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Gap formation and susceptible Abies trees to windthrow in the forests of Odaesan National Park

Journal of Ecology and Environment / Journal of Ecology and Environment, (P)2287-8327; (E)2288-1220
2015, v.38 no.2, pp.175-183
https://doi.org/10.5141/ecoenv.2015.019

Mina Jeon (epartment of Biological Sciences, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon 200-701, Korea)
Kyungeun Lee (National Institute of Ecology, Seocheon 325-813, Korea)
Mina, J. , & Kyungeun, L. (2015). Gap formation and susceptible Abies trees to windthrow in the forests of Odaesan National Park. Journal of Ecology and Environment, 38(2), 175-183, https://doi.org/10.5141/ecoenv.2015.019

Abstract

Extremely strong winds and heavy rainfall caused canopy gaps in a mixed Abies holophylla broadleaf forest and a Quercus mongolica-dominated forest in Odaesan National Park, Korea in October 2006. The impact of the combination of strong winds and torrential rain on the development of forest gaps and canopy structures were investigated. The mean size of newly created gaps were 205 m2 in the mixed forest and 86 m2 in the Quercus forest, and were created by 2.8 and 1.4 gap-maker trees, respectively. Among the 73 trees lost in the mixed forest, 59% succumbed because of direct wind damage while 41% were struck by neighboring trees that fell into them. Most of these trees downed by wind were uprooted (74%), while the trees downed by neighboring tree falls snapped (78%). 21 trees in the Quercus forest died from direct wind dam¬age, and 57% of them were uprooted. Although the relative density of Abies nephrolepis and A. holophylla represented only 0.2% and 6.4%, respectively, of all species in the intact mixed forest, they accounted for 27% and 15%, respectively, of all trees affected by wind on that site. In fact, 85% of the total A. nephrolepis and 91% of the total A. holophylla in the mixed forest fell directly due to strong wind. By contrast, only one Abies species, A. nephrolepis, was found in the Quercus-dominated forest, and it accounted for 7.3% of the species composition. These findings suggest that A. nephrolepis and A. holophylla are particularly susceptible to high winds because of their great heights and shallow root systems.

keywords
Abies holophylla, Abies nephrolepis, forest gap, tree fall, susceptibility, windthrow

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