Sun Cheng, Qin Fucang, Bao Xueyuan, et al. Niche Characteristics of Herbaceous Plants Under Artificial Pinus Tabuliformis Forest in Feldspathic Sandstone Region[J]. Bulletin of Soiland Water Conservation, 2021, 41(3): 81-86.
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Sun Cheng, Qin Fucang, Bao Xueyuan, et al. Niche Characteristics of Herbaceous Plants Under Artificial Pinus Tabuliformis Forest in Feldspathic Sandstone Region[J]. Bulletin of Soiland Water Conservation, 2021, 41(3): 81-86. DOI: 10.13961/j.cnki.stbctb.2021.03.012.
Niche Characteristics of Herbaceous Plants Under Artificial Pinus Tabuliformis Forest in Feldspathic Sandstone Region
[Objective] The niche characteristics of understory herbaceous plants in Pinus tabuliformis plantation forests in the feldspathic sandstone area were explored in order to provide basic data for local Pinus tabuliformis plantations to maintain biodiversity and community stability. [Methods] The types
quantity
average plant height
and coverage of various herbaceous plants were recorded by field investigation in a well-growing P. tabulaeformis forest area. Based on the survey data
the Shannon and Levins niche breadth index
Levins niche overlap index
and ecological response were used to analyze the niche characteristics of understory herbaceous plants. [Results] ① There were 35 species of herbaceous plants in the P. tabulaeformis plantation forest in the arsenic area. Among them
Stipa bungeiensis had the largest niche breadth indexes with better performance. Because of this species’s strong adaptability
its community was in an obviously advantageous position. ② The overall niche width and niche overlap index were generally not high
and understory herbaceous species were differentiated. ③ 37.15% of understory herbaceous species were developing species
and 62.86% of species were declining species. Among the 14 dominant species
11 were developing species. The developing species with the largest resource occupancies were S. bungeana (0.188 5)
Heteropappus altaicus (0.053 1)
and Cleistogenes squarrosa (0.037 9). [Conclusion] Competition among understory herbaceous plants in P. tabulaeformis plantations in the arsenic area was weak
and the community species had poor utilization of resources and environment. Most of the dominant herbaceous species were in the developing stage
indicating that the P. tabulaeformis plantation community tended to be relatively stable at this stage.
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