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Distribution patterns of aboveground biomass of tropical cloud forests in Hainan Island.

SHAO Xiao-li1, CHENG Yi-kang2, WANG Xi-xi2, WANG Xu2, WU Yong3, HONG Xiao-jiang4, FANG Yan-shan5, LU Yong-quan4, LONG Wen-xing2*   

  1. (1Hubei Academy of Environmental Sciences, Wuhan 430000, China; 2Institute of Tropical Agriculture and Forestry, Hainan University, Haikou 570100, China; 3Environmental Protection Department of Hubei Province, Wuhan 430000, China; 4Forestry Bureau of Bawangling (Administration of Bawangling National Natural Reserve), Changjiang 572700, Hainan, China; 5Forestry Station of Limushan (Administration of Limushan Natural Reserve of Hainan Province), Qiongzhong 572900, Hainan, China).
     
  • Online:2018-09-10 Published:2018-09-10

Abstract:

Plant biomass, one of the most important ecosystem functions of forests, plays fundamental roles in material cycle and energy flow. The diameter at breast height (DBH) and height of plants with DBH≥1 cm were surveyed in tropical cloud forests in Jianfengling Mt., Bawangling Mt. and Limushan Mt. With forest aboveground biomass (AGB) being calculated with an allometric model, we assessed variations in AGB across different plot sizes, DBH classes, and plant height classes in the three tropical cloud forests. Results showed that AGB in the three tropical cloud forests consistently changed across plot sizes, with the AGB being significantly higher in Jianfengling Mt. and Limushan Mt. than in Bawangling Mt., due to the influences of precipitation and air temperature. AGB of Jianfengling Mt., Bawangling Mt. and Limushan Mt. were mainly distributed in trees with DBH≥30 cm, accounting for 33.0%, 32.1% and 52.8%, respectively. For the patterns of AGB across height classes, AGB was mainly distributed in plants with height ≥7 m in Jianfengling Mt. and Bawangling Mt., accounting for 79.9% and 70.1% of total AGB, respectively. ABG in Limushan Mt., however, was mainly distributed in plants with height ≥9 m, accounting for 87.7% of total AGB. Changes in AGB across the three tropical cloud forests were consistent at different DBH and height classes, with AGB being mainly distributed in large trees.
 

Key words: tillage method, soil organic carbon, straw returning, functional gene., microbial community structure, Illumina sequencing