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Topic(s):
Fire Effects
Ecological - First Order
Ecological - Second Order
Vegetation
Water
Ecosystem(s):
Riparian woodland/shrubland

NRFSN number: 11173
FRAMES RCS number: 797
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The effects of prescribed fires on nitrogen dynamics in N limited headwater ecosystems in the northern Rocky Mountains of central Idaho are being investigated. This replicated study studies causal mechanisms that regulate nitrogen (N) dynamics between small headwater streams, riparian vegetation and soil following spring prescribed burns. Mechanisms investigated include soil N pool sizes, mineralization and nitrification rates, N retention by terrestrial vegetation and stream biota, and N export in stream water. This study is linked to another project funded by JFSP (wildfire effects on N dynamics, JFSP project number: 05-2-1-41). This project will help land managers to understand the tradeoffs and synergy between fuel reduction programs and watershed ecosystem functions.

Citation

Kavanagh, Kathleen L., G. Wayne Minshall and Neil Bosworth. 2007. The effect of spring prescribed fires on nitrogen dynamics within riparian and stream ecosystems - Final Report to the Joint Fire Science Program. JFSP Project No. 04-2-1-97. Moscow, ID: University of Idaho, College of Natural Resources. 8 p.

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