In this short talk Dr. Robert Baxter will introduce the key issues being addressed (incorporating both remote sensing and ecological studies) in the determination and understanding of post-fire coniferous forest regeneration in south eastern Russia.

Context:
• Following fire, forests usually regrow over time from recruitment of young tree seedlings that eventually develop into mature forest, if not burned over this development period.
• In some cases though, fire severity or frequency of occurrence may lead to this return to forest not happening.
• Different trajectories of vegetation change following forest fire may result from a range of factors.
• Both earth observation and landscape ecology approaches are being used to better understand post-fire vegetation change in a changing climate.

Our programme of research is a bi-lateral study incorporating Universities from the United Kingdom with the Institute of Forest, Krasnoyarsk, Russia.