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FIRE RESEARCH AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE 

 PUBLISHED 



Downer, P.S. 1979. Influence of burning on distribution 

 and cycling of elements in New Hampshire forest soil 

 profiles. Master's Thesis, Institute of Natural and 

 Environmental Resources, Univ. of New Hampshire, 

 Durham, N.H. 



Evaluates light burning and severe burning using 

 a torch as well as actual prescribed burning. Effects 

 on soil and surface organic matter after light burning 

 were very small. While severe burning resulted in some 

 net losses of nutrients, light burning redistributed 

 small quantities of C, N, and K from surface into 

 underlying material. Severe burning resulted in 

 increased susceptibilty to runoff or leaching during 

 rain and little movement of nutrients into mineral 

 soil . 



Olson, D.P. and R. Weyrick. 1975. Forest fire at UNH. 

 Forest Notes No. 121, Spring 1975. 



Discusses potential uses of fire as a forest 

 management tool in N.H.; other articles in the issue 

 contain information about wildfire in New Hampshire. 



Philleo, B., J.B. Cavanagh, and D.P. Olson. 1978. 

 Browse utilization by deer in relation to cutting and 

 prescribed burning in southeastern N.H. p. 16-26 in 

 Transactions of the Northeastern Section, The Wildlife 

 Society. 35th Northeastern Fish and Wildlife 

 Conference, White Sulphur Springs, W. Va. 



Deer utilized sprouts more heavily on burned 

 areas than nonburned. 



Ross, S.R. 1978. The Effects of prescribed burning on 

 ground cover vegetation of white pine and mixed 

 hardwood forests in southeastern New Hampshire. 

 Master's Thesis, Dept. of Botany and Plant Pathology, 

 Univ. of New Hampshire, Durham,. N.H. 



Herbaceous plants showed only minor changes after 

 light burning, with some species decreasing in number 

 while others tended to increase. 



IN PROGRESS, 1979 



Bauer, K. Effects of fire on soil microorganisms 

 Master's Research, Dept. of Microbiology 



