Geography of Phytomass, Net Primary and Specific Primary Production of Larch Forests Within Eurasia
V. A. Usoltsev1,2, D. S. Gavrilin2, V. P. Chasovskikh2, A. V. Bornikov3, Yu. V. Noritsina1
1Botanical Garden, Russian Academy of Sciences, Ural Branch, 8 Marta str., 202, Yekaterinburg, 620144 Russian Federation
2Ural State Forest Engineering University, Sibirskii trakt, 37, Yekaterinburg, 620144 Russian Federation
3Orenburg State Agrarian University, Chelyuskintscev str., 18, Orenburg, 460014 Russian Federation
Keywords: larch forests, genus Larix Mill, phytomass, net primary production, specific net primary production, natural zoning, index of climate continentality, Eurasia
Abstract
Statistically significant transcontinental changes of biomass, net primary production (NPP) and specific primary production (SNPP) of all wood fractions and understory layer of larch forests on the territory from the United Kingdom to the Japan and South of China, using data of 540 sample plots with the definitions of phytomass and 116 plots with the definitions of NPP and phytomass are stated. Larch forests of Eurasia have substantial regional differences on biomass, NPP and SNPP, which are largely determined by climate peculiarities.
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