Aboveground net primary productivity(ANPP)of two dominant species, one deciduous tree(Platycarya strobilacea) and one evergreen tree(Machilus cavaleriei),was estimated based on the tree-ring width and the girth increm...Aboveground net primary productivity(ANPP)of two dominant species, one deciduous tree(Platycarya strobilacea) and one evergreen tree(Machilus cavaleriei),was estimated based on the tree-ring width and the girth increment as well as allometric functions in a karst evergreen and deciduous broadleaved mixed forest in central Guizhou Province, southwestern China. Results showed that the ANPP increased from 1961 to 2015, especially during the last 20–30 years, but with strong variations. The deciduous tree had higher ANPP than the evergreen tree according to two kinds of estimates by the tree ring and girth increment. The averaged ANPP for these two mature trees was 2.27 kg/individual/year, ca. 8 t/ha/year considering the normal stand density. Such karst forest productivity was lower than the natural subtropical forests in China and in the world.展开更多
This paper examines human impact on stands and individual trees of Pinus yunnanensis growing near the small mountain villages of Pianshui and Yangjuan in southwestern Sichuan Province,China.In an effort to assess whet...This paper examines human impact on stands and individual trees of Pinus yunnanensis growing near the small mountain villages of Pianshui and Yangjuan in southwestern Sichuan Province,China.In an effort to assess whether use of these forests was sustainable,we examined the effects of human use in two ways.First,we directly measured the effect of cutting branches,for fuel and fodder,on tree growth.We hypothesized that branch cutting would negatively impact tree growth.We established 12 plots on four hills and compared 14 pairs of trees,one tree in each pair with an apparently full crown and the other with a considerable portion of the crown removed.Second,we assessed stand and tree properties over a 500 m elevation gradient above the villages where we hypothesized that as elevation increases,stand and tree properties should show fewer human impacts.Although extensive branch cutting reduced the live crown,tree height and diameter,compensatory processes likely enabled trees to recover and to add basal area increments(BAIs) similar to those added by trees with full crowns.Trees and stands close to villages showed less growth and lower basal areas,respectively,than stands and trees at intermediate or distant elevations from villages.Areas relatively close to the villages showed considerable effects of human-related disturbances such as branch cutting,grazing,tree and shrub removal,losses of litter,and human and animal trails.Such areas had increased soil erosion and often loss of the ‘A' horizon.Stands close to villages had younger trees,lower stand basal areas,smaller basal area increments,and more stumps.Our results suggest an increasingly vulnerable interface between occupants of these two villages and their surrounding forests.展开更多
Elevated CO_(2) level in the atmosphere is expected and intrinsic water-use efficiency(iWUE).Although current found the tree growth decline in water-limited area,it is st to improve the tree growth rates results infer...Elevated CO_(2) level in the atmosphere is expected and intrinsic water-use efficiency(iWUE).Although current found the tree growth decline in water-limited area,it is st to improve the tree growth rates results inferring from tree rings unclear whether spruce trees in humid southwestern China benefit from the increasing 002.In this study,tree-ring width data were used to investigate the tree radial growth rate of Chuanxi spruce(Picea likiangensis var.balfouriana).Moreover,combining with the tree-ring carbon isotope date,we analyzed the physiological responses of Chuanxi spruce to rising CO_(2) concentrations in the atmosphere(C_(a))associated with climatic change in southwestern China.From 1851 to 2009,iWUE of Chuanxi spruce rose by approximately 30.4%,and the ratio of atmospheric CO_(2) to leaf in-tercellular CO_(2) concentration(C_(j)/C_(a))showed no significant trend in the study area.The result suggested that Chuanxi spruce used an active response strategy when C_(a) was significantly increased,iWUE showed a significant increasing trend in parallel with tree radial growth,indicating that the increasing iWUE resulted in an increase in radial growth.These results suggest that spruce forests in southwestern China have not shown declining trends under increasing Ca and climate change scenarios,in contrast to trees growing in water-limited areas.Therefore,spruce forests benefit from the increasing CO_(2) in the atmosphere in the humid areas of southwestern China.展开更多
基金supported by the National Key Basic Research Program(2013CB956704)
文摘Aboveground net primary productivity(ANPP)of two dominant species, one deciduous tree(Platycarya strobilacea) and one evergreen tree(Machilus cavaleriei),was estimated based on the tree-ring width and the girth increment as well as allometric functions in a karst evergreen and deciduous broadleaved mixed forest in central Guizhou Province, southwestern China. Results showed that the ANPP increased from 1961 to 2015, especially during the last 20–30 years, but with strong variations. The deciduous tree had higher ANPP than the evergreen tree according to two kinds of estimates by the tree ring and girth increment. The averaged ANPP for these two mature trees was 2.27 kg/individual/year, ca. 8 t/ha/year considering the normal stand density. Such karst forest productivity was lower than the natural subtropical forests in China and in the world.
基金Financial support was provided by an Asian Studies Grant to Harrell, NSF - IGERT 0333408the School of Environmental and Forest SciencesUniversity of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
文摘This paper examines human impact on stands and individual trees of Pinus yunnanensis growing near the small mountain villages of Pianshui and Yangjuan in southwestern Sichuan Province,China.In an effort to assess whether use of these forests was sustainable,we examined the effects of human use in two ways.First,we directly measured the effect of cutting branches,for fuel and fodder,on tree growth.We hypothesized that branch cutting would negatively impact tree growth.We established 12 plots on four hills and compared 14 pairs of trees,one tree in each pair with an apparently full crown and the other with a considerable portion of the crown removed.Second,we assessed stand and tree properties over a 500 m elevation gradient above the villages where we hypothesized that as elevation increases,stand and tree properties should show fewer human impacts.Although extensive branch cutting reduced the live crown,tree height and diameter,compensatory processes likely enabled trees to recover and to add basal area increments(BAIs) similar to those added by trees with full crowns.Trees and stands close to villages showed less growth and lower basal areas,respectively,than stands and trees at intermediate or distant elevations from villages.Areas relatively close to the villages showed considerable effects of human-related disturbances such as branch cutting,grazing,tree and shrub removal,losses of litter,and human and animal trails.Such areas had increased soil erosion and often loss of the ‘A' horizon.Stands close to villages had younger trees,lower stand basal areas,smaller basal area increments,and more stumps.Our results suggest an increasingly vulnerable interface between occupants of these two villages and their surrounding forests.
基金National Basic Research Program of China‘973’,No.2012CB956201Key Program of National Natural Science Foundation of China,No.41630529
文摘Elevated CO_(2) level in the atmosphere is expected and intrinsic water-use efficiency(iWUE).Although current found the tree growth decline in water-limited area,it is st to improve the tree growth rates results inferring from tree rings unclear whether spruce trees in humid southwestern China benefit from the increasing 002.In this study,tree-ring width data were used to investigate the tree radial growth rate of Chuanxi spruce(Picea likiangensis var.balfouriana).Moreover,combining with the tree-ring carbon isotope date,we analyzed the physiological responses of Chuanxi spruce to rising CO_(2) concentrations in the atmosphere(C_(a))associated with climatic change in southwestern China.From 1851 to 2009,iWUE of Chuanxi spruce rose by approximately 30.4%,and the ratio of atmospheric CO_(2) to leaf in-tercellular CO_(2) concentration(C_(j)/C_(a))showed no significant trend in the study area.The result suggested that Chuanxi spruce used an active response strategy when C_(a) was significantly increased,iWUE showed a significant increasing trend in parallel with tree radial growth,indicating that the increasing iWUE resulted in an increase in radial growth.These results suggest that spruce forests in southwestern China have not shown declining trends under increasing Ca and climate change scenarios,in contrast to trees growing in water-limited areas.Therefore,spruce forests benefit from the increasing CO_(2) in the atmosphere in the humid areas of southwestern China.
