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It was found for an insular steppe pine forest located in the Zabaikalskii krai that a forest area’s long-term resistance to catastrophic fires could be determined by its mosaic structure, an uneven age of the tree stand, and young growth regeneration, as well as moderate livestock grazing and haying. The termination of soil plowing along the forest boundary encourages natural pine regeneration and forest expansion.
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Original Russian Text © B.N. Makarov, 2015, published in Aridnye Ekosistemy, 2015, Vol. 21, No. 3(64), pp. 60–69.
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Makarov, B.N. State of the insular pine forest in the Transbaikal steppe zone. Arid Ecosyst 5, 161–168 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1134/S2079096115030099
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