Stone pine forests in Siberia

Abstract

Stone pine forests in Siberia are unique for their origin, area dynamics, comprehensive productivity, and biospherical role. They are mainly mature forests for the most regions. The regeneration has two main tasks: (1) to organize the rational and ecological felling for the Siberian stone pine trees, (2) to increase young growth. In the past, the main aim of the forest management was wood production. The basic elements were mainly technical exploitability and felling ages, traditional cleaning cutting, and “continuous” artificial regeneration, which are not suitable for the Siberian stone pine forests. New practices of the forest management and new theoretical principles have been developed by our Institute, including comprehensive evaluation, selection and growth, and creating new felling technology. Qualitative evaluations of every stand and every tree in the Siberian stone pine forests should be made.

Keywords

Stone pine forest / Forest management / Utilization / Reproduction

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