[Characteristics of coarse woody debris in Huzhong area of Great Xing' an Mountains].
An investigation was made on the coarse woody debris (CWD) in burned forestlands in Huzhong area of Great Xing' an Mountains. The loading capacity of CWD in the burned forestlands was 24.9-181.0 m3 x hm(-2), among which, snag and log occupied 24.3%-85.9% and 14.0%-75.7%, being 6.0-93.9 m3 x hm(-2) and 15.3-138.4 m3 x hm(-2), respectively. Significant differences were observed among burned forestlands and among years. The predominant DBH class of snag and log was 2.5-20 cm and 1.5-15 m, and the height of most snags and logs was 2.5-15 m and 5-20 cm, respectively. The loading capacity of CWD had no obvious change with the recovery of forest vegetation. The characteristics of CWD had a close relationship with pre-fire forest stand conditions and burn intensity.
Wang
Wen-Juan
WJ
Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, China. wenjuan969@163.com
Chang
Yu
Y
Liu
Zhi-Hua
ZH
Chen
Hong-Wei
HW
Jing
Guo-Zhi
GZ
Zhang
Hong-Xin
HX
Zhang
Chang-Meng
CM
D002681:China; D017753:Ecosystem; D005390:Fires; D012038:Regeneration; D014197:Trees / Q000502:physiology*; D014934:Wood / Q000032:analysis*