title: [Community characteristics in Hongchiba area of Wuxi County during ecological restoration after controlled burning].
abstract: This paper studied the species composition and the structure and species diversity of communities in Hongchiba area of Wuxi County after controlled burning and aerial-sowing afforestation. The results showed that after burning and afforestation, pure Pinus armandii forest was not developed, but various mixed needle board-leaved forests which comprised P. armandii and native board-leaved trees grew. Various native species contributed to the communities with great species diversity. Shannon-Wiener index was 2.305-3.145, ecological dominance was 0.063-0.151, and evenness was 0.600-0.749. The natural regeneration of P. armandii population was very poor, and there was a trend that P. armandii would be gradually replaced by other native board-leaved trees. It was demonstrated that P. armandii should not be taken as a unique afforest tree, and controlled burning was not a favorite ecological measure in subtropical area. Native trees should play more important roles in the process of ecological restoration.
authors.affiliation: College of Resources and Environment, Southwest Agriculture University, Chongqing 400716, China. binhui@swau.cq.cn
authors.forename: Binghui
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: He
authors.forename: Yunqing
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hao
authors.forename: Xuguang
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Chenxia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: Changpei
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Guoci
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Zheng
mesh_terms: D002681:China; D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources; D017753:Ecosystem; D004777:Environment; D028223:Pinus / Q000254:growth & development*; D014197:Trees / Q000254:growth & development*