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Wildfire Studies
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
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