Information training system for distance learning of mechanical stability, accident rate and ecological and biological features of the main types of trees plants used in landscaping of the city of Donetsk

Informational training system contains visual, generalized, structured material on mechanical stability, accidents and ecological-biological peculiarities of the main types used in landscaping in the city of Donetsk: taxonomic position, biology and ecology, biogeography, representation in the city of Donetsk, the mechanical resistance and the accident rate, wind resistance, root system, different properties of wood, critical age in the city of Donetsk, the presence of the saw cut/core in xiloteca, recommendations for landscapers, landscaping concepts, publications, photographs. The informational training system allows to the researcher to quickly and visually get acquainted with the ecological and biological features of tree species used in gardening in the city of Donetsk, learn how to assess the general condition of the tree and use this knowledge in the future when conducting monitoring environmental and dendrological studies. This information system summarizes the results of russian and international research on the ecological and biological characteristics of the presented species and supplements them with growth characteristics, physical and mechanical properties of wood, mechanical resistance to dynamic (wind) and static (icing, snow sticking, etc.) loads in a large industrial city. The information system contributes to the implementation of the presented results in the educational process (as a methodological guide for students and postgraduates of biological universities), monitoring studies of the state of the environment and assessing the accident rate of woody plants by «Zelenstroy» services, as well as by employees of the city environmental management.

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