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The role of fire in the boreal carbon budget
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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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“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).”
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“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).”
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“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).”
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“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).”
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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.
- Venue
- Global Change Biology
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2000-12
- Volume
- 6
- Issue
- S1
- Pages
- 174-184
- ISSN
- 1354-1013 (ISSN-L)
- 1365-2486
- OpenAlex
- W2104940013
- Cited by
- 387
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- FWCI
- 12.76
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- journal article
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- en
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- 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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