Commodity Composition of Mixed Stands after Improvement Thinning at a Stationary Object “S.V. Alekseev’s Improvement Thinning of 1951”

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10.17238/issn0536-1036.2018.6.9

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The results of research on the state, structure and productivity of forest stands at a stationary object – a natural monument “S.V. Alekseev’s Improvement Thinning of 1951” are represented in the article. The analysis of field observations showed that improvement thinning increases forest stands productivity as well as can be an effective preservation measure for keeping Sukachev’s larch in optimum growth conditions. Successfulness of focused formation of pure and mixed larch stands in comparison with control stand without thinning is established. Experimental areas after improvement thinning of 1951 (3 objects) and after second improvement thinning of 2000 by the S.V. Alekseev’s method (3 objects) were studied in 2014. A control experimental area without improvement thinning was chosen (1 object). Areas assortment structure of forest stands was defined. Its analysis in 2014 showed that areas after improvement thinning of different intensity by reserves (from 60 to 70 %) and trunks quantity (from 50 to 81 %) forest stands with different trunks quality, accretion and assortment structure were formed. Mixed larch forest stands formed by improvement thinning from the best hardwood trees have more productivity in comparison with the pure stands. An experiment with leaving on only larch trees allows forming pure larch stand rare for the natural conditions of the Russian European North.

Authors

A.P. Bogdanov^{1, 2}, Candidate of Agricultural Sciences, Senior Research Scientist, Associate Professor
S.V. Tret'yakov^{1, 2}, Doctor of Agricultural Sciences, Professor
S.V. Koptev^{1, 2}, Doctor of Agricultural Sciences, Head of Department
A.S. Il'intsev^{1, 2}, Candidate of Agricultural Sciences, Research Scientist, Senior Lecturer
S.A. Demidenko^{1, 2}, Research Scientist, Senior Lecturer

Affiliation

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

Keywords

improvement thinning, a natural monument “S.V. Alekseev’s Improvement Thinning of 1951”, thinning intensity, larch, assortment structure, effective forest management

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Bogdanov A.P., Tret'yakov S.V., Koptev S.V., Il'intsev A.S., Demidenko S.A. Commodity Composition of Mixed Stands after Improvement Thinning at a Stationary Object “S.V. Alekseev’s Improvement Thinning of 1951”. Lesnoy Zhurnal [Forestry Journal], 2018, no. 6, pp. 9–22. DOI: 10.17238/issn0536-1036.2018.6.9

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Received on February 21, 2018