Influence of tundra fire severity on vegetation recovery in the Northwest Territories

• Published in: Arctic Science
• Main Authors: Chen, Angel, Lantz, Trevor C.
• Other Authors: Polar Knowledge Canada, Natural Resources Canada, Arctic Institute of North America, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 2024
• Subjects: Northwest Territories; Tuktoyaktuk; Arctic; permafrost; Subarctic; Tundra
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/as-2022-0050; https://cdnsciencepub.com/doi/full-xml/10.1139/as-2022-0050; https://cdnsciencepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/as-2022-0050

Anthropogenic climate change has driven an increase in the frequency, size, and severity of fires at high latitudes. Recent research shows that increasing fire severity in the subarctic is altering the trajectories of forest succession, but to date, research on the effect of fire severity on tundra...