Recruitment of Larix sibirica Ledeb. in Closed Forest Stands, on Clear-Felling Sites and at Fire-Sites in the Forests of Mongolia

Authors

Vasiliy T. Yarmishko, Russian Academy of SciencesFollow
Nikolay N. Slemnev, Russian Academy of Sciences

Date of this Version

2012

Document Type

Article

Citation

Erforschung biologischer Ressourcen der Mongolei (2012) band 12: 365-370.

Comments

Copyright 2012, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle Wittenberg, Halle (Saale). Used by permission.

Abstract

The paper deals with recruitment patterns in larch forests of Mongolia following anthropogenic impacts (felling, fires), and describes successional trends in highland forest communities. It is established that mass seed recruitment of Larix sibirica Ledeb. took place during anomalous combinations of hydrothermal conditions supposedly occurring at periods of about 100 years. During the last decades, frequent fires of various intensities put serious constraints on reforestation of the larch, and induced successional trends in disturbed forests.