Species-Abundance Models for the Early Postfire Succession of Subalpine Shrub Grassland
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Area
2.2. Sampling and Monitoring
2.3. Data Analysis
2.3.1. Species Diversity during Postfire Succession
2.3.2. Log-Normal Distribution of Species-Coverage Relationships
2.3.3. Species-Abundance Model Simulation for Postfire Subalpine Shrub Grasslands
- (1)
- Preemption Model
- (2)
- Broken-stick model
- (3)
- Log-normal model
- (4)
- Zipf model
- (5)
- Zipf–Mandelbrot Model
3. Results
3.1. Short-Term Change of Postfire Species Diversity
3.2. Species–Abundance Analysis of Postfire Plant Coverage
3.3. Species-Abundance Model Simulation for Postfire Subalpine Shrub Grasslands
4. Discussion
4.1. Short-Term Change of Postfire Species Diversity
4.2. Species-Abundance Series Analysis of Postfire Plant Coverage
4.3. Species-Abundance Model Simulation for Postfire Subalpine Shrub Grasslands
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
Appendix A
Fire Periods | Reference | Cause |
---|---|---|
1903~1957 | [51] | unknown |
1957~1958 | ||
2008 | http://news.ltn.com.tw/news/life/paper/267022 (accessed on 16 December 2023) | artificial |
2014 | https://news.ltn.com.tw/news/society/paper/748572 (accessed on 16 December 2023) | artificial |
2019 | https://news.ltn.com.tw/news/life/breakingnews/2692421 (accessed on 16 December 2023) | artificial |
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Parameters | Survey Period | ||||||||
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Feb-09 | Apr-09 | Sep-09 | Apr-10 | Jun-10 | May-11 | Jul-11 | Sep-13 | Control | |
Season 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Number of species | 5 | 13 | 24 | 24 | 36 | 27 | 33 | 29 | 27 |
Coverage (%) | 0.21 | 0.93 | 25.91 | 13.14 | 43.95 | 42.47 | 48.45 | 64.80 | 100.00 |
Phanerophytes (%) | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.26 | 3.23 | 4.17 | 6.90 | 8.33 | 14.29 |
Chamaephytes (%) | 0.00 | 18.18 | 22.73 | 26.32 | 16.13 | 20.83 | 17.24 | 8.33 | 9.52 |
Hemicryptophytes (%) | 75.00 | 54.55 | 54.55 | 52.63 | 61.29 | 54.17 | 58.62 | 66.67 | 57.14 |
Geophytes (%) | 25.00 | 27.27 | 22.73 | 15.79 | 19.35 | 20.83 | 17.24 | 16.67 | 19.05 |
Survival strategy 2 | 100/0 | 92/8 | 79/21 | 81/19 | 62/38 | 70/30 | 63/37 | 61/39 | 41/59 |
Ferns quotient | 6.25 | 4.55 | 2.27 | 2.63 | 2.42 | 3.13 | 2.59 | 4.17 | 5.71 |
Gleason index | 1.01 | 2.62 | 4.83 | 4.83 | 7.24 | 5.43 | 6.64 | 5.84 | 7.32 |
Shannon index | 0.44 | 0.57 | 1.10 | 0.96 | 1.11 | 0.87 | 1.08 | 1.03 | 1.08 |
Evenness index | 0.27 | 0.22 | 0.35 | 0.30 | 0.31 | 0.26 | 0.31 | 0.31 | 0.33 |
Survey Period | S 1 | Species-Abundance Models | |||||||||
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Broken Stick | Preemption | Log-Normal | Zipf | Zipf–Mandelbrot | |||||||
Dev. | χ2 | Dev. | χ2 | Dev. | χ2 | Dev. | χ2 | Dev. | χ2 | ||
Feb-09 | 1 | 0.29 | 0.25 | 0.82 | 2.04 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.00 * | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 |
Apr-09 | 1 | 1.15 | 1.27 | 2.42 | 4.48 | 0.03 * | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.04 | 0.04 |
Apr-10 | 1 | 25.33 | 26.39 | 36.14 | 48.65 2 | 6.11 | 7.58 | 7.04 | 8.68 | 4.82 * | 5.72 |
May-11 | 1 | 111.30 | 124.90 | 135.84 | 186.24 | 12.60 | 15.03 | 13.99 | 16.50 | 8.59 * | 9.68 |
Sep-09 | 2 | 30.67 | 30.36 | 44.70 | 54.26 | 4.22 | 4.50 | 7.12 | 6.87 | 3.84 * | 3.64 |
Jun-10 | 2 | 66.53 | 67.15 | 64.37 | 69.46 | 11.22 | 11.64 | 17.01 | 16.94 | 9.47 * | 9.29 |
Jul-11 | 2 | 104.47 | 25.62 | 115.11 | 24.23 | 6.70 | 0.25 | 7.98 | 0.93 | 4.49 * | 0.49 |
Sep-13 | 2 | 157.85 | 68.51 | 184.94 | 71.86 | 25.43 | 1.94 | 27.32 | 6.40 | 18.12 * | 3.15 |
Control | 2 | 90.03 | 143.08 | 107.12 | 217.77 | 4.07 | 15.38 | 3.29 * | 3.61 | 5.83 | 10.19 |
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Wang, W.; Liao, M.-C.; Tzeng, H.-Y. Species-Abundance Models for the Early Postfire Succession of Subalpine Shrub Grassland. Fire 2024, 7, 21. https://doi.org/10.3390/fire7010021
Wang W, Liao M-C, Tzeng H-Y. Species-Abundance Models for the Early Postfire Succession of Subalpine Shrub Grassland. Fire. 2024; 7(1):21. https://doi.org/10.3390/fire7010021
Chicago/Turabian StyleWang, Wei, Min-Chun Liao, and Hsy-Yu Tzeng. 2024. "Species-Abundance Models for the Early Postfire Succession of Subalpine Shrub Grassland" Fire 7, no. 1: 21. https://doi.org/10.3390/fire7010021