Effects of Human Disturbance on Species Diversity of Cyclobalanopsis glauca Community in Lotus Mountain in Ya’an
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    Using the Lotus Mountain as the study area,with typical plots methods,we investigated the species composition of different levels of stand structure,population structure and species diversity of Cyclobalanopsis glauca community under the slight,intermediate and severe human disturbances.The species richness index (S),Shannon-Wiener index (H),Simpson index (H′) and Pielou index (Jsw) were adopted to comprehensively evaluate the level of species diversity in C.glauca community.The results showed that:(1)a total of 161 vascular plant species belonging to 83 families and 134 genera were observed across the 9 explored plots within an area of 3 600 m2,and Gramineae,Lauraceae,Fagaceae,Theaceae are the dominant plant;(2)plant communities vary under different degrees of human disturbance effects.Trees are mainly in low diameter class (diameter at breast height<8 cm) and low height class (37 m) in arborous layer under sight and intermediate disturbances,suggesting a potential capacity of natural regeneration.Trees in low diameter and low height classes are rare under serious disturbance,and the community structure is unstable with a low primary productivity;(3)the important values vary significantly under different degrees of human disturbances,while dominant species show insignificant differences under these disturbances with a simple species composition Machilus microcarpa is the predominant species in shrub layer under severe disturbance,while herbaceous species are the dominant plants under intermediate disturbance;(4)S,H,H′,and Jsw decreased with the increases of human disturbance,indicating a decrease for plant biodiversity as a whole.

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HAO Jianfeng, ZHANG Yibo, WANG Deyi, QI Jinqiu, YAO Yu, LI Yan, ZHU Yunhang, YAO Xiaolan. Effects of Human Disturbance on Species Diversity of Cyclobalanopsis glauca Community in Lotus Mountain in Ya’an[J]. Acta Botanica Boreali-Occidentalia Sinica,2015,35(7):1451-1459

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