JOURNAL OF NANJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY ›› 2005, Vol. 29 ›› Issue (03): 23-27.doi: 10.3969/j.jssn.1000-2006.2005.03.006

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Quantitative Properties of Degraded Karst Forest Communities in Maolan Mountain Area of Guizhou

LIU Ying-liang1,2, XUE Jian-hui2*   

  1. 1. College of Forest Resources and Environment Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China; 2. School of Biological Technology and Engineering Guizhou Normal University, Guiyang 550001, China
  • Online:2005-06-18 Published:2005-06-18

Abstract: The quantitative characters of 30 community plots at different successional stages were studied. The main results showed: (1)Species richness and species diversity of shrubtree stages were higher than those of arbor-tree stages, the evenness of the former were gradually higher than those of the latter, but ecological dominance increased in natural restoration process; (2)Communities of degraded Karst forests have usually 1~2 dominant species; (3)Biomass accumulated gradually with the natural succession process. Meanwhile, the biomass components of different communities changed continually. The average herb layer biomass and shrub layer biomass of shrub forests were higher than those of arbor forests, respectively 5.4 and 3.5 times higher than those of arbor forests; (4)The community continuum index could be used to reflect the roles of different communities in succession stages.

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