黄梅秤锤树孤立居群的遗传多样性及其小尺度空间遗传结构

研究濒危植物片断化孤立居群不同年龄阶段植株的遗传多样性和小尺度空间遗传结构有助于认识残存居群动态和制订保育策略。本研究选取黄梅秤锤树(Sinojackia huangmeiensis)的一个片断化孤立居群(面积160m×80m)为研究对象,对居群内60株成年个体、175株幼树和198株幼苗全部定位,采用8个微卫星位点检测了居群内不同生活史阶段植株的遗传多样性、空间遗传结构,并分析了花粉和种子传播距离和式样。结果表明,黄梅秤锤树居群3种不同年龄阶段植株的遗传多样性之间无显著差异;居群出现显著的杂合子缺失,可能是由近交造成的;在10m以内成年个体、幼树和幼苗植株均呈现出显著的空间遗传结构,说明种子扩散限制于成年母树周边;种子和花粉传播的平均距离分别为9.07±13.38和23.81±23.60m,且花粉和种子传播式样均呈"L"型分布;种子雨重叠少、有限的基因流、自疏以及近亲繁殖是造成各年龄阶段出现空间遗传结构的主要原因。本研究结果启示,在采集秤锤树迁地保护材料时个体间距离应超过10m,以降低采样个体的遗传相似性;同时在就地保护过程中需要人为促进基因流和加强幼苗管理,以降低近交风险。     

濒危植物连香树居群的遗传多样性和遗传分化研究

利用ISSR分子标记技术对濒危植物连香树10个居群的遗传多样性和遗传变异进行了分析,结果表明:连香树物种水平遗传多样性较高,多态位点百分率(PPB)达到69.59%,Nei’s基因多样性指数(H)和Shannon信息指数(I)分别为0.231 3和0.351 4;而在居群水平上,多态位点百分率(PPB)为30.61%,Nei’s基因多样性指数(H)和Shannon信息指数(I)分别为0.115 6和0.173 3。遗传变异分析表明,居群间遗传分化程度高,遗传分化系数(GST)为0.500 3,居群间基因流Nm为0.527 3。Mantel检测,居群间的遗传距离和地理距离之间不存在显著的相关性。生境的片断化使居群间的基因流受阻,可能是导致居群间高遗传分化和居群水平低遗传多样性的主要原因。     

濒危物种山红树居群遗传结构的RAPD分析

利用RAPD分子标记检测了云南省3个山红树居群的遗传多样性和居群遗传结构。10个引物共检测到54个位点, 其中多态位点11个, 占20 37%。与其他的濒危物种相比, 山红树居群内的遗传多样性很低, 居群间的遗传分化很大(78 65%)。大量经济植物的种植加上人为的破坏, 使山红树的生境遭到严重破坏, 数量大为减少, 可能导致了山红树遗传多样性的丧失、居群间较高的遗传分化。基于以上结果, 探讨了山红树进一步的迁地保护措施。     

樟科濒危植物思茅木姜子遗传多样性的ISSR分析

本文采用ISSR标记对中国特有且仅在云南南部狭域分布的樟科濒危植物思茅木姜子(Litseaszemaois)现存8个居群的遗传多样性进行了研究。从96条引物中筛选出了10条,对103个个体进行了扩增,共扩增出77条条带,其中多态性条带为67条。分析结果表明:(1)思茅木姜子的遗传多样性水平很高。在物种水平上,多态位点百分率PPB=87.01%,平均每个位点的有效等位基因数Ne=1.4006,Nei’s基因多样度指数H=0.2466,Shannon多样性信息指数Hsp=0.3826;在居群水平上,PPB=37.99%,Ne=1.2500,H=0.1418,Shannon多样性信息指数Hpop=0.2088。(2)居群间的遗传分化较低。基于Nei’s遗传多样性分析得出的居群间遗传分化系数Gst=0.3700;Shannon’s居群分化系数((Hsp–Hpop)/Hsp)为0.45。AMOVA分析显示:思茅木姜子的遗传变异主要存在于居群内,占总变异的72.99%,居群间的遗传变异占27.01%,表明思茅木姜子属于异交种。(3)两两居群间的Nei’s遗传一致度(I)的范围为0.8233–0.9761。经Mantel检测,居群间的遗传距离和地理距离之间不存在显著的正相关关系(r=0.0925,P=0.6931)。我们推断人类活动的干扰和生境的片断化是导致思茅木姜子濒危现状的主要因素。考虑到目前其遗传多样性水平虽然很高,但各居群个体数量很少,因此应该对思茅木姜子各居群的所有个体实施及时的就地保护;而遗传变异大部分存在于居群内的个体间,所以在迁地保护时应在各居群内大量采样。     

珍稀濒危植物夏蜡梅遗传多样性的ISSR分析

利用ISSR分子标记技术,对濒危植物夏蜡梅10个居群的遗传多样性进行了分析.结果表明:夏蜡梅种的遗传多样性较高,多态位点百分率为73.08%,Shannon指数为0.3097,Nei指数为0.1987;而居群水平的遗传多样性较低,多态位点百分率平均为23.65%,Shannon指数平均为0.1251,Nei指数平均为0.0839.AMOVA分子差异分析显示:居群间遗传分化程度高,57.11%的变异存在于居群间,42.89%存在于居群内,基因分化系数(G_st)为0.5779;居群间的基因流为0.3651.生境的片断化使居群间的基因流受阻,可能是导致居群间高遗传分化和居群水平低遗传多样性的主要原因.10个居群间的平均遗传距离为0.1471.利用UPG-MA法对10个居群进行聚类,结果是天台县内的2个居群、临安市内的8个居群各组成一大类群.     

濒危植物毛柄小勾儿茶片断化居群的遗传多样性

 采用扩增片段长度多态性（AFLP）标记对我国特有的濒危植物毛柄小勾儿茶（Berchemiel lawilsonii var. pubipetiolata）现存于浙江和安徽的4个片断化居群中的89株个体进行了遗传多样性和遗传结构的研究。结果表明,与其它木本濒危植物相比,毛柄小勾儿茶具有与它们相当的遗传多样性,8对选择扩增引物共扩增出122条清晰的条带,居群的平均多态位点百分率为Pp=26.4%,其中马家河居群最高（29.5%）而湍口居群最低（23.8%）,居群的平均基因多样度为Hep=0.162 8（0.140 5～0.172 4 ）;而在物种水平上的遗传多样性为Ps=36.9%, Hes=0.202 4。居群间的遗传分化系数FST＝0.193 9,表明居群间 有显著的遗传分化,进一步利用AMOVA软件对遗传变异进行等级剖分发现：24.88%的遗传变异存在于地理宗间（浙江地理宗和安徽地理宗）,14.71%的遗传变异存在于居群间,60.42% 存在于居群内。该研究结果表明,由于人为干扰引起的生境片断化和居群减小导致了毛柄小勾儿茶居群的遗传多样性丧失和遗传分化,并对毛柄小勾儿茶的生存造成潜在威胁。该文还就保育策略进行了讨论。     

鹅掌楸居群遗传结构及其保护对策

鹅掌楸（Ｌｉｒｉｏｄｅｎｄｒｏｎ ｃｈｉｎｅｎｓｅ（Ｈｅｍｓｌ．）Ｓａｒｇ．）１０个位点上的等位基因电泳结果表明：鹅掌楸种内遗传多样性水平较高,种内遗传变异的２０．６％分布在居群间,７９．４％分布在居群内,东部分布亚区的多样性水平和基因流低于西部,居群间分公程度则高于西部;其遗传我样性随纬度增加而递减,形成南高北低格局。针对我掌楸居群遗传结构的形成原因及现状提出了适宜的保护措施。     

极濒危植物中华水韭休宁居群的遗传结构

采用超薄平板微型聚丙烯酰胺等电聚焦电泳方法对极濒危蕨类植物中华水韭(Isoetes sinensis)现存于安徽休宁的5个亚居群的等位酶多样性和遗传结构进行了研究。结果表明：中华水韭居群每位点平均等位基因数A=1．7,平均多态位点比率P=55．56％,平均预期杂合度He=0．201。居群中半数的多念位点表现为等位基因的“固定杂合”,5个亚居群的遗传多样性无显著差异,但都表现出严重偏离Hardy—Weinberg平衡的杂合子过昔;其遗传变异主要发生于亚居群内(94．27％),亚居群之间的遗传分化较小(Gsl=0．0573),亚居群间遗传一致度较高(I=0．960—0．999)。我们推断这可能是由于居群构建之初的奠基者效应或者原种群曾经历了较为严重的遗传瓶颈所导致;此外亚居群间便利的基因交流也可能起到了很大作用(Nm=4．5062)。取自休宁居群的75株样品由13个专一多位点基因型(18个位点等位酶基因型)组成,亚居群及个体间高度遗传均质。本文还就中华水韭休宁野生居群濒危的遗传因素进行了探讨,并提出了相应的保育策略。     

珍稀濒危植物距瓣尾囊草遗传多样性的ISSR分析

利用ISSR分子标记,对狭域分布在四川省江油涪江上游区段的毛茛科濒危植物距瓣尾囊草(Urophysarockii Ulbrich)现存4个居群的遗传多样性进行了研究。结果显示:(1)14个引物共检测到121条清晰的谱带,其中多样性条带118条;距瓣尾囊草在物种水平上遗传多样性较高,多态位点百分率(PPB)为97.86%,Nei’s基因多样度指数(H)为0.306 9,Shannon’s多样性信息指数(Hsp)为0.466 3;在居群水平上遗传多样性相对偏低,PPB为63.22%,H为0.196 2,Shannon多样性信息指数(Hpop)为0.271 1。(2)3种方法分析显示,居群间遗传分化较低,AMOVA、Gst和(Hsp-Hpop)/Hsp分别为0.341 2、0.295 2和0.42,据此推测距瓣尾囊草繁育系统以异交为主。(3)经Mantel检验,居群间的遗传距离与地理距离之间存在正相关关系(r=0.742 4,P=0.089 0)。研究表明,人类活动的干扰和生境的片断化是导致距瓣尾囊草濒危现状的主要原因,建议对距瓣尾囊草全部居群的全部个体予以及时地就地保护;因遗传变异主要存在于居群内的个体间,故迁地保护时应在各居群内大量采样,以达到最大限度保存距瓣尾囊草遗传多样性的目的。     

珍稀濒危植物安徽羽叶报春遗传多样性的RAPD分析

利用RAPD分子标记对安徽特有濒危物种安徽羽叶报春（Primula merrilliana）6个自然居群的134个个体的遗传多样性进行了研究。从100个随机引物中筛选出12个RAPD引物,扩增共得到158条带,其中129个多态性位点（PPL）。POPGENE分析显示安徽羽叶报春具有较丰富的遗传变异（PPL=81.65%,He=0.2515,Ho=0.3849）。Nei′s基因多样性指数计算的居群间遗传分化系数（GST=0.5511）与Shannon信息指数（54.48%）基本一致。生境的片段化和基因流障碍可能是导致居群间遗传分化显著的主要原因。针对安徽羽叶报春的居群遗传变异提出了相应的保护措施：保护好自然生境和现有的居群及个体;加强居群间的基因流动;在迁地保护过程中,在尽可能多的居群中采样,以提高栽培居群的遗传多样性。     

Fragmentation can increase spatial genetic structure without decreasing pollen-mediated gene flow in a wind-pollinated tree

Fragmentation reduces population sizes, increases isolation between habitats and can result in restricted dispersal of pollen and seeds. Given that diploid seed dispersal contributes more to shaping fine-scale spatial genetic structure (SGS) than haploid pollen flow, we tested whether fine-scale SGS can be sensitive to fragmentation even if extensive pollen dispersal is maintained. Castanopsis sclerophylla (Lindley & Paxton) Schottky (Fagaceae), a wind-pollinated and gravity seed-dispersed tree, was studied in an area of southeast China where its populations have been fragmented to varying extents by human activity. Using different age classes of trees in areas subject to varying extents of fragmentation, we found no significant difference in genetic diversity between prefragmentation vs. postfragmentation C. sclerophylla subpopulations. Genetic differentiation among postfragmentation subpopulations was also only slightly lower than among prefragmentation subpopulations. In the most fragmented habitat, selfing rates were significantly higher than zero in prefragmentation, but not postfragmentation, cohorts. These results suggest that fragmentation had not decreased gene flow among these populations and that pollen flow remains extensive. However, significantly greater fine-scale SGS was found in postfragmentation subpopulations in the most fragmented habitat, but not in less fragmented habitats. This alteration in SGS reflected more restricted seed dispersal, induced by changes in the physical environments and the prevention of secondary seed dispersal by rodents. An increase in SGS can therefore result from more restricted seed dispersal, even in the face of extensive pollen flow, making it a sensitive indicator of the negative consequences of population fragmentation.     

Fine-scale spatial genetic structure and gene flow in a small, fragmented population of Sinojackia rehderiana (Styracaceae), an endangered tree species endemic to China

Populations of Sinojackia rehderiana are highly threatened and have small and scattered distribution due to habitat fragmentation and human activities. Understanding changes in genetic diversity, the fine-scale spatial genetic structure (SGS) at different life stages and gene flow of S. rehderiana is critical for developing successful conservation strategies for fragmented populations of this endangered species. In this study, 208 adults, 114 juveniles and 136 seedlings in a 50 × 100-m transect within an old-growth forest were mapped and genotyped using eight microsatellite makers to investigate the genetic diversity and SGS of this species. No significant differences in genetic diversity among different life-history stages were found. However, a significant heterozygote deficiency in adults and seedlings may result from substantial biparental inbreeding. Significant fine-scale spatial structure was found in different life-history stages within 19 m, suggesting that seed dispersal mainly occurred near a mother tree. Both historical and contemporary estimates of gene flow (13.06 and 16.77 m) indicated short-distance gene dispersal in isolated populations of S. rehderiana. The consistent spatial structure revealed in different life stages is most likely the result of limited gene flow. Our results have important implications for conservation of extant populations of S. rehderiana. Measures for promoting pollen flow should be taken for in situ conservation. The presence of a SGS in fragmented populations implies that seeds for ex situ conservation should be collected from trees at least 19-m apart to reduce genetic similarity between neighbouring individuals.     

Contrasting spatial genetic structure in Annona crassiflora populations from fragmented and pristine savannas

In continuous populations, fine-scale genetic structure tends to be stronger in species with restricted pollen and seed dispersal. However, habitat fragmentation and disturbances can affect genetic diversity and spatial genetic structure due to disruption in ecological processes, such as plant reproduction and seed dispersal. In this study, we compared the genetic diversity and fine-scale spatial genetic structure (SGS) in two populations of Annona crassiflora (Annonaceae) in a pristine savanna Reserve (ESECAE) and in a fragmented disturbed savanna area (PABE), both in Cerrado biome in Central Brazil. The analyses were based on the polymorphism at 10 microsatellite loci. Our working hypothesis was that SGS is stronger and genetic diversity is lower in population at fragmented area (PABE) than at pristine area (ESECAE). Both populations presented high levels of polymorphism and genetic diversity and showed no sign of bottleneck for both Wilcoxon sign-rank test for heterozygosity excess (p > 0.05) and coalescent analyses (growth parameter g not different from zero), but population at fragmented area showed higher fixation index and stronger SGS. Besides, populations are significantly differentiated (F _ST = 0.239, R _ST = 0.483, p < 0.001 for both). Coalescent analyses showed high historical effective population sizes for both populations, high gene flow between ESECAE and PABE and recent time to most recent common ancestor (~37 k year BP). Our results suggest that despite the high genetic diversity, fragmentation and disturbance may have been affecting populations of this species increasing mating between closely related individuals leading to high fixation index and strong SGS.     

Among- and within-patch components of genetic diversity respond at different rates to habitat fragmentation: an empirical demonstration

Habitat fragmentation is a ubiquitous by-product of human activities that can alter the genetic structure of natural populations, with potentially deleterious effects on population persistence and evolutionary potential. When habitat fragmentation results in the subdivision of a population, random genetic drift then leads to the erosion of genetic diversity from within the resulting subpopulation, random genetic drift then leads to the erosion of genetic diversity from within the resulting subpopulations and greater genetic divergence among them. Theoretical and simulation analyses predict that these two main genetic effects of fragmentation, greater differentiation among resulting subpopulation and reduced genetic diversity within them, will proceed at very different rates. Despite important implications for the interpretation of genetics data from fragmented populations, empirical evidence for this phenomenon has been lacking. In this analysis, we carry out an empirical study in population of an alpine meadow-dwelling butterfly, which have become fragmented increasing forest cover over five decades. We show that genetic differentiation among subpopulations (G(ST)) is most highly correlated with contemporary forest cover, while genetics diversity within subpopulation (expected heterozygosity) is better correlated with the spatial pattern of forest cover 40 years in the past. Thus, where habitat fragmentation has occurred in recent decades, genetic differentiation among subpopulation can be near equilibrium while contemporary measures of within subpopulation diversity may substantially overestimate the equilibrium values that will eventually be attained.     

Species diversity and population density affect genetic structure and gene dispersal in a subtropical understory shrub

Aims The dispersal of pollen and seeds is spatially restricted and may vary among plant populations because of varying biotic interactions, population histories or abiotic conditions. Because gene dispersal is spatially restricted, it will eventually result in the development of spatial genetic structure (SGS), which in turn can allow insights into gene dispersal processes. Here, we assessed the effect of habitat characteristics like population density and community structure on small-scale SGS and estimate historical gene dispersal at different spatial scales.Methods In a set of 12 populations of the subtropical understory shrub Ardisia crenata, we assessed genetic variation at 7 microsatellite loci within and among populations. We investigated small-scale genetic structure with spatial genetic autocorrelation statistics and heterogeneity tests and estimated gene dispersal distances based on population differentiation and on within-population SGS. SGS was related to habitat characteristics by multiple regression.Important findings The populations showed high genetic diversity (H e = 0.64) within populations and rather strong genetic differentiation (F ′ ST = 0.208) among populations, following an isolation-by-distance pattern, which suggests that populations are in gene flow–drift equilibrium. Significant SGS was present within populations (mean Sp = 0.027). Population density and species diversity had a joint effect on SGS with low population density and high species diversity leading to stronger small-scale SGS. Estimates of historical gene dispersal from between-population differentiation and from within-population SGS resulted in similar values between 4.8 and 22.9 m. The results indicate that local-ranged pollen dispersal and inefficient long-distance seed dispersal, both affected by population density and species diversity, contributed to the genetic population structure of the species. We suggest that SGS in shrubs is more similar to that of herbs than to trees and that in communities with high species diversity gene flow is more restricted than at low species diversity. This may represent a process that retards the development of a positive species diversity–genetic diversity relationship.     

Low genetic diversity and population connectivity fuel vulnerability to climate change for the Tertiary relict pine Pinus bungeana

Endemic species are important components of regional biodiversity and hold the key to understanding local adaptation and evolutionary processes that shape species distributions. This study investigated the biogeographic history of a relict conifer Pinus bungeana Zucc. ex Endl. confined to central China. We examined genetic diversity in P. bungeana using genotyping-by-sequencing and chloroplast and mitochondrial DNA markers. We performed spatial and temporal inference of recent genetic and demographic changes, and dissected the impacts of geography and environmental gradients on population differentiation. We then projected P. bungeana's risk of decline under future climates. We found extremely low nucleotide diversity (average π 0.0014), and strong population structure (global F_ST 0.234) even at regional scales, reflecting long-term isolation in small populations. The species experienced severe bottlenecks in the early Pliocene and continued to decline in the Pleistocene in the western distribution, whereas the east expanded recently. Local adaptation played a small (8%) but significant role in population diversity. Low genetic diversity in fragmented populations makes the species highly vulnerable to climate change, particularly in marginal and relict populations. We suggest that conservation efforts should focus on enhancing gene pool and population growth through assisted migration within each genetic cluster to reduce the risk of further genetic drift and extinction.     

Small-scale spatial genetic structure in the Central African rainforest tree species Aucoumea klaineana: a stepwise approach to infer the impact of limited gene dispersal, population history and habitat fragmentation

Under the isolation-by-distance model, the strength of spatial genetic structure (SGS) depends on seed and pollen dispersal and genetic drift, which in turn depends on local demographic structure. SGS can also be influenced by historical events such as admixture of differentiated gene pools. We analysed the fine-scale SGS in six populations of a pioneer tree species endemic to Central Africa, Aucoumea klaineana. To infer the impacts of limited gene dispersal, population history and habitat fragmentation on isolation by distance, we followed a stepwise approach consisting of a Bayesian clustering method to detect differentiated gene pools followed by the analysis of kinship-distance curves. Interestingly, despite considerable variation in density, the five populations situated under continuous forest cover displayed very similar extent of SGS. This is likely due to an increase in dispersal distance with decreased tree density. Admixture between two gene pools was detected in one of these five populations creating a distinctive pattern of SGS. In the last population sampled in open habitat, the genetic diversity was in the same range as in the other populations despite a recent habitat fragmentation. This result may due to the increase of gene dispersal compensating the effect of the disturbance as suggested by the reduced extent of SGS estimated in this population. Thus, in A. klaineana, the balance between drift and dispersal may facilitate the maintenance of genetic diversity. Finally, from the strength of the SGS and population density, an indirect estimate of gene dispersal distances was obtained for one site: the quadratic mean parent-offspring distance, sigma(g), ranged between 210 m and 570 m.     

rpl32-trnL片段在柳穿鱼不同地理居群遗传多样性分析中的应用

为了探究柳穿鱼（Linaria vulgaris）不同地理居群的遗传多样性,利用叶绿体DNA的rpl32-trnL片段对包含62个个体的4个柳穿鱼地理居群遗传多样性进行了研究。结果显示：柳穿鱼4个居群中共检测到15种单倍型和76个变异位点,总遗传多样性较高（H_d=0.878,π=0.003 88,K=2.994）,遗传变异主要存在于居群内（51.49%）,隶属于柳穿鱼虫媒异交繁殖策略的遗传特征;不同地区柳穿鱼居群间遗传分化大（0.466 14）,居群间基因交流水平较低（0.29）;遗传分化程度与地理距离存在中等程度相关性但不显著（R² = 0.36,P > 0.05）。中性检验显示除合水居群（HS）在进化过程中经历过瓶颈效应（Fu and Li’s D=-2.450 49,P<0.05）外,其他居群进化过程符合分子进化的中性理论。本研究结果不仅揭示了繁殖策略、地理隔离及生境干扰等因素塑造我国北方柳穿鱼居群遗传多样性和遗传结构特征,而且也为今后柳穿鱼资源保护策略的选择提供了理论依据。     

Spatial genetic structure in continuous and fragmented populations of Pinus pinaster Aiton

Habitat fragmentation, i.e., the reduction of populations into small isolated remnants, is expected to increase spatial genetic structure (SGS) in plant populations through nonrandom mating, lower population densities and potential aggregation of reproductive individuals. We investigated the effects of population size reduction and genetic isolation on SGS in maritime pine ( Pinus pinaster Aiton) using a combined experimental and simulation approach. Maritime pine is a wind-pollinated conifer which has a scattered distribution in the Iberian Peninsula as a result of forest fires and habitat fragmentation. Five highly polymorphic nuclear microsatellites were genotyped in a total of 394 individuals from two population pairs from the Iberian Peninsula, formed by one continuous and one fragmented population each. In agreement with predictions, SGS was significant and stronger in fragments ( Sp  = 0.020 and Sp  = 0.026) than in continuous populations, where significant SGS was detected for one population only ( Sp  = 0.010). Simulations suggested that under fat-tailed dispersal, small population size is a stronger determinant of SGS than genetic isolation, while under normal dispersal, genetic isolation has a stronger effect. SGS was always stronger in real populations than in simulations, except if unrealistically narrow dispersal and/or high variance of reproductive success were modelled (even when accounting for potential overestimation of SGS in real populations as a result of short-distance sampling). This suggests that factors such as nonrandom mating or selection not considered in the simulations were additionally operating on SGS in Iberian maritime pine populations.     

Biomass allocation patterns of Loropetalum chinense

Aims Biomass is the most fundamental quantitative character of an ecosystem. Biomass allocation patterns reflect the strategies of plants to adapt various habitat conditions and play a vital role in evolution, biodiversity conservation and global carbon cycle. Loropetalum chinense shrub is one of the most dominant shrub types in subtropical China. The objectives of this study were to quantify the allometric relationships and the biomass allocation pattern among organs, and to investigate the effects of body size, shrub regeneration origin and site factors on allometry and biomass allocation.
Methods Individual samples of L. chinense were harvested from shrublands in subtropical China and were further divided into leaves, stems and roots. The allometric relationships between different organs were modeled with standard major axis (SMA) regression and the biomass allocation to different organs was quantified. The effects of body size, shrub regeneration origin and other habitat factors on allometry and allocation were examined using Pearson’s correlation analysis and multiple linear regressions.
Important findings The isometric scaling relationships between shoot and root changed to allometric relationships with increasing basal diameter. The scaling relationships between leaf and stem and between leaf and root were isometric for smaller diameter classes, while for larger diameter classes they were allometric. These relationships were significantly different among shrub regeneration origin types. The scaling relationships between different organs were not affected by habitat factors; while the coverage of shrub layer and slope affected biomass allocation due to their influences on the allometric relationships between different organs at the initial stage of growth. The mean dry mass ratios of leaf, stem, root and the mean root to shoot ratio were 0.11, 0.55, 0.34 and 0.65, respectively. With the increase of basal diameter class, stem mass ratio (0.50-0.64) increased, while leaf mass ratio (0.12-0.08) and root mass ratio (0.38-0.28) decreased, and consequently root to shoot ratio (0.91-0.43) also decreased. In secondary shrublands, the leaf mass ratio was 0.12 and the root mass ratio was 0.33, while these values were 0.07 and 0.36 respectively in natural shrublands. The ratio of aboveground allocation was significantly correlated to shrub layer coverage (r = 0.44, p < 0.05). Leaf mass ratio was significantly correlated to slope (r = -0.36, p < 0.05) and root mass ratio was significantly correlated to mean annual temperature (r = 0.34, p < 0.05). Results showed that with the increase of body size, the scaling relationships between different organs of L. chinense changed from isometric to allometric, and more biomass was allocated to aboveground part, and concretely, to stems. Human disturbance affected biomass allocation by its influences on the allometric relationships between different organs, and by increasing biomass allocation to leaves and decreasing allocation to roots. Reduced light resource promoted the biomass allocation to aboveground part, and higher slope resulted in decreased biomass allocation to leaves, while higher mean annual temperature promoted biomass allocation to roots. The variation in annual precipitation had no significant influences on biomass allocation. The biomass allocation strategies of L. chinense partially support the optimal partitioning theory.