Select issue
Silva Fennica 1926-1997
Acta Forestalia Fennica
+
1992-1999
+
1984-1991
+
1974-1983
+
1968-1973
+
1953-1968
+
1933-1952
+
1913-1932
Articles containing the keyword 'plantation age'
Category : Research article
article id 171,
category
Research article
Takuo Nagaike.
(2009).
Snag abundance and species composition in a managed forest landscape in central Japan composed of Larix kaempferi plantations and secondary broadleaf forests.
Silva Fennica
vol.
43
no.
5
article id 171.
https://doi.org/10.14214/sf.171
Abstract |
View details
|
Full text in PDF |
Author Info
Larix kaempferi is the main plantation species in the low-snow, cool-temperate zone of Japan. I studied L. kaempferi plantations of various stand ages in central Japan to examine and compare the effect of stand age on the abundance, size, and species composition of snags (standing dead trees) compared to those in secondary broadleaf forests. Plantations that were older than the standard rotation age had more and larger snags than young plantations, and the species diversity of snags was positively correlated with stand age. Because the density of living planted L. kaempferi showed little correlation with snag variables, whereas that of naturally regenerated tree species was positively correlated with snag variables, the density dependence of snag occurrence was stronger in naturally regenerated trees than in planted L. kaempferi. Snag species that were positively correlated with stand age were the main species in secondary broadleaf forests in this area. Basal area, density, and number of species of snags in standard-rotation plantations were significantly lower than in long-rotation plantations and secondary broadleaf forests. Long-rotation plantations are useful for retaining snags compared to standard-rotation plantations.
-
Nagaike,
Yamanashi Forest Research Institute, Masuho, Yamanashi 400-0502, Japan
E-mail:
nagaike-zty@pref.yamanashi.lg.jp
Click this link to register to Silva Fennica.
If you are a registered user, log in to save your selected articles for later access.
Your selected articles
Silva Fennica ·
Finnish Society of Forest Science
