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Spatial structural characteristics of natural Populus davidiana - Betula platyphylla secondary forest.

Authors :
Shao Fang-li
Yu Xin-xiao
Song Si-ming
Zhao Yang
Source :
Chinese Journal of Applied Ecology / Yingyong Shengtai Xuebao; Nov2011, Vol. 22 Issue 11, p2792-2798, 7p, 4 Charts, 2 Graphs
Publication Year :
2011

Abstract

This paper analyzed the spatial structural characteristics of natural Populus davidiana - Betula platyphylla secondary forest in a 4 hm2 plot of Mulan Paddock, based on the diameter distribution and the spatial structure parameters mingling degree, neighborhood comparison, and angle index. In the forest, the diameter distribution of the stands presented as an inverse 'J' curve, the average mingling degree was 0.4, with the individuals at weak and zero mingling degree reached 51.6%, and the average mingling degree of P. davidiana and B. platyphylla was 0.25 and 0.39, respectively. The neighborhood comparison based on the diameter at breast height (DBH) and tree height was almost the same, suggesting that the P. davidiana and B.platyphylla were in the transition state from subdominant to middle. The horizontal distribution pattern had a close relation to the minimum measured DBH, being clustered when the DBH was ⩾1 cm and <6 cm, and random when the DBH was ⩾16 cm. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
Chinese
ISSN :
10019332
Volume :
22
Issue :
11
Database :
Supplemental Index
Journal :
Chinese Journal of Applied Ecology / Yingyong Shengtai Xuebao
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
71939880