1999, 23 (2) 148 154 A cta Phytoecolog ica S in ica Ξ (, 510650) 4 37 : : 1724217 2453313J g - 1 1818815 2587910 J g - 1 ; 1492711 1928718 J g - 1 1562017 2034518J g - 1, 1615811 2181519J g - 1 1690819 2301216 J g - 1 > >, > ;,,, ;,,,, ;,,,, THE CALOR IC VAL UE OF M A IN PLANT SPEC IES AT D INGHUSHAN, GUANGDO NG, CH INA R en H ai Peng Shao lin L iu Hongxian Cao Honglin and H uang Zhongliang (S ou th Ch ina Institu te of B otany, T he Ch inese A cad emy of S ciences, Guang z hou 510650) Abstract T he gro ss and ash2free calo ric values of p lants w ere determ ined fo r 37 species of 4 p lant comm unities at D inghushan, Guangdong p rovince, Ch ina. M ean ash2free calo ric values of the p lants w ere as fo llow s: leaf ( 18188. 5 25879. 0J g - 1 ) > branch o r stem ( 1690819 2301216 J g - 1 ) > roo t (1562017 2034518J g - 1 ) ; T he calo ric value decreased from arbo r layer to sh rub layer till herb layer at the sam e comm unity. T he calo ric value of leaves show ed the sam e trend, being related to the ligh t extinction in the comm unity. T he variaion in calo ric value of a certain p lant species among the comm unities at the early successional stages, such as mountain sh rub2grassland coniferous fo rest w as greater than that of the sam e p lant species at the late successional stages, such as coniferous2broadleaved fo rest and monsoon evergreen broad2leaved fo rest. T he calo ric value of canopy leaves w as h igher than that of the new ly shed litter fo liage, A nd the calo ric value of the new ly shed litter fo liage w as h igher than that of the ground litter ro tting. T emperature and leach ing m igh t be the m ain eco logical facto rs influenc2 ing the releasing of energy of litter fo liage. Ξ 1996207219, 1998204214 ( : 39899370),
2 : 149 Key words Calo ric value, Succession, D inghushan,,, (, 1991;, 1990; B liss, 1962; Go lley, 1961) 1955,, (Kong et a l., 1993) 4, 1, 23 09 21 23 11 30 N, 112 30 39 112 33 41 E, 21, 1927mm, 1695mm, 80%,, 16, 4 4 (Kong et a l., 1993), 1 1 4 (J g - 1 ) T able 1 T he calo ric value of m ain p lants in D inghushan M oun ta in shrub-grassland 1) L 18066. 2 18905. 6 3. 1 2) 3) B & S 17700. 5 18671. 4 3. 0 R 15522. 7 16440. 1 4. 2 M 17096. 5 18005. 7 A 18353. 3 19841. 4 2. 1 U 17839. 2 18742. 6 3. 5 M 18096. 3 19292. 0 A 19121. 9 20090. 4 3. 5 U 18055. 2 19519. 2 2. 8 M 18588. 6 19804. 6 18769. 2 19449. 9 2. 4 Con iferous forest 4) L 19989. 5 20918. 3 3. 8 S 18749. 0 19448. 3 2. 7 B 19383. 9 20447. 2 2. 9 R 17527. 3 18563. 1 4. 2 M 18912. 4 19844. 2 1) L 18024. 1 18865. 2 2. 9 B & S 16539. 2 17349. 5 1. 9 R 16512. 3 17000. 8 3. 8 M 17025. 2 17738. 5 5) L 23024. 2 24093. 9 1. 9 B & S 20112. 3 21215. 5 2. 4 R 19518. 6 20672. 1 3. 5 M 20885. 0 21993. 8 6) L 18101. 5 19171. 3 2. 8 B & S 17576. 7 18393. 4 1. 6 R 16259. 8 17151. 7 2. 1 M 17312. 7 18238. 8 7) L 17919. 4 18752. 0 2. 4 B & S 16276. 6 17169. 4 3. 8 R 16302. 5 17265. 9 4. 9 M 16832. 8 17729. 1 8) L 17242. 7 18188. 5 2. 9 B & S 16158. 1 16908. 9 1. 8 R 15012. 8 15900. 0 2. 8 M 16137. 9 16999. 1
150 23 1 2) 3) A 17410. 1 19027. 4 2. 5 U 15728. 7 17004. 0 4. 8 M 16569. 4 18015. 7 A 16823. 3 18386. 1 2. 8 U 16319. 8 17643. 0 2. 8 M 16571. 6 18014. 6 28) 18020. 0 18673. 6 2. 9 17965. 1 18610. 7 3. 8 Con iferous and broad- leaved m ixed forest 4) L 22889. 6 23953. 1 2. 5 9) S 18827. 1 19859. 8 2. 8 B 21815. 9 23012. 6 2. 5 R 18021. 1 19078. 6 4. 2 M 20388. 4 21476. 0 L 20090. 1 21023. 5 3. 5 S 19962. 1 21057. 1 4. 1 B 19309. 6 20368. 8 2. 8 R 18650. 6 19752. 8 2. 7 M 19503. 1 20550. 6 10) L 20087. 8 21189. 7 2. 8 S 19623. 5 20535. 3 4. 2 B 19061. 2 20187. 7 3. 5 R 18340. 6 19346. 6 4. 2 M 19278. 3 20314. 8 11) L 20664. 4 21797. 9 1. 5 S 17812. 9 18865. 6 2. 8 B 18588. 7 19608. 3 2. 7 R 17192. 9 17991. 7 3. 4 M 18564. 7 19565. 9 12) L 19464. 1 20368. 5 2. 8 S 18271. 5 19273. 7 3. 1 B 18202. 8 19278. 5 1. 8 R 17961. 8 18947. 0 3. 1 M 18475. 1 19466. 9 13) L 23096. 4 24169. 5 3. 4 S 20109. 2 21297. 6 2. 4 B 19702. 7 20783. 4 2. 7 R 19287. 8 20345. 8 3. 9 M 20549. 0 21649. 1 14) L 24533. 3 25879. 0 2. 8 S 20117. 1 21051. 8 1. 7 B 19616. 6 20692. 6 1. 0 R 19471. 1 20621. 8 2. 8 M 20934. 5 22061. 3 15) L 19877. 1 21051. 8 1. 8 16) S 18541. 7 19558. 8 2. 9 B 19168. 1 20219. 5 2. 8 R 16267. 9 17023. 8 3. 8 M 18463. 7 19463. 5 L 18969. 4 20009. 9 2. 7 B & S 18320. 1 19171. 3 1. 0 R 17826. 1 18101. 3 6. 3 M 18371. 9 19094. 2 5) L 20432. 5 21381. 9 3. 8 B & S 17992. 8 19056. 1 2. 4 R 17814. 1 18791. 2 1. 9 M 18746. 5 19743. 1 17) L 20381. 5 21450. 8 2. 5 B & S 19564. 1 20554. 2 3. 8 R 18848. 2 18671. 3 3. 8 M 19597. 9 20225. 4 18) A 17984. 1 19654. 8 2. 3 U 17221. 2 18617. 5 4. 5 M 17602. 7 19136. 2 19) A 19291. 9 20856. 1 2. 8 U 18769. 7 20513. 3 3. 9 M 19030. 8 20684. 7 28) 19900. 4 20093. 8 2. 9 18898. 1 19580. 5 3. 8 M on soon evergreen broad- leaved forest 9) 10) L 19852. 3 20774. 7 3. 8 S 19179. 3 20312. 8 2. 5 B 19591. 0 20665. 6 0. 9 R 18491. 1 19505. 4 2. 9 M 19278. 4 20314. 6 L 20285. 1 21227. 6 2. 9 S 18892. 7 19929. 0 3. 4 B 18559. 2 19577. 2 1. 9 R 16595. 2 17575. 9 3. 9 M 18583. 1 19577. 4 20) L 21567. 9 22570. 0 4. 9 S 19204. 0 20338. 9 3. 8 B 19383. 6 20446. 8 4. 6 R 19078. 8 20125. 3 4. 6 M 19808. 6 20870. 3 13) L 22156. 0 23185. 4 3. 9 S 19988. 3 21169. 6 2. 4 B 20333. 1 21448. 4 2. 0 R 18022. 5 19011. 1 3. 8 M 20125. 0 21203. 6
2 : 151 1 21) L 21898. 5 22915. 9 4. 3 S 19594. 8 20669. 6 2. 5 B 19362. 7 20424. 8 2. 9 R 18765. 2 19652. 1 3. 9 M 19905. 3 20915. 6 22) L 19446. 8 20513. 5 2. 8 S 18280. 6 18990. 2 2. 7 B 18891. 0 19927. 5 2. 8 R 14927. 1 15620. 7 3. 9 M 17886. 4 18762. 9 23) L 19702. 2 20782. 9 3. 7 S 18944. 0 19824. 2 2. 9 B 19001. 3 19752. 4 1. 8 R 17735. 1 18707. 9 3. 9 M 18845. 7 19766. 6 24) L 20118. 5 21053. 3 2. 9 S 18397. 1 19406. 2 1. 0 B 19210. 4 20264. 1 3. 9 R 17210. 3 17985. 2 5. 1 M 18734. 1 19677. 2 25) L 19332. 1 20392. 5 3. 9 S 18891. 9 19769. 7 2. 8 B 18536. 1 19552. 8 1. 4 R 17028. 2 17865. 3 3. 6 M 18447. 1 19395. 1 17) L 21207. 2 22192. 5 2. 6 16) B & S 19882. 8 20973. 4 2. 9 R 18002. 3 18573. 2 0. 9 M 19697. 4 20579. 7 L 19321. 0 20380. 8 3. 7 B & S 18976. 4 19858. 1 1. 9 R 17913. 2 18212. 8 2. 9 M 18736. 9 19483. 9 26) L 20024. 8 21123. 2 5. 2 B & S 18933. 9 19813. 6 3. 9 R 17877. 3 18273. 4 3. 8 M 18945. 3 19736. 7 27) A 17523. 9 18944. 8 3. 8 U 16657. 3 18204. 7 2. 8 M 17090. 6 18574. 8 28) 19669. 5 20372. 0 3. 9 18829. 4 19352. 3 4. 2 1) R hod omy rtus tom entosa 2)B aeckea f ru tescens 3)D icranop teris linearis 4) P inus m assonniana 5)L itsea ro2 tund if olia 6)C ratoxy lon lig ustrinum 7)S chef f lera octop hy lla 8)D iospy ros m orrisiana 9)Castannop sis ch inen2 sis 10) S ch im a sup erba 11) C raibiod end ron kw ang tung ense 12) Castanop sis f issa 13) C ryp tocary a concinna 14) A crony ch ia p ed uncu lata 15) Garcinia oblong if olia 16) P sy chotria rubra 17) A rd isia qu inqueg ona 18) L op hatherum g racile 19) Gahnia tristis 20)M ach ilus ch inensis 21) C ryp tocary a ch inensis 22) A p orosa y unnanensis 23) G ironniera subaequalis 24)M icrod esm is caseariif olia 25)B lastus coch inch inensis 26) R and ia canth ioid es 27) H em ig ram 2 m a d ecu rrens 28)L itter L itter standing crop L : L eaf B: B ranch S: Stem R: Roo t M : M ean A : A boveground U : U nderground 2 1995 12 ( ) 1996 6 ( ), 3, 113m ; ; 3 5, 6 80 8h,, 1996 6, GR 23500
152 23 (, 1986),, R einers (1972),, 3 (, 3 ), 250J ( 01002 01110) 3 311 1 4,,,,, > > : 1724217 2453313J g - 1 1818815 2587910J g - 1 ; 1492711 1928718J g - 1 1562017 2034518J g - 1, 1615811 2181519J g - 1 1690819 2301216J g - 1 4, (, 1990; B liss, 1962), ( ),,,,, 3,,,, (, 1990),, (Go lley, 1961;, 1990), 312,,, (R einers, 1972) 1 (, J g - 1 ) : (1 ) 1984412> (6 ) 1845215> (1 ) 1801416; (8 ) 2056815> (3 ) 2035412> (2 ) 1991015; (8 ) 2013611> (4 ) 1979818> (1 ) 1857418, 3 :, Go lley (1961) B liss (1962) (1990) (1991),, (1996),
2 : 153,, 313,,, 1, (J g - 1 ) : 1984412> 1981412; 2242911> 1968716; 2162719> 1979819,,,, ;,, 314 37 1 4,,, : 3 1800517 1929210 1980416J g - 1, 3 1773815 1801517 1801416J g - 1, 3, 2000J g - 1, 11%, 1984412J g - 1, 2147610J g - 1, 2199318J g - 1, 1974311J g - 1, 2500J g - 1, 11%, (Kong et a l., 1993), 5,, 1909412J g - 1, 1948319J g - 1, 1000J g - 1, 5%,,,, (, ), ( ),,, 315 1982914 2105814 2071814J g - 1, 1867316 2009318 2037210J g - 1, ( ) 1861017 1958015 1935213J g - 1,,,
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