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- Title
Formation causes of wind damage to Robinia pseudoacacia plantation in Yellow River Delta.
- Authors
CAO Bang-hua; ZHANG Yu-juan; MAO Pei-li; LI Cheng-bo
- Abstract
Based on the investigation of the gale-caused damage to the Robinia pseudoacacia plantation in the Yellow River Delta in June-July 2010, this paper measured the morphological indexes and root system characteristics of fallen trees, gap sizes, and soil compactness, aimed to analyze the formation causes of the wind damage to the plantation. Wind-falling was the main form of the wind damage to the R. pseudoacacia plantation, and the damage was more serious for the trees with the diameter at breast height of 15-20 cm. For the fallen trees, their tree height and their crown width, height, and taper degree increased significantly with the increase of the diameter at breast height, while the height under branch, the ratio of crown width to height, and the ratio of the height under branch to tree height showed no significant change. With the increase of diameter class, root length had a rapid increase first but a slow increase then, while root mass increased gradually. With increasing forest gap area, the number of fallen trees decreased after an initial increase, being the maximum in the gap areas of 100-150 m2. Soil compactness increased with soil depth, but did not show significant changes with the stand diameter class. Increased tree shape factors and suppressed root growth resulting from the increased diameter could be the main factors causing wind-falling, and forest gap played a promotion role.
- Subjects
YELLOW River Delta (China); CHINA; WIND damage; BLACK locust; PLANTATIONS; APPLIED ecology; SOIL compaction; FORESTS &; forestry
- Publication
Chinese Journal of Applied Ecology / Yingyong Shengtai Xuebao, 2012, Vol 23, Issue 8, p2049
- ISSN
1001-9332
- Publication type
Article