Arid Zone Research ›› 2025, Vol. 42 ›› Issue (5): 866-874.doi: 10.13866/j.azr.2025.05.09

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Population structure and dynamic characteristics of Haloxylon in Ganjiahu Nature Reserve

ZHAO Yueyue(), LI Zihan, WU Shuang, XING Shaohua()   

  1. School of Ecology and Nature Conservation, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China
  • Received:2025-02-27 Revised:2025-04-07 Online:2025-05-15 Published:2025-10-22
  • Contact: XING Shaohua E-mail:zhaoyueyue0823@163.com;xingshaohua@bifu.edu.cn

Abstract:

To examine the structure and dynamics of the Haloxylon forest in Ganjiahu, 52 plots measuring 20 m×20 m were established in the nature reserve. Through sample plot analysis and data statistics, the static life table of the Haloxylon population was compiled, a survival curve was drawn, and the quantitative dynamic change of the population was determined. The results indicated that: (1) The population structure of Haloxylon was growing, and the number of young individuals (Ⅰ-Ⅳ age classes, basal diameter 0-12 cm) accounted for 81.05% of the total number of individuals in the population. (2) The death rate in the Ⅴ (12-15 cm), Ⅵ (15-18 cm), and Ⅶ (18-21 cm) age classes of the Haloxylon population was higher, showing a significant fluctuation, and its survival curve was close to Deevey-Ⅱ. (3) The quantitative dynamic index of the Haloxylon population (Vpi and V′pi) was greater than 0, and the probability of risk assumed (Pmax) was 0.09, indicating that the population was of a growth type and could resist interference. (4) Following 2-10 age classes in the future, the number of individuals in the remaining age classes exhibited an increasing trend to varying degrees, except that the number of individuals in the second age class (3-6 cm) decreased after two age classes.

Key words: Haloxylon ammodendron (C. A. Mey.) Bunge, Haloxylon persicum Bunge ex Boiss. et Buhse, age structure, survival analysis, time series