基于1公顷样地的上海崇明岛人工林草本植物多样性及其对林冠结构的响应

为了研究城市森林草本植物多样性及其与冠层结构的关系,本文对上海崇明岛人工林1公顷样地的草本植被结构进行了调查分析,结果表明:(1)样地内共有草本植物40种,分属20科39属,以菊科种为主。(2)不同群落林下草本植被组成有明显差异,各群落林下草本植被优势种不同,物种多样性指数也不一样。香樟群落林下草本植物多样性指数最大,重阳木群落林下草本植物多样性指数最低。各指数变化趋势一致,均表现为常绿阔叶林(香樟林)落叶针阔混交林(水杉-重阳木林)落叶阔叶林(梧桐林)落叶阔叶林(重阳木林)。(3)同一群落林下草本植被组成有差异,不同密度梯度以及不同郁闭度梯度下各草本植被物种多样性指数均呈先增大后减小的趋势。     

城市化梯度上亚热带常绿阔叶林土壤有机碳及其组分特征

以珠江三角洲城区(广州)、近郊(鼎湖山)及远郊(怀集)梯度上的亚热带常绿阔叶林为对象,研究不同土层土壤总有机碳、惰性有机碳、活性有机碳(易氧化有机碳、微生物生物量碳和水溶性有机碳)沿城市化梯度的变化,分析城市化对森林土壤有机碳的影响.结果表明: 0～5 cm土层土壤总有机碳和惰性有机碳含量均在城市化梯度上差异不显著,在5～60 cm土层,土壤总有机碳含量在远郊森林显著高于近郊和城区森林,而惰性有机碳含量在近郊森林最高,城区与远郊森林差异不显著.易氧化有机碳含量在近郊森林显著低于远郊(0～60 cm)和城区(0～10 cm)森林,微生物生物量碳含量在城区森林显著低于近郊和远郊森林,而水溶性有机碳含量在近郊森林(0～10 cm)显著低于城区森林.在0～20 cm土层,城区、远郊森林土壤活性有机碳占总有机碳的比例显著高于近郊森林,而惰性有机碳占总有机碳的比例在远郊森林最低;近郊与城区森林惰性有机碳占总有机碳的比例仅在5～10 cm差异显著.城市化增加了土壤活性碳组分,降低稳定性碳组分,不利于总有机碳积累,远郊森林土壤对城市化的响应更敏感.     

太白山森林群落和林下草本物种变化的环境解释

采用典范对应分析(CCA)、Pearson相关分析、冗余分析(RDA)分别研究了不同环境因子对太白山森林群落及林下草本物种组成、多样性、功能性状等方面的影响。结果表明:(1)9种环境因子对于群落及林下草本物种的组成变化的解释程度不高,分别为23.9%和21.1%,但与海拔和土壤含水量紧密相关的CCA 1轴能大致区分高、中、低海拔样方的群落所有物种和草本植物的组成差异。(2)沿海拔梯度,群落所有物种的α多样性先增加后降低,林下草本物种α多样性沿海拔梯度有下降趋势,但二者都与坡度(Slope)及木本层盖度(WCD)无关。(3)海拔是决定森林群落及林下草本层物种功能性状值变化的主要因子,与海拔密切相关的RDA1轴能解释森林群落和林下草本物种性状值变化的71.2%和54.7%,林下草本植物与群落的最大株高(Hmax)变化模式不一致。     

城市化背景下珠江三角洲常绿阔叶林群落结构及植物多样性

随着城市化进程的加快,城市中存留森林的演替过程也发生明显变化。选取高度城市化的珠江三角洲为研究区域,以地带性群落常绿阔叶林为研究对象,选择城区(帽峰山、西樵山和大岭山)和郊区(鼎湖山、象头山和南昆山) 6个样地,分析城郊梯度上的植物群落结构和植物多样性指数。结果表明:城区森林包括31科42属46种,郊区森林包括44科75属96种,郊区样地的物种数高于城区样地的物种数;城区优势种明显,多为耐旱耐贫瘠种类,郊区无明显优势种,多为喜湿耐荫种类;城市森林中的Margalef指数、Shannon指数和Pielou指数显著低于郊区森林,城郊森林植物多样性的差异主要反映在乔木层。城市化降低了常绿阔叶林的植物多样性,促进了物种的均质化。     

武汉市城市破碎化森林中野生哺乳动物的多样性

生境破碎化造成生物多样性降低，尤其是哺乳动物多样性的降低甚至丧失。快速城市化背景下，城市森林斑块成为典型的破碎化生态系统。对城市森林斑块中哺乳动物资源的调查，能够为城市生态系统健康评估和城市景观格局的建设提供依据。2019—2021年，通过实地调查和红外相机拍摄对武汉市13个森林斑块的哺乳动物进行调查，并分析城市化对物种组成群落多样性的影响。本次调查共布设77台相机，相机总工作天数为21 247日，拍摄到野生哺乳动物独立有效照片1 243张，记录野生哺乳动物5目9科15种，主要属于东洋界华中区，其中貉(Nyctereutes procyonoides)、亚洲狗獾(Meles leucurus)、野猪(Sus scrofa)、北社鼠(Niviventer confucianus)为常见种。哺乳动物物种丰富度(P <0.01)、香农-威纳指数(P <0.05)随距市中心距离增加而显著增加，与斑块隔离度、形状指数则无显著相关(P> 0.05)，说明距市中心距离是哺乳动物多样性的重要影响因子。此外，近郊、远郊自然森林斑块哺乳动物多样性相对较高，说明城市化对哺乳动物多样性有负面...     

辽宁老秃顶子北坡植物群落物种多样性及其与土壤特性的相关性分析

通过沿海拔梯度的系统样方调查,利用物种丰富度、α多样性和β多样性等指标,对辽宁老秃顶子北坡植物群落木本层和草本层物种多样性随海拔梯度的变化趋势进行了研究,并对植物群落物种多样性与土壤特性之间的相关关系进行了初步探索。结果表明:木本植物物种多样性随海拔梯度的升高呈波动式降低的趋势;草本植物物种多样性随海拔梯度的变化趋势为先降低后升高;群落类型间的过渡带是植物物种替换速率较高的地区;老秃顶子北坡土壤类型以棕色森林土和暗棕色森林土为主,土壤有机质含量较高;群落物种多样性与土壤特性之间存在着一定的负相关性。     

山西五鹿山植物物种多样性及其海拔梯度格局

采用典型取样法,沿海拔梯度对五鹿山自然植被进行调查。结果表明：五鹿山主要群落类型为辽东栎(Quercus wutaishanica)群落、油松(Pinus tabulaeformis) 群落、茶条槭(Acer ginnala) 群落、白皮松(Pinus bungeana)群落、暴马丁香-茶条槭（Syringa reticulate-Acer ginnala）群落和白桦(Betula platyphylla)群落。其中,辽东栎群落略占优势,这可能暗示着该地区植被具有继续向暖温带落叶阔叶林演替的倾向。各层次植物物种丰富度呈现出草本层>灌木层>乔木层特征,Shannon Wiener多样性指数和Simpson多样性指数整体规律为草本层>灌木层>乔木层。以五鹿山森林群落不同层次的各种物种多样性指数和森林群落总体重要值为测度指标,均暗示着五鹿山植被演替正处于亚顶极群落阶段。五鹿山植物多样性沿海拔梯度呈现出近似中海拔高的单峰格局,这是由于植物物种多样性受温度、湿度、人为等因素干扰。     

吕梁山森林群落草本层植物物种多样性的空间格局及其对模拟增温的响应

为研究气候变暖背景下森林群落草本层植物物种多样性对温度升高的响应及其随海拔、纬度的空间分布格局,按照纬度梯度选择吕梁山系北段的管涔山和南段的五鹿山为研究区,并在每个山地的不同海拔梯度(高、中、低)分别设置对照(CK)、低度增温(OTC1)和高度增温(OTC2) 3种试验样地。于2017年植被生长季对植物多度、频度、盖度、高度进行调查,计算物种多样性指数(Simpson指数、Shannon指数、Pielou指数、Patrick指数)。结果表明:(1)吕梁山森林群落草本层植物物种多样性随海拔呈"v型"变化格局,即在中间海拔梯度处最低,且海拔梯度对各多样性指数的影响均达到极显著水平(P0.01)。(2)物种多样性随纬度升高呈递增趋势(P0.05),即较高纬度山地具有较高的物种多样性。(3)物种多样性随温度升高整体呈递减趋势(P0.05),即温度升高可抑制林下草本层植物物种多样性。(4)在增温处理下,五鹿山草本植物的Simpson指数、Shannon指数和Patrick指数呈递减趋势,Pielou指数先降低后升高;管涔山草本植物的Simpson指数、Shannon指数和Pielou指数先增加后减小,Patrick指数呈递增趋势。整体来说,在吕梁山较低海拔,持续增温会使物种多样性降低;在中等海拔,物种多样性随温度升高呈现先下降后上升的变化趋势;在较高海拔,适度增温可提高物种多样性,持续增温则抑制多样性。因此,增温对吕梁山森林群落草本植物物种多样性的影响随海拔升高整体呈下降趋势。     

伊洛河流域草本植物群落物种多样性

生物多样性沿环境梯度的变化是生物多样性研究的重要内容,环境梯度包含了多种环境因子(海拔高度、水热条件、人类扰动等)的综合。以伊洛河流域草本植物群落为对象,沿河从入黄河口到河源地选取典型样地调查研究伊洛河流域草本植物群落物种多样性及其分布格局。结果表明:物种丰富度和Shannon-Wiener多样性指数沿河均稍呈"S"型曲线变化,不同群落类型中分布格局差别不大,各群落类型中的物种丰富度和多样性均呈现出中游丘陵山地交界区最高,上游河源区次之,下游平原地区最低的趋势;β多样性指数的变化趋势与α多样性较一致,总体上呈现出中游丘陵山地区物种更替速率较快,平原区更替较慢;在流域内上游河源地属于自然植被区,人为干扰较轻,具有较高的物种多样性,物种替代主要受物种的竞争扩散能力和生境条件的制约;在下游平原农业区,人类活动强烈,区域内以人工生态系统为主,物种组成简单,物种替代具有跳跃性的特征,主要受人类活动的制约;在中游从自然生态系统向农业生态系统的过渡区域,人类活动的扰动有一定的强度,导致该区域内自然分布种和伴人种混合生长,具有较高的物种多样性和较快的物种替代速率。总体上伊洛河流域草本植物群落物种多样性分布格局强烈的受到人类活动的影响,物种替代速率较高。     

青海省高寒灌丛物种多样性、生物量及其关系

物种多样性对生态系统功能的作用是生物多样性研究的核心领域之一,生物量水平是生态系统功能的重要表现形式,而植物群落的生物量则是生态系统生物量的基础,因此研究植物群落物种多样性与生物量的关系,对于阐明植物多样性对生态系统功能的作用具有重要意义。通过对青海省高寒灌丛生物量、灌丛物种多样性特征以及与生物量的关系调查,得到以下结果:(1)被调查灌木植被群落的40个样地中共出现了207种植物(其中灌木植物18种,草本植物189种),隶属于130属,43科,灌木以蔷薇科、杜鹃花科为主,而草本以菊科、龙胆科、毛茛科和莎草科占优势。(2)群落多样性指数偏低,植物群落结构简单,物种组成稀少。小叶金露梅群落的多样性指数最大,金露梅群落、细枝绣线菊群落和鲜卑花群落次之,百里香杜鹃+头花杜鹃群落最低。(3)不同高寒灌丛类型生物量介于1893.03—7585.41 g/m~2之间,平均值为3775.9 g/m2,其中灌木生物量占灌丛总生物量的73.55%,草本为26.45%。(4)总生物量随草本物种多样性和群落物种多样性的增加而减小;草本生物量随其物种多样性的增加而减小,而灌木物种多样性与其生物量并无显著相关性。     

上海居住区植物多样性的均质化

居住区植被是我国城市植被的重要组成体,其多样性的分布格局将影响城市植被的多样性.通过对上海市中心、市郊和郊县居住区的植被调查,比较了城乡梯度上居住区绿化观赏植物、杂草和自生逃逸植物的多样性和物种组成.结果表明：城乡梯度上,绿化观赏植物和杂草的丰富度不存在显著差异,而市郊自生逃逸植物的丰富度最高;不同城乡梯度居住区中,绿化观赏植物、杂草和自生逃逸植物的物种组成相似,其中40％～50％的物种为共有种.上海城镇居住区植物均质化的主要原因是几近雷同的居住区建造风格和绿化形式,制约了绿化植物的使用和异质生境的营造.     

城市化对本土植物多样性的影响——以廊坊市为例

虽然城市化对生物多样性影响的研究在发达国家是一个重要的研究领域,但是在发展中国家这方面的研究不多。通过案例研究,分析本土植物多样性沿着城市化梯度的变化,及其与生境土壤因子的关系。在廊坊市,中国北部一个快速城市化的地区,沿着中心城区、城区、郊区、远郊区城市化梯度,每个梯度选取6个样地进行本土植物多样性调查,记录种类数、多样性和种类组成,并分析了多样性指数。与远郊区相比,中心城区失去了88%的物种,物种多样性下降了78%,城区物种多属于禾本科、藜科等耐践踏、耐土壤紧实度的物种。远郊区的本土植物属于45个科,科数大于城区物种。相似性指数表明,城区和郊区大部分物种相同,但是远郊区差异较大。DCCA分析表明,土壤总氮、有机质含量是影响物种城市化分布的主要因素。城市化促进了物种分布的匀质化。     

Impacts of land use on riparian forest along an urban – rural gradient in southern Manitoba

Extensive landscape modification by humans has led to the fragmentation of riparian forests across North America. We compared the vegetation of extant riparian forest along an urban-rural disturbance gradient. In 1999, twenty-five sites along Assiniboine River in Manitoba, Canada were categorized according to land use: urban, suburban, high intensity rural, low intensity rural, and relatively high quality reference forest. Differences in herbaceous, shrub, and tree species composition and diversity were related to the proportion of surrounding land use, forest patch size, connectivity, and area:perimeter ratio. Urban riparian forests were more disturbed and isolated. They were smaller and characterized by drier, more alkaline soils. Moreover, they had significantly lower native and overall understorey species diversity, and had a higher proportion of exotics including Solanum dulcamara and Hesperis matronalis. Suburban forests were less disturbed, faced greater development pressure, and had sandier soils. Although suburban understorey diversity was similar to that of rural forests, suburban sites had a higher proportion of exotic species, especially escaped horticultural and invasive species including Caragana arborescens and Rhamnus cathartica. Reference sites were relatively large and exhibited greater connectivity, but there was little difference in species composition and diversity among high intensity rural, low intensity rural, and reference sites. These site types were less disturbed than either urban or suburban forests, and reference sites were characterized by hydrophilic species including Scirpus fluviatilis and Carex aquatilis. Our results suggest that landscape measures of disturbance, and related changes in environment, may be confidently used to assess impacts of land use on vegetation along urban-rural gradients. This revised version was published online in June 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Carabid Beetle and Spider Assemblages along a Forested Urban–Rural Gradient in Southern Finland

To investigate the effects of urbanization on carabid beetles (Carabidae) and ground dwelling spiders (Araneae) a study was completed along a 20km urban–rural forest gradient in the Helsinki–Espoo area of southern Finland. To study changes in assemblage structure, abundance and species richness, these taxa were collected in the year 2000 using pitfall traps, which had been placed in four forest sites within each of the urban, suburban and rural zones. We expected to find changes in the abundances and species richnesses in the two taxa across the urban–rural gradient, but did not find any. Our second and third hypotheses, stating that generalist species and small-bodied species should gain dominance along the gradient from rural to urban sites, were partly supported as carabid specialists were more characteristic of suburban and rural environments whereas generalists were more likely to be collected from rural areas compared to suburban or urban sites. Furthermore, medium to large-sized carabid individuals were more likely to be collected in the rural sites compared to urban forests. We found no evidence for significant changes in spider abundance or species richness across the urban–rural gradient in relation to body size or habitat specialization. We suggest that urbanization does not have significant effects on the total abundances and species richnesses in these two taxa. However, individual species responded differently to urbanization, and there were significant differences in the specialization and body sizes of carabids across the gradient.     

Centipede assemblages along an urbanization gradient in the city of Heraklion,Crete (Greece)

Global urbanization is a major force that causes alteration and loss of natural habitats. Urban ecosystems are strongly affected by humans and there is a gradient of decreasing human influence from city centers to natural habitats. To study ecological changes along this continuum, researchers introduced the urban-rural gradient approach. The responses of centipedes to an urbanization gradient (urban-suburban-rural areas) were studied using pitfall traps in and near the city of Heraklion, in the island of Crete, Greece, from November 2010 to November 2011. Our results do not support the intermediate disturbance hypothesis, in which suburban areas located in the transitional zone between urban and rural habitats failed to indicate significant increase in terms of species richness and diversity.     

Do cities export biodiversity? Traffic as dispersal vector across urban–rural gradients

Urban areas are among the land use types with the highes richness in plant species. A main feature of urban floras is the high proportion of non-native species with often divergent distribution patterns along urban–rural gradients. Urban impacts on plant species richness are usually associated with increasing human activity along rural-to-urban gradients. As an important stimulus of urban plant diversity, human-mediated seed dispersal may drive the process of increasing the similarity between urban and rural floras by moving species across urban–rural gradients. We used long motorway tunnels as sampling sites for propagules that are released by vehicles to test for the impact of traffic on seed dispersal along an urban–rural gradient. Opposite lanes of the tunnels are separated by solid walls, allowing us to differentiate seed deposition associated with traffic into vs. out of the city. Both the magnitude of seed deposition and the species richness in seed samples from two motorway tunnels were higher in lanes leading out of the city, indicating an 'export' of urban biodiversity by traffic. As proportions of seeds of non-native species were also higher in the outbound lanes, traffic may foster invasion processes starting from cities to the surrounding landscapes. Indicator species analysis revealed that only a few species were confined to samples from lanes leading into the city, while mostly species of urban habitats were significantly associated with samples from the outbound lanes. The findings demonstrate that dispersal by traffic reflects different seed sources that are associated with different traffic directions, and traffic may thus exchange propagules along the urban–rural gradient.     

浙北地区不同土地利用下乡村草本层植物多样性研究

该文以浙江省安吉县两个典型乡村—繅舍村和赋石村为例,选取公园、农耕区、河道、人工林地四种不同土地利用类型,用Shannon-Wiener指数、Simpson指数、Sorensen指数为标识多样性的指标,分析不同生境下草本植物多样性差异。结果表明：乡村生境中共记录物种162种,分属47科123属,其中禾本科与菊科物种数占总数的31.48％;农耕区生境的Shannon-Wiener指数、Simpson指数最高,分别为2.76和0.91,农耕区与河道的Sorensen指数最高为0.57。从农耕区、河道、公园到林地生境,草本物种多样性整体呈减小趋势。另外,发现人工绿化措施会导致草本物种减少,如从种植水稻单一作物到复合作物,草本层植物随之改变。单一稻田与复合种植区比较,草本植物主要的科属组成无明显变化,莎草科、菊科、禾本科植物仍占主体;但草本植物群落主要物种组成发生变化,稻田转变成农耕区后,牛筋草、黑麦草,碎米荠、小飞蓬、喜旱莲子草成为草本层群落主要构成植物,水竹叶覆盖度减少,小飞蓬和喜旱莲子草的覆盖度增加。此外,还发现4种生境中共有喜旱莲子草、加拿大一枝黄花、土荆芥三种入侵物种,但未能对本土物种构成显著影响。这表明不同土地利用方式会严重影响草本群落物种组成及物种多样性;土地利用方式的变化,会引起草本植物主要群落构成发生改变;土地利用类型的多样化有利于本土草本物种多样性生存。该研究结果有助于为城镇化进程中保护乡村植物多样性、加速推进美丽中国建设提供技术支撑。     

Island biogeography of urban insects: tenebrionid beetles from Rome tell a different story

Tenebrionid beetle records from 55 sites in urban Rome (Italy) were used to study the influence of structural parameters (area, isolation, forest cover, and shape) of green spaces on species richness and extinction trends. In line with biogeographical predictions, species richness correlated positively with area size of green spaces, extinction was enhanced by isolation and hindered by area size, but, in contrast with common findings, forest extent had a negative impact on tenebrionid persistence. This is explained by the fact that most of tenebrionid species from Rome are associated with open habitats typical of the landscape that characterized the study area before modern urbanization. In contrast with results obtained in other studies of urban ecology, distance to city centre (which expresses the urban–rural gradient) was never recovered as an important correlate of tenebrionid richness or extinction, which may be explained by the fact that tenebrionids include both urban avoider and urban adapter species. These results warn against making generalizations on urban diversity patterns and conservation strategies without reference to past land-use and species characteristics.     

Changing bee and hoverfly pollinator assemblages along an urban-rural gradient

Background

The potential for reduced pollination ecosystem service due to global declines of bees and other pollinators is cause for considerable concern. Habitat degradation, destruction and fragmentation due to agricultural intensification have historically been the main causes of this pollinator decline. However, despite increasing and accelerating levels of global urbanization, very little research has investigated the effects of urbanization on pollinator assemblages. We assessed changes in the diversity, abundance and species composition of bee and hoverfly pollinator assemblages in urban, suburban, and rural sites across a UK city.

Methodology/Principal Findings

Bees and hoverflies were trapped and netted at 24 sites of similar habitat character (churchyards and cemeteries) that varied in position along a gradient of urbanization. Local habitat quality (altitude, shelter from wind, diversity and abundance of flowers), and the broader-scale degree of urbanization (e.g. percentage of built landscape and gardens within 100 m, 250 m, 500 m, 1 km, and 2.5 km of the site) were assessed for each study site. The diversity and abundance of pollinators were both significantly negatively associated with higher levels of urbanization. Assemblage composition changed along the urbanization gradient with some species positively associated with urban and suburban land-use, but more species negatively so. Pollinator assemblages were positively affected by good site habitat quality, in particular the availability of flowering plants.

Conclusions/Significance

Our results show that urban areas can support diverse pollinator assemblages, but that this capacity is strongly affected by local habitat quality. Nonetheless, in both urban and suburban areas of the city the assemblages had fewer individuals and lower diversity than similar rural habitats. The unique development histories of different urban areas, and the difficulty of assessing mobile pollinator assemblages in just part of their range, mean that complementary studies in different cities and urban habitats are required to discover if these findings are more widely applicable.     

北京温榆河-北运河生态廊道自生植物多样性对城市化的响应

城市化进程带来的城市生境破碎化对城市野生动植物多样性产生了巨大的影响,而生态廊道作为城市中的绿色线性空间,对缓解城市化进程下的生物多样性丧失具有重要作用。自生植物不仅是城市植物多样性的重要组成部分,也为乡土动物提供了赖以生存的资源,在低维护植物景观营造中起到关键作用。聚焦北京温榆河-北运河生态廊道,在对廊道自生植物总体物种组成进行分析的基础上,探究城市化梯度上自生植物物种组成与多样性特征差异,并分析不同自生植物种群对城市化水平的适应性。共调查到温榆河-北运河自生植物195种,隶属于73科,156属,以自生草本植物为主。各城市化水平下自生木本植物的α多样性无显著差异;中低城市化水平下草本植物的α多样性显著高于其他水平（P<0.05）。随着城市化水平升高,自生乔木和一、二年生的β多样性升高,自生多年生草本、自生入侵植物和外来植物的β多样性值下降。在城市化梯度上的生态位宽度均值排序为入侵植物 > 乡土植物 > 国外外来植物 > 国内外来植物。将生态廊道自生植物按照生态位宽度划分为广适型、中适型和狭适型,并依据生态位重叠筛选了与15种入侵植物在城市化梯度上适应性相近的自生乡土植物种类。本研究结果可以为营造稳定的低维护自生植物群落,抵抗外来入侵植物的扩散,实现城市河流生态廊道的生物多样性保护功能提供参考。