Effects of forest fires on ecological service in permafrost regions

doi:10.12006/j.issn.1673-1719.2020.019

Abstract

Abstract:

Under a warming climate, increasing forest fires in the Greater Hinggan Mountains in Northeast China has led to the degradation of permafrost and recovery and succession of vegetation, obviously impacting on service functions of the forest ecosystem. In this study, Mangui and Alongshan in the northern Greater Hinggan Mountains were chosen as the study areas. Through quantitative methods, we calculated the benefits and losses of CO₂ fixation and O₂ release by the forest ecosystem; purifying the environment, including the absorption of SO₂ and dusts; hydrological benefits, including flood control and water conservation; microclimate benefit loss; wildlife conservation and recreational benefits. Significant losses of ecosystem service values have occurred after fires in Mangui and Alongshan. The losses in the benefits of CO₂ fixation and O₂ release and purifying the environment were the two largest, accounting for 42.34% and 41.94% of the total benefit loss, respectively. The losses in the wildlife conservation benefits were the least (0.80%). Those in microclimatic, recreational and hydrological benefits, accounted for 8.61%, 3.49%, and 2.82%, respectively. Even if the coniferous forest ecosystem restored to the broad-leaved forest ecosystem after the fire, the loss in the benefit of purifying the environment could still reach 69.3%. Therefore, it is essential to systematically protect coniferous forests in permafrost areas and effectively reduce the occurrences of forest fires, so as to maintain the stability, sustainability and service ability of forest ecosystem in permafrost regions.

Key words: Permafrost region, Forest fire, Ecosystem service, Coniferous forests

LI Xiao-Ying, JIN Hui-Jun, HE Rui-Xia, HUANG Ya-Dong. Effects of forest fires on ecological service in permafrost regions[J]. Climate Change Research, 2020, 16(5): 545-554.

Figures/Tables 4

Fig. 1 Study region and sites in the permafrost region in the northern Greater Hinggan Mountains, Northeast China (Modified from [56] and [60])

Table 1 Calculation formulas and research contents of ecosystem service values

Table 2 Ecological service values of Mangui and Alongshan in coniferous forest in the northern Greater Hinggan Mountains, Northeast China

Table 3 Changes in ecological service values (ESV) of coniferous forest in Mangui and Alongshan in the northern Greater Hinggan Mountains, Northeast China

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