Estimation of post-fire vegetation recovery in boreal forests using solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence (SIF) data
Meng Guo A , Jing Li B D , Fangbing Yu A , Shuai Yin C , Shubo Huang A and Lixiang Wen A
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A Key Laboratory of Geographical Processes and Ecological Security in Changbai Mountains, Ministry of Education, School of Geographical Sciences, Northeast Normal University, Changchun 130024, China.
B Northeast Institute of Geography and Agricultural Ecology, Chinese Academy of Science, Changchun 130102, China.
C Center for Global Environmental Research, National Institute for Environmental Studies, Tsukuba 3058506, Japan.
D Corresponding author. Email: lijingsara@iga.ac.cn
International Journal of Wildland Fire 30(5) 365-377 https://doi.org/10.1071/WF20162
Submitted: 5 October 2020 Accepted: 23 January 2021 Published: 11 February 2021
Abstract
The estimation of post-fire vegetation recovery is essential for forest management and wildfire policy-making. In the last few decades, vegetation indices have been widely used to monitor post-fire vegetation recovery by comparison with the pre-fire state. In this study, vegetation recovery is estimated using Solar-Induced chlorophyll Fluorescence (SIF), which is a by-product of photosynthesis and can reflect the physiological characteristics of a plant. We found that 20 years is insufficient for vegetation recovery, as the SIF within burned areas exhibited a significant increasing trend, which was most notable within the first 6 to 10 years after a wildfire. When comparing the SIF within and outside burned areas, we found that, during the first 3 to 6 years, SIF values outside burned areas were larger than that within burned areas; however, after ~6 years, the SIF within the burned areas exceeded that outside burned areas owing to the different carbon sequestration intensities of different vegetation recovery stages. Field photos of recovering vegetation were then compared with the Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI) trend within the burned area, and it was found that, although the EVI reached pre-fire levels or stabilised, vegetation recovery was continuing.
Keywords: boreal forest, fire CCI, forest fire, MODIS EVI, post-fire vegetation recovery, SIF.
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