间伐林分的断面积生长模型研究

利用Richards和Schumacher模型对人工落叶松和杉木林分进行断面积模型的拟合,结果表明:两种模型在同时选择单位面积株数或同时选择林分密度指数作为自变量时,Schumacher式都比Richards式拟合和预估效果好。Richards式用林分密度指数比用单位面积株数的拟合和预估效果明显要好,Schumacher式用林分密度指数比用单位面积株数拟合效果略好。在生产实践中,由于单位面积株数容易测定,而Schumacher形式比较简单,建议用来预估林分的断面积,并可作为间伐和未间伐林分的兼容模型。     

林分断面积生长模型研究评述

林分断面积生长模型是林分生长和收获预估模型的体系的主要组成部分。在对常用的新面积生长模型Ｒｉｃｈａｒｄｓ型和Ｓｃｈｕｍａｃｈｅｒ型分析的基础上，总结出断面积生长模型研究中应注意的４个问题；（１）选择的自变量应为３个，即立地质量指标、年龄和林分密度指标；（２）间伐林分模型应与未间伐林分模型同时考虑，进而详细介绍了用于间伐林分断面积预估的被压指数法；（３）间伐指标的构造需要伐前和后伐后的林分因子；（４     

大兴安岭天然林林分生长模型研究

利用林分密度指数(SDI)作为天然林的林分密度测度,来反映天然林区天然林分中林木之间的竞争水平,利用地位级指数(SCI)代替地位指数来反映天然林区林分立地质量。结合这2个因子以Schumacher生长曲线为基本模型形式建立了天然林全林分生长和收获模型,模型包括断面积生长预估模型、林分蓄积量预估模型、郁闭度预估模型和蓄积枯损率模型。从模型的拟合和检验结果来看,模型的效果良好。     

蒙古栎间伐林分和未间伐林分生长模型研究

以Richards和Schumacher模型为原型,利用地位级指数代替地位指数来反映林分的立地质量,通过选取不同的密度指标,分别拟合蒙古栎间伐、未间伐林分的断面积、蓄积量生长模型。结果表明:选用不同的密度指标直接影响着模型的预估效果,林分断面积生长模型选用林分密度指数作为密度指标时预估效果更好,且Schumacher模型要优于Richards模型;林分蓄积量生长模型选用林分断面积作为密度指标时预估效果更好,当认为模型中的渐近值参数只与立地质量相关、而与密度无关时,选用林分断面积作为密度指标的Richards模型要优于Schumacher模型,而在Schumacher模型渐近值参数中引入密度指标后,对林分蓄积量的预估精度又要略优于Richards模型。建议在研究蒙古栎断面积、蓄积量生长模型时,分别选用林分密度指数和林分断面积作为密度指标较好。     

长白落叶松人工林生长模型的研究

根据黑龙江省孟家岗林场、江山娇林场的固定标准地及吉林省松江河地工的团状枝解析样地调查数据，基于Ｋｏｒｆ生长方程，导出了落叶松人工林分自然稀疏模型和断面积生长 此为核心构造了满足相窝必蝗树高曲线预估模型、林分收获预估模型落地松人工林生长模型系统，用由这４个模型构成的模型系统可模型不同林分的平均胸径、每公顷株数、林分断面积及林分蓄积的生长过程，并与实际林分很接近     

基于森林资源连续清查数据的西南地区云南松林分生长模型研究

为掌握西南地区云南松林分生长规律,以森林资源连续清查568块固定样地的云南松林分调查数据为基础,系统研究了云南松林分平均树高、林分断面积、林分立地指数、林分蓄积量因子与林分平均年龄、林分优势木平均高、林分公顷株数等的关系,建立了云南松林分断面积生长和林分收获预估模型。模型拟合结果表明,模型具有较高的精确度和稳定性,可应用于西南地区云南松林的经营管理和收获预估。     

华北落叶松人工林CCF特性的探讨

使用河北省塞罕坝机械林场华北落叶松人工林临时标准地资料，探讨了华北落叶松人工林ＣＣＦ（树冠竞争因子ＣｒｏｗｎＣｏｍｐｅｔｉｔｉｏｎＦａｃｔｏｒ的简称）有关特性。该研究有助于全面认识ＣＣＦ特性以及应用ＣＣＦ进行林分密度、林分生长收获预估等研究。     

落叶松人工林林分密度标准表及生长过程表编制的研究

以落叶松人工林标地为材料求解Ｇ＝ａＳＤＩ￣ｂ（Ｈ－１．３）°为密度指数、树高与断面积数学模型；Ｙ＝ａＳＤＩ￣ｂＸ￣ｃ为密度指数、断面积、株数、直径数学模型。林分疏密度１．０，一定树高时，各地位指数株数、直径、断面积、蓄积一致。换句话说，密度或直径一定时，亦有一定的断面积、树高、蓄积。这是编制林分密度标准表、直径标准表的理论基础依据。编制密度、直径标准表及生长过程表，先编这些标准表（内容包括每公顷株数、直径、树高、形数、断面积、蓄积等），在标准表基础上解出各地位指数、树高之相应林龄，得林分生长过程内容。     

杉木人工林可变密度的全林分模型及其应用研究

以林分年龄、地位指数SI、林分密度指数SDI为输入变量 ,从模型间的相容性出发 ,建立了杉木人工林可变密度的全林分模型。着重探讨了用Richards方程构造林分断面积生长模型时 ,有关参数与SI和SDI的关系 ,分析了SDI的变化规律 ,采用名义年龄法建立了SDI的动态预估模型 ,最后 ,给出了应用可变密度的全林分模型模拟林分自然生长过程的实例     

林分密度指数研究现状

林分密度指数是基于林分层次,对于量化林分密度与生长情况所提出的一项指标,其研究的核心是掌握林分的自然稀疏规律。在森林决策经营问题上,林分生长收获预估研究是最重要的一环,但其中林分生长收获模型的建立及预测的准确性一直是个难题,考虑众多林分生长指标后,林分密度成为了林分生长预估模型的核心问题。对于多种多样的林木种类和复杂的林分立地条件,林分密度指数的应用范围也受到限制,本文将就林分密度指数研究现状展开论述。     

Growth of Phlebiopsis gigantea in wood of seven conifer species

Heterobasidion parviporum and Heterobasidion annosum are widely distributed root‐rot fungi that infect conifers throughout Europe. Infection of conifer stumps by spores of these pathogens can be controlled by treating fresh stumps with a competing non‐pathogenic fungus, Phlebiopsis gigantea. In this study, growth of three Latvian strains of P. gigantea and the biological control agent ‘Rotstop’ strain was evaluated in stem pieces of Norway spruce, Scots pine, lodgepole pine, Douglas‐fir, Weymouth pine, Siberian larch and Sitka spruce. The growth rates of one H. parviporum and one H. annosum isolate were also measured in the same stem pieces. The growth rate of P. gigantea varied greatly in wood of different conifer species. It was higher in the three pine species, lower in Norway spruce and lowest in Sitka spruce and Siberian larch, and in Douglas‐fir, this fungus did not grow. The largest area of wood occupied by P. gigantea was in lodgepole pine. Growth of Latvian isolates of P. gigantea in the wood of Pinus and Picea species was comparable to that of the Rotstop isolate. Consequently, stump treatment with local P. gigantea isolates should be recommended. However, our results suggest that Douglas‐fir stump treatment against Heterobasidion by P. gigantea may be ineffective and other stump treatment methods should be considered.     

Growth of Mixed Birch-Coniferous Stands in Relation to Pure Coniferous Stands at Similar Sites in South-eastern Norway

Mean age, mean and top heights and yield were studied in 20 mixed stands of birch ( Betula pubescens Ehrh. and B. pendula Roth) and Picea abies (L.) Karst. and nine mixed stands of birch and Pinus sylvestris L. in south-eastern Norway. Each mixed stand and the adjacent pure coniferous stand (control) were growing under the same site conditions and had not been commercially thinned. There were no significant differences in mean age at breast height or in top heights between birch and conifers in the mixed stands, while mean height was significantly higher for birch than for spruce. A growth index was calculated based on total volume and age at breast height. For the spruce sites the growth in young mixed stands (birch < 17 m) was superior to that of pure spruce, while the difference was insignificant in older stands. The growth index correlated positively with the ratio between generatively and vegetatively regenerated birch trees, and negatively with the age of the oldest species in the mixture and with site quality. For the pine sites there was no significant difference in the growth index between mixed birch-pine and pure pine stands. A mixture effect of birch on the volume yield of spruce or pine could not be demonstrated.     

Defoliation by the Needle-shortening Pine Gall Midge,Thecodiplosis brachyntera,on Pines in Central Sweden

An outbreak of the needle-shortening pine gall midge, Thecodiplosis brachyntera , occurred on Scots pine, Pinus sylvestris (L.) and lodgepole pine, P. contorta (Dougl.) in central Sweden during 1995-1998. The larval feeding of T. brachyntera kills current-year needles and heavy infestation causes severe defoliation. A pattern of fluctuating defoliation among years and sites was found on both pine species. Defoliation was evenly distributed in the crown of P. sylvestris during years of high as well as low infestation; apical whorls had as much defoliation as basal whorls. In P. contorta , however, there was a tendency for defoliation to be concentrated on branches in the most apical whorls. Growth ring increments on P. sylvestris with high levels of defoliation (71%) did not differ from trees with moderate levels (26%) of defoliation. Shoot lengths were significantly shorter, however, on heavily infested trees the year after defoliation.     

Boron in forest trees and forest ecosystems

This review critically examines the role of boron (B) in forests in view of recent findings on B nutrition and the continuing occurrence of B deficiency. Many perceptions about the role of B in plants and its uptake and mobility have been altered since the last review on B in forest trees in 1990. Now there is evidence for a fundamental role of B in the formation of the pectic structure in primary cell walls in plants, and further roles in membrane function are being explored. In plants, channel-mediated B uptake, active B uptake and B uptake by mycorrhizas have been shown, B transporters have been identified, and B retranslocation has been shown. We explore these findings and their consequences on forest trees and on ecosystems that they dominate. Particular emphasis is placed on B retranslocation and B in mycorrhizal symbiosis, given their importance in trees.     

Development of Pinus sylvestris Main Stems Following Three Different Precommercial Thinning Methods in a Mixed Stand

Reducing competition by point cleaning may be an attractive alternative to conventional precommercial thinning in forestry. In this study, survival and development of main stems of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) following point cleaning were examined in a mixed stand of mainly Scots pine and birch (Betula pendula Roth and Betula pubescens Ehrh.) in northern Sweden. Treatments studied were: no precommercial thinning, conventional precommercial thinning, point cleaning of all secondary stems, and point cleaning of only the secondary stems that were higher than the main stem, within a radius of 0.8 m from the main stem, respectively. A randomised complete block design with three replicates was used. Measurements taken 13 growing seasons after these treatments showed that conventional precommercial thinning was the best treatment for retaining Scots pines as main stems. However, conventional precommercial thinning resulted in the poorest timber quality of the remaining Scots pines in terms of stem taper, thickest branch diameter and relative live crown height. In conclusion, point cleaning has to be followed by a complementary cleaning operation if the objective is to retain Scots pines as main stems in such mixed stands.     

Survival and Growth of Picea abies Regeneration after Shelterwood Removal with Single- and Double-grip Harvester Systems

Three stands in Sweden were followed for 7 yrs to study the survival and growth of Norway spruce [Picea abies (L.) Karst.] regeneration after shelterwood removal with single- and double-grip harvester systems. The height of all seedlings within circular plots was recorded before and after final cutting. The tallest seedling and one randomly selected seedling on each circular plot were permanently marked and their annual height growth was measured each year during the period 1993-1999. No significant differences between single- and double-grip harvester systems were found with respect to their effects on regeneration density, survival or annual height growth. The annual height growth of the individual seedlings after shelterwood removal was significantly correlated with seedling height before shelterwood removal. Significant differences were found in annual height growth between seedlings with high and low vitality. Logging damage did not affect the annual height growth. Several practical conclusions were drawn. First, the choice of harvester system does not affect seedling height growth or survival after shelterwood removal. Secondly, the removal of a 200 m³ shelterwood with 200 stems ha^-1 does not seem to constitute a serious problem for seedling survival and growth. Finally, estimated vitality and seedling height both seem to be fairly good predictors of postrelease survival and growth.     

Tree planting for dryland salinity control in Australia

Dryland salinity is emerging as a major form of land and water degradation in southern Australia, particularly in Western Australia, South Australia and Victoria, and to a lesser extent in New South Wales, Tasmania and Queensland.Tree planting, in combination with other vegetation treatments, is regarded as a leading solution to dryland salinity. Research has now shown that planting trees can significantly lower groundwater tables, and thereby reverse the causal process of salinisation. Substantial progress has been made towards answering the basic questions of which species to grow, how to plant, where to plant, at what density and configuration to plant, and how much area to plant. The economic potential for commercial tree planting has given impetus to partial reforestation in higher rainfall (> 600 mm yr^–1) areas. Even so, serious constraints are apparent, relating primarily to cost, uncertainty and attitude. The future should bring increasing community input and control, technical refinement and gradual adoption, provided all aspects of the issue are well researched, relevant information is well communicated and programmes are well administered. Some specific requirements for future research are identified in this review.     

Effect of Cuttings on the Scenic Beauty of a Tree Stand

The opinions of 207 respondents on the visual effects of seven different cutting types were asked using a nine-point verbal scale ranging from ''worsens very much'' to ''improves very much''. Other estimates were obtained by letting the same respondents evaluate photographs of stands which had been treated with different cuttings. The direct questions gave results quite similar to the evaluations of photographs for all but young respondents, indicating that most respondents were able to imagine the effect of the treatment correctly. The results based on the evaluation of photographs indicated that the effect of regenerative cuttings is negative while the impact of thinnings is positive. After a few years of cutting the stand is already regarded as clearly more pleasant than immediately after the cutting. Natural regeneration with seed trees seems to be a way to avoid the very negative immediate impact of clear-felling, especially in the case of Scots pine. Women, young, urban people and those who do not own forest or have work related to forests tended to experience thinnings less positively and saw regenerative cuttings as more harmful than the other test groups did.     

Pinus contorta growth in northern Sweden as affected by soil scarification

The aim of this study was to quantify the effects of different soil scarification methods on tree growth. Soil scarification influenced stem volume and stem biomass yield of lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta Dougl. var. latifolia Engelm.) in a 17-year-old field trial in boreal Sweden. Soil scarification (disc trenching, mounding and ploughing) resulted in an average stem volume yield of 3.1 and 34.2 m³ ha^–1 on the poor and intermediate sites, respectively, while corresponding values for no soil scarification were 0.9 and 16.7 m³ ha^–1. In comparison to no scarification, ploughing increased volume yields by 500% on the poor site and by 200% on the intermediate sites. The ranking according to stem volume yield was ploughing > disc trenching = mounding no soil scarification. Averaged over the two sites, the mean annual increment of stem biomass was 219% and 145% higher (in d.w., 0.26 kg and 0.34 kg per sample tree) after ploughing compared with no soil scarification, for the average and dominant sample trees, respectively. Although not significant, the increased growth rate after soil scarification decreased the average stem basic wood density of the sample trees with 1.6% and 5.3%, at the poor and intermediate sites, respectively. In conclusion, soil scarification significantly increased the 17-year stem volume yield compared with no scarification. The results also indicate that the difference in stem biomass yield between ploughing and the other methods, especially no soil scarification, will increase even more in the near future.