A novel empirical approach for determining the extension of forest development stages in temperate old-growth forests

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作者
Feldmann, Eike [1 ]
Glatthorn, Jonas [1 ]
Hauck, Markus [1 ]
Leuschner, Christoph [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Goettingen, Albrecht von Haller Inst Plant Sci, Plant Ecol & Ecosyst Res, Untere Karspule 2, D-37073 Gottingen, Germany
关键词
Development Stage Index; Forest dynamics; Fagus sylvatica; Forest structure; Old-growth forest; Deadwood; STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS; DEVELOPMENT PHASES; FIR FORESTS; BEECH; STANDS; VARIABILITY; DISTURBANCE; CARPATHIANS; DEADWOOD; BOSNIA;
D O I
10.1007/s10342-018-1105-4
中图分类号
S7 [林业];
学科分类号
0829 ; 0907 ;
摘要
In the analysis of old-growth forest dynamics, the continuous process of tree aging and forest structural change is split up into several distinct forest development stages. The criteria for distinguishing the stages vary among the different approaches. In most of them, vertical canopy heterogeneity is only coarsely addressed and horizontal forest structure is quantified at spatial scales far exceeding the size of conventional forest inventory plots. In order to describe and analyze the complex mosaic structure of temperate old-growth forests with objective and quantitative measures in the context of forest inventories, we propose the Development Stage Index I (DS) . It employs two easily measured stand structural parameters (stem density and basal area) for quantifying the abundance of trees in three conventionally recognized tree diameter classes (premature < 40 cm; mature 40-70 cm; and over-mature ae<yen> 70 cm) in plots of 500 m(2) size, systematically distributed in the forest. This allows quantifying the spatial extension of the Initial, Optimum and Terminal stages of forest development at plot, stand and landscape levels. Based on thorough stand structural analyses in three virgin beech (Fagus sylvatica) forests in Slovakia, we demonstrate that I (DS) is a promising tool for (1) quantifying the proportion of the three stages on different scales, (2) visualizing the complex mixing of stages, and (3) analyzing dynamic changes in old-growth forest structure. We conclude that the Development Stage Index has the potential to improve the empirical foundation of forest dynamics research and to allow this discipline to proceed to more rigorous hypothesis testing.
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页码:321 / 335
页数:15
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