The impact of surface fires on ground cover in pine forests of southern taiga

• Main Authors: N. M. Kovaleva, G. A. Ivanova, S. V. Zhila
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; Russian
• Published: Russian Academy of Sciences, Siberian Branch Publishing House 2023
• Subjects: pine stands; fire succession; experimental burning; ground vegetation; species diversity; ground phytomass; plant microgroup; nizhnee priangar’e; krasnoyarsk krai; Forestry; SD1-669.5; Hagen; Nizhnee; Krasnoyarsk Krai; taiga
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.15372/SJFS20230610; https://doaj.org/article/c780fc04563a45f3bf32573461d415ab

The patterns of restoration of the ground vegetation after experimental fires of different intensity (924–4275 kW/m) in the southern taiga pine forests of the Nizhnee Priangar’e region are considered. Forest fires, depending on their intensity, lead to a decrease in species diversity (Shannon index)...