To clarify the key factors constraining the maintenance of wild Taxus cuspidata populations and to develop conservation strategies and technical links for current populations, we investigated the renewal status and distribution patterns of wild T. cuspidata populations in the main distribution areas of China. We analyzed the effects of stand factors and human disturbance on population renewal and maintenance. The results showed that the overall regeneration of wild T. cuspidata populations was poor. The basal diameter and height class structure of renewed individuals showed an unhealthy state. 19% of the area was well regenerated. There were three types of regeneration, including poor regeneration with few adult trees, poor regeneration with many adult trees, and good regeneration with few adult trees. The communities in which T. cuspidata was found could be classified into Abies nephrolepis + Tilia amurensis forest, spinney forest, and Picea jezoensis var. microsperma + A. nephrolepis forest. The renewal number of A. nephrolepis + T. amurensis forest was significantly higher than that of spinney forest. Increased stand density and moderate human disturbance contributed to the regeneration of T. cuspidata. The regenerating T. cuspidata seedlings increased significantly when stand density increased from low to medium. The number of regenerating populations in moderately disturbed habitats was significantly higher than those in lightly disturbed habitats. Human disturbance and habitat were currently critical constraints to maintaining and regenerating wild T. cuspidata populations. The conservation of T. cuspidata should consider current status of population regeneration in each habitat patch to develop corresponding in situ conservation and regression conservation measures and focus on the influence of critical factors such as disturbances and habitat conditions.
为明确东北红豆杉野生种群维持的关键制约因素,制定现有种群的保护策略与技术环节,本研究调查了我国主要分布区内东北红豆杉野生种群的更新状况与分布格局,分析了林分因子与人为干扰对种群更新与维持的影响。结果表明: 目前我国东北红豆杉野生种群整体更新情况较差,更新个体的径级与高度级结构呈现出不健康的状态,但有19%区域更新较好,种群整体表现为成树少更新差、成树多更新差、成树少但更新较好3种类型。东北红豆杉所在群落可以划分为臭冷杉+紫椴林、杂木林、兴安鱼鳞云杉+臭冷杉林,其中臭冷杉+紫椴林的更新数量显著多于杂木林;林分密度增加与适度的人为干扰对东北红豆杉更新有一定的促进作用,林分由低密度增到中等密度时东北红豆杉更新幼苗数量显著增加,所在生境受到适度干扰的种群更新数量显著多于轻度干扰下的种群。人为干扰和栖息地生境是目前东北红豆杉野生种群维持与更新的关键制约因素。东北红豆杉的保护应基于各生境斑块种群的更新现状制定相应的就地保护和回归保护等措施,并在保护过程中重点考虑干扰和生境条件等关键因素的影响。.
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