Spatial distribution and scale effect of species diversity of secondary forests in montane region of eastern Liaoning Province, China.

doi:10.13287/j.1001-9332.201607.022

Abstract

Abstract: With secondary forest in the montane region of eastern Liaoning Province as research object, this paper analyzed the spatial distribution and scale effect of Gleason richness index, Simpson dominance index, Shannon diversity index and Pielou evenness index in a 4 hm² plot. The results showed that spatial distributions of the four diversity indices showed higher spatial heterogeneity. Variance of the four diversity indices varied with increasing scale. Coefficients of variation of the four diversity indices decreased with increasing scale. The four diversity indices of the tree layer were higher than those of the shrub layer, and the variation tendency varied with increasing scale. The results indicated that sampling scale should be taken into account when studying species diversity in the montane region of eastern Liaoning Province.

DEND Li-ping, BAI Xue-jiao, QIN Sheng-jin, WEI Ya-wei, ZHOU Yong-bin, LI Lu-lu, NIU Sha-sha, HAN Mei-na. Spatial distribution and scale effect of species diversity of secondary forests in montane region of eastern Liaoning Province, China.[J]. Chinese Journal of Applied Ecology, 2016, 27(7): 2197-2204.

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