Productivity and mineral cycling in an oak coppice forest 2. Annual net production of the forest
Productivity and mineral cycling in an oak coppice forest 2. Annual net production of the forest
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橡树林的生产力和矿物质循环 2. 森林的年净产量
DOI:
10.1007/bf02489474
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发表时间:
1982
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通讯作者:
K. Matsuda
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作者:
M. Kimura;M. Funakoshi;S. Sudo;T. Masuzawa;Toshie Nakamura;K. Matsuda
Annual net production was estimated in the secondary coppice forest near Tokyo, which was dominated by a deciduous oak,Quercus serrataThunb. Lateral growth of stems and old branches was directly estimated by examining the annual rings for 35 shoots in a clear-cut quadrat of 10m×10m. Phytomasses of current organs were also weighed in the quadrat. Preharvest losses of current organs were determined by twelve 0.5 m2litter traps for fine litter and twelve 6 m2quadrats for woody litter. Branch production was also assessed indirectly by use of the stem-branch allometry and death of branches. The results of the indirect method were in sufficient agreement with the result of the direct one. Grazing loss of leaves from the canopy was estimated directly from the loss in leaf area and indirectly from the animal faeces caught by the litter traps.Net production of the canopy trees was 149 kg a−1year−1, in which leaf production was 36.9 kg. Animals grazed about 14% of the leaf area by the end of the growing season. True consumption of leaves by animals was 7.6% of leaf production or 10% of leaf mass. Production of undergrowth, mainly a dwarf bamboo,Pleioblastus chinoMakino, was 28 kg a−1year−1, being 15% of the total stand production.Productivity of this forest was significantly higher than that of cool-temperate deciduous broadleaf forests.