Influence of climatic, site and stand characteristics on some structural parameters of scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) forests situated on degraded lands from east Romania

Abstract

The ecological restoration of degraded lands has significance in countries where their deterioration process covers large periods of time. The present paper starts by establishing three types of classes. As such, age, phytoclimatic area and degradation level significantly influence the resulting characteristics expressed by the average diameter (average height) in scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) stands from degraded lands (R2 a = 0.784; R2 a = 0.639). Evaluating some climatic, site and stand characteristics over the dynamic of certain structural parameters in stands situated on degraded lands is a basic action where the current objectives are dedicated to the ecological restoration of forests from certain lands.