DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2012.10.006
Scopus记录号: 2-s2.0-84869879287
论文题名: Forest structural attributes after windthrow and consequences of salvage logging
作者: Waldron K. ; Ruel J.-C. ; Gauthier S.
刊名: Forest Ecology and Management
ISSN: 0378-1127
出版年: 2013
卷: 289 起始页码: 28
结束页码: 37
语种: 英语
英文关键词: Boreal forest
; Ecosystem management
; Salvage logging
; Structural attributes
; Windthrow
Scopus关键词: Boreal forests
; Ecosystem management
; Salvage logging
; Structural attributes
; Windthrows
; Ecosystems
; Machinery
; Forestry
; boreal forest
; coarse woody debris
; dead wood
; disturbance
; ecosystem management
; forest management
; microtopography
; selective logging
; stand structure
; windthrow
; Canada
; Ecology
; Forest Fires
; Forestry
; Logging
; Salvage
; Canada
; Quebec [Canada]
英文摘要: In the eastern boreal forest of Quebec (Canada) windthrow is a major natural disturbance, given the long fire cycle interval. Understanding windthrow is essential to ecosystem-based forest management. Dead wood, live trees, and pit-and-mound microtopography are major post-windthrow attributes with known ecological importance. So far, these structural post-windthrow attributes have not been described for this ecosystem. In addition, ecological consequences of salvage logging after windthrow remain unknown, with no specific salvage standard being applied to maintain such attributes and biological legacies. In this study, comparisons were made between salvaged and unsalvaged windthrow to identify which post-windthrow attributes were more greatly affected by harvest operations and to clarify management options. Downed coarse woody debris (downed CWD), snags, live trees, and pits and mounds were characterized. We showed that downed CWD and snags diminished after salvage operations, with a more uniform distribution among decay classes. Pit and mound density was reduced after salvage logging compared to unsalvaged windthrow, with pits being smaller in the salvaged plots. From an ecosystem management perspective, retention patches with dead wood and standing living trees should be kept in salvaged cut-blocks. To minimize salvage operation effects on microtopography, machinery trails should be reduced to a minimum. Also, a certain proportion of windthrow should be exempted from logging operations. © 2012 Elsevier B.V. Citation statistics:
资源类型: 期刊论文
标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/66844
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作者单位: Centre for Forest Research, Université Laval, Québec, QC G1V 0A6, Canada; Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service, Laurentian Forestry Centre, Québec, QC G1V 4C7, Canada
Recommended Citation:
Waldron K.,Ruel J.-C.,Gauthier S.. Forest structural attributes after windthrow and consequences of salvage logging[J]. Forest Ecology and Management,2013-01-01,289