Fire disturbance is one of the key processes affecting forest succession in boreal forest ecosystems. Variations in disturbance characteristics have an important effect on ecosystem properties and processes. Due to the diversity of topography, fuel heterogeneity and micro鄄climatic conditions during a fire, the intensity of fires is quite variable, producing landscapes in different mosaic patterns. Although the resulting heterogeneity of fire characteristics (e. g. , burn severity) has been widely recognized as an important driver of boreal forest regeneration, its effects on early post鄄fire tree recruitment has not been thoroughly studied in boreal forests of the Great Xing忆an Mountains. Early post鄄fire tree recruitment can reflect future forest structures and succession pathways. A clear understanding of the controls and mechanisms of post鄄fire tree recruitment is therefore necessary for us to predict future forest dynamics, devise reasonable forest management practices,
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