期刊
PLANT ECOLOGY
卷 201, 期 1, 页码 67-75出版社
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-008-9491-1
关键词
Growth release; Age distribution; Disturbance; Subalpine fir forest; The Qinling Mountains
资金
- Hundred-Talent Project of the Chinese Academy of Sciences [0629221C01]
- Kuancheng Wang Education Foundation of Hong Kong
Dendroecological techniques were used to investigate the stand dynamics and the disturbance history of the subalpine fir forest in the Qinling Mountains of Shaanxi Province, China. The results indicated that 68% of the fir trees experienced 1-2 release events for a total of 10-29 (an average of 15.8) years, and 1-2 suppression events for a total of 10-27 (an average of 13.4) years before they reached canopy. Large number of Abies fargesii and Betula albo-sinensis recruitment coincided temporally with larger increases in the ring-width index from the 1830s to 1880s, suggesting occurrence of a major stand-wide disturbance during this time period. Few seedlings and saplings were found in the forest, and there was a dramatic decline in recruitment after 1890, probably because of the intensive cover of understory umbrella bamboo (Fargesia spathacea). Radial growth analyses indicated frequent canopy opening resulting from small-scale disturbances in the forest. Thus, the subalpine fir forest experienced frequent small-scale disturbances and infrequent large-scale disturbances in its developmental history, and these disturbances coupled with the understory umbrella bamboo might have influenced tree growth and species recruitment.
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