Species Association of the Dominant Tree Species in an Old-Growth Forest and Implications for Enrichment Planting for the Restoration of Natural Degraded Forest in Subtropical China

doi:10.3390/f10110957

	Species Association of the Dominant Tree Species in an Old-Growth Forest and Implications for Enrichment Planting for the Restoration of Natural Degraded Forest in Subtropical China
	Liu, Ziwei ; Zhu, Yan 1; Wang, Jianjun ; Ma, Wu 2; Meng, Jinghui
	2019
发表期刊	FORESTS
卷号	10 期号:11
摘要	Subtropical natural forests are unique due to their ecological and economic functions. However, most of these forests are highly degraded, which impairs the ability to provide ecological and economic benefits. Enrichment planting is an important approach to restore natural degraded forests. Species arrangement is of great importance to inform enrichment planting. Species association refers to the interrelationship of different species occupying a habitat and is a static description of the organic connection formed by the interaction of species. Species association, therefore, provides a scientific basis for species arrangement in enrichment planting. Additionally, because an old-growth forest is a climax community that has attained great age without significant disturbance, the species association in an old-growth forest can provide valuable information on the reference conditions for forest management. In this study, the species association between dominant tree species (including saplings and adult trees) was investigated in an old-growth forest in the Gutianshan National Nature Reserve in Zhejiang province in subtropical China. The objective of the study was to inform species arrangement for enrichment planting. The result showed that the overall species association exhibited a significant net positive association, indicating a dynamic balance of stable structure and species composition in the old-growth forest. Additionally, the pairwise species association was examined using the chi(2) test, the Dice index, and Spearman's rank correlation coefficient; significant positive and negative pairwise species associations were detected. Based on the species association and the light requirements of the tree species, an optimal species arrangement was determined to support enrichment planting for restoring natural degraded forests. It is expected that the results of this study will contribute to the restoration of natural degraded forests in subtropical China.
关键词	subtropical natural forests enrichment planting natural degraded forests species arrangement dominant tree species
学科领域	Forestry
DOI	10.3390/f10110957
收录类别	SCI
语种	英语
WOS关键词	INTERSPECIFIC ASSOCIATION ; REGENERATION ; ESTABLISHMENT ; COMMUNITIES ; PLANTATION ; DIVERSITY ; STANDS ; PINE ; LAND
WOS研究方向	Forestry
WOS记录号	WOS:000502262700023
出版者	MDPI
文献子类	Article
出版地	BASEL
EISSN	1999-4907
资助机构	National Natural Science Foundation of ChinaNational Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) [31870408]
作者邮箱	lliu526@163.com ; zhuyan@ibcas.ac.cn ; dreamjjwang@163.com ; ma628@purdue.edu ; jmeng@bjfu.edu.cn
作品OA属性	gold
引用统计	被引频次：9[WOS] [WOS记录] [WOS相关记录]
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://ir.ibcas.ac.cn/handle/2S10CLM1/19727
专题	植被与环境变化国家重点实验室
作者单位	1.Beijing Forestry Univ, Res Ctr Forest Management Engn, Natl Forestry & Grassland Adm, Beijing 100083, Peoples R China 2.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Bot, State Key Lab Vegetat & Environm Change, Beijing 100083, Peoples R China 3.Purdue Univ, Dept Forestry & Nat Resources, 175 West State St, W Lafayette, IN 47906 USA
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Liu, Ziwei,Zhu, Yan,Wang, Jianjun,et al. Species Association of the Dominant Tree Species in an Old-Growth Forest and Implications for Enrichment Planting for the Restoration of Natural Degraded Forest in Subtropical China[J]. FORESTS,2019,10(11).
APA	Liu, Ziwei,Zhu, Yan,Wang, Jianjun,Ma, Wu,&Meng, Jinghui.(2019).Species Association of the Dominant Tree Species in an Old-Growth Forest and Implications for Enrichment Planting for the Restoration of Natural Degraded Forest in Subtropical China.FORESTS,10(11).
MLA	Liu, Ziwei,et al."Species Association of the Dominant Tree Species in an Old-Growth Forest and Implications for Enrichment Planting for the Restoration of Natural Degraded Forest in Subtropical China".FORESTS 10.11(2019).

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