DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2015.08.003
Scopus记录号: 2-s2.0-84940062821
论文题名: Selection cutting in a yellow birch-conifer stand, in Quebec, Canada: Comparing the single-tree and two hybrid methods using different sizes of canopy opening
作者: Prévost M. ; Charette L.
刊名: Forest Ecology and Management
ISSN: 0378-1127
出版年: 2015
卷: 357 起始页码: 195
结束页码: 205
语种: 英语
英文关键词: Balsam fir
; Canopy opening
; Mixedwood silviculture
; Red spruce
; Regeneration dynamics
; Temperate mixedwood forest
Scopus关键词: Reforestation
; Balsam fir
; Canopy opening
; Mixedwood
; Mixedwood forests
; Red spruce
; Regeneration dynamics
; Forestry
; forest canopy
; hybrid
; light availability
; mixed forest
; regeneration
; shade tolerance
; silviculture
; stand dynamics
; temperate forest
; woody plant
; Abies Amabilis
; Forest Canopy
; Forests
; Picea Rubens
; Reforestation
; Canada
; Quebec [Canada]
; Abies balsamea
; Betula alleghaniensis
; Coniferophyta
; Picea rubens
; Prunus pensylvanica
; Rubus glaucus
; Rubus idaeus
英文摘要: We experimented three selection cutting patterns using different sizes of canopy opening, including single-tree (SIN, <100m2 in area), hybrid single-tree and small groups of trees (HGR, 100-300m2), hybrid single-tree and one larger gap (HGA, 700m2), and an uncut control (CON) to regenerate tree species with a range of shade tolerance in a yellow birch (Betula alleghaniensis Britt.)-conifer stand, in Quebec, Canada. In this paper, we are presenting the 10-year effects on regeneration dynamics, seedbed coverage and light availability. During the six summers of monitoring, incoming solar radiation increased with canopy opening at a rate of 1.5, 3.9, 4.9 and 8.9MJ/m2/day in microsites distinctive of the CON, SIN, HGR and HGA, respectively. Yellow birch established well in the three cutting patterns (including the matrix and openings), which contained 5-6 times more seedlings >5cm in height than the control (2400/ha) after 10years (all p<0.001). Raspberry (Rubus idaeus L.) coverage was also higher in the three cuts (9-15% at year 10) than in the CON (<1%, p≤0.001). Pin cherry (Prunus pensylvanica L. f.) rapidly emerged independently from the cutting pattern (6000-7000stems/ha, year 2), but had almost disappeared by year 10 (100-300stems/ha). The 100-300m2 groups and 700m2 gap were favourable niches for yellow birch development. The gap, where light blade scarification was carried out in areas without conifer advance growth, was by far the worst niche for both red spruce and balsam fir (Abies balsamea [L.] Mill.). Therefore, the hybrid method that removed small groups of trees revealed the best option to maintain yellow birch and conifer species in the study site. © 2015 Elsevier B.V. Citation statistics:
资源类型: 期刊论文
标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/65264
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作者单位: Ministère des Forêts, de la Faune et des Parcs du Québec, Direction de la recherche forestière, 2700, rue EinsteinQC, Canada
Recommended Citation:
Prévost M.,Charette L.. Selection cutting in a yellow birch-conifer stand, in Quebec, Canada: Comparing the single-tree and two hybrid methods using different sizes of canopy opening[J]. Forest Ecology and Management,2015-01-01,357