Laboratory of Dendrochonology
The IPAE's (Russian Academy of Sciences Ekaterinburg) general direction of scientific investigation is the study of the main natural laws of structural organization, functioning, dynamics, evolution and the stability of living systems on a supraorganismal level; regarding population, biocenosis and ecosystems.
The Laboratory of Dendrochronology of IPAE is engaged in the field of forest ecology and dendroclimatology. It collaborates with several international institutes in the world and has profound knowledge in climate-induced dynamics of forest ecosystems in harsh environments. The Laboratory of Dendrochronology has an international reputation for its reconstruction of past climatic conditions using ultralong tree-ring chronologies, ecological studies of the upper and polar tree-line dynamics and forest successions. The research focuse extends to the ecosystems and their functions in the Ural mountains, Yamal Peninsula and West Siberian Plane.