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http://dx.doi.org/10.14578/jkfs.2016.105.3.294

Biomass and Nutrient Stocks of Tree Components by Stand Density in a Quercus glauca Plantation  

Choi, Bong-Jun (Department of Forest Resources, Gyeongnam National University of Science and Technology)
Baek, Gyeongwon (Department of Forest Resources, Gyeongnam National University of Science and Technology)
Jo, Chang-Gyu (Department of Forest Resources, Gyeongnam National University of Science and Technology)
Park, Seong-Wan (Department of Forest Resources, Gyeongnam National University of Science and Technology)
Yoo, Byung Oh (Southern Forest Resources Research Center of the National Institute of Forest Science)
Jeong, Su-Young (Southern Forest Resources Research Center of the National Institute of Forest Science)
Lee, Kwang Soo (Southern Forest Resources Research Center of the National Institute of Forest Science)
Kim, Choonsig (Department of Forest Resources, Gyeongnam National University of Science and Technology)
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Journal of Korean Society of Forest Science / v.105, no.3, 2016 , pp. 294-302 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study was conducted to evaluate aboveground tree biomass and nutrient (C, N, P, K, Ca, and Mg) response of tree components by high (1,933 trees $ha^{-1}$) and low (1,200 tree $ha^{-1}$) stand densities in a 27-year-old Quercus glauca plantation. The study site was located in Goseong county, Gyeongsangnam-do, southern Korea. Total 12 trees (6 high and 6 low stand densities) were cut to develop allometric equations and to measure nutrient concentration of tree components. Stand density-specific allometric equations in the high and low stand densities were significant (P < 0.05) in tree components with diameter at breast height (DBH). Also, generalized allometric equations could be applied to estimate tree biomass regardless of the difference of stand density because of no significant effect on slope of stand density-specific allometric equations. Aboveground tree biomass estimated by the allometric equations was significantly higher in the high stand density (177 Mg $ha^{-1}$) than in the low stand density (114 Mg $ha^{-1}$). However, nutrient concentration of tree components was not significantly affected by the difference of stand density. Nutrient stocks in tree components were not significantly between the high stand density and the low stand density, except for the N and P stocks of stem wood. These results indicate that aboveground tree biomass could be significantly affected by stand density, but nutrient concentration among the tree components was not affected by the difference of stand density in a Quercus glauca plantation.
Keywords
biomass; nutrient cycling; nutrient stocks; tree nutrient;
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