Seed sources and safe sites as drivers of Larix cajanderi regeneration following wildfire in the Siberian Arctic

• Published in: Ecosphere
• Main Authors: Eric B. Borth, Heather D. Alexander, Nikita Zimov, Ryan W. McEwan
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2023
• Subjects: climate change; fire; larch; permafrost; regeneration; vegetation dynamics; Ecology; QH540-549.5; Arctic; Kolyma; Climate change; kolyma river; Siberia
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.4617; https://doaj.org/article/c029ef95d5674ecb9c6264a1c9c30b52

Abstract Larix cajanderi forests, which occupy vast regions of Siberia, grow atop and protect carbon‐rich permafrost. Regeneration of these forests has important implications for long‐term feedbacks into the climate system and their regeneration is strongest following stand‐replacing fires. The goal...