The history of forest fires and post-fire successions based on cartographic and archival data (Belomor-Kuloy Plateau)

Based on 1900-1917 archival data and 1947 topographic maps large contours of burnt land in the first half of the 20 th century were identified. The total burnt area was more than 200 000 ha, which is about 10 % of the entire area of the plateau. We specially focused on Zolotitsa region, where forest...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Published in:Proceedings of the Karelian Research Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Main Authors: Pavel Burlakov, Svetlana Drovnina
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Russian
Published: Karelian Research Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences 2015
Subjects:
large and catastrophic forest fires
schematic maps of burnt forests
natural reforestation
belomor-kuloy plateau
Science
Q
Zolotitsa
Kuloy
taiga
Tundra
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.17076/bg38
https://doaj.org/article/5381e92159ed4b2ca20a9bdf4d0df1dc
Description
Summary:Based on 1900-1917 archival data and 1947 topographic maps large contours of burnt land in the first half of the 20 th century were identified. The total burnt area was more than 200 000 ha, which is about 10 % of the entire area of the plateau. We specially focused on Zolotitsa region, where forest fires in the 1930s covered about 130 000 ha. It is shown that the process of natural regeneration of conifers (especially spruce) in pre-tundra forests (northern taiga subzone) may take a long time of up to 150-200 years.

Similar Items