Effects of a Wildfire on Some Soil Properties in Northeran Zagros Oak Forest (Case Study: Marivan Region)

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Forest fire causes major changes in soil properties but little is known about the persistence time of the changes over the years following a fire. This study was conducted to investigate the remain effects of fire (summer 2011) on some properties of surface (0-5 cm) and subsurface (5-10 cm) soils after three years (summer 2014) in Tapeh Darvish forest which is located around Zarivar Lake in Marivan city. A control safe place was selected on beside of the burned area with similar conditions, but not affected by fire. Three composite soil random samples were taken from the each mentioned depth of the burned and control sites. The differences between the measured properties at the burned and control sites were assessed by independent t-test (P=5%). The results showed that there were not significant differences between the soil samples properties of texture, color, carbonate calcium equivalent (CCE), electrical conductivity (EC), pH, cation exchange-capacity (CEC), nitrate and total carbon and nitrogen in the burned and unburned sites. However, burning significantly incresed the available amounts of calcium and magnesium in both surveyed soil depths and phosphorous and potassium in surface soil. Furthermore, the amount of ammonia in burned soils was significantly lower than that in unburned soils in both surveyed soil depths. Altogether, the results of the study showed that the effect of fire on the available amount of nutrients, especially in the surface layer of soil still persistantly remained 3 years after the fire.

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