<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Organic matter pool and its distribution between growing stock, dead wood and windfall in upland and lowland <italic>Pinus sibirica</italic> dominated forests of Central Siberia (along the Yenisei River) is evaluated. The average growing stock is changing with advancing age from 163.9 ± 20.4 to 295.4 m3 ha−1 thus reaching its maximum in the mature forests (337.0 ± 19.6 m3 ha−1). According to the data collected, stock variation coefficient numbers display acceptable (growing stock: 14–28%) and high variability (windfall and dead wood: 63–85%). Windfall prevails in the structure of coarse woody debris (CWD) from 130.8 ± 18.5 to 171.7 ± 20.1 m3 ha−1, with the stocks greatly exceeding the amount of growing wood stock in middle-aged and declining stands in 1.4 and 2.1 times, respectively. The observations comply with common trend of deterioration of dark coniferous forests in Siberia.</abstract>

Organic matter pool and its distribution between growing stock, dead wood and windfall in upland and lowland Pinus sibirica dominated forests of Central Siberia (along the Yenisei River) is evaluated. The average growing stock is changing with advancing age from 163.9 ± 20.4 to 295.4 m3 ha−1 thus reaching its maximum in the mature forests (337.0 ± 19.6 m3 ha−1). According to the data collected, stock variation coefficient numbers display acceptable (growing stock: 14–28%) and high variability (windfall and dead wood: 63–85%). Windfall prevails in the structure of coarse woody debris (CWD) from 130.8 ± 18.5 to 171.7 ± 20.1 m3 ha−1, with the stocks greatly exceeding the amount of growing wood stock in middle-aged and declining stands in 1.4 and 2.1 times, respectively. The observations comply with common trend of deterioration of dark coniferous forests in Siberia.

Structure of the organic matter pool in <italic>Pinus sibirica</italic> dominated forests of Central Siberia

Siberian Federal University, Krasnoyarsk, Russia

V.N. Sukachev Institute of Forest SB RAS, Krasnoyarsk, Russia

Siberian State Technological University, Krasnoyarsk, Russia

Folia Forestalia Polonica

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Structure of the organic matter pool in  dominated forests of Central Siberia

Organic matter pool and its distribution between growing stock, dead wood and windfall in upland and lowland Pinus sibirica dominated forests of Central...

Structure of the organic matter pool in Pinus sibirica dominated forests of Central Siberia

Published Online: Mar 07, 2016

Page range: 218 - 223

Received: Oct 05, 2015

Accepted: Nov 13, 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/ffp-2015-0022

Keywords
Siberian pine, stock, organic matter, growing stock, windfall, dead wood, coarse woody debris, dynamics, Siberian territories adjacent to Yenisei River, ZOTTO observatory

© 2015 Nataly N. Koshurnikova et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Structure of the organic matter pool in Pinus sibirica dominated forests of Central Siberia

Published Online: Mar 07, 2016

Page range: 218 - 223

Received: Oct 05, 2015

Accepted: Nov 13, 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/ffp-2015-0022

KeywordsSiberian pine, stock, organic matter, growing stock, windfall, dead wood, coarse woody debris, dynamics, Siberian territories adjacent to Yenisei River, ZOTTO observatory

© 2015 Nataly N. Koshurnikova et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Siberian pine, stock, organic matter, growing stock, windfall, dead wood, coarse woody debris, dynamics, Siberian territories adjacent to Yenisei River, ZOTTO observatory