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ArticlePlants (Basel, Switzerland)2021

Modelling Impact of Site and Terrain Morphological Characteristics on Biomass of Tree Species in Putorana Region.

Ján Merganič, Viliam Pichler, Erika Gömöryová, Peter Fleischer, Marián Homolák, Katarína Merganičová

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Article in Plants (Basel, Switzerland), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Ján MerganičFaculty of Forestry, Technical University in Zvolen, T. G. Masaryka, 96001 Zvolen, Slovakia.
Viliam PichlerFaculty of Forestry, Technical University in Zvolen, T. G. Masaryka, 96001 Zvolen, Slovakia.
Erika GömöryováFaculty of Forestry, Technical University in Zvolen, T. G. Masaryka, 96001 Zvolen, Slovakia.ORCID 0000-0002-0374-1168
Peter FleischerFaculty of Forestry, Technical University in Zvolen, T. G. Masaryka, 96001 Zvolen, Slovakia.ORCID 0000-0001-9324-9179
Marián HomolákFaculty of Forestry, Technical University in Zvolen, T. G. Masaryka, 96001 Zvolen, Slovakia.
Katarína MerganičováFaculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Kamýcká 129, 6-Suchdol, 16500 Praha, Czech Republic.ORCID 0000-0003-4380-7472

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Slovak Research and Development Agency APVV-17-0676
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Abstract

(1) Background: Boreal forests influence global carbon balance and fulfil multiple ecosystem services. Their vegetation growth and biomass are significantly affected by environmental conditions. In the present study we focused on one of the least accessible and least studied parts of the boreal region situated in the western part of Putorana plateau, Central Siberia (Lama and Keta lakes, Krasnoyarsk region), northern Russia. (2) Methods: We derived local height-diameter and crown radius-height models for six tree species. We used univariate correlation and multiple regression analyses to examine the relationships between tree biomass and environmental conditions. (3) Results: Total tree biomass stock (aboveground tree biomass + aboveground and buried deadwood) varied between 6.47 t/ha and 149 t/ha, while total deadwood biomass fluctuated from 0.06 to 21.45 t/ha. At Lama, biomass production decreased with elevation. At Keta, the relationship of biomass to elevation followed a U shape. Stand biomass changed with micro-terrain morphology and soil nutrient content, while the patterns were location-specific. (4) Conclusions: The majority of the derived models were significant and explained most of the variability in the relationships between tree diameter or crown radius and tree height. Micro-site environmental conditions had a substantial effect on tree biomass in the studied locations.

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boreal forestscrown radius-height modelsdeadwoodheight-diameter modelsSiberiasubarctic zone

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