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Harvest Intensity Impacts Nutrient Status and Young Stand Development in Latvian Hemiboreal Forest
This study aimed to compare the effects of whole-tree and stem-only harvesting in hemiboreal forests in Latvia. Chemistry of soil solution, precipitation, litter and needles, as well as tree parameters in regenerated stands were measured from 2012 to 2021 in oligotrophic and mesotrophic Scots pine sites with mineral soils and a eutrophic Norway spruce site with drained peat soil. Compared to the undisturbed control, the soil solution pH was significantly lower and N-NO3− and K+ concentrations were significantly higher after stem-only harvesting at the oligotrophic site, stem-only and whole-tree harvesting at the mesotrophic site and whole-tree harvesting at the eutrophic site. The height growth of the regenerated stands in all sites was similar for both harvesting methods six years after planting. More slender trees were observed after whole-tree harvesting than after stem-only harvesting at the eutrophic site. Whole-tree harvesting produced significant negative short-term effects on height growth in the oligotrophic site four to six years after harvest. The nutrient levels of needles differed with harvest intensity but did not indicate insufficient nutrient availability with any type of harvesting.
Harvest Intensity Impacts Nutrient Status and Young Stand Development in Latvian Hemiboreal Forest
This study aimed to compare the effects of whole-tree and stem-only harvesting in hemiboreal forests in Latvia. Chemistry of soil solution, precipitation, litter and needles, as well as tree parameters in regenerated stands were measured from 2012 to 2021 in oligotrophic and mesotrophic Scots pine sites with mineral soils and a eutrophic Norway spruce site with drained peat soil. Compared to the undisturbed control, the soil solution pH was significantly lower and N-NO3− and K+ concentrations were significantly higher after stem-only harvesting at the oligotrophic site, stem-only and whole-tree harvesting at the mesotrophic site and whole-tree harvesting at the eutrophic site. The height growth of the regenerated stands in all sites was similar for both harvesting methods six years after planting. More slender trees were observed after whole-tree harvesting than after stem-only harvesting at the eutrophic site. Whole-tree harvesting produced significant negative short-term effects on height growth in the oligotrophic site four to six years after harvest. The nutrient levels of needles differed with harvest intensity but did not indicate insufficient nutrient availability with any type of harvesting.
Harvest Intensity Impacts Nutrient Status and Young Stand Development in Latvian Hemiboreal Forest
Ivars Klavins (author) / Arta Bardule (author) / Zane Klavina (author) / Zane Libiete (author)
2023
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