FUNCTIONAL DIVERSITY AND ITS ATTRIBUTE FACTORS IN THE YUNMENG MOUNTAIN NATIONAL FOREST PARK IN BEIJING, CHINA
ABSTRACT The interaction of diversity with environmental gradients is an important topic in ecology. This study investigated the pattern of change in functional diversity in forest communities along an altitudinal gradient in Yunmeng Mountain National Forest Park, China. Forty-two quadrats measuring...
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Veröffentlicht in: | CERNE 2017-03, Vol.23 (1), p.75-84 |
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Zusammenfassung: | ABSTRACT The interaction of diversity with environmental gradients is an important topic in ecology. This study investigated the pattern of change in functional diversity in forest communities along an altitudinal gradient in Yunmeng Mountain National Forest Park, China. Forty-two quadrats measuring 10 x 10 m in the forest communities were set up along this altitudinal gradient; plant species, traits and environmental variables were measured and recorded. Six functional diversity indices, namely, Modified functional attribute diversity (MFAD), Functional diversity plot-based dendrogram index (FDp), Functional diversity community-based dendrogram index (FDc), Functional evenness (FEve), Functional divergence (FDiv) and Functional dispersion (FDis), were used to calculate functional diversity. The results showed that functional diversity varied greatly in forest communities in the Yunmeng Mountain Forest Park. Functional diversity was significantly correlated with elevation and slope position and somewhat correlated with soil depth. Functional diversity increased with an increase in the elevation and decreased as the slope position changed from valley bottom to hill ridge. Functional diversity was closely related to species richness. The six functional diversity indices were all applicable to functional diversity studies of forest communities.
RESUMO A interação da diversidade com gradientes ambientais é um tópico importante na ecologia. Este estudo investigou o padrão de mudança na diversidade funcional em comunidades florestais ao longo de um gradiente altitudinal no Parque Florestal Nacional da Montanha Yunmeng, China. Quarenta e dois quadrantes medindo 10 x 10 m foram alocados nas comunidades florestais ao longo deste gradiente altitudinal; espécies e características de plantas, bem como variáveis ambientais foram medidas e registradas. Seis índices de diversidade funcional, sendo eles, atributo funcional de diversidade modificado (MFAD), índice de diversidade funcional baseada no dendrograma da parcela (PDp), índice de diversidade funcional baseada no dendrograma da comunidade (FDc), regularidade funcional (FEve), divergência funcional (FDiv) e dispersão funcional (FDis), foram utilizados para calcular a diversidade funcional. Os resultados mostraram que a diversidade funcional variou muito nas comunidades florestais do Parque Florestal da Montanha Yunmeng. Diversidade funcional foi significativamente correlacionada com a elevação e a posição de inclina |
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ISSN: | 0104-7760 2317-6342 0104-7760 2317-6342 |
DOI: | 10.1590/01047760201723012264 |