Natural regeneration potential of the black saxaul shrub-forests in semi-deserts of Central Asia – the Ili River delta area, SE Kazakhstan

• Autorzy: Zhaglovskaya A.A. , Chlachula J. , Thevs N. , Myrzagaliyeva A.B. , Aidossova S.S.
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Two saxaul species - black saxaul (Haloxylon aphyllum Minkw.) and white saxaul (Haloxylon persicumBunge) - constitute the principal arboreal cover of the cold continental deserts of Central Asia. While the latter is a rain-fed shrub distributed on sand dunes, the former is a ground-water phreatophyte mainly found on alluvial terraces. Saxaul has played an important role as a fodder plant also used as firewood by local herders. Due to over-grazing and over-exploitation for fuel during the past fifty years, the oncedominant saxaul vegetation has considerably degraded. Important growth characteristics at the present plantations (such as height, and basal trunk and crown diameters) show a direct quantitative relationship between the plants' age up to the 25-year lifetime and the total tree biomass reduced by natural degradation. Annual productivity largely depends on the overall vegetation density that reflects specific environmental conditions at particular locations. The recommended harvest rate, balancing the calculated natural regeneration capacity, should not exceed 0.82 t/ha at the density of up to 900 shrubs/ha, 1.78 t/ha at the density of 900–1500 shrubs/ ha and 2.63 t/ha at the density of 1500–2000 shrubs/ha. The results from the field monitoring sites provide new insights on the natural reproductive potential of black saxaul shrub-forests in undisturbed versus anthropogenically affected and exploited semidesert and parkland settings of Central Asia.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

saxaul; black saxaul; Haloxylon aphyllum; white saxaul; Haloxylon persicum; vegetation; natural regeneration; anthropopressure; Kazakhstan; Central Asia

• Wydawca: -
• Czasopismo: Polish Journal of Ecology
• Rocznik: 2017
• Tom: 65
• Numer: 3
• Opis fizyczny: p.352-368,fig.,ref.

Twórcy

autor

Zhaglovskaya A.A.

• Faculty of Agronomy, Saken Seifullin Kazakh Agrotechnical University, Zhenis Avenue 62, 010011 Astana, Kazakhstan

autor

Chlachula J.

• Institute of Geoecology and Geoinformation, Adam Mickiewicz University, B. Krygowskiego 10, 61-680 Poznan, Poland
• Laboratory for Palaeoecology, Tomas Bata University, TGM 5555, 762 01 Zlin, Czech Republic

autor

Thevs N.

• Institute of Botany and Landscape Ecology, University of Greifswald, Soldmannstrasse 15, 17487 Greifswald, Germany
• World Agroforestry Center, Central Asia Branch Office, Toktogol Street 138, 720001 Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan

autor

Myrzagaliyeva A.B.

• Faculty of Natural Sciences and Technologies, Sarsen Amanzholov East Kazakhstan State University, 30 Gvardeiskoy Divizii street, 34, 070002, Ust-Kamenogorsk, Kazakhstan

autor

Aidossova S.S.

• Turan University, Satpayev Street, 16-18, 050013 Almaty, Kazakhstan

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Identyfikatory

DOI

10.3161/15052249PJE2017.65.3.004