Table 1. Site and stand characteristics of a fire-disturbed forest in Hapcheon-gun.
| Treatment | Location | Elevation(m) | Slope(°) | Tree density(trees ha−1) | DBH†(cm) | Height(m) | Dry weigh of organic horizon(Mg ha−1) | Basal area(m2 ha−1) | Stem wood(Mg C ha−1) | Stem bark(Mg C ha−1) | Branches(Mg C ha−1) | Needle(Mg C ha−1) | Roots(Mg C ha−1) | Total biomass(Mg C ha−1) |
| Unburned | 35°35’28"N128°07’18"E | 190 | <15 | 1,266(145) | 16.87(0.99) | 11.7(0.4) | 18.7 | 31.07(2.47) | 32.8(2.6) | 5.1(0.4) | 6.7(0.5) | 2.2(0.2) | 8.39(0.67) | 56.62(4.50) |
| Low fire severity | 35°35’33"N128°07’14"E | 190 | <20 | 1,600(200) | 15.33(1.50) | 15.8(1.5) | 7.5 | 34.35(4.87) | 35.5(5.8) | 5.6(0.7) | 7.3(1.1) | 2.5(0.3) | 9.20(1.30) | 61.68(9.36) |
| High fire severity | 35°35’41"N128°07’15"E | 118 | <20 | 1,333(120) | 8.87(1.62) | 8.9(1.6) | 5.6 | 23.76(6.97) | 23.4(8.3) | 4.0(1.1) | 4.9(1.6) | 1.8*(0.4) | 6.44(1.87) | 41.95(13.47) |
DBH: diameter at breast height (1.2 m). Standard errors in parenthesis. The values of tree biomass were calculated from allometric equations based on DBH (Kim et al., 2017).
No needle and twigs in tree crown of high fire severity plots.