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Table 9 The role of planted stands in increasing actual mean stock increment of Scots pine. (Source: state forest inventory materials of forests)

From: The role of planted forests in improving the productive capacity and ecological potential of Scots pine boreal forests in the Middle Volga Region

Forest name

Location

Mean annual increment of standing volume (m3 ha−1 year−1)

All stands

Stands <70 years old

Natural

Planted

Difference

Natural

Planted

Difference

Absolute

Percentage

Absolute

Percentage

Voskresenskoe

Nizhny Novgorod oblast

3.20

3.49

0.29

8.9

3.41

3.49

0.08

2.1

Staroustinskoe

Nizhny Novgorod oblast

3.42

5.59

2.17

63.3

4.53

5.62

1.08

23.9

Agryzskoe

Republic of Tatarstan

3.92

5.09

1.17

29.8

4.43

5.16

0.73

16.6

Scientific and experimental

Republic of Mari El

3.10

3.40

0.30

9.7

3.31

3.47

0.16

4.7

Kokshayskoe

Republic of Mari El

3.11

3.57

0.46

14.8

3.58

5.04

1.46

40.9

Kuyarskoe

Republic of Mari El

3.06

3.67

0.62

20.2

3.54

3.67

0.13

3.7

Kadadinskoe

Penzenskaya oblast

3.53

4.41

0.88

24.84

4.37

4.46

0.09

2.12