Influence of Human Pressure on Forest Resources and Productivity at Stand and Tree Scales: The Case Study of Yunnan Pine in SW China

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	Influence of Human Pressure on Forest Resources and Productivity at Stand and Tree Scales: The Case Study of Yunnan Pine in SW China
	Thomas M. HINCKLEY ; Phillip CHI ; Keala HAGMANN ; Stevan HARRELL ; Amanda Henck SCHMIDT ; Lauren URGENSON ; Zong-yong ZENG
刊名	Journal of Mountain Science
	2013-10
卷号	10 期号:5 页码:824-832
关键词	Pinus yunnanensis Tree growth Stand basal areas Basal area increment Ring width
通讯作者	Thomas M. HINCKLEY
英文摘要	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.
公开日期	2013-09-23
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://ir.imde.ac.cn/handle/131551/6340]
专题	成都山地灾害与环境研究所_Journal of Mountain Science _Journal of Mountain Science-2013_Vol10 No.5
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Thomas M. HINCKLEY,Phillip CHI,Keala HAGMANN,et al. Influence of Human Pressure on Forest Resources and Productivity at Stand and Tree Scales: The Case Study of Yunnan Pine in SW China[J]. Journal of Mountain Science,2013,10(5):824-832.
APA	Thomas M. HINCKLEY.,Phillip CHI.,Keala HAGMANN.,Stevan HARRELL.,Amanda Henck SCHMIDT.,...&Zong-yong ZENG.(2013).Influence of Human Pressure on Forest Resources and Productivity at Stand and Tree Scales: The Case Study of Yunnan Pine in SW China.Journal of Mountain Science,10(5),824-832.
MLA	Thomas M. HINCKLEY,et al."Influence of Human Pressure on Forest Resources and Productivity at Stand and Tree Scales: The Case Study of Yunnan Pine in SW China".Journal of Mountain Science 10.5(2013):824-832.