Journal of East China Normal University(Natural Science) ›› 2021, Vol. 2021 ›› Issue (2): 120-131.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1000-5641.2021.02.012

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Distribution and causes of ruderal communities in different urban habitats of Hangzhou

Mingli ZHANG1,2(), Yichong CUI1,3, Liangjun DA1,4,5,6,*()   

  1. 1. School of Ecological and Environmental Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China
    2. Hangzhou Vocational & Technical College, Hangzhou 310018, China
    3. Shanghai Investigation, Design & Research Institute Co. Ltd., Shanghai 200335, China
    4. Shanghai Key Laboratory for Urban Ecoligical Processes and Eco-Restoration, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China
    5. Institute of Eco-Chongming, Shanghai 202162, China
    6. Technology Innovation Center for Land Spatial Eco-restoration in Metropolitan Area, Ministry of Natural Resources, Shanghai 202162, China
  • Received:2020-04-01 Online:2021-03-25 Published:2021-04-01
  • Contact: Liangjun DA E-mail:ymqz78@126.com;ljda@des.ecnu.edu.cn

Abstract:

With the ongoing urbanization process in Hangzhou, we investigated the species composition and structure of ruderal communities across eight urban habitat types. Habitat factors such as light intensity, soil pH, soil electrical conductivity, soil compaction, soil total nitrogen, soil total phosphorus, soil organic matter, and interference types were measured; we subsequently analyzed the relationship between species composition and habitat factors of the ruderal communities. The results indicated that forest gap and lawn were the most common habitat types, and these community types covered 20.1% and 16.3%, respectively, of the total 1665 sampling plots surveyed. In all seven habitats except tree pool, moreover, dwarf-growth annual ruderals were the dominant species within the community. There were 30 ruderal species distributed across eight habitats. Environmental factors varied across the different habitats. The light intensity was the lowest in the forest gap, the soil conductivity value was the highest in the shrub-grassland gap, and the light intensity and soil compactness were the highest in soil abandoned land.

Key words: ruderal community, community diversity, habitat factor, urban habitat, Hangzhou

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