Tree regeneration after fire: Effects of burn severity, transplanted seedlings analysis

• Other Authors: F.S.Chapin
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Bonanza Creek LTERBoreal Ecology Cooperative Research Unit University of Alaska FairbanksP.O. Box 756780 FairbanksAK99775USA907-474-6364907-474-6251 2003
• Subjects: burn severity; fires; post-fire regeneration; seedling establishment; Populus tremuloides; Picea glauca; Picea mariana; Pinus contorta; organic layer; duff; Yukon; Canada; Duff; Carmacks; Alaska
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10255/dryad.11959; http://metacat.lternet.edu/knb/metacat/knb-lter-bnz.46.8/xml

This study examines the effects of burn severity on patterns of post-fire tree establishment in the boreal forest. We collected data from 5 separate field experiments examining seedling establishment across different severity levels in 4 burns in central Yukon Territory, Canada, and interior Alaska,...