Browse > Article
http://dx.doi.org/10.13047/KJEE.2015.29.5.785

Initial responses of vegetation regeneration after strip clear cutting in secondary Korean red pine (Pinus densiflora) forest in Samcheok, Gangwon-do, South Korea  

Jeong, Se-Yeong (Dept. of Ecology and Environmental System, Graduate School, Kyungpook National Univ.)
Cho, Yong-Chan (Korea National Aboretum)
Byun, Bong-Kyu (Dept. of Biological Science and Biotechnology, Hannam Univ.)
Kim, Hye-Jin (Korea Forest Ecology Instititute)
Bae, Kwan-Ho (School of Ecology & Environmental System, Kyungpook National Univ.)
Kim, Hyun-Seop (Forest Practice Research Center, Korea Forest Research Institute)
Kim, Jun-Soo (Nature and Forest Research Institute)
Publication Information
Korean Journal of Environment and Ecology / v.29, no.5, 2015 , pp. 785-790 More about this Journal
Abstract
As an alternative to large-scale clear cutting silviculture, strip clear cutting (SC) is being considered as a system compatible with ecological conservation and forest regeneration. In South Korea, application and effectiveness of SCC in varying forest types were rarely found. In this study, under the subject of strip clear cutting lands of pinus densiflora forest at Samcheok, Gangwon-do Province, the developmental aspect of low vegetation prior to and after deforestation and the correlation between environmental factor and pine regeneration were analyzed. The cover rate of understory vegetation was appeared to be increased after deforestation and rapidly increased two years after deforestation, and it was evaluated to be affected by vigorous tree species and photophilic species. From the perspective of relative importance value, Quercus mongolica, Artemisia keiskeana, and Rubus crataegifolius that influence the cover rate showed the inclination of continuous growth. The diversity of species showed increment inclination as well due to introduction and settlement of early transient species. As a result of analyzing the correlation between vegetation and environmental factor and generation of pine tree size, the soil exposure rate, intensity of light, and canopy openness showed positive relationship, and the understory vegetation cover and woody debris cover rate showed negative relationship.
Keywords
Pinus densiflora; PLANT DIVERSITY; REGENERATION; STRIP CLEAR CUTTING; UNDERSTORY VEGETATION;
Citations & Related Records
Times Cited By KSCI : 3  (Citation Analysis)
연도 인용수 순위
1 Battles, J.J., Shlisky, A.J., Barrestt, A.J., Heald, R.C., Allen-Diaz, B.H. (2001) The effects of forest management on plant species diversity in a Seirran conifer forest. Fores Ecology and Management 146: 211-222.   DOI
2 Brashears, M.B., Fajvan, M.A., Schuler, T.M. (2004) As assessment of canopy stratification and tree species diversity following clearcutting in central Appalachaian hardwoods. Forest Science 50: 54-64.
3 Cho YC, Kim JS, Lee CS, Cho HJ, Bae KH. (2009a) Initial Responses of Quercus serrata Seedlings and Forest Understory to Experimental Gap Treatments. Journal of Ecology and Field Biology 32: 87-96. (in Korean)   DOI
4 Cho YC, Kim JS, Lee JH, Lee HH, Ma HS, Lee CS, Cho HJ, Bae KH. (2009b) Early responses of planted Quercus serrata seedlings and understory vegetation to artificial gap treatments in black locust plantation. Journal of Korean Forest Society 98: 94-105. (in Korean)
5 Cho, Y.C., Pee, J.H., Kim, K.S., Koo, B.Y., Cho, H.J., Lee, C.S. (2011) Ecological responses of natural and planted forests to thinning in southeastern Korea: a chronosequence study. Journal of Ecology and Environment 34: 347-355.   DOI
6 Frazer, G.W., Canham, C.D. and Lertzman, K.P. (1999) Gap light analyzer (GLA), version 2.0: imaging software to extract canopy structure and gap light transmission indices from true-colour fisheye photographs, users manual and program documentation. Simon Frazer University, Burnaby, BC, and the Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Millbrook, NY. pp. 40.
7 Griffis, K.L., Crawford, J.A., Wagner, M.R., Moir, W.H. (2001) Understory response to management treatments in northern Arizona ponderosa pine forests. Forest Ecology and Management 146: 239-245.   DOI
8 Halpern CB, Spies TA. 1995. Plant species diversity in natural and managed forests of the pacific Northwest. Ecological Applications 5: 913-934.   DOI
9 Haugo RD, Halpern CB. (2007) Vegetation responses to conifer encroachment in a dry, montane meadow: a chronosequence approach. Canadian Journal of Botany 85: 285-298.   DOI
10 Ito S, Ishigami S, Mizoue N, Buckley GP. (2006) Maintaining plant species composition and diversity of understory vegetation under strip-clearcutting forestry in conifer plantations in Kyushu, southern Japan. Forest Ecology and Management 231: 234-241.   DOI
11 Klenner, W., Sullivan, T.P. (2003) Partial and clearcut harvesting of high-elevation spruce-fir forests: implication for small mammal communities. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 33: 2283-2296.   DOI
12 Korea Nature Aboretum, The Korean Society of Plant Taxonomists. (2007) Korean Plant Names Index. Korea Nature Aboretum. pp.534. (in Korean)
13 Magurran, A.E. (2004) Measuring Biological Diversity. Blackwell, New York.
14 Lee, T.B. (2003) Cloured Flora of Korean (II). Hyangmunsa, Seoul, 910pp. (in Korean)
15 Mizoue, N., Ito, S., I., T. (2002) Growth characteristicsof understory trees of sugi (Cryptomeria japonica) and hinoki (Chamaecyparis obtusa) in the alternate strip-clearcutting stand in Morotsuka, Miyazaki prefecture, Southern Japan. J. Jpn. For. Soc. 84, 151.158(in Japanese).