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cje ›› 2005, Vol. ›› Issue (8): 878-882.

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Soil fractal features of subalpine coniferous forests in Western Sichuan under different anthropogenic disturbances

LIAO Yongmei1, CHEN Jjingsong2   

  1. 1. Research Center of Biodiversity, China West Normal University, Nanchong 637002, China;
    2. Chengdu Insitute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu 610041, China
  • Received:2004-08-04 Revised:2004-12-20 Online:2005-08-10

Abstract: Fractal theory which is used to study the natural figures and images with self-similarity but without characteristic length offers an effective tool to quantitatively investigate the complex systems such as soil.This paper studied the fractal features of soil particles and micro-aggregates under the subalpine coniferous forests with different intensity anthropogenic disturbance in Miyaluo area of West Sichuan,and approached the effects of the disturbance on the forest soils attributed to different fractal dimensions.The study introduced a new way to research the recovery and reestablishment of subalpine coniferous forests.

Key words: Manis pentadactyla, Burrow, Habitat selection, Dawuling Natural Reserve

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