Additive biomass models for Larix spp. single-trees sensitive to temperature and precipitation in Eurasia

Authors

  • Vladimir А. Usoltsev Ural State Forest Engineering University Sibirskii trakt 37, Yekaterinburg, 620100 Botanical Garden, Russian Academy of Sciences, Ural Branch, 8 Marta 202a, Yekaterinburg, 620144
  • Walery Zukow Department of Spatial Management and Tourism, Faculty of Earth Sciences, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Lwowska 1, 87-100 Toruń
  • Anna A. Osmirko Ural State Forest Engineering University Sibirskii trakt 37, Yekaterinburg, 620100
  • Ivan S. Tsepordey Botanical Garden, Russian Academy of Sciences, Ural Branch, 8 Marta 202a, Yekaterinburg, 620144
  • Viktor P. Chasovskikh Ural State Forest Engineering University Sibirskii trakt 37, Yekaterinburg, 620100

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.12775/EQ.2019.012

Keywords

larch trees, biosphere role of forests, tree biomass, allometric models, additive biomass equations, mean January temperature, mean annual precipitation

Abstract

The analysis of the biomass of larch (genus Larix spp.) trees on the total component composition based on regression equations having the additive biomass structure. Two trends of changes in the tree biomass structure are revealed: due to the mean January temperature and due to the mean annual precipitation. It was shown for the first time that both trends are mutually determined: the intensity of biomass trend in relation to the temperature is changing when depending on the level of precipitation, and the intensity of biomass trend in relation to precipitation level is changing during to a transition from the cold zone to the warm one and vice versa.

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2019-03-15

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Usoltsev Vladimir А., ZUKOW, Walery, OSMIRKO, Anna A., TSEPORDEY, Ivan S. and CHASOVSKIKH, Viktor P. Additive biomass models for Larix spp. single-trees sensitive to temperature and precipitation in Eurasia. Ecological Questions. Online. 15 March 2019. Vol. 30, no. 2, pp. 57-67. [Accessed 1 July 2025]. DOI 10.12775/EQ.2019.012.

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