<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The article considers the long-term (100 years) dynamics of the forest cover of the southernmost unit of Siberian pine forests on the West Siberian plain. A key feature of forest management is that Siberian pine seeds are a valuable food product and, when cutting forests, this tree species, as a rule, is preserved. The basis of the experimental data was the material of the national forest inventories of 1915, 1974 and 2015 for a total area of 1,420.41 ha. During the period from 1915 to 2015, the forested area changed slightly (96.2 and 94.0%), while the share of Siberian pine stands increased significantly from 48.4 to 58.7%. Grassy Siberian pine forests (32.1%) of optimal age (120–140 years), which are characterised by the best seed productivity and the largest share of Siberian pine in the community (77%), predominate. Basically, human economic activity results in an increase in the area of Siberian pine stands, when deciduous stands with Siberian pine undergrowth are used for fuel and as building material. A decrease in the area of Siberian pine forests occurs mainly under the impact of fires. In the conflagrations of 1915–1920, 7 to 38% of silver birch forests have no Siberian pine undergrowth and are considered long-term secondary communities. In the remaining area, the proportion of Siberian pine undergrowth is 20–30% with a density of 800–1200 seedlings ha<sup>−1</sup>, which is sufficient for the natural formation of Siberian pine forests.</p></abstract>

The article considers the long-term (100 years) dynamics of the forest cover of the southernmost unit of Siberian pine forests on the West Siberian plain. A key feature of forest management is that Siberian pine seeds are a valuable food product and, when cutting forests, this tree species, as a rule, is preserved. The basis of the experimental data was the material of the national forest inventories of 1915, 1974 and 2015 for a total area of 1,420.41 ha. During the period from 1915 to 2015, the forested area changed slightly (96.2 and 94.0%), while the share of Siberian pine stands increased significantly from 48.4 to 58.7%. Grassy Siberian pine forests (32.1%) of optimal age (120–140 years), which are characterised by the best seed productivity and the largest share of Siberian pine in the community (77%), predominate. Basically, human economic activity results in an increase in the area of Siberian pine stands, when deciduous stands with Siberian pine undergrowth are used for fuel and as building material. A decrease in the area of Siberian pine forests occurs mainly under the impact of fires. In the conflagrations of 1915–1920, 7 to 38% of silver birch forests have no Siberian pine undergrowth and are considered long-term secondary communities. In the remaining area, the proportion of Siberian pine undergrowth is 20–30% with a density of 800–1200 seedlings ha−1, which is sufficient for the natural formation of Siberian pine forests.

Forest cover dynamics of the Bazoy Siberian pine (<italic>Pinus sibirica</italic> Du Tour) forest from 1915 to 2015

Laboratory of Monitoring of Forest Ecosystems

Department of Silviculture and Forest Inventory

Forestry Studies

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Forest cover dynamics of the Bazoy Siberian pine ( Du Tour) forest from 1915 to 2015

The article considers the long-term (100 years) dynamics of the forest cover of the southernmost unit of Siberian pine forests on the West Siberian plain. A...

Forest cover dynamics of the Bazoy Siberian pine (Pinus sibirica Du Tour) forest from 1915 to 2015

Article Category: Research paper

Published Online: Mar 11, 2021

Page range: 52 - 63

Received: May 30, 2020

Accepted: Dec 04, 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/fsmu-2020-0014

Keywords
forest maps, woodland dynamics, forest gain, forest loss, Western Siberia

© 2020 Nikita Debkov et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Forest cover dynamics of the Bazoy Siberian pine (Pinus sibirica Du Tour) forest from 1915 to 2015

Article Category: Research paper

Published Online: Mar 11, 2021

Page range: 52 - 63

Received: May 30, 2020

Accepted: Dec 04, 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/fsmu-2020-0014

Keywordsforest maps, woodland dynamics, forest gain, forest loss, Western Siberia

© 2020 Nikita Debkov et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Keywords
forest maps, woodland dynamics, forest gain, forest loss, Western Siberia