榄仁树的生理和生物学特性

为了解榄仁树(Terminalia catappa)的生理生态特性,对西沙群岛永兴岛上自然生长的榄仁树的叶片形态、生理特征、营养元素含量以及根际土壤特征进行了研究。结果表明,榄仁树具有比叶面积低、叶片厚、气孔密度小等形态特征。叶绿素a/b为2.25∶1,低于理论值3∶1。叶片的SOD和POD活性较低,脯氨酸和ABA含量较高。植物体内养分含量较高,适生土壤养分含量低。这说明榄仁树叶片的吸收利用光能能力较强,保水能力较好,有较强的抗干旱和抗逆能力,适生于贫瘠的土壤并保持较高的叶片营养。因此,榄仁树是一种能够适应高温、干旱、贫瘠等恶劣生境条件的树种,可作为热带珊瑚岛植被恢复的工具种和园林绿化树种。     

半干旱典型草原养分添加对优势物种叶片氮磷及非结构性碳水化合物含量的影响

在7年的养分添加(对照、低磷、低氮、低氮高磷和高氮低磷)试验基础上,测定了内蒙古半干旱典型草原优势种大针茅(Stipa grandis)和羊草(Leymus chinensis)叶片氮、磷、可溶性碳水化合物和淀粉含量。结果表明:两物种叶片氮、可溶性碳水化合物、淀粉及非结构性碳水化合物含量对养分添加有显著的响应(P0.05),养分添加与物种有显著的交互作用(P0.05);加氮显著增加了两物种植物叶片氮含量(P0.05),单加N处理显著降低了两物种叶片中的淀粉含量(P0.05),单加磷处理显著增加了羊草叶片可溶性碳水化合物含量(P0.05),高氮低磷处理显著降低两物种叶片非结构性碳水化合物总量(P0.05)。大针茅叶片各变量对磷添加无明显的响应,其叶片相对较高的C/N、C/P和可溶性碳水化合物/淀粉比,表明其具有相对较高的可直接利用的碳水化合物以及较高的氮、磷养分利用效率;羊草对外源养分的添加具有相对较强的竞争吸收能力。     

海人树的生态生物学特性

海人树(Suriana maritima)是海人树科的一种滨海观赏植物，目前在中国仅分布于南海诸岛。该文以西沙群岛自然生长的海人树为研究对象，通过调查、采样，分析测定其茎杆及其叶片的形态解剖结构、叶片的抗氧化酶活性和抗逆渗透物质含量，以及叶片与生长土壤的营养元素含量等生态生物学特性。结果表明：(1)海人树的叶片小而厚，角质层明显，栅栏组织发达，气孔密度小(8.64 n·mm^-2),易于维持体内水分，能很好地适应干旱和高盐碱的环境；叶片的叶绿素含量低(0.76 mg·g^-1),总抗氧化能力高(589.50 U·g^-1),脯氨酸含量高(1 123.64μg·g^-1),表明海人树光合利用效率高，抗氧化能力强。(2)海人树根际土壤的养分含量低，而叶片有机碳、氮、磷含量较高(分别为490.27、18.10、3.81 g·kg^-1),表明海人树的土壤养分利用效率高，对贫瘠的土壤具有良好的适应能力。综上表明，海人树对强光、干旱、高盐碱和土壤贫瘠的热带珊瑚岛环境具有良好的适应能力，可作为热带珊...     

重庆石灰岩地区主要木本植物叶片性状及养分再吸收特征

以重庆石灰岩地区15种常绿木本植物和14种落叶木本植物为研究对象,对两种生活型植物叶片衰老前后叶干物质含量(LDMC)、比叶面积(SLA)和叶片厚度(LT)进行了比较,并采用不同的计算方法(单位质量叶片养分含量、单位面积叶片养分含量)分析了两类植物叶片衰老前后养分含量及再吸收特征,最后对养分再吸收效率与其他叶性状因子之间的关系进行了相关分析。结果表明:常绿植物成熟叶LDMC、LT及衰老叶LT显著低于落叶植物,落叶植物成熟叶和衰老叶SLA均显著高于常绿植物(P0.05);基于单位质量叶片计算的养分含量,常绿植物成熟和衰老叶N、P量均低于落叶植物,而基于单位面积叶片计算的N、P含量则表现出相反的趋势;基于不同方法计算的N、P再吸收效率差异不明显,其中常绿植物基于单位质量叶片养分含量计算的N、P平均再吸收效率为39.42%、43.79%,落叶植物的为24.08%、33.59%;常绿和落叶植物N、P再吸收效率与LDMC、SLA、LT和成熟叶N、P含量之间没有显著相关性,但与衰老叶养分含量存在显著负相关(P0.05)。研究发现,无论是常绿植物还是落叶植物,衰老叶N、P含量均较低,表明石灰岩地区植物具有较高的养分再吸收程度。     

EM菌结合有机物料还田对桃园土壤理化性质及桃叶片光合特性的影响

为研究EM菌肥结合有机肥与秸秆覆草施用对桃园土壤理化性质及桃叶片光合特性的影响,在山东省临沂市一晚熟品种蜜桃桃园设置有机肥配施EM菌肥(EM-O)、秸秆配施EM菌肥(EM-S)和对照(CK)三个处理,测定不同处理土壤容重、孔隙度、有机质含量、有效养分含量,分析各处理间桃叶片叶绿素a、叶绿素b及总叶绿素含量的差异。结果表明:EM-O和EM-S处理显著提高了土壤有效氮、磷、钾及有机质含量,且EM-S处理显著增加土壤毛管孔隙度;EM-S处理显著提高桃叶片叶绿素a的含量;对土壤指标和植物光合特征指标间的多元逐步线性回归分析发现,桃叶片叶绿素a含量、总叶绿素含量与土壤有效钾含量呈显著正相关。综上,有机物料配施EM菌肥显著提高桃园土壤有效养分含量,尤其是10~20 cm土层养分含量;相对于有机质、有效氮和有效磷等养分,有效钾含量对桃叶片光合特性影响更大。     

中国热带珊瑚岛橙花破布木(Cordia subcordata)的生物学特性

橙花破布木(Cordia subcordata)为紫草科常绿小乔木, 生长在沿海荒地以及红树林边缘, 是我国西沙群岛和南沙太平岛的优势乡土树种。对其叶片生理生态学特征、叶片营养元素含量、土壤营养元素含量进行了测定, 结果表明, 橙花破布木叶片栅栏组织排列较为紧密有序, 而海绵组织则排列较疏松无序, 具备明显的阳生性特征; 叶片面积大, 可竞争到更多的光照;叶片下表皮气孔数多, 利于同化二氧化碳并积累干物质; 上表皮厚, 比叶面积小、导管直径和导管密度大, 叶导水率低, 木质部密度大, 这些生理生态特征有利于其充分利用水分, 并适应干旱环境。橙花破布木叶片超氧化物歧化酶(SOD)活性较高, 脯氨酸(PRO)和脱落酸(ABA)含量较高, 但丙二醛(MDA)的含量较低, 说明其对逆境的耐受性较强。橙花破布木体内养分含量较高, 而其生长的土壤养分含量低, 说明其养分吸收和利用能力较高。因此, 橙花破布木对高温、强光、干旱、贫瘠具有较强的适应能力, 因而在热带滨海地区的绿化和防风林建设方面具有良好的应用前景。     

增温对若尔盖高寒草本沼泽木里薹草氮磷重吸收的影响

养分重吸收是植物重要的营养保存机制和养分循环的重要组成部分,温度变化会影响植物养分吸收。为了探讨若尔盖高原沼泽湿地植物木里薹(Carex muliensis)草养分重吸收特征对气候变暖的响应,本研究通过野外模拟增温实验,测定木里薹草成熟叶片和衰老叶片的氮(N)、磷(P)含量并分析其重吸收效率差异。结果表明：木里薹草叶片N、P含量均值分别为11.44和1.19 mg·g^-1,N重吸收效率(NRE)、P重吸收效率(PRE)均值分别为61.8%和69.0%,增温显著降低了成熟叶片氮含量,显著提高了衰老叶片磷含量(P<0.01),对成熟叶片磷含量和衰老叶片氮含量没有显著影响;增温显著降低了成熟叶片和衰老叶片N∶P(P<0.01)及NRE(P<0.05)和PRE(P<0.01);木里薹草叶片氮磷重吸收效率与成熟叶片氮磷含量呈显著正相关,与衰老叶片氮磷含量呈显著负相关;木里薹草生长受P限制,而增温可能导致限制情况发生变化,木里薹草叶片养分重吸收还可能受到化学计量调控。研究结果将有助于了解和预测若尔盖高原养分循环对未来气候变化的响应,并为气候变暖下高寒草...     

辽东山区主要阔叶树种叶片养分含量和再吸收对落叶时间的影响

凋落物是森林生态系统养分的重要来源, 叶片脱落时间是影响其分解的关键因素。东北温带森林中蒙古栎(Quercus mongolica)落叶时间较其他树种晚, 在山脊等贫瘠立地叶片甚至第二年春天才脱落。我们假设: 相对于其他树种, 蒙古栎叶片养分元素含量过高、再吸收时间长, 导致叶片延迟脱落。为验证假设, 除蒙古栎外, 选择了落叶时间居中的色木槭(Acer mono)和落叶较早的胡桃楸(Juglans mandshurica)为对象, 持续监测叶片从成熟至凋落过程中叶片养分元素含量, 包括大量元素: 氮(N)、磷(P)、钾(K)、钙(Ca)和镁(Mg), 微量元素: 铁(Fe)、铜(Cu)、锰(Mn)和锌(Zn); 并分析养分再吸收率。结果表明: 蒙古栎成熟叶养分元素含量介于对照树种之间; 凋落叶N、P和K含量低于对照树种, Fe和Mn含量高于对照树种, 其余元素含量介于对照树种之间。该结果不支持“蒙古栎叶片养分含量过高”假设。蒙古栎叶片N、P和K再吸收率高于对照树种, 再吸收率高低与其落叶时间完全一致; 叶片Cu和Zn再吸收率与对照树种无显著差异; 叶片其余元素未发生再吸收, 其累积率与对照树种无显著差异; 说明养分再吸收与养分含量无关, 可能与树种的种专一性相关, 可能会影响叶片脱落时间。由于蒙古栎多生长在贫瘠土壤, 其成熟叶无法积累更多养分; 为避免叶片脱落后养分进入土壤被其他物种利用, 将养分尽量回收储存于自身, 即蒙古栎叶片养分再吸收过程较长, 叶片脱落较晚。生长在极端贫瘠立地的蒙古栎叶片次年春天才落叶, 可能是由于再吸收一直在进行, 来不及脱落而保留至新生长季开始。落叶晚的树种养分再吸收率高、有利于自身养分保存, 更能适应贫瘠土壤, 反之亦然。     

科尔沁沙地主要植物细根和叶片碳、氮、磷化学计量特征

弄清半干旱区植物叶片和细根的碳(C)、氮(N)、磷(P)元素的化学计量特征及其关联性对于认识植物C、N、P元素之间的交互作用及平衡制约关系、植物的养分利用策略,以及对全球变化的响应具有重要的意义。该研究对科尔沁沙地60种主要植物叶片和细根的C含量、N含量、P含量、C:N、C:P、N:P的差异性及其相关性进行了研究。结果表明:1)科尔沁沙地60种主要植物叶片平均C含量、N含量、P含量和C:N:P分别为424.20 mg·g~(-1)、25.60 mg·g~(-1)、2.10 mg·g~(-1)和202:12:1。细根平均C含量、N含量、P含量和C:N:P分别为434.03 mg·g~(-1)、13.54 mg·g~(-1)、1.13 mg·g~(-1)和384:12:1。细根N、P含量近似等于叶片平均N、P含量的1/2;叶片与细根的N:P并无显著差异,具有明显的保守性,反映了植物地上和地下养分吸收与分配比例的一致性;2)不同生活型植物间叶片和细根的C、N、P含量及其化学计量比存在显著差异,杂类草植物具有较高的叶片N、P含量,禾草类植物具有较高的叶片C:N和C:P,一年生杂类草和禾草类植物叶片的N:P较低。与非豆科植物相比,豆科植物具有较高的C、N含量和较低的C:N,表明不同生活型植物对养分的适应策略不同;3)相关分析表明,叶片和细根的N、P含量间显著正相关,细根C含量与N含量之间以及C含量与P含量之间显著负相关,表明植物体内这3种元素之间存在相互作用;4)科尔沁沙地植物叶片和细根间的C、N、P含量及化学计量比均有显著的正相关关系,说明植物光合产物和养分在地上和地下部分之间分配具有平行的比例关系,但不同生活型植物叶片和细根之间元素含量的相关性存在一定差异,这可能与不同生活型植物的养分利用效率有关。     

Effects of leaf nutrient concentration and resorption on leaf falling time of dominant broadleaved species in a montane region of eastern Liaoning Province,China

凋落物是森林生态系统养分的重要来源, 叶片脱落时间是影响其分解的关键因素。东北温带森林中蒙古栎(Quercus mongolica)落叶时间较其他树种晚, 在山脊等贫瘠立地叶片甚至第二年春天才脱落。我们假设: 相对于其他树种, 蒙古栎叶片养分元素含量过高、再吸收时间长, 导致叶片延迟脱落。为验证假设, 除蒙古栎外, 选择了落叶时间居中的色木槭(Acer mono)和落叶较早的胡桃楸(Juglans mandshurica)为对象, 持续监测叶片从成熟至凋落过程中叶片养分元素含量, 包括大量元素: 氮(N)、磷(P)、钾(K)、钙(Ca)和镁(Mg), 微量元素: 铁(Fe)、铜(Cu)、锰(Mn)和锌(Zn); 并分析养分再吸收率。结果表明: 蒙古栎成熟叶养分元素含量介于对照树种之间; 凋落叶N、P和K含量低于对照树种, Fe和Mn含量高于对照树种, 其余元素含量介于对照树种之间。该结果不支持“蒙古栎叶片养分含量过高”假设。蒙古栎叶片N、P和K再吸收率高于对照树种, 再吸收率高低与其落叶时间完全一致; 叶片Cu和Zn再吸收率与对照树种无显著差异; 叶片其余元素未发生再吸收, 其累积率与对照树种无显著差异; 说明养分再吸收与养分含量无关, 可能与树种的种专一性相关, 可能会影响叶片脱落时间。由于蒙古栎多生长在贫瘠土壤, 其成熟叶无法积累更多养分; 为避免叶片脱落后养分进入土壤被其他物种利用, 将养分尽量回收储存于自身, 即蒙古栎叶片养分再吸收过程较长, 叶片脱落较晚。生长在极端贫瘠立地的蒙古栎叶片次年春天才落叶, 可能是由于再吸收一直在进行, 来不及脱落而保留至新生长季开始。落叶晚的树种养分再吸收率高、有利于自身养分保存, 更能适应贫瘠土壤, 反之亦然。     

热带滨海植物红厚壳的抗逆生物学特性

为了解红厚壳(Calophyllum inophyllum)的抗逆特性,对西沙群岛自然生长的红厚壳叶片的形态解剖、生理生态、以及叶片和适生土壤的元素含量进行了研究。结果表明,红厚壳是阳生性植物,其上表皮厚,海绵组织发达且栅栏组织排列紧密,气孔排列松散且密度小(24.40 mm~(-2)),有利于叶片保水抵御干旱。叶片的叶绿素a、b含量低(分别为0.87和0.43 mg g~(-1)),表明红厚壳具适应强光环境的能力。叶片的MDA含量低(13.46 nmol g~(-1)),PRO含量高(127.89μg g~(-1)),SOD活性高(149.42 U g~(-1)),总抗氧化能力高(388.60 U g~(-1)),显示红厚壳能通过提高自身的抗氧化能力抵御膜脂过氧化伤害。红厚壳自然生长的珊瑚岛土壤较为贫瘠、营养元素含量低,但红厚壳植株体内具有较高的营养元素含量,表明红厚壳营养元素利用率高,对于贫瘠土壤具有很好的适应能力。因此,红厚壳具有较高的抗氧化胁迫能力和耐受干旱的能力,适宜生长在热带珊瑚岛等土壤贫瘠的生境,可以作为热带珊瑚岛防风固沙和植被恢复的工具种。     

西沙群岛草海桐的抗逆生物学特性

热带珊瑚岛由于光照强、季节性干旱明显、土壤贫瘠、保水能力差而少有植物生长。草海桐(Scaevola sericea)是一种典型的热带滨海植物,是西沙群岛珊瑚岛植被中的主要建群种,在海岛和海岸带防风固沙及植被生态恢复等方面发挥着重要作用。该研究对西沙群岛自然环境下草海桐的形态解剖学特征、抗氧化能力、抗逆性物质含量及营养元素含量等进行了研究。结果表明:草海桐具有阳生性植物特征,叶片及上表皮厚、气孔密度小、导管直径及水力导管直径大,有利于其适应珊瑚岛干旱环境; 其体内的超氧化物歧化酶和过氧化氢酶活性与其他受胁迫植物相比较要高,脱落酸含量也较高,表明草海桐对珊瑚岛环境具有较强的适应性及抗逆性; 其根际土壤养分含量偏低,但植物体内营养元素含量却较高,表明草海桐对土壤养分的利用效率高。这说明草海桐能够很好地适应干旱、贫瘠的珊瑚砂环境,具有较强的抗逆及适应能力。     

Sagebrush carbon allocation patterns and grasshopper nutrition: the influence of CO2 enrichment and soil mineral limitation

Summary Artemisia tridentata seedlings were grown under carbon dioxide concentrations of 350 and 650 l l^–1 and two levels of soil nutrition. In the high nutrient treatment, increasing CO₂ led to a doubling of shoot mass, whereas nutrient limitation completely constrained the response to elevated CO₂. Root biomass was unaffected by any treatment. Plant root/shoot ratios declined under carbon dioxide enrichment but increased under low nutrient availability, thus the ratio was apparently controlled by changes in carbon allocation to shoot mass alone. Growth under CO₂ enrichment increased the starch concentrations of leaves grown under both nutrient regimes, while increased CO₂ and low nutrient availability acted in concert to reduce leaf nitrogen concentration and water content. Carbon dioxide enrichment and soil nutrient limitation both acted to increase the balance of leaf storage carbohydrate versus nitrogen (C/N). The two treatment effects were significantly interactive in that nutrient limitation slightly reduced the C/N balance among the high-CO₂ plants. Leaf volatile terpene concentration increased only in the nutrient limited plants and did not follow the overall increase in leaf C/N ratio. Grasshopper consumption was significantly greater on host leaves grown under CO₂ enrichment but was reduced on leaves grown under low nutrient availability. An overall negative relationship of consumption versus leaf volatile concentration suggests that terpenes may have been one of several important leaf characteristics limiting consumption of the low nutrient hosts. Digestibility of host leaves grown under the high CO₂ treatment was significantly increased and was related to high leaf starch content. Grasshopper growth efficiency (ECI) was significantly reduced by the nutrient limitation treatment but co-varied with leaf water content.     

Effects of light and nutrient availability on the growth,allocation, carbon/nitrogen balance,phenolic chemistry,and resistance to herbivory of two freshwater macrophytes

Phenotypic responses of Potamogeton amplifolius and Nuphar advena to different light (7% and 35% of surface irradiance) and nutrient environments were assessed with field manipulation experiments. Higher light and nutrient availability enhanced the growth of P. amplifolius by 154% and 255%, respectively. Additionally, biomass was allocated differently depending on the resource: high light availability resulted in a higher root/shoot ratio, whereas high nutrient availability resulted in a lower root/shoot ratio. Low light availability and high nutrient availability increased the nitrogen content of leaf tissue by 53% and 40% respectively, resulting in a 37% and 31% decrease in the C/N ratio. Root nitrogen content was also increased by low light and high nutrient availability, by 50% (P=0.0807) and 77% respectively, resulting in a 20% and 40% decrease in root C/N ratio. Leaf phenolics were significantly increased 72% by high light and 31% by high nutrient availability, but root phenolic concentrations were not altered significantly. None of these changes in tissue constituents resulted in altered palatability to crayfish. N. advena was killed by the same high nutrient treatment that stimulated growth in P. amplifolius, preventing assessment of phenotypic responses to nutrient availability. However, high light availability increased overall growth by 24%, but this was mainly due to increased growth of the rhizome (increased 100%), resulting in a higher root/shoot ratio. High light tended to increase the production of floating leaves (P=0.09) and significantly decreased the production of submersed leaves. High light availability decreased the nitrogen content by 15% and 25% and increased the phenolic concentration by 88% and 255% in floating and submersed leaves, respectively. These differences in leaf traits did not result in detectable differences in damage by herbivores.     

Does the Gradualness of Leaf Shedding Govern Nutrient Resorption from Senescing Leaves in Mediterranean Woody Plants?

To reveal the environmental and substrate quality effects on decomposition process and enzyme activities, litterbag experiments containing Nuphar and Carex leaves, Nuphar rhizome, and Ranunculus shoot, were carried in five-subalpine marshes in Lake Tahoe basin, USA. Alkaline phosphatase, β-glucosidase, and β-xylosidase activities were determined by a fluorogenic method using methyumbelliferyl substrates. Carex leaves, Nuphar rhizome and leaves, and Ranunculus shoots lost, respectively, 33, 67, 82 and 93% of original dry weight over 268 days. Decay rates were different among substrates but not among marshes. Nitrogen and carbon contents increased during the first 58 days and subsequently remained stable. Phosphorus content was stable during the experimental period except for a decrease in the first 16 days in Nuphar shoots. Enzyme activities in decomposing Carex and Nuphar leaves in four marshes were not significantly affected by environmental conditions. β-glucosidase and β-xylosidase activities in decomposing Carex leaves increased with time, but in other plant tissue these enzyme activities remained stable during experimental period. Enzyme activities were significantly different among decomposing substrates. Alkaline phosphatase activity was highest in Nuphar leaves (ca. 1286 μ-mole h⁻¹ g DW −1) but lower and similar in other plant tissues (ca. 100 and 10 μ-mole h −1 g DW −1, respectively). This study showed differences in decay rates and enzyme activities rely on substrate and not the environment conditions of the study area. Decomposition rates in the early stage of decomposition were related to cumulative enzyme activities.     

滨豇豆的生态生物学特征

为探究滨豇豆(Vignamarina)的生态生物学特性及其对热带珊瑚岛的适应性,对西沙群岛野生滨豇豆的叶片形态解剖结构、生理特征和营养成分进行了分析。结果表明,滨豇豆具有叶片厚、比叶面积小、栅栏组织发达、气孔密度大、气孔面积指数大等形态特征,对减少蒸腾、保持水分起到重要作用。滨豇豆叶片的SOD活性和脯氨酸(Pro)含量高,丙二醛(MDA)含量低,表明抗氧化能力较强;滨豇豆叶片养分含量适中但其生境土壤养分含量很低,说明其对养分有着良好的吸收利用能力,利于适应贫瘠的环境。因此,滨豇豆具有能够较好地适应珊瑚岛礁高温、干旱、贫瘠生境的形态解剖结构和生理特征,加之其具有良好的固氮和养分利用能力,可作为热带珊瑚岛植被恢复的工具种。     

西沙群岛银毛树(Tournefortia argentea)的生态生物学特性

银毛树(Tournefortia argentea)为紫草科紫丹属常绿小乔木或灌木,是东半球热带海岸和海岛常见的先锋植物,具有重要的生态价值、观赏价值和食用价值。为掌握银毛树对热带珊瑚岛环境的生态适应机理,为其保护和开发利用提供基础资料,该研究以西沙群岛东岛自然生长的银毛树为对象,对其形态解剖结构、生理学特征、叶片营养元素和根际土壤的理化性质等进行了分析。结果表明:(1)银毛树具有叶表面气孔密度低、比叶面积小、海绵组织发达、枝条的空腔比高等特点,有较好的储水抗旱能力。(2)银毛树叶片表面有厚密白色绢毛覆盖,可以反射强光、降低水分散失,有利于其适应强光和干旱环境。(3)银毛树叶片的脯氨酸含量较高,能够很好地抵抗渗透胁迫,为细胞提供良好的生存环境。(4)银毛树生长的土壤呈强碱性,养分和水分含量较低,但其叶片营养元素含量正常,表明其对土壤养分的利用率高,能够很好地适应瘠薄的土壤环境。(5)银毛树木质部密度低,枝干脆弱易折,可防止被大台风连根拔起,同时枝干含水丰富,有利于其抵抗台风及树冠的快速恢复。因此,银毛树能较好适应干旱、强光和瘠薄的滨海沙滩环境,在热带珊瑚岛(礁)或滨海地区防风固沙及植被恢复方面有较好的应用前景。     

Nutrient content and seasonal fluctuations in the leaf component of coark-oak (Quercus suber L.) litterfall

Nutrient content and seasonality of the leaf component in cork-oak litterfal were studied over a two year period in two cork-oak forest sites differing in biomass and edaphic condition in the north-eastern Iberian peninsula. Fallen senescent leaves compared to young leaves showed higher non-mobile nutrient concentrations and lower mobile nutrient concentrations, specially P, N, K, and Mg. At both sites, seasonal fluctuations affected both leaf production and leaf mineral content. The maximum leaf fall period correspond to the start of the vegetative growth and to the lowest N and P concentration in the falling leaves. The opposite was true for the winter, when litterfal was minimal and N and P content in falling leaves was at a maximum.The comparison between falling leaves and canopy leaves suggests that the analysis of fallen leaves can be a useful measure of N and P nutrition in cork-oak. We found site dependent differences in nutrient content and nutrient remobilization. In comparison with Q. ilex, although litter production was in the same range, nutrient retranslocation was greater for Q. suber.     

南方红壤侵蚀区芒萁叶片对微地形的响应

植物功能性状可以反映植物应对环境变化的响应策略。该文以芒萁为研究对象,主要采用单因素方差分析和冗余分析,比较了3种微地形(沟脊、沟壁、沟底)中环境因子和芒萁叶片功能性状的差异,分析了芒萁对浅沟微地形的响应及其适应策略。结果表明:(1)芒萁叶片功能性状的总体变异程度在0.05～0.47之间,叶厚和叶面积均表现为沟底>沟壁>沟脊(P<0.05),沟壁的叶氮含量显著高于沟脊和沟底,沟脊的叶磷含量显著低于沟壁和沟底,比叶面积和叶碳含量在3种微地形间均无显著差异。(2)沟脊的芒萁通过减小叶面积来降低水分散失进行自我保护,沟壁的芒萁通过增加叶氮含量来提高叶片光合速率而促进生长,沟底的芒萁通过增大叶面积来提高光捕获能力而促进生长。综上结果认为,土壤养分和温湿条件的差异,促使芒萁通过调节营养物质含量和改变叶片形态以更好地适应环境。