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http://science.sciencemag.org/content/311/5759/352
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Abstract
We present data from a study of early conifer regeneration and fuel loads after the 2002 Biscuit Fire, Oregon, USA, with and without postfire logging. Natural conifer regeneration was abundant after the high-severity fire. Postfire logging reduced median regeneration density by 71%, significantly increased downed woody fuels, and thus increased short-term fire risk. Additional reduction of fuels is necessary for effective mitigation of fire risk. Postfire logging can be counterproductive to the goals of forest regenration and fuel reduction.
Recent increases in wildfire activity in the United States have intensified controversies surrounding the management of public forests after large fires (1). The view that postfire (salvage) logging diminishes fire risk via fuel reduction and that forests will not adequately regenerate without intervention, including logging and planting, is widely held and commonly cited (2). An alternate view maintains that postfire logging is detrimental to long-term forest development, wildlife habitat, and other ecosystem functions (1). Scientific data directly informing this debate are lacking.
Here we present data from a study of early conifer regeneration and fuel loads after the 2002 Biscuit Fire, Oregon, USA, with and without postfire logging. Because of the fire's size (∼200,000 ha), historic reforestation difficulties in the region (3), and an ambitious postfire logging proposal, the Biscuit Fire has become a national icon of postfire management issues. We used a spatially nested design of logged and unlogged plots replicated across the fire area and sampled before (2004) and after (2005) logging (4).
Natural conifer regeneration on sites that experienced high-severity fire was variable but generally abundant, with a median stocking density of 767 seedlings per hectare, primarily of Douglas fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) (Fig. 1A). Such density exceeds the regional standards for fully stocked sites, suggesting that active reforestation efforts may be unnecessary. Postfire logging subsequently reduced regeneration by 71% to 224 seedlings per hectare (Fig. 1A) due to soil disturbance and physical burial by woody material during logging operations. Thus, if postfire logging is conducted in part to facilitate reforestation, replanting could result in no net gain in early conifer establishment.
P2: 研究内容发现的第二个观点——短期内增加火灾危险。主要是因为砍伐树木会导致很多的branches掉落在地上，然后比不砍伐掉落的多。所以会增加火灾危险。然后科学家说如果想降低火灾危险，就不要砍伐树木，让其自然生长。
Postfire logging significantly increased both fine and coarse downed woody fuel loads (Fig. 1B). This wood was composed of unmerchantable material (e.g., branches), and far exceeded expectations for fuel loads generated by postfire logging (4, 5). In terms of short-term fire risk, a reburn in logged stands would likely exhibit elevated rates of fire spread, fireline intensity, and soil heating impacts (6).
P2继续讲lag怎么怎么不好，然后最后一句提出，另一种减少火灾的办法是keep the dead tree待在他们挂掉的地方，能呆多久呆多久，这样能balabala一堆好处（有问最后一句的作用）
Postfire logging alone was notably incongruent with fuel reduction goals. Fuel reduction treatments (prescribed burning or mechanical removal) are frequently intended after postfire logging, including in the Biscuit plan, but resources to complete them are often limited (7). Our study underscores that, after logging, the mitigation of short-term fire risk is not possible without subsequent fuel reduction treatments. However, implementing these treatments is also problematic. Mechanical removal is generally precluded by its expense, leaving prescribed burning as the most feasible method. This will result in additional seedling mortality and potentially severe soil impacts caused by long-duration combustion of logging-generated fuel loads. Therefore, the lowest fire risk strategy may be to leave dead trees standing as long as possible (where they are less available to surface flames), allowing for aerial decay and slow, episodic input to surface fuel loads over decades.
Our data show that postfire logging, by removing naturally seeded conifers and increasing surface fuel loads, can be counterproductive to goals of forest regeneration and fuel reduction. In addition, forest regeneration is not necessarily in crisis across all burned forest landscapes.
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