Silvicultural options to promote natural regeneration of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) in Western Ukrainian forests

Vasyl Lavnyy, Peter Spathelf, Rostyslav Kravchuk, Ruslan Vytseha and Volodymyr Yakhnytskyy
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Vasyl Lavnyy: Faculty of Forestry and Park Gardening, Ukrainian National Forestry University, Lviv, Ukraine
Peter Spathelf: Faculty of Forest and Environment, Eberswalde University for Sustainable Development, Eberswalde, Germany
Rostyslav Kravchuk: Botanical Garden, Ukrainian National Forestry University, Lviv, Ukraine
Ruslan Vytseha: Faculty of Forestry and Park Gardening, Ukrainian National Forestry University, Lviv, Ukraine
Volodymyr Yakhnytskyy: Stradch Forestry Training Enterprise, Ukrainian National Forestry University, Ivano-Frankove, Ukraine

Journal of Forest Science, 2022, vol. 68, issue 8, 298-310

Abstract: Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) forests belong to the most relevant forest types in the Western Ukrainian Roztochia area. The promotion of close-to-nature forest management in Ukraine in the framework of the forest strategy 2 035 supports natural regeneration and the application of diverse felling methods beyond clearcutting. In the present study, natural regeneration was analysed in mixed Scots pine stands on poor and relatively rich soils, after small clearcuts, shelterwood cutting and gap fellings (with or without soil preparation), with respect to tree species composition, species abundance and height growth. It could be shown that Scots pine is the most abundant species in all the felling systems, with on average more than 100 000 plants per ha on poor soils. Other admixed tree species only occur with small shares. Natural regeneration, especially of Scots pine, was less abundant on rich soils and in shelterwood, compared to a small clearcut. After the young plants have established, their abundance declined in the second and third year due to competing herbaceous plants and thick litter.

Keywords: abundance; admixed species; felling schemes; rejuvenation; seedling density; silviculture (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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