Comparative Studies on Vertical Stratification,Floristic Composition, and Woody Species Diversity of Subtropical Evergreen Broadleaf Forests Between the Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan, and South China
In order to compare vertical stratification, floristic composition, and woody species diversity of subtropical evergreen broadleaf forests between the Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan, and South China, tree censuses in a 400 m2 plot in Ishigaki Island and a 1225 m2 plot in Dinghushan Nature Reserve were performed. Both of the subtropical forests consisted of five vertical strata. The floristic composition of the Ishigaki forest was quite different from that of the Dinghushan forest in terms of similarity on a species level (Kuno-s similarity index r0 = 0.05). The values of Shannon-s index H' and Pielou-s index J ' tended to increase from the bottom stratum upward in both forests, except H' for the top stratum in the Ishigaki forest and the upper two strata in the Dinghushan forest. The woody species diversity in the Dinghushan forest (H'= 3.01 bit) was much lower than that in the Ishigaki forest (H'= 4.36 bit).
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2008.
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paddy field," Bull. Kyushu Agric. Exp. Stn., vol. 14, pp. 131-246, 1968.
(in Japanese with English summary)
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equatorial forests," in Productivity of Forest Ecosystems, Paris: Unesco,
1971, pp. 309-321.
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Asakura-shoten, 1980. (in Japanese)
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Competition-Density curve," Jpn. J. For. Plan., vol. 24, pp. 15-23, 1995.
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concinna population," Acta Ecol. Sin., vol. 19, pp. 485-489, 1999. (in
Chinese with English summary)
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Dinghu Mountain forests," Chin. Biodiv. Sci., vol. 6, pp. 116-121, 1998.
(in Chinese with English summary)
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occurrence and control of Thalassodes quadraia Guenee," Anhui Agric.
Sci. Bull., vol. 14, pp. 98-99, 2008. (in Chinese)
[1] H. Ogawa, and A. Matsumoto, "What characterizes Japanese climate?
Japan and Its Nature, vol. 2," in The Climate and Vegetation of Japan, T.
Matsui and H. Ogawa, Ed. Tokyo: Heibonsha, 1987, pp. 41-54. (in
Japanese)
[2] T. Kira, "Forest ecosystems of east and southest Aisa in a global
perspective," Ecol. Res., vol. 6, pp. 185-200, 1991.
[3] S. Barbier, F. Gosselin, and P. Balandier, "Influence of tree species on
understory vegetation diversity and mechanisms involved - A critical
review for temperate and boreal forests," For. Ecol. Manage., vol. 254, pp.
1-15, 2008.
[4] T. R. E. Southwood, "Habitat, the template for ecological strategies?" J.
Anim. Ecol., vol. 46, pp. 337-365, 1977.
[5] M. A. Huston, Biological Diversity. Cambridge: Cambridge University
Press, 1994.
[6] C. G. Jones, J. H. Lawton, and M. Shachak, "Organisms as ecosystem
engineers," OIKOS, vol. 69, pp. 373-386, 1994.
[7] T. C. Whitmore, An Introduction to Tropical Rain Forests. London:
Oxford University Press, 1998.
[8] H. Takeda and T. Abe, "Templates of food-habitat resources for the
organization of soil animals in temperate and tropical forests," Ecol. Res.,
vol. 16, pp. 961-973, 2001.
[9] W. Huang, V. Pohjonen, S. Johansson, M. Nashanda, M. I. L. Katigula,
and O. Luukkanen, "Species diversity, forest structure and species
composition in Tanzanian tropical forests," For. Ecol. Manage., vol. 173,
pp. 11-24, 2003.
[10] H. Koop, Forest Dynamics, Silvi-star: A Compresensive Monitoring
System. Berlin: Springer, 1989.
[11] M. Neumann and F. Starlinger, "The significance of different indices for
stand structure and diversity in forests," For. Ecol. Manage., vol. 145, pp.
91-106, 2001.
[12] S. M. Feroz and A. Hagihara, "Comparative studies on community
ecology of two types of subtropical forests grown in silicate and limestone
habits in the northern part of Okinawa Island, Japan," Taiwania, vol. 53,
pp. 134-149, 2008.
[13] X. Y. Zhou, Z. L. Huang, X. J. Ouyang, J. Li, L. L. Guan, G. L. Xu, and C.
Zhang, "Succession of the original Catanopsis chinensis - Cryptocarya
chinesis - Schima superba community of monsoom evergreen
broad-leaved forest in Dinghushan Nature Reserve," Acta Ecol. Sin., vol.
25, pp. 37-44, 2005. (in Chinese with English summary)
[14] L. Li, X. Y. Zhou, Z. L. Huang, S. G. Wei, and J. H. Shi, "Study on the
relationship between ╬▒ diversity of plant community and environment on
Dinghushan," Acta Ecol. Sin., vol. 26, pp. 2301-2307, 2006. (in Chinese
with English summary)
[15] S. M. Feroz, A. Hagihara, and M. Yokota, "Stand structure and woody
species diversity in relation to the stand stratification in a subtropical
evergreen broadleaf forest, Okinawa Island," J. Plant Res., vol. 119, pp.
293-301, 2006.
[16] S. M. Feroz, K. Yoshimura, and A. Hagihara, "Stand stratification and
woody species diversity of a subtropical forest in limestone habitat in the
northern part of Okinawa Island," J. Plant Res., vol. 121, pp. 329-337,
2008.
[17] E. H. Walker, Flora of Okinawa and the Southern Ryukyu Islands.
Washington, D.C: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1976.
[18] Dinghushan Arboretum, A Handbook of Plants of Dinghushan. South
China Institute of Botany Academia Sinica, 1978. (in Chinese)
[19] T. Kira, "Forest vegetation of Japan. Introduction," in Primary
Productivity of Japanese Forests. Productivity of Terrestrial
Communities, T. Shidei and T. Kira, Ed. Tokyo: University of Tokyo
Press, 1977, pp. 1-9/14.
[20] K. Hozumi, "Studies on the frequency distribution of the weight of
individual trees in a forest stand. V. The M-w diagram for various types of
forest stands," Jpn. J. Ecol., vol. 25, pp. 123-131, 1975.
[21] K. Shinozaki, "Note on the species-area curve," in Proc. Annual Meeting
for the Ecological Society of Japan, Tokyo, 1963, p. 5. (in Japanese)
[22] S. H. Hurlbert, "The nonconcept of species diversity: a critique and
alternative parameters," Ecology, vol. 133, pp. 125-133, 1971.
[23] E. Kuno, "Studies on the population dynamics of rice leafhoppers in a
paddy field," Bull. Kyushu Agric. Exp. Stn., vol. 14, pp. 131-246, 1968.
(in Japanese with English summary)
[24] T. Kira and H. Ogawa, "Assessment of primary production in tropical and
equatorial forests," in Productivity of Forest Ecosystems, Paris: Unesco,
1971, pp. 309-321.
[25] H. Ogawa, Structure and Function of Plant Populations. Tokyo:
Asakura-shoten, 1980. (in Japanese)
[26] A. Hagihara, "The Size-Dependence curve as a generalized
Competition-Density curve," Jpn. J. For. Plan., vol. 24, pp. 15-23, 1995.
[27] S. L. Peng and D. Li, "The ecological characteristics of Cryptocarya
concinna population," Acta Ecol. Sin., vol. 19, pp. 485-489, 1999. (in
Chinese with English summary)
[28] Z. L. Huang, G. H. Kong, and P. Wei, "Plant species diversity dynamics in
Dinghu Mountain forests," Chin. Biodiv. Sci., vol. 6, pp. 116-121, 1998.
(in Chinese with English summary)
[29] F. Pei, X. Q. Sun, L. H. Ye, X. P. Liu, J. Qu, and L, Pan, "Studies on
occurrence and control of Thalassodes quadraia Guenee," Anhui Agric.
Sci. Bull., vol. 14, pp. 98-99, 2008. (in Chinese)
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