Ecotone Effect in Forest Communities after Corridor Thinning

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Abstract

The article considers peculiarities of phytoclimate of forest biogeocenoses which form after corridor thinning. Changes in environmental factors when moving away from the trails deeper into the swath have been evaluated. For each environmental factor the width of the ecotone zone has been determined. The species richness of plants in the zone of transition from one community to another has been studied.

Authors

P.A. Feklistov, B.A. Mochalov, S.V. Tretyakov, Northern (Arctic) Federal University named after M.V. Lomonosov D.N. Torbik, A.M. Tarakanov, Federal State Institution “The Northern Research Institute of Forestry”

Affiliation

1Northern (Arctic) Federal University named after M.V. Lomonosov  2 Federal State Institution “The Northern Research Institute of Forestry”

Keywords

Key words: thinning, trail, swath, ecotone zone, environmental factors, species richness.