Long-term environmental studies in the Tellerman experimental forestry of the Institute of forest science Russian Academy of Sciences

A brief history of the creation of the Tellerman Experimental Forestry of the Institute of Forest Science Russian Academy of Sciences, an overview of the main branches of scientific research carried out in it since its development (1944) to the present are given. The main stages of scientific research in Tellerman forestry are characterized. The hydrology of the massif and the water regime of forest plantations, the environment-forming role of the forest were studied, the phytomass reserves, mineral composition, productivity, energy balance of biogeocenoses were determined, and a series of silvicultural experiments was performed. A comprehensive study of biogeocenoses also included investigations of root systems, phenological, geobotanical, zoological, microbiological, phytopathological and mycological studies. Currently, much attention is paid to the problem of studying the adaptation of oak forests to unfavorable external factors, including ongoing changes in the climatic situation and an increase of anthropogenic pressure, learning how to form and sustainably develop forest phytocenoses ensuring the preservation and enhancement of the social and protective role of forests, organizing long-term monitoring...