The Condition of Indigenous Spruce Forests and Wood-Destroying Fungi of the “Kologriv Forest” Reserve (Kostroma Region)

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582.28 (470.331)

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Abstract

The authors studied the structure of the reserve’s indigenous forests and estimated the state parameters of forest stands as well as the degree of the damage caused by wood-destroying fungi of biotrophic complex. The authors also examined the role of wood-destroying fungi in the forests genesis and made an assessment of volumes of coarse woody debris. For the first time ever a list of species’ composition of wood-destroying fungi in the “Kologriv Forest” reserve is introduced in the article.

Authors

V.G. Storozhenko, Institute of Forest Science, Russian Academy of Sciences V.M. Kotkova, Komarov Botanical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences

Affiliation

1Institute of Forest Science, Russian Academy of Sciences 2Komarov Botanical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences

Keywords

Key words: indigenous forest structures, fallen logs volumes, wood.