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Abstract

We studied the species composition and soil nutrients in a Pinus brutia forest after a fire that occurred in 1989. Four permanent plots were created in the burnt and not burnt areas in the Amanos Mountains of Turkey. The floristic richness, biological spectra, above ground phytomass and soil features in the study areas were assessed during the first three years after the fire. After the fire, we found a reduced amount of organic matter (14.3%), total nitrogen (22%) and soil water saturation (13.1%), but an increased amount of available phosphorus (71%), acidity (3.6%), cation exchange capacity (9.9%), exchangeable sodium (20.8%) and exchangeable potassium (37.1%). The aboveground phytomass in the burned area reached 5284 kg ha–1, the third year after the fire. Forty-six pre-fire species were renewed in the first three years after the fire. Juniperus oxycedrus could not renew within three years after the fire. Pine phytomass has increased five times within three years after the fire.

Keywords

Forest fire Pinus brutia succession soil

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Author Biography

Necattin Turkmen

Address (office): Çukurova University, Faculty of Sciences & Letters, Department of Biology, 01330 Adana-TURKEY

Telephone:        +90 (322) 3386084-2573-25

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E-mail address: nturkmen@cu.edu.tr

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Name:                     Necattin

Surname:                 Türkmen

Birth place:             Adana-Turkey

Birth date:               2 April 1955

Nationality:             Turkish

Foregin Language:   English

Marital status:         Married

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 Educational StatusÂ

Bachelor (BS):  Çukurova University, Faculty of Sciences & Letters, Department of Biology, Adana, Turkey (1984)

Master (MA):  Çukurova University , Institute of Basic and Applied Sciences/Botany Main Branch, Adana, Turkey (1987)

Doctoral degree (PhD): Çukurova University , Institute of Basic and Applied Sciences/Botany Main Branch, Adana, Turkey (1994)

Assist.Prof.:      Çukurova University, Faculty of Sciences & Letters, Department of Biology, Adana, Turkey (1994)

            Dissertations Master Dissertation:

Türkmen, N. and Düzenli, A. (1989). Natural plants its habitats and life forms at the campus area of the University of Çukurova. (In Turkish with English abstract). Journal of Science and Engineering, 3(1): 151-163.

 Doctoral Dissertation:

Türkmen, N. (1994). Vegetation dynamics after the fire in Pinus brutia forests in the eastern mediterranean region of Turkey. (In Turkish with English abstract) Unpublished Doctoral Thesis. Çukurova Univ., Inst. of Basic and Applied Sciences, Biology Dept., Adana, Turkey

 Research AreasÂ

Fire ecology, vascular plant systematics, ethnobotany, threatened plants, flora, succession, weeds

How to Cite
Turkmen, N., & Duzenli, A. (2011). Early post-fire changes of Pinus brutia forests in the Amanos Mountains (Turkey). Acta Botanica Croatica, 70(1). Retrieved from https://www.abc.botanic.hr/index.php/abc/article/view/359