Postfire recovery of forest litter in Scots pine forests in two different regions of boreal zone.

• Main Authors: Gorshkov, Vadim V., Bakkal, Irene J., Stavrova, Natalie I.
• Other Authors: The Finnish Society of Forest Science, Suomen metsätieteellinen seura, Finlands Forstvetenskapliga Samfund
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Finnish Society of Forest Science and The Finnish Forest Research Institute 2009
• Subjects: Pinus sylvestris; fire ecology; forest litter; boreal forests; mänty; metsäpalot; karike; boreaaliset alueet; Kola Peninsula; Mänty; kola peninsula; taiga; Siberia
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1975/9233

Part I Climate Change Investigations carried out in the Kola peninsula (northern taiga) and in the South-western part of Western Siberia (southern taiga and forest-steppe) revealed identical course of the postfire restoration process of forest litter thickness in Scots pine forests. Despite the diff...