Impacts of fire on some chemical properties of forest soil in north of Iran (Case study: Kheyroudkenar forest)

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1 Assistant Prof., Faculty of Natural Resources, University of Urmia

2 Associate Prof., Faculty of Natural Resources, University of Tarbiat modares

3 Professor, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, University of Guilan

Abstract

Fires have considerable effects on biogeochemical properties of forest soils. Fire could change soil nutrient elements which may affect forest soil fertility through the time. The aim of the study was to assess the effect of the fire that occurred in 1998 on chemical properties in some parts of Chelir’s district of Kheyroudkenar Educational and ResearchForest. In this study, the effect of fire on some soil chemical properties including pH, EC, total nitrogen and carbon percent, available nitrogen and phosphorus and CEC has been evaluated after seven years of the event. After a brief survey, the studied forest was divided to four sections regarding to fire damage consisting of control, sever, moderate and low plots. At each plot, five profiles were dug and from three depths of each profile, soil samples were collected. Results showed that the soil depth had significant effect on all soil properties, excluding available nitrogen, but the fire severity and its interaction with soil depth, had significant effect just on pH, EC and CEC, which in turn increased fire severity, soil pH, EC and CEC and decreased the amount of the other properties. Furthermore, increasing fire severity increased the difference between the soil depths significantly, regarding to soil properties. In addition, the whole soil chemical properties in A horizon, except CEC, were significantly more influenced by fire than the other horizons.

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Iranian Journal of Forest and Poplar Research
Volume 18, Issue 3 - Serial Number 41
October 2010
Pages 379-365

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