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Type: Conference Paper
Author(s): Michael C. Amacher; Dale L. Bartos; T. Christopherson; A. D. Johnson; D. E. Kutterer
Compiler(s): Wayne D. Shepperd; Dan Binkley; Dale L. Bartos; Thomas J. Stohlgren; Lane G. Eskew
Publication Date: 2001

We measured the effects of the 1996 Pole Creek fire, Fishlake National Forest, Utah, on available soil N and net N mineralization for three summers after the fire using an ion exchange membrane (IEM) soil core incubation method. Fire in mixed aspen/conifer increased the amount of available NH4, anda subsequent net increase in soil nitrification was observed. Release of NH4 from the ash and a net increase in soil nitrification were still observed 3 years after the fire. The fire-caused increase in available soil N provides a source of N for aspen regrowth.

Citation: Amacher, M. C., D. L. Bartos, T. Christopherson, A. D. Johnson, and D. E. Kutterer. 2001. Nitrogen mineralization in aspen/conifer soils after a natural fire, in Shepperd, W. D., Binkley, D., Bartos, D. L., Stohlgren, T. J., and Eskew, L. G., Sustaining aspen in western landscapes: symposium proceedings. Grand Junction, CO. USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station,Fort Collins, CO. p. 415-426,Proceedings RMRS-P-18.

Cataloging Information

Regions:
Great Basin
Keywords:
  • Abies lasiocarpa
  • ash
  • coniferous forests
  • conifers
  • fire exclusion
  • fire injuries (plants)
  • fire intensity
  • fire management
  • fire suppression
  • hardwood forests
  • minerals
  • nitrogen
  • Picea engelmannii
  • Populus tremuloides
  • post fire recovery
  • soil management
  • soil nutrients
  • soils
  • succession
  • Utah
  • wildfires
Tall Timbers Record Number: 14069 • Location Status: In-file • Call Number: A 13.151/5:RMRS-P-18 • Abstract Status: Fair use, Okay, Reproduced by permission
Record Last Modified:
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FRAMES Record Number: 39409

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