DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2015.12.001
Scopus记录号: 2-s2.0-84953341819
论文题名: Effects of disturbance on understory succession in upland and lowland boreal forests and implications for woodland caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou)
作者: Mallon E.E. ; Turetsky M.R. ; Thompson I.D. ; Fryxell J.M. ; Wiebe P.A.
刊名: Forest Ecology and Management
ISSN: 0378-1127
出版年: 2016
卷: 364 起始页码: 17
结束页码: 26
语种: 英语
英文关键词: Boreal
; Disturbance
; Drainage
; Forage
; Productivity
; Understory vegetation
Scopus关键词: Drainage
; Ecology
; Economic and social effects
; Ecosystems
; Fires
; Harvesting
; Landforms
; Logging (forestry)
; Nutrients
; Photosynthesis
; Phytoplankton
; Productivity
; Soil moisture
; Soils
; Timber
; Vegetation
; Aboveground net primary productivity
; Anthropogenic disturbance
; Boreal
; Disturbance
; Forage
; Net primary productivity
; Plant species richness
; Understory vegetation
; Forestry
; Rangifer tarandus
; Rangifer tarandus caribou
英文摘要: Boreal forest development is influenced by both natural and anthropogenic disturbances that alter stand structure and nutrient cycling over decadal timescales. The effects of disturbance on boreal forests is likely to be modified by soil moisture, given that disturbance severity, vegetation structure and plant productivity vary between upland and lowland forest stands. Future changes in boreal vegetation dynamics are predicted to have consequences for a range of ecosystem services including climate feedbacks and wildlife management. Here, as part of a broader study on habitat use and forage of woodland caribou, we investigated the effects of soil drainage class (upland vs. lowland), disturbance (wildfire vs. timber harvest), and stand age on understory plant species richness, cover, biomass, productivity, and foliar C/N. Due to faster nutrient turnover rates in upland soils, we predicted that understory vegetation in uplands would be more productive, biodiverse and nutrient-rich than in lowlands. We also expected disturbance to lead to greater changes in understory vegetation in uplands, given that both fire and timber harvesting tend to be more severe in drier ecosystems. Our results showed that plant understory characteristics varied primarily between soil drainage classes, with few differences between stands recovering from wildfire or timber harvesting. Contrary to our predictions, lowland understory vegetation had greater total understory plant species richness, aboveground net primary productivity, and foliar C/N compared to upland understory vegetation. We also found no difference in total understory vegetation percent cover, productivity or foliar C/N between burned and harvested stands. Understory net primary productivity decreased with time following disturbance in uplands but increased nonlinearly with stand age in lowlands. Greater productivity in lowlands was attributed primarily to evergreen shrubs, though graminoids also were more productive in lowlands than in uplands. Our study has implications for the threatened woodland caribou with respect to the nutritional aspects of their habitat selection. Our results suggest that the commonly held assertion that, by selecting lowlands, caribou face a trade-off between lower predation risk and lower forage quality may be incorrect and requires further examination. © 2016 Published by Elsevier B.V. Citation statistics:
资源类型: 期刊论文
标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/65049
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作者单位: Department of Integrative Biology, University of Guelph, 50 Stone Rd., Guelph, ON, Canada; Canadian Forest Service, Great Lakes Forestry Centre, 1219 Queen Street East, Sault Ste. Marie, ON, Canada
Recommended Citation:
Mallon E.E.,Turetsky M.R.,Thompson I.D.,et al. Effects of disturbance on understory succession in upland and lowland boreal forests and implications for woodland caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou)[J]. Forest Ecology and Management,2016-01-01,364