| Effects of Small Gaps on the Relationship Among Soil Properties, Topography, and Plant Species in Subtropical Rhododendron Secondary Forest, Southwest China | |
| Alternative Title | ；；；；；；；；； |
| Fenghua Tang; Wenxuan Quan; Chaochan Li; Xianfei Huang; Xianliang Wu; Qiaoan Yang; Yannan Pan; Tayan Xu; Chenyu Qian; Yunbing Gu | |
| 2019 | |
| Source Publication | International Journal Of Environmental Research And Public Health
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| Volume | 16Issue:11Pages:1-17 |
| Abstract | The secondary forests have become the major forest type worldwide, and forest gap was also a common small disturbance in secondary forests. We aimed to analyze the effffects of small gap disturbance on the plant species richness of subtropical secondary forest with natural
regeneration barriers and examine the relationship between soil topography and plant species in a subtropical Rhododendron secondary forest of the Baili Rhododendron National Nature Reserve.
Methods: The major plant species and soil topography gradient factors of the small gaps and closed canopy (control group) were analyzed using two-way ANOVA, multivariate permutational analysis of variance, nonmetric multi-dimensional scaling, random forest, canonical correspondence analysis, redundancy analysis, and a generalized linear model. Results: Small gaps had signifificant impact on the distribution of soil available potassium (AK), organic carbon to total phosphorus (C/P) ratio rather than slope position for soil pH and calcium (Ca) under closed canopy. Soil pH and AK followed by total phosphorus (TP) were the most important variables explaining the spatial distributions of soil
properties in both habitats. Determining the spatial distribution of individual woody plant species were soil pH in small gaps, instead of lower altitude, TP, total potassium (TK) and sodium (Na)concentrations for both habitats. Moreover, Ericaceae and Fagaceae were strongly associated with pH in the small gaps. However, there was soil Na for the herbaceous plant in the closed canopy. The species richness of woody plant species in small gaps was affffected signifificantly by pH, soil water content (SWC), and TK, instead of soil organic carbon (SOC), SWC and C/P ratio in both habitats. Conclusions: Small gaps were not always signifificantly improved the composition of soil nutrients, but
provided a good microenvironment for plant growth, species richness of major woody plant diffffered between habitats. |
| Keyword | Small Gap Disturbance Plant Species Richness Soil Topography Gradient Subtropical Secondary Forest |
| Indexed By | SCI |
| Language | 英语 |
| Document Type | 期刊论文 |
| Identifier | http://ir.gyig.ac.cn/handle/42920512-1/10202 |
| Collection | 环境地球化学国家重点实验室 |
| Affiliation | 1.Guizhou Provincial Key Laboratory for Information Systems of Mountainous Areas and Protection of Ecological Environment, Guizhou Normal University, Guiyang 550001, China 2.State Key Laboratory of Environmental Geochemistry, Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guiyang 550081, China |
| Recommended Citation GB/T 7714 | Fenghua Tang,Wenxuan Quan,Chaochan Li,et al. Effects of Small Gaps on the Relationship Among Soil Properties, Topography, and Plant Species in Subtropical Rhododendron Secondary Forest, Southwest China[J]. International Journal Of Environmental Research And Public Health,2019,16(11):1-17. |
| APA | Fenghua Tang.,Wenxuan Quan.,Chaochan Li.,Xianfei Huang.,Xianliang Wu.,...&Yunbing Gu.(2019).Effects of Small Gaps on the Relationship Among Soil Properties, Topography, and Plant Species in Subtropical Rhododendron Secondary Forest, Southwest China.International Journal Of Environmental Research And Public Health,16(11),1-17. |
| MLA | Fenghua Tang,et al."Effects of Small Gaps on the Relationship Among Soil Properties, Topography, and Plant Species in Subtropical Rhododendron Secondary Forest, Southwest China".International Journal Of Environmental Research And Public Health 16.11(2019):1-17. |
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