[Effects of forest canopy gap on Abies faxoniana seedling's biomass and its allocation in sub-alpine coniferous forest of West Sichuan].
By the method of strip transect sampling, the density, height, basal diameter, and components biomass of Abies faxoniana seedlings (H < or = 100 cm) lived in the forest gap (FG) and under the forest canopy (FC) of subalpine natural coniferous forest in West Sichuan were investigated, and the relationships among different components biomass were analyzed. The results indicated that the density and average height (H) of A. faxoniana seedlings were significantly different in FG and under FC, with the values being 12 903 and 2 017 per hectare, and 26.6 cm and 24.3 cm, respectively, while no significant differences were found in average basal diameter (D) and biomass. The biomass allocation in seedling's components was markedly affected by forest gap. In FG, the biomass ratio of branch to trunk (BRBT) reached the maximum (1.54) at 12th year, and then, declined and fluctuated at 0. 69. Under FC, the BRBT was increased with seedlings growth, and exceeded 1.0 at about 15th year. The total biomass and the biomass of leaf, stem, shoot and root grown in FG and under FC were significantly linearly correlated with D2H. There were significant positive correlations among the biomass of different seedling's components.
Xian
Jun-Ren
JR
Key Laboratory of Ecological Forestry Engineering of Sichuan Province, Sichuan Agricultural University, Ya'an 625014, Sichuan, China. xianjr@126.com
Hu
Ting-Xing
TX
Zhang
Yuan-Bin
YB
Wang
Kai-Yun
KY
D028202:Abies / Q000254:growth & development*; D018533:Biomass; D002681:China; D017753:Ecosystem; D036226:Seedlings / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000378:metabolism; D064028:Tracheophyta / Q000254:growth & development