种子散布位置对格氏栲幼苗根系形态及生长特征的影响

种子从母株掉落于地面萌发后,其根系在不同散布位置(凋落物上层、土壤表层和凋落物下层)的生长形态影响幼苗定居及建成,而目前对其根系形态及生长特征的了解并不充分,限制了对幼苗根系在不同散布下适应策略的理解。为此,以格氏栲(Castanopsis kawakamii)为研究对象,通过模拟种子在凋落物中位置,设置凋落物上层(种子下层铺垫2 cm和4 cm凋落物,U2和U4处理)、土壤表层与凋落物下层(种子上层覆盖0、2、4、6 cm和8 cm凋落物,CK、D2、D4、D6和D8处理)等3种散布,探讨不同散布位置对格氏栲幼苗根系9个生长指标的影响。结果表明：(1)种子散布位置对幼苗根干物质质量具有显著影响,D2处理达最大值。(2)D2处理的幼苗根长、根表面积、根尖数、分枝数和比根长高于其它处理;根系平均直径在D6处理达最大值。(3)相关分析表明根长、根表面积、根尖数、分枝数和比根长与根系平均直径呈显著负相关关系。(4)对根系9个生长指标提取主成分后聚类为4个类群,D2与D4处理各划分一类;U2与U4处理划分一类,其余三个处理划分一类。综上所述,凋落物浅层覆盖(D2处理)适宜格氏栲根系生长;凋落物...     

凋落物物理阻隔对格氏栲种子萌发及胚根生长的影响

为了探讨凋落物物理阻隔对格氏栲天然林自然更新状况的影响,通过模拟野外凋落物覆盖,设置格氏栲种子上层覆盖厚0 cm(CK)、2 cm(D2)、4 cm(D4)、6 cm(D6)、8 cm(D8)及种子下层铺垫厚2 cm(U2)、4 cm(U4)凋落物等7个处理,分析凋落物覆盖方式及厚度对格氏栲种子萌发及胚根生长的影响。结果表明:(1)凋落物覆盖方式及厚度对种子萌发进程存在显著影响。CK萌发持续时间最长,上层覆盖处理(D)次之,下层铺垫处理(U)的种子起始萌发时间显著滞后。(2)CK种子萌发率最高,其次D6处理发芽速度较快,发芽整齐;U处理较D处理的发芽率及发芽势均显著降低,且萌发抑制率显著增加。(3)D处理的种子胚根生长速度快,胚根长度大于CK;U处理的种子胚根生长速度呈先慢后快趋势。可见,凋落物是影响格氏栲种子萌发及胚根生长的重要因素,主要通过阻碍种子与土壤接触而抑制萌发,影响格氏栲林更新。     

壳斗科五树种幼苗叶片结构型性状及其相关关系

通过种子的人工采集、低温沙藏和温室培育后,将幼苗移栽到环境条件相同的同质园中自然生长,研究了中亚热带壳斗科丝栗栲(Castanopsis fargesii)、苦槠(C.sclerophylla)、锥栗(Castanea henryi)、板栗(C.mollissima)和麻栎(Quercus acutissima)2年生幼苗生长季节的叶面积、叶厚度、比叶面积、叶干物质含量、叶氮浓度、叶磷浓度和叶氮磷比7种结构型性状的差异及其相关关系。结果表明:(1)在5树种幼苗中,锥栗幼苗的叶面积和比叶面积最大、叶氮浓度最高,其叶干物质含量最低;丝栗栲幼苗的叶面积最小、叶氮浓度和叶磷浓度最低;苦槠幼苗的叶厚度和比叶面积最小,其叶干物质含量最高;板栗幼苗则是叶厚度最小;同时5树种幼苗叶片的氮磷比均无显著差异(P0.1)。(2)Pearson相关和线性回归分析表明,壳斗科5树种幼苗的叶面积与叶氮浓度极显著正相关(P0.01),并与比叶面积显著正相关(P0.05);叶厚度与比叶面积极显著负相关(P0.01),其与叶干物质含量显著正相关(P0.05);比叶面积与叶干物质含量极显著负相关(P0.01),并与叶氮浓度极显著正相关(P0.01),同时与叶磷浓度显著负相关(P0.05);叶氮浓度与叶干物质含量、叶磷浓度分别为显著负相关(P0.05)和显著正相关(P0.05)。该研究结果表明壳斗科5树种幼苗叶片的7种结构型性状表现出了一定的种间差异性,但同一结构型性状的大小顺序和种间差异的显著性不同;同时所有树种幼苗叶片各结构型性状间的相关性及其显著程度不同。     

中亚热带樟科3种植物幼苗叶结构型性状的种间差异及其相关性

为了揭示植物叶功能性状对全球气候变化的响应和适应规律,以樟科3种植物幼苗为研究对象,将其人工采集的种子经低温沙藏并于温室培育,然后将幼苗移栽到野外同质园中自然生长,研究中亚热带樟科植物刨花楠(Machilus pauhoi)、香樟(Cinnamomum camphora)和闽楠(Phoebe bournei)两年生幼苗生长季节9种叶结构型性状的种间差异及其相关性。结果显示,(1)在3种植物幼苗中,香樟叶面积、叶厚度、叶体积、叶氮磷比最大,叶氮浓度最高,叶组织密度最小;闽楠叶组织密度、叶干物质含量最大,叶磷浓度最高,叶面积、叶体积、比叶面积、叶氮磷比最小,叶氮浓度最低;刨花楠比叶面积最大,叶厚度、叶干物质含量最小,叶磷浓度最低;3种植物幼苗的叶厚度之间均无显著差异。(2)Pearson相关分析和线性回归分析结果表明,樟科3种植物幼苗的叶面积与叶体积间呈极显著正相关(P0.01)、与叶干物质含量间呈极显著负相关(P0.01)、与叶磷浓度间呈极显著负相关(P0.01)、与叶组织密度间呈显著负相关(P0.05)、与叶氮浓度间呈显著正相关(P0.05);叶厚度与比叶面积间呈显著负相关(P0.05)、与叶干物质含量间呈显著正相关(P0.05);叶体积与叶组织密度间呈极显著负相关(P0.01)、与叶氮浓度间呈极显著正相关(P0.01)、与叶磷浓度间呈显著负相关(P0.05);叶组织密度与叶磷浓度间呈显著正相关(P0.05);比叶面积与叶干物质含量间呈极显著负相关(P0.01)、与叶磷浓度间呈极显著负相关(P0.01);叶干物质含量与叶磷浓度间呈极显著正相关(P0.01)。这表明在同质园中生长的刨花楠、香樟和闽楠幼苗的9种叶结构型性状表现出一定的种间差异,不同物种同一叶结构型性状指标的大小顺序、种间差异及其显著性不同;3种植物幼苗不同叶结构型性状之间的相关性及其显著程度也不同。本研究结果为揭示樟科3种植物幼苗叶功能性状对全球气候变化的响应和适应规律提供了基础数据。     

大针茅草原6种主要植物叶凋落物和根系分解特征与功能性状的关系

开展凋落物分解特征与植物功能性状间的关系研究对于认识生态系统功能的维持机制至关重要。为了阐明不同物种叶凋落物和根系分解的主要影响因素, 该研究以大针茅(Stipa grandis)典型草原的大针茅、糙隐子草(Cleistogenes squarrosa)、知母(Anemarrhena asphodeloides)、羊草(Leymus chinensis)、银灰旋花(Convolvulus ammannii)和黄囊薹草(Carex korshinskyi) 6种植物的叶凋落物和根系为研究对象, 采用凋落物袋法通过501天的野外分解实验对叶凋落物和根系的分解速率常数进行研究, 并测定6种植物的叶片干物质含量、根比表面积、根组织密度以及叶凋落物和根系的碳(C)、氮(N)含量、纤维组分含量等功能性状, 探讨了6种植物叶凋落物和根系的分解特征与其功能性状之间的关系。结果表明, 6种植物叶片和根系性状的种间差异显著, 大部分性状的最大值和最小值的比值在1到2之间, 而个别性状如根系的C:N和根比表面积相差近4倍。叶凋落物和根系在分解过程中质量剩余率与分解速率常数整体变化趋势都表现出前期分解迅速, 中期相对变缓, 后期分解最慢的规律; 并且糙隐子草的叶凋落物和根系分解最慢, 而银灰旋花的叶凋落物分解最快, 知母根系分解最快。通过相关分析和逐步回归分析发现, 在不同分解时期, 叶凋落物和根系的分解过程受到不同性状的影响。结构性碳水化合物含量是叶凋落物前期和后期分解以及根系前期分解的主要影响因素, 非结构性碳水化合物含量则是根系中期和后期分解的主要影响因素; 另外, 叶凋落物在分解中期的分解速率主要受叶片干物质含量的影响, 根系在分解中期和后期的分解速率还分别受到根系C:N和N含量的显著影响。研究结果对于预测大针茅草原的碳和养分循环过程具有重要指导意义。     

浇水频率和凋落物覆盖量对黧蒴锥种子萌发及幼苗存活的影响

黧蒴锥是华南用于人工造林和生态恢复的优良乡土树种.选取浇水频率和凋落物覆盖量两个控制因子,研究在不同的土壤湿度和凋落物覆盖量条件下,黧蒴锥种子萌发及幼苗存活和生长特征.结果表明: 凋落物对黧蒴锥种子萌发和幼苗生长的影响与环境的潮湿程度相关.当浇水频率为每天1次时,凋落物覆盖会抑制黧蒴锥种子萌发和幼苗早期生长,导致种子萌发率降低、幼苗死亡率提高; 在浇水频率为2 d 1次和3 d 1次时,凋落物覆盖可以改善土壤的水分状况,有助于种子萌发和幼苗存活.凋落物覆盖还可以显著地提高幼苗的生物量.在通过播种来实现亚热带灌木林地更新时,可利用凋落物覆盖促进黧蒴锥的种子萌发和幼苗存活.     

根系在凋落物层生长对凋落叶分解及酶活性的影响

根系向凋落物层生长是森林生态系统存在的普遍现象,研究根系存在对凋落物分解的影响对理解森林生态系统的养分物质循环具有重要意义。在福建三明市楠木和格氏栲林进行1年的凋落叶分解试验,设置有根处理和无根处理(对照),研究根系生长对凋落叶分解速率、养分释放和酶活性的影响。结果表明: 在分解360 d后,有根处理楠木和格氏栲凋落叶干重残留率比对照分别降低8.4%和19.7%;根系在分解前期(90~180 d)对凋落叶分解影响最为显著。在分解360 d后,与对照相比,有根处理凋落叶碳、氮、磷残留率在楠木人工林分别降低6.0%、19.1%和20.6%,在格氏栲人工林分别降低21.3%、23.2%和20.5%。在整个分解过程中,根系生长对凋落叶水解酶活性无显著影响;在分解180 d时,楠木和格氏栲有根处理凋落叶过氧化物酶活性比对照显著升高111.4%和92.4%。碳、氮、磷残留率与纤维素水解酶、β-葡萄糖苷酶、酸性磷酸酶和过氧化物酶活性呈显著负相关。根系在凋落物层生长会通过养分吸收和刺激氧化酶活性来加速凋落叶分解和养分释放过程。     

车桑子幼苗生物量分配与叶性状对氮磷浓度的响应差异

调整叶性状和生物量分配格局是植物适应环境变化的主要途径, 研究车桑子(Dodonaea viscosa)幼苗生物量分配与叶性状对氮磷浓度的响应对认识车桑子在氮磷浓度变化下的适应策略具有重要意义。该研究通过砂培法, 测定不同氮浓度(3、5、15、30 mmol·L^-1)与不同磷浓度(0.25、0.5、1、2 mmol·L^-1)下车桑子幼苗的生长、生物量分配、叶性状的响应特征及其相互关系。结果表明: 高浓度氮(30 mmol·L^-1)促进了车桑子幼苗生长、叶片氮含量和生物量积累, 其余氮添加条件(3、5、15 mmol·L^-1)下车桑子幼苗各性状无显著差异, 但相比高氮水平, 其生物量积累和叶片氮含量显著降低, 根冠比和氮利用效率显著增加。随着磷添加浓度的增加, 车桑子幼苗生物量显著增加, 低磷条件(0.25、0.5 mmol·L^-1)限制了车桑子幼苗生长和生物量积累, 其根冠比和磷利用效率均没有发生显著变化, 但比叶面积和叶/茎生物量比例显著增加, 叶干物质含量显著降低。氮处理下, 叶片氮含量与根冠比显著负相关; 磷处理下, 叶片氮含量与比叶面积显著正相关。同时, 氮处理下, 车桑子幼苗株高、基径、总生物量等生长性状均与根冠比显著负相关, 与叶片氮含量显著正相关, 表明根冠比和叶片氮含量的调整在车桑子适应氮限制中发挥重要作用; 而磷处理下, 株高、基径、总生物量与比叶面积显著负相关, 与叶干物质含量显著正相关, 表明叶片结构性状的调整在车桑子适应低磷环境中具有重要意义。该研究表明, 车桑子幼苗生物量分配和叶性状及性状间的权衡策略对氮、磷的响应具有明显差异性, 在今后的研究中, 应关注氮和磷对植物性状影响的差异性。     

不同土壤水分条件下香樟凋落叶覆盖对土壤碳氮循环的影响

凋落物作为森林生态系统碳库的重要组成部分对森林土壤碳、氮循环具有重要作用.为探讨香樟凋落叶对土壤碳、氮循环的影响,室内模拟研究了10%、20%和30% 3种土壤含水量条件下香樟凋落叶覆盖森林土壤中碳、氮元素的变化.结果表明: 3种含水量条件下香樟凋落叶覆盖均显著增加了土壤CO₂排放速率和土壤溶解性有机碳(WSOC)含量,但显著降低了土壤中硝态氮含量,表明香樟凋落叶覆盖能够增强土壤呼吸强度和碳矿化,抑制土壤硝化作用;香樟凋落叶覆盖能够显著增加10%含水量土壤中铵态氮含量,但降低了20%和30%含水量土壤铵态氮含量,表明香樟凋落叶覆盖对土壤铵态氮含量的影响与土壤含水量有关.香樟凋落叶中部分单萜烯浓度在不同土壤含水量条件下分别与土壤CO₂排放速率和铵态氮含量呈显著正相关,而与土壤WSOC和硝态氮含量呈显著负相关,说明香樟凋落叶覆盖对土壤碳、氮循环的影响可能与凋落叶中的单萜烯有关.     

Different responses of biomass allocation and leaf traits of Dodonaea viscosa to concentrations of nitrogen and phosphorus

调整叶性状和生物量分配格局是植物适应环境变化的主要途径, 研究车桑子(Dodonaea viscosa)幼苗生物量分配与叶性状对氮磷浓度的响应对认识车桑子在氮磷浓度变化下的适应策略具有重要意义。该研究通过砂培法, 测定不同氮浓度(3、5、15、30 mmol·L^-1)与不同磷浓度(0.25、0.5、1、2 mmol·L^-1)下车桑子幼苗的生长、生物量分配、叶性状的响应特征及其相互关系。结果表明: 高浓度氮(30 mmol·L^-1)促进了车桑子幼苗生长、叶片氮含量和生物量积累, 其余氮添加条件(3、5、15 mmol·L^-1)下车桑子幼苗各性状无显著差异, 但相比高氮水平, 其生物量积累和叶片氮含量显著降低, 根冠比和氮利用效率显著增加。随着磷添加浓度的增加, 车桑子幼苗生物量显著增加, 低磷条件(0.25、0.5 mmol·L^-1)限制了车桑子幼苗生长和生物量积累, 其根冠比和磷利用效率均没有发生显著变化, 但比叶面积和叶/茎生物量比例显著增加, 叶干物质含量显著降低。氮处理下, 叶片氮含量与根冠比显著负相关; 磷处理下, 叶片氮含量与比叶面积显著正相关。同时, 氮处理下, 车桑子幼苗株高、基径、总生物量等生长性状均与根冠比显著负相关, 与叶片氮含量显著正相关, 表明根冠比和叶片氮含量的调整在车桑子适应氮限制中发挥重要作用; 而磷处理下, 株高、基径、总生物量与比叶面积显著负相关, 与叶干物质含量显著正相关, 表明叶片结构性状的调整在车桑子适应低磷环境中具有重要意义。该研究表明, 车桑子幼苗生物量分配和叶性状及性状间的权衡策略对氮、磷的响应具有明显差异性, 在今后的研究中, 应关注氮和磷对植物性状影响的差异性。     

Fire,canopy cover and seedling dynamics in Mediterranean shrubland of northeastern Spain

Abstract. Seedling establishment and survival of the main woody species of early-successional shrubland in northeastern Spain were studied from 1992 to 1995 with emphasis on the importance of vegetation cover (existence of open areas and the situation beneath the plant canopy) and microhabitat (occurrence of stones, litter and bare soil). In the absence of fire, vegetation cover (measured at a scale of 30cm × 30 cm) was not correlated with seedling emergence of most species, nor with growth and survival of seedlings up to one year old. Seedlings older than one year showed a similar pattern: their density was not significantly different in both kinds of habitats. The emergence of seedlings was mainly associated with the presence of mature plants – which can provide seeds – and with the absence of unsuitable microhabitats (large stones, deep litter and bare soil). In April 1994 a wildfire burned the study area. This enabled a study of the pattern of post-fire establishment. After the wildfire, seedling emergence of several species increased and most species produced seedlings with higher survival and growth rates than in the period before the fire. Pre-fire cover, however, did not show significant effects on post-fire seedling dynamics in most cases.     

Ontogenetic photosynthetic changes, dispersal and survival of Thalassia testudinum (turtle grass) seedlings in a sub-tropical lagoon

Northward expansion of Thalassia testudinum (turtle grass) in Laguna Madre is occurring faster than can be explained by rhizome growth. We hypothesized that seedling establishment can account for the measured rates of meadow expansion and that seedling carbohydrate reserves are utilized until the plant is photosynthetically self-sufficient. To address seedling establishment, we estimated seed output, seedling dispersal and survival. Carbon dynamics were calculated from measurements of biomass allocation, non-structural carbohydrate carbon reserves and photosynthetic parameters in relation to T. testudinum seedling age. Potential seed production calculated for 1996 was consistent with field observations and was estimated at 66±14 seeds m⁻² bare area. Fruits can be positively buoyant for up to 10 days, while seeds were generally buoyant for <1 day. Water current measurements, made at about the time of seed release, indicate a positive net transport of 1.5 km d⁻¹ to the north. Seedling survival in laboratory culture after 6 months was 96% compared to 11% in the field after 1 year. The average root:rhizome+seed:leaf ratio changed from 0:11:1 for a 1 week old plant to 1:3:1 for a 15 month old plant. Seedlings used to determine whole plant photosynthesis ranged in age from about 1 week (0.25 months) to 15 months. Gross P_max increased from 80 to 220 μmol O₂ gdw sht⁻¹ h⁻¹, while whole plant respiration decreased from 170 to 60 μmol O₂ gdw sht⁻¹ h⁻¹. As the photosynthetic parameters changed, the average non-structural carbohydrate carbon (NSCC) reserves of the seeds decreased from 24 to 3.0 mg NSCC plant⁻¹. Subsequent increases in NSCC were the result of rhizome development. Daily carbon balance, assessed using H_sat periods of 8–18 h d⁻¹, predicts that T. testudinum seedlings become photosynthetically self-sufficient between 2 and 6 months. The unique characteristics of T. testudinum, including seed buoyancy, high seed production and survival rates, coupled with ontogenetic changes in carbon allocation and production imply that sexual reproduction can be important in the long distance dispersal and colonization for this species.     

Establishment and growth of seedlings of Eucalyptus obliqua: Interactive effects of litter,water, and pathogens

We studied how leaf litter, water and fungal pathogens affect the establishment, survivorship, and growth of Eucalyptus obliqua using glasshouse and field experiments. In a glasshouse experiment, the presence of leaf litter of E. obliqua increased the establishment of seedlings when the seeds were placed beneath the litter, but dense litter layers reduced seedling emergence when seeds were placed on top. Results from a complementary experiment suggest that the effect of litter may be mediated by the high humidity microenvironment it creates, which may enhance imbibition of unburied seeds. In another glasshouse experiment, litter in combination with excessive water applications reduced seedling emergence and increased seedling mortality, but the addition of fungicide reverted these effects. Litter with lower water application or fungicide added increased seedling emergence. In all cases higher biomass in seedlings growing in litter treatments was associated with earlier emergence. In two recently burnt sites, the density of seedlings of E. obliqua was positively correlated to the presence of litter. Experimental addition of litter in the field reduced soil temperature during the summer, and together with watering, increased soil water content, and the water potential of established seedlings. However, neither treatment had any positive effect on their growth or survivorship. On the contrary, litter addition reduced the height and number of leaves, probably as a result of increased herbivory. We conclude that in Mediterranean-type systems litter may produce various effects on seedling establishment depending on their developmental stage, and the season.     

凋落叶多样性对杉木幼苗生长及吸收15N标记硫铵的影响

利用¹⁵N硫铵研究了凋落叶多样性对杉木幼苗生长及养分吸收的影响.结果表明,凋落叶多样性的增加有利于盆栽杉木幼苗的生长.杉木、火力楠、红栲和刺楸4种凋落叶混合处理后,杉木幼苗的生长量最大;杉木、火力楠、刺楸3种凋落叶混合处理后的杉木幼苗生长量次之,其它依次为杉木、火力楠、红栲3种凋落叶混合处理>杉木和刺楸凋落叶处理>杉木和红栲凋落叶处理>对照>杉木和火力楠2种凋落叶混合处理>杉木凋落叶处理.就杉木幼苗对硫铵氮的吸收率而言,不作任何处理的杉木幼苗吸收率最高,其次为杉木、火力楠、红栲和刺楸4种凋落叶混合处理,其它依次为杉木、火力楠、刺楸3种凋落叶混合处理和杉木、火力楠、红栲3种凋落叶混合处理>杉木和刺楸凋落叶处理>杉木和红栲凋落叶处理>杉木和火力楠2种凋落叶混合处理>杉木凋落叶处理.另外,用凋落叶处理后,土壤中硫铵氮的残留量比不作凋落叶处理的土壤多,硫铵氮的总回收量也比不作凋落叶处理的土壤大幅增加,而且凋落叶多样性的增加也会增加硫铵氮的残留量.     

九连山次生阔叶林幼苗生长对氮磷添加的响应

以亚热带森林的幼苗群落为对象,设置对照(CK)、氮添加(100 kg N·hm^-2·a^-1)、磷添加(50 kg P·hm^-2·a^-1)和氮+磷添加(100 kg N·hm^-2·a^-1+50 kg P·hm^-2·a^-1)4种处理的施肥样地,测定幼苗的株高、地径、冠幅、比叶面积、死亡率等指标,研究氮磷添加下幼苗的生长与群落结构的变化及其驱动力。结果表明: 与未施肥相比,磷添加下幼苗的株高增长率、地径增长率分别显著下降45.1%和30.3%;主要建群树种死亡率受到施肥的影响,氮添加显著增加米槠幼苗死亡率至25.1%,氮磷施肥显著提高丝栗栲死亡率至25.1%~31.3%,而氮添加、磷添加显著降低了木荷和润楠的死亡率;施肥显著降低了幼苗群落中木荷和丝栗栲的重要值,氮添加、磷添加显著增加了润楠幼苗的重要值。氮+磷添加显著降低了幼苗群落的Shannon指数、Simpson指数;幼苗生长主要受到土壤铵态氮、有效磷、全氮、林冠开度及比叶面积的影响,而幼苗死亡率主要受到土壤铵态氮、有效磷和林冠开度的影响。综合来看,氮磷添加主要通过调控土壤氮磷速效养分,进而改变叶片功能性状来影响幼苗的生长;加速外生菌根树种(米槠和丝栗栲)的死亡,改变幼苗群落建群种的重要值,降低物种多样性, 最终可能改变亚热带次生阔叶林成年树的群落结构。     

热带、亚热带典型森林-土壤系统植硅体碳演变规律

分别选取中国亚热带毛竹林、马尾松林、青冈林、杉木林和热带青梅林、芭蕉林、橡胶林、马占相思林8种森林类型,采集其鲜叶、凋落叶以及0～10和10～30 cm土层土壤,通过微波消解法提取其中的植硅体,并采用碱溶法测定植硅体中碳含量.结果表明: 4种亚热带森林类型鲜叶、凋落叶和0～10 cm土层中植硅体碳含量均以马尾松林(230.24、229.17、20.87 g·kg^-1)最高,毛竹林(30.55、37.37、3.38 g·kg^-1)最低,10～30 cm土层则以青冈林(18.54 g·kg^-1)最高,毛竹林(2.90 g·kg^-1)最低.热带森林鲜叶中植硅体碳含量以马占相思林(377.66 g·kg^-1)最高,青梅林(46.83 g·kg^-1)最低,凋落叶中则是橡胶林(218.23 g·kg^-1)最高,芭蕉林(27.66 g·kg^-1)最低,而0～10和10～30 cm土层土壤中均以马占相思林(23.84、24.90 g·kg^-1)最高,芭蕉林(3.89、3.93 g·kg^-1)最低.与0～10 cm表层土相比,杉木林、青冈林、马尾松林、毛竹林、橡胶林、马占相思林、芭蕉林和青梅林鲜叶植硅体碳含量分别下降97.4%、94.9%、90.9%、88.9%、95.9%、93.7%、93.3%和63.7%.青冈林、芭蕉林和马占相思林鲜叶植硅体碳含量显著高于凋落叶,而毛竹林、马尾松林、杉木林、青梅林和橡胶林之间无显著差异.8种森林类型土壤植硅体碳含量均显著低于鲜叶和凋落叶,表明植硅体在通过凋落物释放到土壤的过程中是不稳定的.     

生石灰和钙镁磷肥对酸化川党参土壤的改良效果

为解决川党参生产过程中土壤酸化的问题,研究不同用量生石灰和钙镁磷肥处理酸化土壤后川党参的种子萌发、幼苗生长及土壤交换性酸和微生物群落结构的变化.结果表明:与对照相比,生石灰和钙镁磷肥处理酸化土壤后显著提高了川党参种子的成苗率,增幅分别为147.7%～326.7%和270.1%～311.2%,川党参幼苗的株高最大增幅分别为516.7%和546.3%,根长最大增幅分别为798.0%和679.2%.生石灰和钙镁磷肥用量为1‰～4‰时,川党参幼苗的叶绿素相对含量、抗氧化酶活性和可溶性蛋白含量均显著提高,丙二醛和超氧阴离子自由基含量显著降低,土壤pH分别提高0.88～2.02个单位和0.23～1.19个单位,土壤交换性铝含量分别下降53.0%～95.3%和17.6%～81.3%.生石灰和钙镁磷肥用量为2‰～4‰时,土壤中细菌和放线菌的丰度显著增加;2‰生石灰和4‰钙镁磷肥处理显著降低土壤中真菌的丰度.盆栽试验显示,生石灰和钙镁磷肥用量分别为1‰～4‰时,川党参根茎鲜重分别提高40.5%～78.5%和28.4%～78.8%.综上,生石灰和钙镁磷肥改良酸化川党参土壤(pH 4.12,土壤容重1.15 g·cm^-3,耕作层厚度15 cm)的适宜施用量分别为1.73～3.45 t·hm^-2和3.45～6.90 t·hm^-2;酸化土壤经处理后可达到川党参幼苗生长的适宜土壤pH(5.5～6.5).     

Offspring spatial patterns in Picconia excelsa (Oleaceae) in the Canarian laurel forest

We studied the spatial patterns of seedlings and seeds in isolated Picconia excelsa (Oleaceae) trees in the laurel forest of Anaga, Tenerife (Canary Islands). By finding isolated trees we assessed the correlation of seed and seedling bank traits and parent trees by removing the confounding effects of proximity (<100 m radius) of conspecific fruiting trees. We counted all the seedlings per age (height) class within its parental range, and sampled the seed number along transects departing from beneath the parent canopy at regular intervals. We mapped all seedlings per age class and plotted seed and seedling profiles in relation to distance to parent trees. Older Picconia seedlings tended to clump significantly further from parent trees than younger seedlings, which clumped just beneath the parents. We found significant differences among distances to parent tree in numbers of seedlings per age class. The seedling bank area was significantly correlated with maximum distance of seedlings to parent trees. The majority of seeds were deposited within the first 4 m below the parent crown. Seedlings amount at further distances from the trees is larger than seeds/fruits as counted on the ground. Our results suggest that disseminated, older seedlings have occupied germination sites far from the parent tree because there is probably lower seedling–seedling and parent–seedling competition for resources, and perhaps no intraspecific allelopathy and predation/disease.     

Seed dispersal, seedling establishment and gap partitioning among tropical pioneer trees

1 We examined the abundance and distribution patterns of pioneer seeds in the soil seed bank, and of pioneer seedlings in 53 recently formed gaps, in a 50‐ha forest dynamics plot on Barro Colorado Island (BCI), Panama. The aim was to assess the importance of dispersal limitation (failure of seeds to arrive at all sites suitable for their germination) and establishment limitation (failure of seeds having reached a site to germinate successfully and establish as seedlings) in determining patterns of gap occupancy.
2 The abundance of seeds in the soil seed bank was strongly negatively correlated with seed size, but was not correlated with the abundance of reproductive‐sized adult trees in the plot. In contrast, the abundance of pioneer seedlings > 10 cm height in natural gaps was strongly correlated with adult abundance, but was not correlated with seed size.
3 Seedlings were non‐randomly distributed among gaps, but seedling abundance was not directly related to gap size, and there was no evidence of partitioning of the light environment of gaps by small seedlings. Large differences in growth and mortality rates among species were observed after 1 year, and this may result in the gap size partitioning previously found in saplings of the same species.
4 Seedlings of most species, particularly those with large seeds, were relatively more abundant than expected in gaps close to their conspecific adults. Proximity to reproductives, and by inference dispersal limitation, therefore exerts some effect on seedling distribution. None the less, large differences between seed and seedling abundances for some species, and low seedling occupancy rates in some gaps close to adult conspecifics, suggest that seedling emergence probabilities and species‐specific establishment requirements may also be important determinants of local abundance.