[MCN] Logging after fire: A lot depends on the trees left after logging

[Lance Olsen]

Forest Ecology and Management

Ecological drivers of post-fire regeneration in a recently managed boreal forest landscape of eastern Canada <http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378112717304474>
Pages 74-81
Maude Perrault-Hébert, Yan Boucher, Richard Fournier, François Girard, Isabelle Auger, Nelson Thiffault, Frank Grenon
Abstract <http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/03781127/399#>
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378112717304474 <http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378112717304474>

Highlights

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Post-fire recovery mechanisms are key to cope with the increase of fire activity.

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Fire severity is an ecological determinant of black spruce post-fire regeneration.

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Residual trees left after clearcutting enhance resilience following successive disturbances.

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This study will help managers to evaluate resilience and restore productive forests.


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