Exploring the spatio-temporal variations and forest restoration of burned zones in the Great Xing’an Range based on MODIS time series data
WANG Jian1(), DU Yuling1, GAO Zhao2, LYU Haiyan1, SHI Lei1()
1. College of Information and Management Science, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450046, China 2. The First Geodetic Survey Team of the Ministry of Natural Resources, Shaanxi Bureau of Surveying, Mapping and Geoinformation, Xi’an 710054, China
Forest fires are one of the most significant disturbance factors affecting forest ecosystems. Exploring their spatio-temporal variations and forest restoration holds certain sociological and ecological significance. The Great Xing’an Range, possessing the largest primitive area in China, is a key area suffering frequent forest fires. Hence, this study extracted the distribution information of burned zones in the Great Xing’an Range from 2002 to 2021 from the MODIS time series products involving burned zones, land cover, and gross primary productivity (GPP). Moreover, it statistically analyzed the post-fire forest restoration. The results show that: ① Fires in the forest area of the Great Xing’an Range showed an overall downward trend from 2002 to 2021, but the burned areas showed fluctuating changes. Both the burned area and fire frequency were the highest in 2003, followed by 2008, with the lowest burned area seen in 2019; ② Forest fires occurred primarily in spring and autumn, with the highest burned area and fire frequency in March and the second highest fire frequency in September; ③ Forest fires manifested an uneven spatial distribution from northeast to southwest, predominantly in the Great Xing’an Range within Heilongjiang and Hulunbuir City of Inner Mongolia. Moreover, the forest fire area in Inner Mongolia far exceeded that in Heilongjiang. The analysis of forest types in burned zones reveals that the burned areas decreased in the order of broad-leaved, mixed, and needle-leaved forests. According to the time series analysis of GPP in burned zones, GPP values recovered the fastest in the first year post-fire, but it took nearly seven years to recover to the pre-fire growth level. Different forest types manifested significantly distinct post-fire restoration rates, which decreased in the order of broad-leaved, needle-leaved, and mixed forests. Overall, ascertaining the spatio-temporal distribution of forest fires can provide data support for the arrangement and adjustment of fire prevention and control efforts, while investigating the post-fire forest restoration can provide a scientific basis for the rehabilitation and sustainable development of forests.
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WANG Jian, DU Yuling, GAO Zhao, LYU Haiyan, SHI Lei. Exploring the spatio-temporal variations and forest restoration of burned zones in the Great Xing’an Range based on MODIS time series data. Remote Sensing for Natural Resources, 2024, 36(2): 142-150.
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