{"title":"整地对苏格兰松和安纳托利亚黑松纯林分早期幼苗动态和生长性能的影响","authors":"Yetkin Usta","doi":"10.1016/j.foreco.2025.122834","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Site preparation is a silvicultural tool used in the first stage of natural regeneration for Scots pine and Anatolian black pine stands. It is a key factor in determining the success of regeneration. Silvicultural site preparation is an expensive and time-consuming investment with various environmental impacts. Therefore, understanding the effects of different site preparation techniques on seedling dynamics and performance is essential for selecting the proper technique. The objective of this study was to analyze and compare the effects of mechanical and prescribed fire site preparation techniques on early stage seedling density, growth, and survival. To investigate, experimental plots were established in regeneration stands where the shelterwood method was applied. In each experimental plot, mechanical site preparation, prescribed fire, and unburned areas within fire plots were tested as factors over two or three growing seasons. The results of this study indicated that different site preparation techniques affected Scots pine and Anatolian black pine seedling density and survival. These effects changed over time according to the site conditions and the specific dynamics of the factors. Generally, seedlings in the prescribed fire plots showed better growth and development than those in the mechanical site preparation plots. In the unburned plots, seedlings showed growth and development identical to those in the prescribed fire plots during the first growing season and similar to those in the mechanical site preparation plots in subsequent seasons. Our preliminary findings indicate that prescribed fire can be used as an alternative to mechanical site preparation for natural regeneration.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":12350,"journal":{"name":"Forest Ecology and Management","volume":"591 ","pages":"Article 122834"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7000,"publicationDate":"2025-05-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":"{\"title\":\"Effects of site preparation on early stage seedling dynamics and performance in pure Scots pine and Anatolian black pine stands\",\"authors\":\"Yetkin Usta\",\"doi\":\"10.1016/j.foreco.2025.122834\",\"DOIUrl\":null,\"url\":null,\"abstract\":\"<div><div>Site preparation is a silvicultural tool used in the first stage of natural regeneration for Scots pine and Anatolian black pine stands. It is a key factor in determining the success of regeneration. Silvicultural site preparation is an expensive and time-consuming investment with various environmental impacts. Therefore, understanding the effects of different site preparation techniques on seedling dynamics and performance is essential for selecting the proper technique. The objective of this study was to analyze and compare the effects of mechanical and prescribed fire site preparation techniques on early stage seedling density, growth, and survival. To investigate, experimental plots were established in regeneration stands where the shelterwood method was applied. In each experimental plot, mechanical site preparation, prescribed fire, and unburned areas within fire plots were tested as factors over two or three growing seasons. The results of this study indicated that different site preparation techniques affected Scots pine and Anatolian black pine seedling density and survival. These effects changed over time according to the site conditions and the specific dynamics of the factors. Generally, seedlings in the prescribed fire plots showed better growth and development than those in the mechanical site preparation plots. In the unburned plots, seedlings showed growth and development identical to those in the prescribed fire plots during the first growing season and similar to those in the mechanical site preparation plots in subsequent seasons. 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Effects of site preparation on early stage seedling dynamics and performance in pure Scots pine and Anatolian black pine stands
Site preparation is a silvicultural tool used in the first stage of natural regeneration for Scots pine and Anatolian black pine stands. It is a key factor in determining the success of regeneration. Silvicultural site preparation is an expensive and time-consuming investment with various environmental impacts. Therefore, understanding the effects of different site preparation techniques on seedling dynamics and performance is essential for selecting the proper technique. The objective of this study was to analyze and compare the effects of mechanical and prescribed fire site preparation techniques on early stage seedling density, growth, and survival. To investigate, experimental plots were established in regeneration stands where the shelterwood method was applied. In each experimental plot, mechanical site preparation, prescribed fire, and unburned areas within fire plots were tested as factors over two or three growing seasons. The results of this study indicated that different site preparation techniques affected Scots pine and Anatolian black pine seedling density and survival. These effects changed over time according to the site conditions and the specific dynamics of the factors. Generally, seedlings in the prescribed fire plots showed better growth and development than those in the mechanical site preparation plots. In the unburned plots, seedlings showed growth and development identical to those in the prescribed fire plots during the first growing season and similar to those in the mechanical site preparation plots in subsequent seasons. Our preliminary findings indicate that prescribed fire can be used as an alternative to mechanical site preparation for natural regeneration.
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