Long-Term Effects of Repeated Prescribed Fire and Fire Surrogate Treatments on Forest Soil Chemistry in the Southern Appalachian Mountains (USA)

From 2001–2018, a series of fuel reduction and ecosystem restoration treatments were implemented in the southern Appalachian Mountains near Asheville, North Carolina, USA. Treatments consisted of prescribed fire (four burns), mechanical cutting of understory shrubs and mid-story trees (two cuttings)...

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Main Authors: Christopher J. Dukes, T. Adam Coates, Donald L. Hagan, W. Michael Aust, Thomas A. Waldrop, Dean M. Simon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-06-01
Series:Fire
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2571-6255/3/2/20