Recovery of ground vegetation at the initial stage of fire succession

The impact of surface fires varying intensity on the living ground vegetation in the middle-taiga forests of Central Siberia are studied. It is revealed that fires, regardless of their intensity, decrease the percentage cover and the biomass of living ground vegetation; they also destroy the moss an...

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Published in:Contemporary problems of ecology 2013-03, Vol.6 (2), p.162-169
Main Authors: Kovaleva, N. M, Ivanova, G. A
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biomass
Biomedical and Life Sciences
Ecology
fire intensity
Fires
Forest & brush fires
forest types
ground vegetation
lichens
Life Sciences
mosses and liverworts
Terrestrial ecosystems
Vegetation
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Summary:The impact of surface fires varying intensity on the living ground vegetation in the middle-taiga forests of Central Siberia are studied. It is revealed that fires, regardless of their intensity, decrease the percentage cover and the biomass of living ground vegetation; they also destroy the moss and lichen layer. The postfire recovery of the ground vegetation at the initial stage of postfire succession is determined by the prefire forest type, the fire intensity, and the burn depth of the litter.
ISSN:1995-4255
1995-4263
DOI:10.1134/S199542551302008X