About the causes of pine drying in the Belarusian Polesje

Authors

  • Katsiaryna V. Matsiusheuskaya Belarusian State University, 4 Niezaliežnasci Avenue, Minsk 220030, Belarus
  • Viktar N. Kisialiou Belarusian State University, 4 Niezaliežnasci Avenue, Minsk 220030, Belarus
  • Aliaxey E. Yarotau Belarusian State University, 4 Niezaliežnasci Avenue, Minsk 220030, Belarus

Keywords:

Belarusian Polesje, pine, climatic conditions, solar radiation, land reclamation, tree ring, production potential

Abstract

Тhe results of identifying the causes of mass drying of pine trees in the Belarusian Polesje are presented. The object of the study is its modern generations on the former depleted sandy arable land and in natural conditions of growth. It is revealed that in the conditions of groundwater reduction after drainage reclamation in modern climatic conditions, the increase in the inflow of direct solar radiation in the 21st century was the limiting factor for the suppression of the stem productivity of pine, which led to the death of the stand.

Author Biographies

  • Katsiaryna V. Matsiusheuskaya, Belarusian State University, 4 Niezaliežnasci Avenue, Minsk 220030, Belarus

    PhD (geography), docent; head of the department of physical geography of the world and educational technologies, faculty of geography and geoinformatics

  • Viktar N. Kisialiou, Belarusian State University, 4 Niezaliežnasci Avenue, Minsk 220030, Belarus

    doctor of science (geography), full professor; scientific consultant at the department of physical geography of the world and educational technologies, faculty of geography and geoinformatics

  • Aliaxey E. Yarotau, Belarusian State University, 4 Niezaliežnasci Avenue, Minsk 220030, Belarus

    PhD (geography), docent; associate professor at the department of physical geography of the world and educational technologies, faculty of geography and geoinformatics

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2021-12-20

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No. 2 (2021): Journal of the Belarusian State University. Geography and Geology

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Matsiusheuskaya, K.V. et al. 2021. About the causes of pine drying in the Belarusian Polesje. Journal of the Belarusian State University. Geography and Geology. 2 (Dec. 2021), 82–90. DOI:https://doi.org/10.33581/2521-6740-2021-2-82-90.