DOI: | 10.1016/j.foreco.2017.08.006
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Scopus记录号: | 2-s2.0-85027569149
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论文题名: | Catastrophic wind and salvage harvesting effects on woodland plants |
作者: | Kleinman J.S.; Ford S.A.; Hart J.L.
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刊名: | Forest Ecology and Management
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ISSN: | 0378-1127
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出版年: | 2017
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卷: | 403 | 起始页码: | 112
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结束页码: | 125
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语种: | 英语
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英文关键词: | Compound disturbance
; Diversity
; Pinus palustris longleaf pine
; Salvage
; Wind disturbance
; Woody debris
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Scopus关键词: | Debris
; Ecology
; Ecosystems
; Forestry
; Harvesting
; Multivariant analysis
; Salvaging
; Compound disturbance
; Diversity
; Longleaf pine
; Wind disturbance
; Woody debris
; Plants (botany)
; Pinus palustris
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英文摘要: | Compound disturbances may result in novel forest successional and developmental patterns. This study investigated effects of post-wind disturbance salvage harvesting, a unique compound disturbance of which the ecological consequences are unresolved, in fire-restored longleaf pine woodlands of the Alabama Fall Line Hills, a characteristically biodiverse and rare ecosystem. Plot-level data were collected May–June 2016 in areas undisturbed, wind-disturbed, and compound-disturbed (salvage harvested within seven months of an April 2011 EF3 tornado). Disturbance-mediated differences in (1) physical site conditions, (2) woody plant composition and structure, and (3) ground flora (herbaceous and woody plants ≤ 1 m in height) were assessed. Multivariate analyses revealed distinct differences in ground flora across disturbance categories. Biophysical drivers most correlated with differences in species assemblages included volume of coarse woody debris, sapling density, percent canopy cover, and basal area. Unharvested wind-disturbed plots had the greatest diversity of saplings and ground flora, and had indicator species with unique habitat requirements (specialists). Indicator species of compound-disturbed plots were mostly generalists that also had a relatively high frequency and abundance in the other disturbance categories. Reduced plant diversity on compound-disturbed plots was attributed to salvage harvest-mediated reductions in habitat heterogeneity and resource availability. Thus, leaving patches unharvested within salvaged stands is recommended to promote stand-scale plant diversity. © 2017 Elsevier B.V. |
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资源类型: | 期刊论文
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标识符: | http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/64132
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Appears in Collections: | 影响、适应和脆弱性
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作者单位: | Department of Geography, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, United States
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Recommended Citation: |
Kleinman J.S.,Ford S.A.,Hart J.L.. Catastrophic wind and salvage harvesting effects on woodland plants[J]. Forest Ecology and Management,2017-01-01,403
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