我国6ka BP植被变化的气候模拟研究

根据花粉恢复的古植被表面中国森林区的常绿阔叶,和叶阔叶林以及针叶林在6Ka BP向北扩张,反映了6ka BP夏季和冬季均比现代温暖的气候特征,然而,根据地球轨道参数变化驱动的气候模式,由于6kaBP时北半球夏季太阳辐射高于现代,而冬季太阳辐射低于现代,模拟的6ka BP夏季温度比规划温暖,但冬季比现代寒冷,模拟得出的冬季寒冷与地 冬季增温不一致,说明6ka BP的气候和植被变化并不完全受到太阳辐射变化的控制,针对这一重大缺陷,我们利用具有陆面过程的全球大气环流模型（ACCM＋SsiB),采用了外动力太阳辐射变化和古地表状史的强迫边界场进行了古气候模拟试验,模拟结果能够捕捉到亚洲季风地区6kaBP冬季气候变暖的气候特征,初步阐明6ka BP植被变化的气候动力学机制。     

利用孢粉记录定量重建大尺度古植被格局

 古植被定量重建是过去全球变化研究的重点之一, 生物群区化(Biomisation)方法以特征植物功能型来定义生物群区, 通过一种标准化数量方法计算孢粉谱的相似得分, 以此把孢粉谱转变为生物群区类型, 是进行古植被定量重建的一种有效方法。该文在前人综述文章的基础上, 简述了生物群区化方法定量重建古植被格局的发展历史、具体步骤及存在问题, 重点描述了以此方法为基础重建的全新世中期(MH)和末次盛冰期(LGM)的全球古植被分布格局, 以及中国的古植被定量重建工作和古植被格局变化。目前的研究表明, 全新世中期北极森林界线在某些地区有轻微的北移迹象, 北部的温带森林带通常向北远距离迁移, 欧洲的温带落叶林也大范围向地中海地区(向南)和向北扩展, 在北美内陆, 草原侵入到森林生物群区, 但中亚地区却没有此现象, 中国大陆的森林生物群区扩张, 典型撒哈尔植被(如干草原、干旱疏林灌丛和热带干旱森林)进入撒哈拉地区, 而非洲热带雨林却呈减少趋势; 末次盛冰期苔原和草原扩张, 在欧亚大陆北部逐渐混合, 北半球的森林生物群区向南迁移, 北方常绿森林(泰加林)和温带落叶林呈碎片状, 而欧洲和东亚的草原却大范围扩张, 非洲的热带湿润森林(比如热带雨林和热带季雨林)有所减少, 在北美洲的西南地区, 荒漠和草原被开阔针叶疏林所取代。     

青藏高原晚新生代植被史及其气候特征

从青藏高原目前已知的６０余个剖面和钻孔揭示的大量古植物资料来看,由于喜马拉雅山的强烈隆升、地质事件及全球气候变化,青藏高原晚新生代植被发生显著的变化。中新世进入上新世,植被由森林型变为草原型。在中新世晚期植被按纬向分为三带,南带为亚热带硬叶常绿阔叶林－雪松林,中带为暖温带落叶阔叶林及灌丛,北带即昆仑山北坡为山地常绿针叶林及森林草原。山地的高差已使植被出现垂直分带现象。上新世早中期气候转凉,原北带出     

川西高原早第三纪植物群的发现及其在 植物地理学上的意义

本文记载了1982年中国科学院青藏高原综合科学考察队在对横断山北段综合考察中,于四川省西部理塘县晚始新世热鲁组中所采集的8科10属的化石植物。根据植物群的组合及其它们对应的现代植物地理分布,对该地区的古植被、古地理、古气候以及南北两半球植物区系的相互关系作了初步讨论。并对桉属(Eucalyptus)的起源和迁移作了推测。在晚始新世时,四川西部理塘地区分布着以桉属为主的常绿阔叶林,有少数落叶阔叶树种分布。气候干热。海拔高度不超过1000米。桉属植物化石在西藏和四川西部始新世地层中相继发现,说明在早第三纪,南北两半球有过密切的联系。桉属很可能起源于北半球,从亚洲经马来西亚到达大洋洲,发展成为新的分布中心。     

植被分布的海拔与纬度相互关系模式的校正

植被的自然分布格局是植物与环境在长期共同进化中形成的,理解分布格局规律是管理和利用植被的基础.植被分布受温度、热量和水分的影响,其中温度影响最大.植被分布受植物生长三基点影响,存在分布上限、分布下限以及最适分布区,其中上限和下限影响其分布范围.一直以来,植被分布状况在海拔升高与纬度的北移具有等效意义这一理论模型都被广泛认可,但该模型的量化分析仍可进一步完善.本文基于文献数据,收集了我国42座山体不同植被类型海拔分布上限的资料,并通过数据处理软件R对植被类型所处纬度、温度与其分布海拔进行拟合后发现,植被分布上限在海拔上的升高与纬度的北移并不呈现简单的线性关系.另通过30个相同经度、相同海拔、不同纬度的样点来验证纬度与温度的关系,选取相同经度、不同纬度的三个山地样点不同海拔的温度变化来验证海拔与温度的关联.拟合后发现,纬度北移1°温度下降约0.7℃,海拔每上升100 m,大尺度拟合结果为温度下降约0.3℃,小尺度实测数据结果为下降约0.8℃.以上结果表明,海拔的升高并非简单等效于纬度的北移,在利用原有的海拔升高等效于纬度的北移这一理论模型指导实际工作时,要考虑到具体的小气候等因素.     

北半球高纬度地区气候变化对植被的影响途径和机制

根据标准化植被指数（ＮＤＶＩ）探讨了植被功能的地带特征及其与温度梯度的关系。结果表明在北半球高纬度地区ＮＤＶＩ的年最大值以及该值出现的时间与温度之间存在密切的相在,但共定量关系因纬度而异,在较高纬度地带,两个参数对温度的反应更为敏感,由于这种温度作用的不均衡,气温的增加将可能导致较高纬度地带的植被在物候和生产力上更加接近较低纬度带上的植被,其结果是使大气ＣＯ２季节振幅增大,同时季节谷值出现的时间提     

基于日光诱导叶绿素荧光的北半球森林物候研究

植被物候是反映植被生长规律的重要指标, 对气候的反馈具有重要意义。日光诱导叶绿素荧光(SIF)通过复杂的能量耗散机制与光合作用相关联, 提供了从空间直接探测大范围植被物候的可能性。为了探究气候变化背景下SIF反演不同森林类型物候的适用性, 该文以北半球35个全球通量网(FLUXNET)森林站点为研究对象, 利用2007-2014年SIF值和总初级生产力(GPP)通过双逻辑生长模型和动态阈值法来估算3种典型森林类型的物候, 并采用相关性分析等方法评价SIF在估算不同森林类型物候时的差异性。主要结果为: 1) SIF对生长季开始时间(SOS)的估算精度高于生长季结束时间(EOS); 2) SIF能够更准确地估算混交林(MF)的SOS, 但是不能精确追踪落叶阔叶林(DBF)和常绿针叶林(ENF)的SOS; 3)春季季前短波辐射是驱动SOS的主要气候因素。综上, 建议在将来的研究中将SIF数据与其他遥感指数整合, 应用于不同植物类型的物候监测。     

云南的硬叶常绿阔叶林——古地中海残余植被

云南从干热河谷到寒温性山地广泛分布有一类常绿、阔叶、以壳斗科栎属植物为乔木优势种的森林植被，由于其独特的生态特征显示了与现代地中海地区硬叶栎林的相似性，而在群落的外貌、结构、特征种、地理分布等方面却与云南的亚热带常绿阔叶林有明显区别，因此被称为“硬叶常绿阔叶林”,它是在喜马拉雅隆升中因适应新的环境而发育的一个特殊植被类型。该植被的优势树种具有古地中海地区渊源，但在分布上大多为我国西南地区的特有种。硬叶常绿阔叶林除优势树种为硬叶栎类以外，其他种类与同域天然植被的物种组成基本一样，并没有一个独特的植物区系。硬叶常绿阔叶林群落结构简单，典型的硬叶常绿阔叶林群落有清楚的乔木、灌木和草本3个层次，而在生活型上，寒温性山地的群落以地面芽植物占绝对优势，干热河谷的群落以草本植物占优势。在中新世以前，硬叶栎类植物出现在湿润的热带-亚热带性质的古地中海常绿阔叶林里，直到上新世以后，现代的地中海式气候形成，适应干旱的地中海植物区系出现，并随喜马拉雅隆升，硬叶常绿阔叶林才从原先的热带-亚热带常绿阔叶林演化产生。     

根据花粉模拟的中国植被及6000aBP植被制图的初步探讨

通过建立现代植物花粉与植被的类比关系,运用花粉植被化模拟技术进行植被类型模拟和制图。首先利用中国表土花粉资料,设计了以生态学原理为基础的功能型植物,并组合成植被型,以运行植被模型。该实验能够模拟出中国现代的主要植被类型,其地理分布与实际植被有较好一致性。进一步对中全新世花粉资料运行,初步模拟了１１２个花粉样点上的植被类型,并做出了中全新世的植被分布图。该图能够与已有的研究成果相对比,它为恢复古植被提供了一个较客观地制图法。它的精度可以随着资料密度和花粉类型的增加而不断提高。该研究对国际性的全球古植被制图和对比气候模型驱动的植被模型有着较大的参考价值。     

不同区域森林火灾对生态因子的响应及其概率模型

火灾是影响森林生态系统过程的重要干扰之一,其对森林生态系统内各生态因子的响应各不相同.由于植被状况及生态环境的不同,森林火灾的时空分布特征在中国不同植被气候类型内表现不同,根据植被气候类型分类系统,将中国主要森林火灾地区划分为4个区域:东北(冷温带松林)、华北(落叶阔叶林)、东南(常绿阔叶林)和西南(热带雨林),应用遥感监测数据和地面环境数据,以时空变量、生态因子(植被生长变化指数、湿度等)为可选自变量,应用半参数化Logistic回归模型,就森林火险对不同生态影响因子的响应规律进行了分析,建立了基于生态因子的着火概率模型和大火蔓延概率模型,通过模拟及实际数据散点图、火险概率图,评估了模型应用价值.结果表明,土壤湿度及植被含水量在落叶阔叶林、常绿阔叶林、热带雨林地区对着火概率影响显著.在4个植被气候区内,土壤及凋落物湿度对大火蔓延的作用较小.在冷温带松林、落叶阔叶林、常绿阔叶林地区,植被生长的年内变化对火灾发生的影响显著,在常绿阔叶林地区,年内植被生长变化对大火蔓延的作用较小.森林火险概率与各生态因子的相关关系主要呈现出非线性.不同植被气候区内,火险概率受不同生态因子组合的影响,这与不同区域的植被状况及生态环境不同有关.在不同植被气候类型,应用时空变量、生态因子建立半参数化logistic回归模型,进行着火概率和大火蔓延概率的模拟具有可行性和实际应用能力.为进一步分析森林生态系统与火灾之间的动态关系、展开生态系统火灾干扰研究提供了理论基础.     

Vegetation history with implication of climate changes and human impacts over the last 9000 years in the Lake Nanyi area,Anhui Province,East China

Palynological analyses in combination with radiocarbon dating on a Holocene borehole from the Lake Nanyi, Anhui Province, East China demonstrate a well-documented local vegetation evolution since 9000 cal BP, which is the first record of Holocene climate change and human impact in this region. Since 9000 cal BP a mixed evergreen and deciduous broad-leaved forest dominated by Cyclobalanopsis and Quercus developed in this area, indicating a warm climate condition with enhanced insolation. A mixed evergreen and deciduous broad-leaved forest was fully developed between 6600–4500 cal BP, which corresponds to the Holocene Climate Optimum with the strong influence of East Asian summer monsoon (EASM). After 3000 cal BP the broad-leaved forest decreased rapidly, while land herbs and ferns increased. It seems that the climate condition in East China was similar to the present after Holocene Climate Optimum. Pollen results show a potential interface between environment changes and human activities. Pollen diagram demonstrates that human impacts on the natural vegetation remained weak at the early stage but significantly enhanced upwards. The distinctive fluctuations of the pollen contents among AP (trees and shrubs), and the possible agriculture indicators might infer the potential human behaviors for environment changes. Due to the enlargement of organized farming and increase in population, natural forest was eventually replaced by farmland since 3000 cal BP. This study would increase our knowledge of Holocene vegetation transition related to the monsoon dynamics on a long timescale in East China and provide an environmental background for more detailed studies on cultural developments in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River region.     

Pollen-based biome reconstructions for China at 0 and 6000 years

Biomization provides an objective and robust method of assigning pollen spectra to biomes so that pollen data can be mapped and compared directly with the output of biomgeographic models. We have tested the applicability of this procedure, originally developed for Europe, to assign modern surface samples from China to biomes. The procedure successfully delineated the major vegetation types of China. When the same procedure was applied to fossil pollen samples for 6000 years ago, the reconstructions showed systematic differences from present, consistent with previous interpretations of vegetation changes since the mid-Holocene. In eastern China, the forest zones were systematically shifted northwards, such that cool mixed forests displaced taiga in northeastern China, while broad-leaved evergreen forest extended c. 300 km and temperate deciduous forestc. 500–600 km beyond their present northern limits. In northwestern China, the area of desert and steppe vegetation was reduced compared to present. On the Tibetan Plateau, forest vegetation extended to higher elevations than today and the area of tundra was reduced. These shifts in biome distributions imply significant changes in climate since 6000 years ago that can be interpreted qualitatively as a response to orbital forcing and its secondary effects on the Asian monsoon.     

Climate change causes critical transitions and irreversible alterations of mountain forests

Mountain forests are at particular risk of climate change impacts due to their temperature limitation and high exposure to warming. At the same time, their complex topography may help to buffer the effects of climate change and create climate refugia. Whether climate change can lead to critical transitions of mountain forest ecosystems and whether such transitions are reversible remain incompletely understood. We investigated the resilience of forest composition and size structure to climate change, focusing on a mountain forest landscape in the Eastern Alps. Using the individual‐based forest landscape model iLand, we simulated ecosystem responses to a wide range of climatic changes (up to a 6°C increase in mean annual temperature and a 30% reduction in mean annual precipitation), testing for tipping points in vegetation size structure and composition under different topography scenarios. We found that at warming levels above +2°C a threshold was crossed, with the system tipping into an alternative state. The system shifted from a conifer‐dominated landscape characterized by large trees to a landscape dominated by smaller, predominantly broadleaved trees. Topographic complexity moderated climate change impacts, smoothing and delaying the transitions between alternative vegetation states. We subsequently reversed the simulated climate forcing to assess the ability of the landscape to recover from climate change impacts. The forest landscape showed hysteresis, particularly in scenarios with lower precipitation. At the same mean annual temperature, equilibrium vegetation size structure and species composition differed between warming and cooling trajectories. Here we show that even moderate warming corresponding to current policy targets could result in critical transitions of forest ecosystems and highlight the importance of topographic complexity as a buffering agent. Furthermore, our results show that overshooting ambitious climate mitigation targets could be dangerous, as ecological impacts can be irreversible at millennial time scales once a tipping point has been crossed.     

北京地区全新世植被和气候变化研究进展

该文综述了北京地区全新世以来植被演替和气候变化的相关研究资料,这些资料反映了当前阶段对该地区该时段植被与气候环境格局特征的认识。北京地区全新世早期(约12 000–8 000 cal a B.P.)植被为森林草地和/或针叶树占主导的针阔混交林,森林中阔叶树类群逐渐增多,指示了气候由寒冷干燥转为温暖湿润;全新世中期(约8 000–2 000 cal a B.P.前后)植被为暖温带针阔混交林,指示暖湿气候;全新世晚期(约2 000 cal a B.P.以来)转为森林草地和/或针叶树占主导的针阔混交林,气候转向凉干。植被演替反映的湿润度变化与季风区其它地区变化趋势一致。值得注意的是,前人研究揭示北京地区山区与平原中植被类型和类群组成已经出现空间分异。今后如能深入开展定量古气候重建研究,有可能精确描述其气候变化的过程,增进中国不同地理单元同时期气候变化的对比。     

亚高山森林生态系统过程研究进展

亚高山森林是以冷、云杉属为建群种或优势种的暗针叶林为主体的森林植被。亚高山森林在庇护邻近脆弱生态系统、保育生物多样性、涵养水源、碳吸存和指示全球气候变化等方面具有十分重要且不可替代的作用和地位,其多样化的植被和土壤组合为研究生态系统过程提供了天然的实验室。亚高山森林的群落演替与更新、生物多样性保育、水文生态过程、生物元素的生物地球化学循环以及亚高山森林生态过程对气候变化的响应等研究已取得了明显的进展。但有关全球变化条件下的亚高山森林土壤生物多样性和冬季生态学过程等研究明显不足。全球气候变化背景下的冬季生态学过程、极端灾害事件对亚高山森林生态系统过程的影响、亚高山森林生物多样性的保育机制、亚高山森林土壤生物多样性与生态系统过程的耦合机制等可能是未来研究的前沿科学问题。     

松辽盆地梨树断陷早白垩世微体古生物、沉积环境以及控油意义

根据松辽盆地梨树断陷早白垩世地层中孢粉百分含量的纵向变化特征,建立了自下而上各层组的孢粉组合。通过分析孢粉、藻类以及介形类的古环境指示特征,恢复了梨树断陷地层的气温带、古植被、干湿度以及湖水古盐度。沙河子组沉积时期为温暖潮湿的中亚热带气候,古植被为针叶林和灌草丛,湖水为淡水、微咸水;营城组沉积时期为南亚热带气候,古植被为针叶林和灌草丛,湖水同样为淡水、微咸水;到了登娄库组沉积时期,气候变得炎热干旱,为热带气候,古植被为针叶林,湖水则变为半咸水。本文的研究结果可以有效指示地层的划分与对比以及沉积环境的分析。同时,结合盆地发育讨论了古气候变化的控油意义,古气候的变化控制着烃源岩和储层的发育与分布。     

中国东北主要植被类型的分布与气候的关系

本文根据吉良的热量指标和作者提出的湿度指数,研究了我国东北主要植被类型的分布与气候之间的关系：1．确定了东北地区10个水平地带性植被类型的热量分布范围和水热指标的平均值。2．研究了东北山地垂直地带性植被类型的水热指标分布特点,并用定量指标讨论了东北东部山地岳桦林带的分布、大兴安岭存在山地冻原和东北植被区域的分界线问题。     

Projected climate change effects on Alberta's boreal forests imply future challenges for oil sands reclamation

Climate change will drive significant changes in vegetation cover and also impact efforts to restore ecosystems that have been disturbed by human activities. Bitumen mining in the Alberta oil sands region of western Canada requires reclamation to “equivalent land capability,” implying establishment of vegetation similar to undisturbed boreal ecosystems. However, there is consensus that this region will be exposed to relatively severe climate warming, causing increased occurrence of drought and wildfire, which threaten the persistence of both natural and reclaimed ecosystems. We used a landscape model, LANDIS‐II, to simulate plant responses to climate change and disturbances, forecasting changes to boreal forests within the oil sands region. Under the most severe climate forcing scenarios (representative concentration pathway [RCP] 8.5) the model projected substantial decreases in forest biomass, with the future forest being dominated by drought‐ and fire‐tolerant species characteristic of parkland or prairie ecosystems. In contrast, less extreme climate forcing scenarios (RCPs 2.6 and 4.5) had relatively minor effects on forest composition and biomass with boreal conifers continuing to dominate the landscape. If the climate continues to change along a trajectory similar to those simulated by climate models for the RCP 8.5 forcing scenario, current reclamation goals to reestablish spruce‐dominated boreal forest will likely be difficult to achieve. Results from scenario modeling studies such as ours, and continued monitoring of change in the boreal forest, will help inform reclamation practices, which could include establishment of species better adapted to warmer and drier conditions.     

Late marine isotope stage 3 palaeoclimate for East Asia: A data–model comparison

Climate prediction under impact of anthropological greenhouse-gas emission is impossible to validate, but it can be inferred from past climate and modeling. In East Asia, a general warm–wet period at late Marine Isotope Stage 3, ca. 30–40 ky BP has been identified based upon extensive geological records; this provides an arid/humid reference for possible future warming caused by human activities. Based upon syntheses of geological evidence and the AGCM + SSiB modeling, this paper presents climate simulations focused on 35 ky BP, using forcing of insolation, glaciation and land surface conditions for East Asia. Results of the simulation can be compared with geological records and show that (1) the climate patterns of 35 ky BP were warm–wet conditions in northern China, but with warm–dry conditions in southern China compared to today; (2) mean annual temperatures were higher in most mid-low latitude areas, mainly contributed to by increased winter temperatures, suggesting that insolation has generated significant climate effects through the coupling in atmospheric circulation with land surface patterns; (3) Quaternary ice sheets in the Northern Hemisphere played an important role in temperature decrease at the mid-high-latitudes, and also enhanced the south–north temperature gradients, which in turn, increased moisture transport from low to high latitudes and increased monsoonal precipitation over the Tibetan Plateau; and (4) Vegetation changes in East Asia resulted from an increased temperature in the low latitudes, extended rain-belt northwards into China, and an enlarged area of increased precipitation inland.