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DOI | 10.1016/j.foreco.2017.12.008 |
Does commercial thinning improve stand-level growth of the three most commercially important softwood forest types in North America? | |
Bose, Arun K.1,5; Weiskittel, Aaron1; Kuehne, Christian1; Wagner, Robert G.2; Turnblom, Eric3; Burkhart, Harold E.4 | |
2018-02-01 | |
发表期刊 | FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT |
ISSN | 0378-1127 |
EISSN | 1872-7042 |
出版年 | 2018 |
卷号 | 409页码:683-693 |
文章类型 | Article |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | USA; Switzerland |
英文摘要 | Thinning is expected to improve both individual tree-and stand-level growth efficiency since more environmental resources (growing space, light, water, and nutrients) become available to fewer trees. However, thinning can also promote asymmetric competition among residual trees, and potentially increase mortality and growth stagnation by creating an immediate and often dramatic change in stand micro-environments. To strengthen our understanding of stand-level responses to thinning, we used long-term and replicated experiments for the three most commercially important softwood forest types in the North America, including: shade-intolerant loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.), moderately shade-tolerant Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii Mirbel), and shade-tolerant red spruce (Picea rubens Sarg.) and balsam fir (Abies balsamea L.). The primary objectives of this study were to quantify the stand-level and dominant tree (100 largest trees ha(-1)) response to various thinning treatments in terms of relative (RVG) and cumulative volume growth (CVG), while evaluating the effects of stand conditions, timing/intensity of thinning, and key stand-level biotic factors. Our results showed relatively limited differences between the stand-level and dominant-tree responses. Thinning generally increased the RVG of all three forest types, but the effect was dependent on time since treatment for spruce-fir. When compared to tmthinned stands, thinning increased the overall RVG, but the pattern of change over time since thinning was negative for both loblolly pine and Douglas-fir. CVG was generally higher in unthinned than thinned stands across the three forest types. Thinning intensity had a positive effect on the RVG of Douglas-fir and loblolly pine, but negative on RVG of spruce-fir forest type. Relative age (based on age of maximum periodic annual increment) and stand density at time of thinning had negative effects on the RVG of dominant trees for all species examined, except spruce-fir. Overall, our results highlight a range of responses to thinning among three distinct softwood forest types, and revealed that thinning does not always improve the growth efficiency of dominant trees, and that the responses are governed largely by a variety of stand characteristics at the time of thinning. |
英文关键词 | Commercial thinning Softwood species Dominant trees Stand age at thinning Mixed-effect modelling Pacific Northwest US Southeast US Northeast US |
领域 | 气候变化 |
收录类别 | SCI-E |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000425578000066 |
WOS关键词 | LOBLOLLY-PINE TREES ; AGE-RELATED DECLINE ; SHADE TOLERANCE ; DOUGLAS-FIR ; INDIVIDUAL-TREE ; LIGHT INTERCEPTION ; BOREAL FOREST ; DENSITY ; EFFICIENCY ; RESPONSES |
WOS类目 | Forestry |
WOS研究方向 | Forestry |
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文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/22683 |
专题 | 气候变化 |
作者单位 | 1.Univ Maine, Sch Forest Resources, 5755 Nutting Hall, Orono, ME 04469 USA; 2.Purdue Univ, Dept Forestry & Nat Resources, W Lafayette, IN 47907 USA; 3.Univ Washington, Sch Environm & Forest Sci, Box 352100, Seattle, WA 98195 USA; 4.Virginia Tech, Dept Forest Resources & Environm Conservat, Blacksburg, VA 24061 USA; 5.WSL Swiss Fed Inst Forest Snow & Landscape Res, Zurcherstr 111, CH-8903 Birmensdorf, Switzerland |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Bose, Arun K.,Weiskittel, Aaron,Kuehne, Christian,et al. Does commercial thinning improve stand-level growth of the three most commercially important softwood forest types in North America?[J]. FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT,2018,409:683-693. |
APA | Bose, Arun K.,Weiskittel, Aaron,Kuehne, Christian,Wagner, Robert G.,Turnblom, Eric,&Burkhart, Harold E..(2018).Does commercial thinning improve stand-level growth of the three most commercially important softwood forest types in North America?.FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT,409,683-693. |
MLA | Bose, Arun K.,et al."Does commercial thinning improve stand-level growth of the three most commercially important softwood forest types in North America?".FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT 409(2018):683-693. |
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