Diversity and composition of understory vegetation in the tropical seasonal rain forest of Xishuangbanna, SW China
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RBT32122022-06-06T18:54:02Z Diversity and composition of understory vegetation in the tropical seasonal rain forest of Xishuangbanna, SW China Diversity and composition of understory vegetation in the tropical seasonal rain forest of Xishuangbanna, SW China Lü, Xiao-Tao Yin, Jiang-Xia Tang, Jian-Wei hierba bosque tropical no-dipterocárpico muestreo arbusto riqueza de especies plátulas plantas de sotobosque herb non-dipterocarp tropical forest sapling shrub species richness seedling understory plants Tropical forests vegetation and community research have tended to focus on the tree component, and limited attention has been paid to understory vegetation. Species diversity and composition of the understory of tropical seasonal rain forest were inventoried in a 625m2 area (for sapling layer) and a 100m2 area (for herb/seedling layer) in three 1ha plots. We found 3068 individuals belonging to 309 species, 192 genera and 89 families. The most important family as determined by the Family Importance Value (FIV) was Rubiaceae in both sapling and herb/seedling layers. In terms of Importance Value Index (IVI), the shrub Mycetia gracilis (Rubiaceae) was the most important species in the sapling layer and the pteridophyte Selaginella delicatula (Selaginellaceae) was the most ecological significant species in the herb/seedling layer. Much more vascular plant species were registered in the understory than in the tree layer totaled among the three plots. The species diversity did not differ significantly among the tree layer, sapling layer and herb/seedling layer. Given that we still know little about the understory plant community for growth forms other than trees, the results from the present study indicate that more attention should be paid to the understory vegetation during the decision-making process for biodiversity conservation in the tropical forests. Rev. Biol. Trop. 59 (1): 455-463. Epub 2011 March 01. Universidad de Costa Rica 2011-03-01 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Article Text application/pdf https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rbt/article/view/3212 10.15517/rbt.v59i1.3212 Revista de Biología Tropical; Vol. 59 No. 1 (2011): Volume 59 – Regular number 1 – March 2011; 455–463 Revista de Biología Tropical; Vol. 59 Núm. 1 (2011): Volumen 59 – Número regular 1 – Marzo 2011; 455–463 Revista Biología Tropical; Vol. 59 N.º 1 (2011): Volume 59 – Regular number 1 – March 2011; 455–463 2215-2075 0034-7744 10.15517/rbt.v59i1 eng https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rbt/article/view/3212/3118 Copyright (c) 2011 Revista de Biología Tropical http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
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Lü, Xiao-Tao Yin, Jiang-Xia Tang, Jian-Wei |
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Lü, Xiao-Tao Yin, Jiang-Xia Tang, Jian-Wei Diversity and composition of understory vegetation in the tropical seasonal rain forest of Xishuangbanna, SW China |
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Lü, Xiao-Tao Yin, Jiang-Xia Tang, Jian-Wei |
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Diversity and composition of understory vegetation in the tropical seasonal rain forest of Xishuangbanna, SW China |
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Diversity and composition of understory vegetation in the tropical seasonal rain forest of Xishuangbanna, SW China |
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Diversity and composition of understory vegetation in the tropical seasonal rain forest of Xishuangbanna, SW China |
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Diversity and composition of understory vegetation in the tropical seasonal rain forest of Xishuangbanna, SW China |
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Diversity and composition of understory vegetation in the tropical seasonal rain forest of Xishuangbanna, SW China |
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diversity and composition of understory vegetation in the tropical seasonal rain forest of xishuangbanna, sw china |
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Diversity and composition of understory vegetation in the tropical seasonal rain forest of Xishuangbanna, SW China |
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Universidad de Costa Rica |
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2011 |
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