Data for: Wildfire, Salvage Logging, and Warming: Their Interactive Effects on Boreal Conifer Reforestation
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2025-08-26
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Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
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Data from wildfire research conducted after the 2014 Sala fire in Västmanland, Sweden.
The dataset includes both ecological field observations and measurements from a controlled field experiment, examining the effects of fire severity, salvage logging, experimental warming, and the presence of understory vegetation. The focus was on the growth of seedlings of Norway spruce (Picea abies) and Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) from different provenances, to assess how these factors, individually and in combination, affect post-fire reforestation in boreal forests.
The study documents biomass, height, survival, and microclimatic conditions for planted seedlings, monitored over multiple growing seasons. Provenance data enable analyses of genetic adaptations to climate change and support research on assisted migration.
The purpose of the data collection was to contribute knowledge on how different forest management practices, in combination with climate-related factors, influence conifer regeneration after wildfire. The findings can inform future decisions on adaptive forest management in a warmer and more fire-prone climate.
The dataset contains no personal data. Field data were collected in the Hälleskogsbrännan Nature Reserve and on land owned by AB Karl Hedin, but the data only concern environmental and ecosystem variables and cannot be linked to identifiable individuals.
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Earth and Related Environmental Sciences, Biological Sciences, Ecology, boreal forest, open top chamber, Provenances, Climate warming, Salvage logging, Assisted migration, Fire severity, Conifer reforestation