Interspecific relationships in the forest community dominated by Pinus kwang- tungensis, a Chinese native species
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2006
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Journal Article
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population structure; interspecies covariation; ordination; cluster analysis; rare and endangered plant;
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Ecology
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Chinese
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103-427-909
(Last edited on
2006/08/27 14:41:19 GMT-6)
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ABSTRACT:
Pinus kwangtungensis , is a rare and endangered pine species native to China. Interspecific relationships in a natural
forest of Pinus kwangtungensis were studied based on inventory data from a 7200 m22plot area in Nanling National Nature Reserve.
This study was aimed to quantitatively analyze the relationships of Pinus kwangtungensis to other species in the forest community
and to their habitat . The continuous transect sampling method was employed to investigate interspecific relationships in the forest
community dominated by Pinus kwangtungensis. A horizontal transect (10 m×120 m) was placed at an 100 m altitudinal interval
along the elevation from 1100 m to 1600 m a. s. l . , which represents the altitudinal range of Pinus kwangtungensis in Nanling
National Nature Reserve. The contiguous grid quadrat sampling method was used for the inventory in each transect , which
consisted of 12 quadrats (10 m ×10 m) . All of the vascular plants were tallied by quadrat . Both Canonical Correspondence
Analysis (CCA) and Cluster Analysis were used to detect the interspecific relationships. The results show (1) the frequency of
dominance of Pinus kwangtungensis in Nanling was ranked an A class by Raunkiaer’s law of frequency. Pinus kwangtungensis
dominated in the canopy more than in the subcanopy and understory. (2) Both Spearman rank correlation (SRC) coefficients and Pearson correlation coefficients indicated that the number of positive covariation couplets was significantly higher than those
negative covariation couplets in the forest community , although SRC appeared to be more sensitive than Pearson correlation
analysis. Except the negative covariation with Litsea elongate , Pinus kwangtungensis exhibited no significant correlations with
other dominant species. (3) The altitude , slope , slope aspect , slope shape , thickness of humus layer and litterfall all had
significant correlations with the three axes in CCA plot , and the environmental factors in the first two axes defined the ecological
conditions of the community. The categorization of 105 plant species found in the canopy was made according to the characteristics
of the species along the first axis. Altitude was the most effective factor influencing the distribution of Pinus kwangtungensis. (4)
The difference in spatial distribution among 105 tree species was influenced by the microenvironment . The results of Canonical
Correspondence Analysis and Cluster Analysis indicated that environmental factors influenced the distribution and ecological
characteristic of the plant species in the forest community dominated by Pinus kwangtungensis.
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