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A note on the dynamics of montane virginPicea yezoensis forest in the Greater Khingan Mts, Northeastern China

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The vertical growth ofLarix gmelini in the north of the Greater Khingan Mts., north-eastern China is very fast during the first 50 yr. ThoughPinus sylvestris var.mongolica shows a higher growth rate, it will be replaced by the larch population.Picea jezoensis is the most tolerant tree species and will replace all other trees.

The fire cycle is 110–120 yr. Most of the montane areas from 800 to 1000 m a.s.l. are not occupied by spruce forest.

There is a sapling bank with large numbers of saplings at ages below 20 yr in the understory in the spruce forest. The sapling bank is the key to maintain the steady state of the spruce forest. The persistent sapling bank in the life history of spruce governs the dynamics of the spruce forest controlled by the intensity and frequency of disturbances.

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    Wu Hong-qi

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Hong-qi, W. A note on the dynamics of montane virginPicea yezoensis forest in the Greater Khingan Mts, Northeastern China. Vegetatio 86, 21–24 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00045132

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