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- Title
The Relationships among Topographically-driven Habitats, Dominant Species and Vertical Layers in Temperate Forest in China.
- Authors
Jia, H. R.; Chen, Y.; Wang, X. Y.; Li, P. K.; Yuan, Z. L.; Ye, Y. Z.
- Abstract
The relationships among topography, topographically-driven habitats, dominant species and vertical layers in forest ecosystem are often complicate. In this study, based on the five 1 ha forest dynamics plots in China, we examined these relationships in different communities of temperate forest in China through structural equation model and torus-translation test. Our results showed that (1) the dominant species is an important factor that affects the forest vertical layers; (2) interspecific competition is prevalent between dominant species and canopy layer; (3) the species in each vertical layer have varying topographical habitat preferences. These findings shed new light to the species coexistence among forest vertical layers in temperate forest.
- Subjects
CHINA; TEMPERATE forests; STRUCTURAL equation modeling; COMPETITION (Biology); COEXISTENCE of species; FOREST dynamics; HABITAT selection
- Publication
Russian Journal of Ecology, 2019, Vol 50, Issue 2, p172
- ISSN
1067-4136
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1134/S1067413619020061