Characterization of Mixed Forests

Rı́o, Miren del; Pretzsch, Hans; Alberdi, Iciar; Bielak, Kamil; Bravo, Felipe; Brunner, Andreas; Condés, Sonia; Ducey, Mark J.; Fonseca, Teresa; Lüpke, Nikolas von; Pach, Maciej; Perić, Sanja; Pérot, Thomas; Souidi, Zahira; Spathelf, Peter; Sterba, Hubert; Tijardović, Martina; Tomé, Margarida; Vallet, Patrick; Bravo‐Oviedo, Andrés

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-91953-9_2

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“…Other tree species present in the plots represented less than 20% of the total basal area and were mostly in the understory of the canopy (Table 1, Table A2). The trees from both focal species in the mixed stands were mixed on a stemwise intermingling pattern (del Río et al, 2018). Sites S1 to S4 were located in forests with continuous-cover management whereas sites S5 and S6 had limited management.…”

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Mixing beech with fir or pubescent oak does not help mitigate drought exposure at the limit of its climatic range

Martin-Blangy

Charru

Gérard

et al. 2021

Forest Ecology and Management

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Section: Field Designmentioning

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Mixing beech with fir or pubescent oak does not help mitigate drought exposure at the limit of its climatic range

Martin-Blangy

Charru

Gérard

et al. 2021

Forest Ecology and Management

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“…Then, the interactions generated between plants of different species in mixed-stands can positively or negatively affect their growth and mortality (Forrester 2014;Grossiord 2020). The type of interaction that prevails depends on the pool of species and their ecological requirements, plant ages, and the environment where plants develop (del Río et al 2018). The partitioning in space and time in the use of resources leads to the reduction of competition through complementarity (Barry et al 2019), and even increases stand productivity when monospeci c stands are compared with mixed-stands (Erskine et al 2006;Ishii et al 2013).…”

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Combining the light-demanding Araucaria angustifolia with the shade-tolerant Cabralea canjerana: mixed plantations to produce tropical timber trees outside the Atlantic rainforest

et al. 2023

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Many trees of high timber value require canopy cover to become established and at present, they are only harvested from native rainforests. Other species require high radiation to establish and can be planted in monospecific stands. The main question was if the canopy generated by a light demanding rainforest species could protect mid-successional timber species from high radiation and extreme temperatures. We evaluated the establishment of Cabralea canjerana under the canopy of Araucaria angustifolia stands. We related growth with the number of neighbors to determine the better positions to plant C. canjerana. In one stand, we measured environmental and physiological traits and we determined that seedling did not suffer light or water stress. C. canjerana plants establishment was successful in stands of different basal areas and trees reached the highest growth with up to two A. angustifolia neighbors within a 5m radius. Therefore, the number of neighbors is a tool to choose the planting location to convert even-aged to uneven-aged mixed stands. In this way, valuable native timber species that requires canopy protection during the first years can be planted outside the rainforest. This is the first report of an uneven-aged mixed plantation of two Atlantic Forest timber species.

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“…Mixed forests are composed of two or more species, which can positively affect aboveand belowground ecosystem properties and processes and have been proposed as a forest management strategy to resist and adapt to environmental changes compared to far-fromnature monocultures [1,2]. It emphasizes the interactions of ecological features of species as a condition for achieving maximum ecological advantages [3].…”

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Effects of Tree Species on Moso Bamboo (Phyllostachys edulis (Carriere) J. Houzeau) Fine Root Morphology, Biomass, and Soil Properties in Bamboo–Broadleaf Mixed Forests

Ying-heng

Guan

et al. 2022

Forests

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Understanding fine root characteristics in relation to soil properties of bamboo–broadleaf mixed forests may help optimize belowground production management and ecological functions in mixed-forest ecosystems. In this study, we compared four different bamboo–broadleaf mixed forests: Castanopsis chinensis (Sprengel) Hance with moso bamboo (CCB), Alniphyllum fortunei (Hemsl.) Makino with moso bamboo (AFB), Choerospondias axillaris (Roxb.) Burtt and Hill with moso bamboo (CAB), and Castanopsis fargesii Franch with moso bamboo (CFB), and analyzed their effects on the traits of fine roots of moso bamboo, soil nutrient contents, and enzyme activities. In January 2022, fine root and soil samples from four different mixed bamboo–broadleaf forests were collected from a subtropical region of Fujian Province, China. Results showed that CAB significantly increased fine root biomass (FRB) and root length density (RLD); however, specific root length (SRL) was only in the 0–20 cm soil layer. Specific surface area (SSA) was significantly reduced in the CCB in the 0–20 cm and 20–40 cm soil layers. The total phosphorous (TP) and total potassium (TK) contents of AFB and CAB were significantly increased (p < 0.05), and the alkali-hydrolyzable nitrogen (AN) content was significantly increased by CCB in the 0–20 cm soil layer (p < 0.05). Additionally, CFB increased the activities of acid phosphatase (ACP) and catalase (CAT) but decreased the activity of sucrase (SC). Principal component analysis showed that fine root traits (FRB, RLD, SRL, and SSA) were not only positively associated with soil organic carbon (SOC), total nitrogen (TN) and available potassium (AK) but also associated with urease (UE) and CAT. Therefore, belowground interactions between different species have a significant impact on the characteristics of fine roots and soil in bamboo–broadleaf mixed forests.

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Characterization of Mixed Forests

Cited by 19 publications

References 169 publications

Mixing beech with fir or pubescent oak does not help mitigate drought exposure at the limit of its climatic range

Mixing beech with fir or pubescent oak does not help mitigate drought exposure at the limit of its climatic range

Combining the light-demanding Araucaria angustifolia with the shade-tolerant Cabralea canjerana: mixed plantations to produce tropical timber trees outside the Atlantic rainforest

Effects of Tree Species on Moso Bamboo (Phyllostachys edulis (Carriere) J. Houzeau) Fine Root Morphology, Biomass, and Soil Properties in Bamboo–Broadleaf Mixed Forests

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