陕西佛坪自然保护区植被的基本特征

对陕西佛坪自然保护区植被优势植物的区系地理特征,主要植被类型及其时空动态特征进行了讨论。本区属中国－日本森林植物区系的一部分,温带分布属占较大比例,热带分布属也占相当比重,低中山森林植被优势植物以华中、华北及华东成分为主,亚高山灌丛及草甸则主要由唐古特成分及中国－喜马拉雅成分构成,本区可被视为我国温带植物区系的典型地区。本区植被可分为３个垂直自然带;（１）落叶阔叶栎林带（２０００ｍ以下）;（２）落     

甘肃省马衔山地区种子植物区系的研究

分析了甘肃省马衔山地区种子植物区系,用主成分分析（Ｐ．Ｃ．Ａ）和信息聚类（Ｉ．Ｃ．Ａ）方法对该区系与国内其它１０个有代表性地区的种子植物区系进行了对比分析。其结果为：１．该区系温带性质十分明显,是一个汇集四大区系成分的过渡带;２．该区系起源于第三纪亚热带亚高山森林植物区系,随青藏高原的隆起和中亚干旱区的形成而分化形成;３．该区系与六盘山植物区的关系最近。该区系隶属于泛北极植物区,中国－日本森林植物     

永德大雪山中山湿性常绿阔叶林植物区系的初步研究

中山湿性常绿阔叶林是永德大雪山亚热带山地植被垂直带上最具特征性的植被类型,也是该地区面积最大、保存最为完整、最有保护价值的植被类型。从该类型植被中219种常见和优势植物的种类结构分析看,只有热带亚洲成分、中国-喜马拉雅成分及中国特有成分能够贯穿于乔木Ⅰ、Ⅱ、Ⅲ层,灌木层,草本层和层外植物各层次之中;其区系成分以中国-喜马拉雅和中国特有成分占优势,同时热带亚洲成分也占有相当的比例,说明其区系具有亚热带向温带过渡的性质;而中国特有种的进一步分析亦表明其区系的过渡性质。这表明永德大雪山处于中国-喜马拉雅森林植物区系和热带亚洲植物区系的分界面上,其植物区系的过渡特征非常明显。通过永德大雪山中山湿性常绿阔叶林与邻近地区同类型植被的优势种和主要伴生种的比较,我们初步认为该地此类森林植被环境更“温湿”。     

喜马拉雅东部雅鲁藏布江大峡湾地区热带森林植被的次生演替规律初探

对雅鲁藏布江大峡弯河谷地区热带森林植被情况进行了调查分析。论述了造成该地区热带植被概况及其被破坏的自然因素和人为因素。并对该地区植被在次生演替的各个时期植被种类成分的变化,群落结构,建群种生长速度等进行比较研究,结果如下：Ａ．自然因素导致的次生演替主要经历了下列６个价段：（１）尼泊尔桤木（Ａｌｎｕｓｎｅｐｏｌｅｎｓｉｓ）阶段;（２）尼泊尔桤术单优群落阶段;（３）原生植被主要树种侵入阶段;（４）尼泊尔桤木林衰退阶段;（５）原生植被恢复阶段;（６）原生植被建立阶段。Ｂ．人为因素导致的次生演替主要经历有下列５个阶段：（１）高大禾草或热带高草阶段;（２）野芭蕉侵入生长阶段;（３）喜阳树种侵入或恢复生长阶段;（４）杂木林阶段;（５）原生植被恢复及建立阶段。最后讨论了植被次生演替规律对自然植物区系的影响和对治理山地,保护该地区生物多样性,合理利用资源及发展生产的重要性及意义。     

华西南干热河谷种子植物区系的特征,性质和起源

华西南干热河谷种子植物的区系特征表现为其植物科、属、种各级分布区类型的多样性,明显的特有现象和丰富的标志种。根据本地区的区系成分分析,可以得出以下有关区系性质和起源的结论：（１）总体上看干热河谷种子植物区系属于亚热带性质;（２）本地区一些半稀树草原和马基状灌丛的区系成分类似于热带非洲、热带亚洲和地中海地区相同植被的成分;（３）许多植物料和属为古热带成分,起源于古南大陆;（４）少数残遗种或其后裔可追     

浙江武义森林植被区系的地理成分研究

提供了浙江武义的森林植被区系。该区系具有丰富的植物种类、古老植物和珍稀濒危植物,温带－温亚热带成分占优势,地理成分与世界各地植物区系有广泛的联系。该区系有１４个类型的成分,东亚成分、泛热带成分及东亚－北美间断成分具有较多的属,而地中海、西亚及中亚成分、温带亚洲成分及世界成分具有较少的属。     

岷江上游流域种子植物区系研究

岷江上游流域在地理位置上位于青藏高原、四川盆地两个自然地理区域的过渡地带;其在植被分区上属于泛北极植物区中国—喜马拉雅森林植物亚区横断山脉地区的一部分。区内共有种子植物169科,726属,2162种。其中大科、大属在区系组成中起着非常重要的作用。该区种子植物区系包含有15种分布区类型及其14个变型,其中泛热带分布、北温带分布、旧世界温带分布、东亚分布等成分占有重要地位。其种子植物区系的主要特征为：地理过渡特征明显,区系成分新老并存;区系地理成分复杂,以北温带成分为主;沿海拔梯度植物区系地理成分差异显著。在该区未来的生态建设中,应充分利用其植物区系的基本特征,保护现有物种,并充分利用当地具有特殊抗性的珍贵物种资源和遗传资源。     

鹞落坪国家级自然保护区植被类型的初步探讨

提供安徽省鹞落坪国家级自然保护区植被类型的初步概况与与比较分析。在世界植被区划上,该区属泛北极植物区,中国--日本森林植物亚区的华东区,是华中、华西、华北、华南植物区系与华东植物的渗透、过渡和交汇地带,故植物物种类丰富复杂。今经实地考察,并通过对所得的有关数据资料的整理与统计,采用相似性系数分析方法,对该保护区植被组成进行了初步的探讨,认为：该区计有野生种子植物134科,590属,1428种（含种下等级）;该区森林生态系统结构完整,植物群落分为8个植被型（亚型）和35个群系组。主要有针叶林、针阔叶混交林、竹林、灌丛、草甸等,此外还有沼泽和水生植被。     

海南铜铁岭地区植被和种子植物区系研究

海南铜铁岭地区植被类型为热带低地雨林,其垂直分布变化不太明显。该地区共有野生种子植物161科、664属、1243种(含变种)。该区系热带性质强烈,其中泛热带和热带亚洲成分占优势,各占总属数(除去世界属)的28.64％和28.01％;在种级水平上,热带成分占绝大多数;本地区中国特有种279种,占总种数的22．65％,其中海南特有植物121种,占该地区中国特有种的43．37％。讨论了该地区与临近4个不同纬度地区植物区系的关系。     

贵州红水河谷地区苔藓植物区系研究

对贵州红水河谷地区的500余号苔藓植物标本进行了调查、采集和分类鉴定,得到苔藓植物36科,78属,204种(包括8亚种4变种和1变型)。其中藓类植物23科60属163种,苔类植物13科18属41种。为贵州增加新记录5种。划为13种类型。其中具热带性质的区系成分最丰富,占总数的38.02%,构成该区苔藓植物区系成分的主体;具温带性质的成分占总数的33.85%;东亚成分、特有成分、东亚-北美成分占该区的1.56%。选择9个地区,通过属和种的相似性系数全面比较,表明该地区与同纬度茂兰自然保护苔藓植物的相似性最高,关系最密切;与低纬度鼎湖山的相似性较高,关系较近;与高纬度小五台山和长白山相似性最低,关系最远。还统计了各地区的植物区系谱,分析该地区与其它地区的藓类植物区系关系。并着重就该区的热带边缘性的特点进行了讨论。     

Forest Fragmentation Drives the Loss of Insectivorous Birds and an Associated Increase in Herbivory

Insectivorous birds are known to play a decisive role for the natural control of herbivorous insects. Thus, they enhance the growth, reproduction, and survival of plant individuals and in the long‐term benefit plant regeneration. However, particularly in the tropics, forest fragmentation has been suggested to cause a loss of insectivorous birds. Yet, it is unclear whether this hampers the trophic control of herbivorous insects with potential consequences for plants. Therefore, we investigated the effect of increasing forest fragmentation on tritrophic interactions between insectivorous birds, herbivorous insects, and plants in a subtropical forest landscape, South Africa. We monitored the community composition of birds and estimated insectivorous bird abundances along a gradient of forest fragmentation. In the same sites, we installed bird exclosures on a common plant species (Englerophytum natalense) to assess effects of the trophic control of insectivorous birds on herbivorous insects and leaf area loss (LAL). Forest fragmentation strongly shaped the functional composition of bird communities, particularly through a loss of forest‐dependent insectivorous birds. Moreover, LAL was higher within bird exclosures than on control branches and increased with increasing forest fragmentation on the control branches. Altogether, forest fragmentation seems to hamper the trophic control of herbivorous insects by insectivorous birds through changes in the community composition. This, in turn, may interfere with tritrophic interactions and ecological processes. Thus, conservation efforts aiming at enhancing the natural control of herbivorous insects should focus on the maintenance of continuous indigenous forests that are well‐connected to smaller forest fragments on the landscape scale.     

峨眉山世界遗产地植物多样性全球突出普遍价值及保护

该研究在申遗文本和大量文献资料的基础上,以峨眉山世界遗产地原生植物及植被群落为研究对象,从物种多样性、物种组成、植物区系、植被类型及垂直分布格局等方面,分析论证了峨眉山世界遗产地植物多样性的全球突出普遍价值,并简要概述了当前峨眉山世界遗产地植物受威胁状况以及在保护与发展中出现的问题。结果表明:(1)峨眉山世界遗产地目前拥有高等植物242科3 200种以上,特有植物、孑遗植物种类丰富。(2)与中国其他湿润性亚热带山地森林垂直带谱相比,峨眉山亚热带森林植被类型完整,常绿阔叶林东部类型在山地垂直带谱中占据显著地位,海拔上限最高,跨度最大,具有典型的亚热带常绿阔叶林东部亚区森林群落特点。(3)植物区系复杂,既有热带、亚热带和温带植物区系成份,又有中国—日本与中国—喜马拉雅植物区系分布。(4)受人为活动(旅游发展、基础设施建设等)和自然扰动(气候变暖、地质灾害等)影响,峨眉山世界遗产地植物多样性下降明显,珍稀濒危植物受威胁程度增加,典型群落面积退化,稳定性降低。建议在划定珍稀植物保护区,对植物栖息地进行专门保护的基础上,开展植物多样性、环境因子、人为活动动态监测,预见性地保护其突出普遍价值,实现世界遗产地的可持续发展。     

神农架川金丝猴栖息地植物区系特征及食物资源研究

2008年春季我国南方特大冰雪灾害,给受灾林区的森林生态系统及野生动物造成了巨大影响。神农架是川金丝猴分布的最东端,也是重灾区之一。该文基于灾前两年的实地调查资料,对神农架川金丝猴栖息地植物区系进行分析,以期为灾后生物多样性的检测评估及川金丝猴栖息地恢复建设提供依据。实地调查发现,川金丝猴栖息地内木本植物共有255种,隶属44科105属,其中乔木23科51属129种,灌木22科49属113种,木质藤本7科9属13种;据统计在栖息地内共有31科58属85种川金丝猴的食源植物。该区植物区系中温带分布性质的属占优势,有58个,占属数的56.30%;热带分布性质的属有22个,东亚和中国特有分布成分共有23个属,分别占属数的21.36%和22.33%;显示了该区地处亚热带与温带的过度性质。还统计了栖息地食源植物区系谱,分析了该区域食源植物特点。     

Effects of Local Tree Diversity on Herbivore Communities Diminish with Increasing Forest Fragmentation on the Landscape Scale

Forest fragmentation and plant diversity have been shown to play a crucial role for herbivorous insects (herbivores, hereafter). In turn, herbivory-induced leaf area loss is known to have direct implications for plant growth and reproduction as well as long-term consequences for ecosystem functioning and forest regeneration. So far, previous studies determined diverging responses of herbivores to forest fragmentation and plant diversity. Those inconsistent results may be owed to complex interactive effects of both co-occurring environmental factors albeit they act on different spatial scales. In this study, we investigated whether forest fragmentation on the landscape scale and tree diversity on the local habitat scale show interactive effects on the herbivore community and leaf area loss in subtropical forests in South Africa. We applied standardized beating samples and a community-based approach to estimate changes in herbivore community composition, herbivore abundance, and the effective number of herbivore species on the tree species-level. We further monitored leaf area loss to link changes in the herbivore community to the associated process of herbivory. Forest fragmentation and tree diversity interactively affected the herbivore community composition, mainly by a species turnover within the family of Curculionidae. Furthermore, herbivore abundance increased and the number of herbivore species decreased with increasing tree diversity in slightly fragmented forests whereas the effects diminished with increasing forest fragmentation. Surprisingly, leaf area loss was neither affected by forest fragmentation or tree diversity, nor by changes in the herbivore community. Our study highlights the need to consider interactive effects of environmental changes across spatial scales in order to draw reliable conclusions for community and interaction patterns. Moreover, forest fragmentation seems to alter the effect of tree diversity on the herbivore community, and thus, has the potential to jeopardize ecosystem functioning and forest regeneration.     

Fire rather than nitrogen addition affects understory plant communities in the short term in a coniferous‐broadleaf mixed forest

Increasing fire risk and atmospheric nitrogen (N) deposition have the potential to alter plant community structure and composition, with consequent impacts on biodiversity and ecosystem functioning. This study was conducted to examine short‐term responses of understory plant community to burning and N addition in a coniferous‐broadleaved mixed forest of the subtropical‐temperate transition zone in Central China. The experiment used a pair‐nested design, with four treatments (control, burning, N addition, and burning plus N addition) and five replicates. Species richness, cover, and density of woody and herbaceous plants were monitored for 3 years after a low‐severity fire in the spring of 2014. Burning, but not N addition, significantly stimulated the cover (+15.2%, absolute change) and density (+62.8%) of woody species as well as herb richness (+1.2 species/m², absolute change), cover (+25.5%, absolute change), and density (+602.4%) across the seven sampling dates from June 2014 to October 2016. Light availability, soil temperature, and prefire community composition could be primarily responsible for the understory community recovery after the low‐severity fire. The observations suggest that light availability and soil temperature are more important than nutrients in structuring understory plant community in the mixed forest of the subtropical‐temperate transition zone in Central China. Legacy woody and herb species dominated the understory vegetation over the 3 years after fire, indicating strong resistance and resilience of forest understory plant community and biodiversity to abrupt environmental perturbation.     

河南宝天曼栓皮栎林群落特征及物种多样性

河南宝天曼自然保护区地片北亚热带的南暖温带过渡区域,是中国中部地区唯一保持较完好的综合性森林生态系统类型栓皮栎（Ｑｕｅｒｃｕｓ ｖａｒｉａｂｉｌｉｓ Ｂｌ．）林是其植被的重要组成之一。本文根据不同海拔的１５块样地材料,对栓皮要不栓群落土壤组成,植物区系成分,群落外貌,群落的结构特征及物种多样性进行了初步研究。     

广东车八岭国家级自然保护区大型底栖动物多样性

大型底栖动物在当地生物多样性、食物链构成、水质指示和物质循环中有重要的作用, 但目前国内对森林内陆水体(湖泊、水库、溪流)中的大型底栖动物综合调查较少。作者于2019、2020年对广东车八岭国家级自然保护区的9个采样点开展了大型底栖动物的定性调查, 采样点涵盖保护区不同功能区、海拔、水体环境和水体底质。共鉴定出大型底栖动物4门6纲18目38科57种, 水生昆虫稚虫占大多数, 且多喜好清洁流动水体。在低海拔实验区即可采集到种类与数量可观的清洁水体指示物种。当地的大型底栖动物以亚热带森林典型物种为主, 多偏好栖息于流动水体, 反映了保护区的物种区系及其水体环境。本研究可为保护区的物种编目、环境评估和长期监测提供基础资料。     

Diversity of plant assemblages in isolated depressional wetlands from Central-Western Europe

A closed depression is defined as a geomorphologic element where a sediment depository is encircled by hillslopes. Despite the fact that closed depressions are often the only stagnant water points in many European landscapes, few ecological researches on their plant assemblages have been done. The main goal of this study was to give first results of the environmental factors responsible for the vegetation composition, richness and rarity in the closed depressions of the Lorraine biogeographical district (Belgium, France and grand-duché de Luxembourg). We surveyed for plant presence 85 forest and 77 grassland closed depressions. For each site, wetland area, local environmental factors and regional connectivities registered. For each species, the Ellenberg values were compiled. To investigate the main source of variation in species composition and in species richness (including richness in rare species), Non-metric Multidimensional Scaling analyses and Generalized Linear Models were respectively used. Species pools in forest (forest and preforest species) and in grassland (bog plants, pioneers, helophytes) were quite different. In both landscapes, a gradient from plants typical of basic high-productive soils to plants typical of acid low-productive soils reflects a shared successional gradient. The accumulation of organic matter allowed the establishment of Sphagnum spp., which slowly acidified the soil and thus acted as ecosystem engineers for the arrival of bog plants. Moreover, the species composition was additionally driven by the plant light tolerance in forests and by the plant water requirements in grasslands. Mechanisms of species accumulation (increase in species richness) were different in forests and in grasslands: respectively related to the plant light tolerance and to the wetland area. At the regional level, the averaged soil productivity was negatively related to the richness in rare species. Indeed, perennial highly-competitive plants such as Glyceria spp., Iris pseudacorus or Urtica dioica impeded the establishment of smaller and rarer species. At the habitat level, isolated closed depressions (due to either low connectivity or low grazing pressure) have more habitat rare species, giving evidences of dispersal limitation in plant assemblages of closed depressions.     

Are dominant plant species more susceptible to leaf‐mining insects? A case study at Saihanwula Nature Reserve,China

Dominant species significantly affect interspecific relationships, community structure, and ecosystem function. In the field, dominant species are often identified by their high importance values. Selective foraging on dominant species is a common phenomenon in ecology. Our hypothesis is that dominant plant groups with high importance values are more susceptible to leaf‐mining insects at the regional level. Here, we used the Saihanwula National Nature Reserve as a case study to examine the presence–absence patterns of leaf‐mining insects on different plants in a forest‐grassland ecotone in Northeast China. We identified the following patterns: (1) After phylogenetic correction, plants with high importance values are more likely to host leafminers at the species, genus, or family level. (2) Other factors including phylogenetic isolation, life form, water ecotype, and phytogeographical type of plants have different influences on the relationship between plant dominance and leafminer presence. In summary, the importance value is a valid predictor of the presence of consumers, even when we consider the effects of plant phylogeny and other plant attributes. Dominant plant groups are large and susceptible targets of leaf‐mining insects. The consistent leaf‐mining distribution pattern across different countries, vegetation types, and plant taxa can be explained by the “species‐area relationship” or the “plant apparency hypothesis.”