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Effect of Anthropogenic Cone-picking on Seed Bank and Seedling Bank of Korean Pine in the Major Forest Types in Lesser Hing’an Mountains

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  • a.School of Forestry, Northeast Forestry University, b.School of Wildlife Resources, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin 150040, China

Received date: 2010-03-22

  Revised date: 2010-06-06

  Online published: 2010-11-20

Abstract

To study the effect of anthropogenic cone picking on the seed bank and seedling bank of Korean pine (Pinus koraiensis) in the major forest types in Lesser Hing’an Mountains, mixed broad-leaved Korean pine forest, Korean pine plantation near the mixed broad-leaved Korean pine forest, Dahurian larch (Larix gmelini) plantation, white birch (Betula platyphylla) forest and spruce-fir forest were selected. In each of these forest types, sample belts with the size of 10 m×240 m were made to study the seed bank and seedling bank of Korean pine. The results showed: 1) The amount of Korean pine seed bank differed greatly with forest types. The largest amount of seed bank was shown in the mixed broad-leaved Korean pine forest, followed by the Dahurian larch plantation, spruce-fir forest, Korean pine plantation and white birch forest. 2) Seeds that were cracked or destroyed by rodents and other animals accounted for 81.9%-90.4% of the seed bank of those major forest types; intact seeds were only found in the mixed broad-leaved Korean pine forest and Dahurian larch plantation, with 4.3% and 4.9%, respectively. 3) Korean pine seeds were mostly distributed in the 0-10 cm soil layer (71.4%-91.3% of the seed bank of those major forest types). 4) The density of Korean pine seedling bank was the highest in Dahurian larch forest (1613 seedlings·hm-2), lowest in Korean pine plantation (167 seedlings·hm-2), Korean pine seedling density in the mixed broad-leaved Korean pine forest (293 seedlings·hm-2) and white birch forest (854 seedlings·hm-2) were 1/68-1/9 and 1/9-1/4.5 of the seedling bank before cone picking, respectively. 5) For the age class distribution, before cone picking, in the mixed broad-leaved Korean pine forest, the amount of Korean pine seedlings decreased as the age class increased, the age class distribution showed a reverse J-shaped distribution; in the white birch forest, density of the Korean pine seedlings was relatively the same in each of the age class. After cone picking, in the mixed broad-leaved Korean pine forest, density of the Korean pine seedlings was relatively the same in each of the age class; in the white birch forest, the age class distribution of Korean pine seedlings showed a reverse J-shaped distribution.

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JIN Guang-ze, YANG Gui-yan, MA Jian-zhang, LI Lan-jun, XU Zheng-gang, ZHAO Xue, HONG Mei-jing . Effect of Anthropogenic Cone-picking on Seed Bank and Seedling Bank of Korean Pine in the Major Forest Types in Lesser Hing’an Mountains[J]. JOURNAL OF NATURAL RESOURCES, 2010 , 25(11) : 1845 -1854 . DOI: 10.11849/zrzyxb.2010.11.004

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