黄土高原马栏林区植物群落的多元分析与环境解释

应用双向指示种分析(TW IN SPAN)及除趋势对应分析(DCA)对黄土高原马栏林区40个植物群落样地资料进行了多元分析——数量分类和排序,并结合群落排序值与环境参数的回归分析给出各群落类型的定量环境解释,探讨了该区植物群落的基本类型、生态梯度及其与环境因子的定量关系.结果表明:在大尺度范围内,决定马栏林区植物群落宏观分布格局的主导因子是坡向和坡位;小尺度范围内,决定该区植物群落类型和分布的主导因子是枯枝落叶层厚度、土壤腐殖质厚度、土壤全磷、速效磷含量及土壤的pH值.     

甘肃祁连山国家自然保护区植物群落分布格局及其与环境因子的关系

植物群落分布格局是环境因子和人类活动共同作用的结果,尤其是海拔梯度被认为是植物群落分布格局的决定性因子,为探求甘肃祁连山国家自然保护区植物群落分布格局与环境因子的关系及其驱动机制,该文在野外调查的基础上,运用数量分类和除趋势典范对应分析(DCCA)排序等方法,探讨了研究区内植物群落特征及其与环境因子的关系。结果表明：(1)88个样方共记录物种85种,隶属30科56属,利用双向指示种分析法(TWINSPAN)将其分为9个植物群落。(2)9个植物群落在DCCA排序图上聚集分布,呈现出较好的环境梯度,其中海拔对植物群落分布格局影响最大,其次为降水、温度、坡度、坡向和土壤腐殖质。(3)影响植物群落空间分布格局的变量中,环境因子占25.24%,空间因子占13.21%,空间因子和环境因子交叉作用占9.03%,群落分布格局未被空间因子和环境因子解释部分占52.52%,这部分主要反映了人类活动对研究区植物群落分布格局的影响。该研究成果对区域内植被的生态恢复和生物多样性的稳定维持具有重要意义。     

山西吕梁山南段植物群落的生态梯度

吕梁山南段在中国植被区划上属暖温带南部落叶阔叶林亚地带向暖温带北部落叶阔叶林亚地带的过渡地带.采用TWINSPAN分类和DCCA排序法,从植物种、植物群落与环境因子之间的相互关系,对吕梁山南段植物群落的生态梯度进行了研究.结果表明:(1)TWINSPAN分类将74个样方划分为18个群丛.其中4个群丛为森林群落,14个群丛为灌丛.这18个群丛属南暖温带性质的次生植被类型,代表了吕梁山南段植物群落的主要类型,这些群丛都不同程度受到人类活动的干扰;(2)样方的DCCA排序较好地揭示了该区域植物群落的分布格局与海拔、坡度、土层厚度、枯枝落叶层厚度、坡向和人类干扰6个因子的关系,其中制约植物群落结构及分布格局的主导因子是海拔高度和人类干扰,另外,坡向和土层厚度也对植物群落特征产生一定的影响;(3)对环境因子的相关分析表明,海拔、人类干扰、土层厚度和枯枝落叶层厚度之间存在着极显著的相关性,是影响分布格局的主导因子;(4)结合TWINSPAN和DCCA的分析表明,吕梁山南段植物群落表现出明显的垂直分布格局,在海拔690～1 100 m的低山和沟谷中主要分布着荆条和酸枣灌丛;海拔1 100～1 300 m阳坡和半阳坡主要分布着灌木状檀子栎林,并伴生有少量的侧柏和鹅耳枥;在1 300～1 570 m主要分布着以辽东栎为建群种的森林群落;(5)灌木状檀子栎林的分布,是该地区处于暖温带南部落叶阔叶林亚地带向暖温带北部落叶阔叶林亚地带的交错区的主要标志.     

中卫山羊核心产地植物群落的数量分类与排序

应用数量分类(TWINSPAN)和DCA排序方法,对我国特有裘皮用山羊(中卫山羊)核心产地——宁夏香山地区植物群落进行多元分析,根据TWINSPAN分类结果,并结合生态特征将所调查的28个样地植被分为6组,代表了该山地在海拔、地形、土壤、山坡坡度等环境作用下植被空间的分布格局。TWINSPAN分类结果与DCA排序结果较一致,DCA排序第一轴结果主要体现出海拔和山坡坡度对植被分布的作用,第二轴结果主要体现了地形(坡向)和土壤基质(沙地、石质山坡、土质山坡)对植被分布的作用。影响该干旱山地植被分布的主要环境因子有海拔和山坡的坡度,另外长期过度放牧对植被的空间分布影响较大,导致了该山地系统植被空间结构紊乱,并干扰了群落数量分析结果的准确性。     

百山祖自然保护区植物群落beta多样性

本文采用植物群落学的典型样方法,研究了百山祖自然保护区森林植物群落beta多样性格局及其维持机制。通过对45个20m?20m标准样地的调查数据进行分析,运用Chao’s群落距离指数衡量该植物群落beta多样性格局,并通过Mantel检验、基于距离矩阵的偏RDA分析和方差分解等方法初步检验和衡量了各环境因子差异（包括群落郁闭度、海拔、坡度、坡向和坡位）和群落空间距离对该区域beta多样性格局的影响。结果显示,该区域内植物群落beta多样性随着群落间综合环境差异或群落空间距离的增加而增大, 但环境差异和群落空间距离只能解释36%左右的beta多样性格局。检验的5个环境因子中,只有群落郁闭度和海拔对百山祖自然保护区植物群落beta多样性有显著影响,并且群落郁闭度对beta多样性的解释度（20.0%）略高于海拔对beta多样性的解释度（18.0%）。群落空间距离对百山祖自然保护区beta多样性的解释度最小（9.0%）。本文展现了百山祖自然保护区内植物群落beta多样性格局及其与群落环境和空间距离的关系,所获得的结果支持生境异质性和扩散限制联合对植物群落beta多样性起作用的假说。     

丹江口水库水滨带植物群落空间分布及环境解释

探讨了环境因素对丹江口水库(南水北调中线水源地)水滨带植物群落空间分布的影响。通过对水滨带植物群落和环境因素的实地调查,用双向指示种分析(TWINSPAN)对201个水滨带植物群落进行分类;结合地形、土壤和水文因素用除趋势典范对应分析法(DCCA)分析环境因素对水滨带植物群落的影响;并对环境因素的解释能力进行定量分离。结果表明:(1)水滨带植物群落包括7种类型,分别是萹蓄群落、苘麻群落、细叶水芹+狗牙根群落、狗牙根群落、响叶杨-狗牙根群落、杜梨-白刺花-狗牙根群落和侧柏-牡荆-三穗苔草群落;(2)海拔和水淹影响对水滨带植物群落空间分布具有主导作用。海拔升高,水淹影响减弱,植物群落呈现由草本植物群落向木本植物群落变化的格局;(3)土壤因素的解释能力大于地形因素,水文因素的解释能力最小。各类环境因素之间存在交互作用,地形、水文和土壤因素三者间的交互作用最大,地形和土壤因素之间的交互作用最小。环境因素共解释水滨带植物群落空间分布的21.99%,未解释部分为78.01%。结果证明环境对植被的解释能力是由植被的复杂程度决定的,植被越复杂,环境的解释能力越低。     

伊犁河谷山地植物群落物种多样性分布格局及环境解释

结合对新疆伊犁河两岸科古琴山南坡(河谷北坡)和乌孙山北坡(河谷南坡) 94个样地的调查资料, 采用DCCA (detrended canonical correspondence analysis)排序法, 分析了物种多样性指数与环境因子之间的关系, 运用广义可加模型拟合植物群落总体多样性指数对海拔梯度的响应曲线, 探讨了伊犁河谷山地植物群落物种多样性的垂直分布格局。结果表明: 在调查的94个样地中, 共出现259种植物, 其中, 草本植物的种类极其丰富, 多达235种, 木本植物的种类极其有限; 垂直结构完整的植物群落具有较高的多样性指数; 河谷北坡植物群落物种多样性的分布格局受海拔、坡度、坡向以及土壤全氮、全钾、有机质、含水量等环境因子的影响较大, 而在河谷南坡, 物种多样性分布格局主要受坡度、海拔、有效磷含量和土壤含水量等环境因子的影响; 在河谷北坡, 植物群落的Patrick丰富度指数与Shannon-Wiener指数与海拔呈明显的双峰曲线关系, Simpson指数与Pielou均匀度指数呈不对称的单峰格局, 而河谷南坡的物种多样性指数随海拔均呈双峰格局, 尽管Patrick丰富度指数不甚明显。山地植物群落物种多样性的垂直分布格局是由海拔为主的多种环境因子综合作用的结果。     

北京山区防护林优势树种分布与环境的关系

在北京山区,以该区防护林主要树种为依据,选择在典型天然林中设置26块具有代表性的样地,并计测样地中乔木树种的重要值以及包括海拔、坡度、土壤含水量、土壤养分等14个环境因子,采用除趋势典范对应分析(DCCA)方法对样地乔木和环境因子进行分析,以揭示该区防护林优势树种与环境因子间的关系。根据样地树种组成及树种重要值首先将26块样地划分为以油松(Pinus tabuliformis)、侧柏(Platycladus orientalis)、栎类(Quercus spp.)、杨桦(Populus davidiana-Betula platyphylla)及落叶松(Larix principis-rupprechtii)为优势种的5个典型群落类型,然后应用DCCA方法进行分析,结果表明,在各个环境因子中,海拔作为大多数环境因子的综合反映,是影响植被群落分布最重要的环境因子,第一排序轴主要反映海拔、水分、土壤有机质等的变化,第二排序轴主要反映坡度、坡向的变化,各植被群落类型沿着第一排序轴呈有规律的分布;将环境因子对物种分布格局的影响进行定量分离,结果显示,14个环境因子解释了43.19%的物种分布格局,其中地形因子解释部分为20.36%,土壤因子解释部分为11.9%,土壤和地形的交互作用解释部分为10.93%。     

戴云山黄山松群落与环境的关联

基于戴云山黄山松群落类型31个样地(20 m×20 m)野外调查,筛选4个地形因子和11个土壤环境因子,采用除趋势典范对应分析法(DCCA)探讨黄山松群落分布格局与环境之间的关联,定量分析环境因子间相互关系及其对黄山松群落格局的影响。结果表明:(1)DCCA第一排序轴主要反映黄山松群落的海拔变化,第二轴主要反映坡向变化,即沿第二轴从上到下,坡向越朝向阳坡,黄山松群落分布越明显。(2)DCCA表明第一轴与海拔的相关系数达0.5570,即海拔是黄山松群落分布起着决定性作用的环境因子,呈现海拔越高,黄山松优势种群越显著,在海拔1400-1600 m表现突出。(3)黄山松群落主要物种在DCCA排序图的相对位置,反映坡向、坡位、有机质、人为干扰因素是影响黄山松群落分布的重要因素。(4)DCCA排序图中黄山松群落种类排序轴与环境排序轴的相关系数高于DCA,且消除CCA的 "弓形效应",更能凸显海拔、有机质等环境因子对黄山松群落的影响,即黄山松群落与环境因子之间关联以DCCA排序方法为最佳。     

亚热带峰丛洼地恢复演替植物群落的数量分类和排序——以广西马山弄拉峰丛洼地为例

采用双向指示种分析法(TWINSPAN)和除趋势对应分析(DCA)对弄拉峰丛洼地恢复演替植物群落进行数量分类和排序。TWINSPAN将20个样方分为10个组,根据植被分类的原则划分为10个群丛,论述了各群丛的群落学特征。20个样方的DCA排序结果反映了恢复演替群落与环境梯度的关系,表明影响群丛分布格局的主导生态因子为恢复时间、人为干扰及露石率。DCA排序将53个种分为4个种组,影响峰丛洼地恢复演替群落及其物种分布格局的主导生态因子为恢复时间、岩性和水分等。各物种在排序轴上的位置反映了种组成员的生态适应性及其在群落中的重要性和更新生态位。     

Effects of ecological factors on plant communities of Ziwuling Mountain, Shaanxi Province, China

This paper explores the relationships between environmental factors and community patterns. In 60 plots in the Malan Forest Region of the Loess Plateau, 17 variables were used as indicators of spatial position, soil and topography characteristics. Plant community types were analyzed by TWINSPAN (Two-way Indicator Species Analysis). Significant environmental factors were selected by forward selection and Monte Carlo tests. The relationship between communities and environmental factors was identified by DCCA (Detrended Canonical Correspondence Analysis). Partial CCA (Canonical Correspondence Analysis) partitioned observed compositional variation into components explained by environment, locality and covariation between them. The results showed that: (1) the plant communities can be divided into 13 types including 4 different successional stages. (2) Salt and alkali-hydrolyzable nitrogen are the significant factors related to plant community distribution at early stage. Elevation and humus thickness are the significant factors in the transitional stage. Elevation, slope, aspect, thickness of forest floor, humus thickness and pH are the significant factors for the sub-climax stage. Elevation, slope, aspect, pH and available phosphorus are the significant factors for the climax stage. (3) The ecological characters and the distribution patterns of plant communities in different successional stages are consistent with environmental gradients. (4) As succession proceeds, the impact of environmental conditions on plant communities increases, while the total influence of spatial location, and the interaction between the spatial location and environmental factors decrease.     

Effects of ecological factors on plant communities of Ziwuling Mountain, Shaanxi Province, China

This paper explores the relationships between environmental factors and community patterns. In 60 plots in the Malan Forest Region of the Loess Plateau, 17 variables were used as indicators of spatial position, soil and topography characteristics. Plant community types were analyzed by TWINSPAN (Two-way Indicator Species Analysis). Significant environmental factors were selected by forward selection and Monte Carlo tests. The relationship between communities and environmental factors was identified by DCCA (Detrended Canonical Correspondence Analysis). Partial CCA (Canonical Correspondence Analysis) partitioned observed compositional variation into components explained by environment, locality and covariation between them. The results showed that: (1) the plant communities can be divided into 13 types including 4 different successional stages. (2) Salt and alkali-hydrolyzable nitrogen are the significant factors related to plant community distribution at early stage. Elevation and humus thickness are the significant factors in the transitional stage. Elevation, slope, aspect, thickness of forest floor, humus thickness and pH are the significant factors for the sub-climax stage. Elevation, slope, aspect, pH and available phosphorus are the significant factors for the climax stage. (3) The ecological characters and the distribution patterns of plant communities in different successional stages are consistent with environmental gradients. (4) As succession proceeds, the impact of environmental conditions on plant communities increases, while the total influence of spatial location, and the interaction between the spatial location and environmental factors decrease.     

Phylogenetic turnover during subtropical forest succession across environmental and phylogenetic scales

Although spatial and temporal patterns of phylogenetic community structure during succession are inherently interlinked and assembly processes vary with environmental and phylogenetic scales, successional studies of community assembly have yet to integrate spatial and temporal components of community structure, while accounting for scaling issues. To gain insight into the processes that generate biodiversity after disturbance, we combine analyses of spatial and temporal phylogenetic turnover across phylogenetic scales, accounting for covariation with environmental differences. We compared phylogenetic turnover, at the species‐ and individual‐level, within and between five successional stages, representing woody plant communities in a subtropical forest chronosequence. We decomposed turnover at different phylogenetic depths and assessed its covariation with between‐plot abiotic differences. Phylogenetic turnover between stages was low relative to species turnover and was not explained by abiotic differences. However, within the late‐successional stages, there was high presence‐/absence‐based turnover (clustering) that occurred deep in the phylogeny and covaried with environmental differentiation. Our results support a deterministic model of community assembly where (i) phylogenetic composition is constrained through successional time, but (ii) toward late succession, species sorting into preferred habitats according to niche traits that are conserved deep in phylogeny, becomes increasingly important.     

Convergence of community composition during secondary succession on Zokor rodent mounds on the Tibetan Plateau

Aims The community succession theory is much debated in ecology. We studied succession on Zokor rodent mounds on the Tibetan Plateau to address several fundamental questions, among them: (i) During secondary succession, does the community composition converge towards one community state or multiple states depending on the initial colonization? (ii) Do mound communities located in different background communities exhibit different assembly trajectories?Methods In a sub-alpine meadow, we investigated a total of 80 mound communities at several successional stages in three different background communities resulting from different management histories and compared their changes in species composition. The distribution of plant communities over time was analyzed with quantitative classification and ordination methods. The co-occurrence patterns of species were evaluated at each successional stage, and the degree of convergence/divergence among communities was obtained by calculating two beta-diversity indices.Important findings During secondary succession, species richness of mound communities changed over time, and this change was dependent on the background community. Five life-form groups exhibited different dynamic patterns in species richness and plant cover. Community composition and the degree of species co-occurrence between communities increased over time since disturbance. There was much variation in species composition at earlier stages of succession, but communities on older mounds became more similar to each other and to their surrounding vegetation over the course of secondary succession. Post-disturbance succession of Zokor mound communities transitioned from 'multiple alternative states' to 'background-based deterministic community assembly' over time. Tradeoffs between competition and colonization, as well as the characteristics of different life-forms and mass effects within a limited species pool are the mechanisms responsible for convergence of mound communities.     

陆地植物群落物种多样性的梯度变化特征

研究陆地植物落物种多样性随环境因子及群落演替梯度的变化特征是揭示生物多样性与生态因子相互关系的重要方面,根据近期国内外的文献,综述了这方面的研究进展。随纬度的降低,通常物咱多样性随中,随不分梯度的变化,物种多样性的变化有６种趋势;随海拔高的变化,物处多样性有５种模式;随土壤养分梯度的变化,表现出不同的规律;演替过程中物种多样生的变化趋势相似。关于植物群落物种多样性梯度格局的机制有多种假说,但仍需进     

Phylogenetic and functional structures of succession in plant communities on mounds of Marmota himalayana in alpine regions on the northeast edge of the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau

Few studies have examined the succession of plant communities in the alpine zone. Studying the succession of plant communities is helpful to understand how species diversity is formed and maintained. In this study, we used species inventories, a molecular phylogeny, and trait data to detect patterns of phylogenetic and functional community structure in successional plant communities growing on the mounds of Himalayan marmots (Marmota himalayana) on the southeast edge of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. We found that phylogenetic and functional diversities of plant communities on marmot mounds tended to cluster during the early to medium stages of succession, then trended toward overdispersion from medium to late stages. Alpine species in early and late stages of succession were phylogenetically and functionally overdispersed, suggesting that such communities were assembled mainly through species interactions, especially competition. At the medium and late stages of succession, alpine communities growing on marmot mounds were phylogenetically and functionally clustered, implying that the communities were primarily structured by environmental filtering. During the medium and late stages of succession the phylogenetic and functional structures of plant communities on marmot mounds differed significantly from those on neighboring sites. Our results indicate that environmental filtering and species interactions can change plant community composition at different successional stages. Assembly of plant communities on marmot mounds was promoted by a combination of traits that may provide advantages for survival and adaptation during periods of environmental change.     

南岭国家级自然保护区林下植物分布的地形相关性

以南岭国家级自然保护区山地森林群落林下植物为研究对象,探讨地形因子对林下植物分布的影响。该区3个海拔高度下的山地常绿阔叶林林下植物组成丰富,但个体多度在样方中的分布存在很大的空间异质性。在9000m^2的样地中设置的450个4m^2小样方,共记录到林下维管植物255种,隶属于95科、181属,总的物种个体多度为18203株。多响应置换过程（MRPP）分析表明,坡向和海拔（p〈0．0001）及坡度（p〈0．05）这3个地形因子对林下植被分布有显著的影响,其影响程度大小排序为：海拔〉坡向〉坡度。指示种分析（ISA）进一步确定了不同地形条件下具有显著指示值（IV≥50）的指示种。本项研究表明林下植物的空间分布会同时受到多个地形因子的影响,因此需综合各因子间的相互作用全面考虑;同时,MRPP结合ISA对于揭示群落植物分布的空间异质性及其与环境因子作用的相互关系、生物多样性保育、森林恢复以及造林引种等方面均有着重要的理论意义和实践价值。     

天童常绿阔叶林五个演替阶段凋落物中的土壤动物群落

为探讨森林凋落物中土壤动物群落的结构特征以及土壤动物群落随植被演替而发生的变化 ,于 2 0 0 3年冬季 ,对浙江天童常绿阔叶林 5个演替阶段凋落物中的土壤动物群落 ,按代表不同分解阶段的新鲜凋落物层、腐叶层和腐殖土层进行了调查研究。共获得土壤动物 13381只 ,分别隶属于 2门 8纲 2 0目。优势类群为蜱螨目 (Arcarina)和弹尾目 (Collem bola) ,二者共占总数的 94 .2 4 % ,A/ C为 7.6 6 ;常见类群为双翅目 (Diptera)。研究结果表明 :(1)凋落物中的土壤动物群落存在明显的有别于真土层的垂直分布 ,类群数和个体数总体表现为向下递增的趋势。共有 19类、5 9.0 3%的土壤动物分布在底部腐殖土层 ,仅 8类、5 .35 %的土壤动物分布在新鲜凋落物层 ,其余共 8类分布在中间腐叶层。而且 ,不同类群在各演替阶段的分布表现出一定的差异 ;(2 )凋落物中土壤动物群落随植物群落的演替而发生明显的变化 :个体总数和类群总数在演替顶极阶段最高 ,其次为中期阶段 ,演替初期最低。但是 ,在目这一分类等级上 ,各演替阶段凋落物中土壤动物群落的主要类群基本一致 ,均为蜱螨目、弹尾目、双翅目和鳞翅目 (L epidoptera) ;(3)相似性分析表明 ,演替中期凋落物中土壤动物群落与顶极阶段最为相似 ;但它们的Shannon- Wiener多样性     

Temporal variation in the influence of forest succession on caterpillar communities: A long‐term study in a tropical dry forest

Forest succession can influence herbivore communities through changes in host availability, plant quality, microclimate, canopy structure complexity and predator abundance. It is not well known, however, if such influence is constant across years. Caterpillars have been reported to be particularly susceptible to changes in plant community composition across forest succession, as most species are specialists and rely on the presence of their hosts. Nevertheless, in the case of tropical dry forests, plant species have less defined successional boundaries than tropical wet forests, and hence herbivore communities should be able to persist across different successional stages. To test this prediction, caterpillar communities were surveyed during eight consecutive years in a tropical dry forest in four replicated successional stages in Chamela, Jalisco and Mexico. Lepidopteran species richness and diversity were equivalent in mature forests and early successional stages, but a distinctive caterpillar community was found for the recently abandoned pastures. Species composition tended to converge among all four successional stages during the span of eight years. Overall, our results highlight the importance of both primary and secondary forest for the conservation of caterpillar biodiversity at a landscape level. We also highlight the relevance of long‐term studies when assessing the influence of forest succession to account for across year variation in species interactions and climatic factors. Abstract in French is available with online material.