Priangare 57.30°N  95.91°E

Russian Federation

Site Investigators

  • Slava Kharuk, Krasnoyarsk, Institute of Forest of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Site Description

The study site is the region of Priangar’e, Siberia where the latest Siberian silkmoth (Dendrolimus superans sibiricus Tschetw.) outbreak took place. The topography of the area consists of a plateau with low hills (up to 600 m in elevation). Soils are mainly spodosols (podzols). Climate is continental with cold dry winters and warm moist summers. Annual precipitation is 400-450 mm. Mean annual temperature is +2.6°C with an absolute minimum of -54°C recorded during December and maximum of +36°C recorded in July. Mean winter and summer temperatures are - 22°C and +18°C, correspondingly.Vegetative growth period is about 100 days. Forests cover about 95% of the territory. The dominant species is Siberian fir (Abies sibirica); other species include Siberian pine (Pinus sibirica) also known locally as Siberian cedar, Siberian spruce (Picea obovata), Scots pine (Pinus silvestris), Siberian larch (Larix sibirica), aspen (Populus tremula), and birch (Betula pendula).

Land Cover

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Comparison of dominant life form types

Publications

  • Kharuk V., Ranson K., E. Fedotova (2007) Spatial pattern of Siberian silkmoth outbreak and taiga mortality. Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research, 22: 531-536.
  • Kharuk V.I., Ranson K.J., Kuz’michev V.V. & Im S.T. (2003). Landsat-based analysis of insect outbreaks in southern Siberia. Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing, 29(2), 286–297.
  • Kharuk, V.I., Ranson, K.J. Kozuhovskaya A.G., Kondakov, Y.A. & Pestunov, I.A. (2004). NOAA/AVHRR satellite detection of Siberian silkmoth outbreaks in eastern Siberia. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 25 (24), 5543–5555.