Volume, structure and decomposition dynamics of woody debris in primary spruce forests of the taiga zone of European Russia
The author elaborates on the subject of the biomass accumulation and decomposition balance in forest communities. Forests at the climax phases are considered to be the most balanced in terms of the biomass of their components. The notions of “current woody debris” and “fallen deadwood” are defined,...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:def95d872b9e4244a0d01d8f2de5d030 2023-05-15T18:30:37+02:00 Volume, structure and decomposition dynamics of woody debris in primary spruce forests of the taiga zone of European Russia Vladimir Storozhenko 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.17076/eco635 https://doaj.org/article/def95d872b9e4244a0d01d8f2de5d030 EN RU eng rus Karelian Research Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences http://journals.krc.karelia.ru/index.php/ecology/article/view/635 https://doaj.org/toc/1997-3217 https://doaj.org/toc/2312-4504 1997-3217 2312-4504 doi:10.17076/eco635 https://doaj.org/article/def95d872b9e4244a0d01d8f2de5d030 Transactions of the Karelian Research Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Iss 5 (2018) biomass balance woody debris phytomass decomposition products of xylolysis Science Q article 2018 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.17076/eco635 2022-12-31T00:49:47Z The author elaborates on the subject of the biomass accumulation and decomposition balance in forest communities. Forests at the climax phases are considered to be the most balanced in terms of the biomass of their components. The notions of “current woody debris” and “fallen deadwood” are defined, and the average indices of tree and stand condition in boreal spruce forests, as well as data on the stock, volumes and phytomass of the tree stands and woody debris in pristine spruce forests are specified. The article states that in pristine forests not affected by human impact the volumes of current woody debris and fallen deadwood vary significantly even among biogeocoenoses with similar development dynamics. These differences are caused not by endogenous but most likely by exogenous factors. There is minor variation in the ratios of fallen deadwood volume to the tree stand volume, and woody debris phytomass volume to tree stand phytomass volume, which are 33.5 ア 8.9 % on average. Presumably, those particular values for woody debris as related to the growing stock could serve as a tentative estimator of the contribution of these consorts to the overall biomass balance of pristine forest biogeocenoses. The author gives an example of grouping fallen deadwood into decomposition stages carried out in four sample plots representing forests of different taiga subzones. The amounts of C, CO2, H2O and Q (energy) deposited by the tree stand and released in the process of debris decomposition in the biogeocenoses under study were estimated. Article in Journal/Newspaper taiga Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Deadwood ENVELOPE(-117.453,-117.453,56.733,56.733) Proceedings of the Karelian Research Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences 5 15 |
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The author elaborates on the subject of the biomass accumulation and decomposition balance in forest communities. Forests at the climax phases are considered to be the most balanced in terms of the biomass of their components. The notions of “current woody debris” and “fallen deadwood” are defined, and the average indices of tree and stand condition in boreal spruce forests, as well as data on the stock, volumes and phytomass of the tree stands and woody debris in pristine spruce forests are specified. The article states that in pristine forests not affected by human impact the volumes of current woody debris and fallen deadwood vary significantly even among biogeocoenoses with similar development dynamics. These differences are caused not by endogenous but most likely by exogenous factors. There is minor variation in the ratios of fallen deadwood volume to the tree stand volume, and woody debris phytomass volume to tree stand phytomass volume, which are 33.5 ア 8.9 % on average. Presumably, those particular values for woody debris as related to the growing stock could serve as a tentative estimator of the contribution of these consorts to the overall biomass balance of pristine forest biogeocenoses. The author gives an example of grouping fallen deadwood into decomposition stages carried out in four sample plots representing forests of different taiga subzones. The amounts of C, CO2, H2O and Q (energy) deposited by the tree stand and released in the process of debris decomposition in the biogeocenoses under study were estimated. |
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Volume, structure and decomposition dynamics of woody debris in primary spruce forests of the taiga zone of European Russia |
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Volume, structure and decomposition dynamics of woody debris in primary spruce forests of the taiga zone of European Russia |
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Volume, structure and decomposition dynamics of woody debris in primary spruce forests of the taiga zone of European Russia |
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Volume, structure and decomposition dynamics of woody debris in primary spruce forests of the taiga zone of European Russia |
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Volume, structure and decomposition dynamics of woody debris in primary spruce forests of the taiga zone of European Russia |
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