Sammanfattning

This article is a review of a classic paper (1936) by the late Professor Rutger Sernander. This work by Sernander includes the very first formulations of a general theory about forest dynamics driven by storm fellings in fire refugia. Sernander discussed forest dynamics on three different scales: at the landscape, stand and individual tree scale. This article discusses all the important variables and the different stages in forest dynamics brought up by Sernander, such as different susceptibility to storm damage of stands growing on different soil types, the importance of different wind directions and speed, and differences between tree species with regard to susceptibility to wind. It also discusses differences in gap sizes and forms, decomposition degrees of fallen trees, different regeneration modes in connection with gap creation, the effects of wind disturbance on the field-layer vegetation and other stand characteristics, as observed by Sernander.

Nyckelord

Boreal forest; storm gap theory; forest dynamics; natural disturbance; wind felling

Publicerad i

Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research
2011, Volym: 26, nummer: S10, sidor: 3-16
Utgivare: TAYLOR & FRANCIS AS

SLU författare

• Verwijst, Theo

  • Institutionen för växtproduktionsekologi, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
    

Globala målen

SDG15 Skydda, återställa och främja ett hållbart nyttjande av landbaserade ekosystem, hållbart bruka skogar, bekämpa ökenspridning, hejda och vrida tillbaka markförstöringen samt hejda förlusten av biologisk mångfald


UKÄ forskningsämne

Skogsvetenskap
Landskapsarkitetktur


Publikationens identifierare

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/02827581.2011.517945

Permanent länk till denna sida (URI)

https://res.slu.se/id/publ/47402