Relationship between aboveground biomass and environmental factors of subtropical typical evergreen broad-leaved forest in east China

doi:10.12302/j.issn.1000-2006.202302027

JOURNAL OF NANJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY ›› 2024, Vol. 48 ›› Issue (1): 74-80.doi: 10.12302/j.issn.1000-2006.202302027

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Relationship between aboveground biomass and environmental factors of subtropical typical evergreen broad-leaved forest in east China

DONG Yujie(), MAO Lingfeng(), ZHANG Min, LU Xudong, WU Xiuping

College of Ecology and Environment, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China

Received:2023-02-15 Revised:2023-07-24 Online:2024-01-30 Published:2024-01-24
Contact: MAO Lingfeng E-mail:dongyujie9895@163.com;maolingfeng2008@163.com

Abstract

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【Objective】Taking the Castanopsis spp. and Schima superba forests in subtropical typical evergreen broad-leaved forests in east China as the research subjects, the effects of environmental factors on aboveground biomass of the tree layer were studied.【Method】The aboveground biomass of the community was calculated based on the allometric growth equation of various plant species, and the Pearson correlation test was used to analyze the relationship between aboveground biomass and environmental factors in different types of evergreen broad-leaved forests. The mechanism of action between environmental factors and aboveground biomass was constructed by the partial least squares structural equation model (PLS-SEM), which was employed to analyze the relationship between multiple sets of variables.【Result】(1) The aboveground biomass of subtropical typical evergreen broad-leaved forests in east China showed a extremely significant increasing trend with forest age. (2) The aboveground biomass of Castanopsis and S. superba natural forests positively correlated with soil pH in the study area, and for the S. superba natural forest, air temperature and total solar radiation intensity factors significantly affected the aboveground biomass. (3) In the structural equation model constructed using environmental factors and the aboveground biomass of Castanopsis natural forests, the direct effect coefficient of climate factors on aboveground biomass was significantly greater than that of soil factors.【Conclusion】The total solar radiation intensity, soil pH, and soil bulk density significantly affected the aboveground biomass of subtropical typical evergreen broad-leaved forests in east China. Among them, in the Castanopsis natural forest, aboveground biomass positively correlated with air the soil pH factor. In the S. superba natural forest, aboveground biomass negatively correlated with air temperature factor and total solar radiation intensity factor and positively correlated with soil pH factor.

Key words: subtropical, evergreen broad-leaved forest, aboveground biomass, solar radiation intensity, soil pH, soil bulk

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DONG Yujie, MAO Lingfeng, ZHANG Min, LU Xudong, WU Xiuping. Relationship between aboveground biomass and environmental factors of subtropical typical evergreen broad-leaved forest in east China[J]. JOURNAL OF NANJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY, 2024, 48(1): 74-80.

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群落类型 community type	样方个数 number of plots	海拔范围/m altitude range	经纬度范围 latitude and longitude range	优势种 dominant species
栲类林Castanopsis spp. forest	40	220~1 154	116.93°~120.59°E, 24.51°~30.34°N	栲(C. fargesii)、甜槠(C. eyrei)、青冈(Q. glauca)、柯(L. glaber)、硬壳柯(L. hancei)、米槠(C. carlesii)、毛锥(C. fordii)
木荷林Schima superba forest	20	60~1 050	117.03°~119.80°E, 25.09°~30.25°N	木荷(S. superba)

群落类型 community type	经度 longitude	纬度 latitude	海拔 altitude
栲类林Castanopsis forest	-0.51^**	-0.50^**	0.15
木荷林S. superba forest	-0.64^**	-0.47^*	-0.26
典型常绿阔叶林typical evergreen broad-leaved forest	-0.53^**	-0.51^**	0.11

群落类型 community type	气温 air temperature	降水量 precipitation	太阳辐射总强度 total solar radiation intensity	土壤容重 soil bulk	土壤浅层有机碳 shallow soil organic carbon	pH
栲类林 Castanopsif forest	-0.07	0.10	-0.23	0.26	-0.27	0.62^**
木荷林 S. superba forest	-0.53^*	0.32	-0.60^**	0.43	0.40	0.62^**
典型常绿阔叶林 typical evergreen broad-leaved forest	-0.23	0.16	-0.32^*	0.33^**	-0.10	0.63^**

路径 path	假设的机制 hypothetical mechanism
气候climate →地上生物量aboveground biomass	生物量的分布模式受到气候的强烈影响^[23]
土壤soil →地上生物量aboveground biomass	在同一个生态系统的环境条件下,位于营养丰富的土层会储存较高的生物量^[24]
地理地形geography and topography→ 地上生物量aboveground biomass	在中国东西样带上植物群落地上生物量(AGB)随着经度的增加而增加,表现出明显的经度地带性特征^[25]。对AGB沿海拔梯度变化得出了不同的结果,一些认为AGB随着海拔的增加而减少,另一些认为AGB随着海拔的增加而增加^[26]
地理地形geography and topography→气候climate	地理位置和立地环境条件可以影响森林生长的微气候环境^[27]
地理地形geography and topography→土壤soil	土壤性质因地理位置而异^[28]
气候climate →土壤soil	不同气候影响下进化出不同的土壤特性^[13]

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