Postfire Succession in a Forest of the Cryolithozone:
The Example of Central Yakutia

L. P. Lytkina^a and S. I. Mironova^b

^aInstitute for Biological Problems of the Cryolithozone, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences,
Yakutsk, pr. Lenina 41, 677007 Russia;

e-mail: lytkina_lp@mail.ru

^bInstitute of Applied Ecology of the North, Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia),

Yakutsk, pr. Lenina 35, 677007 Russia

Received August 13, 2007

Abstract—The results of studies on postfire succession in larch forests of the permafrost zone are discussed.
The main directions of successional processes in burned-out areas of different ages are described. It has been
shown that secondary pyrogenic successions in larch forests follow the scheme of rapid regeneration without
tree species replacement and the model of succession tolerance. Groups of plant species with different life strat-
egies and indicator species characterizing different stages of the overgrowing of burned-out areas have been
identified.

DOI: 10.1134/S1067413609030023

Key words: postfire succession, cryolithozone, burned-out areas, regeneration, vegetation, indicator species.

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