Ground vegetation composition and diversity in drained Norway spruce (Picea abies (L.) Karst.) stands 50 years after whole-tree harvesting management: case study in Latvia
The long-term (50 years) effect of whole-tree harvesting (stump harvesting) on ground vegetation in experimental drained Norway spruce (Picea abies (L.) Karst.) stands was studied. We used a chronosequence approach to assess the long-term impact of whole-tree harvesting (WTH) on stands’ ground veget...
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| author | Čakšs Roberts Robalte Linda Desaine Iveta Džeriņa Baiba Jansons Aris |
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| description | The long-term (50 years) effect of whole-tree harvesting (stump harvesting) on ground vegetation in experimental drained Norway spruce (Picea abies (L.) Karst.) stands was studied. We used a chronosequence approach to assess the long-term impact of whole-tree harvesting (WTH) on stands’ ground vegetation. WTH stands were compared with four control stands with different age and with the same forest type: young stand (15 years), middle-aged stand (45 years), mature stand (110 years) and over-mature stand (140 years). Species richness was similar between the WTH stand and middle-aged stand (61 and 60 species, respectively). Shannon-Wiener diversity indices in the WTH and middle-aged stand (3.40 and 3.19, respectively) indicated that the stands were similar to each other. A community similarity analysis showed that the composition of vegetation was similar between the WTH and middle-aged stand, although some species like Lycopodium clavatum and Diphasiastrum complanatum occurred only in the WTH stand. The study showed that a period of 50 years is sufficient for ground vegetation of a typical drained spruce forest to recover after WTH management. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-3abcff10646548fdbeeedcd3b2029ec82022-12-21T23:55:58ZengSciendoMetsanduslikud Uurimused1736-87232018-12-01691334310.2478/fsmu-2018-0010Ground vegetation composition and diversity in drained Norway spruce (Picea abies (L.) Karst.) stands 50 years after whole-tree harvesting management: case study in LatviaČakšs Roberts0Robalte Linda1Desaine Iveta2Džeriņa Baiba3Jansons Aris4Latvian State Forest Research Institute “Silava”, Rigas 111, Salaspils, Latvia, LV-2169Latvian State Forest Research Institute “Silava”, Rigas 111, Salaspils, Latvia, LV-2169Latvian State Forest Research Institute “Silava”, Rigas 111, Salaspils, Latvia, LV-2169Latvian State Forest Research Institute “Silava”, Rigas 111, Salaspils, Latvia, LV-2169Latvian State Forest Research Institute “Silava”, Rigas 111, Salaspils, Latvia, LV-2169The long-term (50 years) effect of whole-tree harvesting (stump harvesting) on ground vegetation in experimental drained Norway spruce (Picea abies (L.) Karst.) stands was studied. We used a chronosequence approach to assess the long-term impact of whole-tree harvesting (WTH) on stands’ ground vegetation. WTH stands were compared with four control stands with different age and with the same forest type: young stand (15 years), middle-aged stand (45 years), mature stand (110 years) and over-mature stand (140 years). Species richness was similar between the WTH stand and middle-aged stand (61 and 60 species, respectively). Shannon-Wiener diversity indices in the WTH and middle-aged stand (3.40 and 3.19, respectively) indicated that the stands were similar to each other. A community similarity analysis showed that the composition of vegetation was similar between the WTH and middle-aged stand, although some species like Lycopodium clavatum and Diphasiastrum complanatum occurred only in the WTH stand. The study showed that a period of 50 years is sufficient for ground vegetation of a typical drained spruce forest to recover after WTH management.https://doi.org/10.2478/fsmu-2018-0010biomass removalstump harvestingground vegetation regeneration |
| spellingShingle | Čakšs Roberts Robalte Linda Desaine Iveta Džeriņa Baiba Jansons Aris Ground vegetation composition and diversity in drained Norway spruce (Picea abies (L.) Karst.) stands 50 years after whole-tree harvesting management: case study in Latvia Metsanduslikud Uurimused biomass removal stump harvesting ground vegetation regeneration |
| title | Ground vegetation composition and diversity in drained Norway spruce (Picea abies (L.) Karst.) stands 50 years after whole-tree harvesting management: case study in Latvia |
| title_full | Ground vegetation composition and diversity in drained Norway spruce (Picea abies (L.) Karst.) stands 50 years after whole-tree harvesting management: case study in Latvia |
| title_fullStr | Ground vegetation composition and diversity in drained Norway spruce (Picea abies (L.) Karst.) stands 50 years after whole-tree harvesting management: case study in Latvia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Ground vegetation composition and diversity in drained Norway spruce (Picea abies (L.) Karst.) stands 50 years after whole-tree harvesting management: case study in Latvia |
| title_short | Ground vegetation composition and diversity in drained Norway spruce (Picea abies (L.) Karst.) stands 50 years after whole-tree harvesting management: case study in Latvia |
| title_sort | ground vegetation composition and diversity in drained norway spruce picea abies l karst stands 50 years after whole tree harvesting management case study in latvia |
| topic | biomass removal stump harvesting ground vegetation regeneration |
| url | https://doi.org/10.2478/fsmu-2018-0010 |
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