Soil factors affecting the growth and sustainability of spruce stands in the north-eastern Moscow region

• Published in: IOP conference series. Earth and environmental science Vol. 862; no. 1; pp. 12060 - 12065
• Main Authors: Martynenko, O V, Karminov, V N, Ontikov, P V, Korotkov, S A, Maksimova, A N
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Bristol IOP Publishing 01.10.2021
• Subjects: Anthropogenic factors; Damage detection; Drought; Forest management; Forestry; Forests; Human influences; Productivity; Soil surveys; Sustainability; Urban areas
• ISSN: 1755-1307; 1755-1315
• DOI: 10.1088/1755-1315/862/1/012060

Forests located around large urban areas belong to the protective category of the system of Russian forestry. On the one hand, this status defines limitations in the forest management and use; on the other hand, it does not require specific treatments related to the restoration of forests considering their recreational potential, and encouraging the creation of stands sustainable to natural and anthropogenic factors’ influence. This research was conducted in the north-east of Moscow region on the territories where spruce stands were seriously affected by the 2010-year drought. Using distance methods, forest areas with spruce stands of different productivity and level of damage were identified. In these areas, a soil survey was conducted and soil series forming various growth and development conditions for spruce stands were obtained. Quantitative constraint equations for soil factors closely related to the spruce stands productivity were gained. It is shown that the sustainability of averagely-productive stands to unfavorable factors (drought) turned to be higher than that of highly-productive ones. That is why the increase of stand productivity class in recreation forests should not be of primary importance for forestry.