ECTS credits ECTS credits: 3
ECTS Hours Rules/Memories Hours of tutorials: 3 Expository Class: 9 Interactive Classroom: 12 Total: 24
Use languages Spanish, Galician
Type: Ordinary subject Master’s Degree RD 1393/2007 - 822/2021
Departments: Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, Functional Biology
Areas: Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, Ecology
Center Higher Polytechnic Engineering School
Call: First Semester
Teaching: With teaching
Enrolment: Enrollable
The main objectives are that students: (1) understand the effects that fire will exert on the different compartments of the natural environment, both independently and integrated; (2) differentiate the effects on small and large scale, as well as immediate and long-term effects
The contents of the subject appearing in the memory of the title are as follows:
-Fire as an ecological factor or as an agent of destruction.
-Dynamics after the fire of biological communities.
-Physical, chemical, and biological effects on soils. Erosion.
-Effects on basin water and air quality.
These overall contents will be developed as follows:
Theory
Theme 1- Introduction.
Expositive hours: 1
Student work hours: 1
Theme 2- Effects of fire on the soil: modification of the physical, chemical and biological properties. Erosion. Consequences
Expositive hours: 3
Student work hours: 11
Interactive hours: 2
Theme 3- Effects on water quality.
Expositive hours: 1
Student work hours: 5
Interactive hours: 1
Tutorials Hours: 1,5
Theme 4- Effects on air quality: composition of emissions and effects at different scales.
Expositive hours: 1,5
Student work hours: 6
Interactive hours:1
Theme 5- Effects on living organisms.
Expositive hours: 1,5
Student work hours: 6
Interactive hours:1
Theme 6- Effects on the structure and dynamics of ecosystems.
Expositive hours: 1
Student work hours: 4
Interactive hours:1
Tutorial hours: 1,5
These contents will be developed both during theory and seminar hours, and will be applied on field practice
Practices
A field trip will be made to visit an area affected by fire where observations will be made, and data will be collected to facilitate the understanding of the theoretical concepts
Interactive hours: 4
Student work hours: 5
Preparation of course work
Interactive hours: 2
Student work hours: 10
Basic bibliography
Chandler, C. Cheney, P. Thomas, P. Trabaud, L. Williams, D. (1983). Fire in forestry. Vol I: Forest fire behavior and effects. John Wiley and Sons, Inc. pp. 450.
Coelho, C. de O.A., Shakesby, R.A., Walsh R.P.D. (2005). Effects of forest fires and post-fire land management practice on soil erosion and stream dynamics, Águeda basin, Portugal: final report (also “on line”)
DeBano, L.F., Neary, D.G., Folliott P.F. (1998). Fire's effects on ecosystems. New York: John Wiley & Sons, cop. pp. 333.
Neary, D.G.; Ryan, K.C.; DeBano, L. F. (2005, revised 2008). Wildland fire in ecosystems: effects of fire on soils and water. Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-42-vol.4. Ogden, UT: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 250 p. (also “on line”)
Eldridge, D.J.; Ding J. and Travers S.K. (2023). Wildfire effects on soils and soil processes. In: Australia's Megafires: Biodiversity Impacts and Lessons from 2019-2020. CSIRO Publishing. Editors: Rumpff L., Legge S.M, van Leeuwen S., B A. Wintle B.a., Woinarski J.C.Z. 49-58pp.
Complementary bibliography
Brown, J.K., Smith, J. K., eds. (2000). Wildland fire in ecosystems: effects of fire on flora. Gen.Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-42-vol. 2. Ogden, UT: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 257 p. (also on line)
Cerdà, A., Mataix-Solera, J. (2009). Efectos de los incendios forestales sobre los suelos en España : el estado de la cuestión visto por los científicos españoles. Càtedra de Divulgació de la Ciència, Universitat de Valencia. Valencia, pp 529.
Cerdà, A., Robichaud, P.R. (2008). Fire effects on soils and restoration strategies Edición 1st ed Publicación Enfield, NH: Science Publishers, pp 589.
Flores Garnica, J. G., coord. (2009). Impacto ambiental de incendios forestales. Mundi Prensa México. pp 325.
Pausas, J.G. 2012. Incendios forestales. CSIC. Los libros de la catarata. Madrid. Pp 119.
Sandberg, D.V.; Ottmar, R.D., Peterson, J.L., Core, J. 2002. Wildland fire on ecosystems: effects of fire on air. Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-42-vol. 5. Ogden, UT: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 79 p. (also “on line”)
Resources “on line”:
http://fuegored.weebly.com/: Red temática Internacional. Efectos del fuego en los ecosistemas forestales (Publicaciones)
Neary, D.G.; Leonard, J. McM. (2020). Effects of Fire on Grassland Soils and Water: A Review. (on line:www.interchopen.com/books)
Cardoso Castro F.M. Moreno Rodríguez J.M.; Vallejo Calzada F.R. and Xanthopoulos G. (2018). FOREST FIRES — European Commission; Sparking firesmart policies in the EU. Publications Office of the European Union. Directorate-General for Research and Innovation- Climate Action and Resource Efficiency (https://ec.europa.eu/info/sites/default/files/181116_booklet-forest-fir…)
Curso de Edafología-Universidad de Granada: http://edafologia.ugr.es/index.htm
Tulau MJ and McInnes-Clarke S (2015). Fire and Soils. A review of the potential impacts of different fire regimes on soil erosion and sedimentation, nutrient and carbon cycling, and impacts on water quantity and quality. (https://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/-/media/OEH/Corporate-Site/Documents…)
UNEP Rapid Response Assessment. Nairobi. (https://www.unep.org/resources/report/spreading-wildfire-rising-threat-…).
This course will contribute to the achievement of the skills, detailed in the Program Memoir of the degree.
Thus, those who pass this subject will know:
- COM5-02: The effects that the fire will have on the different compartments of the natural environment, both independently and integrated.
In addition, he will be able to:
- HAM5-02: Assess and estimate the impacts of fire in different environmental compartments, as well as globally and at different spatial and temporal scales.
and
This subject will contribute to the acquisition of the competence of the specialty.
- CM5-01: Ability to design strategies for the prevention and fight against forest fires
Class activities will be structured in expositive lectures, interactive classes (seminars, practical and tutorials). As support to these activities, students will be provided with printed material, or it will be available on the Virtual Classroom.
Expositive classes:
The teacher will present the theoretical concepts facilitating the study and understanding of the subject. Appropriate audiovisual means will be used as a complement to support the teaching/learning activities. Critical participation of students will be promoted.
Interactive classes:
Interactive classes will be a complement to the content presented in the lectures. Appropriate audiovisual means will be used as a complement to the activities
Seminars
Students must do some work related to the contents of the course. The preparation, exposition and discussion of works will be done during seminar hours. In this activity, the handling of information in a foreign language will be valued.
Tutorials
Tutorials in very small groups will be used to keep track of the knowledge acquired by the student and, if necessary, to resolve issues that are formulated.
Field trip
There will be a field trip to visit an area affected by fires. The observations and the data collected will facilitate the understanding of the theoretical concepts. This activity is mandatory. Students will make a report with the data collected in the trip.
Learning assessment will consider the theoretical, practical part, and the realization of the course work, as well as the attendance and involvement in the different activities planned. The percentage of each part on the final grade will be as follows:
1) Theoretical test (60%). With this test the following skills are assessed: COM5-02, HAM5-02
2) Preparation and presentation of the coursework and completion of practices travel report (35 %). These tests will be used to evaluate the following competences: COM5-02, HAM5-02, CM5-01.
3) Attendance and participation in all activities (5%). In this section the competences COM5-02, HAM5-02, CM5-01, will be evaluated
Students who have been granted dispensation from attendance by the Degree Committee, in accordance with the “Class Attendance Regulations in official undergraduate and master's degree programs at the University of Santiago de Compostela”, will be evaluated through a written test, the memory of the corresponding practicals and the course work, as the rest of the students. In case of not doing the practical, they will have to present a complementary work.
The evaluation system in the second opportunity will follow the same scheme as above. If the student did not attend the practicals, he/she will have to do a complementary work (unless he/she had already handed it in at the first opportunity).
In cases where fraudulent conduct is detected in the performance of exercises or tests, the provisions of the “Normativa de avaliación do rendemento académico dos estudantes e de revisión das cualificacións” will apply.
Reading and preparation of topics and evaluation tests: 33 h
Preparation of coursework and practices report: 15 h
TOTAL: 48 h
Studying constantly and progressively the subject contents. Realization of the practices. Resolution of the theoretical and practical issues that are proposed. Resolution of the doubts and follow-up of the matter in the tutoring regime. Also, reading of the recommended bibliography
The Virtual Campus will be an important tool for the development of the subject. The materials needed for the course can be downloaded from there, and detailed information on the development of the subject will be available in your calendar
Maria Josefa Fernandez Sanjurjo
Coordinador/a- Department
- Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry
- Area
- Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry
- Phone
- 982823141
- mf.sanjurjo [at] usc.es
- Category
- Professor: University Lecturer
María Dolores Vázquez Castro
- Department
- Functional Biology
- Area
- Ecology
- mariadolores.vazquez [at] usc.es
- Category
- Professor: University Lecturer
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| 13:00-14:00 | Grupo /CLE_01 | Galician | Classroom 19 (Pav.II-PPS) |
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| 09:00-11:00 | Grupo /CLE_01 | Galician | Classroom 19 (Pav.II-PPS) |