Pinus yunnanensis communities and their soils in the two places (phosphorus-rich area and phosphorus-poor area) with large differences in phosphorus content in Central Yunnan were taken as the research objects. The Hedley phosphorus classification revised by Sui was used to study the available phosphorus characteristics of soil phosphorus and other soil nutrient factors
and the structure and differences of two types of P. yunnanensis communities were analyzed. The results showed that the total phosphorus content in the phosphorus-rich area was significantly higher than that in the phosphorus-poor area. Although the contents of active phosphorus (H2O—Pi
NaHCO3—Pi
and NaHCO3—Po) were lower than 10% in both areas
the active phosphorus content in the phosphorus-rich area was significantly higher than that in the phosphorus-poor area. In the phosphorus-poor area
the content of organic phosphorus was higher than that of inorganic phosphorus
but it was the opposite in the phosphorus-rich area. The contents of other soil nutrients such as total nitrogen and organic carbon in the phosphorus-rich area were also significantly higher than those in the phosphorus-poor area. The forest density
Shannon-wiener index
Simpson index and Pielou index of P. yunnanensis community in the phosphorus-rich area were all higher than those in the phosphorus-poor area
while the average plant height
average DBH and crown width were all lower than those in the phosphorus-poor area. The growth and development of P. yunnanensis communities in phosphorus-poor areas and phosphorus-rich areas were related to nutrition strategies. In phosphorus-deficient areas
plant communities carried out a tight phosphorus cycle to maintain normal growth. Phosphorus mainly used by plants and microorganisms came from the mineralization and dissolution of organic phosphorus
and the phosphorus loss was minimized in the biogeochemical cycle. However
in areas where phosphorus was extremely abundant
plant and microbial communities were more inclined to transfer phosphorus from soil ores to the biogeochemical phosphorus cycle. For local plants and microbes
tight phosphorus recovery was irrelevant. The significant difference in the community structure of P. yunnanensis between the two places was closely related to the phosphorus content on the ground. Phosphorus-rich areas were rich in soil phosphorus and other nutrient resources
which was able to maintain more kinds of plants and correspondingly reduce the ecological advantages of P. yunnanensis in the communities. Accordingly
phosphorus had become a limiting factor in phosphorus-poor areas
and other nutrient resources were also relatively short
which could not support a higher level of plant diversity. P. yunnanensis had a higher ecological advantage because of its strong competitiveness.
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