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Composition of live, dead and downed trees in Järvselja old-growth forest Cover

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Figure 1

H-D model calculation scheme based on the Näslund function.
H-D model calculation scheme based on the Näslund function.

Figure 2

The measured areas (light green colour) in Järvselja old-growth forest (compartment JS226) following the numbered sub-compartments. The locations of mapped downed trees and stems (A) and standing live and dead trees (B) are presented (green dots - live trees, blue dots - dead standing trees, red dots - standing snags, blue lines – downed trees and stems).
The measured areas (light green colour) in Järvselja old-growth forest (compartment JS226) following the numbered sub-compartments. The locations of mapped downed trees and stems (A) and standing live and dead trees (B) are presented (green dots - live trees, blue dots - dead standing trees, red dots - standing snags, blue lines – downed trees and stems).

Figure 3

Model residual comparison according to main tree species. Tree species and tree species codes are as follows: CA – common aspen; EL – elm family; BI – silver birch and downy birch; NS – Norway spruce; BAR – black alder; CAR – common alder; SP – Scots pine; WI – willow family; ER – European rowan; LI – linden family; AH – European ash; CH – Common hazel; BC – bird cherry; NM – Norway maple.
Model residual comparison according to main tree species. Tree species and tree species codes are as follows: CA – common aspen; EL – elm family; BI – silver birch and downy birch; NS – Norway spruce; BAR – black alder; CAR – common alder; SP – Scots pine; WI – willow family; ER – European rowan; LI – linden family; AH – European ash; CH – Common hazel; BC – bird cherry; NM – Norway maple.

Figure 4

The long-term dynamics of stand composition and average standing live stem-wood volume. Tree species and tree species codes are as follows: CA – common aspen; EL – elm family; BI – silver birch and downy birch; NS – Norway spruce; BAR – black alder; SP – Scots pine; LI – linden family; AH – European ash; NM – Norway maple; DF – Douglas fir; FF – fir family; OD – other deciduous.
The long-term dynamics of stand composition and average standing live stem-wood volume. Tree species and tree species codes are as follows: CA – common aspen; EL – elm family; BI – silver birch and downy birch; NS – Norway spruce; BAR – black alder; SP – Scots pine; LI – linden family; AH – European ash; NM – Norway maple; DF – Douglas fir; FF – fir family; OD – other deciduous.

Wood density and related model parameters for Equation 14_

SpeciesFresh wood basic density d0, g/cm3Equation constants

a0a1
Pedunculate oak584.4529.58−88.546
European ash574.7529.58−88.546
Elm family550.4529.58−88.546
Larch family547.7433.39−55.003
Fir family317.0431.07−56.649
Willow family387.0435.23−58.931

Earlier studies on Järvselja old-growth forest_

Author(s)Publishing yearMeasurement year/periodInventory type*Citation
Kollom, M.20111922–20103(Kollom, 2011)
Kasesalu, H.200120011(Kasesalu, 2001)
Kasesalu, A.1985, 19931982, 19831(Kasesalu, 1985), (Kasesalu, 1993)
Irdt, E., Rebane, H.19851954–19851; 2(Irdt & Rebane, 1985)
Pettai, T.19851922–19843(Pettai, 1985)
Raukas, A.19671958–19591; 3(Raukas, 1967)
Krigul, T.19611958, 19593(Krigul, 1961)
Krigul, T.194019393(Krigul, 1940)
Visnapuu, M.192719273(Krigul, 1940)

Stand characteristics in sub-compartments_

Sub-compartmentArea, haCohortStand composition1NGMSC

per hectare2
10.60Live50NS25BAR19SP2BI2WI1AH1LI150521.2198.0469638.263
Snags87NA7NS6BAR1276.47.51190.623

Downed51NS2SP+BAR47NA281 137.8191621.968

20.74Live62SP38NS90531.4339.5658565.224
Dead57NS26BI17SP1514.444.710386.918
Snags74SP22NS4NA821.59.92461.579

Downed30SP27BI13NS30NA164 23.54993.795

31.13Live58SP29NS9BAR4BI95231.9309.0650960.798
Dead59NS41SP1671.38.83401.464
Snags35SP34BI30NS1NA1342.810.32641.595

Downed70NS10BI1SP17NA184 16.84412.545

43.37Live59SP26NS9BI6BAR92133.2330.2665666.027
Dead80SP20NS632.624.65004.319
Snags44SP38NA10BI8NS1837.837.76555.999

Downed28NS17SP16BI2CA37NA310 53.211977.167

51.11Live33WI22LI11AH11BI10NM5RE1CA1DF143536.6360.3706377.277
Dead100NS142.837.44066.401
Snags67CA29NS3NA1RE22535.3105.380511.803

Downed40NS9BI3NM1BAR+WI+EL47NA394 318.0365037.188

60.25Live68LI28NS3NM1AH50138.1497.6727697.085
Dead100NS40.10.6220.123
Snags62NS22NA12LI4BAR618.87.8711.070

Downed59NS7LI4BAR3BI27NA151 85.8104411.600

71.37Live56NS41SP2BAR1LI103229.9310.8617058.481
Dead55NS45SP1466.874.0148011.615
Snags99NS1NA1677.419.43033.035

Downed87NS7SP6NA375 56.713257.928

81.71Live43NS33SP13BAR10BI1OD82837.1369.5688672.923
Dead62NS38SP793.635.16656.179
Snags62NS18SP10BAR4NA4FF2BI1526.019.83673.120

Downed76NS15BI5SP4NA308 48.210126.774

92.52Live56NS15LI14BAR7BI5CA2NM1SP71140.0497.7724996.452
Dead97NS2NM1LI261.316.42353.033
Snags44NS17BI10NA9BAR7CA6LI6CAR1RE13116.640.23675.717

Downed56NS9BI6BAR3LI+CA+NM+SP+AH26NA268 160.8188318.707

100.64Live68NS15BAR8BI5SP1NM1CA1BC1OD81925.5260.6544949.877
Dead80NS15SP4BAR1NM502.020.84013.514
Snags76NS11NA7BI4BAR2SP23319.033.04523.806

Downed75NS10BI6FF3BAR2SP4NA439 138.5221315.252

110.89Live71NS11SP10BAR5BI1NM1FF1OD66126.0296.7528856.064
Dead91NS6SP3AH342.023.63974.135
Snags81NS8SP6NA2BI1BAR1FF1AH15715.623.42723.106

Downed73NS8BI6SP2AH1BAR+FF10NA384 151.8233417.569

122.31Live50BAR31NS7BI6SP5LI1OD57832.7361.9553072.801
Dead66NS15BAR9BI8SP1LI1AH201.212.72012.266
Snags36BAR28NA22NS10BI1CAR1AH1OD837.120.71952.393

Downed48NS14BI11BAR4SP2LI2AH1NM+FF18NA394 98.4180714.534

130.95Live61LI29NS5NM2AH2BAR1BI66138.0467.8707692.608
Dead99NS1BAR150.67.11201.161
Snags59NS24NA11LI4BAR2OD7710.713.11321.686

Downed57NS8BAR7LI3SP1BI1AH1NM+EL+FF+ER+BC22NA256 154.0176820.462

140.15Live38BAR26LI17NS10BI4AH2BC2FF1NM90723.5214.5487744.431
Snags69NS21NM5BI5NA17216.116.62191.735

Downed56NS20BI5BAR2NM+BC+EL+LI17NA687 163.7239515.524

151.64Live48NS23LI11BAR6CA4NM4BI3AH1OD56231.4386.6578476.092
Dead45NS20BI18AH13NM4LI121.215.01793.005
Snags56NS13BI9NA8LI8BAR2AH1CA1RE1OD11111.424.52573.467

Downed50NS6LI5BI5NM4BAR3AH3CA+FF+BC+WI+ER+EL24NA308 136.6189819.182

Compartment19.38Live46NS20LI18BAR6SP5BI2NM2CA 1AH+WI+ER+FF+EL+BC+DF+OD83733.3363.5637571.717
Dead75NS10SP6BI3BAR3NM2AH1LI552.324.04404.115
Snags49NS11BAR10BI5CA4LI3SP1AH1RE2OD14NA14210.929.73724.084

Downed53NS9BI4BAR3SP2LI1NM1AH1CA+FF+WI+EL+BC+ER26NA315 107.6162413.889

j_fsmu-2021-0009_apptab_002

Site typeTree species1NabxR2RMSEp-value
Oxalis drained swampNS7072.014360.2845720.720.87272.4486<0.0001
SP202.167670.2845680.660.26793.15090.0706
AC7382.006480.2852060.710.87712.4693<0.0001

BI1101.151310.3109430.670.73462.5354<0.0001
BAR1471.245160.3166970.750.75012.5076<0.0001
ER150.575280.4429440.650.23841.20380.1951
LI111.479980.3427440.690.45442.510.0886
NM400.91620.3473080.650.74811.5143<0.0001
AD3451.240480.3159070.690.69452.7383<0.0001

Alder fenNS4752.253910.2900990.650.86032.2956<0.0001
SP341.210070.3241870.620.29782.29890.0042
AC5132.184710.2937240.640.86182.3175<0.0001

BI402.014650.3015630.670.45112.6922<0.0001
DAR3461.480360.3104820.680.83682.7971<0.0001
CAR121.511850.3161720.780.81242.35610.0005
LI571.841250.3001210.720.71653.1607<0.0001
AH101.360980.3052050.770.8851.92760.0005
AD4761.528930.309990.710.82272.8396<0.0001

Myrtillus drained swampNS951.912420.2963790.650.88972.2089<0.0001
SP210.18530.3466080.680.03491.50990.7264
AC1171.852380.2988180.60.91372.1902<0.0001

BI101.446430.3022281.120.89361.81180.0004
DAR221.187850.326960.50.91971.4993<0.0001
AD481.343350.3190180.610.8721.8657<0.0001

AegopodiumNS10882.083250.2775290.680.88522.9114<0.0001
AC10912.08430.2776330.690.88342.9281<0.0001

CA281.116780.2875480.520.70553.4818<0.0001
SE221.293450.3472460.630.62472.21320.0001
BI491.845040.290270.820.5654.3707<0.0001
DAR2091.66670.2978541.030.80813.218<0.0001
WI131.745620.302350.750.94481.7704<0.0001
ER311.31310.3318340.660.57182.8427<0.0001
LI11551.685540.293930.670.78713.2555<0.0001
AH581.303680.3008850.70.79393.1191<0.0001
CH381.041910.3662780.670.13822.72140.0741
BC130.527820.3896610.450.41972.12690.0658
NM2571.362590.305760.90.73142.7437<0.0001
AD18701.646820.2947050.730.78613.3405<0.0001

Transitional bogNS1221.953350.300060.660.79572.4476<0.0001
SP291.242690.3244790.730.33031.96950.0055
AC1591.847730.3062330.640.83082.3759<0.0001

BI181.288420.3259710.730.62172.55960.0007
DAR351.481540.3100510.660.88941.9883<0.0001
AD591.402180.3167230.710.84692.2027<0.0001

H-D model parameters from Nigul et al_ (2021) study_

Tree speciesChapman-Richards function (Eq. 5)Näslund function (Eq. 1)

abcab
SP30.673420.0325520.803121.594720.30835
NS39.029750.0332941.184442.164280.27970
BI33.570590.0238910.625491.198100.31378
CA37.725670.0438170.894761.287070.28380
BAR30.465700.0365390.856491.437450.30966
LI33.701260.0404481.076561.691000.29469
NM33.177410.0303040.769811.261310.31403
Other34.060000.0350000.911001.519000.30000

Summary statistics of the measured data_

VariableLive treesStanding dead woodSnagsDowned dead wood
Number of measured trees, (N)620527011192983
Number of estimated trees in the compartment JS22616227107327496112
Dominating species*NS, SP, WI, LI, BARNS, SPNS, SP, CA, BARNS, SP
Mean diameter, D (cm)22.522.831.326.9
Mean height/length, H/L (m)21.321.83.98.6
Mean decay class-1.912.603.03
Mean stem volume, V (m3)0.430.430.210.34
Mean stem lateral surface area, SLSA (m2)7.617.952.625.15

j_fsmu-2021-0009_apptab_001

PointxyPointxy
16 464 594,87694 981,72376 464 890,85694 924,91
26 464 586,41694 931,92386 464 877,95694 876,23
36 464 577,35694 882,21396 464 869,38694 828,03
46 464 567,75694 833,29406 464 861,24694 778,04
56 464 558,40694 784,62416 464 854,12694 727,95
66 464 548,39694 737,17426 464 843,08694 680,60
76 464 643,70694 972,09436 464 939,49694 916,71
86 464 635,09694 923,09446 464 929,00694 868,38
96 464 624,73694 873,60456 464 913,88694 814,16
106 464 616,65694 826,37466 464 891,17694 763,67
116 464 604,62694 776,79476 464 902,60694 723,56
126 464 597,74694 725,18486 464 890,52694 673,42
136 464 690,72694 962,87496 464 988,72694 907,52
146 464 683,63694 914,06506 464 980,91694 868,03
156 464 673,81694 863,77516 464 967,85694 810,65
166 464 666,04694 817,53526 464 960,56694 757,21
176 464 657,10694 765,99536 464 947,26694 710,16
186 464 648,22694 716,03546 464 948,30694 659,10
196 464 743,26694 954,20556 465 037,07694 895,42
206 464 735,45694 907,09566 465 035,31694 856,40
216 464 722,88694 855,44576 465 009,53694 810,44
226 464 715,35694 807,84586 465 014,67694 752,37
236 464 706,62694 755,87596 464 998,40694 719,68
246 464 695,19694 709,06606 464 984,42694 657,38
256 464 793,81694 943,93616 465 093,76694 887,58
266 464 779,58694 894,90626 465 075,21694 841,74
276 464 772,83694 845,93636 465 062,54694 782,18
286 464 766,20694 797,11646 465 061,73694 739,59
296 464 755,54694 748,05656 465 047,56694 695,83
306 464 745,35694 699,82666 465 039,32694 648,56
316 464 839,77694 936,05676 465 136,17694 877,23
326 464 832,38694 886,11686 465 128,02694 829,38
336 464 822,55694 838,31696 465 122,07694 782,05
346 464 809,65694 791,79706 465 122,45694 743,17
356 464 806,20694 734,42716 465 103,39694 671,84
366 464 794,40694 690,46726 465 086,71694 631,43

Studies carried out in Estonia containing information about the volume of coarse woody debris (CWD) in unmanaged forests (located often in nature protection areas), or locating in both, unmanaged and commercial forests_

LocationCitationSite descriptionDominant tree species1Protection/management regime2Average amount of dead wood, m3/ha
AKarula National Park(Köster et al., 2005)water swamp forest, dry boreal forestNS, BI, SP, BARNR and RMZ27.6
BAlam-Pedja Nature Reserve(Lõhmuset al., 2005)mostly forests on wet soilsBI, SP, NS, CA, CAR, BAR, otherMAN9.0
NR6.2
CLahemaa National Park(Köster et al., 2005)dry boreal, heath and ombro-trophic bog forestsNS, BI, SPNR85.9
RMZ63.2
DEstonia(Lõhmus & Kraut, 2010)dry boreal forestSPmature MAN10
meso-eutrophic forestconifer/deciduous mixtures62
eutrophic boreo-nemoral forestconifer/deciduous mixtures43
water swamp forestBAR, BI52
dry boreal forestSPNAT36
meso-eutrophic forestconifer/deciduous mixtures144
eutrophic boreo-nemoral forestconifer/deciduous mixtures198
water swamp forestBAR, BI140
(Põldveer et al., 2020)mixed oligo-mesotrophic and mesotrophic forests on mineral soilsSPMAN28.9
REC33.9
NAT49.3
NSMAN15.3
REC46.6
NAT85.1

Wood density and C relative content according to tree species and decay class (Köster et al_, 2015; Saarman & Veibri, 2006; Uri et al_, 2019, 2017, 2014)_

VariableTree speciesDecay class

fresh12345
Basic density, g/cm3SP422.71381.12337.22258.82233.72141.82
NS, DF375.01410.72354.22280.72191.32124.82
BI, ER538.21466.62326.52230.02175.92112.12
CA, LI, NA419.21391.32330.62230.62161.1260.72
BAR440.51422.42289.42212.92158.9295.62
CAR, CH, BC, OD396.03426.92345.32220.72184.92153.62
PO, NM584.41486.7389.0291.3193.595.8
AH574.71478.6382.5286.4190.394.2
EL550.41458.4366.3274.3182.390.2
WI387.01334.6282.2229.8177.4125.0
LF547.71478.2408.7339.2269.7200.1
FF317.01275.3233.7192.0150.4108.7

Carbon relative content, %SP, LF47.46449.03249.26249.56249.58250.212
NS, DF, FF47.4648.35248.31247.93249.60251.332
BI, ER, WI, PO, AH, NM, EL47.00547.16247.69247.45248.80250.122
CA, LI, NA47.0047.19247.37247.38246.56246.312
BAR47.3047.89248.24248.07248.35248.112
CAR, CH, BC, OD47.30348.02248.07248.71247.95248.042

Volume and C content of live and dead trees in sub-compartments_

Sub-compartmentVolume, m3/haLive, %Dead standing, %Dead laying, %C content MgC/haLive, %Dead standing, %Dead laying, %
1343.457.72.240.160.8562.91.036.1
2417.581.313.15.677.5284.111.04.9
3345.089.65.54.966.4091.64.63.8
4445.774.114.011.983.5179.112.38.6
5820.943.917.438.7132.6758.313.728.0
6591.784.11.414.5109.8888.41.110.5
7460.967.420.312.381.0672.118.19.8
8472.678.211.610.289.0081.910.57.6
9715.269.67.922.5123.9177.87.115.1
10452.857.511.930.672.4568.810.121.1
11495.459.99.530.680.8769.39.021.7
12493.773.36.819.991.9979.15.115.8
13641.972.93.124.0115.9279.92.517.6
14394.754.34.241.561.6972.02.825.2
15562.768.77.024.3101.7574.86.418.8

Compartment524.969.310.220.593.8176.58.714.8
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/fsmu-2021-0009 | Journal eISSN: 1736-8723 | Journal ISSN: 1406-9954
Language: English
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Submitted on: Dec 2, 2021
Accepted on: Dec 28, 2021
Published on: Jun 4, 2022
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