Natural mortality and deadwood carbon pool dynamics in southern-taiga dark coniferous forests

Abstract

The present research is dedicated to studying growth dynamics and formation of deadwood carbon pool (in trees that died naturally but not because of diseases or pests). The study covered reference forest types in Siberian fir-dominated stands of Yeniseiskoe Forestry and Siberian pine-dominated stands of Irbeiskoe Forestry (Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia). Based on statistical analysis, regression models of growth processes have been built, which can be useful for adjusting and improving forest inventory standards and forest management practices in terms of environmental monitoring.