Post-fire understory recovery is regulated by multiple factors in Chinese boreal forest
Monday, July 6, 2020 - 07:30
in Earth & Climate
Increasing disturbance activities contribute largely to the global degradation of forested ecosystems, with implications to biodiversity and ecosystem functioning. Understanding restoration processes of forest biodiversity, community structure, and ecosystem functioning is a key issue in restoration ecology. In boreal forests, understory vegetation composes the majority of overall forest biodiversity and contributes greatly to ecosystem functioning, and seems to be an important determinant of restoration success after disturbance.