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Morphometric characteristics of the growth of forest stands located at different distances from a large copper-smelting plant were estimated. The set of diagnostic parameters obtained was used for calculating summary parameters of the state (SPSs) of the forest stands and to grade their values for zoning the forests. The results of using semivariance analysis demonstrated the appropriateness of kriging, a method of spatial interpolation, for mapping the surfaces of the state of forests. The map-scheme of the zones differing in the state of forest stands (made on the basis of summary parameters) was compared with the topographic map of the area, which made it possible to estimate the effect of large forms of relief on the location and configuration of the zones.
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Fomin, V.V., Shavnin, S.A. Ecological Zoning of Forests in Areas Exposed to Industrial Air Pollution. Russian Journal of Ecology 32, 89–93 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1009532414048
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