The dendrometric characteristics of oak woods in rural landscapes of the East Carpathians

IF 0.7 4区农林科学 Q3 FORESTRY

Baltic Forestry Pub Date : 2021-03-09 DOI:10.46490/BF336

T. Dudek, M. Korol, S. Havryliuk, V. Dychkevych, A. Bobiec

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Abstract

The dendrometric characteristics are functions of tree age and ecological growth conditions. On relatively small areas of homogeneous sites, the stand age structure and the phytosocial interaction between the trees are the major factors influencing the stand characteristics. We hypothesise that the correlation between the basic dendrometric variables and tree age can be used as a yardstick discriminating silvopastoral oak woods from silvicultural stands managed for timber. The tree age, diameter at breast height (DBH), and height (H) were determined in 14 silvopastoral oak woods in the East Carpathian region, which were compared to the respective forest inventory data of 31 silvicultural oak stands. The correlation between DBH, H and their ratio – the slenderness index (si) and age of oaks – were very weak and insignificant compared to the conspicuous age effect on the dendrometric features in the forestry-grown stands, which can be explained by a more complex development dynamics and spatial structure of silvopastoral woods. The study implies that the habitat conditions and processes related to traditional husbandry are better harmonised with the intrinsic oak ecological adaptations than modern silvicultural treatments. Therefore, we advise to promote the revival of silvopastoralism in the Carpathian region as a cost-efficient way of perpetuating the rural ‘oakscape’, an outstanding bio-cultural landscape asset. Keywords: slenderness index, height-diameter, oak, cultural landscape, agroforestry, cattle grazing, wood-pastures

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东喀尔巴阡山脉乡村景观中橡树的树木特征

树状特征是树龄和生态生长条件的函数。在相对较小的均质场地上，林分年龄结构和树木之间的植物社会相互作用是影响林分特征的主要因素。我们假设，基本的树木测量变量和树龄之间的相关性可以作为区分造林橡树林和为木材管理的造林林分的尺度。测定了东喀尔巴阡地区14个造林栎林的树龄、胸径（DBH）和高度（H），并与31个造林栎林分的森林存量数据进行了比较。DBH、H与其比值——长细指数（si）和橡树年龄——之间的相关性非常弱，与年龄对林分树木生长特征的显著影响相比微不足道，这可以用更复杂的森林牧业木材发展动态和空间结构来解释。该研究表明，与现代造林处理相比，与传统畜牧业相关的栖息地条件和过程更符合橡树固有的生态适应。因此，我们建议在喀尔巴阡山地区促进森林畜牧业的复兴，将其作为一种成本效益高的方式，使农村“橡树景观”永久化，这是一种杰出的生物文化景观资产。关键词：长细比指数，高径，橡木，人文景观，农林，放牧，木材牧场

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Baltic Forestry 农林科学-林学

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1.60

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>12 weeks

期刊介绍： The journal welcomes the original articles as well as short reports, review papers on forestry and forest science throughout the Baltic Sea region and elsewhere in the area of boreal and temperate forests. The Baltic Sea region is rather unique through its intrinsic environment and distinguished geographical and social conditions. A temperate climate, transitional and continental, has influenced formation of the mixed coniferous and deciduous stands of high productivity and biological diversity. The forest science has been affected by the ideas from both the East and West. In 1995, Forest Research Institutes and Universities from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania joined their efforts to publish BALTIC FORESTRY.