[Biodiversity of subalpine meadow in Heyeping of Luya Mountain, China.]
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Jia Ye Bai1, Wei Hua Liu1, Bing Qing Zhao2
1College of Environmental &Resource Sciences, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, China.
Abstract:
In this study, investigation on plant community was conducted in Heyeping subalpine meadow of Luya Mountain in Shanxi Province of China. The importance values of 36 herbaceous species, α diversity index, phylogenetic diversity index, as well as their correlations were investigated. The results showed that the species diversity of the subalpine meadow was uniformly distributed. Species richness was higher in marginal areas, indicating an 'edge effect'. The phylogenetic structure of four plots was convergent and that of 12 plots was dispersive. The phylogenetic diversity index (PD) was positively correlated with the Petrick index, Simpson index and Shannon index, while there was no significant correlation of either the net relatedness index (NRI) or the nearest taxon index (NTI) to the α diversity indices.
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