Recovery of Living Ground Vegetation at the Initial Stage of Pyrogenic Succession
N. M. KOVALEVA, G. A. IVANOVA
V. N. Sukachev Institute of Forest SB RAS, 660036, Krasnoyarsk, Akademgorodok, 50/28
nk-75@mail.ru
Keywords: fire intensity, living ground vegetation, succession, floristic diversity, phytomass, microstand
Abstract
The impact of ground fire with different degree of intensity on the living ground vegetation in middle-taiga pine forests of Central Siberia was considered. It was revealed that fire events, independently of their intensity, cause a decrease in the percent cover and the biomass of living ground vegetation, and also have a destroying effect on the moss and lichen cover. Post-fire recovery of the living ground vegetation at the initial stage of post-fire succesion is determind by the initial forest type, fire intensity, and the depth of cover burn.
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