naa a22 4500 510762662 CHVBK 20180411083145.0 cr unu---uuuuu 180411e20130101xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11355-011-0178-8 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11355-011-0178-8 Shoyama Kikuko Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan aut Effects of thinning and excluding deer browsing on sapling establishment and growth in larch plantations [Elektronische Daten] [Kikuko Shoyama] Monoculture plantations with rapidly growing trees are often used for reforestation schemes on abandoned land. There is evidence that in some cases, reforestation facilitates forest succession toward natural species composition. However, the success of a scheme varies according to site conditions, and systematic investigations are required for adaptive management. Monoculture plantations were used to reforest abandoned pastures at the study site in Hokkaido, northern Japan. At the study site—a 40-year-old nonnative larch (Larix kaempferi) plantation—the effects of thinning and deer-browsing exclusion treatments on the demography of understory saplings were analyzed to achieve appropriate management planning for reforestation. After deer-browsing exclusion, saplings of various species became established, and species composition corresponded closely to that of a natural conifer-broadleaved mixed stand. Saplings of shade-tolerant species, such as Abies sachalinensis and Acer mono, were abundant. Thinning influenced the demography of saplings over an 8-year period and significantly affected the height growth rate of A. sachalinensis saplings, which show strong variations in response to varying light conditions. There were also negative effects of thinning, such as increased mortality and decreased height growth rate of broadleaved saplings, the growth of which was suppressed by facilitated growth of A. sachalinensis. Thus, treatments used for reforestation must take into account differences in demographic traits of tree species by including long-term monitoring. International Consortium of Landscape and Ecological Engineering and Springer, 2011 Reforestation nationallicence Adaptive management nationallicence Larch plantation nationallicence Conifer-broadleaved mixed forest nationallicence Abies sachalinensis nationallicence Species demography nationallicence Landscape and Ecological Engineering Springer Japan 9/1(2013-01-01), 77-87 1860-1871 9:1<77 2013 9 11355 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11355-011-0178-8 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11355-011-0178-8 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Shoyama Kikuko Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Landscape and Ecological Engineering Springer Japan 9/1(2013-01-01), 77-87 1860-1871 9:1<77 2013 9 11355 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer