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Hydrophobicity under ponderosa and lodgepole pine,.
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| Author | Huffman, Edward L. Macdonald, Lee H. Stednick, John D. |
| Abstract | Fire-induced soil hydrophobicity is presumed to be a primary cause of the observed post-fire increases in runoff and erosion from forested watersheds in the Colorado Front Range, but the presence and persistence of hydrophobic conditions has not been rigorously evaluated. Hence the goals of this study were to: (1) assess natural and fire-induced soil hydrophobicity in the Colorado Front Range, and (2) determine the effect of burn severity, soil texture, vegetation type, soil moisture, and time since burning on soil hydrophobicity. Five wild and prescribed fires ranging in age from 0 to 22 months were studied. Each fire had four study sites in ponderosa pine forests that had been burned at high, moderate, or low severity, and three sites were in unburned areas. Additional sites were established in lodgepole pine stands and an area with unusually coarse-textured soils. At each site the soil hydrophobicity was assessed in two pits using the water drop penetration time (WDPT) and the critical surface tension (CST). Measurements were made at the mineral soil surface and depths of 3, 6, 9, 12, 15, and 18 cm. In sites burned at moderate or high severity the soils were often strongly hydrophobic at 0, 3, and 6 cm. Unburned sites or 5ites burned at low severity were typically hydrophobic only at the surface. Although soil hydrophobicity generally strengthened with increasing burn severity, statistically significant differences in soil hydrophobicity were difficult to detect because of the high variability within and between sites. Hydrophobicity also increased with increasing |
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| Subject Keyword | Soil Hydrophobicity Lodgepole Pine Burn Severity Colorado Front Range Fire-induced Soil Hydrophobicity Low Severity Significant Difference Additional Site Ponderosa Pine Forest High Variability High Severity Prescribed Fire Coarse-textured Soil Mineral Soil Surface Soil Texture Hydrophobic Condition Critical Surface Tension Primary Cause Unburned Area Lodgepole Pine Stand Water Drop Penetration Time Study Site Observed Post-fire Increase Soil Moisture Vegetation Type |
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