期刊
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY
卷 95, 期 10, 页码 1216-1224出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.0800098
关键词
beta diversity; cluster analysis; ordination; plant community; pond; rarefaction; riparian forest; species richness; swamp; vegetation type
资金
- NSF
- Richard H. Tomlinson Fellowship
Though often overlooked, small wetlands in an upland matrix can support diverse plant communities that increase both local and regional species richness. Here we characterize the full range of wetland vegetation within an upland forest landscape and compare the diversity and composition of different wetland plant communities. In an old-growth forest reserve in southern Quebec, Canada, we sampled wet habitats including lakeshores, permanent and seasonal ponds, swamps, glades, and streamsides. We used clustering, indicator species analysis, and nonmetric multidimensional scaling ordination to identify and compare vegetation types. The wetlands contained 280 species of vascular plants, 45% of the reserve's flora, in only 1.1% of its area. Local diversity averaged 24 +/- 0.7 species per 7 m(2), much higher than in the surrounding upland forests. Plant communities sorted into five types, whose strongest indicator species were Osmunda regalis, Glyceria striata, O.cinnamomea, Deparia acrostichoides, and Matteuccia struthiopteris, respectively. Both local species, richness and compositional variation among sites differed among the vegetation types. By combining species representative of the region's major wetlands with species from the upland forest matrix, the plant assemblages of these wetlands make disproportionately important contributions to landscape-level diversity.
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