Influence of Fires on Pine Forest Floristic Diversity of the Eastern Transbaikal Territory

Makarov, V. P.; Malykh, O. F.; Gorbunov, Ivan Viktorovich; Пак, Л. Н.; Zima, Yu.V.; Banshchikova, E.A.; Zhelibo, T.V.

doi:10.17238/issn0536-1036.2019.1.77

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“…After wildfires, the stocks of seeds in the soil are significantly reduced (Il'ina, 2011;Miller et al, 2013). Rare flora may disappear entirely after wildfires (Kryukova, 2009;Makarov et al, 2019).…”

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Wildfires as a Factor of Loss of Biodiversity and Forest Ecosystem Functions

Geraskina¹,

Тебенькова²,

Ershov³

et al. 2022

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Due to the ever-increasing anthropogenic impact and global climate change, wildfires are becoming more frequent and intense all over the world. The wildfire factor is turning into an acute problem for forested countries that requires prompt solutions as the areas of forest ecosystems are reducing catastrophically, which results in an irreparable loss of biodiversity that provides all ecosystem functions and services. Many biologists consider wildfires a factor destructive to biota that results in permanent loss of some species and groups of living organisms; even if it is possible for them to recover after a wildfire, they may need a lot of time to do so. However, some studies argue that wildfires do not reduce the biodiversity in forest ecosystems, but even increase it, thus contributing to species conservation and sustainable functioning of forests. This article is aimed at analyzing the studies of how wildfires impact the main components, biodiversity, and functions of forest ecosystems. The authors answer the question of why wildfires while being a destructive factor, are sometimes considered a factor increasing biodiversity. The “positive” influence wildfires have on biodiversity mostly comes down to the formation of mosaic patterns, that is, forest canopy gaps that occur after a wildfire. However, analysis of references shows that the established opinion found in a number of studies that a certain frequency of wildfires is necessary to maintain forest communities may be associated with ignoring or misunderstanding the importance of biotic factors in the functioning of forests. In modern forest ecosystems, populations of keystone large mammal species have disappeared or greatly declined; therefore, there are no microsites they usually form, including large forest canopy gaps (glades) that provide opportunities for photophilous flora and pollinating insects to develop and generally maintain adequate conditions for multi-aged polydominant forest ecosystems with high biodiversity. In the forestry practice, there are measures to maintain mosaics. They include special types of felling, supporting populations of keystone animal species, etc., and are both significantly less catastrophic in comparison with the wildfire factor and substantiated biologically. The authors provide recommendations for the conservation and maintenance of biodiversity and ecosystem functions in modern forests.

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Wildfires as a Factor of Loss of Biodiversity and Forest Ecosystem Functions

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Тебенькова²,

Ershov³

et al. 2022

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“…In the unguarded territories of the northern regions of Siberia and the Far East, forest fires are practically not registered and are not extinguished. The development of operational methods for predicting and assessing wildfires is one of their main problems in the complex of ensuring fire and environmental safety of the territory (Baranovskiy & Yankovich, 2018;Makarov & Malykh, 2019). According to literary sources in the Amur region, the first anthropogenic fires began to occur about 400-600 thousand years ago.…”

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Analysis Of The Burnability Of The Territory Of The Jewish Autonomous Region

Krokhaleva¹

2022

The European Proceedings of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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The article considers the pyrological situation on the territory of the Jewish Autonomous Region located in the Russian Far East. The author presented the statistics of forest fires by year, the principal forest fires causes, and the forest fund of the Jewish Autonomous Region according to the degree of natural fire danger, taking into account the pyrological features of the forests in the region, forest types and land categories. The paper covers the fires statistics of the forest fund territory. Statistics data collected during a long time (from 2005 to 2019) is presented. The author identified periods of increased fire danger and the main factors of forest fires. As a result of the work carried out, the months with the highest pyrologic load were specified (March -November). The hugest number of fires occurs in April, May, July, October, and November. The analysis showed that forest fires reach their maximum peaks in May and October. The paper highlights the principal causes of forest fires (the presence of sources of ignition and burning (dry grass, leaves) in forests, high temperatures, and low rainfall, as well as the hugest influx of people into the woods during this period, for the collection of wild plants.

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Influence of Fires on Pine Forest Floristic Diversity of the Eastern Transbaikal Territory

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Wildfires as a Factor of Loss of Biodiversity and Forest Ecosystem Functions

Wildfires as a Factor of Loss of Biodiversity and Forest Ecosystem Functions

Analysis Of The Burnability Of The Territory Of The Jewish Autonomous Region

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