吉林蛟河阔叶红松林木本植物物种多样性及群落结构与生产力的关系

Relationships between species diversity or community structure and productivity of woody-plants in a broad-leaved Korean pine forest in Jiaohe,Jilin,China

该研究以吉林蛟河阔叶红松林为分析对象,比较了物种多样性和群落结构对生产力的影响,试图为解释多样性-生产力关系、指导森林经营管理提供科学依据。研究利用11.76 hm^2大样地中10 973株木本植物数据,通过线性回归模型分析了7个物种多样性和群落结构指标与生产力的相关性,进而利用结构方程模型比较了物种多样性和群落结构对生产力的影响。结果显示:(1)在线性回归模型中,物种多样性和群落结构均对生产力有显著作用,其中物种多样性均匀度指数与生产力显著负相关,群落结构的香农指数与生产力显著正相关,基尼系数与生产力显著负相关。(2)在结构方程模型中,群落结构对生产力的影响比物种多样性更强。研究认为群落结构对生产力的作用比物种多样性更大,在森林经营管理中,提高群落结构复杂性对促进生产力具有重要的意义。

Aims Based on the dataset of a broad-leaved Korean pine forest in Jiaohe, Jilin Province, this research compared the influences of species diversity and community structure on productivity. We aim to explain the relationship between diversity and productivity for better forest management. Methods We used the data of 10 973 woody-plants in a 11.76 hm2 large sample plot and analyzed the correla- tions between 7 different indices of species diversity or community structure and productivity. Structural equation model was used to compare the effects of species diversity and community structure on productivity. Important findings The results showed that： （1） Both species diversity and community structure had significant effects on productivity when they were considered separately in linear regression analysis, i.e. species evenness was negatively correlated with productivity, the Shannon index of community structure was positively correlated with productivity and the Gini index was negatively correlated with productivity. （2） In the structural equation model, when simultaneously considered, community structure had stronger influence on productivity than species diversity. Our research suggests that, the effects of community structure on productivity are greater than species diversity and it is important to increase community structure complexity to improve forest productivity during forest management.