Plant diversity at Chilapatta reserve forest of Terai Duars in sub-humid tropical foothills of Indian eastern Himalayas

From March 2007 to March 2009 we quantified plant diversity at Chilapatta Reserve Forest in Terai Duars in the Indian eastern Himala-yas. We sampled stratified random nested quadrats. Species richness was 311, representing 167 genera and 81 families. The species diversity index and concentration of dominance of the forest were 2.20 and 0.0072, respectively. Shannon-Wiener index and evenness indices were 4.77 and 1.44, respectively. The Importance Value Index （IVI） of species ranged from 0.13 to 37.94. The estimated diversity indices indicated heterogene-ity of the forest in its composition, structure, function and dynamics. Rich forest plant diversity supports the need for continued conservation of tropical forests.     

辽东山区次生林植物物种多样性研究

通过对辽东山区18块样地的调查及数据处理,计算出各样地乔木、灌木、草本的Margalef丰富度指数、Gini均匀度指数和Simpson多样性指数。从调查及分析结果来看,在本研究区域内,海拔高度对调查区域内的物种多样性影响不大,郁闭度、坡向、坡度对物种多样性有一定影响。     

Effects of selective logging on tree diversity and some soil characteristics in a tropical forest in southwest Ghana

We investigated the effects of selective logging disturbances on tree diversity and soil characteristics in the Bia Conservation Area in southwest Ghana.The study was conducted in unlogged,29-35 years post-logged and swamp forests using ten 25 m×25 m plots.In total,we identified 310 individual trees belonging to 87 species.Mean ShannonWeiner index was highest in the post-logged forest but there were no significant differences in tree density,dominance,or DBH size class distributions between these forests.Soil physical properties such as pH and bulk density up to 30 cm depth were similar in the two of forests In terms of soil nutrient status,available P,exchangeable K and total N contents were all similar in the unlogged and post-logged forests.Our findings suggest that the effects of logging on tree diversity are comparatively long-term,in contrast to its short-term effects on some top soil physical and chemical characteristics.     

间伐强度对兴安落叶松林林下植被多样性及生物量的影响

研究了间伐强度对兴安落叶松林林下植物多样性和生物量的影响,为确定兴安落叶松林分的最佳采伐强度提供理论依据。以兴安落叶松林为研究对象,设置4种间伐强度(10%、20%、30%、40%)和对照的试验固定样地,对间伐5 a后各样地林下灌草多样性和生物量进行调查分析。结果表明:1)抚育间伐可以明显提高林下植物种类、Menhinick丰富度指数、Simpson指数、Shannon-Wiener指数和Pielou均匀度指数,各层均以40%间伐强度最大,而生态优势度指数则呈递减趋势(P <0.05);2)适当加大间伐强度对林分林下植被层和枯落物层生物量具有促进作用,均以间伐强度30%为优(P <0.05);3)综上所述,在30%～40%的间伐强度下,兴安落叶松林林下植被多样性和生物量最高,林分质量最佳。     

3种不同林型下蕨类多样性和林冠开阔度的关系

光照和水分对林下植物的分布具有重要作用,浅根系的地生蕨类植物对光照和水分比较敏感,可以作为林下生境变化的指针。研究选取热带雨林、喀斯特森林以及人工橡胶林3种不同的林型,研究林冠开阔度对地生蕨类生物多样性的影响。采用2.5 m×1 m的样方,每个样方10 m的间距比较地生蕨类生物多样性。结果显示,热带雨林和喀斯特森林具有类似的地生蕨类多样性(2.52±1.68,2.47±0.68),两者的多样性指数明显高于人工橡胶林(1.47±0.72,P<0.000 1)。但是热带雨林具有更多的个体总数(2 769)和更高的物种丰富度(3.29±0.04),而同样指标喀斯特森林(319,2.94±0.05)和人工橡胶林(175,2.39±0.09)则相对较低。另外,随着林冠开阔度增加,地生蕨类多样性和丰富度急剧降低。地生蕨类的分布状态取决于上层的林冠开阔度,光照对地生蕨类的生物多样性具有决定性的影响,相对较弱的地表根系缺乏足够的吸水能力,不足以应付强光照带来的蒸腾损失。因此绝大多数的地生蕨类植物在林下空地间采取了避退策略。由于相对较低的林冠开阔度,使得喀斯特森林保存了相对较高的林下生物多样性,它具有重要的生态价值而必须加以保护。     

Forest structure and live aboveground biomass variation along an elevational gradient of tropical Atlantic moist forest (Brazil)

Live aboveground biomass (AGB) is an important source of uncertainty in the carbon balance from the tropical regions in part due scarcity of reliable estimates of live AGB and its variation across landscapes and forest types. Studies of forest structure and biomass stocks of Neotropical forests are biased toward Amazonian and Central American sites. In particular, standardized estimates of aboveground biomass stocks for the Brazilian Atlantic forest are rarely available. Notwithstanding the role of environmental variables that control the distribution and abundance of biomass in tropical lowland forests has been the subject of considerable research, the effect of short, steep elevational gradients on tropical forest structure and carbon dynamics is not well known. In order to evaluate forest structure and live AGB variation along an elevational gradient (0–1100 m a.s.l.) of coastal Atlantic Forest in SE Brazil, we carried out a standard census of woody stems ≥4.8 cm dbh in 13 1-ha permanent plots established on four different sites in 2006–2007. Live AGB ranged from 166.3 Mg ha⁻¹ (bootstrapped 95% CI: 144.4,187.0) to 283.2 Mg ha⁻¹ (bootstrapped 95% CI: 253.0,325.2) and increased with elevation. We found that local-scale topographic variation associated with elevation influences the distribution of trees >50 cm dbh and total live AGB. Across all elevations, we found more stems (64–75%) with limited crown illumination but the largest proportion of the live AGB (68–85%) was stored in stems with highly illuminated or fully exposed crowns. Topography, disturbance and associated changes in light and nutrient supply probably control biomass distribution along this short but representative elevational gradient. Our findings also showed that intact Atlantic forest sites stored substantial amounts of carbon aboveground. The live tree AGB of the stands was found to be lower than Central Amazonian forests, but within the range of Neotropical forests, in particular when compared to Central American forests. Our comparative data suggests that differences in live tree AGB among Neotropical forests are probably related to the heterogeneous distribution of large and medium-sized diameter trees within forests and how the live biomass is partitioned among those size classes, in accordance with general trends found by previous studies. In addition, the elevational variation in live AGB stocks suggests a large spatial variability over coastal Atlantic forests in Brazil, clearly indicating that it is important to consider regional differences in biomass stocks for evaluating the role of this threatened tropical biome in the global carbon cycle.     

荔波喀斯特森林群落的生物量模型

为了准确估算喀斯特青冈栎-黄樟群落生物量,在贵州茂兰喀斯特自然保护区内,选取常绿落叶阔叶林青冈栎-黄樟群落作为基础群落,以D、D2H作为自变量,利用5种函数方程拟合群落生物量模型.结果表明:通过对标准木生物量的回归分析,以幂回归模型为最优,得出青冈栎-黄樟群落各组分生物量最优方程:W干材=168.27(D2H)0.89,W树枝=44.497(D2H)0.835 9,W树叶=19.705(D2H)0.821 7,W树皮=17.660(D2H)0.8528,W地上=250.06(D2H)0.8443.     

相思人工林生物量分配格局与林下植被多样性分析

对位于漳州平和7年生的3种相思人工林生物量的分配格局和林下植被多样性进行研究,结果表明:马占相思林下植被Shannon-Wiener多样性指数最高(3.0936),黑木相思其次(3.0649),卷荚相思最低(2.2430);而与物种数目无关的Shannon均匀度指数则以黑木相思最高,表明其物种组成比较均匀;3种相思人工林林下植被群落相似性指数均在0.5~0.75之间,表现为中等相似;在3种相思人工林单株各器官生物量组成中,干材生物量所占的比例最大(55.30%~68.28%),其它组分依次为:根(14.72%~19.30%)>皮(10.59%~10.82%)>枝(3.96%~9.19%)>叶(2.42%~8.39%);3种相思人工林林下植被生物量大小顺序为:卷荚相思(6.69 t.hm-2)>马占相思(6.24 t.hm-2)>黑木相思(4.21 t.hm-2);3种相思人工林林分生物量的大小顺序为卷荚相思(75.21 t.hm-2)>黑木相思(49.19 t.hm-2)>马占相思(48.22 t.hm-2)。对3种相思人工林生物量分布格局的比较研究表明:卷荚相思生产力高,适宜在闽南山地营林生产实践中推广。     

旅游对清西陵古油松林节肢动物群落结构及其多样性的影响

2005年5~10月对清西陵古油松林的节肢动物群落进行了调查,分析了古油松林节肢动物群落组成结构和多样性,讨论了旅游干扰对古油松林节肢动物群落的影响。结果表明,旅游活动对古油松林节肢动物群落的结构和多样性有显著影响,从而为保护和合理利用古油松资源提供理论依据。     

Modelling the long-term impacts of selective logging on genetic diversity and demographic structure of four tropical tree species in the Amazon forest

In the last three decades, Amazon tropical forests have experienced high rates of deforestation, both by clearing for agriculture and by logging. In this study, we use computer simulations to examine the potential effects of forest logging on genetic diversity and demographic recovery (basal area development) of four neotropical tree species over a time frame reflecting multiple logging events. The study species, Bagassa guianensis Aubl., Hymenaea courbaril L., Manilkara huberi (Ducke) Chevalier, and Symphonia globulifera L.f., are all taxa which are commonly exploited for timber in the Brazilian Amazon. The simulations were parameterized using empirical data from field studies in the Tapajós National Forest, Pará State, Brazil, including genotypes at microsatellite loci, demography, ecology and growth for each species. Eight scenarios, combining two different cutting cycles and two minimum cutting diameters, were examined for each of the four species. The scenarios represent the actual forest practices used in Brazil and French Guiana (cutting diameter 45 and 60 cm, and cutting cycle of 30 and 65 years, respectively). Logging scenarios were applied for six cutting cycles, and final genetic and demographic data were compared to baseline data from corresponding control scenarios. At the end of the simulated period the basal area was strongly reduced under all conditions in B. guianensis, H. courbaril, and M. huberi. In only two scenarios was a species able to recover its basal area following logging (S. globulifera with both 45- and 60-cm cutting diameters under a 65-year cutting cycle). In the logging scenarios, all species showed a loss of alleles and genotypes and an increased genetic distance (calculated between each population at the start and the end of the simulations). These effects were higher under the most intensive logging cycles (30 years, 45 cm). However, effective number of alleles, expected and observed heterozygosities, and the fixation index were little affected by the logging simulations. Over all, we conclude that, even under very optimistic conditions for growth and recruitment, current logging practices are not sustainable in terms of basal area. Our simulations show that different species respond differently to logging, both demographically and genetically. No single set of logging parameters can be applied to the forest as a whole. Rather, forest management practices must be species-specific, taking into account not only growth parameters but also ecological and reproductive variables, in order to move toward long-term forest sustainability.     

新沂市农田林网杨树生物量的空间结构

本文采用分层切割法和壕沟全挖法对江苏省新沂市农田林网中，４年生主要的杨树无性系（Ｗ－４６杨，Ｉ－６９杨，ＮＬ－８０１０５杨和ＮＬ－８０２０５杨）的地上部分生物量以及根系生物量进行了测定和分析。结果表明，ＮＬ－８０２０５杨不仅平均单株的生物量最大，而且树干的形质优良。因此，在平原农田林网的经营中，选择ＮＬ－８０２０５杨，既可以提高营林的收益，又能够增强林网的防护效果。     

Composition and diversity of five major forest types in moist temperate climate of the western Himalayas

The present study was undertaken in five major forest types (dominated by Quercus semecarpifolia, Quercus floribunda, Acer acuminatum, Abies pindrow and Aesculus indica, respectively) between 2400 and 2850 m a.s.l. in a moist temperate forest of the Mandal-Chopta area in the Garhwal region of Uttarakhand, India. The aim was to assess the variation in composition and diversity in different vegetation layers, i.e., herb, shrub and tree, among these five forest types. Diversity indices, such as the Shannon-Wiener diversity index, density, total basal cover, Simpson’s concentration of dominance index, Simpson’s diversity index, Pielou’s equitability, species richness, species heterogeneity and β-diversity, were calculated to understand community structures. Dominance-diversity curves were drawn to ascertain resource apportionment among various species in different forest types.     

Forest structure, diversity and regeneration in unburnt and burnt Anogeissus latifolia forests in Garhwal Himalayas

The present study was carried out at two different gradients of unburnt and burnt Anogeissus latifolia forest sites in the Garhwal region, India. At each gradient, the unburnt and burnt forest sites were further categorized into three different elevations, i.e., lower (700 m), middle (850 m) and upper (1000 m). At each elevation, the density of trees, saplings and seedlings was higher at the unburnt sites except for trees at the upper elevation which was higher at the burnt sites. The total basal area of each layer of forest was also higher at the unburnt sites. The study revealed that the lower number of saplings and seedlings at the burnt forest sites might be due to the effect of fire. Most trees in the lower dbh classes were affected by forest fire at the burnt sites which reduced the total density and total basal area of the trees compared to the unburnt sites. The diversity of trees increased with increasing elevation. However, the diversity of saplings and seedlings reduced with increasing elevation.     

Aboveground biomass and net primary production of semi-evergreen tropical forest of Manipur, north-eastern India

The aboveground biomass dynamics and net primary productivity were investigated to assess the productive potential of Dipterocarpus forest in Manipur, Northeast India. Two forest stands (stand I and II) were earmarked randomly in the study site for the evaluation of biomass in the different girth classes of tree species by harvest method. The total biomass was 22.50 t·ha-1 and 18.27 t·ha-1 in forest stand I and II respectively. Annual aboveground net primary production varied from 8.86 to 10.43 t·ha-1 respectively in two forest stands (stand I and II). In the present study, the values of production efficiency and the biomass accumulation ratio indicate that the forest is at succession stage with high productive potential.     

西藏墨脱县森林植被生物量与碳储量分析

基于墨脱县森林资源二类调查数据等材料,采用材积源生物量法以及生物量转换连续因子法等经验模型,分不同森林植被类型计算各个小班的生物量并综合;再根据不同森林植被类型的含碳率计算各个小班的碳储量以及各森林植被类型的碳密度。结果表明,墨脱县实际控制区总的森林植被生物量为77 582 750.1 t,全县单位面积平均生物量为177.61 t/hm2;总碳储量为39 355 414.3 t,全县碳密度平均为90.10 t/hm2。从结果来看,墨脱县的森林生物生产力较高,森林资源质量较好,尤其是云杉(冷杉)的单位面积平均生物量高达311.60 t/hm2,质量非常好;全县单位面积平均生物量、碳密度均为针叶树较阔叶树大。     

经营模式对马尾松天然次生林林下植被生物量及其分布格局的影响

以不同森林经营模式下马尾松天然次生林为研究对象,对经营1年后其林下植被生物量的分布特征进行研究。结果表明:不同经营模式下,马尾松天然次生林下活地被生物量均以灌木层生物量为主,枯落物层生物量对林下植被总生物量的贡献亦大。经营模式为保留密度900株/hm2的马尾松林下植被总生物量最高,而保留密度为2 100株/hm2的马尾松林下植被总生物量最低。保留密度过大或过小林下植被生物量都不高,说明适宜的保留密度才有利于提高马尾松天然次生林下植被的生物量。     

鹰咀界天然林保护区甜槠林群落多样性研究

甜槠林是我国中亚热带地区地带性植被常绿阔叶林的主要类型之一,也是鹰咀界天然林保护区内代表性植被。我们在群落调查的基础上,通过统计计算分析将区内的甜槠林分成3大类别8种群落类型。并分别用物种丰富度指数（Dg1）、Simpson指数（D）、Shannon—Wiener指数（H’）、Pielou均匀度指数（J）、Alatalo均匀度指数（E）对各群落类型进行了物种多样性研究,结论为：群落多样性乔木层、灌木层（不包括乔木幼树、幼苗）〉草本层,但乔木层多样性不一定大于灌木层,灌木层、草本层的分布均匀度较乔木层高,变异系数小。     

环洞庭湖不同类型防护林生物量研究

以环洞庭湖的杨树、马尾松、杉木等3种防护林为研究对象,对其生物量进行研究.结果表明:3种林分中不同树种营养器官生物量所占比例的大小顺序有所差异,各主要造林树种单株生物量均以地上部分占绝对的优势,占全株生物量的87％以上.3种林分中,杉木林分生物量最高,为232 172.5 kg/hm2;马尾松林的生物量最低,为87 4...     

Biological diversity indicators: A comparison of Swedish forest commons and other forest ownership categories

Abstract

Research indicates that natural resources managed in common, resembling traditional commons such as the Swedish forest commons, could be a type of regime with the potential to stimulate successfully sustainable use conditions. This is supported by findings regarding the characteristics of Swedish forest commons, their claimed concern for the environment and relatively high proportion of old forest in two out of three regions. Swedish environmental policy is directed towards environmental quality objectives and the Sustainable Forests objective states, among other things, that biological diversity must be maintained and enhanced. Swedish National Forest Inventory data for the period 2003–2006 were used to analyse differences between forest commons in northern Sweden and other ownership categories regarding the proportion of forestland with a large deciduous element, the proportion of forest older than 80 years with a large (> 25%) deciduous element, the volume of dead wood and the proportion of forest older than 140 years, parameters corresponding to the interim targets for enhanced biological diversity. The results show no consistent differences in indicator variables between the forest commons and other ownership categories, signifying that forests managed in common have been conducted in ways promoting biodiversity more effectively than in other ownership categories. Further studies of different ownership categories regarding driving forces and forest status are warranted.     

华北落叶松人工幼林林分密度与生物量的关系

华北落叶松（larix principis—rupprechtii Mayr．）是燕山山地的主要树种,生态和经济效益显著。以河北木兰林管局境内13a生华北落叶松人工幼林为研究对象,用样方调查的方法对立地条件相同密度分别为1800、2400和3000株／hm^2的3种林分生物量进行研究,结果表明：林分总生物量随密度的增大而增大,低、中、高3种密度林分总生物量分别为21180．6、26724．6和31352．4kg/hm^2;乔木层生物量最大,占总生物量的98．9％,草本层次之,占0．7％,灌木层最少,仅占0．4％;林木平均木生物量随密度的增大略微减少,密度由低到高其平均木生物量依次为11537．5、11077．3和10357．8g/株;各密度林分乔木层各器官生物量均存在W干〉W枝〉W根〉W叶〉W皮的分布规律;3种密度的林分生物量结构特征基本相同,3000株／hm^2的林分结构合理,更能达到丰产的目的。