Shkudor V. Increase of resistance and conservation of plant biodiversity in pine forests of Western Polissya of Ukraine

The object is the regularities of growth, renewal of plant biodiversity and stability of artificial pine plantations of different age; the aim is improvement of scientific approaches and practical actions concerning cultivation of stable artificial pine plantations with the maximal safety of a natural plant biodiversity in conditions of the Western Polesye of Ukraine; methods - comparative ecology, forestry, taxation, botany, soil science, forest protection against pests and diseases, mathematical statistics; the new approach - first in Western Polesye in conditions of intensive forestry management complex research of pine natural regeneration peculiarities, the opportunities of biodiversity conservation and stability of pine plantations in the most widespread forest grown conditions well carried out; the main include - the regularities of regeneration of a pine, oak and others forestforming species under forest canopy and on cutting areas in different types of forest growing conditions of Western Polesye of Ukraine were established; the basic anthropogenous factors which influence on stability and productivity of artificial pine plantations were revealed; the patterns of regeneration of a plant biodiversity in pine plantations were established; the complex forest management actions directed to conservation, improvement of sanitary condition and increase of productivity of scots pine plantations were proposed; the field is forestry.