SPECIES RICHNESS OF COLORADO RIPARIAN VEGETATION

被引：33

作者：

BAKER, WL

机构：

[1] Department of Geography, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas

来源：

JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE | 1990年 / 1卷 / 01期

关键词：

Disturbance; Diversity: plant species; Flooding; Rocky Mountains; Species richness; Stream channel; Watershed; Wetland;

D O I：

10.2307/3236061

中图分类号：

Q94 [植物学];

学科分类号：

071001 ;

摘要：

Abstract. The probable causes of spatial variation in the diversity of plant communities on a global and local scale have been widely investigated, but the regional scale has received little attention. It remains unclear how disturbance affects diversity in wetlands andriparian vegetation. This study examines the hypothesis that regional variation in the richness of riparian wetlands is related to variation in macro‐environment and flood potential. Vascular plant species richness was sampled in 0.1 ha plots at 115 riparian sites scattered over a 300 km length of the western slope of the Rocky Mountains in western Colorado, USA. The relationship between macro‐environmental variables (e.g. drainage basin area), disturbance indicators, and species richness was analyzed using correlation analysis and multiple regression analysis. Total richness varied between 20 and 87 species (average 50.6) per 0.1 ha, and was highest in subalpine riparian forests from 2600–3650 m a.s.l. (57.8 species / 0.1 ha). Tree and shrub richness were highest in lower elevation, larger drainage basins, forb and graminoid richness were highest in higher elevation, smaller drainage basins. These opposing trends resulted in no net trend in total richness with elevation. Regression models for total richness were poor, suggesting that other variables must be important. The intermediate disturbance hypothesis and other single‐factor hypotheses are not supported as explanations of the regional pattern of variation in richness. 1990 IAVS ‐ the International Association of Vegetation Science

引用

页码：119 / 124

页数：6

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