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Medientyp:
E-Artikel
Titel:
Vegetation management on grass-dominated clearcuts planted with Norway spruce in southern Sweden
Beteiligte:
Nilsson, Urban;
Örlander, Göran
Erschienen:
Canadian Science Publishing, 1999
Erschienen in:Canadian Journal of Forest Research
Sprache:
Englisch
DOI:
10.1139/x99-071
ISSN:
0045-5067;
1208-6037
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Beschreibung:
<jats:p> A field experiment was established between 1989 and 1993 to study the effects of competing vegetation on growth of planted Norway spruce (Picea abies (L.) Karst.) seedlings. Effects of clearcut age, scarification (mounding), herbicide treatment, and seedling stock type were investigated 5 years after planting. On fresh clearcuts, amounts of vegetation were negligible, whereas 2.1-3.7 Mg·ha<jats:sup>-1</jats:sup> was found on 4-year-old and older clearcuts. Soil temperatures were about 10% higher in mounds than in undisturbed ground, while herbicide and clearcut age only marginally affected soil temperatures. Seedlings planted on old clearcuts showed significant reductions in growth due to interference from vegetation. Five years after planting, the reduction in growth corresponded to about 1 year's growth. Most of the interaction between seedlings and vegetation occurred during the first 2 years after planting. Thus, scarification was just as effective as repeated herbicide treatments in reducing competition from vegetation. Differences in periods of drought between years could largely explain variation in leading shoot length. However, leading shoot length was affected in the same way irrespective of vegetation control treatments. Five years after planting, the relative differences in diameter between bare-root and containerized seedlings were the same as at the time of planting. </jats:p>