Species distribution and community assembly rules of Juglans mandshurica in North China

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Abstract

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Aims Explore the distribution pattern and the processes controlling the assembly of the Juglans mandshurica dominated forests in North China.
Methods We investigated 84 plots, each with an area of 20 m × 30 m, for the J. mandshurica forests in the North China. We analyzed demography of the J. mandshurica based on its diameters, and applied canonical correspondence analysis (CCA) to explore the relationship between environment and species composition of different formations of the J. mandshurica forests. We then calculated phylogenetic index, i.e., net relatedness index (NRI) and nearest taxonomic index (NTI) and Gaussian Kernel Density Estimation (Gaussian KDE), for each plot to explore the rules controlling community assembly of these forests.
Important findings The population of J. mandshurica is relatively young in the Northern China, with a mean diameters at breast height (DBH) of 5.36 cm. Distribution of J. mandshurica in North China varied significantly with altitude, slope, slope position and human disturbance. Most of the J. mandshurica located at the low part of the massif with lower altitude and less human disturbance. In North China, niche related processes regulated species coexistence of Form. J. mandshurica, with competition controlled the community assembly in Hebei, Shaanxi and Tianjin, while environment filtering dominated in Beijing and Shanxi.

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Key words: Juglans mandshurica, distribution pattern, phylogeny, community assembly rules, plant community

TANG Li-Li, ZHANG Mei, ZHAO Xiang-Lin, KANG Mu-Yi, LIU Hong-Yan, GAO Xian-Ming, YANG Tong, ZHENG Pu-Fan, SHI Fu-Chen. Species distribution and community assembly rules of Juglans mandshurica in North China[J]. Chin J Plant Ecol, 2019, 43(9): 753-761.

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Fig. 1 Sampling sites of Juglans mandshurica in North China.

Table 1 Juglans mandshurica’s population density and the numbers of each diameter classes in North China

径级 Diameter classes (cm )	天津 Tianjin	北京 Beijing	河北 Hebei	山西 Shanxi	河南 Henan	陕西 Shaanxi
1-3	109	12	17	7	11	18
3-5	58	38	110	44	1	3
5-7	90	30	0	46	1	1
7-9	104	10	0	22	0	1
9-11	56	5	0	2	0	3
11-13	11	5	0	1	0	0
13-15	5	0	0	0	0	3
15-17	0	0	0	0	0	2
>17	1	0	0	0	0	0
种群密度 Population density (ind.·km^-2)	14	25	53	23	6	9

Fig. 2 Diameter classification and quantity of Juglans mandshurica in North China.

Table 2 Correlation coefficients between distribution of Juglans mandshurica and environmental factors at the first fourth canonical correspondence analysis (CCA) ordination axes in North China

环境因子 Environmental factor	CCA排序轴
环境因子 Environmental factor	CCA 1	CCA 2	CCA 3	CCA 4
海拔 Elevation	-0.95^***	-0.06	-0.27^*	-0.02
坡度 Slop	0.57^***	-0.54^***	-0.39^***	0.28^*
坡向 Aspect	0.13	0.30	0.57^***	-0.49^***
坡位 Slop position	0.45^**	-0.48^***	-0.37^***	-0.64^***
人为干扰 Disturbance	-0.17^**	-0.65^***	0.68^***	-0.23
特征值 Eigenvalue	0.59^***	0.31^***	0.28^***	0.20^***
累计贡献率 Cumulative proportion	39.08%	59.52%	77.93%	91.39%

Fig. 3 Two-dimensional ordination diagram of canonical correspondence analysis (CCA) between distribution of Juglans mandshurica and environmental factors in North China. Ele, elevation; Asp, aspect; Slo, slope; Slp, slop position; Dis, disturbance. ´, Beijing; °, Tianjin; ·, Hebei; , Henan; +, Shanxi; -, Shaanxi.

Table 3 Positive and negative area under curve of the net relatedness index (NRI) and net nearest taxa index (NTI) in five provinces

		北京 Beijing	河北 Hebei	山西 Shanxi	陕西 Shaanxi	天津 Tianjin
NRI	<0	0.72	0.08	-	0.00	0.26
NRI	>0	0.28	0.92	-	1.00	0.74
NTI	<0	0.86	0.08	-	0.00	0.20
NTI	>0	0.13	0.92	-	1.00	0.80

Fig. 4 Results of Gaussian kernel density estimation of phylogenetic index. NRI, net relatedness index; NTI, nearest taxonomic index.

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