Community comparison and determinant analysis of understory vegetation in six plantations in South China

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 206-214

  Duan, Wenjun ^a,b   Ren, Hai ^a   Fu, Shenglei ^a   Wang, Jun ^a,b   Zhang, Jinping ^a,b   Yang, Long ^a,b   Huang, Charlie ^c  

^a SOUTH CHINA INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c CDFG/OSPR/Scientific Division   (United States)

Author keywords

Determinants analysis; Ecological restoration; Plant diversity; Plantation; Understory vegetation

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GRASS; HERB; NATIVE SPECIES; PLANTATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL NUTRIENT; VEGETATION;

CHINA;

ACACIA; ACACIA MANGIUM; CORYMBIA CITRIODORA; EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS EXSERTA; POACEAE; SCHIMA SUPERBA;

EID: 77954374753     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2008.00444.x     Document Type: Article

References (44)

1. Alaback P B. Dynamics of understory biomass in Sitka spruce-western hemlock forests of Southeast Alaska. Ecology 1982, 63:1932-1948.
2. Amanda L B, Brian P O, Mohammad M B, Hans M W, Dean W C. Changes in understory vegetation of a ponderosa pine forest in northern Arizona 30 years after a wildfire. Forest Ecology and Management 2006, 235:283-294.
3. Aquino C A, Linera G W, Newton A C. Experimental native tree seedling establishment for the restoration of a Mexican cloud forest. Restoration Ecology 2004, 12:412-418.
4. Carnevale N J, Montagnini F. Facilitating regeneration of secondary forests with the use of mixed and pure plantations of indigenous tree species. Forest Ecology and Management 2002, 163:217-227.
5. Carnus J M, Parrotta J, Brockerhoff E, Arbez M, Jactel H, Kremer A, Lamb D, O'Hara K, Walters P B. Planted forests and biodiversity. Journal of Forestry 2006, 104:65-77.
6. Eduardo, Claudia M, Federico E, Gonzalo H. Frog, bat, and dung beetle diversity in the cloud forest and coffee agroecosystems of Veracruz, Mexico. Conservation Biology 2005, 19:400-410.
7. Erskine P D, Lamb D, Bristow M. Tree species diversity and ecosystem function: can tropical multi-species plantations generate greater productivity? Forest Ecology and Management 2006, 233:205-210.
8. Falk D A, Millar I C, Olwell M. Restoring diversity-strategies for reintroducion of endangered plants 1996, Island Press, Washington, D.C
9. Falk D A, Palmer M A, Zedler J B. Foundations of restoration ecology 2006, Island Press, Washington, D.C
10. Global Forest Resources Assessment 2005 2005, http://www.fao.org/forestry/site/fra2005/en/, available from, accessed 10 March 2008
11. Florencla M. Tree regeneration and species diversity following conventional and uniform spacing methods of selective cutting in a subtropical humid forest reserve. Biotropica 1998, 30:349-361.
12. Fritzsche F, Abate A, Fetene M, Beck E, Weise S, Guggenberger G. Soil-plant hydrology of indigenous and exotic trees in an Ethiopian montane forest. Tree Physiology 2006, 26:1043-1054.
13. George W P, Edward W B. Aspen canopy removal and root trenching effects on understory vegetation. Forest Ecology and Management 2006, 230:79-90.
14. Guariguata M R, Rheingans R, Montagnini F. Early woody invasion under tree plantations in Costa Rica: implications for forest restoration. Restoration Ecology 1995, 3:252-260.
15. Hill M O, Gauch H C. Detrended correspondence analysis, an improved ordination technique. Vegetation 1980, 42:47-58.
16. Holl K D. Effects of above- and below-ground competition of shrubs and grass on Calophyllum brasiliense (Camb.) seedling growth in abandoned tropical pasture. Forest Ecology and Management 1998, 109:187-195.
17. Soil physical and chemical analysis 1978, Shanghai Technology Press of China, Shanghai, China
18. Irène M K, France B R, Jean-Joël L, Jérôme N, Patrick L. Understory vegetation, soil structure and soil invertebrates in Congolese eucalypt plantations, with special reference to the invasive plant Chromolaena odorata and earthworm populations. European Journal of Soil Biology 2006, 43:48-56.
19. Khurana E, Singh J S. Ecology of seed and seedling growth for conservation and restoration of tropical dry forest: a review. Environmental Conservation 2001, 28:39-52.
20. Koide R T, Wu T. Ectomycorrhizas and retarded decomposition in a Pinus resinosa plantation. New Phytologist 2003, 158:401-407.
21. Lamb D. Large-scale ecological restoration of degraded tropical forest lands: the potential role of timber plantations. Restoration Ecology 1998, 3:271-279.
22. Lambshead P J D, Platt H M, Shaw K M. Detection of differences among assemblages of marine benthic species based on an assessment of dominance and diversity. Journal of Nature History 1983, 17:859-874.
23. Le Brocque A F, Buckney R T. Species richness-environment relationships within coastal sclerophyll and mesophyll vegetation in Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park, New South Wales, Australia. Austral Ecology 2003, 28:404-412.
24. Maclean D A, Wein R W. Changes in understory vegetation with increasing stand age in New Brunswick forests: species composition, cover, biomass and nutrients. Canadian Journal of Botany 1977, 55:2818-2831.
25. Methods for the determination of metals in soils, sediments and sewage sludge and plants by hydrochloric-nitric acid digestion. Methods for the examination of waters and associated materials 1986, Her Majesty's Stationary Office, London, United Kingdom
26. Olsen S R, Cole C V, Watanabe F S, Dean L A. Estimation of available phosphorus in soils by extraction with sodium bicarbonate 1954, USDA Circular 939, USDA, Washington, D.C
27. Parrotta J A. The role of plantations in rehabilitating degraded tropical ecosystems. Agriculture Ecosystem Environment 1992, 41:115-133.
28. Parrotta J A. Influence of overstory composition on understory colonization by native species in plantations on a degraded tropical site. Journal of Vegetation Science 1995, 6:627-636.
29. Parrotta J A, Knowles O H. Restoration of tropical moist forest on Bauxite-mined land in the Brazilian Amazon. Restoration ecology 1999, 7:103-116.
30. Peng S L. Study and application of restoration ecology in tropical and subtropical China 2003, Science Press, Beijing, China
31. Pensa M, Arne S, Aarne L, Ingo V. An analysis of vegetation restoration on opencast oil shale mines in Estonia. Restoration Ecology 2004, 12:200-206.
32. Ramovs B V, Roberts M R. Understory vegetation and environment responses to tillage, forest harvesting, and conifer plantation development. Ecological Applications 2003, 13:1682-1700.
33. Ren H, Peng S L. Introduction to restoration ecology 2001, Science Press, Beijing, China
34. Ren H, Shen W, Lu H, Wen X, Jian S. Degraded ecosystems in China: status, causes, and restoration efforts. Landscape and Ecological Engineering 2007, 3:1-13.
35. Renate W A, Martin W, Julienne M, Hans C M. Reproductive ecology of understory species in a tropical montane forest in Costa Rica. Biotropica 1999, 31:637-645.
36. Satoshi I. Maintaining plant species composition and diversity of understory vegetation under strip-clearcutting forestry in conifer plantations in Kyushu, southern Japan. Forest Ecology and Management 2006, 231:234-241.
37. The sixth national forest resources inventory and the status of forest resources. Green China 2005, 2:11-12.
38. Singh A N, Raghubanshi A S, Singh J S. Plantations as a tool for mine spoil restoration. Current Science 2002, 82:1436-1441.
39. Standford S, English L. Use of flame photometer for analysis of Na, K and Ca. Agronomy Journal 1949, 41:446-447.
40. Taverna K, Peet R K, Phillips LC. Long-term change in ground-layer vegetation of deciduous forests of the North Carolina Piedmont, USA. Journal of Ecology 2005, 93:202-213.
41. Ter Braak C J F. Canonical correspondence analysis: a new eigenvector method for multivariate direct gradient analysis. Ecology 1986, 67:1167-1197.
42. Yirdaw E, Luukkanen O. Photosynthetically active radiation transmittance of forest plantation canopies in the Ethiopian highlands. Forest Ecology and Management 2004, 188:17-24.
43. Yu Z Y, Peng S L. Ecological studies on vegetation rehabilitation of tropical and subtropical degraded ecosystems 1996, Guangdong Science and Technology Press, Guangzhou, China
44. Zanini L, Ganade G. Restoration of Araucaria Forest: the role of perches, pioneer vegetation, and soil fertility. Restoration Ecology 2005, 13:507-514.