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Title:
Ambient soil temperatures in prescribed burned ponderosa pine forests at Fort Valley Experimental Forest, Arizona
Author(s):
Sackett, Stephen S.; Haase, Steve M.; Carpenter, David C.; Weise, David R.
Publication Year:
2018
How to Cite:
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Sackett, Stephen S.; Haase, Sally M.; Carpenter, David C.; Weise, David R. 2018. Ambient soil temperatures in prescribed burned ponderosa pine forests at Fort Valley Experimental Forest, Arizona. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. Updated 25 September 2018. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2018-0036
Abstract:
The hourly temperature in the soil at three depths beneath the forest floor of ponderosa pine stands subjected to periodic prescribed burning was measured during one growing season from May until November, 1986 at the Fort Valley Experimental Forest in northern Arizona. Temperatures were measured in 3-day periods at a subset of locations and then the recording devices were moved to a different subset so the measurements at a particular location were separated by about 4 weeks. Additional hourly data from an onsite weather station for air temperature, solar intensity, and precipitation, as well as forest floor depth (6 samples measured above soil temperature site) are included as separate files to assist in site characterization.

Keywords:
biota; environment; geoscientificInformation; society; Ecology, Ecosystems, & Environment; Ecology; Plant ecology; Soil; Fire; Prescribed fire; Fire effects on environment; Fire ecology; Forest & Plant Health; Human effects; Inventory, Monitoring, & Analysis; Monitoring; Natural Resource Management & Use; Forest management; Fort Valley Experimental Forest; Fort Valley Experimental Forest Station; Chimney Spring; Coconino National Forest; Arizona
Related publications:
  • Sackett, Stephen S.; Haase, Sally M. 1992. Measuring soil and tree temperatures during prescribed fires with thermocouple probes. General Technical Report. PSW-131. Berkeley, CA: Pacific Southwest Research Station, Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture. 15 p. https://research.fs.usda.gov/treesearch/27131 https://doi.org/10.2737/PSW-GTR-131
  • Sackett, Stephen S.; Haase, Sally M. 1998. Two case histories for using prescribed fire to restore ponderosa pine ecosystems in northern Arizona. https://research.fs.usda.gov/treesearch/23291 In: Pruden, Teresa L. (ed.); Brennan, Leonard A. (ed.). 1998. Fire in ecosystem management: shifting the paradigm from suppression to prescription. Tall Timbers Fire Ecology Conference Proceedings. No. 20: 380-389. Tallahassee, FL: Tall Timbers Research Station.
  • Sackett, Stephen S. 1980. Reducing natural ponderosa pine fuels using prescribed fire: two case studies. Research Note. RM-392. Fort Collins, CO: USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station. 6 p.
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