枯落物分解研究方法和模型讨论

由于研究目的、尺度范围和要求精度的不同,枯落物分解的研究方法各异：野外分解袋法是最直接和最准确的方法,但是耗时太长;室内分解培养法与野外分解袋法相似,但具有灵活设计试验方案的优越性;现量估算法方法简捷,但是只对进入稳定发展和动态平衡阶段的生态系统可以获得较好的精度;综合平衡法能反映整个生长历史时期的枯落物分解速率平均水平,但其准确性取决于对历年凋落物量预测的精度。在枯落物分解模型中,分解率概算模型只适合于林地枯落物积累达到动态平衡时的情况,所以作者提出了另外的枯落物动态平衡模型予以修正;时间衰减模型以Olson指数模型为典型代表,但由于在应用过程中存在一些问题,也提出了相应的修正办法;影响因子关系模型包括基质质量因子关系模型、非生物环境因子关系模型和生物因子关系模型等类型。作者提出构建过程模型将是未来枯落物分解模型研究的方向。     

上海市大莲湖池杉林三种优势植物枯落物分解动态

用枯落物分解网袋法,对上海市大莲湖湿地池杉林内3种优势植物池杉(Taxodium ascendens)、孔雀稗(Echinochloa cruspavonis)、日本看麦娘(Alopecurus japonicus)的枯落物进行了190 d的分解培养,测定了分解速率及其C、N、P养分元素释放动态.用收集器法对池杉林枯落物的数量进行了研究.结果表明,池杉林内池杉每年产生枯落物量为5.70t·hm-2,是该林地枯落物的主要来源.3种植物枯落物的分解速率(枯落物的干重量损失)依次为日本看麦娘＞孔雀稗＞池杉.C元素含量在3种植物枯落物中随时间显著下降;N、P元素在池杉枯落物中均有不同程度的富集,而在日本看麦娘和孔雀稗中则没有发生富集现象.     

辽东山区主要森林类型林地土壤涵蓄水性能的研究

从森林涵养水源的角度,对辽宁省东部山区相同年龄的５种主要森林类型林地土壤的涵蓄水性能进行了研究．结果表明,各森林类型林地枯落物贮量为１０．８７～１８．６７ｔ·ｈｍ－２,针叶林下枯落物贮量大于阔叶林;枯落物的蓄水量为３７．１１～５７．６５ｔ·ｈｍ－２,枯落物蓄水量与枯落物贮量成正比;各森林类型林地表层５０ｃｍ土壤的涵蓄水量在８１７．７～９３７．６ｔ·ｈｍ－２;天然柞树林下的土壤具有最好的渗透性和最高的蓄水力,其次为阔叶混交林、红松人工林、落叶松人工林和油松林人工林．天然阔叶林较人工针叶林具有更好的涵养水源性能．     

林地枯落物最佳蓄积量确定方法的探讨

本文根据最优化理论原理,在综合考虑森林枯落物抑制土壤蒸发、控制土壤侵蚀及影响土壤矿质层温度三个主要的生态因子的前提下,提出了确定林地枯落物最佳蓄积量的方法。研究工作中,依此确定出华北落叶松人工林和辽东栎林地的枯落物最佳蓄积量分别为16.0吨/公颐和10.5吨/公顷。通过改变模型中的参数,本方法可用于任何立地环境中去。     

全球变化对陆地生态系统枯落物分解的影响

了解枯落物分解对大大二氧化碳浓度增高,气候变暖和降水变化的反应,对深入理解陆地生态系统土壤有机物形成和碳的固化能力（Carbonh sequestration)十分重要。通过分析业已发表的文献,实验室根系分解实验和美国西北部针叶林叶片的分解实验,旨在评估大气二氧化碳浓度增高,气候变暖和降水化对陆地生态系统枯落物分解的可能影响,大气二氧化碳浓度增高可通过降低枯落物质量和增加草原生态系统土壤水分间接地影响枯落物分离,根据17项研究结果,大气二氧化碳浓度加倍可导致木本和草本枯落物平均氮含量降低19．6％和9．4％;木质素／氮化值增高36．3％和5．5％,枯落物质地的降低通常导致枯落物分解减慢。气候变暖一般加速枯落物的分解,但是用于表示这种促进作用的Q10随着温度的增高而降低,全球降水变化对陆地生态系统枯落物分解的影响不但取决于现有水分条件而且还以决于降水变的程度。以美国西北部地的针叶林为例,降水改变对森林生态系统枯落物分解的影响将是 多元的,有的增加,有的降低,而有的相对不变,最后,指出了今后 在方该领域有待加强的几个研究方面。     

陕西省森林生态系统碳储量分布格局分析

为明晰陕西省森林生态系统碳储量分布格局, 基于2009年森林资源清查资料和2011年调查所得样地实测数据, 对陕西省森林生态系统碳储量、碳密度及其空间分布特征进行了研究分析。结果表明: 陕西省森林生态系统总碳储量为790.75 Tg, 土壤层、植被层和枯落物层碳储量分别占总碳储量的72.14%、26.52%和1.34%; 其中, 栎类碳储量在各森林类型中所占比重最大(44.17%), 中、幼龄林是陕西省森林生态系统碳储量的主要贡献者, 约占总碳储量的49%。陕西省森林生态系统平均碳密度为123.70 t·hm^-2, 土壤层最大, 枯落物层最小, 植被层居中; 碳密度均随龄级增加而升高, 同一龄级表现为天然林高于人工林生态系统。此外, 陕西省森林生态系统碳储量、碳密度分布格局不尽一致, 反映了森林覆盖面积及森林质量对碳储量的影响。未来应加强林地抚育管理水平, 增加造林再造林面积以增加碳储存, 应对全球气候变化。     

Analysis on carbon stock distribution patterns of forest ecosystems in Shaanxi Province

 为明晰陕西省森林生态系统碳储量分布格局, 基于2009年森林资源清查资料和2011年调查所得样地实测数据, 对陕西省森林生态系统碳储量、碳密度及其空间分布特征进行了研究分析。结果表明: 陕西省森林生态系统总碳储量为790.75 Tg, 土壤层、植被层和枯落物层碳储量分别占总碳储量的72.14%、26.52%和1.34%; 其中, 栎类碳储量在各森林类型中所占比重最大(44.17%), 中、幼龄林是陕西省森林生态系统碳储量的主要贡献者, 约占总碳储量的49%。陕西省森林生态系统平均碳密度为123.70 t·hm^–2, 土壤层最大, 枯落物层最小, 植被层居中; 碳密度均随龄级增加而升高, 同一龄级表现为天然林高于人工林生态系统。此外, 陕西省森林生态系统碳储量、碳密度分布格局不尽一致, 反映了森林覆盖面积及森林质量对碳储量的影响。未来应加强林地抚育管理水平, 增加造林再造林面积以增加碳储存, 应对全球气候变化。     

地上枯落物的累积、分解及其在陆地生态系统中的作用

了解陆地生态系统地上枯落物的累积和分解过程对认识它的生态作用、通过管理地上枯落物调控陆地生态系统功能和服务有重要意义。综述了陆地生态系统地上枯落物的积累和分解过程及其影响因素,然后概括了通过这些过程地上枯落物所发挥的生态作用,最后,在全球变化背景下,基于当前研究进展提出陆地生态系统地上枯落物研究的前景。地上枯落物累积在时间尺度上一般遵循植物的生命周期,同时也受环境因子的调控。大的空间尺度上,枯落物累积主要受水热因子控制,伴随植被类型的变化,表现随纬度升高而减少的趋势。然而,在局域尺度内,枯落物累积除受水、热因子限制,还被群落结构、土壤条件、植食动物等因素影响,表现较大变异性。当前,人类干扰作为一个不可忽视的因素,正在强烈甚至不可逆转的改变地表植被覆盖和枯落物累积。地上枯落物的分解过程包括淋溶、光降解、土壤动物和微生物分解,这些过程同时进行并相互影响。尽管目前还不清楚,但区分这些分解过程和分解产物的去向对了解陆地生态系统物质循环有重要意义。枯落物分解首先被自身类型、化学组成、物种多样性决定,同时也受分解者群体、非生物环境影响。其中,枯落物分解与其化学特性、物种多样性及土壤养分状况的关系是研究的热点,也是广泛争议的焦点。通过累积和分解,地上枯落物对陆地生态系统有物理、化学、生物作用。目前,枯落物的物理和化学作用研究较为透彻,而由于受枯落物数量、环境条件、响应植物特征或一些有待挖掘的未知因素的共同限制,地上枯落物的生物作用,尤其对植物的作用在不同研究中仍没有达成普遍的共识。全球变化可能影响地上枯落物累积、分解和生态作用。在全球变化的背景,研究地上枯落物产量和性状变化、阐明枯落物分解的分室模型、继续分析枯落物性状和分解关系、深入揭示枯落物的生态作用及其制约因素,理解和预测地上枯落物数量和质量变化对陆地生态系统功能和服务的影响是必要的。     

冀北山区滦平县4种新造林地水源涵养能力研究

为研究密云水库上游冀北山区生态水源保护林的生长现状和涵养水源能力,以油松×落叶松(林地Ⅰ)、油松×山杏(林地Ⅱ)、油松×蒙古栎(林地Ⅲ)、侧柏×山杏(林地Ⅳ)4种混交林为研究对象,通过测定林下枯落物层和土壤层特征,分析比较不同林地枯落物和土壤的持水能力及林地水源涵养能力。研究结果表明:枯落物现存量为林地Ⅱ林地Ⅳ林地Ⅰ林地Ⅲ,林地Ⅱ的枯落物层有效持水量最大,为81.30 t/hm~2,林地Ⅰ最小。土壤总孔隙度、毛管孔隙度和非毛管孔隙度最大的均为林地Ⅳ,分别为56.02%、50.26%和5.76%,林地Ⅳ的土壤层有效持水量最大,为1507.90 t/hm~2,林地Ⅲ最小。综合4种林地的枯落物层和土壤层持水能力,可知林地Ⅳ(侧柏×山杏)的水源涵养能力最强,为157.43 mm,林地Ⅲ(油松×蒙古栎)最弱。     

西南山区典型森林枯落物储量及持水能力

目前西南山区枯落物水源涵养能力的研究主要集中在单点尺度上,其结果难以用于评估整个西南山区枯落物储量及持水能力。本研究整理了2004—2021年西南山区站点尺度的研究结果,对比分析了西南山区3种典型森林(共16个研究点,70个数据)枯落物储量及持水特性。结果表明: 针叶林、阔叶林、针阔混交林枯落物持水过程整体变化趋势一致,均可分为3个阶段:迅速吸水→逐渐减慢→趋于稳定。但不同森林类型各阶段吸水速率和持续时间不同,阔叶林吸水速率最快,针叶林吸水速率最慢且达到稳定时所需时间最长。不同林型枯落物储量之间差异不显著,3种林型枯落物总储量介于8.26～8.82 t·hm^-2,半分解层枯落物储量显著的空间差异性造成了枯落物总储量显著的空间差异性。3种森林枯落物总最大持水量介于17.85～19.87 t·hm^-2,枯落物最大持水率介于200.6%～228.0%。不同森林枯落物最大持水量与枯落物储量均呈显著正相关。3种森林枯落物总有效拦蓄量介于11.66～12.29 t·hm^-2,枯落物总有效拦蓄率介于128.1%～145.2%。西南山区3种林型2种分解程度枯落物储量及持水能力差异均不显著。     

Litter Decomposition Within the Canopy and Forest Floor of Three Tree Species in a Tropical Lowland Rain forest,Costa Rica

The rain forest canopy hosts a large percentage of the world's plant biodiversity, which is maintained, in large part, by internal nutrient cycling. This is the first study to examine the effects of site (canopy, forest floor) and tree species (Dipteryx panamensis, Lecythis ampla, Hyeronima alchorneoides) on decay rates of a common substrate and in situ leaf litter in a tropical forest in Costa Rica. Decay rates were slower for both substrates within the canopy than on the forest floor. The slower rate of mass loss of the common substrate in the canopy was due to differences in microclimate between sites. Canopy litter decay rates were negatively correlated with litter lignin:P ratios, while forest floor decay rates were negatively correlated with lignin concentrations, indicating that the control of litter decay rates in the canopy is P availability while that of the forest floor is carbon quality. The slower cycling rates within the canopy are consistent with lower foliar nutrient concentrations of epiphytes compared with forest floor-rooted plants. Litter decay rates, but not common substrate decay rates, varied among tree species. The lack of variation in common substrate decay among tree species eliminated microclimatic variation as a possible cause for differences in litter decay and points to variation in litter quality, nutrient availability and decomposer community of tree species as the causal factors. The host tree contribution to canopy nutrient cycling via litter quality and inputs may influence the quality and quantity of canopy soil resources.     

长白山白桦(Betula platyphlla)纯林和白桦山杨 (Populus davidiana)混交林凋落物的分解

采用交互分解实验,研究长白山白桦叶片和白桦、山杨与水曲柳混合叶片在白桦纯林和白桦山杨混交林内的分解过程。两年的分解实验结果表明,两种类型叶片均存在一个快速分解阶段和一个慢速分解阶段,森林类型和凋落物类型对凋落物分解率的影响在快速分解阶段不显著而在慢速分解阶段显著;混交林内的环境促进了凋落物分解和养分元素释放;在同一林型内,底物质量高的混合叶片其分解率和养分元素释放率均大于底物质量低的白桦叶片;凋落物的底物质量在一定程度上可以抵消森林类型对凋落物分解的影响;白桦山杨混交林混合叶片分解速率和养分元素释放率要显著大于白桦纯林内的白桦叶片,说明白桦山杨混交林的物质循环速度和养分元素供应能力要显著大于白桦纯林。     

长白山白桦(Betula platyphlla)纯林和白桦山杨 (Populus davidiana)混交林凋落物的分解

采用交互分解实验,研究长白山白桦叶片和白桦、山杨与水曲柳混合叶片在白桦纯林和白桦山杨混交林内的分解过程。两年的分解实验结果表明,两种类型叶片均存在一个快速分解阶段和一个慢速分解阶段,森林类型和凋落物类型对凋落物分解率的影响在快速分解阶段不显著而在慢速分解阶段显著;混交林内的环境促进了凋落物分解和养分元素释放;在同一林型内,底物质量高的混合叶片其分解率和养分元素释放率均大于底物质量低的白桦叶片;凋落物的底物质量在一定程度上可以抵消森林类型对凋落物分解的影响;白桦山杨混交林混合叶片分解速率和养分元素释放率要显著大于白桦纯林内的白桦叶片,说明白桦山杨混交林的物质循环速度和养分元素供应能力要显著大于白桦纯林。     

Slowed decomposition is biotically mediated in an ectomycorrhizal, tropical rain forest

Bacteria and fungi drive the cycling of plant litter in forests, but little is known about their role in tropical rain forest nutrient cycling, despite the high rates of litter decay observed in these ecosystems. However, litter decay rates are not uniform across tropical rain forests. For example, decomposition can differ dramatically over small spatial scales between low-diversity, monodominant rain forests, and species-rich, mixed forests. Because the climatic patterns and soil parent material are identical in co-occurring mixed and monodominant forests, differences in forest floor accumulation, litter production, and decomposition between these forests may be biotically mediated. To test this hypothesis, we conducted field and laboratory studies in a monodominant rain forest in which the ectomycorrhizal tree Dicymbe corymbosa forms >80% of the canopy, and a diverse, mixed forest dominated by arbuscular mycorrhizal trees. After 2 years, decomposition was significantly slower in the monodominant forest (P < 0.001), but litter production was significantly greater in the mixed forest (P < 0.001). In the laboratory, we found microbial community biomass was greater in the mixed forest (P = 0.02), and the composition of fungal communities was distinct between the two rain forest types (P = 0.001). Sequencing of fungal rDNA revealed a significantly lower richness of saprotrophic fungi in the monodominant forest (19 species) relative to the species-rich forest (84 species); moreover, only 4% percent of fungal sequences occurred in both forests. These results show that nutrient cycling patterns in tropical forests can vary dramatically over small spatial scales, and that changes in microbial community structure likely drive the observed differences in decomposition.     

长白山阔叶红松林主要树种凋落叶分解速率及其与叶性状的关系

阔叶红松林是我国东北地区地带性顶级森林群落,对维持区域生态系统稳定性具有重要作用。对阔叶红松林内主要树种凋落叶分解过程及影响因素进行研究,有助于增加长白山阔叶红松林生态系统的基础数据,为明确阔叶红松林的养分循环和物质流动提供依据。选取了长白山阔叶红松林内30个常见乔灌树种和16个凋落叶性状,采用野外分解袋法和室内样品分析等方法研究了长白山阔叶红松林内主要树种凋落叶分解速率及其与凋落叶性状的关系。1年的野外分解实验表明,30个树种的凋落叶重量损失率表现出较大差异。不同树种凋落叶的重量损失率在20.56%—92.11%之间,以红松(Pinus koraiensis)质量损失率最低,东北山梅花(Philadelphus schrenkii)质量损失率最高。不同生活型树种的凋落叶在质量损失率上存在显著差异,以灌木树种凋落叶的质量损失率最高,小乔木次之,乔木树种质量损失率最低。Olson模型拟合结果表明,不同树种凋落叶的分解速率k以红松最低,瘤枝卫矛(Euonymus verrucosus)最高,分别为0.24和1.64。不同树种分解50%和95%所需的时间分别在0.43—2.86年,1.83—...     

桂西北喀斯特区原生林与次生林凋落叶降解和养分释放

凋落叶降解及养分释放研究对喀斯特生态脆弱区森林生态系统的恢复与重建具有重要指导意义。本文选取桂西北喀斯特区3种原生林与3种次生林进行比较,研究其凋落叶降解与降解过程中的营养元素释放规律以及降解速率的影响因子。结果表明,原生林凋落叶的降解速率略大于次生林。C、N、K元素在前180天释放速率较快,随后趋于稳定。次生林凋落叶总P含量在降解初始阶段呈净积累,随后净释放,而原生林的凋落叶在降解360天后仍呈现P素净积累。相关分析表明,凋落叶降解速率与凋落叶初始总N、木质素含量及木质素:N比值呈负相关,与C:N比呈正相关。综合比较发现,次生林圆叶乌桕(Sapium rotundifolium Hemsl)凋落叶的降解速率与养分释放速率较快,是喀斯特退化土地及植被恢复过程中潜在的优势种和建群种。     

Wood decomposition in an abandoned beech and oak coppiced woodland in SE England

The rate of litter decomposition is often expressed as a constant decay rate (k; g g⁻¹ yr⁻¹) or as the time required for a certain percentage (often 95% and estimated as 3/k) of it to decompose (termed turnover time). Estimates of k may be obtained by determining the weight loss of litter in the field and also by assuming a steady state and obtaining the ratio of litter input: standing crop. Both methods were used to estimate decay rate and turnover times for beech and oak branches and twigs decomposing on the forest floor and these were critically evaluated.
Considerable variation, ranging between 1.8–144.5 yr, was found between the 95% turnover time estimates of various size components of the two species, obtained from woodfall and standing crop data. Likewise variation in decay rate of 2–2.5 cm diameter beech branches, estimated from field experiments, was large both between and within groups of branches categorised according to initial state of decay and presence or absence of bark. The mean annual decay rate for the various categories ranged between k = 0.165-0.452 g g⁻¹yr⁻¹. Branches without bark generally decomposed more slowly than those with bark. Beech twig (<0.5 cm diameter) decomposition rates, from field experiments, ranged between k = 0.149-0.220 g g⁻¹yr⁻¹ and variation was relatively low compared with that of branches. No significant differences (P<0.05)were detected between twig decomposition rates obtained from experiments initiated at different seasons although there was a slight decline in decay rate in winter months. Twig and branch decomposition rates fell within the range found in the few other comparable studies.     

Actual litter decomposition rates in salt marshes measured using near-infrared reflectance spectroscopy

Near-infrared reflectance spectroscopy (NIRS) has been widely applied as a holistic tool to investigate decomposition processes in terrestrial ecosystems. The objectives of this research were to determine the potential of NIRS to predict (1) the halophytic litter chemistry (i.e., carbon and nitrogen content) during decomposition, and (2) the stage of decomposition of halophytic litter. Decomposition experiments were conducted in the laboratory with microcosms placed under a wide range of physical characteristics and in the field with litterbags located along the elevation gradient (i.e., low to upper marsh). Microcosm experiments were used to calibrate the predictive equations. These calibration equations were then applied to the field data to test their capacity to predict %C, %N, and litter mass loss (LML). NIRS can be successfully applied to predict chemical composition of halophyte litter during decomposition processes. We hypothesized that the use of litterbags in the field might lead to a 20–40% overestimation of the decay rate as fine organic debris are lost through the meshes of the litterbags. NIRS can be used as a fast and nondestructive method to more accurately predict decay rates, and thus microbial consumption in aquatic environments.     

Variations in leaf litter decomposition across contrasting forest stands and controlling factors at local scale

Aims Litter decomposition is a critical pathway linking the above- and belowground processes. However, factors underlying the local spatial variations in forest litter decomposition are still not fully addressed. We investigated leaf litter decomposition across contrasting forest stands in central China, with objective to determine the spatial variations and controlling factors in forest floor leaf litter decomposition in relation to changes in forest stands in a temperate forest ecosystem.Methods Leaf litter decomposition was studied by using litterbag method across several typical forest stand types in Baotianman Nature Reserve, central China, including pure stands of Quercus aliena var. acuteserrata, Q. glandulifera var. brevipetiolata and Q. variabilis, respectively, and mixed pine/oak stands dominated by Pinus armandii and Q. aliena var. acuteserrata, as well as stands of pure Q. aliena var. acuteserrata trees ranging in stand age from ~40 to>160 years. Measurements were made on litter mass remaining and changes in litter chemistry during decomposition over a 2-year period, along with data collections on selective biotic and environmental factors. A reciprocal transplant experiment involving Q. aliena var. acuteserrata and Q. variabilis was concurrently carried out to test the occurrence of 'home-field advantage (HFA)' in local forests when only considering contrasting oak tree species. Correlation analyses and path analyses were performed to identify the dominant drivers and their relative contributions to variations in leaf litter decomposition.Important findings Significant variations were found in the rate of leaf litter decomposition among stands of different tree species but not among stand age classes. The values of decay constant, k, varied from 0.62 in Q. aliena var. acuteserrata stands to 0.56 in Q. variabilis stands. The reciprocal litter transplant experiment showed that the rate of leaf litter decomposition was on average 5% slower in home-fields than on reciprocal sites. Path analysis identified litter acid-unhydrolyzable residue (AUR) to N ratio, soil microbial biomass carbon (MBC), soil pH and soil organic carbon (SOC) as most prominent factors controlling the rate of leaf litter decomposition, collectively accounting for 57.8% of the variations; AUR/N had the greatest negative effect on k value, followed by weaker positive effects of SOC and MBC. Our findings suggest that tree species plays a primary role in affecting forest floor leaf litter decomposition by determining the litter quality, with site environment being a secondary factor contributing to the local variations in leaf litter decomposition in this temperate forest ecosystem.