Influence on soil properties of prescribed burning under mature red pine.

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Influence on soil properties of prescribed burning under mature red pine.

Informally Refereed

Year:

1977

Type:

Research Paper

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

Research Paper NC-139. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Forest Experiment Station

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Abstract

Prescribed fires in mature red pine stands reduced shrub competition and the organic layer thickness. The fires reduced nutrient in the forest floor, increased them in the mineral soil, but had no effect on overstory growth.

Keywords

Corylus cornuta, red pine, forest floor, soil nutrients, understory, N, P, K, Ca, Mg

Citation

Alban, David H. 1977. Influence on soil properties of prescribed burning under mature red pine. Research Paper NC-139. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Forest Experiment Station