N A Kotova, M B Fardeeva and B M Usmanov

Institute of Environmental Sciences, Kazan Federal University, 5, Tovarisheskaya, Kazan, 420097, Russian Federation

Abstract

The dynamics of forest-forming tree populations under conditions of landslide slopes makes it possible to assess the impact and the anthropogenic regulation of the Kuibyshev reservoir on the forest vegetation state. The Shannon index characterizes the phanerophytes diversity in the structure of forests by landslide elements. The integral signs of the activity/stability of landslide processes on the slopes are the trees functional parameters – the trunks height, the dynamics of cross-sectional areas and wood volumes, reflecting not only the different trees populations state and productivity according to the landslide elements, but also the stage of phytocenoses reforestation of along the right bank of the Kuibyshev reservoir.