Managing the Forest Landscape: Exploring the Quantitative Interplay Between Forestland Patches, Areas and Landowner Numbers in Counties from Alabama, USA

Chen, Xiongwen

doi:10.1007/s11842-020-09451-8

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“…These results from small scales can complement the theory, which is based on large scales (Chen 2018). From a forest management perspective, most forest lands in the southern United States are fragmented and belong to many private landowners (Chen 2010, Chen 2020). Thus, small-scale forest ecological research is helpful to characterize forest structure and provides implications for local forest management.…”

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The patterns of nearest neighbor trees in a temperate forest

Chen¹,

Bowman²

2022

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The nearest neighbor trees (NNTs) are essential for reflecting forest structure and spatial heterogeneity in a forest stand. It is not clear whether different tree species have varied patterns of NNTs in a small area due to biological interactions, whether big trees affect the nearest neighbors for diversity and recruitments, or whether a universal linear relationship between the distance of NNTs and their average DBH exists. In this study, the information of NNTs at two plots (each 30 × 100 m) in a temperate mixed broadleaved forest in Southern USA was collected by field survey. Our results indicated that approximately 80% of NNTs were within a distance of 1.5-4.0 m. Tulip poplar, oaks, and hickory trees did not have the same species as NNTs or were very limited. Carolina buckthorn had itself as an NNT but with fewer other species. Sugar maple could serve as the NNT for oaks, hickory and others. The relationships between the distance of an NNT and its cumulative percentage were different among varied species or groups. Overall, for trees and their NNTs, there existed complicated relationships between their sizes (e.g., height and DBH). Big trees might affect NNTs in diversity and recruitment. The suggested linear relationship between tree size and distance was not observed. The results could be helpful to manage forest structure (tree species and NNT) and provide evidence to improve the scaling theory on NNTs.

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