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Determining suitable selection cutting intensities based on long term observations on above-ground forest carbon, growth, and stand structure in Changbai Mountain, Northeast China

dc.contributor.authorLiu, Yanges_ES
dc.contributor.authorBlanco Vaca, Juan Antonio
dc.contributor.authorWei, Xiaohuaes_ES
dc.contributor.authorKang, Xinganges_ES
dc.contributor.authorWang, Weifenges_ES
dc.contributor.authorGuo, Yanronges_ES
dc.contributor.departmentCiencias del Medio Naturales_ES
dc.contributor.departmentNatura Ingurunearen Zientziakeu
dc.date.accessioned2015-12-30T10:09:52Z
dc.date.available2015-12-30T10:09:52Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.descriptionThis is an accepted manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research in 2014, available online: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02827581.2014.919352en
dc.description.abstractWe studied the effects of different cutting intensities (0%, 5-10%, 15%, and 20% basal area removal) on stand growth, structure, and net carbon storage in spruce-fir (Picea asperata Mast.-Abies fabri Mast. Craib) and broadleaf mixed forests on Changbai Mountain (Northeast China) over 19 years. At this site, inventory-based low-intensity selection cutting was used to maintain a continuous forest canopy. After two cutting events, results showed significant differences in growth, structure, and carbon storage among cutting intensities. When increasing cutting intensity, the growth rate of average diameter, basal area, and volume significantly increased, with the highest increment rates found in the plots with 20% basal area removal. Tree diameters for all plots showed a roughly inverse J-shaped distribution before cutting and a left-skewed unimodal distribution after two cuttings. Volume ratio (the relative amount of volume contained in different diameter classes) for small (6-14 cm), medium (14-26 cm), large (26-36 cm), and very large (>38 cm) diameters remained unchanged in the plots with 5 and 10% basal area removal, but increased in the plots with 15 and 20% basal area removal, reaching approximately a 1:2:3:4 ratio in the plots with 20% basal area removal after two selection cuttings. Net carbon storage increased when increasing cutting intensity, reaching maximum storage in the plots with 20% basal area removal (cutting intensity and net C storage increase: 0%, 7.21 Mg C ha-1, 5-10%: 11.68 Mg C ha-1, 15%: 21.41 Mg C ha-1, 20%: 26.47 Mg C ha-1). Therefore, our results show the potential of low-intensity selection cutting to meet demands of both timber production and maintenance of forest cover for biodiversity values.en
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dc.identifier.doi10.1080/02827581.2014.919352
dc.identifier.issn0282-7581 (Print)
dc.identifier.issn1651-1891 (Electronic)
dc.identifier.urihttps://academica-e.unavarra.es/handle/2454/19814
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisherTaylor & Francisen
dc.relation.ispartofScandinavian Journal of Forest Research, 29(5):436-454.en
dc.relation.publisherversionhttps://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02827581.2014.919352
dc.rights© 2014 Taylor & Francis (versión del editor)en
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dc.subjectClose-to-nature forestryen
dc.subjectContinuous-canopy forestryen
dc.subjectLong-term researchen
dc.subjectManchurian mixed forestsen
dc.subjectNet carbon storageen
dc.subjectSelection cuttingen
dc.subjectSpruce-fir forestsen
dc.subjectUneven-aged managementen
dc.titleDetermining suitable selection cutting intensities based on long term observations on above-ground forest carbon, growth, and stand structure in Changbai Mountain, Northeast Chinaen
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