The Major Results of the Silvicultural Heritage of the Forester K.F. Turmer

Complete text of the article:

Download article (pdf, 1.7MB )

UDС

630*232

DOI:

10.37482/0536-1036-2020-5-201-210

Abstract

Bibliography of academic papers on forestry activities of the well-known forester K.F. Turmer has more than 150 titles, including papers by the author of this article (more than 20). Today, almost 2,000 ha of his plantings have been preserved in the center of the Russian Plain. The purpose of the article is to summarize the silvicultural heritage of K.F. Turmer. The results of this study indicate the compliance with the conformity principle of conifers with forest site conditions along with optimal patterns of their mixing and placement of planting points. The results of a long-term study of the K.F. Turmer’s forest crops showed that in rich forest site conditions of indigenous spruce forests the creation of pine-spruce plantations is the most promising. The plantations in composition of 7 Scots pines (Pinus sylvestris) and 3 Norway spruces (Picea abies) in 100 years produce 800 m3 of trunk wood per 1 ha. The introduction of European larch has shown very good results. In forest crops it is capable to produce 1,000 or more m3 of trunk wood per 1 ha in combination with ripe spruce. Indeed K.F. Turmer implemented the principle of plantation forestry, which allows significantly increasing the silvicultural effect and reducing the age of felling in order to obtain commercial coniferous wood.

Authors

M.D. Merzlenko, Doctor of Agriculture, Prof.; ReseacherID: J-1359-2016,
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0887-3178

Affiliation

Institute of Forest Science, Russian Academy of Sciences, ul. Sovetskaya, 21, s. Uspenskoye, Moscow Region, 143030, Russian Federation; e-mail: md.merzlenko@mail.ru

Keywords

forest crops, coniferous tree species, productivity of plantings, decay of forest stands

For citation

Merzlenko M.D. The Major Results of the Silvicultural Heritage of the Forester K.F. Turmer. Lesnoy Zhurnal [Russian Forestry Journal], 2020, no. 5, pp. 201–210. DOI: 10.37482/0536-1036-2020-5-201-210

References

1. Vasil’yev Ya.Ya. Plantings of European Larch  in Porechye, Uvarovsky District, Moscow Region. Transactions of the Botanical Institute named after V.L. Komarov. Moscow, AN SSSR Publ., 1950, ser. VI, iss. I, pp. 510–545.
2. Isachenko Kh.M. Forestation Experience in the Central Regions of the European Part of the USSR. Moscow, Goslesbumizdat Publ., 1947. 112 p.
3. Kobranov N.P. Inspection and Study of Forest Crops. Transactions on Forest Experimentation Activity. Iss. VIII. Leningrad, 1930, pp. 1–102.
4. Merzlenko M.D. K.F. Tyurmer’s Spruce Plantations on the Territory of the Smolensk–Moscow Upland. Lesnoy Zhurnal [Russian Forestry Journal], 1974, no. 2, pp. 15–18. URL: http://lesnoizhurnal.ru/apxiv/1974/9Bdf.pdf
5. Merzlenko M.D. A Comparative Analysis of the Growth of Pure Pine and Spruce Crops on Loam Soils. Lesovedenie [Russian Journal of Forest Science], 1987, no. 2, pp. 36–42.
6. Merzlenko M.D. On the Issue of Decline of Artificial Plantations of Spruce. Transactions of MLTI. No. 234. Moscow, MLTI Publ., 1990, pp. 79–82.
7. Merzlenko M.D. Artificial Forest by K.F. Turmer. Moscow, Goskomles SSSR Publ., 1991. 27 p.
8. Merzlenko M.D., Melnik P.G. Experience of Silvicultural Monitoring in Nicholskaya Lesnaya Dacha. Moscow, MGUL Publ., 2015. 112 p.
9. Merzlenko M.D., Babich N.A., Gavrilova O.I. Introduction to the Ecology of Coniferous Forest Crops. Arkhangelsk, NArFU Publ., 2018. 379 p.
10. Polyakov A.N., Ipatov L.F., Uspenskiy V.V. Forest Crops Productivity. Moscow, Agropromizdat Publ., 1986. 240 p.
11. Rubtsov M.V., Merzlenko M.D. Forest Crops of K.F. Turmer. Moscow, TsBNTIleskhoz Publ., 1975. 42 p.
12. Rubtsov M.V., Glazunov Yu.B., Nikolayev D.K. European Larch in the Center of the Russian Plain. Lesnoye khozyaystvo, 2011, no. 5, pp. 26–29.
13. Rubtsov M.V., Merzlenko M.D., Glazunov Yu.B., Nikolayev D.K. Silvicultural Excursion to the Turmer Forests of Porechye. Moscow, ILAN Publ., 1998. 35 p.
14. Rudzkiy A.F. Growth Studies in Poretskaya Dacha. Lesnoy Zhurnal [Russian Forestry Journal], 1878, no. X, pp. 543–572.
15. Timofeyev V.P. Fight against Spruce Drying out. Moscow, Golesbumizdat Publ., 1944. 48 p.
16. Timofeyev V.P. The Role of Larch in Raising Forest Productivity. Moscow, AN SSSR Publ., 1961. 160 p.
17. Timofeyev V.P. The Experience of Growing European Larch in the Moscow and Neighboring Regions. Lesnoye khozyaystvo, 1971, no. 12, pp. 21–27.
18. Timofeev V.P. Forest Crops of Larch. Moscow, Lesnaya promyshlennost’ Publ., 1977. 216 p.
19. Turmer K.F. Fifty Years of Forestry Practice. Moscow, Tipografiya E. Lissnera i Yu. Romanova, 1891. 186 p.
20. Yablokov A.S. Larch Culture and Planting Care. Moscow, Goslestekhizdat Publ., 1934. 127 p.
21. Guse. Eine deuche Forstwirtschaft in Rusland. Allgemeine Fort und Jagd Zeitung [German Journal of Forest Research], 1982, B. VII, S. 242–245.
22. Pfalz W. Die Europäische Lärche in Zentrum der Russischen Tiefebene. AFZ – der Wald, 2014, N. 3, S. 23–25.
23. Rubtzow M.V. Contribution of K.F. Turmer into Forestry. Selected Works of K.F. Turmer. Moscow, MGUL Publ., 2001, pp. 7–27.
24. Thürmer K. Bewirtschaftung der Priwatwaldungen. Allgemeine Forst und Jagd Zeitung [German Journal of Forest Research], 1877, B. XI, S. 385–391.
25. Thürmer K. Die Forstwirtschaft in Rusland. Allgemeine Forst und Jagd Zeitung [German Journal of Forest Research], 1882, B. XII, S. 420–424.

Received on December 7, 2019