Fire Affects Ponderosa Pine Soil C Appendix 2 Ross and Others
Fire affects ponderosa pine soil C Appendix 2 Ross and others
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Appendix 2
Table S2. Stand-replacing Wildfire Site Soil Temperature (°C at 10 cm mineral soil depth) and Gravimetric Water Content (kg H2O/kg dry soil for 0-10 cm mineral soil depth)
Years Since Fire / Patch / May / June / July / AugustT (°C) / GWC / T (°C) / GWC / T (°C) / GWC / T (°C) / GWC
2 (2005) / Unburned / 18.7 (1.6) / -† / 17.8 (1.2) / - / 16.9 (0.6) / 0.17 (0.02) / 17.4 (0.6) / 0.21 (0.02)
Burned / 18.9 (1.2) / - / 16.7 (0.6) / - / 15.1 (0.2) / 0.13 (0.01) / 14.1 (0.5) / 0.20 (0.02)
6 (2001) / Unburned / 13.6 (0.9) / - / 16.0 (0.9) / - / 14.4 (0.2) / 0.23 (0.03) / 14.6 (0.3) / 0.35 (0.02)
Burned / 12.5 (0.4) / - / 14.8 (0.4) / - / 14.2 (0.2) / 0.33 (0.01) / 14.6 (0.2) / 0.36 (0.01)
7 (2000) / Unburned / - / - / 18.9 (0.4) / 0.07 (0.01) / 14.3 (0.2) / 0.33 (0.01) / 13.8 (0.2) / 0.31 (0.01)
Burned / 16.7 (0.5) / - / 20.4 (0.7) / 0.03 (0.00) / 16.6 (0.6) / 0.33 (0.01) / 15.2 (0.3) / 0.27 (0.01)
11 (1996) / Unburned / 15.2 (0.8) / - / 21.5 / - / 16.8 (0.5) / 0.19 (0.02) / 15.3 (0.3) / 0.26 (0.01)
Burned / 19.3 (0.6) / - / 20.6 / - / 15.4 (0.4) / 0.28 (0.02) / 15.3 (0.4) / 0.25 (0.03)
23 (1984) / Unburned / 21.2 (1.3) / - / 16.0 (1.0) / 0.06 (0.01) / 14.4 (0.2) / 0.21 (0.02) / 16.9 (0.3) / 0.24 (0.02)
Burned / 16.7 (0.6) / - / 19.7 (0.7) / 0.03 (0.00) / 14.5 (0.3) / 0.28 (0.01) / 16.8 (0.3) / 0.20 (0.01)
30 (1977) / Unburned / 13.2 (0.5) / - / 16.4 (0.5) / - / 15.9 (0.3) / 0.17 (0.01) / 14.6 (0.2) / 0.27 (0.01)
Burned / 19.2 (0.5) / - / 21.2 (0.6) / - / 17.0 (0.3) / 0.10 (0.01) / 15.3 (0.4) / 0.15 (0.01)
34 (1973) / Unburned / 13.6 (0.4) / - / 16.4 (0.4) / - / 15.4 (0.3) / 0.29 (0.02) / 14.4 (0.1) / 0.27 (0.02)
Burned / 16.8 (0.5) / - / 20.0 (0.6) / - / 14.1 (0.3) / 0.24 (0.01) / 15.3 (0.4) / 0.20 (0.01)
† Dashes indicate no data collected.
Values are means (n=9) with SE in parentheses. Soil temperature and moisture did not significantly differ between burned and unburned patches for any month or the summer-long mean (p>0.05).