Forest Inventory Norms of Alder Stands by the Relascopic Circular Plot Method

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10.17238/issn0536-1036.2017.5.53

Abstract

The regularities of the structure, growth, productivity of grey alder modal stands on the territory of the Arkhangelsk region were studied. As a result, we developed stand assortment tables by the relascopic circular plot method for commercial wood, radii of circular plots for trees with coefficients of 0.5 m2/ha and 1.0 m2/ha, transition tables from the stump diameter to the breast height diameter. The developed standards are intended for alder stand taxation on the felling areas of the clear-felling and selection system by the relascopic circular plot method in the Arkhangelsk region within the Northern taiga and Dvina-Vychegda taiga regions of the European part of the Russian Federation. Field data was collected in the Kargopol, Velsk, Nyandoma and Arkhangelsk forestries, Kenozero National Park, dendrological garden of the Northern Research Institute of Forestry. We used field data obtained from 2013 to 2015 (124 sample plots for grey alder studying with measuring of 120 model trees). The quantitative diversity of experimental materials is justified by the method used to construct the rank scales. The field data processing was carried out by methods generally accepted in forest inventory. The proposed new approaches to the use of the relascopic circular plot method (especially on sites of partial cutting), sufficiently high accuracy and low labour intensity contribute to the use of this method in forest inventory.

Authors

S.V. Koptev1, Doctor of Agricultural Sciences, Head of Department
S.V. Tret'yakov1, Doctor of Agricultural Sciences, Professor
A.P. Bogdanov1,2, Candidate of Agricultural Sciences, Senior Lecturer, Research Officer
A.S. Il'intsev1,2, Research Assistant
S.A. Demidenko1,2, Senior Lecturer, Research Officer

Affiliation

1Northern (Arctic) Federal University named after M.V. Lomonosov, Naberezhnaya Severnoy Dviny, 17, Arkhangelsk, 163002, Russian Federation; е-mail: s.v.koptev@narfu.ru, s.v.tretyakov@narfu.ru, aleksandr_bogd@mail.ru, Ilintsev666@yandex.ru, s.demidenko@narfu.ru
2Northern Research Institute of Forestry, ul. Nikitova, 13, Arkhangelsk, 163062, Russian Federation; е-mail: aleksandr_bogd@mail.ru, Ilintsev666@yandex.ru, s.demidenko@narfu.ru

Keywords

alder stand, relascopic circular plot method, forest inventory norms

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Koptev S.V., Tret'yakov S.V., Bogdanov A.P., Il'intsev A.S., Demidenko S.A. Forest Inventory Norms of Alder Stands by the Relascopic Circular Plot Method. Lesnoy zhurnal [Forestry journal], 2017, no. 5, pp. 53–63. DOI: 10.17238/issn0536-1036.2017.5.53

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Received on February 20, 2017