Soil Enzyme Activity and Soil Nutrients Jointly Influence Post-Fire Habitat Models in Mixed-Conifer Forests of Yosemite National Park, USA
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Area
2.2. Habitat Definition
2.3. Principal Coordinates of Neighbor Matrices
3. Results
4. Discussion
4.1. Associations of Different Species with Habitat Types
4.2. Niche vs. Dispersal Limitation Drive Variations in Species Abundance and Basal Area Increment
4.3. The Contribution of Environmental and Spatial Variables in Forming Mortality Abundances Across Species
4.4. The Contribution of Environmental and Spatial Variables in Forming Ingrowth Numbers Across Species
4.5. Edaphic Effects
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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2014 | 2019 | 2014–2019 | ||||||||
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Species | Stems ≥ 1 cm DBH | Stems ≥ 60 cm DBH | BA ≥ 1 cm DBH | BA ≥ 60 cm DBH | Stems ≥ 1 cm DBH | Stems ≥ 60 cm DBH | BA ≥ 1 cm DBH | BA ≥ 60 cm BDH | BAI ≥ 1 cm DBH | BAI ≥ 60 cm DBH |
Abies concolor | 2815 | 403 | 15.25 | 8.56 | 2815 | 420 | 15.89 | 8.92 | 0.64 | 0.36 |
Pinus lambertiana | 855 | 398 | 15.29 | 13.77 | 855 | 409 | 15.67 | 14.17 | 0.38 | 0.4 |
Cornus nuttallii | 439 | 0.06 | 439 | 0.07 | 0.01 | |||||
Calocedrus decurrens | 440 | 85 | 3.41 | 2.52 | 440 | 89 | 3.50 | 2.59 | 0.09 | 0.07 |
Quercus kelloggii | 278 | 1 | 0.48 | 0.01 | 278 | 1 | 0.51 | 0.01 | 0.03 | t |
Arctostaphylos patula | 82 | t | t | |||||||
Cornus sericea | 11 | t | 11 | t | t | |||||
Corylus cornuta var. californica | 275 | t | t | |||||||
Prunus virginiana | 2 | t | 2 | t | t | |||||
Sambucus racemosa | 35 | t | t | |||||||
Chrysolepis sempervirens | 36 | t | t |
Topography | Edaphic | |||||||||
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Species | Density (stems ha−1) | Stems ≥ 1 cm dbh | Abundance | BAI | Mortality | Recruit. | Abundance | BAI | Mortality | Recruit. |
Abies concolor | 111.8 | 2862 | LSN+ | LSN- | h3+ | |||||
Quercus kelloggii | 50.1 | 1282 | h3- | h7+/h5- | h6+ | |||||
Pinus lambertiana | 33.5 | 857 | LSN+/LSS- | h3+/h7- | ||||||
Cornus nuttallii | 32 | 817 | LSN- | |||||||
Calocedrus decurrens | 17.6 | 450 | LSN- | h7+/h5- | ||||||
Corylus cornuta var. californica | 10.7 | 275 | h6+/h2- | |||||||
Cornus sericea | 9.8 | 252 | HSS/HSN- | h1+ | ||||||
Arctostaphylos patula | 34.5 | 82 | ||||||||
Chrysolepis sempervirens | 1.4 | 36 | ||||||||
Sambucus racemosa | 1.4 | 35 | ||||||||
Prunus virginiana | 1 | 25 |
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Tamjidi, J.; Lutz, J.A. Soil Enzyme Activity and Soil Nutrients Jointly Influence Post-Fire Habitat Models in Mixed-Conifer Forests of Yosemite National Park, USA. Fire 2020, 3, 54. https://doi.org/10.3390/fire3040054
Tamjidi J, Lutz JA. Soil Enzyme Activity and Soil Nutrients Jointly Influence Post-Fire Habitat Models in Mixed-Conifer Forests of Yosemite National Park, USA. Fire. 2020; 3(4):54. https://doi.org/10.3390/fire3040054
Chicago/Turabian StyleTamjidi, Jelveh, and James A. Lutz. 2020. "Soil Enzyme Activity and Soil Nutrients Jointly Influence Post-Fire Habitat Models in Mixed-Conifer Forests of Yosemite National Park, USA" Fire 3, no. 4: 54. https://doi.org/10.3390/fire3040054