BOTANY
FORESTRY
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Question
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Smaller forest fires are beneficial to forests for all of the following EXCEPT
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Removal of competing plants
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Combustion of dried leaves or needles, which reduces the threat of large fires
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Burning the crown of trees
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Making burned matter available as a nutrient
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Fire frequencies determine the overstorey of coniferous composition, besides developing a natural space among the stands. Fire may also play a role in recycling nutrients from the ground-layer vegetation and litter to the overstorey trees, thereby counteracting the infertile substrates and arrested decay (Vogl 1974).
Detailed explanation-2: -There are three types of forest fires; ground fires, crown fires and surface fires.
Detailed explanation-3: -EFFECT OF FOREST FIRE degradation of catchment areas. loss of biodiversity and extinction of plants and animals. loss of wildlife habitat and depletion of wildlife. loss of natural regeneration and reduction in forest cover.
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