The Relationship Between the Characteristics of the State of Scots Pine Trees and Tree Stands in the Large Industrial City
D. V. VESELKIN1, V. A. GALAKO2, W. E. VLASENKO2, S. A. SHAVNIN2, E. L. VOROBEICHIK1
1Institute of Plant аnd Animal Ecology UB RAS, 620144, Ekaterinburg, 8 Marta str., 202
2Botanical Garden UB RAS, 620144, Ekaterinburg, 8 Marta str., 202a
Keywords: Scots pine, city tree stands, urban forestry, tree vitality, productivity
Abstract
The characteristics of the state of Scots pine individual trees and tree stands in the areas with different levels of urbanization, including areas inside Yekaterinburg, city parks and forests outside of the city were studied. In city parks the tree stands’ state did not differ much from the state of the trees growing outside of the city, but inside the city timber volume decreased. Statistical analysis showed that this effect was due to summation of changes in stand density and trees size. Deterioration of the sanitary state of the trees due to environmental pollution and recreation accounted only for a small part of the changes in the volume stock. It was shown that mature tree stands in the city stayed resistant to the influence of negative environmental factors for a long time.
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