Community structure analysis of giant panda habitat in Wolong
卧龙大熊猫生境的群落结构研究

Giant panda inhabits the cool temperate and subalpine forest in Wolong,China.The important values of the habitat were expressed as the follows:the species richness is 21.6,canopy coverage is 1.64,Shannon species diversity index is 1.57,Wilson species dominance index is 0.38,maximum DBH is 79 4cm,and biomass of bamboo is 6.73kg/m 2. In Wolong,the evergreen broad leafed forest,evergreen and deciduous broad leafed forest,deciduous broad leafed forest,coniferous and deciduous forest,subalpine coniferous forest are the suitable habitat for pandas.However,their suitability and habitat quality are influenced by deforestation.The species dominance and DBH ,as well as bamboo biomass and generation index are higher in the primary habitat than those in the disturbed habitat.The species richness and diversity of habitat are found higher in the disturbed ones.