PHYTOTOMASS OF ROBINIA PSEUDOACACIA L. TRUNK COMPONENTS IN THE PLANTED BLACK LOCUST STANDS WITHIN NORTHERN STEPPE ZONE OF UKRAINE
The results of simulation of the above-ground phytomass of the components of Black locust tree trunks in the planted stands within the Northern Steppe zone of Ukraine are presented. Correlation and statistical analyses of the data set from model trees were carried out. A reliable strong correlation between the formation of the trunk timber volume and the volume of the trunk in the bark and the values of the diameter of the trunk and the height of the trees were established. The mathematical dependences for estimating the volume of the black locust trunk fractions, namely, the volume of the trunk timber, the volume of the trunk bark and the volume of the trunk in the bark, were developed as two- and three-factor mathematical models. The graphical interpretation of changes in the trunk volume in the bark of trees at the constant height was presented under the developed mathematical model. The results of the development of normative support for evaluation of components of the trunk phytomass in freshly cut and absolutely dry conditions were given.