Abstract
The effect of the stand composition and age of subclimax and secondary forests on the biomass and species diversity of the herb layer in the most common forest type in the western low mountains of the Southern Urals (spruce small-grass-green-moss forests) was investigated. It was found that all of the criteria investigated as species richness of plant community, biomass of herb layer, biodiversity estimated on the basis of Shannon, Pielu, Simpson indices showed high sensitivity to the age and composition of the stand. We found that the graphical models we developed can be used to combine with forest inventory data to obtain large-scale data on biomass and biodiversity of subordinate layers of subclimax and secondary forests in the shallow grass-green-mossy spruce forest type of western low mountains of the Southern Urals.
Published Version
Talk to us
Join us for a 30 min session where you can share your feedback and ask us any queries you have
Schedule a call