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Case study - Chuchloma FMU, Kostroma region, Russia. Chumachenko S.I., Moscow State Forest University Korotkov V.N., All-Russian Research Institute for Silviculture and Mechanization of Forestry. Russia. Chuchloma FMU. Kostroma. ‘Russkii Les’ Experimental Forestry. Moscow.
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Case study - Chuchloma FMU, Kostroma region, Russia Chumachenko S.I., Moscow State Forest University Korotkov V.N., All-Russian Research Institute for Silviculture and Mechanization of Forestry
Russia Chuchloma FMU Kostroma ‘Russkii Les’ Experimental Forestry Moscow
Task 3.1 Application of models to case studies Chuchloma FMUKostroma region • Area 245,000 ha • 10 districts Information system contains detailed information on 24380 strata
Growing stock: 38% Birch 28% Spruce 19% Pine 15% Aspen Age class distribution
Tree stands with 50% of Spruce Volume of tree species, %
Current forest management practice • Purpose of thinnings (cleaning cuttings) is improve tree species composition, increase of part of coniferous tree species (pine and spruce) • Mixed stands with coniferous species are object of thinnings • Pure birch and aspen stands have never been as object of thinnings