Abstract:
There have been a large number of plantation renovation projects in China, but few studies have been conducted on the characteristics of avian community diversity change after plantation renovation.In this study, birds were used as indicator species to study the changes of avian community diversity in Yangtianwo pure
Eucalyptus grandis forest in Longquanshan, China, and the adjacent existing pure
Eucalyptus grandis forest was used as control area.The results show that: (1) After the transformation, the vertical structure of vegetation in the test area was more abundant, and the diversity of bird community increased significantly, with 44 species, which was significantly higher than that in the control area with 27 species. (2) The species richness, abundance and Shannon-Wiener index of birds in the test area were higher than those in the control area in four seasons, and the richness of birds in the test area was the highest in summer, with 10.33 species, which was significantly different from that in the control area(
P<0.05). (3) In the experiment area, different transformation modes of
Eucalyptus grandis pure forest had different degrees of improvement on avian community diversity. And, The tree layer is an important habitat for birds. The transformation of pure
Eucalyptus grandis forest into
Cinnamomum camphora evergreen broad-leaved forest, the planting of shrubs and grasses, and the overall optimization of the spatial structure of the shrub and grass layer were the highest transformation models for the improvement of avian diversity. The avian richness of 7.67 species and the abundance of 42.00 were significantly higher than that of pure
Eucalyptus grandis forest(
P<0.05).There was no significant improvement of bird diversity in the model of cutting down
Eucalyptus grandis or still using
Eucalyptus grandis as a group species and replanting shrub.The research results will provide innovative approaches and models for exploring the improvement of biodiversity in plantation stand renovation.