bioenergy production in the urban/forest interface.

Blanco Vaca, Juan Antonio; Dubois, David; Littlejohn, Dale; Flanders, David N.; Robinson, Peter; Moshofsky, Molly; Welham, Clive

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Soil organic matter: a sustainability indicator for wildfire control and bioenergy production in the urban/forest interface.

dc.contributor.author	Blanco Vaca, Juan Antonio
dc.contributor.author	Dubois, David
dc.contributor.author	Littlejohn, Dale
dc.contributor.author	Flanders, David N.
dc.contributor.author	Robinson, Peter
dc.contributor.author	Moshofsky, Molly
dc.contributor.author	Welham, Clive
dc.contributor.department	Ciencias del Medio Natural	es_ES
dc.contributor.department	Natura Ingurunearen Zientziak	eu
dc.date.accessioned	2015-12-30T10:02:12Z
dc.date.available	2016-06-20T23:00:15Z
dc.date.issued	2014
dc.description	This work was presented at the “North America Forest Soils Conference, Montana 2013”, in the “New Technologies in Soil Research” session.	en
dc.description	Incluye material complementario	es_ES
dc.description.abstract	Many rural communities in British Columbia (western Canada) are increasingly at risk from wildfire as temperatures rise and droughts become more frequent. In addition, these communities are also faced with rising fuel costs, and a growing demand for heat as their populations increase. The fact these communities are surrounded by forests presents an opportunity to combine community wildfire risk abatement with bioenergy development. Here we show how the ecological model FORECAST was linked with GIS and economic models to create a freely available on-line tool (FIRST Heat) to help other communities make their own screening-level ecological assessments of combining wildfire risk control with district heating systems. The tool incorporates an ecological sustainability index based on the relative change in soil organic matter (SOM) after 50 years of management compared to initial levels. Two thresholds were defined: 10% SOM lost as “warning” level, and 20% SOM lost as “critical” level. The tool was able to adequately capture the influences of ecological zone, stand age, site quality, and intensity of forest management on SOM losses. Stands in the sub-boreal and arid interior were significantly more exposed to SOM losses than in other ecological zones, as well as soils in old-growth forests. Stands in poor sites were significantly more sensitive to forest management than young and fertile sites. All things considered, our results show the suitability of incorporating ecological models and SOM thresholds in user-friendly decision-support tools to successfully transfer scientific knowledge on forest soils to local stakeholders and decision makers.	en
dc.embargo.lift	2016-02-18
dc.embargo.terms	2016-02-18
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dc.identifier.doi	10.2136/sssaj2013.06.0214nafsc
dc.identifier.issn	0361-5995 (Print)
dc.identifier.issn	1435-0661 (Electronic)
dc.identifier.uri	https://academica-e.unavarra.es/handle/2454/19813
dc.language.iso	eng	en
dc.publisher	The Soil Science Society of America, Inc.	en
dc.relation.ispartof	Soil Science Society of America Journal, 78(S1): S105-S117	en
dc.relation.publisherversion	https://dx.doi.org/10.2136/sssaj2013.06.0214nafsc
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dc.subject	Forest biomass	en
dc.subject	Ecological model	en
dc.subject	Sustainable energy	en
dc.subject	Green economy	en
dc.subject	Sustainable forest management	en
dc.subject	Climate change mitigation	en
dc.subject	FIRST Heat	en
dc.title	Soil organic matter: a sustainability indicator for wildfire control and bioenergy production in the urban/forest interface.	en
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