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- Title
Lifespan and mortality of old oaks - combining empirical and modelling approaches to support their management in Southern Sweden.
- Authors
Drobyshev, Igor; Niklasson, Mats; Linderson, Hans; Sonesson, Kerstin; Karlsson, Matts; Nilsson, Sven G.; Lanner, Jan
- Abstract
• Old oaks (Quercus robur L.) play an important role in the southern Scandinavian landscape by providing habitat for a wide range of species, a large proportion of them being currently on the National Redlists. • To provide support for the management of these trees, we review data on oak mortality and formulate a mortality-driven stochastic model analysing interactions between mortality rate, oak recruitment rate into 100-150 age class, and amount of oaks older than 200 years. • Empirical annual mortality rates varied between 0 and 13% with average 1.68%. Trees older 200 years had an average mortality rate of 1.1%. Oaks in the high density forests showed higher mortality (3.2%) as compared to the trees growing in the low density forests (1.2%). A 400-year long modelling exercises indicated that under current mortality rates (regular mortality being centred around 1% annually; and irregular mortality 7% with average return time of 13 years) the long-term maintenance of 20 trees older than 200 years per ha would require an input rate of 1 to 5 trees x year-1 x ha-1 into the 100-150 years old class. • The modelling highlighted the importance of initial oak abundance affecting amount of old trees at the end of shorter (100 years) simulation period.
- Subjects
SWEDEN; ENGLISH oak; PLANT life spans; TREE propagation; PLANT habitats; STOCHASTIC processes
- Publication
Annals of Forest Science (EDP Sciences), 2008, Vol 65, Issue 4, p404p1
- ISSN
1286-4560
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1051/forest:2008012