Post-fire reforestation of pine forests adjacent to the tukulans of the Lena-Vilyui interfluve
https://doi.org/10.31242/2618-9712-2023-28-3-477-486
Abstract
This article presents the results of forestry and geobotanical studies of post-fire communities in pine forests adjacent to large sandy deserts, tukulans, in the Lena-Vilyui interfluve. Pine forests, which are widespread in the middle and around the tukulans, have recently become highly susceptible to fires, as the entire territory of the Lena-Vilyui interfluve. In 2019, we collected materials on post-fire communities in multi-age burned areas, which supplement a few pieces of information regarding post-fire reforestation. We found that the vast areas of the studied region were occupied by pyrogenic communities. We assumed that the natural regeneration of Scotch pine in the vicinity of tukulans was unsatisfactory, with 0.3–0.95 thousand pieces of pine undergrowth/ha. Post-fire communities can become launching pads for the development of modern aeolian processes or can expand the area of existing tukulans.
Supporting agencies: This study was conducted within the state assignment of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation for the projects: “Vegetation of the permafrost zone of the taiga Yakutia: biodiversity, environment-forming functions, protection and rational use” (theme number FWRS-2021-0023, reg. number АААА-А21-121012190038-0) and “Causal foundations of the dynamics of soil cover and terrestrial ecosystems in the permafrost zone in the territory of distribution of sandy soils in Central Yakutia” (theme number 0297-2021-0026; reg. number АААА-А21-121012190036-6). This study was conducted using equipment of the Core Shared Research Facilities (CSRF) of the Federal Research Centre “The Yakut Scientific Centre of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences” (grant number SFC 13.CSRF.21.0016)
About the Author
L. P. Gabysheva
Institute for Biological Problems of Cryolithozone, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Gabysheva, Lyudmila P., Cand. Sci. (Biol.), Senior Researcher
Yakutsk
RISC AuthorID: 178378
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Gabysheva L.P. Post-fire reforestation of pine forests adjacent to the tukulans of the Lena-Vilyui interfluve. Arctic and Subarctic Natural Resources. 2023;28(3):477-486. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.31242/2618-9712-2023-28-3-477-486
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