case study - chuchloma fmu, kostroma region, russia
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Case study - Chuchloma FMU, Kostroma region, Russia
Chumachenko S.I., Moscow State Forest University
Korotkov V.N.,All-Russian Research Institute for Silviculture and
Mechanization of Forestry
Moscow
Kostroma
‘Russkii Les’ Experimental Forestry
Chuchloma FMU
Russia
Task 3.1 Application of models to case
studies
Chuchloma FMU Kostroma region
• Area 245,000 ha
• 10 districts
Information system contains detailed information on 24380 strata
Sludnoe district, 24416 ha Dominant tree species
Age class distribution
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Pine Spruce Birch Aspen
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Growing stock: Growing stock: 38% Birch 28% Spruce 19% Pine 15% Aspen38% Birch 28% Spruce 19% Pine 15% Aspen
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Pine Spruce Birch Aspen other
Monodominant stands (>=8) - 30221 га All stands - 226969 га
Area of stands by dominant tree Area of stands by dominant tree species, haspecies, ha
Monodominant stands
Area of stands with different number of tree species
4%17%
48%
27%
4%
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Area of stands with different part of spruce, ha
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Tree stands with 50% of Spruce
Spruce
Birch
Pine
Aspen
14230 ha 20% of spruce
standsVolume of tree species, %Volume of tree species, %
Current forest management practice
• Purpose of thinnings (cleaning cuttings) is improve tree species composition, increase of part of coniferous tree species (pine and spruce)
• Mixed stands with coniferous species are object of thinnings
• Pure birch and aspen stands have never been as object of thinnings
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