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FOREST ECOSYSTEMS
卷 10, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
KEAI PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.fecs.2023.100094
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Tree demography; Forest stability index (FSI); Relative change of FSI (%FSI); Relative density; Tree species; Tree size-class
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Tree density of China's forests, both natural and planted, has generally increased and overall populations have grown in most size classes. There has been no apparent decline in the largest size-class of trees, highlighting China's success in improving forest health and adaptation to climate change.
Background: Tree demography is an essential indicator of various forest ecosystem services, and understanding its changes is critical for the sustainable management of forests. During the past four decades, China implemented unprecedented forest restoration projects, which altered tree demography by increasing the number of trees and introducing new species. However, it remains unclear how species composition has changed in China in response to the past forest restoration and demographical processes.Methods: We applied Forest Stability Index (FSI) and the relative change of FSI (%FSI) to describe the population dynamics of tree species and structure in China since 1998, using field-survey data collected from over 200,000 plot-records from the 6th to 9th National Forest Inventories (NFIs).Results: The overall populations of both natural and planted forests have grown rapidly from 1998 to 2018, while the range of changes in the relative tree density was more variable for natural forests (ranging from -8.53% to 42.46%) than for planted forests (ranging from -1.01% to 13.31%). The populations declined only in some of the tree species, including Betula platyphylla, Ulmus pumila, and Robinia pseudoacacia. In contrast, the populations of trees in the largest size-class either remained stable or expanded.Conclusions: Tree density of China's forests (both natural and planted forests) generally expanded and the overall populations increased in most size classes, with greater increases occurred in planted forests. In contrasting to the global decline trends of large diameter trees, here we found no apparent decline for trees in the largest size-class in China, highlighting China's success in improving forest health and forest adaptations to climate change. We advocate for more studies to reveal the mechanisms of the changes in tree demography, which will help to improve forest ecosystem services such as the carbon sequestration capacity.
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