Author(s)

Binghua Liao^1,2,3*, Yingping Liu³, Hai Zuo³, Junrong Xia³, Zuyun Yu⁴, Changjian Song³, Xiaoguang Zhang³, Caige Jiang³, Yalong Xu³

¹Key Laboratory of Ecological Restoration in Hilly Areas, School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Pingdingshan University, Pingdingshan, China.
²State Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology, Henan Key Laboratory of Plant Stress Biology, School of Life Sciences, Henan University, Kaifeng, China.
³Seedling Station of Pingdingshan City, Pingdingshan, China.
⁴Greening Office of Pingdingshan City, Pingdingshan, China.

Applying plant community diversity techniques and SPSS statistic analysis, we quantified the relationship between crown volume of 18 (Sophora japonica) tree communities and elevation along different elevation gradient in Ye County in the study. We concluded that there was a significantly positive correlation between crown volume of 18 (Sophora japonica) tree communities and elevation gradient (P < 0.01). Elevation was the dominant environment driver crown volume of (Sophora japonica) tree communities increased along elevation from 50 m to 200 m in Ye County in 2018. Therefore, understanding dynamic connecting crown volume of 18 (Sophora japonica) communities and elevation can be not just applied to preserve of (Sophora japonica) tree communities, but also applied to sustainable of biodiversity and processes of tree community’s crown volume along elevation.

(Sophora japonica) Communities, Crown Volume, Elevation Gradient, Correlation, International Pharmaceutical Materials

Liao, B. , Liu, Y. , Zuo, H. , Xia, J. , Yu, Z. , Song, C. , Zhang, X. , Jiang, C. and Xu, Y. (2019) Dynamics of 18 (Sophora japonica) Tree Community’s Crown Volume along Elevation Gradient in Ye County. Open Journal of Ecology, 9, 209-215. doi: 10.4236/oje.2019.97017.