[Spatial pattern and regeneration characteristics of main woody species in natural secondary forest in Maoershan, Northeast China]

Ying Yong Sheng Tai Xue Bao. 2019 Jun;30(6):1945-1955. doi: 10.13287/j.1001-9332.201906.026.
[Article in Chinese]

Abstract

Based on the survey data from a 1 hm2 plot of the second forest in Maoershan, we divided the stand into four size degrees, including seedlings (tree height H<30 cm), saplings (H 30-130 cm or H>130 cm meanwhile DBH< 5 cm), medium trees (DBH 5-10 cm) and big trees (DBH≥10 cm). The spatial pattern and spatial association of all woody plants and three dominant tree species in four size degrees, as well as the basic forest regeneration, were chosen as study objects, to explore the renewal trend and provide theoretical basis for the sustainable forest management. The O-ring point pattern analysis method was used to analyze the spatial distribution and spatial association. The dominant trees were planted Pinus koraiensis and three common broadleaved tree species (Fraxinus mandshurica, Juglans mandshurica, Phellodendron amurense), and Ulmus pumila. The results showed that the regeneration of the stand was quite common, with 2894 seedlings·hm-2 and 3337 saplings·hm-2 . For the whole forest, the seedlings in the stand were positively associated with large trees and medium trees and saplings respectively at the scales of 0-25 m, 0-15 m and 0-40 m, and negatively associated at the subsequent scales. The saplings were positively associated with large trees and medium trees at 0-15 m, 0-25 m respectively, and had no significant association at the subsequent scales. Medium trees showed no significant association with big trees at all the scales. For the dominant trees, the saplings and seedlings of Pinus koraiensis showed negative association at the scale of 0-40 m, while the saplings and seedlings of the three common broadleaved tree species or Ulmus pumila were mainly non-associated. There was a negative association between the saplings of Pinus koraiensis and each size degree of the three common broadleaved tree species or Ulmus pumila at most scale, whereas saplings of the three common broadleaved tree species and Ulmus pumila showed a negative association with non-conspecies only at 0-20 m scale. In the medium and large size degrees, there was no significant association between each two of the three dominant tree species at the scale above 20 m. The secondary forest in Maoershan is still under the process of succession. During the process of forest resource management, measures should be taken to promote the renewal, and the unreasonable spatial pattern should be adjusted in time.

基于帽儿山次生林1 hm2样地的调查数据,将林分分为幼苗(树高H<30 cm)、幼树(H在30~130 cm或H>130 cm同时胸径DBH<5 cm)、中树(DBH 5~10 cm)、大树(DBH≥10 cm)4个大小级,运用O-ring点格局分析方法,分析帽儿山地区次生林内主要木本植物整体及树种人工补植红松、三大硬阔(水曲柳、胡桃楸、黄菠萝),以及榆树的各大小级空间格局及其关联性,探讨该地区次生林更新演替动向,为该地区森林的可持续经营提供依据.结果表明: 样地内更新幼苗2894株·hm-2,幼树3337株·hm-2,林分整体更新情况一般.对林分整体而言,幼苗分别与大树、中树和幼树在0~25 m、0~15 m、0~40 m的空间尺度上呈显著正相关,而在其余尺度上均呈显著负相关;幼树与大树、中树分别在0~15 m、0~25 m空间尺度上呈显著正相关,而在其余尺度上无显著关联;大树与中树则在所有尺度上均无相关性.对林分内优势树种而言,红松大树与幼树在所有尺度上主要呈负相关,而三大硬阔、榆树大树与幼树均以不相关为主.人工补植红松幼树与三大硬阔及榆树的各大小级在研究尺度上表现为以负相关为主,三大硬阔和榆树幼树与其他优势种各大小级只在20 m尺度内呈现负相关;三者两两之间在中树及大树阶段在20 m以上的尺度均不相关.帽儿山天然次生林还处于演替的进程当中,在今后的森林资源管理过程中,应当采取积极的人工干预措施促进林分更新,并适时对不合理的空间格局进行调整.

Keywords: forest management; natural secondary forest; regeneration; seedling and sapling; spatial pattern.

MeSH terms

  • China
  • Forests*
  • Pinus*
  • Trees
  • Wood