Soil properties in fire-consumed log burnout openings in a Missouri oak savanna

Rhoades, Charles C.; Meier, Albert J.; Rebertus, Alan J.

doi:10.1016/j.foreco.2004.01.012

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“…This behavior supports observations by several authors, who have reported an increase in soil pH following forest burning and for the effect to last for one to several years [29,52]. Arocena and Opio [10] also reported that soil pH increased by 2 or 3 pH units for two or three years after fires, and Rhoades et al [53] found that soil pH was higher in logged burnout areas for more than three years after combustion of downed logs compared with adjacent soil. Úbeda et al [54] observed that pH returned to pre-fire values just one year after the fire.…”

Section: Soil Phsupporting

confidence: 87%

Effects of a Wildfire on Selected Physical, Chemical and Biochemical Soil Properties in a Pinus massoniana Forest in South China

Xue

QiuJing

Chen

2014

Forests

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Abstract:Pinus massoniana forests bordering South China are often affected by wildfires. Fires cause major changes in soil properties in many forest types but little is known about the effects of fire on soil properties in these P. massoniana forests. Such knowledge is important for providing a comprehensive understanding of wildfire effects on soil patterns and for planning appropriate long-term forest management in these forests. Changes in soil physical properties, carbon, nutrients, and enzymes were investigated in a P. massoniana forest along a wildfire-induced time span consisting of an unburned soil, and soils 0, one, four, and seven years post-fire. Soil (0-10 cm) was collected from burned and unburned sites immediately and one, four, and seven years after a wildfire. The wildfire effects on soil physical and chemical properties and enzyme activities were significantly different among treatment variation, time variation, and treatment-by-time interaction. Significant short-term effects on soil physical, chemical, and biological properties were found, which resulted in a deterioration of soil physical properties by increasing soil bulk density and decreasing macropores and capillary moisture. Soil pH increased significantly in the soil one-year post-fire. Carbon, total nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P), and available N and P increased significantly immediately and one year after the wildfire and decreased progressively to concentrations lower than in the unburned soil. Total potassium (K) and exchangeable K increased immediately after the wildfire and then continuously decreased along the burned time-span. Urease, acid phosphatase, and catalase activities significantly decreased OPEN ACCESSForests 2014, 5 2948 compared to those in the unburned soil. In fire-prone P. massoniana forests, wildfires may significantly influence soil physical properties, carbon, nutrients, and enzyme activity.

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Section: Soil Phsupporting

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Effects of a Wildfire on Selected Physical, Chemical and Biochemical Soil Properties in a Pinus massoniana Forest in South China

Xue

QiuJing

Chen

2014

Forests

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“…A lack of change in bulk density with the other treatments indicated that the mineral composition of the organic horizon was relatively unaffected by burning. This absence of a change in soil bulk density was consistent with other studies of effects of fire on soils in pine or oak woodlands (Burns, 1952;Shelbourne et al, 2004, Rhoades et al, 2004. In New Jersey pine-shrub oak woodlands, Lutz (1934) reported that fires at 8-12-and 16-year intervals had no significant effect on soil physical or chemical properties.…”

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Responses of soil carbon, nitrogen and cations to the frequency and seasonality of prescribed burning in a Cape Cod oak-pine forest

Neill

Patterson

Crary

2007

Forest Ecology and Management

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Fire is an important component of the historic disturbance regime of oak and pine forests that occupy sandy soils of the coastal outwash plain of the northeastern U.S. Today prescribed fire is used for fuel reduction and for restoration and maintenance of habitat for rare plant, animal and insect species. We evaluated the effects of the frequency and seasonality of prescribed burning on the soils of a Cape Cod, Massachusetts coastal oak-pine forest. We compared soil bulk density, pH and acidity, total extractable cations and total soil C and N in unburned plots and in plots burned over a 12-year period, along a gradient of frequency (every 1-

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“…Conditions created by fire such as soil heating and ash deposition, either singularly or in combination, can alter physical, chemical, and biological soil properties (DeBano et al, 1976;Neary et al, 1999;Neary et al, 2005;Giardina et al, 2000;Rhoades et al, 2004;Doerr and Cerdá , 2005). However, the magnitude of these effects is influenced considerably by fire severity (Wells et al, 1979;Pietikä inen et al, 2000;Guerrero et al, 2005).…”

Section: Litter and Soil Nutrientsmentioning

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“…During this time, equilibrium between litter production and its decomposition/nutrient release occurs. Rhoades et al (2004) reported that soil pH, NO 3 N, P, K, and Ca were all higher in log burnouts (herbaceous vegetation-free areas for more than 3 years after combustion of downed logs) compared to adjacent soil.…”

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Microbial properties and litter and soil nutrients after two prescribed fires in developing savannas in an upland Missouri Ozark Forest

Ponder

Tadros

Loewenstein

2009

Forest Ecology and Management

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Soil properties in fire-consumed log burnout openings in a Missouri oak savanna

Cited by 31 publications

References 48 publications

Effects of a Wildfire on Selected Physical, Chemical and Biochemical Soil Properties in a Pinus massoniana Forest in South China

Effects of a Wildfire on Selected Physical, Chemical and Biochemical Soil Properties in a Pinus massoniana Forest in South China

Responses of soil carbon, nitrogen and cations to the frequency and seasonality of prescribed burning in a Cape Cod oak-pine forest

Microbial properties and litter and soil nutrients after two prescribed fires in developing savannas in an upland Missouri Ozark Forest

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