Effects of partial bark removal on the growth of Pacific yew
作者:
Don Minore,
Howard G. Weatherly,
期刊:
Canadian Journal of Forest Research
(NRC Available online 1994)
卷期:
Volume 24,
issue 4
页码: 860-862
ISSN:0045-5067
年代: 1994
DOI:10.1139/x94-112
出版商: NRC Research Press
数据来源: NRC
摘要:
Whole-tree harvest of Pacific yew (TaxusbrevifoliaNutt.) to provide bark for production of the new anticancer drug taxol may adversely affect stand structure where yews provide thermal cover, browse, or riparian benefits. Harvesting only a portion of the bark on standing trees would maintain existing stand structure if the affected trees continued to grow, but partial bark removal seldom has been applied because its long-term effects are unknown. We measured 121 yews that had been scarred by windthrow or logging damage 3–92 years ago and found that their growth did not differ significantly from the growth of nearby unscarred yews. Radial growth of the scarred trees was strongly correlated with growth before scarring; it was slightly associated with overstory canopy density, elevation, and the amount of bark removed. Partial bark removal from one side of the tree probably will not seriously affect the growth of Pacific yew if less than 50% of the bark is removed.
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