Wood-Ash Composition and Soil Ph Following Intense Burning

Ulery, April; Graham, Robert C.; Amrhein, C.

doi:10.1097/00010694-199311000-00008

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“…Soil pH has been found to increase with fire, because mineral substances are released as oxides, carbonates and hydroxides that usually have an alkaline reaction (Ulery et al 1993) and also by organic acid denaturation with heating (Certini 2005). Similarly, we recorded increased soil pH in fire impacted stands compared to reference forest stands.…”

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The effect of windthrow, wild fire, and management practices on epigeic Collembola in windthrown forest stands of the High Tatra Mts (Slovakia)

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Epigeic communities of Collembola were studied after a windthrow in differently managed spruce forest stands in the High Tatras, Slovakia. Investigations were carried out in following treatments: reference forest stands (REF), windthrown stands left to natural regeneration (NEX), windthrown stands from which fallen wood had been extracted (EXT), and windthrown stands from which fallen wood had been removed and which had been affected by fire (FIR). A KruskalWallis nonparametric ANOVA revealed significant differences of Collembola community composition and activity between the treatments studied, which was also further supported by the results from NMS ordination and cluster analysis using indicator species analysis. EXT stands had communities with remarkably high activity and diversity of Collembola, whereas FIR stands had low species richness and diversity indices compared to other treatments (REF, NEX, EXT). Windthrown stands had greater collembolan activity and diversity (NEX, EXT) than intact forest stands. However, forest specialists and bryophilous species were sensitive to forest clearing and fire disturbance and were replaced by xeroresistant and generalist species, or species preferring open habitats. The collembolan community most similar to that found in REF stands, in terms of community homogeneity and the magnitude of diversity indices, was found in NEX stands.

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The effect of windthrow, wild fire, and management practices on epigeic Collembola in windthrown forest stands of the High Tatra Mts (Slovakia)

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“…Lower pH observed in the prescribed burning plots (B2 and B4 plots) compared with the control plot (B0) (Table 1) was due to the increased inputs of ashes containing oxides, hydroxides and carbonates of alkaline elements (K, Na, Ca and Mg) (Khanna et al, 1994;Ulery et al, 1993). Soil TC, TN, DOC, DON, and MBN were lower in the more frequent burning plots (B2 plots) compared with the B0 and B4 plots.…”

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Shifts in the abundance and community structure of soil ammonia oxidizers in a wet sclerophyll forest under long-term prescribed burning

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Chen

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Science of The Total Environment

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• We examined how fires affected the abundances and communities of soil AOB and AOA.• A long-term repeated forest fire experiment was investigated.• Fires increased the abundance of bacterium amoA genes, but not archaeal amoA genes.• Fire also modified the composition of AOA and AOB communities.• AOB genotype was affected by soil pH and DOC, while AOA by nitrate-N and DOC. a b s t r a c t a r t i c l e i n f o Fire shapes global biome distribution and promotes the terrestrial biogeochemical cycles. Ammonia-oxidizing bacteria (AOB) and archaea (AOA) play a vital role in the biogeochemical cycling of nitrogen (N). However, behaviors of AOB and AOA under long-term prescribed burning remain unclear. This study was to examine how fire affected the abundances and communities of soil AOB and AOA. A long-term repeated forest fire experiment with three burning treatments (never burnt, B0; biennially burnt, B2; and quadrennially burnt, B4) was used in this study. The abundances and community structure of soil AOB and AOA were determined using quantitative PCR, restriction fragment length polymorphism and clone library. More frequent fires (B2) increased the abundance of bacterium amoA gene, but tended to decrease archaeal amoA genes. Fire also modified the composition of AOA and AOB communities. Canonical correspondence analysis showed soil pH and dissolved organic C (DOC) strongly affected AOB genotypes, while nitrate-N and DOC shaped the AOA distribution. The increased abundance of bacterium amoA gene by fires may imply an important role of AOB in nitrification in fire-affected soils. The fire-induced shift in the community composition of AOB and AOA demonstrates that fire can disturb nutrient cycles.

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“…Strong rainfall and high permeability of the soil, as well as low cationic exchange capacity, may lead to a rapid disappearance of the fertilising effects (Voundi et al 2000). As per these authors, losses by percolation of Ca, Mg,K,NO 3 -, SO 4 2-and organic carbon were greater after ash spreading than after lime application, due to the greater solubility of Ca, Mg, K and salts in the soil-applied ashes, while micronutrients losses were not appreciable (Ohno 1992, Erich and Ohno 1992, Ulery et al 1993.…”

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Runoff characteristics in forest plots before and after wood ash fertilization

Núñez‐Delgado

Quiroga-Lago

Soto-González

2011

Maderas, Cienc. tecnol.

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Spreading wood ash on forest and agricultural lands has been used for years to correct pH in acid soils and as a source of plant nutrients. However, it is necessary to enhance the knowledge of potential hazards derived from such a practise. Surface runoff pollution is one of these possible hazards. In this work we studied the quality of runoff water collected in two sloped forest plots before and after wood ash spreading, with the aim of checking potential undesirable effects of ash use. We have not found environmental pollution problems in runoff derived from the ash application zones. These results encourage further research and use of wood ash as an amendment in acid sloped forest soils.

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Wood-Ash Composition and Soil Ph Following Intense Burning

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The effect of windthrow, wild fire, and management practices on epigeic Collembola in windthrown forest stands of the High Tatra Mts (Slovakia)

The effect of windthrow, wild fire, and management practices on epigeic Collembola in windthrown forest stands of the High Tatra Mts (Slovakia)

Shifts in the abundance and community structure of soil ammonia oxidizers in a wet sclerophyll forest under long-term prescribed burning

Runoff characteristics in forest plots before and after wood ash fertilization

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