黑龙江省林业采运机械化发展变化及驱动力分析

林业机械化是实现林业现代化的基础,采运机械化是林业机械化的重要组成部分.黑龙江省是我国的重点国有林区和主要木材生产地之一,研究黑龙江省的采运机械化发展对于实现我国林业现代化具有重要意义.以黑龙江省森林工业统计资料为基础,对其采运机械化的发展变化进行分析.采用主成分分析法,在SPSS软件中定量计算,找出采运机械化发展的5个驱动因素,并认为驱动采运机械化发展的直接原因是生产成本等经济因素,而根本原因在于森林资源状况的变化.最后预测,未来几年黑龙江省采运机械化水平不会发生显著变化.     

基于联合仿真的林业采育作业模拟系统研究

为解决大型林业装备操作训练复杂的问题,优化驾驶与作业,提高森林资源利用率,本文提出基于分布式系统,对采育作业环境进行视景模拟的虚拟现实作业操作模拟器。系统利用虚拟现实软件Unity3D系统,能够模拟车辆行驶与工作的动力学模型,实时运动仿真包括底盘系统与地面的交互作用,机械臂作业运动以及伐木头作业操作运动,使操作人员能够更快地适应熟悉驾驶和采育作业,减少安全隐患和装备损耗,提高装备作业安全性及效率。     

Understory plant communities of boreal mixedwood forests in western Canada: Natural patterns and response to variable-retention harvesting

We examined patterns of variation in richness, diversity, and composition of understory vascular plant communities in mixedwood boreal forests of varying composition (broadleaf, mixedwood, conifer) in Alberta, Canada, before and for 2 years following variable-retention harvesting (clearcut, 20 and 75% dispersed green tree retention, control). Broadleaf-dominated forests differed from mixedwood or conifer-dominated forests in that they had greater canopy cover, litter depth, soil nitrogen, warmer soils, as well as greater shrub cover, herb and shrub richness and diversity (plot scale). In contrast, conifer, and to a lesser extent mixedwood, forest had greater β diversity than broadleaf forest. Overall, mixedwood and conifer forests were similar to one another, both differed from broadleaf forest. Several species were found to be significant indicators of broadleaf forest but most of these also occurred in the other forest types. Understory composition was related to canopy composition and edaphic conditions. Variable-retention harvesting had little effect on understory cover, richness, or diversity but resulted in reduced richness and β diversity at a larger scale. The clearcut and 20% treatments affected composition in all forest types. Early successional species and those common in disturbed sites were indicators of harvesting while evergreen, shade-tolerant understory herbs were indicators of the control forest and 75% retention harvest. We conclude that it is important to maintain a range of variation in canopy composition of mixedwood forests in order to conserve the associated understory communities. The presence of conifers in these forests has a particularly important influence on understory communities. The threshold for a lifeboat effect of variable-retention harvesting is between 20 and 75% retention. Examination of richness and β diversity at a variety of scales can provide interesting information on effects of harvesting on spatial reorganization and homogenization of understory plant communities.     

Nontimber forest products and biodiversity management in the Pacific Northwest

Nontimber forest product harvesting in the Pacific Northwest is neither a new activity nor a disappearing relic of the pre-industrial era. Though the emphasis may have shifted from subsistence to commercial and recreational pursuits, harvesting and harvesters of wild species are still widespread throughout the region. Hundreds of businesses and thousands of harvesters earn part or all of their income from the harvests. Every year thousands of pounds and hundreds of nontimber forest products valued in the hundreds of millions of dollars are harvested from regional public and private forests. This harvesting of a large diversity of species represents a considerable subset of the overall terrestrial biodiversity in Pacific Northwest forests. Despite widespread extraction, little investment in research, planning, or basic inventorying and monitoring has been done on nontimber forest products. Without better information, land managers will be increasingly unable to make informed decisions on how to manage nontimber forest product biodiversity sustainably as demand for products increases.     

Effects of forest residue harvesting on short-term changes in soil solution chemistry

Short-term (three to four years) effects of forest harvesting on soil solution chemistry were investigated at two Norway spruce sites in southern Norway, differing in precipitation amount and topography. Experimental plots were either harvested conventionally (stem-only harvesting, SOH) or whole trees, including crowns, twigs and branches were removed (whole-tree harvesting, WTH), leaving residue piles on the ground for some months before removal. The WTH treatment had two sub-treatments: WTH-pile where there had been piles and WTH-removal, from where residues had been removed to make piles. Increased soil solution concentrations of NO₃–N, total N, Ca, Mg and K at 30?cm depth, shown by peaks in concentrations in the years after harvesting, were found at the drier, less steep site in eastern Norway after SOH and WTH-pile, but less so after WTH-removal. At the wetter, steeper site in western Norway, peaks were often observed also at WTH-removal plots, which might reflect within-site differences in water pathways due largely to site topography.     

黄芩栽培技术

黄芩(Scutellaria baicalensis Genorgi),为唇形科黄芩属植物,黑龙江大部分地区均有分布,质量较好。但人工栽培在黑龙江省发展较慢,仅有少量种植,为适应林区经济发展,应大力推广在林下栽培经济植物黄芩。     

基于最优轮伐期模型的超限额采伐现象及其约束机制分析

文中将最优轮伐期模型应用于对超限额采伐现象的研究,认为由于国有森工企业的利润大多来自于木材销售收入,而企业领导的任期是有限的,他们只关心自己任期内的业绩,导致企业经营的目标实际上是短期木材收益的最大化,而不是我们所期待的可持续木材与生态综合收益最大化,甚至也不是私人拥有森林时所追求的长期木材收益的最大化。他们会设法突破政府设定的采伐限额,增加采伐量,造成森林资源加速衰退的不良后果,不仅生态功能迅速萎缩,木材产量也无法长期维持下去。同样的情形在国有林场短期租赁给私人经营时也极易发生。为尽量杜绝这种现象,有必要通过建立有效的监督和惩罚机制使超采所带来的额外收益小于被发现时上缴罚款的数学期望值,以此从根本上遏制住企业超限额采伐的动机。     

人工降雨条件下不同坡度红壤坡面迳流泥沙变化特征研究

在人工模拟降雨强度为1.44 mm/min的条件下,研究了不同坡度(β)红壤近似裸地坡面迳流、泥沙的变化特征,研究结果表明:①地表迳流量随坡度的增大而迅速增加。②当β≤23°时,土壤侵蚀量随坡度的增大而迅速增加;当25°≤β≤40°时,土壤侵蚀量随坡度变化较小。③坡面土壤侵蚀的临界坡度则介于23°~25°之间。④坡度与侵蚀量关系可用函数表示为:S=199.1×L1.65×tan1.4β(0°≤β≤23°)。     

Windthrow after Shelterwood cutting in Picea abies Peatland forests

The aim of the study was to address the question of whether shelterwood cutting should be discouraged as a forest regeneration method in Norway spruce (Picea abies (L.) Karst.) forests on highly productive peatlands due to a higher risk of windthrow in such forests. The total extent of windthrow was observed during six years after shelterwood cutting in nine spruce forests on fertile peatlands in north, central and south Sweden. Shelterwoods at densities of 140 and 200 stems ha^‐1 were studied. At the end of the six year study period, 43% of all trees in the sparser shelterwoods and 38% of the trees in the denser shelterwoods had blown down. With respect to results from recent studies of the development of naturally regenerated and planted seedlings under the shelter trees, the extent of windthrow was regarded acceptable. Analysis of wind data from national weather stations close to the experiments showed that the acceptable extent of windthrow could not be explained by low frequencies of high winds during the shelterwood period. On the contrary, according to the wind observations made at the weather stations selected in central and south Sweden, the annual number of days with high winds (>21 ms^‐1) during the six years after the shelter‐wood cutting was larger than the average high wind frequency for the last 40 years. Observations of maximum wind speeds show that the mean annual gale force during the shelterwood period was higher than the long term average. Thus, the results from this study do not justify avoidance of shelterwood cutting in spruce peatland forests because of the risk of windthrow. Each of the shelterwoods in the experiment was located close to a large clearcut, and the shelterwood cuttings were carried out as heavy thinnings. For further reduction of windthrow, denser shelterwoods and no clearcutting in adjacent stands are suggested when using shelterwood systems in practical forestry.     

Criteria and guidance considerations for sustainable tree stump harvesting in British Columbia

Abstract

Stump extraction for forest health has been carried out operationally in British Columbia (BC) for many years. Emerging bioenergy opportunities plus the anticipated need for more fibre because of reductions in timber supply may increase interest in stump harvesting, but there are numerous environmental, economic and policy barriers that must be overcome first before industrial-scale stump harvesting can be seriously considered in BC. The potential for a future change in practice provides an opportunity to learn from the existing literature and identify knowledge gaps. In this article we review the available literature on stump harvesting from the European Union within the context of BC's forests, economy, biodiversity, environment and policies. We provide recommendations on how the government of BC could move forward if they decide to enable stump harvesting for fibre and bioenergy, including assessment of net economic and carbon benefits and environmental effects, improvements in inventory and the scientific knowledge base needed to support policy and guidance, and investigation of operational enhancements.