Indicator Species Analysis of Forest Communities along a Disturbance Gradient in Guangzhou, China

• DOI: 10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.195-196.1275
• Publication Date: 2012-09-19T11:57:57Z
• Authors: Chun Zhu; Yong Mei Xiong; Xu Dong Ma; Xian Dong Ke; Zhi Yao Su
• Keywords: Understory; Intermediate Disturbance Hypothesis; Indicator species; Diversity index

In order to reveal the effect of disturbance on species composition and detect indicator for gradients, we conducted an investigation urban forest communities along a gradient in Guangzhou, China. Species richness tree layer understory had no significant difference among but Simpson index, Shannon-Weiner index Evenness varied significantly.species diversity decreased with gradient. Multi-Response Permutation Procedures (MRPP) revealed high significance both different gradients. Twelve from 25 were detected characterize certain regime by Indicator Analysis (ISA). help enhance our understanding species-environment relationship, ecological response can be used monitoring environmental change.