开垦对黄河三角洲湿地净生态系统CO2交换的影响

近年来, 由于对湿地的不合理利用, 自然湿地被大面积地垦殖为农田, 导致湿地生态系统碳循环的模式发生改变, 从而影响了湿地生态系统碳汇功能。该研究通过涡度相关法, 对山东省东营市黄河三角洲芦苇(Phragmites australis)湿地和开垦多年的棉花(Gossypium spp.)农田的净生态系统CO₂交换(NEE)进行了对比观测, 以探讨该地区典型生态系统NEE的变化规律及其影响因子, 揭示开垦对芦苇湿地NEE和碳汇功能的影响。结果表明: 在生长季, 湿地和农田生态系统NEE的日平均值各月均呈明显的“U”型变化曲线, 非生长季NEE的变幅很小。生长季湿地生态系统日最大净吸收值和释放值分别为16.04 g CO₂·m^-2·d^-1(8月17日)和14.95 g CO₂·m^-2·d^-1(8月9日); 农田生态系统日最大净吸收值和释放值分别为18.99 g CO₂·m^-2·d^-1 (8月22日)和12.23 g CO₂·m^-2·d^-1 (7月29日)。生长季白天两个生态系统NEE与光合有效辐射(PAR)之间呈直角双曲线关系; 非生长季NEE主要受土壤温度(T_s)的影响; 生态系统生长季夜间NEE受T_s和土壤含水量(SWC)的共同影响; 湿地和农田的生态系统呼吸熵(Q₁₀)分别为2.30和3.78。2011年生长季, 黄河三角洲湿地和农田生态系统均表现为CO₂的汇, 总净固碳量分别为780.95和647.35 g CO₂·m^-2, 开垦降低了湿地的碳吸收能力; 而在2011年非生长季, 黄河三角洲湿地和农田生态系统均表现为CO₂的源, CO₂总释放量分别为181.90和111.55 g CO₂·m^-2。全年湿地和农田生态系统总净固碳量分别为599.05和535.80 g CO₂·m^-2。     

干旱胁迫降低了内蒙古羊草草原的碳累积

采用涡度相关法, 分析了2004年(平水年)和2005-2006年(干旱年)生长季内蒙古锡林河流域羊草(Leymus chinensis)草原的净生态系统碳交换(net ecosystem exchange, NEE)、总初级生产力(gross primary productivity, GPP)和生态系统呼吸(ecosystem respiration, R_e)的季节和年度变化。结果表明: 平水年羊草草原的日最大GPP和R_e分别为4.89和1.99 g C·m^-2·d^-1, 而干旱年GPP和R_e分别为1.53-3.01和1.38-1.77 g C·m^-2·d^-1。与平水年相比, 干旱年日最大GPP、R_e分别下降了38%-68%和11%-12%。平水年羊草草原累积的GPP、R_e分别为294和180 g C·m^-2, 而在干旱年分别为102-123 g C·m^-2和132-158 g C·m^-2。和平水年相比, 干旱年的GPP、R_e分别下降了58%-65%和12%-27%。用Van’t Hoff模型模拟的8个窄土壤含水量(θ)跨度生态系统呼吸(R_e)对土壤温度(T_s)的敏感程度表明: 曲线斜率在θ = 0.16-0.17 m³·m^-3范围内达到最大, 高于或者低于这个阈值, R_e对T_s的敏感度降低。干旱胁迫降低了生态系统生产力和生态系统呼吸量。与平水年相比, 干旱年的GPP比R_e下降的幅度更大, 干旱胁迫降低了内蒙古羊草草原的碳累积, 使生态系统由碳汇变为碳源。     

极端干旱条件下锡林河流域羊草草原净生态系统碳交换特征

采用涡度相关法对2005年生长季内蒙古锡林河流域羊草(Leymus chinensis)草原净生态系统交换(Net ecosystem exchange, NEE)进行了观测。观测结果表明:作为生长季降雨量仅有126 mm的干旱年,锡林河流域羊草草原生态系统受到强烈的干旱胁迫,其净生态系统碳交换的日动态表现为具有两个吸收高峰,净吸收峰值出现在8∶00和18∶00左右。最大的CO₂吸收率为-0.38 mg CO₂·m^-2·s^-1,出现在6月底,与丰水年相比生态系统最大CO₂吸收率下降了1倍。就整个生长季而言,不管是白天还是晚上2005年都表现为净CO₂排放,整个生长季CO₂净排放量为372.56 g CO₂·m^-2,是一个明显的CO₂源。土壤含水量和土壤温度控制着生态系统CO₂通量的大小,尤其是在白天,CO₂通量和土壤含水量的变化呈现出显著的负相关关系,和土壤温度表现为正相关关系。     

山东省暖性草丛生态系统碳库现状和碳通量季节变化特征

了解山东省草地生态系统碳库现状和碳通量变化规律对于全国尺度草地生态系统碳源/汇核算有着重要的意义。该研究采用野外面上调查取样和固定加强点静态箱法(LI-840红外分析仪联用)相结合的方法, 分析了山东省暖性草丛生态系统的固碳现状、碳通量季节动态以及净生态系统CO₂交换(NEE)对各种环境因子的响应。研究结果表明: 山东暖性草丛生态系统平均碳密度为2.74 Mg C·hm ^-2, 碳密度的构成排序为土壤碳密度(89%) >生物量碳密度(9%) >凋落物碳密度(2%), 山东暖性草丛碳库总储量约为15.88 Tg C; 结缕草(Zoysia japonica)暖性草丛生态系统NEE的季节动态总体表现为夏季低, 冬季高, 非生长季节(11月至次年4月)向外界净排放CO₂, 表现为碳源效应; 生长季节(4-9月)则为净吸收CO₂ , 表现为碳汇效应, 峰值月份的平均固碳速率在-2.58- -4.46 μmol CO₂·m ^-2·s ^-1之间; 2012和2013年泰山小流域暖性草丛NEE年平均值分别为-0.43 μmol CO₂·m ^-2·s ^-1和-0.31 μmol CO₂·m ^-2·s ^-1, 都表现为碳汇效应; 光合有效辐射(PAR)、大气温度(T_a)、饱和水汽压差(VPD)和土壤10 cm深度温度(T_s)和含水量(W)是结缕草暖性草丛生态系统NEE动态的主要影响因素, 但不同月份NEE动态的影响因素各异, 且因子间存在着互作效应, 主成分分析表明, NEE的季节动态主要受温度、水分和光强等因子控制。     

Carbon stock and seasonal dynamics of carbon flux in warm-temperature tussock ecosystem in Shandong Province,China

了解山东省草地生态系统碳库现状和碳通量变化规律对于全国尺度草地生态系统碳源/汇核算有着重要的意义。该研究采用野外面上调查取样和固定加强点静态箱法(LI-840红外分析仪联用)相结合的方法, 分析了山东省暖性草丛生态系统的固碳现状、碳通量季节动态以及净生态系统CO₂交换(NEE)对各种环境因子的响应。研究结果表明: 山东暖性草丛生态系统平均碳密度为2.74 Mg C·hm ^-2, 碳密度的构成排序为土壤碳密度(89%) >生物量碳密度(9%) >凋落物碳密度(2%), 山东暖性草丛碳库总储量约为15.88 Tg C; 结缕草(Zoysia japonica)暖性草丛生态系统NEE的季节动态总体表现为夏季低, 冬季高, 非生长季节(11月至次年4月)向外界净排放CO₂, 表现为碳源效应; 生长季节(4-9月)则为净吸收CO₂ , 表现为碳汇效应, 峰值月份的平均固碳速率在-2.58- -4.46 μmol CO₂·m ^-2·s ^-1之间; 2012和2013年泰山小流域暖性草丛NEE年平均值分别为-0.43 μmol CO₂·m ^-2·s ^-1和-0.31 μmol CO₂·m ^-2·s ^-1, 都表现为碳汇效应; 光合有效辐射(PAR)、大气温度(T_a)、饱和水汽压差(VPD)和土壤10 cm深度温度(T_s)和含水量(W)是结缕草暖性草丛生态系统NEE动态的主要影响因素, 但不同月份NEE动态的影响因素各异, 且因子间存在着互作效应, 主成分分析表明, NEE的季节动态主要受温度、水分和光强等因子控制。     

CO2 flux dynamics and its limiting factors in the alpine shrub-meadow and steppe-meadow on the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau

高寒灌丛草甸和草甸均是青藏高原广泛分布的植被类型, 在生态系统碳通量和区域碳循环中具有极其重要的作用。然而迄今为止, 对其碳通量动态的时空变异还缺乏比较分析, 对碳通量的季节和年际变异的主导影响因子认识还不够清晰, 不利于深入理解生态系统碳通量格局及其形成机制。该研究选取位于青藏高原东部海北站高寒灌丛草甸和高原腹地当雄站高寒草原化草甸年降水量相近的5年(2004-2008年)的涡度相关CO₂通量连续观测数据, 对生态系统净初级生产力(NEP)及其组分, 包括总初级生产力(GPP)和生态系统呼吸的季节、年际动态及其影响因子进行了对比分析。结果表明: 灌丛草甸的CO₂通量无论是季节还是年际累积量均高于草原化草甸, 并且连续5年表现为“碳汇”, 平均每年NEP为70 g C·m ^-2·a ^-1, 高寒草原化草甸平均每年NEP为-5 g C·m ^-2·a ^-1, 几乎处于碳平衡状态, 但其源/汇动态极不稳定, 在2006年-88 g C·m ^-2·a ^-1的“碳源”至2008年54 g C·m ^-2·a ^-1的“碳汇”之间转换, 具有较大的变异性。这两种高寒生态系统源/汇动态的差异主要源于归一化植被指数(NDVI)的差异, 因为NDVI无论在年际水平还是季节水平都是NEP最直接的影响因子; 其次, 灌丛草甸还具有较高的碳利用效率(CUE, CUE = NEP/GPP), 而年降水量和NDVI是决定两生态系统CUE大小的关键因子。两地区除了CO₂通量大小的差异外, 其环境影响因子也有所不同。采用结构方程模型进行的通径分析表明, 灌丛草甸生长季节CO₂通量的主要限制因子是温度, NEP和GPP主要受气温控制, 随着气温升高而增加; 而草原化草甸的CO₂通量多以季节性干旱导致的水分限制为主, 其次才是气温的影响, 受二者的共同限制。此外, 两生态系统生长季节生态系统呼吸主要受GPP和5 cm土壤温度的直接影响, 其中GPP起主导作用, 非生长季节生态系统呼吸主要受5 cm土壤温度影响。该研究还表明, 水热因子的协调度是决定青藏高原高寒草地GPP和NEP的关键要素。     

四种作物光下暗呼吸速率降低的原因

以C₃作物(小麦, Triticum aestivum和大豆, Glycine max)和C₄作物(玉米, Zea mays和千穗谷, Amaranthus hypochondriacus)为例, 探讨了其光下暗呼吸速率降低的原因。结果表明, 2% O₂条件下, CO₂浓度为0时, 叶室CO₂浓度维持在0左右, 而胞间CO₂浓度(C_i)显著高于叶室CO₂浓度。分析认为这是由于此时植物的暗呼吸仍在正常进行。因此, 该测量条件下的表观光合速率应为CO₂浓度为0时的光下暗呼吸速率(R_d)。CO₂浓度为0时, 不同光强下的R_d均随光强的升高而降低, 且在低光强(50 μmol·m^-2·s^-1)和高光强(2000 μmol·m^-2·s^-1)之间存在显著差异, 说明光强对R_d具有较大影响。在2% O₂条件下, 经饱和光强充分活化而断光后, 以上4种作物叶片的暗呼吸速率(R_n)均随着时间的推移而下降, 说明光强并未抑制暗呼吸速率。试验结果表明, R_d的降低是由于CO₂被重新回收利用所导致, CO₂回收利用率随光强的升高而增大, 从低光强(50 μmol·m^-2·s^-1)到高光强(2000 μmol·m^-2·s^-1), 小麦、大豆、玉米和千穗谷的回收利用率范围变动分别为22.65%-52.91%、22.40%-55.31%、54.24%-87.59%和72.43%-90.07%。     

温度和水分对科尔沁草甸湿地净生态系统碳交换量的影响

基于涡度相关和波文比气象土壤监测系统,研究了2016年科尔沁草甸湿地生态系统生长季5—9月CO₂通量的动态变化特征,分析了温度、水分等环境因子与其的响应关系.结果表明:生长季累计净生态系统碳交换量(NEE)为-766.18 g CO₂·m^-2,总初级生产力(GPP)和生态系统呼吸量(R_e)分别为3379.89和2613.71 g CO₂·m^-2,R_e/GPP为77.3%,表现为明显的碳汇.NEE各月平均日变化呈单峰“U”型曲线,其中5—7月和8月中旬表现为吸收CO₂,8月后半月和9月表现为释放CO₂.日间NEE与光合有效辐射(PAR)呈显著的直角双曲线关系,同时受饱和水汽压差(VPD)、土壤含水量(SWC)和气温(T_a)等环境要素调控.回归关系表明,日间NEE达到最大时,VPD和SWC值分别为1.75 kPa和35.5%,而NEE随T_a增加逐渐增大,当T_a达到最大时,并未对NEE产生抑制作用;夜间NEE随土壤温度(T_s)呈指数趋势上升.在整个生长季,生态系统呼吸的温度敏感性指数(Q₁₀)为2.4,且SWC越高,Q₁₀越小,夜间NEE受T_s和SWC共同调控.     

甲烷排放部分抵消湿地生态系统碳汇功能：全球数据分析

湿地生态系统是吸收全球大气二氧化碳(CO₂)的汇,同时土壤厌氧环境造成其是大气甲烷(CH₄)的源。尽管有证据表明,湿地生态系统CH₄排放部分抵消其对大气CO₂的净吸收,但目前未见全球尺度湿地CH₄排放对其净生态系统CO₂交换(NEE)抵消效应的研究。本研究分析了全球内陆湿地(泥炭湿地和非泥炭湿地)以及滨海湿地(海草床、盐沼和红树林)中同时测定湿地NEE和CH₄排放通量的数据。结果表明：各类型湿地生态系统均为大气CO₂的汇,NEE值排序为红树林(-2011.0 g CO₂·m^-2·a^-1)<盐沼(-1636.6 g CO₂·m^-2·a^-1)<非泥炭地(-870.8 g CO₂·m^-2·a^-1)<泥炭地(...     

库布齐沙漠东部不同生物结皮发育阶段土壤温室气体通量

以流动沙地为对照,采用时空替代法分析库布齐沙漠东部固定沙地上不同发育阶段生物结皮藻类结皮和地衣结皮土壤温室气体通量特征及其与环境因子之间的关系,研究生物结皮发育对荒漠土壤温室气体通量的影响.结果表明: 荒漠土壤CO₂排放通量大小为地衣结皮(128.5 mg·m^-2·h^-1)>藻结皮(70.2 mg·m^-2·h^-1)>流动沙地(48.2 mg·m^-2·h^-1),CH₄吸收通量大小为地衣结皮(30.4 μg·m^-2·h^-1)>藻结皮(21.2 μg·m^-2·h^-1)>流动沙地(18.2 μg·m^-2·h^-1),N₂O排放通量大小为地衣结皮(6.6 μg·m^-2·h^-1)>藻结皮(5.4 μg·m^-2·h^-1)>流动沙地(2.5 μg·m^-2·h^-1).CO₂排放具有明显的季节变化,生长季显著大于非生长季;CH₄和N₂O季节变化差异不显著,前者生长季吸收大于非生长季,后者非生长季排放大于生长季.土壤有机碳和全氮含量、土壤微生物数量均是影响温室气体通量的重要因素,环境水热因子是影响土壤CO₂排放的关键因子,但CH₄和N₂O通量对水热因子的变化不敏感.随着植被恢复和生物结皮发育,荒漠土壤温室气体累积通量的不断增大导致其百年尺度的全球增温潜势亦显著提高,依次为地衣结皮(1135.7 g CO₂-e·m^-2·a^-1)>藻结皮(626.5 g CO₂-e·m^-2·a^-1) >流动沙地(422.7 g CO₂-e·m^-2·a^-1).     

树干CO_2释放速率影响因素研究进展

树干CO2释放速率(stemCO2effluxrate,FCO2)是森林生态系统碳循环的重要组成部分,其占树木自养呼吸的14%～48%。对FCO2影响因素进行分析,对于了解全球碳循环以及森林生态系统对全球变暖的响应具有重要意义。本文综述了生物因素和非生物因素对FCO2的影响,指出这些因素不仅直接或间接影响FCO2,而且各因素间还存在交互作用,此外,各因素的影响程度也会随时间、空间而变化。在此基础上,本文提出了今后研究应集中在以下几方面:(1)运用有效方法分离树干释放CO2的各个组分,并分析各个组分与影响因素的关系,深入揭示FCO2变化机制;(2)加强生物、非生物因素交互影响FCO2动态模型的研究,用以提高模拟的准确性;(3)深入探讨FCO2的温度适应性。     

Tropical Montane Forest Restoration in Costa Rica: Overcoming Barriers to Dispersal and Establishment

Tropical forests are being cleared at an alarming rate although our understanding of their ecology is limited. It is therefore essential to design restoration experiments that both further our basic knowledge of tropical ecology and inform management strategies to facilitate recovery of these ecosystems. Here we synthesize the results of research on tropical montane forest recovery in abandoned pasture in Costa Rica to address the following questions: (1) What factors limit tropical forest recovery in abandoned pasture? and (2) How can we use this information to design strategies to facilitate ecosystem recovery? Our results indicate that a number of factors impede tropical forest recovery in abandoned pasture land. The most important barriers are lack of dispersal of forest seeds and seedling competition with pasture grasses. High seed predation, low seed germination, lack of nutrients, high light intensity, and rabbit herbivory also affect recovery. Successful strategies to facilitate recovery in abandoned pastures must simultaneously overcome numerous obstacles. Our research shows that establishment of woody species, either native tree seedlings or early‐successional shrubs, can be successful in facilitating recovery, by enhancing seed dispersal and shading out pasture grasses. On the contrary, bird perching structures alone are not an effective strategy, because they only serve to enhance seed dispersal but do not reduce grass cover. Remnant pasture trees can serve as foci of natural recovery and may enhance growth of planted seedlings. Our results highlight the importance of: (1) understanding the basic biology of an ecosystem to design effective restoration strategies; (2) comparing results across a range of sites to determine which restoration strategies are most generally useful; and (3) considering where best to allocate efforts in large‐scale restoration projects.     

Comparison of the mass and energy exchange of a pasture and a mature transitional tropical forest of the southern Amazon Basin during a seasonal transition

This research utilized tower‐based eddy covariance to quantify the trends in net ecosystem mass (CO₂ and H₂O vapor) and energy exchange of important land‐cover types of NW Mato Grosso during the March–December 2002 seasonal transition. Measurements were made in a mature transitional (ecotonal) tropical forest near Sinop, Mato Grosso, and a cattle pasture near Cotriguaçú, Mato Grosso, located 500 km WNW of Sinop. Pasture net ecosystem CO₂ exchange (NEE) was considerably more variable than the forest NEE over the seasonal transition, and the pasture had significantly higher rates of maximum gross primary production in every season except the dry–wet season transition (September–October). The pasture also had significantly higher rates of whole‐ecosystem dark respiration than the forest during the wetter times of the year. Average (±95% CI) rates of total daily NEE during the March–December 2002 measurement period were 26±15 mmol m^?2 day^?1 for the forest (positive values indicate net CO₂ loss by the ecosystem) and ?38±26 mmol m^?2 day^?1 for the pasture. While both ecosystems partitioned more net radiation (R_n) into latent heat flux (L_e), the forest had significantly higher rates of L_e and lower rates of sensible heat flux (H) than the pasture; a trend that became more extreme during the onset of the dry season. Large differences in pasture and forest mass and energy exchange occurred even though seasonal variations in micrometeorology (air temperature, humidity, and radiation) were relatively similar for both ecosystems. While the short measurement period and lack of spatial replication limit the ability to generalize these results to pasture and forest regions of the Amazon Basin, these results suggest important differences in the magnitude and seasonal variation of NEE and energy partitioning for pasture and transitional tropical forest.     

土壤呼吸对温度升高的适应

土壤呼吸是陆地生态系统碳循环的重要环节之一 ,其对温度升高的敏感程度在相当大的程度上决定着全球气候变化与碳循环之间的反馈关系。土壤呼吸对温度升高的适应是个比较普遍的现象 ,其表现形式主要为随着温度的持续升高和升温时间的延长 ,土壤呼吸对温度升高反应的敏感程度下降。产生这一现象的机制包括影响因子主导地位的转移和温度以外其他因子的协同变化。土壤呼吸对温度升高的适应可以视为碳循环对全球变暖的负反馈效应 ,它可能会在一定程度上缓和陆地生态系统对全球气候系统之间的耦合作用 ,并且导致土壤呼吸对全球温度升高响应的时空差异。由于目前生态系统模型多数没有考虑土壤呼吸的对温度升高的适应性 ,而采用统一的 Q1 0 值 ,其对未来土壤呼吸和未来气候变化幅度的预测可能存在偏差     

陆地植被的固碳功能与适用于碳贸易的生物固碳方式

碳贸易的核心问题是要有足够的碳封存量在抵消CO₂的排放之后还能有碳额度进入市场买卖。该文结合固碳概念,从固碳技术、减量成本、对生态系统碳汇功能的影响等多方面对目前存在的和有潜力的各种减排与固碳途径进行了比较分析,认为陆地植被对CO₂的吸收是最安全有效的固碳过程,它们能够在一定的浓度范围内吸收CO₂,从而节省分离、提纯等技术的费用。进而该文分别对森林、草地、农田等3种陆地植被的固碳功能与不同固碳策略对固碳效果的影响两个方面进行详细具体的比较分析,得出森林生态系统具有强大的碳吸收能力,草地与农田土壤有机碳库在固碳方面的作用也十分显著。最后结合我国实际,提出4项适用于碳贸易的生物固碳方式,即保护天然林,推广种植速生丰产人工林;保育天然草地、建设人工草地;建立规模化沼气产业链;注重利用边际土地种植生物质能源,促进生物质能源的开发。     

Photosynthetic Responses to Light for Rainforest Seedlings Planted in Abandoned Pasture, Costa Rica

Efforts to reforest tropical pasture with native tree species have increased in recent years, yet little is known about the physiology of most tropical trees. The goal of this study was to assess the effect of habitat on photosynthetic responses to light for seedlings of four native rainforest species (Calophyllum brasiliense, Ocotea glaucosericea, Ocotea whitei, and Sideroxylon portoricense) planted to facilitate tropical rainforest recovery in southern Costa Rica. Seedlings were planted in primary forest, in open abandoned pasture, and in the shade of remnant trees within the pasture. Growth, morphology, photosynthetic gas exchange responses to light, and chlorophyll fluorescence (an indication of the integrity of photosynthetic processes) were measured in the three habitats. Height and leaf area were generally greater for seedlings in tree shade compared to those in the forest and open pasture. Photosynthetic rates were higher for plants in open pasture and tree shade compared to those in the forest for two of the four species. Chlorophyll fluorescence results indicated flexibility in the photosynthetic processing of light energy that may help plants tolerate the bright light of the pasture. This study demonstrates that, for certain species, seedlings under remnant pasture trees do not exhibit the level of photosynthetic stress experienced in open abandoned pasture. Seedling responses to light, in combination with other factors such as increased nutrient input through litterfall, help explain the enhanced growth of seedlings under remnant pasture trees. Planting seedlings under remnant trees may increase the success of future efforts to restore tropical forest in abandoned agricultural land.     

Carbon sequestration potential of tropical pasture compared with afforestation in Panama

Tropical forest ecosystems play an important role in regulating the global climate, yet deforestation and land‐use change mean that the tropical carbon sink is increasingly influenced by agroecosystems and pastures. Despite this, it is not yet fully understood how carbon cycling in the tropics responds to land‐use change, particularly for pasture and afforestation. Thus, the objectives of our study were: (1) to elucidate the environmental controls and the impact of management on gross primary production (GPP), total ecosystem respiration (TER) and net ecosystem CO₂ exchange (NEE); (2) to estimate the carbon sequestration potential of tropical pasture compared with afforestation; and (3) to compare eddy covariance‐derived carbon budgets with biomass and soil inventory data. We performed comparative measurements of NEE in a tropical C₄ pasture and an adjacent afforestation with native tree species in Sardinilla (Panama) from 2007 to 2009. Pronounced seasonal variation in GPP, TER and NEE were closely related to radiation, soil moisture, and C₃ vs. C₄ plant physiology. The shallow rooting depth of grasses compared with trees resulted in a higher sensitivity of the pasture ecosystem to water limitation and seasonal drought. During 2008, substantial amounts of carbon were sequestered by the afforestation (–442 g C m^–2, negative values denote ecosystem carbon uptake), which was in agreement with biometric observations (–450 g C m^–2). In contrast, the pasture ecosystem was a strong carbon source in 2008 and 2009 (261 g C m^–2), associated with seasonal drought and overgrazing. In addition, soil carbon isotope data indicated rapid carbon turnover after conversion from C₄ pasture to C₃ afforestation. Our results clearly show the potential for considerable carbon sequestration of tropical afforestation and highlight the risk of carbon losses from pasture ecosystems in a seasonal tropical climate.     

Re‐forestation restores native dominance in an island beetle fauna

Native re‐forestation is a widely used restoration tool, typically undertaken with the expectation that planting native trees will initiate succession processes (including the re‐establishment of native fauna) that will eventually return the ecosystem to a native‐dominated state. Invertebrate groups can be used to assess restoration progress, as their life history traits enable them to respond more rapidly to environmental change than many other organisms. In this study, we assessed beetle responses to re‐forestation. Using two trapping methods (flight intercept traps and pitfall traps), we compared beetle assemblages in exotic pasture (pre‐restoration state), <10‐year‐old planted native forest (restoration intervention) and approximately 40‐year‐old unmanaged regenerating native forest (reference state). Analysis of the flight intercept‐trapped beetles suggests that re‐forestation has initiated a transition from an exotic‐dominated pasture fauna toward a native‐dominated fauna: in planted forests, 75% of all flight‐intercept‐trapped beetles were native (compared with 22% in pasture and 87% in unmanaged forest). Flight intercept‐trapped beetles also had higher native diversity and abundance in both forest types than in pasture. Pitfall‐trapped beetle species were predominantly native in both forest types, but there were few statistically significant differences between the forests and pasture in the pit‐fall trap data set. Both trapping methods detected significant compositional differences between the beetle assemblages in planted forest and unmanaged forest. Replanting native forest has increased native beetle diversity, abundance, and dominance (compared with the pre‐restoration state), but convergence with the unmanaged reference forest has not yet been achieved.     

西双版纳热带季节雨林干热季林冠上小气候特征及CO2通量的观测

热带森林在陆地生态系统中起着重要的作用,但是人们对它在碳循环中的作用却了解不多;近年来,为了对其进行深入研究,热带森林的CO2通量成为了研究的热点。应用微气象法中的开路系统涡度相关法,使用设置在西双版纳一片成熟的热带季节雨林中观测铁塔上的观测仪器所得的干热季7个晴好天气的CO2通量及小气候观测数据,对冠层的CO2通量及小气候特征进行了分析研究。研究结果表明:(1)热带季节雨林林冠上风速及摩擦风速在中午和上半夜较大,而后半夜和上午较小;风向有显著的昼、夜交替特征,昼间多为偏东风(45~135°),而夜间多为偏西风(250~280)°;(2)林冠上方气温和树冠面表温具有显著的日变化特征,树冠表温日变化幅度大于气温,热量由空气传向树冠中,在观测的7d中,气温有着较明显的升高趋势;(3)干热季林冠上湿度变化范围为26.5%~97.2%,饱和水汽压差数值大小介于0.3~30.5 hPa之间;(4)CO2浓度在364.5~408.5m l/m3之间变化,夜间浓度升高,而昼间CO2浓度降低;(5)地下5cm土壤温度与气温一样日变化规律明显,土壤含水量的变化幅度很小,在7d内其变化幅度维持在19.9%~23.3%之间,日变化幅度更小;(6)总体上讲林冠上方显热通量小于潜热通量,上午显热通量和潜热通量的数值基本相同,但是在中午和下午,潜热通量远大于显热通量,充分显示了西双版纳干热季热带雨林森林的热量支出主要是蒸腾耗热;(7)观测期间,生态系统净CO2交换(NEE)在-20.9~17.6μm o l/(m2.s)之间浮动,每天最大净CO2吸收速率在-20.9~-12.9μm o l/(m2.s)范围内。从生态系统净CO2交换的平均日变化看,昼间最大的净CO2吸收速率为-12.4μm o l/(m2.s),夜间最大的净释放速率为6.6μm o l/(m2.s)。净CO2交换的日累积量在-0.0665~0.0448m o l/m2范围内变化,7d的累积量为-0.0140 m o l/m2,表明在西双版纳干热季的7 d观测时间段里,热带季节雨林呈现弱的碳汇效应。     

CO2浓度倍增、高氮沉降和高降雨对南亚热带人工模拟森林生态系统土壤呼吸的影响

 土壤呼吸响应全球气候变化对全球C循环具有重要作用。应用大型开顶箱(Open-top chamber, OTC)人工控制手段, 研究了大气CO₂浓度倍增、高氮沉降和高降雨处理对南亚热带人工森林生态系统土壤呼吸的影响。结果表明: 对照箱、CO₂浓度倍增处理以及高氮沉降处理下土壤呼吸速率都具有明显的季节变化, 雨季(4~9月)的土壤呼吸速率显著高于旱季(10月至次年3月) (p<0.001); 但高降雨处理下无明显的季节差异(p>0.05)。CO₂浓度倍增能显著提高土壤呼吸速率(p<0.05), 其他处理则变化不大。大气CO₂浓度倍增、高氮沉降、高降雨处理和对照箱的土壤呼吸年通量分别为4 241.7、3 400.8、3 432.0和3 308.4 g CO₂·m^–2·a^–1。但在不同季节, 各种处理对土壤呼吸的影响是不同的。在雨季, 大气CO₂浓度倍增和高氮沉降的土壤呼吸速率显著提高(p<0.05), 其他处理无显著变化; 而在旱季, 高降雨的土壤呼吸速率显著高于对照箱(p<0.05), 氮沉降处理则抑制土壤呼吸作用(p<0.05)。各处理的土壤呼吸速率与地下5 cm土壤温度之间具有显著的指数关系(p<0.001); 当土壤湿度低于15%时, 各处理的土壤呼吸速率与地下5 cm土壤湿度具有显著的线性关系(p<0.001)。