%A LI Qing-Hui , , ZHU Hua, WANG Hong , ZHOU Shi-Shun %T A Community Ecology Study on Deciduous Monsoon Forest of Lower Reaches of Luozha River in Yunxian County %0 Journal Article %D 2007 %J Plant Diversity %R %P 687-693 %V 29 %N 06 %U {https://journal.kib.ac.cn/CN/abstract/article_30177.shtml} %8 2007-12-25 %X Luozha River is a first branch of Lancang River in its middle section . A less known deciduous monsoon forest was recently discovered on the dry-hot banks of Luozha River. The deciduous monsoon forest is 15 - 20m tall with Lannea coromandelicaColona floribundaMallotus philippensis as the dominant tree species, and Microstegium ciliatumEupatorium odoratumAgeratum conyzoides are the dominant species in the shrub-herb layer . The species richness is higher in the shrub-herb layer than in the tree layer .Most of the trees have DBH ( diameter breast height) between 5 - 10 cm, and
big trees with large DBH are fewer .Compared with the tropical montane rain forest and the evergreen broad-leaved forest in southern Yunnan , the deciduous monsoon forest has lower species richness index than the tropical montane rain forest , but close to the monsoon evergreen broad-leaved forest .