A preliminary report on the species diversity of Shorea chinensis forest in southwest China
Shorea chinensis forest is distributed in Xishuangbanna in southwest China which constitutes a part of the northernmost border of tropical southwest Asia and covers about 800 ha of wet valleys and gentle slopes. As an important representative of local rainforests under the prevalence of tropical mon...
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| Format: | Journal Contribution |
| Language: | English |
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2018
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| Online Access: | http://agris.upm.edu.my:8080/dspace/handle/0/14094 |
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| Summary: | Shorea chinensis forest is distributed in Xishuangbanna in southwest
China which constitutes a part of the northernmost border of tropical southwest Asia and covers about 800 ha of wet valleys and gentle slopes. As an important representative of local rainforests under the prevalence of tropical monsoon climate, Shorea chinensis forest has both ecological similarity and difference in comparison with
typical humid rainforests in tropical Asia. The present paper makes up one of the contributions to the systematic study on the tropical rainforests in Xishuangbanna. Several diversity indices of trees (DBH > 110 cm ) in this forest were determined by applying 'minimum programme' to the field survey : Shannon's H'; the complement
of Simpson's index, d'; Fisher's alpha S(100)
and b. A S-N curve showing the species
diversity of this forest was also completed. The results demonstrate that the Shorea
chinensis: forest in Xishuangbanna is more diversified in the tree species composition
than some insular forests in Micronesia and some continental rainforests in
Thailand and equatorial Amazon. |
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