Development of methodological basis for forest biodiversity monitoring
Purpose:
methodology and methods development for biodiversity monitoring in Russian
forests under global changes and increasing human impacts.
Objectives:
Development of conceptual
approach to forest biodiversity monitoring accounting forest environmental
and resource functions ;
Development of methodological
approach providing collection, systematization and generalization
of accumulated data on Russian forests biodiversity including following
tasks:
Selection of parameters
and optimal accounting procedures for forest biodiversity assessment
by using remote sensing and ground observations;
Development of methods
for forest communities succession assessment and detection of
forest recovery processes in different native zones;
Developmentof forest ecosystems typology and description
of coenotic fund;
Detection of forest
spatial organization regularities.
Development of environmental
information basis for assessment and monitoring of biodiversity
in Russian forests .
Development of forest
biodiversity monitoring methods for specific model regions and use
of methods for the purposes of sustainable forest management.
Head institution – Center
for Problems of Ecology and Productivity of Forests RAS
