Biodiv Sci ›› 2013, Vol. 21 ›› Issue (5): 554-563. DOI: 10.3724/SP.J.1003.2013.10049
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Pin Lu1,2, Yi Jin2, Jianhua Chen1, Minghong Li1,*, Mingjian Yu2,*()
Received:
2013-02-24
Accepted:
2013-04-26
Online:
2013-09-20
Published:
2013-10-08
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Li Minghong,Yu Mingjian
Pin Lu,Yi Jin,Jianhua Chen,Minghong Li,Mingjian Yu. Influence of geographical distance and topographic difference on β diversity in two large-scale forest dynamics plots[J]. Biodiv Sci, 2013, 21(5): 554-563.
样地 Plot | 大小 Size | 经度 Longitude | 纬度 Latitude | 海拔 Elevation (m) | 坡度 Slope |
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GTS | 400 m (SN)×600 m (WE) | 118°07.010′-118°07.400′ E | 29°15.101′-29°15.344′ N | 446.3-714.9 | 12.8°-62.0° |
BCI | 500 m (SN)×1,000 m (WE) | 79°51.31'-79°51.318' W | 9°9.075'-9°9.345' N | 121.2-159.2 | 0.2°-19.4° |
Table 1 Background information about the Gutianshan plot and the Barro Colorado Island (BCI) plot
样地 Plot | 大小 Size | 经度 Longitude | 纬度 Latitude | 海拔 Elevation (m) | 坡度 Slope |
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GTS | 400 m (SN)×600 m (WE) | 118°07.010′-118°07.400′ E | 29°15.101′-29°15.344′ N | 446.3-714.9 | 12.8°-62.0° |
BCI | 500 m (SN)×1,000 m (WE) | 79°51.31'-79°51.318' W | 9°9.075'-9°9.345' N | 121.2-159.2 | 0.2°-19.4° |
Fig. 1 Relationship between community similarity and distance at different grain sizes. a, b, c and d represent grain sizes of 10 m, 20 m, 40 m and 50 m, respectively. Black line indicates Gutianshan plot; Grey line indicates BCI plot.
Fig. 2 The Mantel-test derived correlation coefficients bet- ween beta diversity and geographical distance at each grain size in the Gutianshan (GTS) plot and Barro Colorado Island (BCI) plot. GTS and BCI, Topography uncontrolled; gts and bci, Topography controlled.
Fig. 3 The Mantel-test derived correlation coefficients bet- ween beta diversity and topographic difference at each grain size in the Gutianshan (GTS) plot and Barro Colorado Island (BCI) plot (* P<0.05, ** P<0.01, *** P<0.001). GTS and BCI, Geographical distance uncontrolled; gts and bci, Geographical distance controlled.
Fig. 4 The Partial Mantel-test derived correlation coefficients between beta diversity and each topographic variables (elevation, convexity, slope, EW aspect and SN aspect) at each grain sizes in the GTS plot and BCI plot (* P<0.05, ** P<0.01, *** P<0.001). a, Elevation; b, Slope; c, Convexity; d, Aspect 1 (East-West); e, Aspect 2 (North-South).
Fig. 5 The third-degree polynomial regressions fitting the relationship between community similarity and geographical distance and topographic difference. a, BCI plot; b, GTS plot; 1, 2, 3 and 4 represent grain sizes 10 m, 20 m, 40 m, and 50 m respectively. Grey line indicate observe values. Black line represents geographical distance fitting, the adjusted R2 from 10 m to 50 m grain size in GTS were 0.0211, 0.0351, 0.0710 and 0.0680, respectively, and in BCI were 0.0104, 0.0219, 0.0601 and 0.0875, respectively. Circles represent topography fitting, the adjusted R2 from 10 m to 50 m grain size in GTS were 0.0596, 0.1127, 0.1067 and 0.0821 respectively, and in BCI were 0.0083, 0.0010, 0.0212 and 0.0279 respectively. Dots represent the geographic distance and topography joint fitting, the adjusted R2 from 10 m to 50 m grain size in GTS were 0.0667, 0.1211, 0.1478 and 0.1303, respectively, and in BCI were 0.0126, 0.0219, 0.0584 and 0.0890, respectively. P<0.001 for all the above fitting results.
Appendix IV Linear regression fitting of the logged community similarity with geographical distance. a, BCI plot; b, Gutianshan plot; 1, 2, 3 and 4 represent grain size 10 m, 20 m, 40 m and 50 m respectively. BCI decay rate: -2.994×10-5/m, -1.295×10-4/m, -1.081×10-4/m and -1.073×10-4/m ; GTS decay rate: -1.152×10-4/m, -3.207×10-4/m, -2.345×10-4/m and -1.742×10-4/m .
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