The impacts of forest harvest and wildfire on soils and hydrology in temperate forests: A baseline to develop hypotheses for the Boreal Plain
Abstract
This component of the Forest Riparian and Watershed Disturbance (FORWARD) project evaluates soils in burned, harvested, and undisturbed watersheds to quantify effects of disturbance on forest soils in the Boreal Plain. The current knowledge of disturbance effects on soils is reviewed, with a focus on temperate ecosystems, to generate the following hypotheses to be tested in field studies. Harvest and fire should affect surface horizons more than mineral horizons. Forest harvest should affect soils most through compaction, the degree being mediated by soil texture, soil moisture, and harvest operations. Nutrient export will likely increase from logged watersheds, with changes in microbial processes being more strongly associated with nitrogen (N) losses and erosional processes more strongly linked to phosphorus (P) losses. Effects of fire on Boreal Plain soils will increase with fire severity. Coarser soils after fire should be subject to hydrophobicity, erosion, and low infiltration rates. Chemical changes should include increased solubility of oxidized cations. N losses should exceed P losses and be due to volatilization and leaching of mineralized N compounds. Particulate P should comprise P loss; although P availability may increase after fire, soluble P movement from the forest environment will be limited by P uptake by soils. Key words: watershed disturbance, forest soils, forest fire, forest harvest, soil properties, nutrient cycling.
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Fire impacts many characteristics of the hydrologic regime, important to all subsequent water quality responses since water transports pollutants and affects their concentrations.
“Fire impacts many characteristics of the hydrologic regime, important to all subsequent water quality responses since water transports pollutants and affects their concentrations (Bladon et al., 2014; Chanasyk et al., 2003; Moody et al., 2013; Rhoades et al., 2011).”
From Wildfire Induces Changes in Receiving Waters: A Review With Considerations for Water Quality Management (2022) · cites this paper as Chanasyk et al., 2003
Wildfire often kills and partially combusts vegetation and can alter soil hydrophobicity, depending upon vegetation burned and fire severity.
“Wildfire often kills and partially combusts vegetation and can alter soil hydrophobicity, depending upon the vegetation burned and fire severity, among other factors (Chanasyk et al., 2003; Murphy et al., 2018; Shakesby & Doerr, 2006).”
From Wildfire Induces Changes in Receiving Waters: A Review With Considerations for Water Quality Management (2022) · cites this paper as Chanasyk et al., 2003
Both nitrogen and phosphorus generally increase in streams post-fire, observed in temperate, Mediterranean, and boreal forests as well as grasslands and wetlands.
“Both nitrogen and phosphorus generally increase in streams post-fire, and this has been observed in temperate, Mediterranean, and boreal forests as well as grasslands and wetlands (Chanasyk et al., 2003; Emelko et al., 2016; Hohner et al., 2016, 2019; Knoepp & Swank, 1993; Minshall et al., 1997; Ranalli, 2004; Rust et al., 2018; Sherson et al., 2015; Smith et al., 2011).”
From Wildfire Induces Changes in Receiving Waters: A Review With Considerations for Water Quality Management (2022) · cites this paper as Chanasyk et al., 2003
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The biodiversity and ecosystem service contributions and trade-offs of forest restoration approaches
Hua, F., Bruijnzeel, L. A., Meli, P., Martin, P. A., Zhang, J., Nakagawa, S., Miao, X., Wang, W., McEvoy, C., Peña-Arancibia, J. L., et al. (2022) · Science · doi:10.1126/science.abl4649 · Cited by 831 · see citing works
Paul, M. J., LeDuc, S. D., Lassiter, M. G., Moorhead, L. C., Noyes, P. D., & Leibowitz, S. G. (2022) · Water Resources Research · doi:10.1029/2021wr030699 · Cited by 219 · see citing works
“Hydrologic Characteristics— Fire impacts many characteristics of the hydrologic regime, important to all subsequent water quality responses since water transports pollutants and affects their concentrations (Bladon et al., 2014; Chanasyk et al., 2003; Moody et al., 2013; Rhoades et al., 2011).”
- Authors
- Chanasyk, D. S., Whitson, I. R., Mapfumo, E., Burke, J. M., & Prepas, E. E.
- Venue
- Journal of Environmental Engineering and Science
- Publisher
- Emerald
- Published
- 2003-06-01
- Volume
- 2
- Issue
- Supplement 1
- Pages
- S51-S62
- ISSN
- 1496-2551 (ISSN-L)
- 1496-256X
- OpenAlex
- W2019105686
- Cited by
- 51
- References
- 1
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- 2026: 2 · 2025: 1 · 2024: 4 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 4 · 2020: 4 · 2019: 2 · 2018: 1 · 2016: 1 · 2015: 1 · 2014: 5 · 2013: 2 · 2012: 2
- FWCI
- 3.54
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Environmental Engineering and Science (publishedVersion)
- 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
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Soil Science › Soil erosion and sediment transport
- Keywords
- logging, forest fires, forest soils, hydrology, temperate forests, Boreal Plains, soil compaction, soil texture, soil moisture, nutrient export, nitrogen loss, phosphorus loss, soil microbial processes, soil erosion, hydrophobicity, soil water infiltration, particulate phosphorus, watershed disturbance, nutrient cycling
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