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The Effects of Silvopastoral Practice on Changes of Understory Vegetation in a Japanese Larch (Larix kaempferi) Plantation  

Kang, Sung Kee (Forest Human Resources Development Institute)
Kim, Ji Hong (College of Forest and Environmental Sciences, Kangwon National University)
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Journal of Korean Society of Forest Science / v.96, no.2, 2007 , pp. 151-159 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study was conducted to investigate the effects of thinning on changes in stand characteristics and understory vegetation in a silvopasture practiced Japanese larch plantation in the Research Forest of Kangwon National University, Korea. Three different thinning intensities (64%, 35%, and control) were applied. Before and after thinning, the understory plant species increased its number from 48 (7 tree species, 7 shrubs species, 28 herbaceous species, and 6 woody climbers) to 100 (11 tree species, 15 shrub species, 67 herbaceous species, and 7 woody climbers). Thinning made plants invade easily on the forest floor, and plot A (325 stems/ha) had much higher number of undersory species than those Of plot B (575 stems/ha) and control plot (1,150 stems/ha). In three years after thinning, understory aboveground biomass (kg/ha) of herbs were 523 for control, 1,230 for plot B, and 1,288 for plot A. The canopy coverage had remarkable influence on the understory biomass production, resulting in relatively small amount of herbage production on control plot. The differences were statistically significant between thinned plots and unthinned plot, but there were no significant differences among the thinned plots (p<0.05).
Keywords
agroforestry; Larix kaempferi; silvopastoral system; stand characteristics; thinning; undersotry biomass; understory vegetation;
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