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DOI | 10.1016/j.foreco.2019.05.066 |
Importance of stand structure and neighborhood in European beech regeneration | |
Zemaitis, Povilas1; Gil, Wojciech2; Borowski, Zbigniew2 | |
2019-09-15 | |
发表期刊 | FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT
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ISSN | 0378-1127 |
EISSN | 1872-7042 |
出版年 | 2019 |
卷号 | 448页码:57-66 |
文章类型 | Article |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | Lithuania; Poland |
英文摘要 | The European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) is a competitive and shade-tolerant species, with its natural regeneration in closed-canopy stands affected by a number of variables. The study aimed to identify factors related to beech regeneration by focusing on two main questions: (1) can we identify environmental and stand structural characteristics that promote beech regeneration or indicate suitable conditions for regeneration under closed canopy conditions, and (2) do environmental and stand structural characteristics favorable for beech regeneration differ among the ontogeny of seedlings and saplings? To answer these questions, we sampled four beech-dominated forest complexes in northern and southern Poland. Study plots were established in sites with varying overstory composition, including beech-dominated, mixed, and conifer-dominated stands. In the analyzed forest complexes, regeneration consisted mostly of beech seedlings and saplings with admixture of shade tolerant or intermediate light-tolerant species-Norway spruce (Picea abies (L.) Karst), silver fir (Abies alba Mill.), hornbeam (Carpinus betulus L.), and sycamore maple (Acer pseudoplatanus L.). The average density of beech regeneration was 9047, 10,305, 5198 and 8972 trees ha(-1) in forest complexes 1, 2, 3 and 4, respectively; however, the inter-plot variation of the regeneration density was high. Beech regeneration occurrence were determined by stand structural characteristics. Beech regeneration decreases as stand density increases and increases with stand basal area and the percentage of beech in the dominant canopy layer. The ecological prerequisites favorable for beech regeneration abundance differ with the ontogeny of seedlings and saplings-the smallest seedlings regeneration was determined by stand structural variables to a greater extent, while more advanced regeneration abundance was also associated with light-demanding species regeneration abundance. Under closed canopy conditions, beech regeneration abundance was weakly influenced by intra/interspecific competition from surrounding vegetation; however, canopy openings may increase it, therefore, competition aspects should be taken into account in the selection of forest management practices. |
英文关键词 | Fagus sylvatica Seedlings Saplings Closed canopy Ontogeny Competition Understory |
领域 | 气候变化 |
收录类别 | SCI-E |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000486553900006 |
WOS关键词 | FAGUS-SYLVATICA L. ; MAPLE ACER-PSEUDOPLATANUS ; NATURAL REGENERATION ; OLD-GROWTH ; SHADE-TOLERANT ; CANOPY GAPS ; FRAXINUS-EXCELSIOR ; DOMINATED FOREST ; DIFFERENT LIGHT ; SOIL-MOISTURE |
WOS类目 | Forestry |
WOS研究方向 | Forestry |
引用统计 | |
文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/187095 |
专题 | 气候变化 |
作者单位 | 1.Lithuanian Res Ctr Agr & Forestry, Inst Forestry, Liepu Str 1, LT-53101 Girionys, Kaunas District, Lithuania; 2.Forest Res Inst, Braci Lesnej, PL-05090 Sekocin Stary, Raszyn, Poland |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Zemaitis, Povilas,Gil, Wojciech,Borowski, Zbigniew. Importance of stand structure and neighborhood in European beech regeneration[J]. FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT,2019,448:57-66. |
APA | Zemaitis, Povilas,Gil, Wojciech,&Borowski, Zbigniew.(2019).Importance of stand structure and neighborhood in European beech regeneration.FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT,448,57-66. |
MLA | Zemaitis, Povilas,et al."Importance of stand structure and neighborhood in European beech regeneration".FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT 448(2019):57-66. |
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