简介:Background:Forestmanagementstrategiessuchasthinninghavelongbeenusedtoenhanceecosystemfunctions,especiallyinplantations.Thinninginplantationswithhighdeerdensity,however,maynotyieldadesiredincreaseinunderstoryvegetationbecausedeergrazeongerminatingplantsafterthinning.Here,weexaminethechangesinunderstoryvegetationafterthinninginplantationsthathavebeenovergrazedbysikadeertoprovideinsightintotheeffectsofthinningonecosystemfunctionssuchassoilconservationandbiologicaldiversity.Methods:WeconductedoursurveyintheTanzawaMountainsofeasternJapan.Wesurveyedthechangeinunderstoryvegetationwithinandoutsideofthreedeerexclosuresonasingleslopewiththreelevelsofunderstoryvegetationcover:sparse(1%,exclosure'US'),moderate(30%,exclosure'MM'),anddense(80%,exclosure'LD')over10yearsaftera30%thinningofanold-growthcedarandcypressplantationwhichwasovergrazedbysikadeer.Results:Understoryvegetationcover,biomassandspeciesrichnessincreasedwithinandoutsidethe'US'and'MM'exclosuresafterthinning,andbiomasswasgreaterwithinthanoutsidetheexclosuresat10yearsafterthinning.Unpalatablespeciesdominatedboth'US'and'MM'exclosuresbeforethinning,andtreesandshrubsdominatedwithintheexclosuresovertimeafterthinning.Incontrast,unpalatable,grazing-tolerant,perennial,andannualspeciesincreasedoutsidethe'US'and'MM'exclosures.Nonoticeablechangeswereobservedwithinandoutsidethe'LD'exclosurewhencomparedwiththe'US'and'MM'exclosures.Conclusions:Ourresultssuggestthatthinningastandby30%basedonvolumeresultedinanincreaseinunderstoryvegetationcovermainlycomposedofbothunpalatableandgrazing-tolerantspeciesinaplantationforestwhereunderstoryvegetationissparseormoderateandsikadeerdensityishigh.Weemphasizethatestablishingdeerexclosuresorcontrollingdeerisessentialtomaintainingsimilarunderstoryvegetationbothwit
简介:评价了10个多功能树种-阿江榄仁树(Terminaliaarjuna)、印楝(Azadirechtaindica)、牧豆树(Prosopisjuliflora)、水黄皮(Pongamiapinnata)、木麻黄(Casuarinaequisetifolia)、角豆树(Prosopisalba)、阿拉伯金合欢(Acacianilotica)、细叶桉(Eucalyptustereticonis)、牛蹄豆(Pithecellobiumdulce)、铁刀木(Cassiasiamea)等10年间的生物量和生物能产量,这些树种采用单种栽培的农作方式种植于印度北部恒河平原苏打土壤。该地区土壤紧密、盐碱化、透水性差、营养匮乏。10个树种中,细叶桉植株最高,牧豆树和木麻黄次之。阿拉伯金合欢林分基面积为3.04m^2.hm^-2,植株胸径优于其他树种,牧豆树和木麻黄植株胸径次之。10年间,牧豆树和Acacianilotica分别产出生物量56.50和5075Mg·hm^-2,而阿拉伯金合欢、水黄皮和角豆树生物量产出量较小。牧豆树的营养需求和净生物量产出均最大,而且叶片中营养元素(N,P,K,Ca和Mg)含量较高。然而,树种间木质成分差异较小。以每吨木材营养元素产出量计算,氮素在阿拉伯金合欢中产出量最低,磷和钾分别在阿江榄仁树和牛蹄豆中产出最低,钙和镁在牧豆树中产出最低。牧豆树生物质能产量最高1267.75GJ·hm^-2,阿拉伯金合欢次之1206GJ·hm^-2,印檬最低(520.66GJ.hm^-2)