Media

Title

Effect of Tundra Fires on Post-fire Vegetation
Media Type: Video
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  • Alaska Fire Science Consortium
Date: April 28, 2014

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Keyword(s):
  • boreal forest
  • climate change
  • fire regime change
  • lichen
  • nitrogen
  • post-fire vegetation
  • Seward Peninsula
  • soil properties
  • tundra
  • tundra fire
  • vegetation change
  • wildfire
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Record Last Modified: August 6, 2019
FRAMES Record Number: 20211

Description

Fires in the tundra can drastically alter vegetation and ecosystem characteristics. Drs. Hollingsworth and Breen (from the U.S. Forest Service and University of Alaska-Fairbanks, respectively) review the effects of climate on fire regime and wildfire in Alaska. They compare fire in the boreal forest to tundra and discuss what is known and what we are learning about tundra fires in Alaska. The Seward Peninsula is a good experimental system to understand future states of more northern tundra systems.

Recording Length: 0:49:43
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