Vegetation restoration and plant roots improve soil infiltration capacity after a severe forest fire in Daxing’anling, northeast China

Lihong Wang is a lecturer in the School of Water Conservancy and Civil Engineering, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, China. Jun Zhang is a senior engineer of Shandong Key Laboratory of Eco-Environmental Science for Yellow River Delta, Binzhou University, Binzhou, Shandong Province, China. Yusen Zhao is a professor in the School of Forestry, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, China. Qiang Fu (corresponding author) is a professor in the School of Water Conservancy and Civil Engineering, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, China. Tianxiao Li is an associate professor in the School of Water Conservancy and Civil Engineering, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, China.