2010 western mensurationists meeting response of crown and canopy structure to stand density regime...
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2010 Western Mensurationists Meeting
Response of crown and canopy structure to stand density regime in western
conifers
Doug Maguire Giustina Professor of Forest Management Director, Center for Intensive Planted-forest SilvicultureCollege of ForestryOregon State University
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Topics
Crown and canopy structure of western conifers
Crown structure
Spacing effects on crown structure– Pringle Butte lodgepole-ponderosa pine
mixed species spacing trials– Lookout Mountain ponderosa pine-
grand fir mixed species spacing trials
Other silvicultural influences
Needs and directions
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Topics
Crown and canopy structure of western conifers
Crown structureSpacing effects on crown structure– Pringle Butte lodgepole-ponderosa pine
mixed species spacing trials– Lookout Mountain ponderosa pine-
grand fir mixed species spacing trials
Other silvicultural influences
Needs and directions
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Why crown structure ?
Crown and canopy structure of western conifers
Crown size drives growth and vigor
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Why crown structure ?
Crown and canopy structure of western conifers
Crown size and its aggregate as canopy structure is key element in wildlife habitat (structural diversity) Crown area profile
height
Crown area
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Why crown structure ?
Crown and canopy structure of western conifers
Crown size influences wood quality (branch size, crown wood core, microanatomy )?
Josza and Middleton 1994
Branch diameter
Crown wood core
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Why crown structure ?
Crown and canopy structure of western conifers
Crowns ARE the tree-atmosphere interface (gas and heat exchange, light interception) z
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Why crown structure ?
Crown and canopy structure of western conifers
Crowns represent potentially utilizable biomass (biofuel feedstock)
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Why crown structure ?
Crown and canopy structure of western conifers
Crown structure influences fire behavior
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Crown length?
Resolution of crown structure for differing objectives
What level of detail do we need for the purpose at hand?
(Crown ratio)
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Crown length and
crown width?
Resolution of crown structure for differing objectives
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Crown length and crown width and
biomass?
Resolution of crown structure for differing objectives
(leaf, branch, . . .)
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First-order (primary) branches?
Resolution of crown structure for differing objectives
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Branches of all orders with detailed spatial information?
Resolution of crown structure for differing objectives
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Spatial structure of all branches and leaves, or all structural modules?
Resolution of crown structure for differing objectives
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Resolution of crown structure for differing objectives
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Resolution of crown structure for differing objectives
As with any model, the objective or question dictates the appropriate
level of detail
For given objective and level of detail, does silviculture influence crown structure?
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Topics
Crown and canopy structure of western conifers
Crown structure
Spacing effects on crown structure–Pringle Butte lodgepole-ponderosa pine
mixed species spacing trials–Lookout Mountain ponderosa pine-
grand fir mixed species spacing trials
Other silvicultural influences
Needs and directions
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Pringle Butte and Lookout Mountain mixed species spacing trials
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Pringle Butte and Lookout Mountain mixed species spacing trials
6.5 miles
Lookout Mountain
Pringle Butte
Wickiup Reservoir
Crane Prairie Reservoir
La Pine
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Pringle Butte ponderosa pine x lodgepole pine spacing trial
• Five initial spacings: 6, 9, 12, 15, 18 ft• Three species mixes:
• pure PP• pure LP • 50:50 mix PP/LP
• Planted in 1967• PP/bitterbrush/snowbrush/sedge plant association• Site index approximately 60 ft at 50 years• Elevation ~ 4600 ft• Annual precipitation ~24 inches
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Pringle Butte ponderosa pine x lodgepole pine spacing trial
18 x 18 ft
6 x 6 ft
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Lookout Mountain ponderosa pine x grand fir spacing trial
• Three initial spacings: 6, 12, 18 ft• Three species mixes:
• pure PP• pure GF • 50:50 mix PP/GF
• Planted in 1974• Mixed conifer/snowbrush/chinkapin plant association• Site index approximately 90 ft at 50 years• Elevation ~ 5100 ft• Annual precipitation ~39 inches
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Lookout Mountain ponderosa pine x grand fir spacing trial
18 x 18 ft
6 x 6 ft
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Mixed species spacing trials
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Measurement schedule
Pringle Falls
Lookout Mountain
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Mixed species spacing trialsGarber and Maguire 2004 Forest Science
Standing volume ~proportional to initial spacing
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Mixed species spacing trials
Periodic annual increment starting to level out across spacings
15-20 yrs
20-25 yrs
25-34 yrs
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Mixed species spacing trials
Interaction of spacing and species composition on relative height development.
LP
PP
PP
GF
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Vs.
Mixed species spacing trials
Implications for canopy structure, ladder fuels, spatial variation in crown bulk density.
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Intensive crown sampling
Sean Garber M.S. Thesis
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Meticulous lab analysis of branches
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Mixed species spacing trials
Relative amount of foliage
Shift in relative foliage and branch distribution among different initial spacings influence spatial pattern in crown bulk density
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Pringle Butte ponderosa pine x lodgepole pine spacing trial
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Pringle Butte ponderosa pine x lodgepole pine spacing trial
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3 6 9 12 15 18 210
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Foliage bulk density by spacing
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Pringle Butte ponderosa pine x lodgepole pine spacing trial
LP
PP
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3 6 9 12 15 18 210
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Spacing (ft)
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Pringle Butte ponderosa pine x lodgepole pine spacing trial
LP
PP
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3 6 9 12 15 18 210
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Spacing (ft)
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LP
PP
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Vs.
Spacing effects on crown recession
More rapid recession at closer spacings implies:- Loss of biomass- Accumulation of fuel
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Plantation age (years)
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Three initial spacings Three thinning intensities
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Lookout Mountain
Pringle Butte
Total height
Height to crown base
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Ponderosa pine simulations based on initial conditions at Pringle & Lookout
Three initial spacings grown out 100 years:
6-ft12-ft18-ft
Thinning at years 25, 50 and 75, and all grown out 100 years:
Residual SDI(% of max):
55%41%27%
TPH
SDI
DBH
HT
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Ponderosa pine simulations based on initial conditions at Pringle & Lookout
Number of branches
Branch necromass
Branch diameter
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Stand age (years)
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Annual branch mortality for ponderosa pine under different initial spacings
Spacing effects through:- Time to crown closure- Rate of height growth after closure
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Plantation age (years)
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Annual branch mortality for ponderosa pine under different initial spacings
Site quality effect through rate of height growth rate of crown rise
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Plantation age (years)
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Annual branch mortality for ponderosa pine under different thinning regimes
Thinning effect through temporary arrest of crown rise
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Lookout Mountain Pringle Butte
5.5-m spacing
1.8-m spacing
5.5-m spacing
1.8-m spacing
Branch (suppression + tree mortality)Branch (suppression mortality)
Branch + bole mortality
Branch suppression mortality
Branches from tree mortality
Boles from tree mortality
Total cumulative necromass under different initial spacings (Mg/ha)
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Branch + bole mortality
Lookout Mountain Pringle FallsLight thinning
Heavy thinning
Light thinning
Heavy thinning
Branch suppression mortality
Branches from tree mortality
Boles from tree mortality
Total cumulative necromass under different thinning regimes (Mg/ha)
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Topics
Crown and canopy structure of western conifers
Crown structure
Spacing effects on crown structure– Pringle Butte lodgepole-ponderosa pine
mixed species spacing trials– Lookout Mountain ponderosa pine-
grand fir mixed species spacing trials
Other silvicultural influencesNeeds and directions
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buds
Interwhorl branches
Few interwhorl branches surviving
Douglas-fir crown development from bud set through suppression mortality
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Branch measurements by tree climbing
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Branch measurements by destructive sampling
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Diameter and height of individual Douglas-fir branches
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Annual segments of main stem
Douglas-fir
(Maguire et al. 1994)
max branch size
number of branches
relative size of branches
relative position of branches
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Reasonable fit to average distribution of branches
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Mean of 142 annual stem segments
But how plastic is this distribution with respect to tree attributes affected by silvicultural treatments?
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Simulate branch occurrence as inhomogeneous Poisson process
Changing Poisson mean, λ
Changing probability of bud set or branch initiation
Poisson regression with log link function (generalized linear model)
η = ln(λ) = β0 + β1X1 + β2X2 + . . . + βkXk
where λ = mean of Poisson distribution
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Annual height growth
Live crown length
Long stem segment (rapid growth)
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Response of interwhorl branches in Douglas-fir to thinning
more non-nodal buds
same number of nodal buds
control thinned
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Pinus contorta
Tsgua heterophylla
Pseudotsuga menziesii
Pinus ponderosa
Abies grandis
Larix laricina
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Maximum branch diameter profiles
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Larix decidua x leptolepis
Pseudotsuga menziesii
Abies grandis
Pinus ponderosa
Pinus contorta
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Highest in clonal tamarack
Most variable in Douglas-fir (but largest sample size)
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Topics
Crown and canopy structure of western conifers
Crown structure
Spacing effects on crown structure– Pringle Butte lodgepole-ponderosa pine
mixed species spacing trials– Lookout Mountain ponderosa pine-
grand fir mixed species spacing trials
Other silvicultural influences
Needs and directions
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Driving forces
Needs and Directions
Improved G&Y models with dynamic link to determinants of stand productivity
Predicting response of forests to climate change
Estimating net primary production and sustainable level of biomass as energy feedstock
Designing fire resistant stands and landscapes
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Specifics
Needs and Directions
Crown profiles to better characterize distribution of foliage and non-photosynthetic tissues, leaf area density, crown bulk density
Age class dynamics and implications for photosynthetic efficiency
Nutrient content with respect to sampling and requirements for optimal nutrition
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Foliage sampling in CIPS fertilization trials
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Thanks to Doug Mainwaring for assistance with many past and ongoing projects
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Thank YOU for your kind attention !
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Western hemlock (Tsuga heterophylla)
less visible pattern in size and distribution
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annual segments end in one large branch
western hemlock
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Clonal tamarack (Larix laricina)
similar to Douglas-fir, although no distinct whorl
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Lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta)
distinct whorls, but this species can have two cycles in some years (polycyclic)
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ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa)
very consistent unicyclic whorl structure
relative uniformity in branch size within a whorl
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Grand fir (Abies grandis)
structure generally similar to Douglas-fir, but whorl branches attached at almost exactly the same height (horizontal branch angles)
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Simulate branch occurrence as inhomogeneous Poisson process
Increasing Poisson mean, λIncreasing probability of bud or branch set
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Does stand density regime influence the
number of primary branches initiated along the stem?
Does stand density regime influence the
number of primary branches surviving along the stem?
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Needle primordia within bud of Douglas-fir, set at end of growing season
(branches formed from axillary buds, but bud primordia not initiated until spring)
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Axillary bud primordia (initiated ~ April 1):
Aborted
Latent
Vegetative
Seed cone
Pollen cone
vegetative
latentaborted
pollen cone
seed cone
bud primordia
Douglas-fir bud (Allen and Owen):
needle primordia
bud primordia
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Percentage of axillary bud primordia that develops into various bud types in Douglas-fir
vegetative
latent
early aborted
seed cone
pollen cone
early aborted
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buds 14.1 15.7 8.7 10.9 11.3 6.7
age 50 30 15 50 30 15
Allen and Owen
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A - Extended bud of Douglas-fir
B - Extended bud with scales and some needles removed
Developing axillary bud
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Does stand density regime influence the
number of bud primordia initiated or
surviving along the stem?
Apparently not known (?)
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Does stand density regime influence the
number of primary branches initiated or
surviving along the stem?
Limited evidence does suggest that number of branches per length of stem does respond to growing conditions.
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Response of precommercially thinned Douglas-fir relative to unthinned controls
non-nodal buds
nodal buds(Maguire 1983)
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Branch leader growth Terminal nodal buds Terminal non-nodalbud density
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Maguire 1983
Response of precommercially thinned Douglas-fir relative to unthinned controls
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Response of precommercially thinned Douglas-fir relative to unthinned controls
more non-nodal buds
same number of nodal buds
control thinned
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Lookout Mountain
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Kelsey
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Anomalies
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Landscape canopy complexity and continuity
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Anomalies
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Kapur in Malaysia (Dryobalanops spp. )
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Bulk density
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Potential for simulating the process by which are buds set in a select few leaf axilsBranch position by height and azimuth
Particularly appealing for Pseudotsuga, Abies, Picea species that have interwhorl branches grading into whorl branches
Pont (2001) Use of phyllotaxis to predict arrangement and size of branches in Pinus radiata.
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