Experiments
Experiment 133 - Effect of Burning Patterns on Vegetation in the Fish Lake Burn Compartments
This study examines the effects of long-term prescribed burning treatments on vegetation structure and composition, productivity, and nutrient cycling in upland oak savanna and woodland vegetation. The basis for the study is an ongoing, experimental prescribed burning program begun in 1964 at Cedar Creek, and a similar program operating since 1962 on the adjacent Helen Allison Savanna property (owned by The Nature Conservancy). These prescribed burning programs are designed to subject upland oak communities (and some old fields) to different burn frequencies and patterns of burning, with the ultimate objectives of 1) restoring and maintaining the historically important savanna and open woodland vegetation, and 2) providing information about the effects of different burning patterns on vegetation structure and composition. This study addresses the latter of these two purposes and expands on it by also investigating possible influences of fire on resource availability (nutrients, water, and light) and net primary productivity. This study represents a continuation and expansion of experiments 015 and 094.
Datasets
Dataset ID | Title | Range of Years (# years with data) |
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afme133 | Aboveground plant tissue carbon and nitrogen | 1999-2001 (3 years) |
afne133 | Annual oak leaf canopy litter percent carbon and nitrogen | 2003-2006 (4 years) |
herbe133 | Herb Survey | 1984-2015 (8 years) |
lite133 | Litter biomass | 1995-2017 (22 years) |
lpe133 | Percent light penetration | 2000-2010 (2 years) |
ple133 | Plant aboveground biomass data | 1999-2002 (4 years) |
dse133 | Plant density | 1984-1984 (1 year) |
aafe133 | Plant traits | 2005-2005 (1 year) |
aeqe133 | Plant traits SLA CN percent cover | 2004-2005 (2 years) |
rbe133 | Root biomass data | 1999-2010 (10 years) |
rie133 | Root ingrowth biomass | 1999-2007 (9 years) |
afle133 | Root tissue carbon and nitrogen | 1999-2004 (4 years) |
sape133 | Sapling survey | 2000-2015 (4 years) |
shrube133 | Shrub Survey | 1995-2015 (5 years) |
cae133 | Soil Calcium | 2002-2002 (1 year) |
bde133 | Soil bulk density | 2002-2002 (1 year) |
scfe133 | Soil carbon flux | 1999-2005 (7 years) |
mge133 | Soil magnesium | 2002-2002 (1 year) |
hoe133 | Soil moisture | 1999-2002 (4 years) |
agde133 | Soil net N mineralization over five incubation periods | 1995-1995 (1 year) |
ne133 | Soil nitrogen | 1984-1984 (1 year) |
phe133 | Soil pH | 1999-2004 (6 years) |
agee133 | Soil percent carbon and nitrogen | 2002-2002 (1 year) |
care133 | Soil percent organic matter | 1984-1984 (1 year) |
afoe133 | Soil phosphorous | 2002-2002 (1 year) |
ke133 | Soil potassium | 2002-2002 (1 year) |
nae133 | Soil sodium | 2002-2002 (1 year) |
tree133 | Tree survey | 1984-2010 (6 years) |