| title: | The growth trend and the biomass formation of bog pine forests |
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| reg no: | ETF5986 |
| project type: | Estonian Science Foundation research grant |
| subject: |
4.3. Sylviculture, Forestry |
| status: | accepted |
| institution: | Research Institute of Forestry at EAU |
| head of project: | Katri Ots |
| duration: | 01.01.2004 - 31.12.2007 |
| description: | The objectives of the project are: 1. to evaluate the state of bog pine forests as a diverse living habitat complex in different parts of Estonia; 2. to specify the pines' height and radial increment, and clarify the changes in growth trend; 3. to carry out the analysis of the biomass formation of bog pines; 4. to estimate conditions of nutrition and the chemical composition of trees in the system tree - growth substrate. We shoulde investigate the accumulation of nutrition in different parts of trees (root, stem, shoots, needles), which enables to understand the peculiarity of assimilation and translocation of nutritions in trees growing in bog conditions. This project would help the interpretation of problems of growth and biomass formation of bog pines. The obtainable results enable: 1. to understand better the bases of functioning of comparatively rare bogecosystem in Europe and the speciality of production of bog pine forests; 2. to explane speciality of nutrition conditions of bog pines and necessity of regulation of mineral nutrients, to guarantee the increment of trees and importance in forestry; 3. to estimate the state and development of bog pines, being essential biome in European Union. The results will be published in at least 4 scientific articles |
| project group | ||||
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| no | name | institution | position | |
| 1. | Katri Ots | Research Institute of Forestry at EAU | sen. researcher | |
| 2. | Vaike Reisner | EPMÜ mets.teaduskond | vanemmetoodik | |