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Type: Conference Paper
Editor(s): E. B. Alexander
Publication Date: 1989
Decaying wood on the forest floor retains large reservoirs of moisture and thus provides long-lasting, high-moisture microsites that aid in forest recovery after prolonged drought or fire. Examination of longs after the Galice Complex fires in southwest Oregon revealed considerable root and mycorrhizal actiivity. Mean log moisture (157%) was 25 times greater than mean soil moisture (6%). After extended drought and wildfire, the moisture stored in logs may expedite forest recovery by providing important refuges for roots and associated mycorrhizal fungi of pioneering vegetation.
Citation: Amaranthus, M. P., D. S. Parrish, and D. A. Perry. 1989. Decaying logs as moisture reservoirs after drought and wildfire, in Alexander, E. B., Proceedings of Watershed '89: a conference on the stewardship of soil, air, and water resources: Juneau, AK, March 21-23, 1989. USDA Forest Service, Alaska Region,Juneau, AK. p. 191-194,Management Bulletin R10-MB; 77.
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- broadcast burning
- chemistry
- clearcutting
- coniferous forests
- decay
- distribution
- droughts
- ecosystem dynamics
- fire intensity
- forest management
- fuel accumulation
- fuel moisture
- fungi
- litter
- logging
- microclimate
- moisture
- mycorrhiza
- Oregon
- pioneer species
- plant growth
- plant nutrients
- post fire recovery
- precipitation
- roots
- sloping terrain
- soil moisture
- soil organic matter
- soil organisms
- soils
- statistical analysis
- water
- wildfires
- wood
- wood properties
- woody plants
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