Interspecific Relationships of Main Tree Species in a Natural Secondary Forest in Beigou Forest Farm, Hebei Province
Forestry University, Beijing 100083, P. R. China)//Journal of Northeast Forestry University. -2012,40(9). -10 - 14A study was performed to discuss the interspecific relationships among 11 main tree species in a natural secondary forest in Beigou Forest Farm of Hebei Province by X2 -test, Ochiai association index, Pearson' s correlation coefficient and Spearman' s rank correlation coefficient. Results showed that the proportion of species-pairs which had significant or highly significant correlation was less and the connection degree of most species-pairs did not reach a level of significance, indicating that the interspecific relationships between forest tree species were not so closely, and did not form a significant overall association, so the community was relatively stable. Compared with X2-test, Ochiai association test and Pearson's correlation coefficient test, Spearman' s rank correlation coefficient test was more sensitive. The main tree species in the natural secondary forest were divided into three ecological species groups according to the analysis results and combined with the plant population biology and ecological adaptations. The resource use patterns and ecological requirements of tree species within the same ecological species group are similar, exhibiting a close connection between those tree species; however, there is a loose coupling between different ecological species groups.
Beigou forest farmNatural secondary forestsX2-testOchiai association indexPearson' s correlation coefficientSpearman' s rank correlation coefficient