The Choice of a Set of Operations for Forest Landscape Restoration Technology

Abstract

The study is intended for forest farmers who need to make a mathematically sound and objective decision on the choice of technological operations and technical means for forest restoration. Currently, in studies implementing the forest landscapes restoration approach from the point of view of technology and the use of technical devices (FLR technology), there is some discreteness and fragmentation of the issues. There is a need for a comprehensive study of FLR technology using frontier techniques and devices, and the construction of a single technological FLR algorithm. Preliminary analysis indicates a sharp increase in the number of operational sets from nine for the implementation of the classical technological FLR algorithm to 268 in the first approximation when implementing the proposed algorithm. The FLR algorithm construction is based on the algorithm’s theory, and the verification of the similarity degree of operational sets is based on the cluster analysis by Ward and intra-group connections methods. The algorithm decomposition into six conditionally similar clusters will help plan new forest experiments taking into account interdisciplinary interaction, in addition to the modernization of plant propagation protocols for sustainable reforestation quality management. However, some questions remain for the future: which criterion should be used as a universal basis for choosing operational sets? How can the effectiveness of the FLR technology procedure be evaluated and predicted before its practical implementation?

The VIS-Spectrometric Data of Scots Pine Individual Seed Reveal Forecasting Potential for Container-Grown Germination and Seedling’s Dickson Quality Index

“…Moreover, combining in the future the VIS-image descriptor of spectrometric data (Dataset 2) of Scots pine seeds with a descriptor of morphometric/gravimetric data for an individual seed (Dataset 1) and a descriptor of germination data (Dataset 3), biometric data (Dataset 4), including the Dickson quality index, for the obtained from an individual seed of an individual seedling, the FLR-Library database [7,186] will be significantly supplemented for effective management of forest landscape restoration. Data journal for their valuable comments and recommendations that have helped to increase the reader's interest in the paper.…”

“…Rational assessment of the effectiveness of the application of reforestation technology [7,8] by hybrid crops of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L. var. Negorelskaya) when moving seeds according to A.I.…”

“…The accuracy of non-destructive [11][12][13] detection of forest seeds using electromagnetic waves from different regions increases with the assessment of each single seed [14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32] individually, determined by the focal distance [33] from the sensor to the place of reflection of the electromagnetic beam from the top of the seed coat [34]. At the same time, depending on the type and nature of exposure to electromagnetic radiation, the biophysical [13,35] (spectrometric) parameters of the seed correlate with different properties and indicators of a single seed [2,5,7,9,11,12,[12][13][14][15][16]21,[23][24][25][26][27][28]31,34,…”

Hydro-mechanical powertrain for timber transport vehicles: technological relationship with the impact on the soil and plant environment

“…В работе Хитрова Е.Г. 40 [45], а также других авторов [5,6] отмечено, что актуальной задачей для лесопромышленного комплекса является комплектование парка лесосечных машин в соответствии с природно-производственными условиями, необходимость дальнейшего проведения исследований, направленных на совершенствование, конструкция и параметров колесных движителей ЛТМ.…”

Coat Colour Grading of the Scots Pine Seeds Collected from Faraway Provenances Reveals a Different Germination Effect

“…Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) has a wide range of habitat [1] and is one of the primary sources of wood raw materials in boreal countries. The seeds of Scots pine as integral components of forest reproductive material (FRM) [2] are valuable products, moved by trade operations, as shown in [3], for significant distances, and to some extent determining the rate of forest landscape restoration technology (FLR technology) [4,5]. Thus, the leading importer of Scots pine seeds in Europe is Sweden (about 175 kg per year, the total amount for Europe is 272.76 kg), and the origin of these seeds belongs exclusively to Finland.…”