Forests regeneration capability in sub-arctic zone of European North

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The article studies natural reforestation of conifers in the Arctic zone of the European North. It has been established that the regeneration capability of coniferous species varies depending on different forest conditions. The largest amount of pine undergrowth is observed in shrubby-sphagnum pine forests (4,0 ± 0,6 thousand units/ha). Pine regeneration is also successful in lichen and blueberry pine forests. The largest amount of spruce undergrowth is observed in the blueberry spruce forest (3,4 thousand units/ha). Spruce regeneration is also successful in fern-acid pine and sedge-sphagnum spruce forests. The amount of spruce undergrowth tends to increase in overgrown blueberry spruce forests (about 200 years old) from the west to the east. It was revealed that in the shrubby-sphagnum pine forests, the coniferous undergrowth increases with an increased age of the stand. The maximum amount of coniferous undergrowth in blueberry pine is observed in the stand of the 4th age class. It is shown that the reproduction of coniferous undergrowth under the canopy of blueberry pine is influenced by age, height, relative completeness of the stand, and the presence of hardwood undergrowth. The maximum coniferous undergrowth is noted in the blueberry spruce forest of the 5th grade of age. The success of coniferous undergrowth regeneration under the canopy of blueberry spruce is influenced by age, height, relative completeness of the stand, and the presence of aspen undergrowth. We have revealed the dependence of the undergrowth height on its age has been revealed, which can be described by a linear equation. The allometric patterns of spruce undergrowth formation in blueberry pine and blueberry spruce forest are similar. It is recommended that the data obtained be used as an informative base for improving the methods and techniques of rational forestry management.

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Ol’ga N. Tyukavina

Northern (Arctic) Federal University named after M.V. Lomonosov; Northern Research Institute of Forestry

Author for correspondence.
Email: o.tukavina@narfu.ru

Dr. Sci. (Agriculture), Professor, Leading Research

Russian Federation, 17, Naberezhnaya Severnoy Dviny, 163002, Arkhangelsk; 13, Nikitova st., 163062, Arkhagelsk

Elena A. Surina

Northern Research Institute of Forestry

Email: surina_ea@sevniilh-arh.ru

Cand. Sci. (Agriculture), Leading Researcher

Russian Federation, 13, Nikitova st., 163062, Arkhagelsk

Pavel A. Feklistov

Northern (Arctic) Federal University named after M.V. Lomonosov; Federal Research Center for Integrated Arctic Studies named after Academician N.P. Laverov, Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Email: pfeklistov@yandex.ru

Dr. Sci. (Agriculture), Professor, Chief Researcher at the Laboratory of Arctic Forest Ecosystems

Russian Federation, 17, Naberezhnaya Severnoy Dviny, 163002, Arkhangelsk; 20, Nikolsky av., 163020, Arkhangelsk

Denis N. Klevtsov

Northern (Arctic) Federal University named after M.V. Lomonosov

Email: d.klevtsov@narfu.ru

Dr. Sci. (Biology), Head of the Department of Biology, Ecology and Biotechnology

Russian Federation, 17, Naberezhnaya Severnoy Dviny, 163002, Arkhangelsk

Ivan N. Bolotov

Federal Research Center for Integrated Arctic Studies named after Academician N.P. Laverov, Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Email: inepras@yandex.ru

Dr. Sci. (Biology), Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Director

Russian Federation, 20, Nikolsky av., 163020, Arkhangelsk

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