Title:

Rock Mountain soil invertebrates, litter decomposition, and soil chemistry

Author(s):

Taylor, Melanie K.; Carpenter, Dana O.; Payne, Irenee C.; Callaham, Mac A., Jr.; O'Brien, Joseph J.; Wurzburger, Nina

Publication Year:

2023

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Taylor, Melanie K.; Carpenter, Dana O.; Payne, Irenee C.; Callaham, Mac A., Jr.; O'Brien, Joseph J.; Wurzburger, Nina. 2023. Rock Mountain soil invertebrates, litter decomposition, and soil chemistry. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2023-0030

Abstract:

These data were collected after the Rock Mountain fire of 2016, which occurred in the Chattahoochee National Forest in Georgia and the Nantahala National Forest in North Carolina. Twenty plots (12 meter radius) were established across a gradient of ectomycorrhizal (ECM) tree basal area. Ten plots were in burned areas, while ten were in unburned areas. These plots were established in four spatial blocks and four topographic positions. In each plot, we measured: 1) leaf litter mass loss from arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) or ECM trees during 2018-2021 using litterbags; 2) abundances of mesoinvertebrates extracted from litterbags collected in the spring of 2018; 3) soil ammonium concentrations from three soil depths (organic horizon, 0-10 centimeters, and 10-20 centimeters) in spring, summer, and fall of 2018; 4) abundances of soil- and litter- dwelling macroinvertebrates, summed across spring, summer, and fall of 2018; and 5) abundances of adult or subadult earthworms that could be identified to family.

Keywords:

biota; Ecology, Ecosystems, & Environment; Fire; Wildlife (or Fauna); mycorrhiza; leaf litter decomposition; soil invertebrate; Georgia; North Carolina; Chattahoochee National Forest; Nantahala National Forest

Related publications:

• Taylor, Melanie K.; Carpenter, Dana O.; Payne, Irenee C.; Callaham, Mac A., Jr.; O'Brien, Joseph J.; Wurzburger, Nina. Unknown. Wildfire after long-term fire exclusion alters litter-dwelling fauna communities and accelerates leaf litter decomposition. Soil Biology and Biogeochemistry. [In review].

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