scholarly journals Features of the geographical structure of the differential species of pine forests flora of the Russian Plain on the southern limit of the Pinus sylvestris L.

Author(s):  
Nataliya O. Kin
2021 ◽  
Vol 875 (1) ◽  
pp. 012076
Author(s):  
N O Kin

Abstract Pine forests - forest tracts on the sandy left banks, where the main area is occupied by plant communities with a predominance of Pinus sylvestris. Due to the significant distance from each other, the floras of the pine forests differ. However, the flora of these pine forests also shares common characteristics. In order to establish the floristic unity of the forests at the southern limit of the distribution of Pinus sylvestris, work was carried out to identify their floristic core. For 20 years, floristic surveys have been carried out in the forests of the steppe and forest-steppe zones. A general floristic list was compiled, with the identification of aboriginal and alien fractions, and the floristic core was established. Revealed: the core of the flora is determined by the pine forest flora with the lowest number of species among the comparable pine forests. The core of the flora of the studied pine forests included 30.8% of the species of the general flora. An increase in the number of analyzed floras will bring accuracy to the determination of the floristic core. This will make it possible to form an understanding of the pine forest flora as a single floristic complex.


2019 ◽  
Vol 16 ◽  
pp. 00011
Author(s):  
Nataliya Kin

The data of studies and calculations showing the high floristic similarity of the pine forests of the Russian Plain located in the southern part of Pinus sylvestris L. area. Especially high similarity is observed in the indigenous fraction of the flora. The similarity of floras in the adventive fraction is insignificant. Taking into account the forecast of a possible, in the near future, floristic homogenization due to the species of the adventive fraction, we calculated an estimation index, which indicates an opposite process of homogenization — differentiation. Given the division of advents into groups according to the introduction time, we calculated the estimated index separately for archaeophytes and kenophytes. It was revealed that in pairs of pine forests located relatively close to each other, archaeophytes enhance differentiation, and kenophytes enhance the homogenization of flora. Differential taxa (families, genera, and species) are found only in one of all the studied pine forests, that determine the characteristics of the studied floras. Endemic species have been established that give originality to the flora of the studied pine forests.


Ekosistemy ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 23-35
Author(s):  
A. N. Saltykov

The study was carried out on the territory of the south-western segment of the Russian Plain in 2003–2020, so this research made it possible to identify a number of patterns typical for the process of natural recovery of pine forests (Pinus sylvestris L.). In particular, the obtained data indicate that population surges within the boundaries of the semiarid zone of the plain correlate with the climatic features of the region and are connected with the processes of Atlantic cyclonicity. The trail of the population surge, characteristic to steppe pine forests, is traced in the zone of coniferous-deciduous forests and on the southern borders of the plain, in the forest-steppe foothills of Crimea. The researchers confirmed the homogeneity of circulation processes and the course of the main climatic indicators. It is supposed to be one of the most probable reasons for the synchronicity of bursts of recovery on the vast territory of the south-western segment of the Russian Plain. Periodic repetitive population surges are aimed at restoration of the lost living space of pine forests. Autoregulation of the structure of undergrowth cenopopulations in accordance with the capacity of the renewal niche and a variety of ecological conditions allows each subsequent wave of renewal to master all potentially possible niches of the pine population space and is the basis for improving the structure and stability of the population.


Author(s):  
Nina F. Kuznetsova ◽  
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Elena S. Klushevskaya ◽  
Elena Yu. Amineva

Forest steppe of the Central Chernozem Region (CCR) of Russia belongs to the zone of highly productive pine forests. In 2015, for the first time a partial destabilization of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) was recorded within the territory of the CCR. It affected the population, organism and cellular levels of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.). The destabilization was caused by the 8-year heatwave of 2007–2014 followed by a sharp drop in the water table and four severe droughts (2007, 2010, 2012, and 2014). The analysis was carried out on two sites of pine forest plantations growing in the environmentally sound region: the Stupino test site (Voronezh region, typical plantation for the CCR) and the Usman site (Lipetsk region, lands with elevated groundwater level). The results of morphological, cytogenetic and biochemical studies of model trees of the Stupino test site during the following periods are presented: 4 optimal years in terms of weather conditions, 2014 drought year and 2015 destabilization year. It was found that prolonged hydrothermal stress resulted in the transition of pine from the basic equilibrium state to a slightly nonequilibrium state. The trigger mechanism for changing their vital state was a severe autumn soil drought in 2014, after which the plants became weakened right before winter. A decrease in cone bioproductivity by the traits of seed fullness and the total number of seeds per cone, a change in population sampling structure, an increase in the number of mitosis pathologies, and an increase in proline content in needles were observed despite optimal weather conditions in 2015. The recovery of species was studied for three subsequent optimal years on the example of the Stupino and Usman populations. Experimental data indicate that the processes of vital state normalization involve profound changes in metabolism and require certain energy expenditures. It took the Stupino population longer to return to the regional norm, which indicates a different depth of destabilization of the tree genetic material of the studied populations. For citation: Kuznetsova N.F., Klushevskaya E.S, Amineva E.Yu. Highly Productive Pine Forests in a Changing Climate. Lesnoy Zhurnal [Russian Forestry Journal], 2021, no. 6, pp. 9–23. DOI: 10.37482/0536-1036-2021-6-9-23


Lazaroa ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 191-208 ◽  
Author(s):  
José Antonio López-Sáez ◽  
Daniel Sánchez-Mata ◽  
Francisca Alba-Sánchez ◽  
Daniel Abel-Schaad ◽  
Rosario G. Gavilán ◽  
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