Early effects of crop tree management on undergrowth plant diversity and soil physicochemical properties in a Pinus massoniana plantation.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Soil and understory vegetation are vital components of forest ecosystems. Identifying the interaction of plantation management to vegetation and soil is crucial for developing sustainable plantation ecosystem management strategies. As one of the main measures of close-to-nature management of forest plantation, few studies have paid attention to the effect of crop tree management on the soil properties and understory vegetation.

Methods

A 36-year-old Pinus massoniana plantation in Huaying city, Sichuan Province was taken as the research object to analyse the changes in undergrowth plant diversity and soil physicochemical properties under three different crop tree densities (100, 150, and 200 N/ha).

Results

Our results showed that the contents of avail

SUBMITTER: Lyu Q 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8325914 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature