Using the LANDIS model to evaluate forest harvesting and planting strategies under possible warming climates in Northeastern China

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	Using the LANDIS model to evaluate forest harvesting and planting strategies under possible warming climates in Northeastern China
	Bu, R ; He, HS ; Hu, YM ; Chang, Y ; Larsen, DR
刊名	FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT
	2008
卷号	254 期号:3 页码:407-419
关键词	natural forest protection project LANDIS Small Khingan Mountains climate change Northeastern China
ISSN号	0378-1127
通讯作者	Bu, R, Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Appl Ecol, No 72 Wenhua Rd, Shenyang 110016, Peoples R China
中文摘要	The Small Khingan Mountains in northeastern China provide most of the timber and wood products in the country. Evaluating the long-term effects of harvesting and planting strategies is important especially as the climate changes. In this study, we evaluated the effects of the projected climate warming on potential changes in species' coverage (percent cover), area harvested (percentage of the study area) and species harvested, using the LANDIS model. Our evaluation was based on the harvest and planting plans specified in Natural Forest Protection Project (NFPP). Our simulated results show that the coverage of southern species such as Korean pine (Pinus koraiensis) and ribbed birch (Betula costata) increases, whereas the coverage of northern species like larch (Larix gmelinii), Kingan fir (Abies nephrolepis), spruces (Picea koraiensis and R. jezoensis) and Dahur birch (Betula davurica) decreases under the warming climate in the region. The species harvested primarily consist of the southern species, especially deciduous species under the warming climate. The warming climate leads to 11.2% increase in area harvested compared to that under the current climate, when planting is not simulated. When planting is simulated, tradeoffs between planting and area harvested are complex. The area harvested only increases in places where moderate planting is implemented, and decreases in places with both low (<= 5% area planted) and high (>= 30%) planting percentage. This is because when the planting percentage is low, the rate of increase of harvestable species due to planting is lower than the rate of decrease of warming-declining species. When the planting percentage is high, the rate of increase of planted species is higher than the rate of colonization of warming-adapted deciduous species, and the planted species delay the establishment of the warming-adaptable species that have short harvest rotations (due to lower harvestable ages). Our results suggest that the management strategy with planting area of 20% is the best among all the scenarios simulated. Under this warming climate, moderate planting area (e.g. 20%) increases the area harvested to about 43%, which is still less than that (58%) designated in the NFPP. These results have important implications for forest managers designing sustainable forest harvest and reforestation strategies for the landscape under the warming climate. (c) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
学科主题	Forestry
收录类别	SCI
语种	英语
WOS记录号	WOS:000253444600004
公开日期	2011-09-23
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://210.72.129.5/handle/321005/54515]
专题	沈阳应用生态研究所_沈阳应用生态研究所_期刊论文
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Bu, R,He, HS,Hu, YM,et al. Using the LANDIS model to evaluate forest harvesting and planting strategies under possible warming climates in Northeastern China[J]. FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT,2008,254(3):407-419.
APA	Bu, R,He, HS,Hu, YM,Chang, Y,&Larsen, DR.(2008).Using the LANDIS model to evaluate forest harvesting and planting strategies under possible warming climates in Northeastern China.FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT,254(3),407-419.
MLA	Bu, R,et al."Using the LANDIS model to evaluate forest harvesting and planting strategies under possible warming climates in Northeastern China".FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT 254.3(2008):407-419.