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ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH
卷 23, 期 5, 页码 831-840出版社
SPRINGER TOKYO
DOI: 10.1007/s11284-007-0445-1
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growth model; interspecific competition; mixed forest; Pinus pumila; spatial distribution
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We investigated the spatial distribution and growth of the Siberian dwarf pine (Pinus pumila) in a valley-foothill larch-birch (Larix cajanderi-Betula platyphylla as canopy trees) mixed forest of fire origin located in central Kamchatka with the aim of elucidating the ecological features of P. pumila when it is an undergrowth species in a forest. The spatial distribution of all individuals of all tree species was clumped, and the spatial distribution of the two canopy tree species did not repulsively affect that of P. pumila (i.e., its establishment site). These results suggest that the regeneration of P. pumila does not depend on canopy gaps. However, the analysis using a growth model indicated that the canopy trees negatively affected the growth of P. pumila and that the negative effect of L. cajanderi on P. pumila growth was stronger than that of B. platyphylla. The direction of the crown extension of P. pumila was weakly related to the open-space direction. Our results suggest that, although the spatial pattern of establishment of P. pumila is not repulsed by the distribution of canopy trees, the crown can spread horizontally toward the more sparsely populated areas of the canopy trees where they may have higher growth rates.
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