松嫩平原水淹恢复演替过程中羊草无性系种群构件的年龄结构

对松嫩平原羊草草甸水淹恢复演替过程中不同大小羊草无性系斑块的种群构件年龄结构进行了研究。结果表明 ,羊草种群分蘖株在斑块中心由 4个龄级组成 ;最外圈层由 3个龄级组成。根茎在斑块中心和中间圈层均由 2～ 4个龄级组成 ,最外层由1～ 2个龄级组成。潜在种群冬性苗和分蘖节芽总量各圈层均由 4个龄级组成。斑块中心的分蘖株种群为稳定型年龄结构 ,向外发展至增长型年龄结构。根茎长度和潜在种群在各圈层均呈增长型年龄结构。在水淹羊草草甸的恢复过程中 ,不同大小羊草无性系斑块均呈不断扩展的趋势。在生存空间充足时 ,羊草的分蘖节在一个生长季里可以繁殖多个世代。通过羊草根茎的年龄结构可预测演替的进程     

松嫩平原栽培条件下羊草无性系构件的结构

羊草是长根茎型禾草,是典型的无性系植物,在松嫩平原的生长季末期,栽培条件下羊草无性系分株由分蘖株和分蘖苗组成,在具有充分生长空间而又没有种间竞争的风沙土上,羊草分株的分蘖节在一个生长季内可以繁殖4个世代,按分蘖节的繁殖世代划分龄级,现实与潜在无性系构件的年龄谱均以1龄级比重最大,随着龄级的增加明显减少,呈增长型的年龄结构,羊草无性系分株的生产力主要与分株形成及生长的时间长短有关,形成时间越早、生长时间越长的分蘖株对无性系的物质生产和营养繁殖的贡献越大,羊草无性系在空间扩展与物质贮存上具有一定的可调节性。     

扎龙自然保护区不同生境条件下羊草种群构件的年龄结构

对黑龙江国家级自然保护区扎龙湿地不同生境条件下羊草种群构件的年龄结构进行了研究。结果表明,在7月末羊草种群的腊熟期,3种生境种群分蘖株均由3个龄级组成,林间风沙土生境为1 080株.m-2,沙土生境为1 290株.m-2,草甸土生境为1 011株.m-2,均以1龄和2龄级分蘖株占绝对优势,3龄级分蘖株所占比例甚小,呈增长型年龄结构。根茎均由4个龄级组成,以沙土生境最多,累积长度为8 000 cm.m-2,草甸土生境最少,为6 948 cm.m-2,均呈增长型年龄结构。各生境根茎物质的储量随着龄级的升高而降低。芽均由4个龄级组成,其数量以草甸土生境最大,为2 279个.m-2,沙土生境次之为2 113个.m-2,林间风沙土生境最少为1 410个.m-2,均呈增长型年龄结构。     

松嫩平原异质生境羊草种群营养繁殖特征

多年生无性系禾草主要依靠营养繁殖实现种群的持续更新,而各类芽和由芽形成的苗为其种群进行营养繁殖的潜在种群。通过单位面积挖掘取样,利用营养繁殖世代数划分分株、根茎和各类型芽和苗的龄级,对松嫩平原封育草甸、长期割草草甸、封育积沙草甸和林间草地的羊草潜在种群组成和大小进行了比较研究。结果表明: 在生长季末期,羊草的潜在种群均由根茎芽和各龄级分蘖节向上生长的芽以及根茎苗和分蘖节苗组成。在4种生境条件下,羊草分株潜在种群由3～4个龄级组成,1～4龄级根茎均可形成潜在种群,其中,根茎潜在种群占整个羊草潜在种群数量比例为68.3%,占绝对优势。1龄分株和根茎产生的潜在种群占总体的60.2%,是潜在种群组成的主要部分,是种群更新的主要来源。分株潜在种群数量以长期割草草甸最高,根茎潜在种群数量以封育积沙草甸最高。营养繁殖力均以年轻龄级分株和根茎最高,根茎的营养繁殖力是分株的10.0倍,在羊草种群营养繁殖过程中始终占据优势。羊草的潜在种群构成在不同生境条件下变异较大,但体现出对生境差异的趋异适应。     

松嫩平原人工草地野大麦无性系构件的生物量结构及生产规律

野大麦属短根茎丛生型禾草,是典型的无性系植物．在松嫩平原生长季末期。野大麦无性系分株由抽茎的分蘖株和莲座状分蘖苗组成．按照分蘖节营养繁殖世代的龄级划分方法,建植2年人工草地野大麦无性系的分蘖株由3个龄级组成,分蘖苗由4个龄级组成,其生物量均呈增长型的龄级结构．在野大麦无性系的物质生产中,无论是分蘖株,还是分蘖苗,均以1龄级的单蘖生产力最高,并随着龄级的增高呈不同程度的下降．丛径是衡量野大麦无性系空间大小的重要数量指标．分株数量是衡量野大麦无性系生长的重要数量指标．经统计分析,野大麦无性系的分蘖株生物量、分蘖苗生物量、根茎生物量、总生物量分别与丛径和总分株数量之间均有极密切的正相关关系,其相关程度最佳的均为幂函数,其相关性均达到极显著水平(P<0．01)．这些相同的函数变化表明,随无性系的空间扩展和数量增长,各构件具有相同的物质生产与积累规律．     

松嫩平原杂类草草甸和榆树疏林草原大油芒种群的年龄结构

对松嫩平原杂类草草甸和榆树疏林草原上大油芒种群的年龄结构及各龄级构件的物质生产力和营养繁殖力进行了研究.结果表明:在2003和2006年中,2个生境的大油芒种群分蘖株均由2～3个龄级组成,根茎由4个龄级组成,分蘖株和根茎均以1a和2a所占比例最大,年龄结构呈增长型或稳定型;分蘖节芽以1a或2a者占优势,根茎顶端芽在芽库中所占比例为29.4%～45.0%,对翌年种群的更新具有重要作用;分蘖株、根茎的物质生产力和营养繁殖力均以1a或2a构件最大,根茎比分蘖节具有更旺盛的营养繁殖力.     

松嫩平原不同生境条件下羊草无性系的生长规律

通过对栽培条件下实验无性系的跟踪调查和对羊草草甸水淹后恢复演替过程中天然无性系种群的随机取样调查,分析了不同生境条件下羊草无性系的生长规律.结果表明,在松嫩平原具有充分生长空间而没有种间竞争的风沙土上,两个实验羊草无性系的移植时间相差1个月,翌年生长季末期无性系的大小相差近1倍,整个生长季营养繁殖数量的增长规律均为指数函数.在羊草草甸水淹后恢复演替6年中,在羊草+杂类草群落、羊草+寸草苔群落,羊草无性系种群营养繁殖数量的增长规律均为幂函数.在具有种间竞争的碱化草甸土上,羊草无性系在水淹后恢复演替过程中仍可以通过指数形式迅速地增加无性系的子代数量,同时也迅速地扩展着无性系的生态位空间.     

基因型多样性对羊草种群年龄结构的影响

基因型多样性作为遗传多样性的重要组成部分,不仅在群落水平,而且在种群水平均可以发挥重要生态作用。以羊草（Leymus chinensis）为研究对象,设置5种基因型多样性梯度试验控制小区,进行基因型多样性对羊草种群年龄结构的影响研究。结果表明：随基因型多样性梯度的逐步增加,2a分蘖株生物量和数量均显著增加（P<0.05）;1-4龄级羊草根茎生物量、长度和干物质积累量多数呈极显著性增加的变化趋势（P<0.01）。在1、2、4、8和12种基因型多样性梯度时,分蘖株生物量及数量年龄结构均以1a或2a分蘖株所占比例为最高,年龄结构表现为增长型或稳定型;而羊草种群根茎生物量和长度也以2a根茎所占比例为最高,年龄结构表现为稳定型。随基因型多样性水平的增加,羊草种群分蘖株数量和生物量的年龄结构从增长型向稳定型过渡,但根茎长度和生物量的年龄结构均为稳定型。12基因型多样性水平的4龄级分蘖株和根茎的特征高于其他基因型多样性水平。因此,在不同基因型多样性水平羊草种群分蘖株和根茎具有增长型或稳定型的年龄结构,适当的基因型多样性数量显著促进了各龄级羊草分蘖株和根茎的生物量和数量特征的升高,但高度的基因型多样性水平会增加羊草种群中高龄级的分蘖株和根茎所占的比例,种群发展表现出衰退信号。     

松嫩平原光稃茅香无性系种群的营养繁殖特征

光稃茅香是典型的无性系禾草 .分蘖节可繁殖 2个世代 ,最多存活 3个年度 .根茎最多存活 2个年度 .无性系种群的分蘖株和根茎均有 2个龄级 ,并均以 1龄级占较大比重 .无性系潜在种群由冬性苗和根茎芽所组成 .以潜在种群的数量估计 ,在割草场混生群落中将保持现有的地位和作用 ,在放牧场的优势种群落中将增强其地位和作用 .     

松嫩平原野大麦无性系分蘖株的年龄结构

野大麦无性系分蘖株由３个龄级组成,为明显的增长型年龄结构、１龄级蘖在无性系生殖生长中占绝对优势。分蘖株龄级越高,其数量增长速率越小,对无性系物质积累的贡献越小,１、２龄级分蘖株数量和生物量均随着无性系丛径和总蘖数的增加而增长,３龄级蘖与总蘖数间呈直线相关。平均单蘖生产力随着龄级增加而下降。生殖蘖平均单蘖重具有相对稳定性。无性系中１龄级蘖平均单蘖重体现出一定的密度调节作用,无性系潜在种群也为明显的增     

Ontogenetic changes in accumulation of rhizomes in monoclonal patch of <Emphasis Type="Italic">Miscanthus sinensis</Emphasis> Anderss. in warm temperate region of Japan

To determine the main benefits of clonal expansion of Miscanthus sinensis patches (monoclones), we observed the annual pattern of the areal expansion of a number of M. sinensis patches and examined how the quantity of rhizomes in such patches is related to changes in their basal area. To forage for nutriments, a patch must continuously widen its habitat. Patches annually expanded centrifugally by sympodial branching of short rhizomes, which originated in tillering that occurred more than once a year. However, the basal area of the patches approached a ceiling as the patches aged. Both the number and the weight of rhizomes in the patches continued to increase as long as the basal area expanded. The mean weight of rhizomes in patches also initially increased quickly, but then reached a ceiling as the clones expanded. Similarly, the amount of reserve substance per shoot in the patches increased asymptotically along with the clonal expansion, depending on the rhizome mass allotted to each shoot. These results suggest that, in the clonal growth of M. sinensis patches, the accumulation of reserve matter in the rhizomes is more important than foraging in new areas.     

Clonal Patch Size and Ramet Position of Leymus chinensis Affected Reproductive Allocation

Reproductive allocation is critically important for population maintenance and usually varies with not only environmental factors but also biotic ones. As a typical rhizome clonal plant in China''s northern grasslands, Leymus chinensis usually dominates the steppe communities and grows in clonal patches. In order to clarify the sexual reproductive allocation of L. chinensis in the process of the growth and expansion, we selected L. chinensis clonal patches of a range of sizes to examine the reproductive allocation and allometric growth of the plants. Moreover, the effects of position of L. chinensis ramets within the patch on their reproductive allocation were also examined. Clonal patch size and position both significantly affected spike biomass, reproductive tiller biomass and SPIKE/TILLER biomass ratio. From the central to the marginal zone, both the spike biomass and reproductive tiller biomass displayed an increasing trend in all the five patch size categories except for reproductive tiller biomass in 15–40m² category. L. chinensis had significantly larger SPIKE/TILLER biomass ratio in marginal zone than in central zone of clonal patches that are larger than 15 m² in area. Regression analysis showed that the spike biomass and SPIKE/TILLER biomass ratio were negatively correlated with clonal patch size while patch size showed significantly positive effect on SEED/SPIKE biomass ratio, but the reproductive tiller biomass and SEED/TILLER biomass ratio were not dependent on clonal patch size. The relationships between biomass of spike and reproductive tiller, between mature seed biomass and spike biomass and between mature seed biomass and reproductive tiller biomass were significant allometric for all or some of patch size categories, respectively. The slopes of all these allometric relationships were significantly different from 1. The allometric growth of L. chinensis is patch size-dependent. This finding will be helpful for developing appropriate practices for the management of L. chinensis-dominant grasslands.     

松嫩平原野古草种群构件结构动态

野古草是根茎型无性系禾草,在松嫩平原草甸经常形成单优种群落。采用单位面积挖掘取样、分株按营养繁殖世代划分龄级、根茎按实际生活年限划分龄级的方法,对松嫩平原单优群落和混生群落的野古草种群构件结构进行了调查与分析。结果表明,在生长季初期两群落野古草种群均以春性分株和根茎芽占优势,且分株及芽构件结构相对稳定,芽库的输出率单优群落为80.4%,混生群落为62.5%;整个生长季分株由2—3个龄级组成,1a分株数量是2a的2.9—10.2倍,其生物量各月份所占比例平均为93%,随着龄级的增加依次明显减少,呈增长型年龄结构;根茎由3—4个龄级组成,根茎累积长度及生物量均以2a占绝对优势,为稳定型年龄结构;分株生产力1a明显高于2a,对种群贡献最大;根茎贮藏力除个别月份以3a、4a最高外,两群落大部分以2a最高,在生长季后期,1a根茎物质积累的速率最快。     

Life on the edge: reproductive mode and rate of invasive <Emphasis Type="Italic">Phragmites australis</Emphasis> patch expansion

The dynamics of plant invasions from initial colonization through patch expansion are driven in part by mode of reproduction, i.e., sexual (seed) and asexual (clonal fragments and expansion) means. Expansion of existing patches—both rate and mode of spread into a matrix of varying conditions—is important for predicting potential invader impacts. In this study, we used fine-scale genetic assessments and remote sensing to describe both the rate and mode of expansion for 20 Phragmites australis patches in flooded and unflooded wetland units on the Great Salt Lake, UT. We found that the majority of Phragmites patch expansion occurred via clonal spread but we also documented instances of (potentially episodic) seedling recruitment. The mode of patch expansion, inferred from patch edge genet richness, was unrelated to flooding in the wetland unit in the preceding growing season. The rate of Phragmites patch expansion varied from 0.09 to 0.35 year^?1 and was unrelated to the mode of spread. In six patches monitored across two years, monoclonal patches stayed monoclonal, whereas patches with higher genet richness had a marked increase in diversity in the second year. The findings of the present study suggest how this partially clonal species can exploit the benefits of both sexual (i.e., genetic recombination, widespread dispersal, colonization of new areas) and asexual reproduction (i.e., stability of established clones suited to local environmental conditions) to become one of the most successful wetland plant invaders. To control this species, both forms of reproduction need to be fully addressed through targeted management actions.     

Patch establishment and development of a clonal plant,Polygonum cuspidatum,on Mount Fuji

Microsatellite analysis was used to investigate the patch establishment and development of Polygonum cuspidatum Sieb. et Zucc, a clonal herbaceous plant that dominates the primary succession on the southeast slope of Mount Fuji. Genotypes of P. cuspidatum in 155 patches at the study site differed from each other. This indicates that P. cuspidatum patches are initially established by seed dispersed on the bare scoria field, and not by clonal rhizome extension. Genetic differentiation was estimated using the FST values between subpopulations at the study site. There was almost no genetic differentiation between subpopulations, indicating the presence of massive gene flow. The pollen fathers of seeds and maternal genets of current-year seedlings were inferred from the microsatellite allele composition by a simple exclusion method. The wide, random distribution of pollen fathers suggests that pollen dispersal occurs over a broad area. Maternal analysis showed a tendency for seed dispersal to be biased to the area nearby and down slope from the mother plants. Patch establishment under massive gene flow may result from such pollen and seed dispersal. To understand the process of patch development, aerial photographs taken from 1962 to 1999 were compared, and then genets in each of 36 patches were identified from the microsatellite genotypes of P. cuspidatum shoots. The comparison of aerial photographs showed that most of the patches enlarged each year and that some neighbouring patches combined during growth. Genet analysis demonstrated a high correlation between patch area and the area of the largest genet within it, and that new genets were recruited at the patch periphery. These findings indicate that both vegetative and sexual reproduction, i.e. rhizome extension and the establishment of new seedlings, contribute to the development of P. cuspidatum patches.     

Reed clonal characteristics and response to disturbance in a semi-arid river

Clonal characteristics of Phragmites mauritianus Kunth. were studied in a semi-arid river where disturbance by flooding is a major driver of reed patch dynamics. Physical disturbance by scouring at the patch boundary restricted clonal expansion, and, contrary to our predictions, rhizomes at the boundary were not specialised for enhanced mobility. Persistence of the central part of the patch was promoted by accumulation of sediment within the patch, including fine clays. The combined effects of scouring and burial produced linear patches with a characteristic raised profile. Clonal characteristics which promoted persistence of P. mauritianus in this habitat included a large bud bank on the rhizomes, a deep, complex rhizome system, and dense, tall stems. The development of the deep, complex rhizome system was promoted by sediment accumulation within the patch. Interactions between physical processes and plant clonal characteristics deserve further attention in aquatic environments, where feedbacks among vegetation patches, flow and sediment movement are common.     

松嫩平原两个趋异类型羊草无性系种群特征的比较研究

松嫩平原上羊草(Leymus chinensis(Tzvel.)Tzvel.)有两个趋异类型:灰绿型和黄绿型。两个类型羊草的分蘖节一般均存活2～4年,最多可存活5年;根茎一般存活2～3年,最多可存活4年。两个类型无性系种群的分蘖株均为增长型的年龄结构类型。种群根茎的累积长度,灰绿型为18035cm/m~2,黄绿型为21218cm/m~2,其中,均以1、2龄占绝对比重。两个类型均以1龄分蘖株生产力最大,至3龄分蘖株明显减小;各龄根茎的生物量随着年龄的增加呈直线下降;1龄根茎的营养繁殖力甚强,至8月中旬所形成的芽数均已远远多于地上全部分蘖株数;2龄根茎尚存在较小的营养繁殖潜力,3、4龄根茎均已丧失了营养繁殖力。两个类型羊草无性系种群都是通过根茎芽补充更新。     

坡向对四川冶勒红豆杉种群分布格局的影响——基于斑块信息的分析

在斑块信息的基础上,利用GIS技术分析了坡向对四川冶勒红豆杉种群分布格局的影响.结果表明,冶勒红豆杉种群主要分布在西北向、东北向、东向和北向斑块上,这些斑块在分布面积、平均斑块大小、平均斑块周长以及红豆杉个体的分布数量方面均占绝对优势.红豆杉种群的分布同坡向之间存在极显著的关联性,种群优先分布于北坡、东北坡、西北坡和东坡斑块,其次为西坡和西南坡斑块,最后为平地和东南坡斑块.冶勒红豆杉种群的分布格局绝大多数为聚集分布(除南向斑块外).其中,种群聚集强度最大的是北向斑块,其CE值高达0.906,其次为东北向、西北向斑块,其CE值分别为0.797和0.563,而其余坡向斑块上的CE值均低于0.5.聚集强度CE值与斑块数量、斑块总周长以及斑块上分布的红豆杉个体数呈显著正相关(相关系数分别为0.936、0.735和0.802),而与斑块面积、平均斑块大小、平均斑块周长、平均形状指数无显著相关.