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Spatial pattern and association of tree species in a mixed Abies holophylla-broadleaved deciduous forest in Odaesan National Park

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The mixed Abies holophylla-broadleaved deciduous forest is mature relative to other forest types in the midland of South Korea. The spatial distribution patterns of eight dominant canopy tree species were analyzed using Ripley’s K function. This study was conducted to clarify interspecific and intraspecific associations among growth stages and to interpret the coexistence mechanism among such species, by extension, to forecast their future. Disturbance-driven site heterogeneity has spatially separated disturbance-resistant Magnolia sieboldii from the other seven species. Spatial distribution of other species is affected by dispersal mechanisms and interspecific and intraspecific competition. These species were classified into three groups. The first group, composed of A. holophylla, Tilia amurensis, Acer pseudo-sieboldianum, and Quercus mongolica, was the most dominant and intraspecifically affinitive. Additionally, it seemed that they were established before the others. Q. mongolica and T. amurensis are poorly resistant to shade and are likely to be crowded out. In contrast, the other two species may continue, as they are highly resistant to shade and have high reproductivity. The second group was composed of Carpinus cordata, Acer tegmentosum, and Acer mono, i.e., late-successional species that wait for chances with shade tolerance and high reproductivity. These species are expected to occupy much of the Q. mongolica and T. amurensis space. M. sieboldii, i.e., the third group, were negatively related with other species and have dominated the valleys where intense disturbances are repeated. Understories have poor reproductivity, but a stationary population is expected to be maintained if canopy gaps are created by occasional disturbances.

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  1. Department of Biological Sciences, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, 200-701, Korea

    Kyungeun Lee, Soyoung Kim & Yeonsook Choung

  2. Entop Engineering Co., Ltd., 224-5 Daerung Techno Town 15-cha, Gwanyang-dong, Anyang, Gyeonggi-do, Korea

    Youngseob Shin

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Lee, K., Kim, S., Shin, Y. et al. Spatial pattern and association of tree species in a mixed Abies holophylla-broadleaved deciduous forest in Odaesan National Park. J. Plant Biol. 55, 242–250 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12374-011-0338-2

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