METHOD FOR EVALUATING STATE OF HABITAT Russian patent published in 1997 - IPC

FIELD: agriculture and forestry. SUBSTANCE: method involves physico-chemical analysis of habitat state and determination of parameters of factors of habitat for each particular plant, kind of plant, sort, genotype; determining minimum, optimum and maximum parameters of each factor; forming evaluation scale , with highest number being assigned to optimum parameters and zero being assigned to minimum and maximum parameters; setting parameters of vital factors for assigned state of habitat by evaluation basis calculated in accordance with recited formula; determining actual parameter numbers of each vital factor of plants in accordance with recited formulas; setting limiting factor by minimum number and evaluating state of habitat by this number; determining practicable yield; determining quantitative value required to improve habitat to necessary state by difference between predetermined and actual parameters of each factor. EFFECT: increased efficiency and precision in evaluating state of habitat. 1 dwg, 1 tbl