Forest succession and soil development adjacent to the Chena River in interior Alaska. Viereck, L. A. 1973. Wildfire in the taiga of Alaska. Floodplain succession Succession is typically viewed as a process where competition, facilitation, and life-history processes govern the changes in species composition. Role of fire in the Alaskan boreal forest In July 1999, an experimental wildfire burned a 700 ha watershed.
Fire is an important factor governing the dynamics of the boreal forest.
We can examine an area that was disturbed30 years ago and examined again after 15 years. If community and ecosystem processes of tundra are strongly constrained by environment, we should expect strong gradients in production and diversity along elevational gradients within tundra. Miller et al. 1981, Walker et al. The climate of Alaska has warmed substantially in the last 30 years.