Dataset of shallow sub-surface soil moisture and soil temperature at various distances from downed trees and logs in a Pinus nigra forest after wildfire in Central Italy

Flavio Taccaliti; Alessandro Vitali; Carlo Urbinati; Raffaella Marzano; Emanuele Lingua

doi:10.1016/j.dib.2024.111080

Dataset of shallow sub-surface soil moisture and soil temperature at various distances from downed trees and logs in a Pinus nigra forest after wildfire in Central Italy

Data Brief. 2024 Oct 28:57:111080. doi: 10.1016/j.dib.2024.111080. eCollection 2024 Dec.

Authors

Flavio Taccaliti¹, Alessandro Vitali², Carlo Urbinati², Raffaella Marzano³, Emanuele Lingua¹

Affiliations

¹ Università degli Studi di Padova, Dipartimento Territorio e Sistemi Agro-Forestali, Viale dell'Università 16, 35020 Legnaro (PD), Italy.
² Università Politecnica delle Marche, Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie, Alimentari ed Ambientali, Via Brecce Bianche 10, 60131 Ancona, Italy.
³ Università degli Studi di Torino, Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie, Forestali e Alimentari, Largo Paolo Braccini 2, 10095 Grugliasco (TO), Italy.

Abstract

In a conifer forest in Central Italy burnt by wildfire in 2017, shallow sub-surface (topmost 5 cm) soil temperature and soil moisture (% volumetric water content) were measured during summer 2022. Various distances from downed trees (natural barriers) and log erosion barriers (artificial barriers) were sampled. Additional data on the hour of sampling, barriers characteristics, and barriers location were collected.

Keywords: Biological legacies; Coarse woody debris; Log erosion barriers; Pinus nigra J. F. Arnold; Soil moisture; Soil temperature; Wildfire.