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Forest Ecosystems
Fig. 2 | Forest Ecosystems

Fig. 2

From: Ecosystem management in paludified boreal forests: enhancing wood production, biodiversity, and carbon sequestration at the landscape level

Fig. 2

a High- and low-severity soil burns. High-severity soil burns consume most of the organic layer, leaving charcoal fragments directly on the mineral soil. Low-severity soil burns only partially burn the organic layer and leave a distinctive residual (unburned) organic layer (ROL). b The thickness of the ROL makes it possible to differentiate stands established after high- (ROL < 5 cm) and low-severity soil burns (ROL > 5 cm). Modified from Simard et al. 2007 and Simard et al. 2009

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