Reference community Siberian pine forests of Western Siberia as a local example of rational environmental management: anthropogenic disturbance analysis

Abstract

The article describes geo-botanic characteristics of three massifs of community (situated in the vicinities of settlements) Siberian pine forests, both reference and valuable wood forests with dominance of Pinus sibirica Du Tour., growing in the mid- and southern taiga subzones of the Western Siberia natural taiga zone, Tomsk region. The results of the comparative analysis of the degree of anthropogenic disturbance in Siberian pine forests ecosystems’ composition and plant species communities’ participation are presented based on a hemerobiality scale.

Keywords:

• Siberian pine forests
• Hemerobiality
• Ecological assessment

Acknowledgment

The research has been supported by the grant issued in accordance with Resolution of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 220 dated 9 April 2010, under Agreement No. 14.B25.31.0001 with Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation dated 24 June 2013 (BIO-GEO-CLIM).