粤北山地常绿阔叶林自然干扰后冠层结构与林下光照动态

以粤北车八岭2008年受冰灾破坏的山地常绿阔叶林为研究对象,设置2 hm2固定样地开展连续3a(2008—2010年)的群落调查,并采用半球面影像技术(Hemispherical photography)获取冠层结构和林下光照指标,分析灾后森林演替过程中冠层结构和林下光照的动态。研究发现:1)灾后森林恢复过程中,样地林下光照(直射光、散射光和总光照)均随林冠开度的减少、叶面积指数的增加而减少;2)从2008到2010年,各年度冠层结构和林下光照的差异均极显著(P<0.0001),但年间差异程度有逐年减少的趋势;3)灾后森林恢复前3a,林下直射光对林下总光照的贡献大于散射光,其时空波动性也大于散射光;4)林冠开度对冠层结构的反映程度比叶面积指数高,冠层结构对林下散射光的影响比对直射光大。灾后林木先是迅速生长然后生长速度缓慢下来并逐渐稳定,随森林逐渐郁闭林下光照也随之减少,其中林冠开度用于评价冠层结构动态的效果更佳,林下直射光比散射光的时空变化更复杂。     

白云山国家森林公园不同人为干扰强度的群落冠层结构和光照特征

为探究森林冠层结构与林下光照的变化规律及其相关性,在河南省白云山国家森林公园选取人工林、择伐林、皆伐林和老龄林建立四块面积为1 hm²（100 m×100 m）的固定监测样地,利用半球面影像技术获取冠层结构及林下光照数据。研究发现：1）随着人为干扰强度降低,冠层覆盖度与叶面积指数呈增加趋势,林下散射辐射与直接辐射呈减少趋势;2）择伐林冠层覆盖度与叶面积指数最大,平均叶倾角与透光比最小,林下光照（直接辐射、散射辐射）与冠层覆盖度和叶面积指数都呈显著负相关,林下散射辐射与冠层覆盖度和叶面积指数的负相关关系最强;3）处于不同干扰强度的群落由于冠层结构的差异,形成了不同群落内特定的光照环境。研究结果丰富了暖温带-亚热带生态过渡区森林冠层结构与林下光照动态变化研究资料,同时也为该区域森林的恢复与重建等提供科学的依据。     

关帝山云杉次生林冠层结构对天然更新的影响

冠层结构和林下光环境对天然更新苗的分布和生长具有重要的作用。本研究以关帝山云杉次生林天然更新苗为对象,利用单因素方差分析和泊松相关性检验,分析冠层结构对天然更新苗的影响。结果表明：在林冠开度(CO)为19.5%～24.5%、林下散射光指数为4～5时天然更新株数最多;最适的CO、林下直射光和林下总光照表现为幼苗大于幼树,而最适叶面积指数则幼苗小于幼树;冠层结构及林下光照对于幼苗的生长相关性不显著。幼苗和幼树对于林下光环境有着不同的适应区间,不同密度的更新苗样地间叶面积指数和林下光照存在显著差异,研究结果为理解该地区林分天然更新提供科学依据。     

大明山常绿阔叶林冠层垂直结构与林下植物更新

2009—2011年,在广西大明山常绿阔叶林一个典型坡面的上坡、中坡和下坡分别建立24个20 m×20 m的固定样地,测定不同林冠层次(上层、中层和下层冠高分别为:>8、4～8和0～4 m)的覆盖度并监测林下植物的更新,研究林冠垂直结构的动态变化及其对林下植物更新的影响.结果表明: 随着2008年特大冰冻灾害后森林的恢复,林冠总覆盖度显著增加,从2009年的54.0%提高到2011年的67.4%,不同冠层覆盖度和恢复增长存在显著差异,上层林冠覆盖度显著高于中、下层,而中、下层林冠的恢复增长显著优于上层林冠.林下更新的木本植物共55种,优势科和优势种与现有群落的基本一致.同一年份不同坡位林下更新植物的物种多样性指数差异不显著,但同一坡位不同年份间存在显著差异.不同冠层的覆盖度与更新植物的物种丰富度和多度相关性不显著;中层、下层和林冠总覆盖度与林下更新植物的Shannon指数、Simpson指数和Pielou均匀度指数呈显著负相关,表明冠层覆盖度显著影响着林下更新,中、下层林冠对林下更新植物多样性的作用更明显.     

山西灵空山天然松栎混交林群落特征与冠层结构

以2011年建设的山西灵空山4 hm²天然松栎混交林森林动态监测样地为研究平台,以400个10 m×10 m样方为测量单元,于2016年进行群落特征研究,采用半球面影像法(DHP)分析冠层结构和林下光照特征.结果表明: 样地内共有乔木5558株,共计25种,分属于10科15属.冠层开阔度(CO)集中在15.0%～25.0%,叶面积指数(LAI)集中在1.5～2.5,林下光环境参数集中在10.0%～30.0%.建群种在样地内的分布对冠层结构和林下光环境影响显著;冠层结构对林下光环境所有参数的影响方向一致,其中采用叶面积指数评价冠层结构动态的效果更佳;冠层开阔度和叶面积指数对林下光环境产生相反的影响,且均对散射光入射率影响程度最大.温性松栎混交林的林冠层整体较为均匀,林下光分布较为集中,林分树种组成与冠层结构对林下光照影响显著.     

青海大通典型林分冠层结构与林下植被物种多样性关系研究

为探究青海高寒山区典型林分冠层结构与林内光环境中维持林下植被物种多样性稳定的关键因素,该研究以青海大通县青海云杉林(Ⅰ)、青杨林(Ⅱ)、华北落叶松-青海云杉混交林(Ⅲ)、青杨-白桦混交林(Ⅳ)和白桦-青海云杉混交林(Ⅴ)5种典型人工林分为研究对象,运用冠层分析仪采集数据,并结合实地调查,研究冠层结构与林内光环境特征及其对林下植被的影响。结果表明:(1)林分Ⅰ、Ⅲ的林冠开度显著低于林分Ⅱ、Ⅳ、Ⅴ(P0.05),各林分叶面积指数大小顺序为ⅢⅠⅡⅤⅣ,总体表现为阔叶林的林冠开度大于针叶林,但其叶面积指数小于针叶林;林分Ⅱ、Ⅳ的直射辐射、散射辐射及总辐射均显著高于林分Ⅰ、Ⅲ、Ⅴ(P0.05),其中林下总辐射与散射辐射表现为ⅡⅣⅤⅠⅢ,直射辐射为ⅡⅣⅠⅢⅤ;林分Ⅱ、Ⅳ、Ⅴ的消光系数均显著高于Ⅰ、Ⅲ,总体上均表现为阔叶林针叶林。(2)相关分析结果表明,林冠开度与林下光照指标呈极显著正相关关系(P0.01),叶面积指数与林下光照指标呈极显著负相关关系(P0.01),且其对林下散射辐射的控制能力最强;典型相关分析表明,纯林的林冠开度对冠层结构的贡献和解释能力较叶面积指数和平均叶倾角大,混交林的叶面积指数对林下光照的影响大于纯林。(3)混交林的林下物种多样性指数(H)及丰富度指数(P)均高于纯林;林下草本层物种多样性指数(H)及丰富度指数(P)与林冠开度及林下光辐射呈显著正相关关系,与叶面积指数呈显著负相关关系(P0.05);物种均匀度(J_(sw))与平均叶倾角呈极显著负相关关系(P0.01),与林下散射辐射呈显著正相关关系(P0.05)。研究认为,在人工纯林改造和结构调整中,对乔木层适当补植伴生树种,并逐步调整为多树种混交林,增加冠层结构和林下光照异质性,将更有利于林下植被物种多样性的维持。     

冠层结构和光环境的时空变化对紫耳箭竹种群特征的影响

选择金佛山国家自然保护区内落叶阔叶林、常绿落叶阔叶混交林、常绿阔叶林3种典型群落类型,研究冠层结构和光环境特征,以及林下优势种--紫耳箭竹的种群特征.结果表明: 随着落叶阔叶林→常绿落叶阔叶混交林→常绿阔叶林的演替,Shannon多样性指数、Simpson优势度指数和Pielou指数呈增加趋势,表明群落趋于稳定发展的状态;冠层结构特征也发生了显著改变,冠层开度和平均叶倾角减小,叶面积指数增加,冠层的消光能力增强,林下光照水平降低.上层林冠是造成林型郁闭的主要原因,其中冠层厚度和冠层面积是2个主要的影响因素.冠层结构与林下光照指标显著相关,对林下散射光的影响最大.冠层开度、林下光照条件均随着生长季的到来而下降,而叶面积指数呈现增长的趋势,峰值出现在6、7月;平均叶倾角在春季达到最大值,在夏季为最小值.紫耳箭竹的生长与冠层结构和光环境密切相关,其在光照适中的常绿落叶阔叶混交林中生长得最好,分株粗壮、密度大(29.69±1.68株·m^-2),地下茎拓展能力强;落叶阔叶林中的强光环境可能造成土壤水分缺失,从而对其生长产生影响;而在常绿阔叶林的低光环境下紫耳箭竹分株矮小,密度小(5.80±1.16株·m^-2),克隆扩展能力降低.在森林结构演变的过程中,冠层结构发生了明显的改变,显著影响林下光环境,过度的低光环境对紫耳箭竹种群的更新和发展有限制作用.     

间伐强度对秦岭锐齿栎林冠层和枯落物层水化学效应的影响

将森林抚育间伐与森林水化学效应结合起来进行研究,探讨小强度间伐对森林水质的影响。基于固定样地的研究方法,在秦岭火地塘林区选择天然锐齿栎林,设置抚育间伐强度分别为5%、10%、15%和20%的样地和对照样地,定期采集大气降雨、林内雨和枯透水样品,测定其水化学物质浓度,采用对比分析的方法,研究间伐强度对锐齿栎林内雨和枯透水化学效应的影响。结果表明:间伐样地林内雨和枯透水的pH值均低于对照样地,呈弱酸性,在5%的间伐强度下,森林冠层和枯落物层对大气降雨pH值的调升作用较显著,随着间伐强度的增加,调升幅度逐渐减小;大气降雨对森林冠层和枯落物层中的SO_4~(2-)、NO_3~-和PO_4~(3-)均具有淋溶作用,尤其是对照样地林内雨和枯透水中SO_4~(2-)的浓度增幅最显著,NO_3~-次之,PO_4~(3-)最不显著。间伐样地,雨水对林冠层和枯落物层SO_4~(2-)、NO_3~-和PO_4~(3-)的淋溶作用均低于对照样地,20%的间伐强度最有利于净化雨水中的SO_4~(2-),其在林内雨和枯透水中的含量较对照样地降幅最大,间伐强度为5%时,林内雨中NO_3~-、NH_4~+和PO_4~(3-)的含量最低,三者较对照样地的含量分别降低了56.3%、46%和9.2%而枯透水中三者的降幅分别为64.6%、45%和60.8%;在10%的间伐强度下,大气降雨对林冠层和枯落物层中K~+、Ca~(2+)、Mg~(2+)的淋溶作用最强,3种离子中以Ca~(2+)和Mg~(2+)的含量增幅最为显著。林内雨中Ca~(2+)和Mg~(2+)的含量分别较对照样地增加了89.9%和120%,枯透水中二者较对照样地分别增加了72.4%和40%,K~+的增幅相对不明显;大气降雨中的Pb~(2+)、Zn~(2+)和Cd~(2+)经过森林冠层和枯落物层的阻减,其在林内雨和枯透水中的含量随着间伐强度的增加呈先增大后减小的趋势,当间伐强度达到20%时,三者含量明显降低。总体上,20%的间伐强度最有利于森林冠层及枯落物层对重金属Pb~(2+)、Zn~(2+)和Cd~(2+)的截留净化。     

车八岭山地常绿阔叶林冰灾后土壤节肢动物群落的多样性

2008年初车八岭山地常绿阔叶林受到中国南方80年一遇的冰灾的重创。为了揭示灾后林冠开度的梯度对土壤节肢动物多样性与分布的影响, 在受冰灾影响的车八岭山地常绿阔叶林设置2 ha固定样地, 按照冠层受损程度选取17个20 m×20 m的样方, 用半球面影像技术获取林冠开度, 并分凋落物层、0–10 cm和10–20 cm的矿质土层采集凋落物及土壤样品, 分析土壤节肢动物多样性。利用双向聚类分析(two-way cluster analysis)对凋落物层的土壤节肢动物和样地进行聚类, 以典范对应分析(canonical correspondence analysis)研究冠层开度、土壤有机质、电导率以及自然含水量与0–10 cm表土层土壤节肢动物的关系。结果表明土壤节肢动物的多度、丰富度和多样性随土壤层的加深而下降, 具有明显的表聚性; 林冠开度与凋落物层的土壤节肢动物类群数量呈负相关; 甲螨亚目、中气门亚目和前气门亚目动物对光照的适应范围广; 膜翅目、鞘翅目幼虫、综合纲和伪蝎目动物具有明显的避光性; 土壤节肢动物类群的分布与林冠开度、土壤自然含水量、电导率和有机质关系密切。因此可以推论, 冰灾对车八岭山地常绿阔叶林冠层的破坏及土壤因子的变化会进一步影响土壤节肢动物群落的组成和分布。本项研究还表明, 土壤节肢动物群落能有效地表征它们所栖息的生态系统的特点, 可用于监测冰灾后森林恢复和演替动态。而双向聚类分析和典范对应分析对于揭示土壤节肢动物的空间异质性及其与环境因子的相互关系具有理想的效果。     

黄土高原刺槐林间伐改造研究

通过对 9年生刺槐 (Robiniapseudoacacia)林以 3种不同保留密度进行间伐改造 ,并对其林内光照、温度和土壤水分环境因子以及林下植被层生物多样性、生产力和林冠层林木的生长情况与原林分进行对比分析 .结果表明 ,间伐改造能改善林木及林下植被层生长发育的环境条件 ,促进林下植被层生物多样性和生物产量的提高 ,增加林木的生产能力 .间伐保留密度达到 1110株·hm-2 时 ,在整个生长季 ,林地土壤水分比原林分提高约 40 %,不仅林下植被层的生物多样性和生物量有大幅度提高 ,而且林冠层林木的生产力达到较高水平 ;如果继续加大间伐强度 ,林下植被层和林木个体的生长已达到最大极限 ,将不再提高 .因此 ,1110株·hm-2 左右的保留密度是可考虑的间伐强度 .     

Cultivation of Non‐timber Forest Products Alters Understory Light Availability in a Humid Tropical Forest in Mexico1

The planting of non‐timber forest products (NTFPs) in the understory of tropical forests is promoted in many regions as a strategy to conserve forested lands and meet the economic needs of rural communities. While the forest canopy is left intact in most understory plantations, much of the midstory and understory vegetation is removed in order to increase light availability for cultivated species. We assessed the extent to which the removal of vegetation in understory plantations of Chamaedorea hooperiana Hodel (Arecaceae) alters understory light conditions. We also examined how any changes in light availability may be reflected by changes in the composition of canopy tree seedlings regenerating in understory plantations. We employed a blocked design consisting of four C. hooperiana plantation sites; each site was paired with an adjacent, unmanaged forest site. Hemispherical canopy photographs were taken and canopy tree seedlings were identified and measured within 12 3 × 2 m randomly placed plots in each site for a total of 96 plots (4 blocks × 2 sites × 12 plots). Plantation management did not affect canopy openness or direct light availability but understory plantations had a higher frequency of plots with greater total and diffuse light availability than unmanaged forest. Comparisons of canopy tree seedling composition between understory plantations and unmanaged forest sites were less conclusive but suggest that management practices have the potential to increase the proportion of shade‐intolerant species of tree seedlings establishing in plantations. Given the importance of advanced regeneration in gap‐phase forest dynamics, these changes may have implications for future patterns of succession in the areas of forest where NTFPs are cultivated.     

西双版纳热带雨林林窗空间分布格局及其特征数与林窗下植物多样性的相关性

林窗作为森林群落中一种重要的干扰方式, 对林下物种构成有着重要的影响。开展林窗空间格局及其特征指数与林下植物多样性关系研究对于探讨林窗对林下生物多样性的影响有重要意义, 有助于进一步了解群落动态, 在物种多样性保护方面也具有指导作用。本研究在西双版纳热带雨林地区随机选取3块大小为1 ha的热带雨林为研究样地, 采用轻小型六旋翼无人机搭载Sony ILCE-A7r可见光传感器, 分别获取各个样地的高清数字影像, 结合数字表面高程模型以及各个样地的地形数据用以确定各样区的林窗分布格局, 并进一步提取出各林窗的景观格局指数。结合地面样方基础调查数据, 对各样地各林窗下植物多样性情况进行统计, 旨在分析热带雨林林窗空间分布格局以及林窗下植物多样性对各林窗空间格局特征的响应情况。研究表明, 西双版纳州热带雨林林窗呈大而分散的空间分布, 林窗空间格局特征指数如林窗形状复杂性指数、林窗面积都与林下植物多样性呈显著正相关关系。在面积小的林窗下, 较之林窗形状复杂性因子, 林窗面积大小对林下植物多样性影响更显著; 在面积达到一定程度后, 相对于面积因子, 林窗形状复杂性指数对林下植物多样性影响更显著, 各样地林窗皆趋于向各自所处样地顶极群落发展。     

Canopy Openness Enhances Diversity of Ant–Plant Interactions in the Brazilian Amazon Rain Forest

In closed‐canopy tropical forest understory, light availability is a significant determinant of habitat diversity because canopy structure is highly variable in most tropical forests. Consequently, variation in canopy cover affects the composition and distribution of plant species via creating variable light environments. Nevertheless, little is known about how variation in canopy openness structures patterns of plant–animal interactions. Because of the great diversity and dominance of ants in tropical environments, we used ant–plant interactions as a focal network to evaluate how variation in canopy cover influences patterns of plant–insect interactions in the Brazilian Amazon rain forest. We observed that small increases in canopy openness are associated with increased diversity of ant–plant interactions in our study area, and this change is independent of plant or ant species richness. Additionally, we found smaller niche overlap for both ants and plants associated with greater canopy openness. We hypothesize that enhanced light availability increases the breadth of ant foraging sources because variation in light availability gives rise to plant resources of different quality and amounts. Moreover, greater light availability promotes vegetative growth in plants, creating ant foraging ‘bridges’ between plants. In sum, our results highlight the importance of environmental heterogeneity as a determinant of ant–plant interaction diversity in tropical environments.     

Factors Affecting the Abundance of Leaf-Litter Arthropods in Unburned and Thrice-Burned Seasonally-Dry Amazonian Forests

Fire is frequently used as a land management tool for cattle ranching and annual crops in the Amazon. However, these maintenance fires often escape into surrounding forests, with potentially severe impacts for forest biodiversity. We examined the effect of experimental fires on leaf-litter arthropod abundance in a seasonally-dry forest in the Brazilian Amazon. The study plots (50 ha each) included a thrice-burned forest and an unburned control forest. Pitfall-trap samples were collected at 160 randomly selected points in both plots, with sampling stratified across four intra-annual replicates across the dry and wet seasons, corresponding to 6, 8, 10 and 12 months after the most recent fire. Arthropods were identified to the level of order (separating Formicidae). In order to better understand the processes that determine arthropod abundance in thrice-burned forests, we measured canopy openness, understory density and litter depth. All arthropod taxa were significantly affected by fire and season. In addition, the interactions between burn treatment and season were highly significant for all taxa but Isoptera. The burned plot was characterized by a more open canopy, lower understory density and shallower litter depth. Hierarchical partitioning revealed that canopy openness was the most important factor explaining arthropod order abundances in the thrice-burned plot, whereas all three environmental variables were significant in the unburned control plot. These results reveal the marked impact of recurrent wildfires and seasonality on litter arthropods in this transitional forest, and demonstrate the overwhelming importance of canopy-openness in driving post-fire arthropod abundance.     

Testing the effect of restoration‐focused silviculture on oak regeneration and groundlayer plant communities in urban–exurban oak woodlands

Throughout their global range, oak‐dominated ecosystems have undergone state changes in stand structure and composition. Land managers face an especially acute challenge in restoring oak ecosystems and promoting oak regeneration in urban–exurban areas, where high‐intensity silvicultural treatments are often not feasible. To investigate low‐intensity management alternatives which could be widely applied in urban–exurban forests, a large‐scale adaptive management experiment was implemented in Lake County, IL, in 2012. Five canopy manipulation treatments of varying intensity, timing, and spatial aggregation were replicated across three study areas and oak seedlings were under‐planted into treatment units following management. Responses of understory light environment, shrub and groundlayer plant communities, and survival and growth of underplanted oak seedlings were evaluated. Understory light availability, canopy openness, total groundlayer plant cover, and groundlayer species diversity all differed among treatments. However, although understory light availability was significantly increased by canopy manipulation, groundlayer communities and oak seedling survival and growth did not differ among treatments. High overall seedling survival rates suggest current conditions are amenable to oak regeneration, but long‐term monitoring will be needed to assess the potential for seedlings to transition to the sapling and canopy layers. Early results demonstrate that canopy‐focused silvicultural treatments can affect the understory light environment and, to some degree, groundlayer plant communities. However, underplanting of oak seedlings paired with subcanopy thinning may be sufficient to restore an oak seedling layer, and (when necessary or preferred) canopy manipulation could potentially be deferred until later in the restoration timeline to promote oak recruitment.     

伏牛山自然保护区森林冠层结构对林下植被特征的影响

在伏牛山自然保护区典型地段设立样方,测定了森林生态系统内几种典型群落类型的冠层结构、光环境特征,调查了林下植被的特征,分析了它们之间的相互关系.结果显示:各群落的冠层结构和光环境有一定的差异,单因素方差分析表明,部分群落间的差异性达到显著水平;各群落灌木层物种丰富度、多样性和均匀度均高于草本层,而优势度正相反;线性拟合的结果表明,草本层的物种丰富度、多样性与冠下光合量子通量密度间呈极显著负相关,优势度与冠下光合量子通量密度间呈显著正相关,灌木层各参数与冠层结构特征间相关性不显著.研究表明,冠层结构的变化对草本层(包括更新幼苗)的影响显著高于灌木层.林隙/林窗或林中空地的出现可能对草本物种或其他阳性及先锋物种具有促进作用,而对优势种幼苗的萌发和定植产生负效应.推测在典型的落叶阔叶林生态系统演替进程中,林下光照强度可能不是最主要的限制因素,优势种种子的扩散、萌发和定植限制可能更重要.     

Species diversity in spatial and temporal dimensions of fruit-feeding butterflies from two Ecuadorian rainforests

To test the hypotheses that butterflies in an intact lowland rainforest are randomly distributed in space and time, a guild of nymphalid butterflies was sampled at monthly intervals for one year by trapping 883 individuals of 91 species in the canopy and understory of four contiguous, intact forest plots and one naturally occurring lake edge. The overall species abundance distribution was well described by a log-normal distribution. Total species diversity (γ-diversity) was partitioned into additive components within and among community subdivisions (α-diversity and β-diversity) in vertical, horizontal and temporal dimensions. Although community subdivisions showed high similarity (l-β-diversity/γ-diversity), significant β-diversity existed in each dimension. Individual abundance and observed species richness were lower in the canopy man in the understory, but rarefaction analysis suggested that the underlying species richness was similar in both canopy and understory. Observed species richness varied among four contiguous forest plots, and was lowest in the lake edge plot. Rarefaction and species accumulation curves showed that one forest plot and the lake edge had significantly lower species richness than other forest plots. Within any given month, only a small fraction of total sample species richness was represented by a single plot and height (canopy or understory). Comparison of this study to a similar one done in disturbed forest showed diat butterfly diversity at a naturally occurring lake edge differed strongly from a pasture-forest edge. Further comparison showed that species abundance distributions from intact and disturbed forest areas had variances that differed significandy, suggesting mat in addition to extrapolation, rarefaction and species accumulation techniques, the shapes of species abundance distributions are fundamental to assessing diversity among sites. This study shows the necessity for long-term sampling of diverse communities in space and time to assess tropical insect diversity among different areas, and the need of such studies is discussed in relation to tropical ecology and quick surveys in conservation biology.