Polyvariance of the Siberian fir’s undergrowth development in dark coniferous forests of the Northern user
- Authors: Braslavskaya T.Y.1, Efimenko A.S.1, Aleinikov A.A.2
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Affiliations:
- Isaev Centre for Forest Ecology and Productivity of the RAS
- Institute of Geography of the RAS, Staromonetniy ln. 29, Moscow, 119017 Russian Federation
- Issue: No 3 (2025)
- Pages: 359-374
- Section: RESEARCH
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/0024-1148/article/view/304441
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.31857/S0024114825030064
- EDN: https://elibrary.ru/hcguce
- ID: 304441
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Abstract
Knowing the patterns of undergrowth development in forest-forming tree species is necessary for the correct reforestation assessment. The objective of the study was to characterise the of Siberian fir undergrowth development using the biological age concept and to assess the undergrowth’s prospects at different vitality. Based on the analysis of morphometric indices and the linear growth’s course of model Siberian fir plants (up to 3.5 m in height), diagnostic features of the ontogenetic stages im1, im2, v1 and vitality levels in the last two stages were formulated. To assess the model plants’ prospects, their height increment was predicted using the Mitscherlich function and the prediction results were compared to the height and age of generative trees grown in the same conditions. It was shown that to achieve the height of generative trees at a comparable age, the undergrowth should have an average height increment of at least 15—20 cm/year — typical values for plants of normal vitality on im2 and v1 ontogenetic stages; these plants are classified as high-prospects undergrowth. Another most clear diagnostic feature of the high-prospects undergrowth’s external structure is the presence of at least 2 living branches on all annual trunk increments. Undergrowth of the im2 (normal and low vitality) and v1 (low vitality) ontogenetic stages is classified as medium-prospects, and low vitality undergrowth of im2 and v1 ontogenetic stages is classified as questionable with regards to prospects. The undergrowth on the ontogenetic stage im1 hasn’t developed sufficiently to assess its prospects and the differentiation by vitality is not yet clearly expressed.
About the authors
T. Y. Braslavskaya
Isaev Centre for Forest Ecology and Productivity of the RAS
Author for correspondence.
Email: t-braslavskaya@yandex.ru
Profsoyuznaya st. 84/32 bldg. 14, Moscow, 117997 Russia
A. S. Efimenko
Isaev Centre for Forest Ecology and Productivity of the RAS
Email: t-braslavskaya@yandex.ru
Profsoyuznaya st. 84/32 bldg. 14, Moscow, 117997 Russia
A. A. Aleinikov
Institute of Geography of the RAS, Staromonetniy ln. 29, Moscow, 119017 Russian Federation
Email: t-braslavskaya@yandex.ru
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