Impact of Ice-Storms and Subsequent Salvage Logging on the Productivity of <i>Cunninghamia lanceolata</i> (Chinese Fir) Forests
The impacts of ice-storms on forests have received growing attention in recent years. Although there is a wide agreement that ice-storms significantly affect forest structure and functions, how frequent ice-storms and subsequent salvage logging impact productivity of subtropical coniferous forests i...
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| author | Yu Zhu Shuguang Liu Wende Yan Deming Deng Guangyi Zhou Meifang Zhao Fei Gao Liangjun Zhu Zhao Wang Menglu Xie |
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| description | The impacts of ice-storms on forests have received growing attention in recent years. Although there is a wide agreement that ice-storms significantly affect forest structure and functions, how frequent ice-storms and subsequent salvage logging impact productivity of subtropical coniferous forests in the future still remains poorly understood. In this study, we used the Ecosystem Demography model, Version 2.2 (ED-2.2), to project the impact of salvage logging of ice-storm-damaged trees on the productivity of <i>Cunninghamia lanceolata</i>-dominated coniferous forest and <i>C.</i> <i>lanceolata</i>-dominated mixed coniferous and broadleaved forests. The results show that forest productivity recovery is delayed in coniferous forests when there is no shade-tolerant broadleaved species invasion after ice-storms, and <i>C. lanceolata</i> could continue to dominate the canopy in the mixed coniferous and broadleaved forests under high-frequency ice-storms and subsequent salvage logging. The resistance and resilience of the mixed coniferous and broadleaved forests to high-frequency ice-storms and subsequent salvage logging were stronger compared to coniferous forests. Although conifers could continue to dominate the canopy under shade-tolerant broadleaved species invasion, we could not rule out the possibility of a future forest community dominated by shade-tolerant broadleaf trees because there were few coniferous saplings and shade-tolerant broadleaf species dominated the understory. Our results highlight that post-disaster forest management should be continued after high-frequency ice-storms and subsequent salvage logging in <i>C. lanceolata</i> forests to prevent possible shade-tolerant, late successional broadleaf trees from dominating the canopy in the future. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e8c76d0ebea644ed97fcbc7c525c76a42023-11-23T19:57:19ZengMDPI AGForests1999-49072022-02-0113229610.3390/f13020296Impact of Ice-Storms and Subsequent Salvage Logging on the Productivity of <i>Cunninghamia lanceolata</i> (Chinese Fir) ForestsYu Zhu0Shuguang Liu1Wende Yan2Deming Deng3Guangyi Zhou4Meifang Zhao5Fei Gao6Liangjun Zhu7Zhao Wang8Menglu Xie9College of Life Science and Technology, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha 410004, ChinaCollege of Life Science and Technology, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha 410004, ChinaCollege of Life Science and Technology, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha 410004, ChinaHunan Prospecting Designing & Research General Institute for Agriculture, Forestry & Industry, Changsha 410007, ChinaResearch Institute of Tropical Forestry, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Guangzhou 510520, ChinaCollege of Life Science and Technology, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha 410004, ChinaCollege of Life Science and Technology, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha 410004, ChinaCollege of Life Science and Technology, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha 410004, ChinaCollege of Life Science and Technology, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha 410004, ChinaCollege of Life Science and Technology, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha 410004, ChinaThe impacts of ice-storms on forests have received growing attention in recent years. Although there is a wide agreement that ice-storms significantly affect forest structure and functions, how frequent ice-storms and subsequent salvage logging impact productivity of subtropical coniferous forests in the future still remains poorly understood. In this study, we used the Ecosystem Demography model, Version 2.2 (ED-2.2), to project the impact of salvage logging of ice-storm-damaged trees on the productivity of <i>Cunninghamia lanceolata</i>-dominated coniferous forest and <i>C.</i> <i>lanceolata</i>-dominated mixed coniferous and broadleaved forests. The results show that forest productivity recovery is delayed in coniferous forests when there is no shade-tolerant broadleaved species invasion after ice-storms, and <i>C. lanceolata</i> could continue to dominate the canopy in the mixed coniferous and broadleaved forests under high-frequency ice-storms and subsequent salvage logging. The resistance and resilience of the mixed coniferous and broadleaved forests to high-frequency ice-storms and subsequent salvage logging were stronger compared to coniferous forests. Although conifers could continue to dominate the canopy under shade-tolerant broadleaved species invasion, we could not rule out the possibility of a future forest community dominated by shade-tolerant broadleaf trees because there were few coniferous saplings and shade-tolerant broadleaf species dominated the understory. Our results highlight that post-disaster forest management should be continued after high-frequency ice-storms and subsequent salvage logging in <i>C. lanceolata</i> forests to prevent possible shade-tolerant, late successional broadleaf trees from dominating the canopy in the future.https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/13/2/296ice-stormsalvage loggingforest productivitysubtropical forest<i>Cunninghamia lanceolata</i>Ecosystem Demography model |
| spellingShingle | Yu Zhu Shuguang Liu Wende Yan Deming Deng Guangyi Zhou Meifang Zhao Fei Gao Liangjun Zhu Zhao Wang Menglu Xie Impact of Ice-Storms and Subsequent Salvage Logging on the Productivity of <i>Cunninghamia lanceolata</i> (Chinese Fir) Forests Forests ice-storm salvage logging forest productivity subtropical forest <i>Cunninghamia lanceolata</i> Ecosystem Demography model |
| title | Impact of Ice-Storms and Subsequent Salvage Logging on the Productivity of <i>Cunninghamia lanceolata</i> (Chinese Fir) Forests |
| title_full | Impact of Ice-Storms and Subsequent Salvage Logging on the Productivity of <i>Cunninghamia lanceolata</i> (Chinese Fir) Forests |
| title_fullStr | Impact of Ice-Storms and Subsequent Salvage Logging on the Productivity of <i>Cunninghamia lanceolata</i> (Chinese Fir) Forests |
| title_full_unstemmed | Impact of Ice-Storms and Subsequent Salvage Logging on the Productivity of <i>Cunninghamia lanceolata</i> (Chinese Fir) Forests |
| title_short | Impact of Ice-Storms and Subsequent Salvage Logging on the Productivity of <i>Cunninghamia lanceolata</i> (Chinese Fir) Forests |
| title_sort | impact of ice storms and subsequent salvage logging on the productivity of i cunninghamia lanceolata i chinese fir forests |
| topic | ice-storm salvage logging forest productivity subtropical forest <i>Cunninghamia lanceolata</i> Ecosystem Demography model |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/13/2/296 |
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