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KMID : 1024520140230061075
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Journal of the Environmental Sciences
2014 Volume.23 No. 6 p.1075 ~ p.1083
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Growth Characteristics of Trees following Different Types of Cutting in Quercus acutissima Stand
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Shin Yu-Seung
Yang A-Ram
Hwang Jae-hong
Park Yong-Mok
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Abstract
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The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of cutting types on microclimate and growth characteristics of
afforested tree in Quercus acutissima stand after different types of cutting. The difference in temperature reaching 5.2℃ was shown in between clear cutting and selective cutting treatments. On July and August days with temperatures more than 35℃ often appeared in clear cutting stand. The values of VPD in July and August were higher than those in other months. Maximum VPD of 3.99 kPa was shown in clear cutting stand on May 23 as a prolonged rainless days appeared. However,VPD in selective cutting stand always stayed under 3.0 kPa throughout growing season. A higher intensity was shown in clear cutting and strip clear cutting stands, reaching to more than 1,600 μmol m-2 s-1 at midday on early August, while that in selective cutting stand stayed about 1,500. In relative growth rate selective cutting stand showed a significantly higher relative growth rate in plant height than those in other cutting stands (p<0.05). The number of leaf in current-year branches significantly increased in selective cutting stand, whereas no increase was shown in clear cutting and strip clear cutting stands(p<0.05). In addition, relative elongation rate of current year branch also showed higher values in selective cutting stand compared with that in strip clear cutting stand (p<0.05). However, leaf mass per unit area (LMA) was higher in order of strip clear cutting, clear cutting, and selective cutting stands.
From these results it is concluded that environmental conditions in clear cutting and strip clear cutting stands during
growing season are more stressful to afforested tree species, resulting in lower relative growth in plant height, elongation of current-year branches, and leaf number per branch compared with those in selective cutting stand. Consequently, more data must be accumulated in the field to find out best cutting type in plantation considering the adaptational characteristic of each tree species varies with species and life span of tree is long.
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KEYWORD
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Cutting type, Microclimate, Plantation, Quercus acutissima, Relative growth rate
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