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The role of fire in the boreal carbon budget

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Harden, J. W., Trumbore, S. E., Stocks, B. J., Hirsch, A., Gower, S. T., O'neill, K. P., Kasischke, E. S.·2000·Global Change Biology
DOI 10.1046/j.1365-2486.2000.06019.x
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Summary: To reconcile observations of decomposition rates, carbon inventories, and net primary production (NPP), we estimated long‐term averages for C exchange in boreal forests near Thompson, Manitoba. Soil drainage as defined by water table, moss cover, and permafrost dynamics, is the dominant control on direct fire emissions. In upland forests, an average of about 10–30% of annual NPP was likely consumed by fire over the past 6500 years since these landforms and ecosystems were established. This long‐term, average fire emission is much larger than has been accounted for in global C cycle models and may forecast an increase in fire activity for this region. While over decadal to century times these boreal forests may be acting as slight net sinks for C from the atmosphere to land, periods of drought and severe fire activity may result in net sources of C from these systems.

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  • Soil carbon stocks potentially never recover in some peatlands.

    “Moreover, the effects of fire on soil carbon dynamics vary across biomes, with soil carbon stocks commonly recovering within a year following fire in temperate grasslands, over decades to centuries in boreal forests and potentially never recovering in some peatlands (Harden et al., 2000).”

    From Fire as a fundamental ecological process: Research advances and frontiers (2020) · cites this paper as Harden et al., 2000

  • The effects of fire on soil carbon dynamics vary across biomes.

    “Moreover, the effects of fire on soil carbon dynamics vary across biomes, with soil carbon stocks commonly recovering within a year following fire in temperate grasslands, over decades to centuries in boreal forests and potentially never recovering in some peatlands (Harden et al., 2000).”

    From Fire as a fundamental ecological process: Research advances and frontiers (2020) · cites this paper as Harden et al., 2000

  • Soil carbon stocks recover over decades to centuries in boreal forests.

    “Moreover, the effects of fire on soil carbon dynamics vary across biomes, with soil carbon stocks commonly recovering within a year following fire in temperate grasslands, over decades to centuries in boreal forests and potentially never recovering in some peatlands (Harden et al., 2000).”

    From Fire as a fundamental ecological process: Research advances and frontiers (2020) · cites this paper as Harden et al., 2000

  • Soil carbon stocks commonly recover within a year following fire in temperate grasslands.

    “Moreover, the effects of fire on soil carbon dynamics vary across biomes, with soil carbon stocks commonly recovering within a year following fire in temperate grasslands, over decades to centuries in boreal forests and potentially never recovering in some peatlands (Harden et al., 2000).”

    From Fire as a fundamental ecological process: Research advances and frontiers (2020) · cites this paper as Harden et al., 2000

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Authors
Harden, J. W., Trumbore, S. E., Stocks, B. J., Hirsch, A., Gower, S. T., O'neill, K. P., & Kasischke, E. S.
Affiliations
  • United States Geological Survey (US)
  • University of California, Irvine (US)
  • Natural Resources Canada (CA)
  • University of Wisconsin–Madison (US)
  • Duke University (US)
  • Environmental Research Institute of Michigan (US)
Corresponding author
Harden, J. W.
ORCID
Venue
Global Change Biology
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2000-12
Volume
6
Issue
S1
Pages
174-184
ISSN
  • 1354-1013 (ISSN-L)
  • 1365-2486
DOI
10.1046/j.1365-2486.2000.06019.x
OpenAlex
W2104940013
Cited by
387
References
45
Citations by year
2026: 3 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 7 · 2023: 7 · 2022: 8 · 2021: 7 · 2020: 18 · 2019: 11 · 2018: 16 · 2017: 12 · 2016: 14 · 2015: 22 · 2014: 28 · 2013: 22 · 2012: 19
FWCI
12.76
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
Locations
  • Global Change Biology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • eScholarship (California Digital Library) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
  • MPG.PuRe (Max Planck Society) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Fire effects on ecosystems
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Soil Science › Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
Keywords
boreal forest, fire emissions, carbon balance, soil drainage, water table, permafrost dynamics, moss cover, net primary productivity, carbon exchange, carbon sinks and sources, drought, long-term carbon cycle

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