gesjGEOGRAPHY, ENVIRONMENT, SUSTAINABILITYGEOGRAPHY, ENVIRONMENT, SUSTAINABILITY2071-93882542-1565Russian Geographical Society10.24057/2071-9388-2021-055gesj-2332Research ArticleRESEARCH PAPERClimatic Factor Impact On the Height Growth Of Lapland Pine in The Northwestern RussiaPopovaElena N.

Staromonetniy pereulok, 29, Moscow, 119017

en_popova@igras.ruKoukhtaAnna E.

Glebovskaya str., 20b, Moscow, 107258

PopovIgor O.

Glebovskaya str., 20b, Moscow, 107258

Institute of Geography of the Russian Academy of SciencesRussian FederationYu.A. Izrael’ Institute of Global Climate and EcologyRussian Federation202228032022151122129Copyright © Popova E.N., Koukhta A.E., Popov I.O., 20222022Popova E.N., Koukhta A.E., Popov I.O.Popova E.N., Koukhta A.E., Popov I.O.Данная работа распространяется под лицензией Creative Commons Attribution 4.0.This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.https://ges.rgo.ru/jour/article/view/2332

Lapland pine (Pinus sylvestris var. lapponica Hartm.) is a geographical and climatic ecotype and subspecies of Pinus sylvestris L. It is widespread in the north of Eurasia. Its height growth is interconnected with both climatic parameters and the state of the habitat of pine trees. Long-term data on height growth indices of Lapland pine from various humid biogeocenoses of three specially protected natural territories of Northwestern Russia were studied. Also, sixteen basic climatic parameters averaged over the growth period of the examined trees were calculated for these regions. The comparison of different climatic parameters and pine stand height growth in various biogeocenoses was made using cluster analysis. It was established that the mean daily average temperature in January (-9.4°C, -10.4°C, -16.1°C in the Kivach, Polar Circle and Pechora-Ilych Reserves respectively) and the amount of precipitation in spring and early summer periods have a primary influence on the cluster similarity of the Lapland pine height growth in Northwestern Russia. The similarity of soil and biocenotic conditions also influenced the similarity of Lapland pine height growth indices, but had a lower rank within the two main clusters distinguished by climatic values. Our studies showed that it is possible to identify the rank influence of the most significant climatic factors and biogeocenotic conditions on the pine height growth using cluster analysis.

Lapland pineheight growthclimatic factorssoilscluster analysisThe authors express their gratitude to the heads of the surveyed specially protected natural territories (Reserves) for their help and assistance in the fieldwork. The study was carried out in the framework of the state assignments of the Institute of Geography of the Russian Academy of Sciences no. 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