Comparison of the ecophysiological parameters of pine and spruce in the Serebryanoborsky experimental forest district

Research conducted in Serebryanoborsky forestry Institute of Forestry RAS. To evaluate gas exchange, an original setup based on an infrared gas analyzer was used. The installation created at the Forestry Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences made it possible to simultaneously, round-the-clock receive daily changes in the intensity of photosynthesis and respiration of adult trunks of pine and spruce trees. It was found that the respiration of pine and spruce trunks, calculated on the surface of trunks, does not differ significantly, while the intensity of photosynthesis of spruce (when calculated on the surface area of needles) is almost two times lower than that of pine. However, we believe that when calculating the area of growth, the differences will be insignificant, since the mass of spruce needles in the stand is much greater than the mass of pine needles per unit area of growth. It was found that the intensity of photosynthesis of spruce is more affected by moisture deficiency...