DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2014.06.034
Scopus记录号: 2-s2.0-84904900469
论文题名: Patch mosaic of developmental stages in central European natural forests along vegetation gradient
作者: Král K. ; McMahon S.M. ; Janík D. ; Adam D. ; Vrška T.
刊名: Forest Ecology and Management
ISSN: 0378-1127
出版年: 2014
卷: 330 起始页码: 17
结束页码: 28
语种: 英语
英文关键词: Developmental stage
; Forest dynamics
; Mean patch size
; Patch pattern
; Spatial analysis
; Stand mosaic
Scopus关键词: Biodiversity
; Neural networks
; Vegetation
; Developmental stage
; Forest dynamics
; Mean patch sizes
; Patch patterns
; Spatial analysis
; Forestry
; abundance
; artificial neural network
; developmental stage
; evolutionarily stable strategy
; forest management
; patch size
; stand structure
; temperate forest
; Biodiversity
; Forestry
; Plants
; Europe
英文摘要: The shifting mosaic of patches in different phases of forest development is a widely used framework for describing stand dynamics, structure and biodiversity in European temperate forests. In spite of the common application of patch mapping of developmental stages/phases, an objective and quantified evaluation of patch mosaics has been missing. This approach identifies patches of forest stand according to a developmental trajectory, from Growth, through an Optimum stage to Breakdown. Here we present the first attempt to compare quantitative and qualitative characteristics of patch mosaics of stand developmental stages using three decades of extensive data in five study sites along a vegetation gradient. We do this using the same, observer independent method based on an artificial neural network classifier. We also used the historical stem position datasets to evaluate the change of mosaic characteristics in time. Resulting patch patterns were analyzed by standard mosaic metrics commonly used in landscape ecology, evaluating area, shape, aggregation and connectivity of patches. The mean patch size of the mosaic of four developmental stages showed a relatively narrow range of 570-800m2 in all study sites and censuses. The shape of patches in all sites and years had no significant differences, and the aggregation of patches of the same type was similar in all sites at the mosaic level. Conversely, we did find some stage-specific patterns. For example, the Growth stage was usually the most abundant (covering 25-50% of the stand), and had the highest mean patch size, ranging between 590 and 2800m2. The Growth stage patches also had the most complex shapes. On the contrary, the Breakdown stage usually had the opposite values, forming constantly small (250-720m2), simple and scattered patches in the mosaic. These basic traits were found in all study sites and were stable in time. We also found some common trends in the dataset, such as increasing mean patch size of the Breakdown stage along the altitudinal vegetation gradient. The complex Steady State stage was generally more abundant than expected according to results of other studies and thus might indicate processes that have not been well described in previous, subjective, applications of the patch mosaic paradigm. © 2014 Elsevier B.V. Citation statistics:
资源类型: 期刊论文
标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/65780
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作者单位: Department of Forest Ecology, The Silva Tarouca Research Institute for Landscape and Ornamental Gardening, Lidická 25/27, CZ-602 00 Brno, Czech Republic; Smithsonian Institution's Forest Global Earth Observatory, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, 647 Contees Wharf Road, Edgewater, MD 21037-0028, United States
Recommended Citation:
Král K.,McMahon S.M.,Janík D.,et al. Patch mosaic of developmental stages in central European natural forests along vegetation gradient[J]. Forest Ecology and Management,2014-01-01,330