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Journal of Desert Research ›› 2018, Vol. 38 ›› Issue (3): 545-552.DOI: 10.7522/j.issn.1000-694X.2017.00017

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Distribution Patterns of Ground Bryophytes in the Daqinggou National Nature Reserve, Inner Mongolia, China

Tian Guiquan, Han Shumei, Suriguga   

  1. College of Life Science and Technology, Inner Mongolia Normal University, Hohhot 010022, China
  • Received:2017-01-02 Revised:2017-03-07 Online:2018-05-20 Published:2018-11-06

Abstract: Two-way indicator species analysis (TWINSPAN), Detrended correspondence analysis (DCA) and Canonical correspondence analysis (CCA) were used to study distribution patterns of 36 species of ground bryophytes in 32 sites in Daqinggou National Nature Reserve, TWINSPAN and DCA results showed that the ground bryophyte communities of Daqinggou National Nature Reserve could be divided into 6 groups of Bryum bicolor-Weissia controversa community, Mannia sibirica+Weissia controversa community, Entodon compressus var.zikaiwiensis-Entodon compressus+Timmiella anomala community, Brachythecium velutinum-Taxiphyllum taxirameum+Plagiomnium cuspidatum community and Marchantia polymorpha+Leptodictyum humile-Taxiphyllum taxirameum-Amblystegium serpens+Mnium laevinerve community, which are individually distributed in Leymus chinensis community, Prunus sibirica shrub, Ulmus macrocarpa forest, Quercus mongolica forest and Fraxinus mandschuria forest. CCA results showed that major environmental variables influencing the distribution patterns of species of ground bryophytes and plots were canopy coverage, soil water content, air humidity, litter coverage, herb coverage et al.

Key words: distribution patterns, bryophytes, vegetation, Daqinggou National Nature Reserve, environmental variables

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