Loranty, Michael M.

11 items:

The influence of burn severity on postfire vegetation recovery and albedo change during early succession in North American boreal forests Severity of burning can influence multiple aspects of forest composition, carbon cycling, and climate forcing. We quantified how burn severity affected vegetation recovery and albedo change during early succession in Canadian boreal regions by combining satellite observations from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) and the Canadian Large Fire Database. We used the MODIS-derived difference Normalized Burn Ratio (dNBR) and initial changes in spring albedo as measures of burn severity. We found that the most severe burns had the greatest reduction in summer MODIS Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI) in the first year after fire, indicating greater loss of vegetation cover. By 58 years after fire,... Categories: Publication; Types: Citation; Tags: Relationship Understanding 2b-Effects of Fire on Ecosystems
Biomass allometry for alder, dwarf birch, and willow in boreal forest and tundra ecosystems of far northeastern Siberia and north-central Alaska Categories: Data, Publication; Types: Citation, Downloadable, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, Shapefile; Tags: Monitoring 1-Changes in Plant and Animal Distribution: Ecosystems
Biomass allometry for alder, dwarf birch, and willow in boreal forest and tundra ecosystems of far northeastern Siberia and north-central Alaska Categories: Publication; Types: Citation; Tags: Monitoring 1-Changes in Plant and Animal Distribution: Ecosystems
The influence of burn severity on postfire vegetation recovery and albedo change during early succession in North American boreal forests Severity of burning can influence multiple aspects of forest composition, carbon cycling, and climate forcing. We quantified how burn severity affected vegetation recovery and albedo change during early succession in Canadian boreal regions by combining satellite observations from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) and the Canadian Large Fire Database. We used the MODIS-derived difference Normalized Burn Ratio (dNBR) and initial changes in spring albedo as measures of burn severity. We found that the most severe burns had the greatest reduction in summer MODIS Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI) in the first year after fire, indicating greater loss of vegetation cover. By 58 years after fire,... Categories: Publication; Types: Citation; Tags: R2b-Effects of Fire on Ecosystems
Biomass allometry for alder, dwarf birch, and willow in boreal forest and tundra ecosystems of far northeastern Siberia and north-central Alaska Categories: Publication; Types: Citation; Tags: M1-Ecosystems

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