Thermal alteration of soil organic matter properties: a systematic study to infer response of Sierra Nevada climosequence soils to forest fires

Araya, Samuel N.; Fogel, Marilyn L.; Berhe, Asmeret Asefaw

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-3-31-2017

Articles | Volume 3, issue 1

https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-3-31-2017

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https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-3-31-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 3, issue 1

Original research article

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06 Feb 2017

Original research article |

| 06 Feb 2017

Thermal alteration of soil organic matter properties: a systematic study to infer response of Sierra Nevada climosequence soils to forest fires

Samuel N. Araya, Marilyn L. Fogel, and Asmeret Asefaw Berhe

Supplement

https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-3-31-2017-supplement

Data sets

Analysis data from soil heating experiment A. Araya, A. A. Berhe, and M. L. Fogel https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.4614973.v1

Short summary

This research investigates how fires of different intensities affect soil organic matter properties. This study identifies critical temperature thresholds of significant soil organic matter changes. Findings from this study will contribute towards estimating the amount and rate of changes in soil carbon, nitrogen, and other essential soil properties that can be expected from fires of different intensities under anticipated climate change scenarios.