Factorial analysis on forest canopy density restoration in the burned area of northern Great Xing'an Mountains, China

Abstract

The restoration of forest landscape has drawn much attention since the catastrophic fire took place on the northern slope of Great Xing'an Mountains in 1987. Forest canopy density, which has close relation to forest productivity, was selected as a key factor to find how much the forest quality was changed 13 years after fire, and how fire severity, regeneration way and terrain factors influenced the restoration of forest canopy density, based on forest inventory data in China, and using Kendall Bivariate Correlation Analysis, and Distances Correlation Analysis. The results showed that fire severity which was inversely correlated with forest canopy density grade was an initial factor among all that selected. Regeneration way which did not remarkably affect forest canopy density restoration in short period, may shorten the cycle of forest succession and promote the forest productivity of conophorium in the future. Among the three terrain factors, the effect of slope was the strongest, the position on slope was the second and the aspect was the last.

Keywords

Forest fire / Burned area / Productivity restoration / Forest canopy density / Factorial analysis / Kendall correlation analysis / S757 / S762 / A

References

[1] Bergeron Y., Brisson J. Fire regime in red pine stands at the northern limit of the speccies range [J]. Can. J. For. Res., 1990, 17: 129-137.

[2] Garren K.H. Effects of fire on vegetation of the Southeastern United states [J]. Botanical Reviesww, 1943, 9(3): 733-736.

[3] Gill A.M. Fire and Australian flora: a review [J]. Aust. For., 1975, 38: 1-25.

[4] Grogan P., Bruns T.D., Chapin F.S. Fire effects on ecosystem nitrogen cycling in a Californian bishop pine forest [J]. Oecologia, 2000, 122(4): 537-544.

[5] Kezhi Guan, Dajun Zhang Influences analysis of forest fire on Daxinganling Mountains on vegetation [J]. Chinese Journal of Environmental Science, 1989, 11(5): 82-88. (in Chinese)

[6] Fanhua Kong, Xiuzhen Li, Xugao Wang et al. Advance on Study of forest restoration in the burned blank Chinese Journal of Ecology, 2003, 22(2): 60-64. (in Chinese)

[7] Fengzhen Li, Hongyuan Zheng, Yuebo Lu Effects of catastrophic forest fire in the Great Xingan Mountains on soil microorganisms Chinese Journal of Ecology, 1988, 7: 60-62. (in Chinese)

[8] Guohua Liu, Baijie Fu Effects of global climate changes on forest ecosystem [J]. Journal of Natural Resources, 2001, 16(1): 71-78. (in Chinese)

[9] Juchun Luo Influence of forest fire disaster on forest ecosystem in Great Xing'anling [J]. Journal of Beijing Forestry University, 2002, 24(5/6): 101-107. (in Chinese)

[10] Nakagoshi N. Forest fire and management in pine forest ecosystem in Japan [J]. Hikobia, 2001, 13: 301-311.

[11] Pianka E. Disturbance, spatial heterogeneity, and biotic diversity: fire succession in arid Australia [J]. Res. Explor., 1992, 8: 352-371.

[12] Zehao Shen, Xinshi Zhang, Yixing Jin Gradient analysis of the influence of mountain topography on vegetation pattern [J]. Acta phytoecologica Sinica, 2000, 24(4): 430-435. (in Chinese)

[13] Turner M.G., Romme W.H., Gardner R.H. et al. Effects of fire size and pattern on early succession in Yellowtone National Park [J]. Ecologycal Monographs, 1997, 4(67): 411-433.

[14] Xugao Wang, Xiuzhen Li, Fanhua Kong, Yuehui Li, Binglu Shi, Zhenling Gao Model of vegetation restoration under natural regeneration and human interference in the burned area of northen Daxinganling [J]. Chinese Journal of Ecology, 2003, 22(5): 30-34. (in Chinese)

[15] Weaver H. Fire as an ecological factor in the southwestern ponderosa pine forest [J]. J. For., 1951, 49: 93-98.

[16] Duning Xiao, Dali Tao, Zhenbang Xu Impacts of an extraordinarily disastrous fire on forest resources and environment [J]. Chinese Journal of Ecology, 1988, 7: 5-9. (in Chinese)

[17] Huacheng Xu Da Hinggan Ling Mountains Forests in China [M], 1998 Beijing: Science Press 17-21.

[18] Shuchun Yang, Xintian Liu, Haibo Cao, Baoying Guo Vegetation change on burn blank in Daxing'anling forest area [J]. Journal of Northeast Forestry university, 1998, 26(1): 19-22. (in Chinese)

[19] Dachang Zhao Vegetations and their restoration after the disastrous fire in the Great Xingan Mountains [J]. Chinese Journal of Ecology, 1988, 7: 5-9. (in Chinese)

[20] Kuiyi Zhao, Wenfen Zhang, Yongxing Yang Zhao KY, Zhang WF, Zhou YW, Yang YX The impact on swamp and countermeasure of the fire in the Da Hinggan Mountains analysed by vegetation [C] Environmental influences and strategies of forest fire in Daxinganling Mountains, 1994 Beijing: Science Press 54 63 (in Chinese)

[21] Mei Zhou, Xinxiao Yu, Lin Feng, Linhe Wang, Pingshan Na Effects of permafrost and wetland in forests in Great Xing'an Mountain on ecology and environment [J]. Journal of Beijing Forestry University, 2003, 25(6): 91-93. (in Chinese)

[22] Youwu Zhou, Linheng Liang, Zhongwei Gu Zhao KY, Zhang WF, Zhou YW, Yang YX Changes of the Hydro-Thermal regime of frozen ground after the forest fire in the Northern part of the Da Hinggan Mountains [C] Environmental influences and strategies of forest fire in Daxinganling Mountains, 1994 Beijing: Science Press 25 35 (in Chinese)