Biodiv Sci ›› 2000, Vol. 08 ›› Issue (4): 370-377.  DOI: 10.17520/biods.2000052

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A study on the plant species diversity of tropical natural forest in Bawangling, Hainan Island

HU Yu-Jia,DING Xiao-Qiu   

  1. School of Life Sciences , Zhongshan University , Guangzhou  510275
  • Received:1999-11-28 Revised:2000-08-07 Online:2000-11-20 Published:2000-11-20
  • Contact: HU Yu-Jia

Abstract: Using phytocoenological and phytodemographic methods , we studied the quantitative and qualitative characteristics of plant species diversity of tropical natural forest in Bawangling , Hainan Island. The results showed that 1) plant communities of this area had great differences in the composition of dominant species and there were low species similarities among the communities ; 2) the mountain rain forest in this area had a larger number of species , a higher level of species evenness and relatively weaker dominance of the species than the lowland rain forest ; 3) setting priority according to species rarity , all the plants in this area can be divided into three categories according to their positions and distributions in the communities , namely rare and endangered species , characteristic species , and common species , and 4) some suggestions were put forward for the conservation of plant species diversity in this area.