Scots pine stands in the Left-Bank Forest-Steppe of Ukraine

Point	Ty,°C			Py, mm			Ppos, mm			W
Point	1960-–1990	1990-–2020	ΔT	1960-–1990	1990-–2020	ΔP	1960-–1990	1990-–2020	ΔPpos	1960-–1990	1990-–2020
Zmiiv	7.7	8.8	1.1	519	520	1	367	402	35	0.29	0.09
Merefa	7.7	8.8	1.1	519	520	1	367	402	35	0.29	0.09
Krasnokutsk	7.3	8.4	1.1	559	555	–4	398	435	37	0.80	0.60
Trostyanets’	7.0	8.2	1.2	587	580	–7	423	461	38	1.21	1.02
Sumy	7.1	8.2	1.1	588	580	–8	426	461	35	1.23	1.02
Konotop	7.1	8.3	1.2	598	589	–9	433	466	33	1.32	1.04

1* Ty – mean year temperature, °C; Py – annual precipitation, mm; Ppos – annual precipitation for months with above-zero temperatures, mm; W – hydrothermal Vorobiov index (the formula is in the text): significant difference is shown in gray.

Table 3.

Dynamic of climate indicators in 2000–2010 and 2010–2020

Point	Ty, °C			Py, mm			Ppos, mm			W
Point	2000-–2	2010-–2	ΔT	2000-–2	2010-–2	ΔP	2000-–2	2010-–2	ΔPpos	2000-–2	2010-–2
Zmiiv	9.2	9.5	0.4	521	511	–10	398	378	–20	–0.15	–0.49
Merefa	8.8	9.5	0.7	536	511	–25	417	378	–39	0.17	–0.49
Krasnokutsk	8.4	9.1	0.7	571	544	–27	451	410	–41	0.68	–0.02
Trostyanets’	8.1	8.8	0.6	598	563	–35	477	432	–45	1.10	0.35
Sumy	8.1	8.8	0.6	598	563	–35	477	432	–45	1.10	0.35
Konotop	8.3	8.9	0.7	605	564	–41	480	428	–52	1.12	0.30

1* Significant difference is in gray.

Distribution of the area of Scots pine stands in the forest-steppe part of Kharkiv region by forest types

Distribution of area of Scots pine stands by 10-year age classes in the forest-steppe part of Kharkiv region

Table 4.

Mean mensuration indicators and standard errors of Scots pine stands in the forest-steppe part of Kharkiv region in 2017 (according to the ‘Forests of Ukraine’ Database)

Forest type	N of plots	Mean mensuration indicators
Forest type	N of plots	age, years	diameter, cm	height, m	growing stock, m³ ha^-1	relative density of stocking	site class
A₁P	637	60±1	20.8±0.3	16.7±0.2	300±4	0.74±0.01	I.9
A₂-P	1842	66±1	24.1±0.2	19.0±0.2	325±3	0.72±0.01	I.5
B₁-oP	509	69±1	23.9±0.4	18.5±0.3	310±5	0.73±0.01	I.7
B₂-oP	8824	66±1	25.7±0.1	20.0±0.1	340±2	0.72±0.01	I.0
C₂-loP	1992	70±1	29.1±0.1	22.1±0.1	360±2	0.70±0.01	Ia.6
Otder	597	51±1	25.4±0.4	18.9±0.3	310±5	0.76±0.01	I.2
Total	14401	66±1	25.8±0.1	20.0±0.1	338±1	0.72±0.01	I.1

Table 5.

Productivity of Scots pine stands in the Forest-Steppe depending on forest site conditions and site class (average growing stock m³ ha^-1) (according to ‘Forests of Ukraine’ Database)

Site class	Types of forest site conditions							On the average, m³ ha^-1
Site class	A₁	A₂	B₁	B₂	C₁	C₂	D₂	On the average, m³ ha^-1
Ib	364±61	379±25	363±0	412±6	350±36	422±7	281±0	415±4
Ia	352±12	410±5	374±17	405±2	275±23	338±4	374±24	383±2
I	340±5	374±3	356±7	302±2	229±10	365±4	330±10	319±1
II	280±5	256±2	287±6	320±4	201±11	299±6	309±11	309±6
III	170±6	237±8	230±7	215±6	78±6	195±13	191±8	207±3
IV	136±10	148±16	124±20	102±10	54±7	38±6	–	94±5
Total	300±4	325±3	310±5	340±2	208±2	348±2	312±2	338±1

Distribution of Scots pine stand area by site classes in the forest-steppe part of Kharkiv region

Distribution of Scots pine stands area in the forest-steppe part of Kharkiv region by relative density of stocking

Table 6.

Dynamics of Scots pine stands indicators in the intensive monitoring and permanent sample plots

Forest enterprise	Latitude/ longitude	TFSC	Year	Age, years	M, m³ha^-1	P	G, m²ha^-1	Site class	Mc, _m³_ha^-1
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
SE “Zhovtneve FE”	N 49.90097° E 36.23000°	B₂	2011	60	410	0.69	34.1	Ia	1.1
		B₂	2015	64	428	0.70	34.5	Ia	1.3
		B₂	2019	68	441	0.69	35.0	Ia	4.6
SE “Zhovtneve FE”	N 49.83047° E 35.72024°	B₂	2011	55	397	0.73	35.4	Ia	0.0
		B₂	2015	59	432	0.77	37.9	Ia	6.6
		B₂	2019	63	453	0.79	39.2	Ia	27.0
NNP “Slobozhansky”	N 50.07916° E 35.21080°	B₂	2014	40	286	0.63	29.0	Ia	0.4
NNP “Slobozhansky”	N 50.07916° E 35.21080°	B₂	2018	44	318	0.68	32.1	Ia	1.1
SE “Skrypaivske SRFE”	N 49.75801° E 36.63940°	B₂	2013	93	442	0.70	36.1	I	4.5
		B₂	2017	97	425	0.70	35.0	I	46.4
		B₂	2021	101	423	0.65	33.8	I	58.0
NNP “Slobozhansky”	N 50.07299° E 35.23105°	B₂	2016	85	371	0.61	30.4	I	5.9
NNP “Slobozhansky”	N 50.07299° E 35.23105°	B₂	2020	89	392	0.63	31.9	I	7.9
NNP “Slobozhansky”	N 50.08953° E 35.25167°	B₂	2016	70	405	0.82	38.8	I	3.0
NNP “Slobozhansky”	N 50.08953° E 35.25167°	B₂	2021	75	442	0.85	41.6	I	4.4
NNP “Slobozhansky”	N 50.07164° E 35.23530°	B₂	2016	120	529	0.88	44.2	II	16.5
NNP “Slobozhansky”	N 50.07164° E 35.23530°	B₂	2020	124	543	0.88	44.5	II	16.3
NNP “Slobozhansky”	N 50.05740° E 35.22488°	B₂	2016	80	338	0.65	30.6	I	15.5
NNP “Slobozhansky”	N 50.05740° E 35.22488°	B₂	2020	84	360	0.64	31.6	I	19.2
NNP “Slobozhansky”	N 50.06153° E 35.22173°	B₂	2016	110	565	0.90	46.0	II	0.4
NNP “Slobozhansky”	N 50.06153° E 35.22173°	B₂	2020	114	596	0.91	46.5	II	0.0
NNP “Slobozhansky”	N 50.06005° E 35.21920°	A_1–2	2016	48	113	0.33	13.7	II	0.0
NNP “Slobozhansky”	N 50.06005° E 35.21920°	A_1–2	2020	52	125	0.32	13.9	I	1.7
NNP “Slobozhansky”	N 50.03659° E 35.24382°	C₂	2016	60	470	0.80	39.6	Ia	9.2
NNP “Slobozhansky”	N 50.03659° E 35.24382°	C₂	2021	65	502	0.82	41.2	Ia	16.3
NNP “Slobozhansky”	N 50.05129° E 35.25843°	C₂	2016	100	607	0.89	46.8	Ia	36.5
NNP “Slobozhansky”	N 50.05129° E 35.25843°	C₂	2021	105	625	0.87	47.2	Ia	34.1
NNP “Slobozhansky”	N 50.04390° E 35.23067°	C₂	2016	95	405	0.75	35.3	I	27.4
NNP “Slobozhansky”	N 50.04390° E 35.23067°	C₂	2021	100	411	0.74	35.7	I	45.0
SE “Skrypaivske SRFE”	N 49.27504° E 36.54960°	A₂	2012	75	468	0,9	44,2	I	1.8
SE “Skrypaivske SRFE”	N 49.27504° E 36.54960°	A₂	2018	81	449	0,85	41,9	II	5.2
SE “Skrypaivske SRFE”	N 49.87952° E 36.62420°	B₂	2012	55	503	0,92	45,5	Ia	15.7
SE “Skrypaivske SRFE”	N 49.87952° E 36.62420°	B₂	2018	61	501	0,85	42,9	Ia	21.3
SE “Skrypaivske SRFE”	N 49.67125° E 36.58750°	C₂	2012	50	432	0,89	42,8	Ia	7.4
SE “Skrypaivske SRFE”	N 49.67125° E 36.58750°	C₂	2018	56	467	0,91	44,8	Ia	9.5

1 P – relative density of stocking, Mc – stock of dead trees.

Table 7.

Health condition dynamic at monitoring and permanent sample plots

Forest enterprise	Latitude/ longitude	Year	Health condition index		Part of damaged trees, %	Part of dead trees, %
Forest enterprise	Latitude/ longitude	Year	without dead trees	with dead trees	Part of damaged trees, %	Part of dead trees, %
SE “Zhovtneve FE”	N 49.90097° E 36.23000°	2011	1.12±0.06	1.18±0.08	60.6	1.5
		2015	1.19±0.06	1.28±0.09	58.5	1.9
		2019	1.16±0.05	1.33±0.11	39.1	4.5
SE “Zhovtneve FE”	N 49.83047° E 35.72024°	2011	1.02±0.02	1.02±0.02	15.7	0.0
		2015	1.14±0.05	1.27±0.09	12.8	3.4
		2019	1.16±0.04	1.39±0.11	10.6	5.6
NNP “Slobozhansky”	N 50.07916° E 35.21080°	2014	1.04±0.02	1.07±0.04	1.7	0.9
NNP “Slobozhansky”	N 50.07916° E 35.21080°	2018	1.04±0.02	1.11±0.05	1.8	1.7
SE “Skrypaivske SRFE”	N 49.75801° E 36.63940°	2013	1.13±0.04	1.19±0.07	9.5	1.6
		2017	1.14±0.05	1.57±0.15	8.6	10.8
		2021	1.42±0.09	2.08±0.21	5.8	15.6
NNP “Slobozhansky”	N 50.07299° E 35.23105°	2016	1.04±0.03	1.21±0.12	4.4	4.3
NNP “Slobozhansky”	N 50.07299° E 35.23105°	2020	1.24±0.08	1.32±0.11	11.1	2.1
NNP “Slobozhansky”	N 50.08953° E 35.25167°	2016	1.02±0.02	1.07±0.05	1.2	1.2
NNP “Slobozhansky”	N 50.08953° E 35.25167°	2021	1.08±0.03	1.13±0.06	6.3	1.2
NNP “Slobozhansky”	N 50.07164° E 35.23530°	2016	1.03±0.03	1.14±0.12	5.9	2.9
NNP “Slobozhansky”	N 50.07164° E 35.23530°	2020	1.30±0.10	1.44±0.15	17.6	3.0
NNP “Slobozhansky”	N 50.05740° E 35.22488°	2016	1.22±0.07	1.81±0.21	6.0	13.8
NNP “Slobozhansky”	N 50.05740° E 35.22488°	2020	1.17±0.06	1.80±0.22	0.0	14.3
NNP “Slobozhansky”	N 50.06153° E 35.22173°	2016	1.31±0.07	1.44±0.12	7.7	3.7
NNP “Slobozhansky”	N 50.06153° E 35.22173°	2020	1.26±0.06	1.26±0.06	13.0	0.0
NNP “Slobozhansky”	N 50.06005° E 35.21920°	2016	1.09±0.05	1.09±0.05	0.0	0.0
NNP “Slobozhansky”	N 50.06005° E 35.21920°	2020	1.69±0.12	1.90±0.21	27.6	6.5
NNP “Slobozhansky”	N 50.03659° E 35.24382°	2016	1.10±0.03	1.42±0.11	2.0	7.5
NNP “Slobozhansky”	N 50.03659° E 35.24382°	2021	1.14±0.04	1.66±0.15	4.3	11.4
NNP “Slobozhansky”	N 50.05129° E 35.25843°	2016	1.04±0.02	1.52±0.18	1.8	11.1
NNP “Slobozhansky”	N 50.05129° E 35.25843°	2021	1.13±0.04	1.67±0.20	10.7	11.1
NNP “Slobozhansky”	N 50.04390° E 35.23067°	2016	1.07±0.04	1.58±0.20	10.9	11.5
NNP “Slobozhansky”	N 50.04390° E 35.23067°	2021	1.11±0.04	1.82±0.22	17.4	16.4
SE “Skrypaivske SRFE”	N 49.27504° E 36.54960°	2012	1.07±0.02	1.22±0.05	6.8	0.4
SE “Skrypaivske SRFE”	N 49.27504° E 36.54960°	2018	1.19±0.04	1.25±0.06	7.2	1.4
SE “Skrypaivske SRFE”	N 49.87952° E 36.62420°	2012	1.11±0.03	1.32±0.07	7.4	5.2
SE “Skrypaivske SRFE”	N 49.87952° E 36.62420°	2018	1.24±0.06	1.51±0.11	8.1	6.7
SE “Skrypaivske SRFE”	N 49.67125° E 36.58750°	2012	1.12±0.03	1.26±0.06	6.5	3.6
SE “Skrypaivske SRFE”	N 49.67125° E 36.58750°	2018	1.14±0.04	1.32±0.07	6.8	4.4

References

Authors

Metrics

Articles in this issue

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ffp-2023-0015 | Journal eISSN: 2199-5907 | Journal ISSN: 0071-6677

Journal RSS Feed

Language: English

Page range: 153 - 165

Submitted on: Dec 30, 2022

Accepted on: Jul 4, 2023

Published on: Sep 1, 2023

Published by: Forest Research Institute

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Keywords:

Related subjects:

© 2023 Anna V. Garmash, Alyona Yu. Gordiyshenko, Oleksandr I. Borysenko, Tetiana S. Pyvovar, published by Forest Research Institute
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Volume 65 (2023): Issue 3 (September 2023)

Scots pine stands in the Left-Bank Forest-Steppe of Ukraine

Figures & Tables

Figure 1.

Table 1.

Table 2.

Table 3.

Figure 2.

Figure 3.

Table 4.

Table 5.

Figure 4.

Figure 5.

Table 6.

Table 7.

Paradigm

My account