Structural diversity of forest communities on
Baihuashan Mountain, Beijing

doi:10.1007/s11461-008-0034-7

Front. For. China

2008, Vol. 3

Issue (2) : 213-218 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11461-008-0034-7

Structural diversity of forest communities on Baihuashan Mountain, Beijing

ZHENG Jingming, ZHAO Xiuhai, ZHANG Chunyu

Key Laboratory for Silviculture and Conservation of the Ministry of Education, Beijing Forestry University

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Abstract The structural diversity of forests on Baihuashan Mountain, Beijing, was surveyed by a plotless method combined with branch and leaf coverage estimation in the different layers. New structural indices were constructed, calculated and compared among different communities. On the basis of previous work, structural diversity of forest communities at the stand level was described by a vertical complexity index and a horizontal heterogeneity index. From a correlational analysis among the new indices and other commonly used biodiversity indices, we concluded that the new indices are closely related to a tree height inequality index and the Shannon-Wiener index of the tree and shrub layer, which indicated that the new indices were good at indicating structural diversity in the different forests on Baihuashan Mountain. The results show that, in natural forests, structural diversity of pioneer communities is much lower than in late successive communities. In plantations, structural diversity is determined by the stage of development and tree species. Tending would increase horizontal heterogeneity and decrease vertical complexity.

Issue Date: 05 June 2008

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ZHAO Xiuhai,ZHENG Jingming,ZHANG Chunyu. Structural diversity of forest communities on Baihuashan Mountain, Beijing[J]. Front. For. China, 2008, 3(2): 213-218.

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