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http://dx.doi.org/10.14578/jkfs.2016.105.1.132

Analyzing Thinning Effects on Growth and Carbon Absorption for Cryptomeria japonica Stands Using Distance-Independent Growth Simulations  

Kwon, Kibeom (Department of Forest Sciences, Seoul National University)
Han, Hee (Department of Forest Sciences, Seoul National University)
Seol, Ara (Research Institute for Agriculture and Life Sciences, Seoul National University)
Chung, Hyejean (Department of Forest Sciences, Seoul National University)
Chung, Joosang (Department of Forest Sciences, Seoul National University)
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Journal of Korean Society of Forest Science / v.105, no.1, 2016 , pp. 132-138 More about this Journal
Abstract
The objectives of this study were to infer the parameters of forest stand growth functions of STEMS for Cryptomeria japonica stands of Jeju Hannam Experimental Forest, Korea Forest Research Institute, and to investigate the effects of thinning regimes on the patterns of stand growth and carbon absorption. The forest stand growth functions for the potential diameter growth, modifier, crown ratio and mortality are the major ones composing the independent-tree/distance-free forest stand growth simulator, STEMS. The parameters were inferred using the sets of growth data obtained from stem analyses of 39 trees, chosen from 13 sample plots of the forest stands. The effects of thinning regimes on the patterns of stand growth and carbon absorption were investigated by simulating the stand growth patterns of the case study stand with 3 different thinning regimes: no-thinning, early thinning with low intensity and late thinning with high intensity using the simulator. According to the results of the analyses, the different thinning regimes cause significant effects on the growth patterns of average DBH, average height, diameter distribution and stand volume as well as the amount of carbon absorptions.
Keywords
carbon absorption; individual-tree growth simulator; forest stand thinning regimes; Cryptomeria japonica;
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