Effect of forest fire on tree diversity and regeneration in the forests of Uttarakhand, Western Himalaya, India

The objective of this study was to investigate the impact of forest fires on tree diversity and their regeneration in three fire-prone forests of Uttarakhand, India. We used Landsat 5, 7, and 8 satellite imagery to prepare fire frequency maps and the study area was divided into four fire frequency c...

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Main Authors: Himanshu Bargali, Dinesh Bhatt, Rakesh Chandra Sundriyal, Virendra Pratap Uniyal, Aseesh Pandey, Ram Ranjan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Forests and Global Change
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/ffgc.2023.1198143/full