Clarifying the factors affecting Larix gmelinii forest regeneration based on structural equation model

doi:10.13287/j.1001-9332.202108.010

Abstract

Abstract: Based on data from 49 plots of natural Larix gmelinii forests in Cuigang Forest Farm of Xinlin Forestry Bureau, Daxing’anling Mountains, China, we used 37 measurable variables that mainly focused on stand non-spatial structure, stand spatial structure, species diversity, soil condition, and site condition to construct the structural equation model of natural regeneration densities and size diversities (i.e., height and ground-diameter). The direct, indirect, and total influence coefficients of each path were quantified to extract the critical and controllable factors that influence regeneration density and diversity of natural L. gmelinii forests, which would help implement sustainable forest management. The results showed that the effects of various latent variables on rege-neration density were following an order as: stand non-spatial structure (-0.410) > species diversity (0.380) > soil condition (0.250) > site condition (0.249) > stand spatial structure (0.197), while the order were changed as: soil condition (0.778) > site condition (0.748) > stand spatial structure (0.684) > stand non-spatial structure (0.287) > forest diversity (0.105), when evaluated on the regeneration diversity. Generally, the critical and controllable factors affecting rege-neration quantity and diversity were soil pH, total potassium concentration, species diversity, tree height diversity, uniform angle index and stand volume per hectare. In the management, suitable thinning treatments or replanting broadleaved trees were recommended for optimizing and adjusting species composition, species diversity, soil pH and nutrition, which would promote natural regene-ration.

Key words: regeneration, influence factor, structural equation model, path coefficient, Larix gmelinii

DONG Ling-bo, TIAN Dong-yuan, CHEN Ying, LIU Zhao-gang. Clarifying the factors affecting Larix gmelinii forest regeneration based on structural equation model[J]. Chinese Journal of Applied Ecology, 2021, 32(8): 2763-2772.

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