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Scientia Silvae Sinicae ›› 2024, Vol. 60 ›› Issue (8): 57-66.doi: 10.11707/j.1001-7488.LYKX20220856

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Effects of Different Management Methods on Stand Growth and Understory Vegetation of Larix principis-rupprechtii in Qinling Mountains

Dongcai Huang(),Xin Guo,Dexiang Wang*,Yunshu Wang,Xin Zhang,Xueying Huo   

  1. College of Forestry, Northwest Sci-Tech University of Agriculture and Forestry Yangling 712100
  • Received:2022-12-03 Online:2024-08-25 Published:2024-09-03
  • Contact: Dexiang Wang E-mail:1657513745@qq.com

Abstract:

Objective: Effects of different management methods on stand growth and understory vegetation of Larix principis-rupprechtii in Qinling Mountains were discussed in order to improve ecosystem productivity, optimize management technology of Larix principis-rupprechtii in this area, and provide theoretical and practical basis for sustainable forest management. Method: Taking the Larix principis-rupprechtii in Pingheliang, a teaching experimental forest farm of Northwest Sci-Tech University of Agriculture and Forestry, as the research object, according to the technical measures of tending and thinning under the guidance of close to natural management, two management treatments were set: thinning (T1, thinning intensity 20%) and window (T2, only a few reserved trees are left, and other trees are cut out to form a square forest window of 32 m×32 m.), and the unmanaged sample plot was taken as the control (CK). After 7 years of thinning and window management, the effects of different management methods on stand growth and understory regeneration and growth were investigated. Result: After thinning, the average DBH, volume per tree, and total stock of trees were significantly higher than those of control group, but the tree height changed little. The growth and development of understory seedlings under thinning and window treatment were significantly different from those in control group (P<0.05). In the thinning treatment, the survival rate of Pinus armandii and Picea asperata seedlings was higher, but the Betula albosinesis seedlings were all dead. Thinning and window treatment not only promoted the growth of artificial replanting seedlings, but also promoted the natural regeneration of seedlings. Species diversity of understory shrub increased significantly after thinning and window treatment. After thinning and window treatment, the species and coverage of understory shrub increased, and the species richness also increased significantly. The thinning treatment had the best effect. There are fewer common plant species between normal plots and post-management plots, but there are more common species between thinning treatment and forest window treatment, and the similarity coefficient is high. Conclusion: The two management methods of thinning and forest window can promote the growth of Larix principis-rupprechtii, and the effect of thinning management on the growth and seedling renewal of Larix principis-rupprechtii plantation is more obvious, and the species diversity of shrub and grass is also significantly increased after thinning. It is more reasonable to adopt thinning management in the artificial forest of Larix principis-rupprechtii plantation in other regions of Qinling Mountains.

Key words: Larix principis-rupprechtii plantation, close-to-nature forest management, forest gap, stand growth, diversity of species, renewal

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