The effect of shelterwood silvicultural method on the plant species diversity in a beech (Fagus orientalis Lipsky) forest in the north of Iran

Journal of Forest Science

Volumn 55, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 387-394

  Poorbabaei, H ^a   Poor Rostam, A ^a  

^a University of Guilan   (United States)

Author keywords

Beech forest; Plant diversity; Shelterwood method; Systematic random method

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; PLANTS (BOTANY);

BEECH FOREST; FAGUS ORIENTALIS LIPSKY; HERBACEOUS SPECIES; PLANT DIVERSITY; PLANT SPECIES DIVERSITY; RANDOM METHODS; SAMPLING PROCEDURES; SHELTERWOOD METHOD;

REFORESTATION;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECIDUOUS FOREST; REGENERATION; SAMPLING; SILVICULTURE; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

CUTTING; FAGUS; FORESTRY; PLANTS; RANDOM PROCESSES; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; IRAN; MIDDLE EAST;

FAGUS; FAGUS ORIENTALIS;

EID: 68949159774     PISSN: 12124834     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17221/40/2008-jfs     Document Type: Article

References (26)

1. ATLEGRIM O., SJOBERG K., 2004. Selective felling as a potential tool for maintaining biodiversity in managed forests. Conservation Biology, 13:1123-1133.
2. BATTLES J.J., SHLISKY A.J., BARRETT R.H., HEALD R.C., ALLEN-DIAZ B.H., 2001. The effects of forest management on plant species diversity in a Sierran conifer forest. Forest Ecology and Management, 146: 211-222.
3. BREDENKAMP G.J., 1986. Ecological profiles of potential bush encroacher species in the Manyeleti Game Reserve, South Africa. Journal of Botany, 52: 53-59.
4. BROCKWAY D.G., 1998. Forest plant diversity at local and landscape scales in the Cascade Mountains of southwestern Washington. Forest Ecology and Management, 109: 323-341.
5. DEAL L.R., 2001. The effects of partial cutting on forest plant communities of western hemlock - Sitka spruce stands in southeast Alaska. Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 31: 2067-2079.
6. DUFFY D.C., MEIER A.J., 1992. Do Appalachian herbaceous understories ever recover from clearcutting? Biological Conservation, 6:196-201.
7. ELLIOTT K.J., LOFTIS D.L., 1993. Vegetation diversity after logging in the southern Appalachians. Biological Conservation, 7: 220-221.
8. FORESTS AND RANGELANDS ORGANIZATION OF IRAN, 1994. Forestry plan of district No.6 of Shenrood. Natural Resources Department: 80. (In Persian)
9. FULS E.R., BREDENKAMP G.J., VAN R., THERON G.K., 1993. The physical environment and major plant communities of the Heilborn-Lindley-Earden-Villiers area, northern Orange Free State, South Africa. Journal of Botany, 59:345-359.
10. GILLIAM F.S., TURRILL N.L., ADAMS M.B., 1995. Herbaceous-layer and overstory species in clear-cut and mature central Appalachian hardwood forests. Ecological Applications, 5: 947-955.
11. HANNERZ M., HANELL B., 1997. Effects on the flora in Norway spruce forests following clearcutting and shelterwood cutting. Forest Ecology and Management, 90: 29-49.
12. KARIUKIM., KOOYMAN R.M., SMITH R.G.B., JOHNSON G.W., VANCLAY J.K., 2006. Regeneration changes in tree species abundance, diversity and structure in logged and unlogged subtropical rainforest over a 36-year period. Forest Ecology and Management, 236:162-176.
13. KINNEAR P.R., GRAY CO., 2001. SPSS for Windows made simple release 10 (translated by Akbar Fotouhi Ardakani). London, Psychology Press: 448. (In Persian)
14. KOOIJ M.S., BREDENKAMP G.J., THERON G.K., 1990. Classification of the vegetation of the Bland type in the North-Western Orange Free State, South Africa. Journal of Botany, 56: 306-318.
15. KREBS J.C., 1999. Ecological Methodology. New York, Harper and Row: 432.
16. LUDWIG J.A., REYNOLDS J.F., 1988. Statistical Ecology. New York, John Wiley and Sons: 337.
17. MAGURRAN A.E., 2004. Measuring Biological Diversity. London, Blackwell Publishing Company: 256.
18. MÜELLER-DOMBOIS, ELLENBERG H., 1974. Aims and Methods of Vegetation Ecology. New York, John Wiley and Sons: 547.
19. MÜLLER S.W., RUSTERHOLZ H.P., BAUR B., 2006. Effects of forestry practices on relict plant species on limestone cliffs in the northern Swiss Jura mountains. Forest Ecology and Management, 237: 227-236.
20. NAGAIKE T., KAMITANI T., NAKASHIZUKA T., 1999. The effect of shelterwood logging on the diversity of plant species in a beech (Fagus crenata) forest in Japan. Forest Ecology and Management, 118:161-171.
21. POORBABAEI H., RANJAVER A., 2008. Effect of shelter-wood silvicultural method on plant species diversity in beech {Fagus orientalis Lipsky) forests in Shafaroud, Guilan province. Iranian Journal of Forest and Poplar Research, 16: 61-73. (In Persian)
22. READER R.J., 1987. Loss of species from deciduous forest understorey immediately following selective tree harvesting. Biological Conservation, 42: 231-244.
23. SCHMIDT W., 2005. Herb layer species as indicators of biodiversity of managed and unmanaged beech forests. Forest Snow Landscape Resources, 79:111-125.
24. SELMANTS P.C., KNIGHT D.H., 2003. Understory plant species composition 30-50 years after clearcutting in southeastern Wyoming coniferous forests. Forest Ecology and Management, 185: 275-289.
25. TAYLOR A.H., QIN Z., 1989. Structure and composition of selectively cut and uncut Abies - Tsuga forest in Wolong natural reserve and implications for Panda conservation in China. Biological Conservation, 47: 83-108.
26. WILD J., NEUHAUSLOVA Z., SOFRON J., 2004. Changes of plant species composition in the Sumava spruce forests, SW Bohemia, since the 1970s. Forest Ecology and Management, 187:117-132.