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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Plant Sci.
Sec. Functional Plant Ecology
Volume 15 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fpls.2024.1444371

Formation of Single-Dominant-Species Patches of Dicranopteris Dichotoma Primarily Influenced by Understory Light Intensity

Provisionally accepted
Du B. Dong Du B. Dong 1,2Jiali Tong Jiali Tong 2Liang Liao Liang Liao 2Lita Yi Lita Yi 2Wende Yan Wende Yan 1*Fei Yu Fei Yu 2*
  • 1 College of Life Science and Technology, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha, Hunan Province, China
  • 2 School of Forestry and Biotechnology, Zhejiang Agriculture & Forestry University, Hangzhou, China

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    Dicranopteris is an ancient and widespread genus of ferns in pantropical regions, and its ecological function, including ecosystem recovery and succession control, has been confirmed and received increasing research attention. Relevant papers on this topic have already been published in Frontiers in Plant Science (Yang et al., 2021; Hu et al., 2023).However, the formation mechanism of the single-species dominant community of D. dichotoma in subtropical forests remains unclear. Therefore, we conducted a study across four different community types (grassland, coniferous forests, coniferous and broadleaved mixed forests, and evergreen broadleaved forests) to investigate the environmental factors that influence the formation of the dominant Dicranopteris community. These results will help to clarify the roles of Dicranopteris in microclimate maintenance and soil organic carbon and nutrient sequestration to promote the restoration process of degraded subtropical ecosystems.

    Keywords: Dicranopteris dichotoma, Subtropics, Clonal plant, climate, community characteristics, Soil

    Received: 27 Jun 2024; Accepted: 10 Oct 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Dong, Tong, Liao, Yi, Yan and Yu. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence:
    Wende Yan, College of Life Science and Technology, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha, 410004, Hunan Province, China
    Fei Yu, School of Forestry and Biotechnology, Zhejiang Agriculture & Forestry University, Hangzhou, China

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