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Scientia Silvae Sinicae ›› 2021, Vol. 57 ›› Issue (5): 93-107.doi: 10.11707/j.1001-7488.20210509

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Species Abundance Distribution of Spruce-Fir Broad-Leaved Tree Species Mixed Forest in Northern Slope of Changbai Mountain in China

Yuedong Guo1,2,3,Huiru Zhang1,3,*,Jun Lu1,3,Zhuohui Wang4   

  1. 1. Research Institute of Forest Resource Information Techniques, CAF Beijing 100091
    2. Shanxi Agricultural University Taigu 030801
    3. Key Laboratory of Forest Management and Growth Modeling, National Forestry and Grassland Administration Beijing 100091
    4. Wangqing Forestry Bureau of Jilin Province Wangqing 133200
  • Received:2019-08-13 Online:2021-07-25 Published:2021-07-09
  • Contact: Huiru Zhang

Abstract:

Objective: Species abundance distribution of community is the base for the biodiversity and community assemblage rules. Aim of the study was to fit the species abundance distribution of spruce-fir broad-leaved tree species mixed forest in overcutting forest zone in northeast of China and to interpret the ecological mechanisms behind the pattern. Method: Empirical statistical model, niche model, unified neutral theory model and niche composite model were used to analyze the species abundance data from the 12 communities of spruce-fir broad-leaved tree species mixed forest in overcutting forest zone in northeast of China. Result: 1) Logarithm normal distribution(ln)model and Poisson logarithm normal distribution(pl)model performed better than the logarithm series model(ls), the T parameter from the ls model and the λ parameter from the ln model characterized the biodiversity property of the 12 communities. 2) Among the 7 niche models, the random broken sticks model performed the best, followed by the overlapping niche model, geometrical series model, Zipf model and Zipf-Mandelbrot model, and the random assortment model and the dominance preemption model performed the worst. 3) The fitting capacity of the composite model performed better than the other traditional niche models listed above, especially when the abundances of common and rare species were in different competition hierarchies; the empirical model and the niche model exhibited the same performance when the basal area were used as generalized abundance indices, while the composite model and the unified neutral model had differences with that for individual number as abundance indices. Conclusion: Composite model was a combination of two simple niche model, it could span the bridge between empirical model, niche model and neutral theory model, and open up new ways for the species abundance pattern analysis. The species abundance of spruce-fir broad-leaved tree species mixed forest in overcutting forest zone in northeast of China was a combination of deterministic and stochastic ecological processes, and represented multiple mechanisms such as seed source dispersal, interspecific competition, forest cutting and random disturbance, overlogged forest community was in the stage of recovery succession, niche process may dominate.

Key words: species abundance relationship model, composite model, unified neutral theory model, niche model, random assortment model

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