Dynamics and stability of pine stands in the urboecosystems of the experimental forest dacha of the RSAU-Moscow Agricultural Academy named after K.A. Timiryazev
https://doi.org/10.21266/2079-4304.2023.245.93-111
Abstract
The forest stands of urbanized areas play a huge role in human life and perform many environmental, sanitary, hygienic and health-improving functions. The purpose of the study is to study the dynamics of the species composition and stand indicators of pine in urban areas and assess their sustainability. The object of the study is mature Scots pine stands on permanent sample plots in the Forest Experimental Station of the Russian State Agrarian University – Moscow Timiryazev Agricultural Academy. It was revealed that in mature pine stands there is a process of gradual change of pine to broad-leaved species mainly norway maple (Acer platanoides L.) and linden (Tilia cordata Mill.). A regular increase in the stock of deciduous tree species of the forest stand was revealed with a decrease in the stock of pine, and, accordingly, the density of the pine canopy. Therefore, as soon as gaps form in the pine canopy, broad-leaved species such as norway maple, linden, еnglish oak (Quercus robur L.) and white elm (Ulmus laevis Pall.) tend to occupy them. An analysis of changes in stand indicators over a 25-year period of time shows that, in terms of average height, forest stands are approaching their biological limits, and positive dynamics is observed in terms of average diameter, basal areas and stock. According to the ratio of the average height to the average diameter and the basal areas over a 25-year period of time, the stability of the pine stands of the Forest Experimental Station did not change. Mature pine stands show adaptation to a complex of ecological factors of the urban environment. The second tree layer, formed by broad-leaved species, shows the greatest sensitivity to uncontrolled recreational load.
About the Authors
D. V. Lezhnev
Institute of Forest Science, Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
LEZHNEV Daniil V. – Research Laboratory Assistant, Laboratory of Forestry and Biological Productivity
143030. Sovetskaya str. 21. Uspenskoe. Moscow region
A. V. Lebedev
Russian State Agrarian University – Moscow Timiryazev Agricultural Academy
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
LEBEDEV Aleksandr V. – PhD (Agriculture), Associate Professor of the department of Agricultural Reclamation, Forestry and Land Management
127434. Timiryazevskaya str. 49. Moscow
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Lezhnev D.V., Lebedev A.V. Dynamics and stability of pine stands in the urboecosystems of the experimental forest dacha of the RSAU-Moscow Agricultural Academy named after K.A. Timiryazev. Izvestia Sankt-Peterburgskoj lesotehniceskoj akademii. 2023;(245):93-111. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.21266/2079-4304.2023.245.93-111
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