Comparative analysis of the productive potential of spruce on the drainage and undrainage territories of the Belarusian Polesje

Authors

  • Ekaterina V. Matiushevskaya Belarusian State University, Niezaliežnasci Avenue, 4, 220030, Minsk, Belarus
  • Viktor N. Kisieliou Belarusian State Pedagogical University Named after Maxim Tank, Sovetskaya street, 18, 220050, Minsk, Belarus
  • Alexei E. Jarotou Belarusian State University, Niezaliežnasci Avenue, 4, 220030, Minsk, Belarus
  • Peter A. Mitrakhovich Belarusian State University, Niezaliežnasci Avenue, 4, 220030, Minsk, Belarus
  • Svetlana V. Devgut Belarusian State University, Niezaliežnasci Avenue, 4, 220030, Minsk, Belarus

Keywords:

Belorussian Polesje, spruce, melioration, treering, solar radiation, climate

Abstract

The increased inflow of direct solar radiation with the warming of the climate after 1998 acted as a limiting factor for spruce in island localities with an altered land drainage with changed water regime, which reduces its viability and stem productivity. As a result, there was a massive shrinkage of the stand on the reclaimed territory of the Belarusian Polesie. The main environmental factors that led to the mass drying of spruce forests were: a low groundwater level, an increase in the influx of direct solar radiation with warming of the climate after 1998, a summer drought of 2015 and 2016.

Author Biographies

  • Ekaterina V. Matiushevskaya, Belarusian State University, Niezaliežnasci Avenue, 4, 220030, Minsk, Belarus

    PhD (geography), associate professor; associate professor of the department of meteorology and general geography

  • Viktor N. Kisieliou, Belarusian State Pedagogical University Named after Maxim Tank, Sovetskaya street, 18, 220050, Minsk, Belarus

    doctor of sciences (geography), professor; scientific adviser of the temporary scientific group «Dendroecology»

  • Alexei E. Jarotou, Belarusian State University, Niezaliežnasci Avenue, 4, 220030, Minsk, Belarus

    PhD (geography); associate professor of the department of physical geography of the world and educational technologies

  • Peter A. Mitrakhovich, Belarusian State University, Niezaliežnasci Avenue, 4, 220030, Minsk, Belarus

    PhD (biology), associate professor; associate professor of the department of physical geography of the world and educational technologies

  • Svetlana V. Devgut, Belarusian State University, Niezaliežnasci Avenue, 4, 220030, Minsk, Belarus

    graduate student of the department of ecology

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Published

2019-03-02

Issue

No. 2 (2018): Journal of the Belarusian State University. Ecology

Section

The Study and Rehabilitation of Ecosystems

How to Cite

[1]
Matiushevskaya, E.V. et al. 2019. Comparative analysis of the productive potential of spruce on the drainage and undrainage territories of the Belarusian Polesje. Journal of the Belarusian State University. Ecology. 2 (Mar. 2019), 38–47.