comparative analysis of soil properties influenced by wildfire and sustainable forest licence harvesting practices
abstract
this thesis outlines the main differences and similarities between current forest
harvesting practices and wildfire disturbances in the boreal forest. boreal harvesting is carried
out in a way that looks very similar to wildfire disturbances. but the chemical and physical
changes that occur after each disturbance do not show to be identical. where harvesting displays
more physical change on the forest, wildfires tend to have stark chemical changes to the stand
that succeeds the old one. this will outline the main differences in both of these disturbances and
potentially suggest ways of more closely replicating a wildfire disturbance.
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