Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Cenopopulation Structure of Key Species in Climax Siberian Pine Chern Forests of the Western Sayan Mountains

  • Published:
Russian Journal of Ecology Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Abstract

The ontogenetic spectra and age structure of cenopopulations of key species, Pinus sibirica (DuTour) and Abies sibirica (Ledeb.), have been studied in a climax Siberian pine forest with Carex macroura, tall herbs, and ferns (the most common forest type among chern forests of the Western Sayan). The rates of ontogenetic development of P. sibirica and A. sibirica cenopopulations under given site conditions have been estimated. These cenopopulations differ in structure but are stable. The mechanism of their stability is described, which is provided by a complex interaction of forest-forming tree species under competition from highly developed herbaceous layer.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  1. Tipy lesovgor Yuzhnoi Sibiri (Forest Types in the Mountains of Southern Siberia), Novosibirsk: Nauka, 1980.

  2. Polikarpov, N.P., Chebakova, N.M., and Nazimova, D.I., Klimat i gornye lesa Yuzhnoi Sibiri (The Climate and Mountain Forests of Southern Siberia), Novosibirsk: Nauka, 1986.

    Google Scholar 

  3. Nazimova, D.I., Danilina, D.M., and Stepanov, N.V., Rain-barrier forest ecosystems of the Sayan Mountains, Botanica Pacifica, 2014, vol. 3, no. 1, pp. 39–47. https://doi.org/10.15372/SJFS20150401

    Article  Google Scholar 

  4. Stepanov, N.V., Vascular plants in the Yenisei Sayan Mountains, Doctoral (Biol.) Dissertation, Krasnoyarsk, 2014.

  5. Kedrovye lesa Sibiri (Siberian Stone Pine Forest of Siberia), Semechkin, I.V., Polikarpov, N.P., Irosh-nikov, A.I., Eds., Novosibirsk: Nauka, 1985.

    Google Scholar 

  6. Polikarpov, N.P., Integrated research in mountain forests of the Western Sayan, in Voprosy lesovedeniya (Problems in Forest Science), vol. 1, Krasnoyarsk, 1970, pp. 26–79.

    Google Scholar 

  7. Sukachev, V.N., Some general problems in theoretical phytocenology, in Voprosy botaniki (Problems in Botany), Moscow, 1954, pp. 290–300.

  8. Sukachev, V.N. and Zonn, S.V., Metodicheskie ukaza-niya k izucheniyu tipov lesa (Methodological Guidelines for Studies on Forest Types), Moscow: Akad. Nauk SSSR, 1961.

    Google Scholar 

  9. Cherepanov, S.K., Sosudistye rasteniya Rossii i sopre-del’nykh gosudarstv (v predelakh byvshego SSSR) (Vascular Plants of Russia and Neighboring Countries within the Borders of the Former Soviet Union), St. Petersburg, 1995.

  10. Polyakov, V.I. and Semechkin, I.V., Dynamics and stability of Siberian pine chern forests of the Western Sayan, Lesovedenie, 2004, no. 4, pp. 1–14.

  11. Polyakov, V.I., Chernevye kedrovniki Zapadnogo Say-ana: kontrol’ i prognozirovanie khoda rosta (Siberian Pine Chern Forests of the Western Sayan: Monitoring and Growth Forecast), Novosibirsk: Sib. Otd. Ross. Akad. Nauk, 2007.

    Google Scholar 

  12. Nikolaeva, S.A., Velisevich, S.N., and Savchuk, D.A., Ontogeny of Siberian stone pine in the Ket’—Chulym interfluve, Vestn. Tomsk. Gos. Univ., Ser. Biol., 2008, no. 3 (4), pp. 24–34.

    Google Scholar 

  13. Makhatkov, I.D., Multiversality of Siberian fir ontogeny, Bull. Mosk. O-va Ispyt. Prir., Otd. Biol., 1991, vol. 96, no. 4, pp. 79–88.

    Google Scholar 

  14. Vostochnoevropeiskie lesa: istoriya v golotsene i sovremen-nost’ (Forests of Eastern Europe: Holocene History and Current State), Moscow: Nauka, 2004.

  15. Stavrova, N.I., The structure of woody plant populations at different stages of progressive succession in forests of northern European Russia, in Aktual’nye problemy geobotaniki: III Vserossiiskaya shkola-konferentsiya (Current Problems in Geobotany: III All-Russia Conf.), Petrozavodsk, 2007, pp. 397–407.

  16. Dyrenkov, S.A., Struktura i dinamika taezhnykh el’nikov (The Structure and Dynamics of Taiga Spruce Forests), Leningrad: Nauka, 1984.

    Google Scholar 

  17. Semechkin, I.V., Struktura i dinamika kedrovnikov Sibiri (The Structure and Dynamics of Siberian Stone Pine Forests in Siberia), Novosibirsk: Sib. Otd. Ross. Akad. Nauk, 2002.

    Google Scholar 

  18. Noss, R.F., Indicators for monitoring biodiversity: A hierarchical approach, Conserv. Biol., 1990, vol. 4, no. 4, pp. 355–364.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  19. Alekseev, V.A., Diagnosis of the life state of trees and tree stands, Lesovedenie, 1997, no. 4, pp. 51–57.

  20. Stashkevich, N.Yu., Danilina, D.M., and Senashova, V.A., Assessment of the state of Pinus sibirica Du Tour and Abies sibirica Ledeb. young growth in mixed secondary forests of the dark taiga belt of the Western Sayan, Vestn. KrasGAU, 2013, no. 9, pp. 145–149.

  21. Ermolenko, P.M., The microclimate of young conifer-deciduous forests relative to their phytocenotic structure in the dark taiga subbelt of the Western Sayan, in Statsionarnye lesovodstvennye issledovaniya v Sibiri (Stationary Sylvicultural Studies in Siberia), Krasnoyarsk: Inst. Lesa i Drevesiny Sib. Otd. Ross. Akad. Nauk, 1978, pp. 52–97.

    Google Scholar 

  22. Kolovskii, R.A., On the mechanism of root competition, Lesovedenie, 1968, no. 1, pp. 37–43.

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Sukachev Institute of Forest, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Krasnoyarsk, 660036, Russia

    M. E. Konovalova & D. M. Danilina

Authors
  1. M. E. Konovalova
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. D. M. Danilina
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding authors

Correspondence to M. E. Konovalova or D. M. Danilina.

Additional information

Russian Text © The Author(s), 2019, published in Ekologiya, 2019, No. 3, pp. 189–195.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this article

Konovalova, M.E., Danilina, D.M. Cenopopulation Structure of Key Species in Climax Siberian Pine Chern Forests of the Western Sayan Mountains. Russ J Ecol 50, 234–240 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1067413619030081

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Revised:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1134/S1067413619030081

Keywords

Search

Navigation