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The formation of a vegetation cover of a taiga zone is generally accompanied by fires of different intensity and impact. Kurbatsky (1964) has shown that beginning from the holocene forest fires have been occurring regularly, capable of spreading rapidly over large territories. It is estimated that at present lightning is the cause of only 8–9 % of all fires (Sofronov and Vakurov 1981); the remainder is caused by human activities. Most foresters consider fires a powerful ecological factor of forest succession (Kurbatsky 1964; Kolesnikov et al. 1973; Buzykin 1975; Furyaev 1977). Fires change forest tree species composition, influence the age structure of forest stands, and disturb and change the species composition of ground vegetation cover (Novoseltseva 1975). To a considerable extent the territorial location of forests of different age classes and generations, and the sinuous and mosaic structure of the vegetation cover are associated with forest fires (Pobedinsky 1965).
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Gorbachev, V.N., Popova, E.P. (1996). Fires and Soil Formation. In: Goldammer, J.G., Furyaev, V.V. (eds) Fire in Ecosystems of Boreal Eurasia. Forestry Sciences, vol 48. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-8737-2_28
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