Open AccessTHE STOCKS OF SURFACE FOREST FUELS IN THE FORESTS OF KYIV POLISSYA ZONE, UKRAINE
Author(s) -
Roman V. Hurzhii,
P. P. Yavorovsky
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
lìsìvnictvo ì agrolìsomelìoracìâ/lìsìvnictvo ì agrolìsomelìoracìâ
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2663-4147
pISSN - 1026-3365
DOI - 10.33220/1026-3365.132.2018.124
Subject(s) - scots pine , environmental science , pine forest , forestry , stock (firearms) , carbon stock , agroforestry , secondary forest , geography , pinus <genus> , environmental protection , climate change , ecology , biology , botany , archaeology
Large forest fires cause the most devastating consequences. Global climate change, excessive man-made pressures are accompanied by frequent forest fires, especially in pine plantations, which are the most hazardous. The article reports the changes in the stocks of forest fuels in the pine plantations of the Boyarka Forestry Research Station in the Kiev Polissya zone. The stocks of fraction composition for 1st and 2nd groups of forest fuels were analysed by age. Separately, the stock of forest fuels of the 1st group was evaluated as a part of the total stock of forest fuels of 1st and 2nd groups. It was established that the stocks of the forest fuels of 1st group exceeded the 2nd group stocks at a young age, in particular at the age of 15 in a fresh fairly fertile sites and at the age of 23 in fresh fairly infertile pine site type. Features of forest fuel stocks in pure pine plantations were analyzed depending on the type of forest site conditions and the age of pine plantations. The accumulation trend of forest fuels was revealed depending on the age of the plantation. The most fire-dangerous plantations of Scots pine were determined, taking into account their age and the stock of surface forest fuels. This will allow predicting the occurrence of fires in the pine forests of the Boyarka Forestry Research Station, to create an information database on the stocks of forest fuels, and to reveal patterns of their accumulation with age in different types of forest sites.