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Scientia Silvae Sinicae ›› 2021, Vol. 57 ›› Issue (4): 182-190.doi: 10.11707/j.1001-7488.20210419

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Establishment and Evaluation of Tree Competition Index Based on Intersection and Crowding

Xuefan Hu1,2,Huiru Zhang1,*,Guangshuang Duan3,Jun Lu1   

  1. 1. Key Laboratory of Forest Management and Growth Modeling, National Forestry and Grassland Administration Research Institute of Forest Resource Information Techniques, CAF Beijing 100091
    2. Beijing Botanical Garden Beijing 100093
    3. School of Mathematics and Statistics, Xinyang Normal University Xinyang 464000
  • Received:2019-07-11 Online:2021-04-01 Published:2021-05-21
  • Contact: Huiru Zhang

Abstract:

Objective: In order to provide a basis for better calculating the competition status of secondary forest of Mongolian oak and over-logged spruce and fir forest, a new competition index was constructed by adding the crowding to the competition index based on intersection angle. Method: Three representative plots of Mongolian oak secondary forest and three plots of over-logged spruce and fir forests with an area of 1 hm2 were selected in Tazigou and Jingouling forest farm of Wangqing Forestry Bureau, Jilin, China. The stands were investigated in 2013 and 2018, respectively. The competition index caCI based on intersection and crowding was constructed, dominant tree species were determined by dominance analysis, and the individual tree basal area growth model of dominant tree species was established to evaluate the competition index caCI, Hegyi, aCI and uaCI. Result: The results showed that caCI had a significant positive correlation with Hegyi, aCI and uaCI. The regression model and linear mixed-effects model of basal area growth showed that the basal area growth was positively correlated with the initial basal area, and negatively correlated with the competition index, suggesting that the major factor affecting the increment was the initial size of trees and that the competition among trees also had an effect on tree growth. The fitting accuracy of the linear mixed effect model was better than that of the regression model, which indicated that the growth dynamic of different tree species was significantly different, but the influence of the sample plot was slight. The fitting effect of the model with competition index was better than that of the model without competition index. Compared with Hegyi, aCI and uaCI, caCI showed the best performance in over-logged spruce-fir forests, followed by secondary forest of Mongolian oak, which indicated that caCI was suitable for forest with more complex spatial structure. Conclusion: The competition index caCI could effectively reflect the competition of secondary forest of Mongolian oak and over-logged spruce-fir forest, especially in the natural mixed forest with more complex forest structure.

Key words: competition index, crowding, mixed effect model, secondary forest of Mongolian oak, over-logged forest of spruce and fir

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