Identifying indigenous tree species for land reforestation,forest restoration, and plantat

Identifying indigenous tree species for land reforestation,forest restoration, and plantation

transformation on Hainan Island, China

WANG Jian-jun;MENG Jing-hui

【期刊名称】《山地科学学报（英文版）》 【年(卷),期】2018(015)011

【摘要】Selecting suitable species is the most important issue for bare land reforestation,degraded secondary forest restoration,and single-species plantation transformation.However,little information has been documented related to tree species selection for these silvicultural endeavors on tropical Hainan Island of Southern China.The present study employed Baisha County,the ecological core area of Hainan Island,as a case study area.We initially inventoried a slightly disturbed primary forest and attempted to produce diameter distribution curves for each tree species.Second,the tree species were classified into shade intolerant,opportunist,and shade tolerant species based on shape of their diameter distribution curves.Third,market value was determined for each tree species based on published literature and on-site investigations at local wood trading companies.Totally 118 tree species were encountered in the inventoried forest and 13 tree species present were finally identified as potential tree species for our silvicultural endeavor on Hainan Island,of which 3 species are shade intolerant,5