Impact of the invasion of pinewood nematode and the following different removal disturbance intensities on the plant diversity of Masson pine community |
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Authors: | Juan Shi Youqing Luo Jiying Song Xiaosu Yan Ping Jiang Yijiao Wang |
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Institution: | (1) The Key Laboratory for Silviculture and Conservation of Ministry of Education, Beijing, 100083, China;(2) Forest Pest Control & Quarantine Station of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, 310002, China;(3) Forest Pest Control & Quarantine Station, Dinghai District, Zhoushan, 316000, China |
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Abstract: | Reported in this paper are our findings of the study on changes in species diversity of different Masson pine communities
after the invasion of Bursaphelenchus xylophilus (Steiner and Buhren) Nickle and subsequent and different removal disturbance management approaches. Based on the results,
the species diversity indices for the arbor layers of the different communities can be arranged in the following order (from
high to low): 1) broad-leaved stand after the removal of all infected pine trees in the pure pine stand in Fuyang; 2) lightly
infected Masson pine and Schima superba mixed stand in Fuyang; 3) uninfected stand mixture of Masson pine and Castanopsis fargesii as a control; 4) lightly infested pure Masson pine stand in Fuyang; 5) Quercus variables stand formed following the selective removal of infected pine trees from a mixed Masson pine and Q. variables stand in Zhoushan Islands; 6) pure young Masson pine stand formed following the removal of all infected pine trees from a
pure Masson pine stand; 7) pure Liquidambar formosana stand after the removal of infected pine trees from a pure pine stand in Zhoushan Islands; 8) a mixed stand consisting of
Pinus thunbergii and the Masson pine in Zhoushan Island; and 9) moderately infected Masson pine stand in Zhoushan Islands.
All the three diversity indices (R
0 = richness, H′ = Shannon-Wiener index, and E = evenness) for the shrub layer did not show any significant differences among the various communities except for the pure
pine stand in Zhoushan Island, which had the lowest diversity. The three indices for the herb layer of the pure young Masson
pine, Q. variables stand, and L. formosana stand were higher than that of other stands.
The integrated analysis showed that the Masson pine forest in different geographical situations and extent of damage had distinct
disparity, just as in different disturbance degrees and restoring manners.
We created the “index of disturbing intensity of stump and fallen woods” (IDISFW) to represent the degree of disturbance of
tree removal to plant diversity. We found that the relationship between the species diversity index and the IDISFW shows both
a lower and higher degree of removal disturbance that follows the “mid-altitude bulge” theory. Specifically, both excessive
and insufficient removal of infected trees will cause a decline of plant species diversity to a certain degree. Covariance
analysis indicated that different IDISFW had no significant effects on the species diversity of the arbor layer, but had different
impacts on that of the shrub and herb layers, and therefore can be used to assess changes in species diversity of different
Masson pine communities after the invasion of pine wood nematode.
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Translated from Chinese Journal of Applied Ecology, 2006, 17(7): 1,157–1,163 译自: 应用生态学报] |
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Keywords: | Bursaphelenchus xylophilus (Steiner and Buhrer) Nickle disturbing intensity of stump and fallen woods plant diversity disturbance |
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