Factors influencing initial vascular plant seedling composition following either aggregated retention harvesting and regeneration burning or burning of unharvested forest.

Highlights: [•] Pre-harvest vegetation strongly affects post-harvest composition. [•] Vegetation in wildfire-disturbed forest is similar to that in harvested forest. [•] Coppice regeneration is less common in harvested than wildfire-burnt forest. [•] Aggregates as seed sources are not influencing initial plant establishment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]