Abstract:

To evaluate the effectiveness of forest management model, the method which used the structure characteristics of virgin forest or zonal climax community as a template was presented from the technical advancement on the basis of the space utilization, species diversity, constructive species competition,stand composition and the production feasibility on the basis of the input-output production. The method was applied to nine management models of the Xiaolongshan forest area in Gangsu Province, China. The evaluation indicates that the selective cutting of natural arbor forest model (model 4) was the most effective forest management model, and the belt transformation of natural shrubbery model was evidently superior to the overall transformation of natural shrubbery model in transformation of natural shrubbery models. Besides, the Pinus armandii was the best in tree species selection, while the Larix kaempferi was the worst. The evaluation method presented in this study for the effectiveness of forest management model is concise and scientific which can reflect the technical advancement and incarnate the production feasibility at the same time.

Key words: management model, evaluation method, Xiaolongshan