Pine production potential on semihydromorphic edafotope of Belarusian Polesje under changing climatic conditions

  • Katsiaryna V. Matsiusheuskaya Belarusian State University, 4 Niezaliežnasci Avenue, Minsk 220030, Belarus
  • Viktar N. Kisialiou Belarusian State Pedagogical University named after Maxim Tank, 18 Sаveсkaja Street, Minsk 220030, Belarus
  • Aliaxey E. Yarotau Belarusian State University, 4 Niezaliežnasci Avenue, Minsk 220030, Belarus
  • Victoria A. Khvinevich Belarusian State University, 4 Niezaliežnasci Avenue, Minsk 220030, Belarus
DOI: https://doi.org/10.33581/2521-6740-2020-1-36-44

Abstract

There are presented the results of the study of the pine tree-ring growth dynamics in the regional semidimorphic and climatic conditions of Belarusian Polesje. It has been shown that the production potential in the increase in stem mass of trees in a bilberry pine is individual. The maximum individual tree-ring growth does not coincide with the calendar and does not depend on weather and climate conditions, with the exception of years with meteorological anomalies. Resource capabilities of pine for the growth of stem mass decreased in the second half of the 20th century and the beginning of the 21st century after lowering the groundwater as a result of drainage reclamation and during climate warming with relative aridization.

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 Pedagogical University named after Maxim Tank, 18 Sаveсkaja Street, Minsk 220030, Belarus

doctor of science (geography), full professor; head of the temporary scientific team «Dendroecology»

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

Victoria A. Khvinevich, Belarusian State University, 4 Niezaliežnasci Avenue, Minsk 220030, Belarus

postgraduate student at the department of physical geography of the world and educational technologies, faculty of geography and geoinformatics

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Published
2020-05-29
Keywords: Belarusian Polesje, pine, climatic conditions, land reclamation, tree-ring growth, production potential
How to Cite
Matsiusheuskaya, K. V., Kisialiou, V. N., Yarotau, A. E., & Khvinevich, V. A. (2020). Pine production potential on semihydromorphic edafotope of Belarusian Polesje under changing climatic conditions. Journal of the Belarusian State University. Geography and Geology, 1, 36-44. https://doi.org/10.33581/2521-6740-2020-1-36-44
Issue
No 1 (2020): Journal of the Belarusian State University. Geography and Geology
Section
Geography

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