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http://dx.doi.org/10.14578/jkfs.2019.108.2.189

Vegetation Structure of Lower Stratum and Pinus densiflora Natural Regeneration Features from Micro-topography Classification in Pinus densiflora Forest of Anmyeon-do Island  

Byeon, Seong Yeob (Department of Forest Resources, Kongju National University)
Kim, Hyun Seop (Forest Practice Research Center, National Institute of Forest Science)
Yun, Chung Weon (Department of Forest Resources, Kongju National University)
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Journal of Korean Society of Forest Science / v.108, no.2, 2019 , pp. 189-199 More about this Journal
Abstract
The forest management paradigm has recently shifted from focusing on commercial production to focusing on ecosystem management. Accordingly, a natural seedling regeneration method that has a naturally high affinity has attracted much attention in recent years. The aim of this study was to determine the relationship among various environmental factors, lower stratum vegetation, and seedling regeneration in Pinus densiflora forests. The survey site comprised 50 sectors divided using the line transect method, and the survey data were divided into those from wet habitat (19 sites) and dry habitat (31 sites), depending on the soil humidity, and were analyzed separately to show the close relationship between soil humidity and natural seedling regeneration. As a result, the dry habitat exhibited high seedling density (157,419 trees/ha), with the main species being Quercus serrata, Zanthoxylum piperitum, Smilax china, and Pueraria lobata, while wet habitat exhibited low seedling density (57,895 trees/ha), with the main species being Stephanandra incisa, Castanea crenata, Lespedeza maximowiczii, Lysimachia barystachys, Aralia elata, and Styrax japonicus. The height and root-collar diameter under wet conditions exhibited faster growth than those under dry conditions. Height growth by the root-collar diameter in dry habitat increased faster than that in wet habitat. It was also confirmed that seedling regeneration in wet habitat exhibited a rapid growth pattern 5 years after germination. These results suggest that the seedlings begin to grow more rapidly after a period of suppression by competition with surrounding plants. Considering an ecosystem or ecological management approach, specific practices, such as bush control and vine clearing in wet habitats, should be more intensively conducted, especially at the beginning of the management operations.
Keywords
seedlings; afforestation; indicator species; line transect; regeneration;
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