Alexander Omelko

Group leader
Laboratory of Forest Ecosystem
Senior Researcher
Candidate of biological sciences(Ph.D.)

Research interests: Structure and dynamic of mixed conifer-broadleaved stands

Selected publications

2025 - Formation and fractional composition of tree litterfall in the Korean-pine–broadleaved forests of the southern Sikhote-Alin

Gladkova G.A., Sibirina L.A., Omelko A.M., Zhmerenetskii A.A., Ukhvatkina O.N., Kuprin A.V.

Russian Journal of Ecology    Year: 2025 Volume: 56 Number: 6 Pages: 609-619

DOI: 10.1134/S1067413625601903

2025 - DYNAMICS OF KOREAN PINE-BROADLEAF FOREST RECOVERY AFTER SINGLE-TIME LOGGING IN THE 1960S IN THE SOUTHERN SIKHOTE-ALIN

Ukhvatkina O.N., Omelko A.M., Zakharova V.E., Zhmerenetsky A.A., Gladkova G.A., Sibirina L.A., Kuprin A.V.

Forest science issues    Year: 2025 Volume: 8 Number: 3 Pages: 1-25

DOI: 10.31509/2658-607x-202583-172

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2025 - Age-Dependent Climate Sensitivity of Korean Pine (Pinus koraiensis) in the Southern Sikhote-Alin Mountains

Omelko A., Ukhvatkina O., Zhmerenetsky A.

Forests    Year: 2025 Volume: 16 Number: 9 Article ID: 1458

DOI: 10.3390/f16091458

2025 - Composition and seasonal dynamics of tree litterfall in oak forests of the southern part of Primorsky Krai

Sibirina L.A., Gladkova G.A., Omelko A.M., Zhmerenetsky A.A., Ukhvatkina O.N., Kuprin A.V.

Ecologica Montenegrina    Year: 2025 Volume: 89 Pages: 179-188

DOI: 10.37828/em.2025.89.11

2024 - Natural disturbance history regime and the development of the dark coniferous forest in the Southern Sikhote-Alin

O. N. Ukhvatkina, A. M. Omelko, L. A. Sibirina, G. A. Gladkova, A. A. Zhmerenetsky

Povolzhskiy Journal of Ecology    Year: 2024 Number: 3

DOI: 10.35885/1684-7318-2024-3-345-363

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2024 - Revealing legacy effects of extreme droughts on tree growth of oaks across the Northern Hemisphere

Bose A.K., Doležal J., Scherrer D., Altman J., Ziche D., Martínez-Sancho E., Bigler C., Bolte A., Colangelo A., Dorado-Liñán I., Drobyshev I., Etzold S., Fonti P., Gessler A., Kolář T., Koňasová E., Korznikov K.A., Lebourgeois F., Lucas-Borja M.E., Menzel A., Neuwirth B., Nicolas M., Omelko A.M., Pederson N., Petritan A.M., Rigling A., Rybníček T., Scharnweber T., Schröder J., Silla F., Sochová I., Sohar K., Ukhvatkina O.N., Vozmishcheva A.S., Zweifel R., Camarero J.J.

Science of The Total Environment    Year: 2024 Volume: 926 Article ID: 172049

DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.172049

2023 - Changes in the dendroclimatic response of the Picea jezoensis (Siebold & Zucc.) Carriere along altitudinal gradient in the Southern Sikhote-Alin

Ukhvatkina O.N., Omelko A.M., Zhmetenetsky A.A.

Contemporary Problems of Ecology    Year: 2023 Volume: 16 Number: 6 Pages: 745-757

DOI: 10.1134/S1995425523060215

2023 - Local Topography Has Significant Impact on Dendroclimatic Response of Picea jezoensis and Determines Variation of Factors Limiting Its Radial Growth in the Southern Sikhote-Alin

Ukhvatkina O., Omelko A., Zhmerenetsky A.

Forests    Year: 2023 Volume: 14 Issue: 10 Article ID: 2050

DOI: 10.3390/f14102050

2022 - Development of Picea jezoensis (Siebold & Zucc.) Carriere trees at virginal ontogenetic stage in the Korean pine-broadleaved forest of the Southern Sikhote-Alin

Ukhvatkina O.N., Zhmerenetsky A.A., Omelko A.M.

IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science    Year: 2022 Volume: 1112 Article ID: 012106

DOI: 10.1088/1755-1315/1112/1/012106

2022 - THE VERKHNEUSSURIISKIY BIOGEOCENOTIC STATION OF FEDERAL SCIENTIFIC CENTER OF THE EAST ASIA TERRESTRIAL BIODIVERSITY FEB RAS

Sibirina L.A., Gladkova G.A., Omel′ko A.M., Barkalov V.YU.

Vestnik of the Far East Branch of the Russian academy of sciences    Year: 2022 Number: 4 Pages: 84-100

DOI: 10.37102/0869-7698_2022_224_04_8

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2021 - Tree-ring-based spring precipitation reconstruction in the Sikhote-Alin' Mountain range

Ukhvatkina O., Omelko A., Kislov D., Zhmerenetsky A., Epifanova T., Atlman J.

Climate of the Past    Year: 2021 Number: 17 Issue: 2 Pages: 951–967

DOI: 10.5194/cp-17-951-2021

2021 - STRUCTURE OF POPULATION MOSAIC AND FEATURES OF DEVELOPMENT OF ACER MONO MAXIM. AND ACER UKURUNDUENSE TRAUTV. ET MEY. IN KOREAN PINE-BROADLEAVED FOREST IN THE SOUTH OF THE RUSSIAN FAR EAST

Zhmerenetsky A.A., Omelko A.M., Ukhvatkina O.N., Sibirina L.A.

Russian Journal of Ecosystem Ecology    Year: 2021 Volume: 6 Number: 1 Pages: 1-20

DOI: 10.21685/2500-0578-2021-1-1

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2021 - Tree canopy accession strategy changes along the latitudinal gradient of temperate Northeast Asia

Janda P., Ukhvatkina O.N., Vozmishcheva A.S., Omelko A.M., Dolezal J., Krestov P.V., Zhmerenetsky A.A., Song J-S., Altman J.

Global Ecology and Biogeography    Year: 2021 Volume: 30 Pages: 738-748

DOI: 10.1111/geb.13259

2020 - Tree-ring based spring precipitation reconstruction in the Sikhote-Alin Mountain Range

Ukhvatkina O., Omelko A., Kislov D., Zhmerenetsky A., Epifanova T., Altman J.

Climate of the Past Discussions    Year: 2020 Pages: 1-25

DOI: 10.5194/cp-2020-49

2019 - FORMATION OF KOREAN PINE (PINUS KORAIENSIS SIEB. ET ZUCC.) POPULATION MOSAIC IN KOREAN PINE-BROADLEAVED FOREST IN THE SOUTH OF THE RUSSIAN FAR EAST

Omelko A.M., Ukhvatkina O.N., Zhmerenetsky A.A., Petrenko T. Ya., Sibirina L.A.

Russian Journal of Ecosystem Ecology    Year: 2019 Volume: 4 Number: 2

DOI: 10.21685/2500-0578-2019-2-1

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2018 - Disturbance history and formation of tree species patterns in the old-growth Korean pine-broadleaved forest, Sikhote-Alin mountains, Russian Far East

Omelko A., Ukhvatkina O., Zhmerenetsky A., Petrenko T., Sibirina L.

10<sup>th</sup> World Dendro Conference: Poster Presentations    Year: 2018 Pages: 20-21

2018 - Tropical cyclone reconstruction using oxygen isotopes in tree-ring cellulose

Altman J., Dolezal J., Song J.-S., Ukhvatkina O.N., Omelko A.M., Krestov P.V.

10<sup>th</sup> World Dendro Conference: Program Booklet    Year: 2018 Pages: 66

2018 - Climate-growth relationships investigated through tree-ring measurements based on Pinus koraiensis trees from the Russian Far East (North-East Asia)

Ukhvatkina O., Omelko A., Vozmishcheva A., Zhmerenetsky A., Petrenko T.

10<sup>th</sup> World Dendro Conference: Program Booklet    Year: 2018 Pages: 18

2018 - Climatic changes and their links to global processes investigated through tree-ring reconstruction based on Pinus Koraiensis Trees from the Russian Far East (North-East Asia)

Ukhvatkina O.N., Omelko A.M., Krestov P.V., Vozmishcheva A.S., Altman J., Zhmerenetsky A.A., PetrenkoT.Ya., Pejcha V., Epifanova T.Yu.

North-East Asia Biodiversity: Abstract Book of the 1-st International Conference (Vladivostok, Russia; September 17-21, 2018)    Year: 2018 Pages: 85-86

2018 - Poleward migration of the destructive effects of tropical cyclones during the 20th century

Altman J., Ukhvatkina O.N., Omelko A.M., Macek M., Plener T., Pejcha V., Cerny T., Petrik P., Srutek M., Song J.-S., Zhmerenetsky A.A., Vozmishcheva A.S., Krestov P.V., Petrenko T.Y., Treydte K., Dolezal J.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS)    Year: 2018 Volume: 115(45) Pages: 11543-11548

DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1808979115

2018 - ONTOGENETIC AND SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF BETULA COSTATA (BETULACEAE) COENOTIC POPULATION IN UNDISTURBED KOREAN PINE-BROADLEAVED FOREST AT THE SOUTH OF THE RUSSIAN FAR EAST

Zhmerenetsky A.A., Omelko A.M., Ukhvatkina O.N., Petrenko T.Ya., Sibirina L.A.

Rastitelnye resursy    Year: 2018 Volume: 54 Issue: 2 Pages: 260-279

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2018 - FORMATION OF AMUR LINDEN (TILIA AMURENSIS RUPR.) POPULATION MOSAIC IN THE STAND OF KOREAN PINE-BROADLEAVED FOREST IN THE SOUTH OF THE RUSSIAN FAR EAST

Zhmerenetsky A.A., Omelko A.M., Ukhvatkina O.N., Petrenko T. Ya.

Russian Journal of Ecosystem Ecology    Year: 2018 Volume: 3 Number: 1 Pages: 1-11

DOI: 10.21685/2500-0578-2018-1-3

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2018 - From young to adult trees: How spatial patterns of plants with different life strategies change during age development in an old-growth Korean pine- broadleaved forest

Omelko A., Ukhvatkina O., Zhmerenetsky A., Sibirina L., Petrenko T., Bobrovsky M.

Forest Ecology and Management    Year: 2018 Volume: 411 Pages: 46-66

DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2018.01.023

2018 - Autumn–winter minimum temperature changes in the southern Sikhote-Alin mountain range of northeastern Asia since 1529 AD

Ukhvatkina O.N., Omelko A.M., Zhmerenetsky A.A., Petrenko T.Y.

Climate of the Past    Year: 2018 Volume: 14 Pages: 57-71

DOI: 10.5194/cp-14-57-2018

2017 - Autumn – winter minimum temperature changes in the 2 southern Sikhote-Alin mountain range of northeast Asia since 1509 AD

Ukhvatkina O.N., Omelko A.M., Zhmerenetsky A.A., Petrenko T.Y.

Climate of the Past Discussions    Year: 2017

DOI: 10.5194/cp-2017-98

2017 - FORMATION OF SPATIAL MOSAIC OF ABIES NEPHROLEPIS (PINACEAE) POPULATIONS IN KOREAN PINE-BROADLEAVED FORESTS IN THE SOUTH OF RUSSIAN FAR EAST

Petrenko T.Ya., Omelko A.M., Zhmerenetsky A.A., Ukhvatkina O.N., Sibirina L.A.

Rastitelnye resursy    Year: 2017 Issue: 4 Pages: 480-495

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2017 - FORMATION OF THE SPATIAL PATTERN OF PICEA AJANENSIS (PINACEAE) POPULATION IN KOREAN PINE-BROADLEAVED FOREST IN THE SOUTH OF THE RUSSIAN FAR EAST

Ukhvatkina O.N., Omelko A.M., Zhmerenetsky A.A., Petrenko T.Ya.

Rastitelnye resursy    Year: 2017 Volume: 53 Issue: 1 Pages: 70-87

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2016 - Long-term Ecological Research in Undisturbed Forest on the Southern Siknote-Alin Mountain Range

Ukhvatkina O., Omelko A.

International Workshop on Lessons Learnt and Challenges from Forest Long-term Ecological Research (LTER) in the Northeast Asian Region: Workshop Proceedings    Year: 2016 Pages: 165-186

2016 - Disturbance history and natural regeneration of an old-growth Korean pine-broadleaved forest in the Sikhote-Alin mountain range, Southeastern Russia

Omelko A.M., Ukhvatkina O.N., Zhmerenetsky A.A.

Forest Ecology and Management    Year: 2016 Volume: 360 Pages: 221-234

DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2015.10.036

2015 - NATURAL DISTURBANCES REGIME AS A FACTOR OF KOREAN PINE-BROADLEAVED FOREST STAND SHAPING IN THE SOUTH OF THE RUSSIAN FAR EAST

Ukhvatkina Olga N., Omelko Alexander M., Zhmerenetsky AlexanderA., Gusev VladislavS.

Journal of Siberian Federal University. Biology    Year: 2015 Volume: 9 Number: 4 Pages: 35-38

DOI: 10.17516/1997-1389-2015-8-4-441-458

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2015 - Temperate summergreen forests of East Asia

Krestov P.V., Omelko A.M., Ukhvatkina O.N., Nakamura Y.

Berichte der Reinhold-Tüxen-Gesellschaft    Year: 2015 Volume: 27 Pages: 133-134

2012 - Stand structure and disturbance history of old-growth Korean pine-leaved forests of the Sikhote-Alin Mountains

Ukhvatkina O.N., Omelko A.M.

The East Asian Flora and its role in the formation of the world's vegetation: abstracts of the symposium (September 23-27,Vladivostok, Russia)    Year: 2012 Pages: 92

2012 - A topography-based model of the vegetation cover of the Lanzhinskie Mountains

Omelko A.M., Yakovleva A.N.

The East Asian Flora and its role in the formation of the world's vegetation: abstracts of the symposium (September 23-27,Vladivostok, Russia)    Year: 2012 Pages: 63

2012 - A Topography-Based Model of the Vegetation Cover of the Lanzhinskie Mountains

Omelko A.M, Krestov P.V, Yakovleva A.N

Botanica Pacifica: a journal of plant science and conservation    Year: 2012 Number: 1 Pages: 109-119

2011 - IMPACT OF PATIAL RELEASES IN MIXED KOREAN PINE-BROADLEAVED STANDS ON THE NATURAL REGENERATION PROCESSES

Ukhvatkina Olga N., Omelko Alexander M., Krestov Pavel V., Zmerenetsky AlexanderA.

Journal of Siberian Federal University. Biology    Year: 2011 Volume: 4 Number: 4 Pages: 416-431

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2011 - UNDERGROWTH STRUCTURE AND NATURAL REGENERATION IN MIXED CONIFER-BROADLEAVED FOREST OF THE SOUTHERN SIKHOTE-ALIN

Ukhvatkina Olga N., Omelko Alexander M.

Journal of Siberian Federal University. Biology    Year: 2011 Number: 3 Pages: 266-280

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2010 - Dynamics of the Korean pine pattern in mixed stands

Ukhvatkina O.N., Omelko A.M.

XXIII IUFRO World Congress “Forest for the Future: Sustaining Society and Environment”    Year: 2010 Pages: 206

2010 - Phytogeography of higher units of forests and krummholz in North Asia and formation of vegetation complex in the Holocene

Krestov P.V., Omelko A.M., Nakamura Y.

Phytocoenologia    Year: 2010 Volume: 40 Number: 1 Pages: 41-56

DOI: 10.1127/0340-269X/2010/0040-0440

2008 - Plant Morphogenesis In Vitro

Zhuravlev Yu.N., Omelko A.M.

Russian Journal of Plant Physiology    Year: 2008 Volume: 55 Number: 5 Pages: 579-596

DOI: 10.1134/S1021443708050014

2008 - Using animals for the Korean pine regeneration in secondary broadleaved forests

Omelko A.M., Omelko M.M.

Sustainable development of Korean pine Resources: Proceedings of International Symposium on Conservation of Korean Pine&nbsp;    Year: 2008 Pages: 101-106

2008 - Vegetation and natural habitats of Kamchatka

Krestov P.V., Omelko A.M., Nakamura Y.

Berichte der Reinhold-Tüxen-Gesellschaft    Year: 2008 Volume: 20 Pages: 195-218

2007 - Modelling of tree crown development using L-systems

Omelko A.M.

Proceedings of the Fifth Symposium of Vegetation Diversity in Taiwan (Taipei, 25-26.10.2007). Vol 9.    Year: 2007 Volume: 9 Pages: 179-180

2007 - Bioclimate and vegetation complexes in Northeast Asia: a first approximation to integrated study

Nakamura Y., Krestov P.V., Omelko A.M.

Phytocoenologia    Year: 2007 Volume: 37 Number: 3-4 Pages: 443-470

DOI: 10.1127/0340-269X/2007/0037-0443

2006 - Crown shape prediction model for Picea ajanensis and Abies nephrolepis trees in young dark coniferous stands

Omelko A.M., Yakovleva A.N.

Forest science and technology    Year: 2006 Volume: 2 Number: 2 Pages: 129-136

DOI: 10.1080/21580103.2006.9656308

2006 - A METHOD OF DETERMINING THE OPTIMAL AGE OF FELLING

Omelko A.M.

Sibirskij ekologicheskij zhurnal    Year: 2006 Volume: 13 Number: 2 Pages: 201-204

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2006 - AN L-SYSTEM BASED MODEL OF GROWTH OF CONIFER TREE GROWTH

Omelko A.M.

Sibirskij ekologicheskij zhurnal    Year: 2006 Volume: 13 Number: 2 Pages: 181-188

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2006 - PERIODIC ENDOGENOUS CHANGES OF THE PREDOMINANT SPECIES IN COMPLEX TREE STANDS

Omelko A.M.

Sibirskij ekologicheskij zhurnal    Year: 2006 Volume: 13 Number: 3 Pages: 345-351

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2002 - Dynamics of feeding preferences by a predator

Sukhanov V.V., Omelko A.M.

Ecological Modelling    Year: 2002 Volume: 154 Number: 3 Pages: 203-206

DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3800(02)00007-8