DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2017.04.041
Scopus记录号: 2-s2.0-85019236727
论文题名: Tree mortality after wind disturbance differs among tree species more than among habitat types in a lowland forest in northeastern Poland
作者: Szwagrzyk J. ; Gazda A. ; Dobrowolska D. ; Chećko E. ; Zaremba J. ; Tomski A.
刊名: Forest Ecology and Management
ISSN: 0378-1127
出版年: 2017
卷: 398 起始页码: 174
结束页码: 184
语种: 英语
英文关键词: Disturbance ecology
; Forest dynamics
; Northeastern Poland
; Scots pine stands
Scopus关键词: Ecology
; Ecosystems
; Population statistics
; Disturbance ecology
; Ecosystem services
; Forest dynamics
; Forest ecosystem
; Northeastern Poland
; Scots pine stands
; Species composition
; Timber production
; Forestry
; community composition
; coniferous tree
; environmental disturbance
; forest dynamics
; forest ecosystem
; habitat type
; lowland environment
; mortality
; sampling
; satellite imagery
; statistical analysis
; storm damage
; survival
; wind forcing
; Poland [Central Europe]
; Alnus glutinosa
; Pinus sylvestris
英文摘要: Tree mortality was studied in a 460-ha swath of managed lowland forest that was damaged by a windstorm in July 2002 and set aside for research purposes. The goal of our investigation was to answer three specific questions: (1) Were tree stands in some habitat types more affected by the wind than others? (2) Were some tree species more vulnerable to wind damage? (3) Have smaller trees survived the windstorm better than larger ones? Based on measurements in 111 regularly distributed sample plots, we found that tree mortality amounted to 49% of tree numbers and more than 48% of the basal area. Only two plots were not damaged, and in one sample plot, all trees had been broken or uprooted by the wind. Differences in tree mortality among three major habitat types, apparent in satellite images, were not statistically significant. Scots pine and silver birch displayed significantly higher mortality rates than other tree species, and black alder was least affected by the windstorm. Scots pines were the tallest trees in analysed forest, but statistical analysis employing the odds ratio revealed that these higher mortality rates were not associated with the height difference between the pines and other trees growing in their immediate vicinity. Species composition of the remaining stands was more complex than that prior to the windstorm. We concluded that although salvage logging and replanting with seedlings is the most reasonable option from the point of view of timber production, it is not necessary for saving the integrity of the forest ecosystem and maintaining the continuity of ecosystem services. © 2017 Elsevier B.V. Citation statistics:
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标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/64301
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作者单位: Department of Forest Biodiversity, Institute of Forest Ecology and Silviculture, Faculty of Forestry, University of Agriculture in Krakow, 29-Listopada 46, Krakow, Poland; Forest Research Institute, Department of Forest Ecology, Braci Leśnej 3, Raszyn, Poland; Białowieża Geobotanical Station, Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw, ul. Sportowa 19, Białowieża, Poland; Section of Biomathematics, Institute of Mathematics, University of Silesia, Bankowa 14, Katowice, Poland
Recommended Citation:
Szwagrzyk J.,Gazda A.,Dobrowolska D.,et al. Tree mortality after wind disturbance differs among tree species more than among habitat types in a lowland forest in northeastern Poland[J]. Forest Ecology and Management,2017-01-01,398