文献类型：期刊文献

英文题名：Evaluating Tree Species Spatial Diversity Based on Neighborhood Relationships

作者：Hui, Gangying[1] Zhao, Xiuhai[2] Zhao, Zhonghua[1] von Gadow, Klaus[2]

第一作者：惠刚盈

通信作者：Hui, GY[1]

机构：[1]Chinese Acad Forestry, Res Inst Forestry, Key Lab Tree Breeding & Cultivat, State Forestry Adm, Beijing 100091, Peoples R China;[2]Beijing Forestry Univ, Key Lab Silviculture & Conservat, Educ Minist, Beijing, Peoples R China

年份：2011

卷号：57

期号：4

起止页码：292-300

外文期刊名：FOREST SCIENCE

收录：;EI(收录号：20122615167115);Scopus(收录号：2-s2.0-84862674932);WOS:【SCI-EXPANDED(收录号:WOS:000294106600003)】；

基金：The study was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (30872021). We are grateful for assistance provided by Shiyun Yuan and Wenzhen Liu during the field assessments.

语种：英文

外文关键词：tree species diversity; neighborhood relationship; spatial mingling

摘要：This contribution presents a method for describing forest tree species diversity based on the analysis of tree neighborhoods. The proposed measure of tree species spatial diversity (TSS) is compared with four commonly used diversity indices using empirical and simulated data. The empirical dataset includes field observations with known tree coordinates from different forest types in China, Mongolia, Mexico, Germany, Myanmar, and South Africa. The simulated set uses 12 specifically designed patterns of spatial species mingling. The results show that the value of the TSS criterion increases with increasing tree species richness. In addition, TSS is sensitive to rare species and to variations in community structure, including species spatial isolation and spatial mingling. For these reasons, the TSS criterion is much more effective for measuring tree species diversity than the commonly used indices. It allows detailed interpretation of forest spatial diversity and of forest structural modifications after selective thinnings in multispecies forests. A particular advantage of the TSS index is the fact that its assessment, which is based on neighborhood relations, can be easily integrated in routine forest management surveys at practically no additional cost. FOR. SCI. 57(4):292-300.