Drivers of spatial structure in thinned forests

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外文摘要：Background:As is widely known,an increasing number of forest areas were managed to preserve and enhance the health of forest ecosystems.However,previous research on forest management has often overlooked the importance of structure-based.Aims:Our objectives were to define the direction of structure-based forest management.Subsequently,we investigated the relationships between forest structure and the regeneration,growth,and mortality of trees under different thinning treatments.Ultimately,the drivers of forest structural change were explored.Methods:On the basis of 92 sites selected from northeastern China,with different recovery time(from 1 to 15 years)and different thinning intensities(0-59.9％)since the last thinning.Principal component analysis(PCA)identified relationships among factors determining forest spatial structure.The structural equation model(SEM)was used to analyze the driving factors behind the changes in forest spatial structure after thinning.Results:Light thinning(0-20％trees removed)promoted forest regeneration,and heavy thinning(over 35％of trees removed)facilitated forest growth.However,only moderate thinning(20％-35％trees removed)created a reasonable spatial structure.While dead trees were clustered,and they were hardly affected by thinning intensity.Additionally,thinning intensity,recovery time,and altitude indirectly improve the spatial structure of the forest by influencing diameter at breast height(DBH)and canopy area.Conclusion:Creating larger DBH and canopy area through thinning will promote the formation of complex forest structures,which cultivates healthy and stable forests.

外文关键词：

ThinningNatural secondary forestSpatial structureDynamic changesGrowth factorsStructural equation modeling

作者：

Zichun Wang、Yaoxiang Li、Guangyu Wang、Zheyu Zhang、Ya Chen、Xiaoli Liu、Rundong Peng

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作者单位：

College of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering,Northeast Forestry University,Harbin,150040,China

Department of Forest Resources Management,University of British Columbia,Vancouver,Canada

基金：

Innovation Foundation for Doctoral Program of Forestry Engineering of Northeast Forestry University国家留学基金委项目Research and Development Plan of Applied Technology in Heilongjiang Province of ChinaResearch and Demonstration on Functional Improvement Technology of Forest Ecological Security Barrier in Heilongjiang Province

项目编号：

LYGC202117202306600046GA19C006GA21C030

出版年：

2024

DOI：

10.1016/j.fecs.2024.100182

森林生态系统(英文版)

北京林业大学

森林生态系统(英文版)

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影响因子：0.09

ISSN：2095-6355

年,卷(期)：2024.11(2)