Coarse woody debris mass dynamics in temperate natural forests of Mt. Jumbong, Korea

2011 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 115-125 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tae-Kyung Yoon ◽  
Haeg-Eun Chung ◽  
Rae-Hyun Kim ◽  
Nam-Jin Noh ◽  
Kyung-Won Seo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Coarse Woody Debris ◽  
Woody Debris ◽  
Natural Forests

scholarly journals Resources of dead wood in the municipal forests in Warsaw

2015 ◽  
Vol 76 (4) ◽  
pp. 322-330 ◽  
Author(s):  
Konrad Skwarek ◽  
Szymon Bijak
Keyword(s):  
National Parks ◽  
Coarse Woody Debris ◽  
Forest Ecosystems ◽  
Dead Wood ◽  
Woody Debris ◽  
Forest Site ◽  
Natural Forests ◽  
Dead Trees ◽  
Standing Dead ◽  
High Degree

Abstract Dead wood plays an important role for the biodiversity of forest ecosystems and influences their proper development. This study assessed the amount of coarse woody debris in municipal forests in Warsaw (central Poland). Based on the forest site type, dominant tree species and age class, we stratified all complexes of the Warsaw urban forests in order to allocate 55 sample plots. For these plots, we determined the volume of dead wood including standing dead trees, coarse woody debris and broken branches as well as uprooted trees. We calculated the amount of dead wood in the distinguished site-species-age layers and for individual complexes. The volume of dead matter in municipal forests in Warsaw amounted to 38,761 m3, i.e. 13.7 m3/ha. The obtained results correspond to the current regulations concerning the amount of dead organic matter to be left in forests. Only in the Las Bielański complex (northern Warsaw) volume of dead wood is comparable to the level observed in Polish national parks or nature reserves, which is still far lower than the values found for natural forests. In general, municipal forests in Warsaw stand out positively in terms of dead wood quantity and a high degree of variation in the forms and dimensions of dead wood.

scholarly journals Patterns of mass, carbon and nitrogen in coarse woody debris in five natural forests in southern China

2014 ◽  
Vol 71 (5) ◽  
pp. 585-594 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jianfen Guo ◽  
Guangshui Chen ◽  
Jinsheng Xie ◽  
Zhijie Yang ◽  
Yusheng Yang
Keyword(s):  
Coarse Woody Debris ◽  
Southern China ◽  
Woody Debris ◽  
Natural Forests ◽  
Carbon And Nitrogen

Biodiversity implications of changes in the quantity of dead organic matter in managed forests

1996 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 238-265 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Freedman ◽  
V. Zelazny ◽  
D. Beaudette ◽  
T. Fleming ◽  
G. Johnson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Organic Matter ◽  
Protected Areas ◽  
Coarse Woody Debris ◽  
Woody Debris ◽  
Indigenous Species ◽  
Managed Forests ◽  
Natural Forests ◽  
Critical Habitat ◽  
Dead Organic Matter ◽  
Wide Range

Dead organic matter is an important structural and functional element in natural forests, but its quantity, quality, and spatial distribution are greatly modified by intensive harvesting and management through forestry. From the perspective of conflicts with biodiversity, the most important changes are associated with reductions in the abundance of snags, cavity trees, and coarse-woody debris, all of which are well known as critical habitat elements for a wide range of indigenous species. Changes in the depth and quality of the forest floor of managed stands are also important for some species and guilds of wildlife. Resolution of this conflict between forestry and biodiversity will require the design and implementation of management systems that accommodate the critical habitat qualities associated with dead organic matter, particularly with large-dimension deadwood and cavities. This goal may be most effectively achieved by an integrated strategy that involves (i) basing forest-management planning on shifting-mosaic habitat models of stand harvesting and replacement, designed to ensure a continuous availability of sufficient areas of stands old enough to sustain habitat features associated with dead organic matter, along with (ii) the provision of protected areas of mature and older growth forest, associated with riparian buffers, deer yards, and nonharvested ecological reserves and other kinds of protected areas. The protected areas are necessary to accommodate those elements of biodiversity that cannot tolerate the conditions of managed stands.Key words: biodiversity, managed forests, plantations, old-growth forests, coarse-woody debris, cavity trees, snags.

Coarse woody debris in old Pinus sylvestris dominated forests along a geographic and human impact gradient in boreal Fennoscandia

2002 ◽  
Vol 32 (12) ◽  
pp. 2184-2200 ◽  
Author(s):  
S Rouvinen ◽  
T Kuuluvainen ◽  
L Karjalainen
Keyword(s):  
Pinus Sylvestris ◽  
Human Impact ◽  
Coarse Woody Debris ◽  
Woody Debris ◽  
Natural Forests ◽  
Dead Trees ◽  
History Of ◽  
Geographic Regions ◽  
Forest Utilization ◽  
Natural Stands

Coarse woody debris (CWD) was studied in old Pinus sylvestris L. dominated forests in three geographic regions in the middle boreal vegetation zone: (i) in Häme in southwestern Finland, characterized by a long history of forest utilization, (ii) in Kuhmo in northeastern Finland, with a more recent history of forest utilization, and (iii) in the Vienansalo wilderness area in northwestern Russia, characterized by large areas of almost natural forest. Within the geographic regions the measured 0.2-ha plots were divided into three stand types according to the degree of human impact: (i) natural stands, (ii) selectively logged stands, and (iii) managed stands. The results showed that compared with natural forests, forest management has strongly reduced both the amount and diversity of CWD. The highest total CWD volumes were found in the natural stands in Häme (mean 67 m3·ha–1) and Kuhmo (92 m3·ha–1) and in the selective logged stands in Vienansalo (80 m3·ha–1), while the lowest CWD volumes were found in the managed stands in Häme (7 m3·ha–1) and Kuhmo (22 m3·ha–1). The duration of forest utilization also plays a role, as forests with short management histories (Kuhmo region) still carried structural legacies from earlier more natural stages of the forest. In addition to lower total CWD volumes, managed stands also largely lacked certain dead wood characteristics, particularly large dead trees and standing dead trees with structural diversity characteristics (such as stem breakage, leaning stems, and fire scars) when compared with natural and selectively logged stands. The CWD characteristics of stands selectively logged in the past were often comparable with those of natural stands, suggesting that old selectively logged stands can be of high value from the nature conservation point of view.

Decay classes of coarse woody debris in a lowland Dipterocarp forest: implications for volume, density, and carbon estimates

Biotropica ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ekaterina Shorohova ◽  
Ekaterina Kapitsa ◽  
Andrey Kuznetsov ◽  
Svetlana Kuznetsova ◽  
Valentin Lopes de Gerenuy ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Coarse Woody Debris ◽  
Woody Debris ◽  
Volume Density ◽  
Dipterocarp Forest ◽  
Lowland Dipterocarp Forest

scholarly journals Forest stand structure and coarse woody debris determine the biodiversity of beetle communities in Mediterranean mountain beech forests

2021 ◽  
pp. e01637
Author(s):  
Francesco Parisi ◽  
Michele Innangi ◽  
Roberto Tognetti ◽  
Fabio Lombardi ◽  
Gherardo Chirici ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Coarse Woody Debris ◽  
Stand Structure ◽  
Woody Debris ◽  
Forest Stand ◽  
Beech Forests ◽  
Forest Stand Structure

scholarly journals Assessing Coarse Woody Debris Nutrient Dynamics in Managed Northern Hardwood Forests Using a Matrix Transition Model

Ecosystems ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 541-554
Author(s):  
Adam Gorgolewski ◽  
Philip Rudz ◽  
Trevor Jones ◽  
Nathan Basiliko ◽  
John Caspersen
Keyword(s):  
Coarse Woody Debris ◽  
Nutrient Dynamics ◽  
Woody Debris ◽  
Hardwood Forests ◽  
Transition Model ◽  
Northern Hardwood Forests ◽  
Northern Hardwood
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