Pre-fire aboveground biomass, estimated from LiDAR, spectral and field inventory data, as a major driver of burn severity in maritime pine (Pinus pinaster) ecosystems

作     者：Jose Manuel Fernandez-Guisuraga Susana Suarez-Seoane Paulo MFernandes Victor Fernandez-Garcia Alfonso Fernandez-Manso Carmen Quintano Leonor Calvo José Manuel Fernández-Guisuraga;Susana Suárez-Seoane;Paulo M.Fernandes;Víctor Fernández-García;Alfonso Fernández-Manso;Carmen Quintano;Leonor Calvo

作者机构：Area of EcologyDepartment of Biodiversity and Environmental ManagementFaculty of Biological and Environmental SciencesUniversity of Leon24071LeonSpain Centro de Investigacao e de Tecnologias Agroambientais e BiologicasUniversidade de Tras-os-Montes e Alto Douro5000-801Vila RealPortugal Department of Organisms and Systems Biology(Ecology Unit)and Research Unit of Biodiversity(IMIBUO-CSIC-PA)University of OviedoOviedoMieresSpain Agrarian Science and Engineering DepartmentSchool of Agricultural and Forestry EngineeringUniversity of Leon24400PonferradaSpain Electronic Technology DepartmentSchool of Industrial EngineeringUniversity of Valladolid47011ValladolidSpain Sustainable Forest Management Research InstituteUniversity of Valladolid-Spanish National Institute for Agriculture and Food Research and Technology(INIA)34004PalenciaSpain 

出 版 物：《Forest Ecosystems》 (森林生态系统（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2022年第9卷第2期

页      面：234-246页

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学科分类：0907[农学-林学] 08[工学] 0838[工学-公安技术] 

基　　金：financially supported by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) in the framework of the GESFIRE (AGL2013-48189-C2-1-R) FIRESEVES (AGL2017-86075-C2-1-R) projects by the Regional Government of Castilla and León in the framework of the FIRECYL (LE033U14) SEFIRECYL (LE001P17) WUIFIRECYL(LE005P20) projects P.M. Fernandes contributed to this article within the framework of the UIDB/04033/2020 project funded by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT). J.M. Fern andezGuisuraga is supported by a predoctoral fellowship (FPU16/03070) a research stay grant (EST19/00310) from the Spanish Ministry of Education 

主　　题：Aboveground biomass Burn severity Landsat LiDAR Pinus pinaster 

摘      要：Background:The characterization of surface and canopy fuel loadings in fire-prone pine ecosystems is critical for understanding fire behavior and anticipating the most harmful ecological effects of fire.Nevertheless,the joint consideration of both overstory and understory strata in burn severity assessments is often dismissed.The aim of this work was to assess the role of total,overstory and understory pre-fire aboveground biomass(AGB),estimated by means of airborne Light Detection and Ranging(LiDAR)and Landsat data,as drivers of burn severity in a megafire occurred in a pine ecosystem dominated by Pinus pinaster Ait.in the western Mediterranean Basin.Results:Total and overstory AGB were more accurately estimated(R^(2) equal to 0.72 and 0.68,respectively)from LiDAR and spectral data than understory AGB(R^(2)=0.26).Density and height percentile LiDAR metrics for several strata were found to be important predictors of AGB.Burn severity responded markedly and non-linearly to total(R^(2)=0.60)and overstory(R ^(2)=0.53)AGB,whereas the relationship with understory AGB was weaker(R ^(2)=0.21).Nevertheless,the overstory plus understory AGB contribution led to the highest ability to predict burn severity(RMSE=122.46 in dNBR scale),instead of the joint consideration as total AGB(RMSE=158.41).Conclusions:This study novelty evaluated the potential of pre-fire AGB,as a vegetation biophysical property derived from LiDAR,spectral and field plot inventory data,for predicting burn severity,separating the contri-bution of the fuel loads in the understory and overstory strata in Pinus pinaster stands.The evidenced relationships between burn severity and pre-fire AGB distribution in Pinus pinaster stands would allow the implementation of threshold criteria to support decision making in fuel treatments designed to minimize crown fire hazard.