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Publications on wildfire and post-fire recovery:

Carroll, E. M., W.W. Miller, D. W., Johnson, L.S. Saito, R.G. Qualls, and R. F., Walker. 2007. Spatial Analysis of a High Magnitude Erosion Event Following a Sierran Wildfire J. Environ. Qual. 36: 1105-1111.

Engle, M. A., Gustin, M. S., Johnson, D. W., Murphy, J. D., Miller, W. W., Walker , R. F., Wright, J., Markee, M. 2006. Mercury Distribution in Two Sierran Forest and One Desert Sagebrush Steppe Ecosystems and the Effects of Fire. Science of the Total Environment 367: 222-233.

Johnson, D.W.  1995.  Soil properties beneath Ceanothus and pine stand in the eastern Sierra Nevada .  Soil Sci. Soc. Amer. J. 59: 918-924.

Johnson, D.W., R. B. Susfalk, and R.A. Dahlgren.  1997.  Nutrient fluxes in forests of the eastern Sierra Nevada Mountains , USA .  Global Biogeochem. Cy. 11: 673-681.

Johnson, D.W., R.B. Susfalk, R.A. Dahlgren, and J.M. Klopatek.  1998.  Fire is more important than water for nitrogen fluxes in semi-arid forests.  Environ. Sci. Pol. 1: 79-86.

Johnson, D.W., R.B. Susfalk, T.G. Caldwell, J.R. Murphy, W.W. Miller, and R.F. Walker. 2004. Fire Effects on Carbon and Nitrogen Budgets in Forests. Water, Air, and Soil Pollut. Focus 4: 263-275.

Johnson, D.W., J.D. Murphy, R.B. Susfalk, T.G. Caldwell, W.W. Miller, R.F. Walker, and R.F. Powers. 2005. The effects of wildfire, salvage logging, and post-fire N fixation on the nutrient budgets of a Sierran forest. For Ecol. Manag. 220: 155-165.

Johnson, D. W., J.D. Murphy, R.F. Walker, D. Glass, and W.W. Miller. In press.  Wildfire Effects on Forest Carbon and Nutrient Budgets.. Ecological Engineering.

Loupe, T. M., W.W. Miller, D.W. Johnson, E.M. Carroll, D. Hanseder, and D.S. Glass. 2007. Walker, R. F. Inorganic N and P in Sierran Forest O Horizon Leachate. J. Environ. Qual. 36: 498-507

Miller, W.W., D.W. Johnson, C. Denton, P.S.J. Verburg, G.L. Dana, and R.F. Walker. 2005. Inconspicuous nutrient laden surface runoff from mature forest Sierran watersheds. Water, Air, and Soil Pollution 163:3-17.

Miller, W. W., Johnson, D. W., Loupe, T. M., Sedinger, J. S., Carroll, E. M., Murphy, J. D., Walker, R. F., Glass, D. S. 2006. Nutrient Flow from Runoff at Burned Forest Site in Lake Tahoe Basin . California Agriculture  60(2): 65-71.

Murphy, J.D., D.W. Johnson, W.W. Miller, R.F. Walker, E.F. Carroll, and R.R. Blank. 2006. Wildfire effects on soil nutrients and leaching in a Tahoe Basin watershed. Journal of Environmental Quality 35: 479-489.

Saito, L. S., Miller, W. W., Johnson, D. W., Qualls, R. G., Provencher, L., Carroll, E., Szameitat, P. 2007. Fire Effects on Stable Isotopes in a Sierran Forested Watershed. J. Env. Qual. 36: 91-100.

Wildfire Study Sites

South Lake Tahoe - Wildfire:
Vegetation: Mixed conifer, heavy white fir understory
Soils: Cagwin series, coarse, loamy sand, mixed Typic Cryopsamments derived from granite

Description: A wildfire in July 2002 burned through 9 of 16 plots previously established for a prescribed fire/mechanical treatment study. As a result, we were able to document the effects of a wildfire on vegetation, soils and water quality using pre- and post-fire data and include unburned control plots

 

Little Valley - Wildfire:
Vegetation: Snowbush and manzanita in former fire, Jeffrey pine in nearby forest
Soils: Corbett series, sandy, fine-loamy, mixed frigid Typic Xeropsamments derived from colluvium of decomposed granite

Description: A wildfire burned the site in August 1981. Measurements are taken in former fire site and adjacent forest

College of Agriculture, Biotechnology
and Natural Resources
University of Nevada, Reno