Recovery of species diversity after disturbance of broad-leaved Korean pine mixed forest in Changbai Mountain

Abstract

Recovery of species diversity after catastrophic disturbance was influenced by a few factors, such as intensity of disturbance, availability of propagules, and the environmental conditions. In this paper, we examined pattems of species development after nearly 60a succession in burned broad-leaved Korean pine mixed forest on northem slope of Changbai Mountain. We assessed the recovery of plant species diversity in 3 types of forests under the condition with gradient of soil moisture. Results revealed that recovery of plant species diversity varied greatly under different environmental conditions. Species richness of secondary forests greatly related to the site condition. Secondary birch forest on mesic site had the greatest number of plant species and the following was poplar-birch forest and larch-birch forest. Most of characteristic taxa could be found in birch forest after 60a succession. For larch-birch forest on hydra site, most of climax species were still not able to invade, so it had the lowest species diversity.

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