Ground Cover Regeneration after Surface Fires in the Forests of Southern Cisbaikalia

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Abstract

We have considered ground cover regeneration after surface fires in Siberian Pine and birch stands with a cover of Ledum, Vaccinium vitis-idaea and green moss in the Southern Cisbaikalia. Regeneration of the ground cover after moderate surface fires proved to be slow, the risk of fire spreading over the territory becomes greater as soon as three years after the fire due to the increase in fine litter which is considered to be one of the main fire spreaders.

Authors

A.V. Volokitina, A.A. Belyakin, Sukachev Institute of Forest SB RAS  T.M. Sofronova, Krasnoyarsk State Pedagogical University named after V.P. Astafyev

Affiliation

1 Sukachev Institute of Forest SB RAS 2 Krasnoyarsk State Pedagogical University named after V.P. Astafyev

Keywords

Key words: post-fire successions, main fire spreaders, grass-shrub storey, projective cover