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Population structure and spatial distribution pattern of Camellia azalea in E’huangzhang Nature Reserve of Guangdong, China.

LI Xin-lei1,2, SUN Zhen-yuan2, LI Ji-yuan1, XU Yi3, LUO Jian3   

  1. (1Research Institute of Subtropical Forestry, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Fuyang 311400, Zhejiang, China; 2State Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding, Research Institute of Forestry, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing 100091, China; 3E’huangzhang Provincial Nature Reserve of Guangdong, Yangchun 529600, Guangdong, China)
  • Online:2013-08-18 Published:2013-08-18

Abstract: This paper studied the structures of basal diameter,  height  and canopy width  of Camellia azalea population in E’huangzhang Nature Reserve of Guangdong. The spatial distribution patterns and dynamics of the population were measured by applying aggregate indices including disperse coefficient, negative binomial distribution, Cassie index, clumping index, mean crowding, patch index and Green index. The results showed that in the natural distribution region, the population was mainly composed of adult trees, and was in declining due to seriously lack of seedlings. The structures of diameter, height  and canopy width  were not identical among different plots. In the plots, the spatial distribution pattern of C. azalea population showed clump or random, and changed from clump to random with the development of the population.