Nutrients in fire-dominated ecosystems

Dan G. Neary; Steven T. Overby; G. J. Gottfried; H. M. Perry

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Nutrients in fire-dominated ecosystems

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Dan G. Neary, Steven T. Overby, G. J. Gottfried, H. M. Perry

Year:

1996

Type:

General Technical Report

Station:

Rocky Mountain Research Station

Source:

In: Ffolliott, Peter F.; DeBano, Leonard F.; Baker, Malchus B.; Gottfried, Gerald J.; Solis-Garza, Gilberta; Edminster, Carleton B.; Neary, Daniel G.; Allen, Larry S.; Hamre, R. H., tech coordinators. 1996. Effects of fire on Madrean Province Ecosystems: A symposium proceedings; March 11-15, 1996; Tucson, AZ. Gen. Tech. Rep. RM-GTR-289. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station. p. 107-117.

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Abstract

Fires can produce a wide range of changes in nutrient cycles of forest, shrub, and grassland ecosystems depending on fire severity, fire frequency, vegetation, and climate. These changes can be beneficial when fires increase the availability of plant nutrients, and deleterious when they volatilize, entrain ash in smoke columns, increase runoff of mineralized nutrients, or accelerate leaching from soil systems. This paper examines the effect of fires on nutrient cycling and flux pathways with special emphasis on Madrean-type ecosystems. Most of the best information on fire impacts on these ecosystems comes from research done in interior and coastal chaparral ecosystems north and west of the Madrean floristic province.

Parent Publication

Effects of fire on Madrean Province Ecosystems: A symposium proceedings; March 11-15, 1996; Tucson, AZ

Keywords

fire, ecosystem management, Madrean Archipelago, Madrean Province, Southwest

Citation

Neary, D. G.; Overby, S. A.; Gottfried, G. J.; Perry, H. M. 1996. Nutrients in fire-dominated ecosystems. In: Ffolliott, Peter F.; DeBano, Leonard F.; Baker, Malchus B.; Gottfried, Gerald J.; Solis-Garza, Gilberta; Edminster, Carleton B.; Neary, Daniel G.; Allen, Larry S.; Hamre, R. H., tech coordinators. 1996. Effects of fire on Madrean Province Ecosystems: A symposium proceedings; March 11-15, 1996; Tucson, AZ. Gen. Tech. Rep. RM-GTR-289. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station. p. 107-117.