Frequent fires may alter the future composition of the boreal forest in northern Mongolia

Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 246-255

  Otoda, Takashi ^a   Doi, Takahiro ^a,c   Sakamoto, Keiji ^a   Hirobe, Muneto ^a   Nachin, Baatarbileg ^b   Yoshikawa, Ken ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF MONGOLIA   (Mongolia)

^c Osaka Forestry Office   (Japan)

Author keywords

Age structure; Post fire recruitment; Regeneration strategy; Succession; Taiga forest

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURES; POST-FIRE; REGENERATION STRATEGIES; SUCCESSION; TAIGA FOREST;

FIRES;

REFORESTATION;

AGE STRUCTURE; BOREAL FOREST; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; CONIFEROUS TREE; DECIDUOUS TREE; DOMINANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; EVERGREEN FOREST; FIRE BEHAVIOR; FOREST FIRE; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); REGENERATION;

MONGOLIA;

BETULA PLATYPHYLLA; CONIFEROPHYTA; LARIX; LARIX SIBIRICA; PICEA; PICEA OBOVATA; PINUS SIBIRICA;

EID: 84877635947     PISSN: 13416979     EISSN: 16107403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10310-012-0345-2     Document Type: Article

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