%0 Journal Article %T Spatial-temporal Dynamics of Vegetation in the Newly Created Water-level-fluctuation Zone of Three Gorges Reservoir:a Case Study in Baijia Stream, Kaixian County, China %A WANGQiang %A LIUHong %A ZHANGYue-wei %A XIONGSen %A YUANXing-zhong %J 重庆师范大学学报(自然科学版) %P 163-167 %D 2012 %R 10.11721/cqnuj20120329 %X "AfterimpoundentoftheThreeGorgesReservoir,alargepermanentsampleplotwasplacedinitswater-level-fluctuationzonebesideBaijiaStream,KaixianCounty,China.Vegetationintheplotwasinvestigatedinthesummerof2008,2009and2010.Theresultindicatedthatcommunity’scomponent,biodiversityandabovegroundbiomassshowedobviousspatial-temporaldynamics.Totalspieciesnumberofvascularflorainsidedecreasedyearly,from52speciesin2008to41speciesin2009andto35speciesin2010.Theareabelow156minelevationwasdominatedbyPaspalumpaspaloidesandXanthiumsibiricumin2008.However,PaspalumpaspaloideswasrapidreplacedbyCynodondactyloin2009andX.sibiricumexpandeditsdistributioninupperareaoftheplot.In2010,X.sibiricumdepresseditspopulationinlowerareasoftheplotastheThreeGorgesReservoirstartedtoimpoundhalfmonthearlierinthewinterof2009anddecreasedseedbankforitsgermination.Shannon-WienerIndexincreasedaselevationaccordingtothedataof2009and2010,whichreflectedtheinflu-enceofsubmergedgradient.Abovegroundbiomassofvegetationineachelevationzoneoftheplotindicatedgreatvariation.KeywordsThreeGorgesReservoir;water-level-fluctuationzone;vegetation;spatial-temporaldynamics;biodiversity" %K ThreeGorgesReservoir %K water-level-fluctuationzone %K vegetation %K spatial-temporaldynamics %K biodiversity %U http://cqnuj.cqnu.edu.cn/oa/DArticle.aspx?type=view&id=120329