RUSSIAN JOURNAL OF FOREST SCIENCE, 2021, No. 6, P. 566–580


FORESTS’ FUNCTIONAL CLASSIFICATION: RELEVANCE AND APPROACHES TO DEVELOPMENT
N. V. Lukina, A. P. Geraskina, A. I. Kuznetsova, V. E. Smirnov, A. V. Gornov,
N. Ye. Shevchenko, Ye. V. Tikhonova, D. N. Tebenkova, Ye. V. Basova
Center for Forest Ecology and Productivity of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Profsoyuznaya st. 84/32 bldg. 14, Moscow, 117997, Russia
E-mail: nvl07@yandex.ru


Received 30 June 2021
The article substantiates the relevance of the development of a forests’ functional classification based on the efficiency of their ecosystem functions’ performance. Using the example of nine types of coniferous-deciduous forests that dominate the European part of Russia, functioning in autonomous landscape positions, a possible approach to assessing their performance in terms of the carbon cycle regulation function is demonstrated based on the relationships between informative indicators of the composition of vegetation, the soil macrofauna, and the ecosystem processes associated with the soil carbon sequestration. The lowest level of soil carbon accumulation is characteristic for coniferous-broad-leaved forests on sandy soils, with low functional diversity and low biomass of earthworms. A higher stock of soil carbon was found in forests with a composition of vegetation with a more even ratio of plants’ functional groups with rapidly and slowly decaying litter. This is due to the creation of trophic and topical conditions favourable for the functioning of earthworms, who are in turn active processors of litter in coniferous-deciduous forests. A large-scale assessment of the relationship between vegetation, soil biota and ecosystem processes that forms the regulating function of carbon cycle in Russian forests is an urgent scientific task due to the looming problems of climate change. Based on the effectiveness assessment of various ecosystem functions’ supply by forests of different types, identified in Russia using vegetation classifications, a functional forest classification can be created.
Key words: coniferous-deciduous forests, functional classification, carbon, vegetation, earthworms, functional groups.
Acknowledgements: The study has been conducted within the framework of the State Contract № AAAA-A18-118052590019-7 with CEPF RAS.
DOI: 10.31857/S0024114821060085


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