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Chinese Journal of Applied Ecology ›› 2000, Vol. ›› Issue (5): 680-686.

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Ordination analysis on relationship between bryophyte distribution and climatic factors

CAO Tong, GUO Shuiliang, GAO Chien   

  1. Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110015
  • Received:1999-11-08 Revised:2000-06-26 Online:2000-09-25

Abstract: Based on the data of climate and bryoflora in 21 mountainous regions of China, 61 moss families,23 genera of Dicranaceae,17 species of genus Campylopus and 35 species of genus Dicranum were analyzed by Canonical Correspond Analysis(CCA) and Detrended Canonical Correspond Analysis (DDCA) to reveal their distribution relationships with nine climatic factors,including annual average temperature,January average temperature,July average temperature,annual average rainfall,annual average fog days,annual average frost days and annual average light hours.The similarity of geographical elements among nine mountains in China and their relationships with climatic factors were also analyzed.The methods of applying DDCA and CCA to analyze the relationships between bryophyte and climatic factors were thus introduced.The studies indicate that CCA and DCCA are applicable in florology and phytogeography.