The effects of slash pile burning on soil and water macronutrients

Soil Science

Volumn 176, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 413-425

  Johnson, Brittany G ^a   Johnson, Dale W ^a   Miller, Watkins W ^a   Carroll Moore, Erin M ^a   Board, David I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Fire; Sierra Nevada; slash piles; soil chemistry; water quality

Indexed keywords

ASH; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FIRE; LYSIMETER; MEADOW; PH; PRESCRIBED BURNING; PROBE; RUNOFF; SAMPLING; SHIFTING CULTIVATION; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL NUTRIENT; STANDARD (REGULATION); TEMPERATURE EFFECT; VOLATILIZATION; WATER QUALITY;

CALIFORNIA; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80051799228     PISSN: 0038075X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SS.0b013e318223cfad     Document Type: Article

References (26)

1. Blank, R. R., and D. C. Zamudio. 1998. The influence of wildfire on aqueousextractable soil solutes in forested and wet meadow ecosystems along the eastern front of the Sierra Nevada Range, California. Int. J. Wildland Fire 8(2):79-85. (Pubitemid 128540040)
2. Caldwell, T. G., D. W. Johnson, W. W. Miller, and R. G. Qualls. 2002. Forest floor carbon and nitrogen losses due to prescription fire. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 66:262-267. (Pubitemid 34108509)
3. Caldwell, T. G., D. W. Johnson, W. W. Miller, R. G. Qualls, and R. R. Blank. 2009. Prescription fire and anion retention in forest soils. Soil Sci. 174(11):594-600.
4. Certini, G. 2005. Effects of fire on properties of forest soils. Oecologica 143:1-10. (Pubitemid 40383599)
5. Chorover, J., P. M. Vitousek, D. A. Everson, A. M. Esperanza, and D. Turner. 1994. Solution chemistry profiles of mixed conifer forests before and after fire. Biogeochemistry 26:115-144. (Pubitemid 2154908)
6. Glass, D. S., D. W. Johnson, W. W. Miller, R. R. Blank, and J. S. Sedinger. 2008. Factors affecting mineral nitrogen transformations by soil heating: A laboratory simulated fire study. Soil Sci. 173:387-400.
7. Hangs, R. D., K. J. Greer, and C. A. Sulewski. 2004. The effect of interspecific competition on conifer seedling growth and nitrogen availability. Can. J. For. Res. 34:754-761. (Pubitemid 38784074)
8. Jiménez Esquilín, A. E., M. E. Stromberger, W. J. Massman, J. M. Frank, and W. D. Shepperd. 2007. Microbial community structure and activity in a Colorado Rocky Mountain forest soil scarred by slash pile burning. Soil Biol and Biochem. 39:1111-1120. (Pubitemid 46349204)
9. Johnson, B. G. 2010. Fire effects on soil and water quality in the Sierra Nevada Mountains and Great Basin ecosystems: Emphasis on nitrogen [MS thesis]. University of Nevada, Reno, NV.
10. Johnson, D. W., J. D. Murphy, R. F. Walker, W. W. Miller, and D. E. Todd. 2008. The combined effects of thinning and prescribed fire on carbon and nutrient budgets in a jeffrey pine forest. Ann. For. Sci. 65:601-612.
11. Johnson, D. W., R. B. Susfalk, R. A. Dahlgren, T. G. Caldwell, and W. W. Miller. 2001. Nutrient fluxes in a snow-dominated, semi-arid forest: Spatial and temporal patterns. Biogeochemistry 55:219-245 (Pubitemid 32964965)
12. Johnson, D. W., R. B. Susfalk, T. G. Caldwell, J. D. Murphy, W. W. Miller, and R. F. Walker. 2004. Fire effects on carbon and nitrogen budgets in forests. Water Air Soil Pollut. Focus 4(2-3):263-275. (Pubitemid 39138329)
13. Johnston, M, and J. Elliott. 1998. The effect of fire severity on ash, plant and soil nutrient levels following experimental burning in a boreal mixedwood stand. Canadian J. of Soil Sci. 78:35-44. (Pubitemid 28262525)
14. Jönsson, A. M., and B. Nihlgård. 2004. Slash pile burning at a Norway spruce clear-cut in southern Sweden. Water Air Soil Pollut. 158:127-135. (Pubitemid 39382638)
15. Korb, J. E., N. C. Johnson, and W. W. Covington. 2004. Slash pile burning effects on soil biotic and chemical properties and plant establishment: Recommendations for amelioration. Restoration Ecol. 12(1):52-62. (Pubitemid 38546859)
16. Miller, W. W., D. W. Johnson, T. M. Loupe, J. S. Sedinger, E. M. Carroll, J. D. Murphy, R. F. Walker, and D. S. Glass. 2006. Nutrients flow from runoff at burned forest site in Lake Tahoe basin. California Ag. 60(2):65-71.
17. Miller, W. W., D. W. Johnson, C. Denton, P. Verburg, G. Dana, and R. Walker. 2005. Inconspicuous nutrient laden surface runoff from mature forest Sierran watersheds. Water Air Soil Pollut. 163(1-4):3-17. (Pubitemid 40848202)
18. Moghaddas, E. E. Y. and S. L. Stephens. 2007. Thinning, burning and thinburn treatment effects on soil properties in a Sierra Nevada mixed conifer forest. For. Ecol. Manag. 250:156-166. (Pubitemid 47429887)
19. Murphy, J. D., D. W. Johnson, W. W. Miller, R. F. Walker, and R. R. Blank. 2006a. Prescribed fire effects on forest floor and soil nutrients in a Sierra Nevada forest. Soil Sci. 171(3):181-199. (Pubitemid 44288923)
20. Murphy, J. D., D. W. Johnson, W. W. Miller, R. F. Walker, E. F. Carroll, and R. R. Blank. 2006b. Wildfire effects on soil nutrients and leaching in a Tahoe basin watershed. J. Environ. Qual. 35:479-489.
21. Neary, D. G., C. C. Klopatek, L. F. DeBano, and P. F. Ffolliott. 1999. Fire effects on belowground sustainability: A review and synthesis. For. Ecol. Manag. 122:51-71. (Pubitemid 29360590)
22. Oswald, B. P., D. Davenport, and L. F. Neuenschwander. 1998. Effects of slash pile burning on the physical and chemical soil properties of Vassar soils. J. Sustain. For. 8(1):75-86.
23. Seymour, G., and A. Tecle. 2005. Impact of slash pile size and burning on soil chemical characteristics in ponderosa pine forests. J. Arizona-Nevada Acad. Sci. 38(1):6-20.
24. Thorpe, H. C., and V. R. Timmer. 2005. Early growth and nutrient dynamics of planted Pinus banksiana seedlings after slash-pile burning on a boreal forest site. Can J. Soil Sci. 85:173-180. (Pubitemid 40817420)
25. Uleary, A. L., R. C. Graham, and C. Amrhein. 1993. Wood-ash composition and soil pH following intense burning. Soil Sci. 156(5):358-364.
26. USDA Soil Conservation Service. 1980. Soil survey of Washoe County, Nevada, South Part. United States Department of Agriculture, Soil Conservation Service. U. S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC.