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Effects of Post-Fire Vegetation Recovery on Soil Erosion in Vulnerable Montane Regions in a Monsoon Climate: A Decade of Monitoring

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In areas with frequent fires and erosive soils under monsoon climate, we aimed to determine the long-term dynamics of soil loss during vegetation recovery and to examine elapsed time for soil stabilization. Runoff plots were installed in Pinus densiflora forests affected by stand-replacing fires on the East Coast of South Korea, which occurred in spring 2000. Runoff plots measured runoff and sediment yields for 11 years (2003–2013) during which time, vegetation cover of low-, intermediate-, and high-vegetation cover plots increased from 21 to 44%, 49% to 69%, and 87% to 95%, respectively. Vegetation was effective in preventing runoff and sediment yield. Nevertheless, to stabilize to below baseline load, it took 7 years at low and intermediate cover plots and only 3 years at high cover plots. For 7 years, 7.06 (5.2-fold) and 4.29 (3.1-fold) kg m−2 of soil were lost at the low and intermediate cover plots, respectively, compared to the high cover plots (1.37 kg m−2). Sediment loss fluctuated more than runoff following extreme rainfall events. We suggest that for the slow recovery area (< 70% cover), appropriate measures should be introduced to prevent soil erosion immediately after a fire, and logging should be postponed until the soil is stabilized for 3 years even in fast recovery areas (> 70% cover).

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Acknowledgements

We thank Mr. Kwangil Shin, Dr. Seung Suk Shin, Mr. Hyungsoo Seo, Dr. Kyungeun Lee and Dr. Kwang Yeong Joo for installing the runoff plots, collecting runoff and sediments, and sharing the idea. This study was supported by the Korea Ministry of Environment as ‘The Eco-technopia 21 Project’ (Grant number 051-041-012) and ‘Long-term Ecological Research Program’.

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  1. Yoonmi Kim and Chang-Gi Kim have contributed equally to this work.

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  1. Department of Biological Sciences, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, 24341, South Korea

    Yoonmi Kim & Yeonsook Choung

  2. Bio-Evaluation Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience an Biotechnology, Cheongju, 28116, South Korea

    Chang-Gi Kim

  3. Department of Biology, Gangneung-Wonju National University, Gangneung, 25457, South Korea

    Kyu Song Lee

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Kim, Y., Kim, CG., Lee, K.S. et al. Effects of Post-Fire Vegetation Recovery on Soil Erosion in Vulnerable Montane Regions in a Monsoon Climate: A Decade of Monitoring. J. Plant Biol. 64, 123–133 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12374-020-09283-1

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