Community Succession of Burned Forestland of Larix gmelinii in Great Xing'an Mountains
A field experiment was conducted to study the community succession of Larix dahurica forest after different intensities of fire disturbances by the methods of deducing time series from vegetation space alignment. After a serious fire disturbance , the succession regularity of L. dahurica community is from tussock or shrub to birch and poplar mixed forest, and to larch-birch-poplar mixed stands, and then to larch forests. After a moderate fire disturbance, the forest succession is from birch and poplar mixed forest or larch-broad leaved mixed forest to larch forest. However, the species composition of L. dahurica community did not change after a mild fire disturbance, but the community structure changed judging from the replacement of xerophyte by aletophyte in the shrub layer and herb layer.
Great Xing'an MountainsLarix dahuricaBurned forestlandCommunity succession