Relationship between species diversity and biomass of eucalyptus plantation in Guangxi, south China

doi:10.1007/s11461-009-0009-3

Front Fore Chin

2009, Vol. 4

Issue (2) : 146-152 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11461-009-0009-3

RESEARCH ARTICLE

Relationship between species diversity and biomass of eucalyptus plantation in Guangxi, south China

Yuanguang WEN^1,2(

), Fang CHEN², Shirong LIU³, Hongwen LIANG¹, Chang'an YUAN⁴, Hongguang ZHU¹

1. Forestry College, Guangxi University, Nanning 530005, China; 2. College of Life Science, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, China; 3. Research Institute of Forest Ecology, Environment and Protection, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing 100091, China; 4. Guangxi Normal University, Nanning 530001, China

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Abstract

To reveal the relationship between species diversity and biomass in a eucalyptus (Eucalyptus urophylla × E. grandis) plantation located in the Dongmen State Forestry Farm of Guangxi, south China, 18 sample plots were established and the total biomass, arbor layer biomass and undergrowth biomass of communities were subsequently harvested. The results were as follows: 1) Species richness in eucalypt plantation had remarkable positive correlation with biomass of arbor layer, undergrowth and community (α=0.001), its correlation coefficients were 0.6935, 0.7028 and 0.7106 respectively. 2) Leaf area index (LAI) had remarkable positive correlation with species richness and undergrowth biomass (α=0.001). Its correlation coefficients were 0.7310 and 0.6856, respectively. 3) Arbor layer biomass had remarkable correlation with soil organic matter and hydrolysable N, its correlation coefficients was 0.6416 and 0.6203 respectively. Species richness had remarkable correlation with soil organic matter and correlation coefficient was 0.6359. Among them, the correlation was significant at the 0.1 level. Undergrowth biomass had little correlation with nine soil nutrients and correlation coefficients were under 0.4. To sum up, species diversity was advantageous to the promotion of the biomass of the eucalyptus plantation, and the variation of LAI and soil nutrient in small-scales could result in the difference of species diversity and biomass in different sample plots.

Keywords eucalyptus plantations species diversity biomass soil nutrient leaf area index

Corresponding Author(s): WEN Yuanguang,Email:wenyg@263.net

Issue Date: 05 June 2009

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Yuanguang WEN,Fang CHEN,Shirong LIU, et al. Relationship between species diversity and biomass of eucalyptus plantation in Guangxi, south China[J]. Front Fore Chin, 2009, 4(2): 146-152.

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Tab.1 Survey of sample plots

Tab.2 Allometric equations of eucalyptus biomass ( in kg, DBH in cm and in m)

Tab.3 Species diversity in each sub-plot

Tab.4 Biomass of communities in sub-plots

Fig.1 Relation between species richness and arbor layer biomass(a) and total biomass (b) and undergrowth vegetation biomass (c)

Fig.2 Relation between LAI and species diversity(a) and undergrowth vegetation biomass (b)

Tab.5 Soil nutrient content of sub-plots

Tab.6 Correlation coefficients among species richness, biomass and soil nutrients content

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