小叶锦鸡儿固沙林土壤G+与G-细菌碳代谢功能多样性

为探讨科尔沁沙地流动沙丘上建立小叶锦鸡儿固沙植被后,土壤微生物群落中革兰氏阴性菌和革兰氏阳性菌代谢功能的变化规律,采用Biolog-GN2和GP2微平板检测法,研究了9、16、26年生人工群落以及流动沙丘和天然小叶锦鸡儿群落土壤革兰氏阴性和革兰氏阳性菌碳源代谢的多样性变化特征。结果表明,流动沙丘建立小叶锦鸡儿固沙植被后,土壤革兰氏阴性菌多样性表现为持续缓慢增加的趋势,0～26年生群落Shannon指数由3.85逐渐增加到4.17,均匀度指数由0.85增加到0.94;而革兰氏阳性菌则表现为先显著降低,后逐渐增加的趋势。随着固沙群落年龄的增长,土壤微生物代谢糖类、羧酸类、双亲化合物类、聚合物类、胺/酰胺类和氨基酸类等碳源种类逐渐增加。26年生小叶锦鸡儿人工群落土壤革兰氏阴性和革兰氏阳性菌的碳源代谢模式已逐渐接近天然群落。     

科尔沁沙地人工固沙林对土壤氨氧化细菌群落的影响

为了解科尔沁沙地土壤氨氧化细菌群落对人工固沙林群落类型的响应,选取科尔沁沙地差巴嗄蒿、山竹岩黄蓍、小黄柳、杨树、樟子松和小叶锦鸡儿6种典型人工固沙林群落作为对象,采用amoA基因克隆文库、荧光定量PCR(Q-PCR)、末端限制性长度多态性分析(T-RFLP)等技术和液体震荡培养的方法分析了土壤氨氧化细菌(AOB)的组成、丰度、群落结构和硝化潜力。结果表明,Nitrosospira cluster 3a是固沙林土壤AOB群落的绝对优势菌群,其次为cluster 6。Nitrosospira cluster 3a和cluster 6的平均相对丰度在不同固沙林群落间存在显著差异,其中,Nitrosospira cluster 3a在小叶锦鸡儿最高。小叶锦鸡儿土壤AOB丰度最高。全氮、有机质和有效钾是决定AOB群落结构的主要因素。不同固沙林土壤硝化潜力具有显著差异,小叶锦鸡儿群落土壤显著高于其他固沙林土壤。硝化潜力与AOB丰度和土壤全氮含量呈显著正相关。本研究表明,人工固沙林群落类型不影响AOB群落组成和结构,但影响优势菌群的相对丰度、AOB丰度和硝化潜力。AOB丰度和Nitrosospira cluster 3a的相对丰度可作为科尔沁沙地AOB菌群恢复的指标。与其他群落相比,小叶锦鸡儿固沙林群落恢复土壤AOB种群的效果最好。     

小叶锦鸡儿人工固沙区植被恢复生态过程的研究

主要研究了流动沙兵采用草方格固沙结合播种小叶锦鸡儿后,上锦鸡儿人工群落形成和发展过程,尤其对群落中物种侵入过程和群落组织结构在３５年间的变化情况做了详细分析。结果表明,人工小叶锦鸡儿群落不同发育阶段植物丰富度发生降有大的变化,从５种增加到２３种;在生活型组成结构上,一年生植物占约对优势,但所占比例随着时间的变化有８逐渐减少的趋势,地面芽植物和地下芽植物的种类数 和个体数所占比例均逐渐增加;物种多样     

科尔沁沙地小叶锦鸡儿固沙群落土壤微生物功能多样性

为探讨科尔沁沙地流动沙丘上建立小叶锦鸡儿固沙植被后土壤微生物群落代谢功能的变化,采用Biolog-ECO微平板检测法,研究了9、16和26年生人工群落以及流动沙丘和天然小叶锦鸡儿群落土壤微生物碳源代谢的多样性变化特征.结果表明:在培养的264 h内,流动沙丘土壤微生物平均颜色变化率,以及对羧酸类、糖类、多聚物类、氨基酸类、胺类和芳香类化合物类的代谢能力明显高于人工群落;随着人工群落年龄的增加,土壤微生物代谢碳源种类增加,26年生人工群落土壤微生物的碳源代谢模式已接近天然群落.流动沙丘建立小叶锦鸡儿植被后,土壤微生物群落碳源代谢功能多样性和均匀度指数下降;随着植物群落发育年龄的增长,微生物功能多样性逐渐提高.     

科尔沁沙地四种固沙植物群落土壤微生物生物量及酶活性的季节动态

为探讨科尔沁沙地不同人工固沙植物群落土壤微生物生物量、土壤酶活性的季节动态规律,选取25年生小叶锦鸡儿、山竹岩黄蓍、差巴嘎蒿、樟子松群落为对象,研究了固沙植物群落0～30cm土壤蛋白酶、脲酶、蔗糖酶、磷酸单酯酶、多酚氧化酶、硝酸还原酶、脱氢酶7种酶活性和微生物生物量C、N、P不同季节的变化特征。结果表明,4种人工植物群落土壤7种酶活性有明显的季节性变化,均表现为春季开始逐渐升高,到夏季植物旺盛时逐渐达到最大值,秋冬季达到最低值。微生物生物量C、N的动态变化与土壤酶活性的变化规律相同,而土壤微生物量P的季节变化则表现为春季>夏季>秋季,这些变化在0～10cm土层更为显著。7种土壤酶活性和微生物生物量最高值均出现在土壤表层(0～10cm),随着土层的加深生物活性逐渐降低。小叶锦鸡儿群落土壤微生物生物量和7种酶活性均高于其他3种植物群落。     

科尔沁沙地典型人工固沙植物群落土壤硝化活性

远取26年生的小叶锦码儿、山竹岩黄蓍、差巴嘎蒿、小黄柳和樟子松5种典型人工固沙群落及不同生长年限的小叶锦鸡儿群落为研究对象,对群落土壤养分、酶活性和硝化活性进行了对比研究.结果表明:26年生的小叶锦鸡儿群落土壤有机质、全氮、铵态氮和硝态氮含量均明显高于其他4种植物群落;小叶锦鸡儿群落土壤脲酶、蛋白酶活性和硝化活性最高,小黄柳群落土壤硝酸还原酶活性最高.土壤脲酶和蛋白酶分别与有机质呈显著正相关.随着生长年限的增加,小叶锦鸡儿群落土壤养分、酶活性和硝化活性逐渐升高,其中有机质、脲酶和蛋白酶活性与生长年限之间均存在显著正相关关系.     

不同水盐梯度下功能多样性和功能冗余对荒漠植物群落稳定性的影响

功能多样性和功能冗余是物种多样性的两个组成部分,也是影响群落稳定性的两个重要因素。基于不同水盐梯度下植物功能多样性、功能冗余、物种多样性和群落稳定性及其相关关系的计算结果,分析功能多样性和功能冗余对群落稳定性的影响,结果表明:(1)功能多样性、物种多样性和群落稳定性均表现为高水高盐和中水中盐群落显著高于低水低盐群落(P0.05);(2)高水高盐群落,功能多样性与物种多样性的相关系数小于功能冗余与物种多样性的相关系数,且功能多样性与稳定性的相关系数也小于功能冗余与稳定性的相关系数,而中水中盐和低水低盐群落的相关系数则呈现相反的规律;(3)中水中盐和低水低盐群落的功能多样性的标准化偏回归系数均大于功能冗余的标准化偏回归系数;(4)典范对应分析中,土壤含水量可以解释总特征根的22.7%,而土壤含盐量仅可以解释总特征根的1.3%;(5)高水高盐群落的稳定比最接近20/80,稳定性最高;低水低盐群落远离20/80,稳定性最低。改进后的Godron稳定性测定方法与物种种群密度变异系数方法得出的结果相同。综上可知,功能多样性和功能冗余两者中与物种多样性关系更为密切者对群落稳定性的影响也越大,且两者均可提高群落稳定性,也就证明冗余假说在温带干旱荒漠区域的隐域性植物群落中是成立的;群落稳定性、功能多样性、功能冗余及物种多样性主要是受土壤含水量的影响,土壤含盐量对其影响较小。     

科尔沁沙地两种典型乔灌木耗水特点

以科尔沁沙地典型固沙植物小叶锦鸡儿(Caragana microphylla Lam.5年生)和樟子松(Pinus sylvestris var. mongolica Litrin,7年生)为研究对象,栽植于可渗漏式生长箱,应用TDR水分仪测定生长季节土壤水分变化,依据土壤水分平衡理论推算单位面积植被区的蒸散量.经2a研究,在相同栽植密度下(1m×1m),樟子松植被区土壤贮水量高于小叶锦鸡儿植被区;在不同栽植密度下,小叶锦鸡儿土壤贮水量以1m×2m密度区高于1m×1m密度区.生长季节单位面积土壤蒸散量以小叶锦鸡儿(1m×1m)最高,小叶锦鸡儿(1m×2m)其次,樟子松(1m×1m)最低.单丛/株蒸散量以小叶锦鸡儿(1m×2m)最高,小叶锦鸡儿(1m×1m)其次,樟子松(1m×1m)最低.在试验所涉及的特定年龄阶段,小叶锦鸡儿植被区蒸散耗水量高于樟子松区,土壤水分含量低于樟子松区.生产实践中应根据植物耗水特点选择适宜的固沙物种和栽植方式,以保证人工固沙植被区土壤水分的收支平衡.     

基于稳定性氧同位素分析不同树龄小叶锦鸡儿用水策略

本研究以科尔沁沙地典型固沙植物小叶锦鸡儿(Caragana microphylla)为对象,采用氧稳定同位素技术,比较了小叶锦鸡儿群落内3、5和9年生小叶锦鸡儿生长季内土壤水、降雨与植株木质部水的δ18O值关系,并利用多元线性混合模型定量研究了不同树龄小叶锦鸡儿用水来源;结合不同树龄小叶锦鸡儿土壤水分季节特征和根系分布分析用水来源变化原因;通过评价不同树龄小叶锦鸡儿与地区水分条件适应性,分析3种树龄小叶锦鸡儿的水分竞争关系,判断群落稳定性。结果表明:根系的分布决定了不同树龄小叶锦鸡儿对水分利用的范围和选择何种用水策略的可能性,水分的分布也一定程度上影响了小叶锦鸡儿的主要用水来源。生长季内30～80 cm土层是3年生小叶锦鸡儿主要水分利用层位;30～100 cm土层是5年生小叶锦鸡儿主要水分利用层位,其中80～100 cm土层贡献率所占较大; 0～30和100～160 cm土层是9年生小叶锦鸡儿主要水分利用层位。小叶锦鸡儿群落内,不同树龄植株之间不存在强烈的水分竞争,该地区小叶锦鸡儿群落较为稳定。     

平茬处理对小叶锦鸡儿灌丛邻居植物群落空间格局的影响

近几十年来,内蒙古典型草原小叶锦鸡儿(Caragana microphylla)灌丛化现象普遍发生,严重影响了草地生产力。平茬作为灌丛化草地主要管理方式之一,已受到广泛关注;然而平茬如何影响灌丛邻居植物群落的格局动态及其下土壤理化性质变化,仍缺少相应研究。以内蒙古草原小叶锦鸡儿灌丛化草地为研究对象,进行平茬处理,并依据距离小叶锦鸡儿灌丛的远近位置(远—2.5 m,近—0.5 m)设置样方进行植物群落调查和土壤样品的采集,经分析发现:(1)平茬处理显著提高了灌丛邻居植物群落均匀度及邻居植物群落下土壤全碳、全氮含量。(2)借助零模型(Null-model)分析,得出未平茬处理条件下,距离灌丛远近两种位置群落均表现为竞争性格局;而平茬处理条件下,群落竞争性格局作用弱化,且距离灌丛2.5 m位置处群落表现为促进性格局。(3)调查群落中物种间的关系多为中性作用;仅有少数物种对表现为显著正(或负)相互作用关系,且多由群落中优势物种组成;平茬处理条件下群落中显著负相互作用关系物种对比例下降,支持群落整体竞争性格局弱化这一结论。所得结果不仅为小叶锦鸡儿灌丛平茬处理条件下邻居植物群落及土壤环境的动态变化的探讨提供了实验依据,而且对灌丛化草地的恢复具有一定的实践指导意义。     

Cytotoxicity of yellow sand in lung epithelial cells

The present study was carried out to observe the cytotoxicity of yellow sand in comparison with silica and titanium dioxide in a rat alveolar type II cell line (RLE-6TN). Yellow sand (China Loess) was obtained from the loess layer in the Gunsu Province of China. The mean particle diameter of yellow sand was about 0.003 +/- 0.001 mm. Major elements of yellow sand were Si(27.7 +/- 0.6%), Al(6.01 +/- 0.17%), and Ca(5.83 +/- 0.23%) in that order. Silica and yellow sand significantly decreased cell viability and increased [Ca2+]i. All three particles increased the generation of H2O2. TiO2 did not change Fenton activity, while silica induced a slight increase of Fenton activity. In contrast, yellow sand induced a significant increase of Fenton activity. Silica, yellow sand and TiO2 induced significant nitrite formations in RLE-6TN cells. Silica showed the highest increase in nitrite formation, while yellow sand induced the least formation of nitrite. Silica and yellow sand increased the release of TNF-a. Based on these results, we suggest that yellow sand can induce cytotoxicity in RLE-6TN cells and reactive oxygen species, Fenton activity and reactive nitrogen species might be involved in this toxicity.     

Clonal integration enhances survival and performance of Potentilla anserina, suffering from partial sand burial on Ordos plateau, China

On Ordos plateau, a semi-arid, desertified area in China, sand burial is a common stress factor for plants. The extent to which sand burial occurs is heterogeneous and unpredictable in space and in time. Therefore, clonal fragments (i.e., interconnected ramets of a clonal plant) often experience partial sand burial, with some ramets buried in sand while the rest may remain unburied. It was hypothesized that clonal fragments are able to benefit from clonal integration, in case they experience partial sand burial. A pot experiment was conducted with Potentilla anserina, a stoloniferous herb often found on Ordos plateau. We used clonal fragments consisting of four interconnected ramets. In the experiment, the two proximal (older) ramets were unburied while the two distal (younger) ramets were either unburied (control) or buried with a 2, 4 or 6 cm deep layer of sand (burial treatments). The stolon connection between the proximal and the distal ramets was either severed or left intact. Stolon severing dramatically decreased the survival of buried ramets. Stolon severing and sand burial had significant effects on plant performance in terms of biomass production, number of leaves and leaf area. A cost–benefit analysis based on performance measures shows that the proximal ramets supported their connected distal ramets and did not incur any cost from this resource export. These results suggest that clonal integration, which is one of the functionally most important consequences of clonal growth, contributes significantly to our test species' capacity to withstand partial sand burial on Ordos plateau, a semi-arid and desertified area of China.     

沙芥和斧形沙芥种子萌发对土壤含水量的适应性

以中国特有种沙芥[Pugionium cornutum(L.)Gaertn.]和濒危种斧形沙芥(Pugionium dolabratum Max-im.)的种子为研究材料,利用自然生境的沙土在室内进行种子萌发人工模拟试验,研究沙芥和斧形沙芥种子萌发、幼苗出土和幼苗生长对土壤含水量的适应性。结果表明:沙芥和斧形沙芥果实适宜萌发的土壤含水量范围均为6%～12%,适宜出苗的土壤含水量范围均为6%～16%。当土壤含水量低于2%时,果实不能萌发;当土壤含水量低于3%时,幼苗不能出土定居;当土壤含水量为6%～12%时,最有利于幼苗的生长。当土壤含水量分别为3%～8%和4%～8%时,沙芥和斧形沙芥植株根冠比最大。因此,沙芥和斧形沙芥种子萌发机制对沙生环境有着极强的适应性;植株将更多的同化物用于根系生长,以吸收更深层次的水分,从而适应含水量低的土壤。     

Patchwork, Pastoralists, and Perception: Dune Sand as a Valued Resource Among Herders of Inner Mongolia

Scholars have rarely reflected upon dune sand in any context other than that of environmental hazard. Yet recent anthropological research conducted among ethnic Mongol herders in the Keerqin Sandy Lands of Northeast China indicates that native inhabitants exhibit a surprising degree of tolerance, appreciation, and even preference for dune sand at specific spatio-temporal scales. Survey data, gathered primarily through the use of photographic prompts and pile sort exercises during household interviews, reveal that many residents even regard dune sand as the constituent element of a distinctive home environment and cherished way of life. This research underscores the relevance of perception to the policies and practices of human resource management. It also calls into question the authority with which officials and scholars in China and elsewhere indiscriminantly depreciate the various social utilities of dune sand in stock-herding populations.     

Changes in soil macrofaunal community composition under selective afforestation in shifting sand lands in Horqin of Inner Mongolia, northern China

Large-scale afforestation programs have had some beneficial effects on reducing severity of dust storms and controlling desertification in arid and semi-arid regions. However, the influences of selective afforestation on soil arthropod community are largely unknown in desertified ecosystems. Soil macrofaunal communities, soil physico-chemical properties, and herb vegetation were investigated in afforested shrublands and woodlands (both approximately 30 years old post-afforestation), which were compared to shifting sand lands in Horqin, northern China. In the shrublands, environmental parameters (soil and vegetation properties) indicated a significant improvement of soil organic carbon, total nitrogen, and herbaceous density and cover, in comparison to the woodlands and shifting sand lands. The improved shrubland habitat maintained significantly higher soil macrofaunal abundance and group richness together with higher diversity compared with the woodlands and shifting sand lands. There were no significant differences in soil macrofaunal diversity between the woodlands and shifting sand lands. The results suggest that shrubs can facilitate macrofaunal assemblies and improve soil and vegetation properties when planted in shifting sand lands. Shrub afforestation is beneficial for the restoration of shifting sand lands, and is recommended for management of artificial plantations in these sandy ecosystems.     

Can mobile sandy land be vegetated in the cold and dry Tibetan Plateau in China?

Desertification has taken place in the overgrazed grassland of the Tibetan Plateau, China, and the area of mobile sandy land has increased in recent decades. The challenging problem about desertification control is how to restore the vegetation of mobile sandy lands caused by severe desertification. Sand drifting is now regarded as the limiting factor of vegetation restoration in such lands. The initial phase of vegetation restoration is plant colonization, but it is often aborted due to sand drifting, and then vegetation restoration fails to proceed. For the sake of revegetation, the first step is to stop sand drifting to ensure plant colonization. In the northeastern Tibetan Plateau, China, feasible approaches have been found through long-term experiments, and the vegetation is being restored satisfactorily with these approaches in experimental sandy lands. The approaches comprise three types: enclosure, mechanical barriers and biological barriers. Different sandy lands require dissimilar combinations of these approaches. Enclosures may be adequate to revegetate inter-dunes or degraded grassland even in cold regions like the Tibetan Plateau, China, but it is deficient for revegetation of the shifting sand dunes unless mechanical and biological barriers are established simultaneously.     

Can mobile sandy land be vegetated in the cold and dry Tibetan Plateau in China?

Desertification has taken place in the overgrazed grassland of the Tibetan Plateau,China,and the area of mobile sandy land has increased in recent decades.The challenging problem about desertification control is how to restore the vegetation of mobile sandy lands caused by severe desertification.Sand drifting is now regarded as the limiting factor of vegetation restoration in such lands.The initial phase of vegetation restoration is plant colonization,but it is often aborted due to sand drifting,and then vegetation restoration fails to proceed.For the sake of revegetation,the first step is to stop sand drifting to ensure plant colonization.In the northeastern Tibetan Plateau,China,feasible approaches have been found through long-term experiments,and the vegetation is being restored satisfactorily with these approaches in experimental sandy lands.The approaches comprise three types:enclosure,mechanical barriers and biological barriers.Different sandy lands require dissimilar combinations of these approaches.Enclosures may be adequate to revegetate inter-dunes or degraded grassland even in cold regions like the Tibetan Plateau,China,but it is deficient for revegetation of the shifting sand dunes unless mechanical and biological barriers are established simultaneously.     

沙鞭(禾本科)种子在沙丘上的萌发策略及幼苗的耐干燥特性

沙鞭是鄂尔多斯高原流动沙丘上分布的多年生禾草。对位于沙层不同深度的种子萌发和幼苗出土进行了测定。结果表明 ,种子的萌发和幼苗的出土随着沙埋深度的增加而减少 ,最高的幼苗出土率来自 0 .5～ 2 .0 cm浅层沙埋的种子 ,并且沙埋的深度影响种子萌发的时间。沙埋越深 ,越多的种子不能萌发并且处于强迫休眠的状态。但是 ,当被埋较深种子上层的沙层被移走使种子位于较浅的沙层时 ,种子能够克服强迫休眠。种子的强迫休眠还能够通过改善沙层中的空气含量来克服。在自然生境中 ,沙丘的流动性能够使萌发后的幼苗整个暴露在空气中遭受干旱胁迫 ,或者萌发后的幼苗在因无后续的降雨而变干。但是 ,沙鞭在幼苗的早期具有忍受干燥 ,在下次水合后能够恢复生长的能力。幼根的长度和干燥时间影响幼苗的生长恢复率     

草原沙化与恢复中昆虫群落组成、营养结构及多样性变化研究

为了探讨草原沙化和人工固沙区植被恢复演替过程中昆虫群落组成、营养结构、多样性及稳定性的变化,在宁夏沙坡头自然保护区,利用随机和定点抽样法对上述二过程中不同地段的昆虫进行了调查。结果表明,随着沙化程度的增加和人工固沙区植被演替时间的延长,昆虫群落组成的复杂化和多样性呈现为负向和正向增加的变化趋势,但表现在群落组成结构、演替时间与方向上并不完全一致。随着沙化程度的加重,群落中天敌昆虫比率明显下降,在两个演替过程中,昆虫群落稳定性表现出下降趋势,但群落优势种的组成和不稳定机制明显不同。     

碟果虫实种子萌发对策及生态适应性

以荒漠地区1年生植物碟果虫实为材料,通过温度、光照、GA3和沙埋对其种子萌发和幼苗出土影响的研究,旨在探索其种子萌发对策及生态适应性。结果表明：（1）碟果虫实种子在0h光照的条件下,萌发的最佳恒温是20℃,萌发率为（18.00±141）%,最佳的变温是15℃/25℃,萌发率为（28.00±2.31）%。（2）除了5℃/25℃,碟果虫实在变温条件下的萌发率极显著高于恒温下的萌发率(P＜0.01)。（3）碟果虫实种子萌发时属于需暗型,而且存在休眠现象。（4）在野外沙埋的条件下,碟果虫实的出苗率随着沙埋深度的增加极显著下降(P＜0.05),适宜的出苗深度为0.00—2.00cm,最佳的出苗深度是0.50cm,出苗率为（16.80±2.85）%。（5）碟果虫实种子萌发具有迅速萌发和推迟萌发两种对策;根据种子萌发率和种子活力可以推断,碟果虫实具有持久性土壤种子库的特点。结合碟果虫实萌发时的自然生存环境和本研究的结果,显示出其种子萌发对策与栖息地的生境具有高度的生态适应性。