ZHAN Yufang, TENG Yufeng, ZHEN Weiling, et al. Relationship Between Plantation Density and Diversity of Haloxylon Ammodendron Forest in Minqin County, Gansu Province[J]. Bulletin of Soiland Water Conservation, 2017, 37(6): 62-67.
DOI:
ZHAN Yufang, TENG Yufeng, ZHEN Weiling, et al. Relationship Between Plantation Density and Diversity of Haloxylon Ammodendron Forest in Minqin County, Gansu Province[J]. Bulletin of Soiland Water Conservation, 2017, 37(6): 62-67. DOI: 10.13961/j.cnki.stbctb.2017.06.010.
Relationship Between Plantation Density and Diversity of Haloxylon Ammodendron Forest in Minqin County, Gansu Province
[Objective] Studying the effect of plantation density on understory plant diversity of Haloxylon persicum
to give support for ecological function and technical management of Haloxylon persicum.[Methods] Five types (1 250
1 111
1 000
1 333
1 667 plants/hm2) of 10~15 years' stand density were selected
and indices of important values
species richness
species diversity index
evenness were calculated to study the relationship between stand density and plant diversity of Haloxylon ammodendron plantation in Minqin County
Gansu Province.[Results] ① There were 16 vascular plants in 15 families and 9 genera of the under-growths in Haloxylon ammodendron forest. Among them
there were 6 families
6 genera and 6 species in shrub layer
and 4 families
7 genera and 10 species in herb layer. ② The dominant species of shrub layer changed obviously with the variation of plantation density
while the dominant species of herb layer were hardly influenced by density. ③ Plant diversity of understory vegetation responded non-linearly to stand density. As stand density increased
the understory plant diversity reached the maximum. At that plantation density
the growth and development of understory vegetation performed well.[Conclusion] The response of plant diversity of understory vegetation to stand density was non-linear. When the density arrived at 1 250 plants/hm2
the density was more appropriate for the growth and development of understory vegetation.
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