Influence of land relief and soil properties on stand structure of overgrown oak forests of coppice origin with Sorbus torminalis

• Autorzy: Szymura T.H. , Szymura M. , Pietrzak M.
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Traditional forest management as coppicing and coppicing-with-standard are recently considered as beneficial for biodiversity in woodlands. Cessation of coppicing leads to changes in stand structure and often loss of biodiversity. In contemporary Polish forestry coppicing is not applied, however some stands of coppice origin persist in Silesia until present. The overgrown coppice oak forests that cover the southern slopes at the foothills of the Sudetes Mountains (Silesia, Central Europe) are considered to be Euro-Siberian steppic woods with a Quercus sp. habitat (91I0): a priority habitat in the European Union, according to the Natura 2000 system. They support one of the largest populations of wild service tree (Sorbus torminalis Crantz) in Poland. In this study we investigated the relation of stand structure and trees parameters with environmental variables. The results showed considerable variability of stand volume, tree density and stems’ size correlated mostly with soil texture, but not nutrient content. We attributed it to soil dryness which seems to be the crucial factor controlling growth of trees. The natural regeneration of trees concentrated mostly on non-exposed sites on less acidic soils, but seedlings of wild service tree were present almost exclusively on most insolated sites, with shallow acidic soils. However, the regeneration of trees in sapling stage was restrained by browsing. Results suggest that maintaining of Sorbus torminalis requires protection against browsing, and some kind of active management is necessary to retain the observed stand structure with high proportion of wild service trees in stands on more fertile soils.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

land relief; soil property; stand structure; overgrown coppice oak; oak forest; coppice; Sorbus torminalis; regeneration; forest management

• Wydawca: -
• Czasopismo: Dendrobiology
• Rocznik: 2014
• Tom: 71
• Opis fizyczny: p.49-58,fig.,ref.

Twórcy

autor

Szymura T.H.

• Department of Ecology, Biogeochemistry and Environmental Protection, University of Wroclaw. pl Maksa Borna 9, 50-328 Wrocław, Poland

autor

Szymura M.

• Department of Agroecosystems and Green Areas Management, Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences. pl.Grunwaldzki 24A , 53-363 Wrocław, Poland

autor

Pietrzak M.

• Department of Ecology, Biogeochemistry and Environmental Protection, University of Wroclaw. pl Maksa Borna 9, 50-328 Wrocław, Poland

Bibliografia

• André F., Ponette Q. 2003. Comparison of biomass and nutrient content between oak (Quercus petraea) and hornbeam (Carpinus betulus) trees in a coppice-with-standards stand in Chimay (Belgium). Annales of Forestry Science 60: 489–502.
• Bednorz L. 2007. The wild service tree Sorbus torminalis (L.) Crantz in plant communities of Poland. Dendrobiology 57: 49–54.
• Bednorz L. 2009. Jak chronić jarzą brekinię (Sorbus torminalis) w polskich lasach? Sylwan 153: 354–360.
• Bednorz L., Kaźmierczak K., Kaczmarek L. 2012. Analyses of spatial structure and selected measures of growth of Sorbus torminalis in Forest District Jamy (northern Poland). Dendrobiology 67: 59–65.
• Bergès L., Balandier P. 2010. Revisiting the use of soil water budget assessment to predict site productivity of sessile oak (Quercus petraea Liebl.) in the perspective of climate change. European Journal of Forest Research 129: 199–208.
• Cermák P., Mrkva R. 2006. Effects of game on the condition and development of natural regeneration in the Vrapac National Nature Reserve (Litovelské Pomoraví). Journal of Forest Science 52: 329–336.
• Chytrý M., Danihelka J. 1993. Long-term changes in the field layer of oak and oak-hornbeam forests under the impact of deer and mouflon. Folia Geobotanica et Phytotaxonomica 28: 225–245.
• Collet C., Piboule A., Leroy O., Frochot H. 2008. Advance Fagus sylvatica and Acer pseudoplatanus seedlings dominate tree regeneration in a mixed broadleaved former coppice-with-standards forest. Forestry 81: 135–150.
• Decocq G., Aubert M., Dupont F., Bardat J., Wattez-Franger A., Saguez R., Foucault de B., Alard D., Delelis-Dusollier A. 2005. Silviculture-driven vegetation change in a European temperate deciduous forest. Annals of Forest Science 62: 313–323.
• Ellenberg H. 2009. Vegetation ecology of central Europe, Ed. 4. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
• Filipiak M., Iszkuło G., Korybo J. 2005. Relation between photosynthetic photon flux density (PPFD) and growth of silver fir (Abies alba Mill.) seedlings in a forest stand dominated by spruce [Picea albies (L.)H.Karst.] in the Sudety Mts (SW Poland). Polish Journal of Ecology 53: 177–184.
• Fei S., Gould P. J., Steiner K. C., Finley J. C. 2006. Aggregate height a composite measure of stand density for tree seedling populations. Forest Ecology and Management 223: 336–341.
• Getzin S., Wiegand K., Schumacher J., Gougeon F.A. 2008. Scale-dependent competition at the stand level assessed from crown areas. Forest Ecology and Management 255: 2478–2485.
• Hédl R., Kopecký M., Komárek J. 2010. Half a century of succession in a temperate oakwood: from species-rich community to mesic forest. Diversity and Distribution. 16: 267–276.
• Hofmeister J., Martin Mihaljevič M., Hošek J. 2004. The spread of ash (Fraxinus excelsior) in some European oak forests: an effect of nitrogen deposition or successional change? Forest Ecology and Management 203: 35–47.
• Janssen B.H. 1996. Nitrogen mineralization in relation to C:N ratio and decomposability of organic materials. Plant and Soil 181: 39–45.
• Kwiatkowski P. 2001. Zbiorowiska leśne Pogórza Złotoryjskiego. Fragmenta Floristica et Geobotanica 8: 178–218.
• Kwiatkowski P. 2003. Podgórska ciepłolubna dąbrowa brekiniowa Sorbo torminalis– Quercetum na Pogórzu Złotoryjskim. Fragmenta Floristica et Geobotanica 10: 175–193.
• Legendre P., Legendre L. 2012. Numerical Ecology, 3th edition. Elsevier.
• McCune B. 2007. Improved estimates of incident radiation and heat load using non-parametric regression against topographic variables. Journal of Vegetation Science 18: 751–754.
• Maděra P., Kohoutek M., Šenfeldr M., Řepka R. 2012.The population structure and regeneration of Sorbus torminalis in Hádecká planinka National Nature Reserve (Czech Republic). Dendrobiology 68: 63–68.
• Maděra P., Tichá S., Řepka R. 2013. Distribution and ecological requirements of Sorbus torminalis (L.) Crantz in the Czech Republic. Dendrobiology 69: 59–68.
• Matthews J.D. 2001. Silvicultural systems. Oxford University Press.
• Modry M., Hubeny D., Rejsek K. 2004. Differential response of naturally regenerated European shade tolerant tree species to soil type and light availability. Forest Ecology and Management 188: 185–195.
• Müller S. von, Ammer C., Nüsslein S. 2000. Analyses of stand structure as a tool for silvicultural decisions – a case study in Quercus petrea – Sorbus torminalis stand. Forstwissenschaft Centralblatt 119: 32–42.
• Oberhuber W., Kofler W. 2000. Topographic influences on radial growth of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) at small spatial scales. Plant Ecology 146: 231–240.
• Paganová V. 2007. Ecology and distribution of Sorbus torminalis (L.) Crantz. in Slovakia. Horticular Science 34: 138–151.
• Pages J.P., Michalet R. 2003. A test of the indirect facilitation model in a temperate hardwood forest of the northern French Alps. Journal of Ecology 91: 932–940.
• Rasmussen K.K., Kollmann J. 2004. Poor sexual reproduction on the distribution limit of the rare tree Sorbus torminalis. Acta Oecologica 25: 211–218.
• Rasmussen K.K. 2007. Dendroecological analysis of a rare sub-canopy tree: Effects of climate, latitude, habitat conditions and forest history. Dendrochronologia 25: 3–17.
• Schoenholtz S.H., Miegroet H.V., Burger J.A. 2000. A review of chemical and physical properties as indicators of forest soil quality: challenges and opportunities. Forest Ecology and Management 138: 335–356.
• Skovsgaard J.P., Vanclay J.K. 2008. Forest site productivity: a review of the evolution of dendrometric concepts for even-aged stands. Forestry 81: 13–31.
• Szymura T.H., Buszczak M., Szymura M. 2010. Structure and dynamics of a mature tree stand in submontane alluvial forest of Carici ramotae-Fraxinetum in the Sudety Mts foothills (Lower Silesia, Poland). Dendrobiology 63: 43–51.
• Szymura T.H., Szymura M. 2011. Soil properties and light availability determine species richness and vegetation diversity in an overgrown coppice oak stand. Polish Journal of Ecology 59: 523–533.
• Szymura T.H. 2012. How does recent vegetation reflect previous systems of forest management ? Polish Journal of Ecology 60: 859–862.
• Szymura T.H., Szymura M. 2013. Spatial variability more influential than soil pH and land relief on thermophilous vegetation in overgrown coppice oak forests. Acta Societatis Botanicorum Poloniae 82: 5–11.
• Van Calster H., Baeten L., De Schrijver A., De Keersmaeker L., Rogister J.E., Verheyen K., Hermy M. 2007. Management driven changes (1967–2005) in soil acidity and the understorey plant community following conversion of a coppice-with-standards forest. Forest Ecology and Management 241: 258–271.
• Verheyen K., Baeten L., De Frenne P., Bernhardt-Römermann M., Brunet J., Cornelis J., Decocq G., Dierschke H., Eriksson O., Hédl R., Heinken T., Hermy M., Hommel P., Kirby K., Naaf T., Peterken G., Petřík P., Pfadenhauer J., Van Calster H., Walther G-R., Wulf M., Verstraeten G. 2012. Driving factors behind the eutrophication signal in understorey plant communities of deciduous temperate forests. Journal of Ecology 100: 352–365.

Identyfikatory

DOI

10.12657/denbio.071.005