State Assessing and GIS Modeling of the Post-Pyrogenic Dynamics of the Great Vasyugan Mire Site
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https://doi.org/10.52575/2712-7443-2022-46-3-366–377Keywords:
vegetation index, succession dynamics, Sentinel-2, microtopography, Sphagnum, surface burnoutAbstract
The study of the post-pyrogenic dynamics of vegetation cover is one of the key tasks in assessing the transformation of the global carbon cycle. The article presents estimates of the transformation of vegetation cover as a result of pyrogenic load, the current state and intensity of restoration of the pyrogenic area within the Great Vasyugan Mire five years after the fire. The study area includes the drained in 1980s and burned in 2016 site of the pine dwarf shrub sphagnum bog with area 5.5 km2. The study based on field research data carried out in 2021 on 15 plots within key site and Sentinel-2 data for period 2016–2021. We used Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) to estimate the vegetation dynamic within sites with different intense of pyrogenic load. Field studies showed intensive overgrowth of Polytrichum strictum of burnt-out hollows, renewal of sphagnum mosses on hummocks with dead moss cover and burnt-out hollows with an average occurrence of 0.14, regrowth of dwarf shrubs, the appearance of birch, aspen and pine. The stabilization of NDVI values at a level close to the unburned mire occurred already 2–3 years after the wildfire due to the rapid renewal of shrubs and intensive overgrowth by species not characteristic to bogs (Betula pubescens, Populus tremula, Polytrichum strictum). Despite the high values of the vegetation index, the complete restoration of the ecosystem function of the bog – the accumulation of carbon 5 years after the fire has not yet occurred, which is manifested mainly in the low proportion of the main peat-forming plants of the bog – sphagnum mosses.
Acknowledgements: The research was carried out with financial support of the RFBR in the framework of the scientific project No. 18-44-700005 and was funded by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation under Research Project № 0778-2019-0005.
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