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http://dx.doi.org/10.11614/KSL.2013.46.2.241

Ecological Changes of the Larix kaempferi Plantations and the Restoration Effects Confirmed from the Results  

Kim, Se-Mi (Department of Biology, Graduate School of Seoul Women's University)
An, Ji-Hong (Department of Biology, Graduate School of Seoul Women's University)
Lim, Yun-Kyung (Department of Biology, Graduate School of Seoul Women's University)
Pee, Jung-Hun (Department of Biology, Graduate School of Seoul Women's University)
Kim, Gyung-Soon (Department of Biology, Graduate School of Seoul Women's University)
Lee, Ho-Young (Korea Forest Service)
Cho, Yong-Chan (Korea National Arboretum)
Bae, Kwan-Ho (Faculty of Ecology & Environment System, Kyungpook National University)
Lee, Chang-Seok (Department of Bio and Environmental Technology, Seoul Women's University)
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Korean Journal of Ecology and Environment / v.46, no.2, 2013 , pp. 241-250 More about this Journal
Abstract
Developmental process of vegetation over years after afforestation was analyzed in the Japanese larch (Larix kaempferi) plantations with different stand ages. The height and diameter of Japanese larch increased rapidly until 24 years after afforestation and tended to be blunted thereafter. The density of Japanese larch was similar with each other in the 8 and 17 years old stands but was reduced greatly in the 24 years old plantation and changing little thereafter. The floristic composition of the Japanese larch plantation did not show any clear trend depending on stand ages. The differences of species composition among plantation themselves with different ages were bigger than those between plantations and the reference stands, Mongolian oak (Quercus mongolica) stands. Japanese larch plantations showed a trend of succession to native vegetation dominated by Mongolian oak based on the results of analysis of frequency distribution by diameter class of major tree species. Species richness and diversity of all plantations were higher than those of the reference vegetation. As were shown in the above mentioned results, it can be evaluated that Japanese larch plantations practiced in the level of the functional restoration achieved successful restoration based on the floristic composition similar to the reference vegetation, the successional trend toward native vegetation, and higher species diversity compared with the reference vegetation.
Keywords
floristic composition; Larix kaempferi; plantation; restoration effect; species diversity;
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