When fires burn a forest, it thins the stands, reducing competition among the surviving trees and assuring adequate light, nutrients and water for the new crop of seedlings, which is likely to spring up in the wake of blazes.
(fires; burn; a forest) (the new crop of seedlings; is; likely to spring up in the wake of blazes) (it; thins; the stands; T:When fires burn a forest) Context(it thins,List([26, 34))):(it; thins the stands reducing; competition among the surviving trees)
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competition among the surviving trees