Changes in vegetation and soil properties during recovery of a subtropical forest in South China

doi:10.1007/s11629-017-4541-6

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	Changes in vegetation and soil properties during recovery of a subtropical forest in South China
	HUANG Fang-fang; ZHANG Wei-qiang; GAN Xian-hua; HUANG Yu-hui; GUO Yue-dong; WEN Xiao-ying
刊名	Journal of Mountain Science
	2018-01
卷号	15 期号:1 页码:46-58
关键词	Forest Recovery Vegetation Change Soil Property Subtropical Succession
ISSN号	1672-6316
DOI	10.1007/s11629-017-4541-6
通讯作者	ZHANG Wei-qiang
英文摘要	Secondary forests account for a large amount of subtropical forest due to persistent anthropogenic disturbance in China. The interaction between vegetation and soil during recovery process is rather complex and dependent on forest conditions. Understanding how vegetation and soil properties changes and how their relationship develops in secondary forests is key to effective forest restoration and management. Here we explored the patterns of vegetation and soil properties as well as their correlations during forest recovery process in a subtropical forest in south China. Plots of three forest types, i.e., broadleaf-conifer mixed forest, broadleaved forest and old growth stand, were established to represent the recovery stages. The results showed that diversity patterns in the tree, shrub and herb layers were different: in the tree layer the species diversity peaked at the intermediate stage, while in the understory layers it decreased chronologically. Most of the soil factors showed an increasing trend, and different effects of soil factors were found for the three layers as well as for the two spatial scales. Together, our results suggested that vegetation and soil might be interdependent during the recovery course. Further studies are needed on exploring how vegetation interplays with soil at different scales and how nutrient limitations affects the vegetation development in a chronosequence.
语种	英语
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://ir.imde.ac.cn/handle/131551/20781]
专题	Journal of Mountain Science _Journal of Mountain Science-2018_Vol15 No.1
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	HUANG Fang-fang,ZHANG Wei-qiang,GAN Xian-hua,et al. Changes in vegetation and soil properties during recovery of a subtropical forest in South China[J]. Journal of Mountain Science,2018,15(1):46-58.
APA	HUANG Fang-fang,ZHANG Wei-qiang,GAN Xian-hua,HUANG Yu-hui,GUO Yue-dong,&WEN Xiao-ying.(2018).Changes in vegetation and soil properties during recovery of a subtropical forest in South China.Journal of Mountain Science,15(1),46-58.
MLA	HUANG Fang-fang,et al."Changes in vegetation and soil properties during recovery of a subtropical forest in South China".Journal of Mountain Science 15.1(2018):46-58.