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Long-term effects of harvest intensity on forest above-ground biomass and landscape pattern of Changbai Mountain.

WANG Min1,2, HE Hong-shi1**, LIANG Yu1, WU Zhi-wei1   

  1. (1State Key Laboratory of Forest and Soil Ecology, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110164, China; 2 University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China)
  • Online:2014-10-10 Published:2014-10-10

Abstract:

Harvest is the key factor driving Changbai Mountain forest landscape changes. This paper used spatially explicit models (LANDIS PRO 7.0) to simulate the longterm dynamic changes of forest above-ground biomass and landscape pattern of Lushuihe Forestry Bureau in Changbai Mountain under five levels of harvest intensity scenarios. The results showed that: 1) harvest led to different degrees of fragmentation of tree species; 2) harvest intensity had a significant effect on forest above-ground biomass. With the increase of the harvest intensity, the above-ground biomass decreased. Harvest also significantly reduced above-ground biomass of different tree species. Moreover, harvest had a greater effect on Fraxinus mandshurica, Picea koraiensis, and Tilia amurensis. Therefore, in the early simulation period (2003-2103), when a higher harvest intensity was carried out, Betula platyphylla and Populus davidiana could be harvested firstly, followed by F. mandshurica, P. koraiensis, and T. amurensis. When a lower harvest intensity was performed, tree species
 of B. platyphylla, P. davidiana, F. mandshurica, P. koraiensis, and T. amurensis could be harvested equally. In the late simulation period (2103-2203), harvest intensity should be reduced because forest aboveground biomass showed a trend of decrease, and B. platyphylla, P. davidiana, F. mandshurica, P. koraiensis and T. amurensis can also be harvested equally. The harvest strategies can provide help for the forest administrative department to develop reasonable measures.
 

Key words: isotopic composition, nitrate, ammonium