间伐强度对黄桥林区辽东栎林结实规律的影响

为了阐明抚育间伐强度对辽东栎林结实规律的影响,以黄土高原南部黄龙山和桥山林区辽东栎中龄林为研究对象,对不同间伐强度(对照、10%、20%、30%)近自然经营抚育间伐5年后的林分密度与结实母树比例、平均单株结实与单位面积林分总结实量、种子在树冠上空间分布特征及种子特征等进行调查分析.结果表明: 辽东栎林结实母树的比例、平均单株结实量及发育种子比例均随着间伐强度的增大而增大,表现为30%>20%>10%>对照;而单位面积林分总结实量在20%强度间伐时达到最大,表现为20%>30%>对照>10%.从辽东栎种子在树冠上的空间分布来看,73.6%的种子集中分布于树冠上层,26.4%分布于下层.树冠阳面结实量占总结实量的65.8%,树冠阴面仅占34.2%,间伐强度对树冠下层、阴面结实量的提升幅度分别大于树冠上层和阳面.辽东栎种子的长径、短径及千粒重均随间伐强度的增大而增大,在30%间伐强度时达到最大.10%强度间伐对辽东栎林结实影响不显著,间伐强度达到20%时,才能显著提高辽东栎种子的数量和品质,继续提高间伐强度到30%时,并不能有效提高其结实,而其林分总结实量却下降.建议在对该林区进行抚育间伐时,应选择20%的间伐强度(保留郁闭度0.7),可有效提高辽东栎种群的结实量和品质.

Effect of thinning intensities on fruiting regularities of Quercus liaotungensis forests in Huang-long and Qiaoshan mountains.

In order to clarify the impact of thinning intensities on fruiting regularity of Quercus liaotungensis forests, we took the Q. liaotungensis half-mature forests in Huanglong and Qiaoshan mountains on south of the Loess Plateau as the object of study, which were under close-to-natural management of different thinning intensities (CK, 10%, 20% and 30%). An analysis was made on stand density and percent of seed trees, seed number of sample tree and unit area, seed spatial distributions, seed characteristics of the Q. liaotungensis forests after 5 years of thinning. The results showed that, percent of seed trees, seed number per sample tree and percent of developed seeds of Q. liaotungensis forests increased with the increasing intensity, and showed a pattern of 30%>20%>10%>CK. Seed number per area reached the maximum number under 20% thinning, and showed a pattern of 20%>30%>CK>10%. From the seed spatial distribution in the canopy, the upper accounted for 73.6%, while the lower had 26.4%. The sunny side of canopy layer set relatively the most fruits of 65.8%, shady side only had 34.2%. Under thinning, further improving was geater under lower canopy than under upper canopy and so was on shady side than on sunny side. The seed long diameter, seed short diameter and 1000-seed mass of Q. liaotungensis forests increased with the increasing intensity, which reached the maximum under 30% thinning. 10% thinning did not significantly impact Q. liaotungensis fruiting, the thinning intensity of 20% was most conducive to the seed quantity and quality improvement of Q. liaotungensis, while the thinning intensity of 30% did not improve the fruiting, and lowered the total number of seeds. It was proposed that 20% thinning should be chosen (canopy density of 0.7) to effectively improve fruiting and quality of Q. liaotungensis.