Abstract: Forest fire influences the composition, structure, and function of forest ecosystems, serving as a key disturbance factor that regulates forest dynamics and may potentially triggering irreversible shifts in successional trajectories. Investigating post-fire vegetation recovery and the driving factors is crucial for assessing the impacts of forest fires driven under the context of climate change and for developing effective fire management strategies. We systematically reviewed research on post-fire vegetation recovery since 1990 using bibliometric methods from four aspects: research methodologies, spatiotemporal recovery characteristics, driving factors, and management strategies. Furthermore, we identified the challenges in post-fire vegetation recovery research and proposed future research directions, aiming to provide a valuable reference for advancing quantitative studies on post-fire vegetation recovery in China.

Key words: fire disturbance, post-fire, vegetation recovery, climate change, influencing factor