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Spatial Distribution and Volume of Dead Wood in Unmanaged Caspian Beech ( |
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Beitollah Amanzadeh3  Khosro Sagheb-Talebi1  Bahman Sotoudeh Foumani2  Farhad Fadaie5  Jesús Julio Camarero4  | |
[1] Research Institute of Forests and Rangelands, Tehran 13185-116, Iran; E-Mail:;Young Researchers Club-Islamic Azad University-Rasht Branch, P.O. Box 1841, Rasht 41436-64965, Iran; E-Mail:;Research Center of Agriculture and Natural Resources of Guilan Province, Km 10 Tehran Highway, Rasht 3394-41635, Iran; E-Mail:;ARAID, Instituto Pirenaico de Ecología (CSIC), Avda. Montañana 1005, Apdo. 202, Zaragoza 50192, Spain; E-Mail:;Faculty of Natural Resources, University of Mazandaran, Pasdaran Street 47415, P.O. Box 416, Babolsar 41432-67973, Iran; E-Mail: | |
关键词:
beech;
dead wood;
Caspian forest;
nature-based forest management;
spatial-pattern analysis;
succession;
tree mortality;
uneven-aged forest;
unmanaged forests;
wood decay;
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DOI : 10.3390/f4040751 | |
来源: mdpi | |
【 摘 要 】
Unmanaged forests are remnants of natural ecosystems that provide a basis for close-to-nature silvicultural research and applications. These forests have high amounts of dead wood, and although this material is being increasingly studied, the diversity of dead wood in terms of different diameters, decay stages, and spatial distribution patterns is as important as its volume for understanding forest dynamics. Here, we study natural forests in northern Iran to investigate the spatial distribution, decay stages, and volume of dead wood in unmanaged temperate forests at different developmental stages. Three stem-mapped sampling plots (100 m × 100 m) were established in uneven-aged stands dominated by Caspian beech (
【 授权许可】
CC BY
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