Short-term effects of three commercial thinning treatments on diversity of understory vascular plants in white spruce plantations of northern New Brunswick
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- 作者：Sean R. Haughian ; Katherine A. Frego ; frego@unb.ca" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author
- 关键词：Understory ; Sub-boreal forest ; Biodiversity ; Plantation ; Commercial thinning ; Functional group
- 刊名：Forest Ecology and Management
- 出版年：2016
- 出版时间：15 June 2016
- 年：2016
- 卷：370
- 期：Complete
- 页码：45-55
- 全文大小：1071 K
文摘
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Understory responses to modified plantation treatments were compared over 2 yrs.
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Spruce plantations were unthinned, or thinned with no, moderate, or enhanced debris.
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Thinning altered canopy and forest floor, increasing most taxa especially ruderals.
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Enhanced woody debris yields no short-term benefits for understory plant diversity.
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Reducing debris removal may limit biodiversity loss; longer-term study is needed.