Short-term effects of fire on soil properties inPinus densiflora stands |
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| Authors: | Choonsig Kim Won-Kyu Lee Jae-Kyung Byun Young-Kul Kim Jin-Hyun Jeong |
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| Institution: | (1) Department of Forest Environment, Forestry Research Institute, 130-012 Seoul, Korea |
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| Abstract: | This study was performed to investigate a short time change (one week after fire) on soil properties due to the fire inPinus densiflora Sieb. et Zucc stands of the Kosung area in Kangwon Province in Korea. Twenty seven sampling plots 16 burned (8 low intensity
fire, 8 high intensity fire) and 11 unburned plots] were chosen. Mineral soil samples from three depths (0–5, 5–15, and 15–25
cm) under the forest floor were collected. Forest fire in the area affected soil chemical properties. Soil pH, total nitrogen,
available phosphorus, potassium, calcium, and magnesium in the surface soil (0–5 cm) of the burned area compared with the
unburned area increased, but there was no marked change in the subsurface soil (5–25 cm). Organic matter, total nitrogen,
available phosphorus, and exchangeable cations in the surface soil were generally lower in the high than in the low intensity
fire areas. This indicates that these nutrients on the high intensity fire may be volatilized. The results suggest that change
in soil chemical properties in the area was restricted mainly to the surface soil and was different between the high and the
low intensity fire types. |
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| Keywords: | fire intensity forest fire forest soil Pinus densiflora soil property |
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