克隆乔木黄牛奶树两种繁殖方式的适合度分析

对黄牛奶树两种生殖方式(克隆生殖和有性生殖)的适合度研究结果表明,不同生境下,黄牛奶树繁殖及占据空间的方式有一定差异.在水肥资源丰富、郁闭度较大(常绿阔叶林和竹林)条件下,克隆生殖和有性生殖幼苗存活率均较高,占据空间的能力较强,但克隆苗在数量和占据空间的能力上占较大优势,主要以克隆方式进行繁殖;水肥资源贫乏、光照较强的条件下,两类苗存活率和占据空间能力均较低,实生苗在数量和占据空间能力上占优势.黄牛奶树两种繁殖方式的瓶颈期不同,有性生殖的瓶颈期在种子到幼苗阶段,而克隆苗在幼苗到成株阶段.黄牛奶树的入侵过程是先以实生苗侵入一个地点定居,在郁闭度较大、水肥良好的条件下,以克隆方式迅速占领空间.生长初期克隆苗表现出极大的优势,后期(15龄以上)则优势不复存在.     

青藏高原高寒草地退化与人工恢复过程中植物群落的繁殖适应对策

以三江源区不同退化程度高寒草甸和不同恢复年限人工草地作为研究对象,通过野外调查与采样、实验室分析,探究了高寒地区退化天然草地与人工恢复草地的植被群落繁殖构件数量变化.结果表明:在群落水平上,天然草地退化和人工草地建植会对植物繁殖构件的数量和生物量产生影响.随着天然草地退化程度的增加,营养枝数量和生物量则明显下降,而繁殖枝的数量和生物量明显升高(P＜0.05);随着人工草地恢复年限的增加,营养枝的数量和生物量逐渐增加,而繁殖枝的数量和生物量则逐渐降低(P＜0.05);随着恢复年限的增加,人工草地繁殖构件的变化逐渐接近未退化天然草地.在功能群水平上,植物繁殖构件数量亦随草地退化程度和人工恢复年限而变化.随着恢复年限的增加,禾本科、莎草科、杂类草的营养枝数量和生物量均呈现显著增加(P＜0.05),而繁殖枝数量和生物量则显著下降,禾本科的繁殖构件数量远远大于莎草科和杂类草;随着退化程度的增加,三大功能群的营养枝枝数和生物量显著增加(P＜0.05),而繁殖枝则呈现相反的趋势.实证了草地退化和人工恢复改变植物群落繁殖分配对策的科学假设,为高寒草地植被恢复重建技术的发展和更新提供理论支撑.     

大头茶构件种群生物量及叶面积动态

 对大头茶纯林构件种群的生物量和叶面积动态研究表明：各构件种群生物量和叶面积动态都可用logistic方程描述。但各具特殊性。(1)叶生物量和叶面积动态用幂函数方程和logistic方程都可较好地拟合,图呈平放的倒“S”形;(2)根、叶、枝、芽生物量及叶面积的增长在停滞以后又会随条件变化重新开始,直至停滞。可能为螺旋形的Logistic增长,与个体和茎生物量增长传统的“S”形曲线不同;(3)枝和茎生物量内禀增长率较大,占总体比率持续上升：根所占比率基本保持不变：叶和芽内禀增长率较小,占总体比率不断下降。叶的下降与枝、茎的上升之间呈二元线性相关(P<0.01)。表明植物体对各构件生物量投资的不均衡性,重点偏斜于枝,其次是茎。     

不同水分条件对毛乌素沙地油蒿幼苗生长和形态的影响

选择毛乌素沙地优势半灌木油蒿为研究对象,人为控制4种施水量水平来观察油蒿幼苗的生长和形态对全球降水量变化的响应。结果表明,不同施水量显著影响了幼苗生物量及其分配,枝叶形态和细根分布。随着施水量的增加,幼苗生物量、株高、总枝数和长度、总叶片数、总叶面积、比叶面积和细根长逐渐增大,而生物量根冠比、硬叶特征和叶肉质化程度逐渐减小。     

台湾相思林和芒草草丛中薇甘菊枝构件的分枝格局及其生物量

外域杂草薇甘菊 (Mikaniamicrantha)具有极强的分枝能力。在枝构件水平上 ,对生长在台湾相思 (Acaciaconfusa)群落和芒草 (Miscanthussinensis)群落中的薇甘菊枝构件的分枝格局和生物量分配的比较分析得出 :1)同芒草群落相比 ,台湾相思群落中薇甘菊各级枝的分枝数、分枝密度和分枝率都低 ,而分枝长度则较长 ;2 )台湾相思群落中薇甘菊以第一级分枝为主 ,而在芒草群落中则以第二级分枝为主 ;3)台湾相思林中薇甘菊枝构件的叶面积率、比叶面积和比茎长及叶片生物量分配显著大于芒草草丛 ;4)两个群落中薇甘菊枝构件的节间长和比叶柄长没有显著差异。这些结果说明薇甘菊枝构件对环境条件变化具不同响应。     

北京西部山区胡枝子种群研究:个体和构件生物量

通过对北京西部山区胡枝子(Lespedeza bicolor Turcz.)种群个体和构件地上生物量进行系统研究。结果表明,种群(总和)个体和各构件地上生物量积累与年龄的关系均可用方程式Y=axb表示。不同种群的植株个体和构件生物量有显著性不同(P<0.05),在海拔910-1100m的山脊林缘的种群个体和构件地上生物量较其它种群大,植株地上营养构件的生物量比率较小,而繁殖构件生物量比率较大;不适生境中的种群则反之。种群个体生长和各构件生物量动态与环境条件关系密切。构件生物量比率也随着年龄的增长而有所变化。叶生物量比率随年龄增加而减小;枝构件生物量比率随年龄增加而增大;繁殖构件的生物量比率随年龄增加先增后减。依据相关指数R2,筛选各构件生物量估计的最优模型:枝、枝叶生物量和地上生物量均为m(DW)=a(D2H1)b,叶生物量和花果生物量均为m(DW)=a(D)b。     

北京西部山区胡枝子种群研究: 个体和构件生物量

通过对北京西部山区胡枝子(Lespedeza bicolor Turcz.)种群个体和构件地上生物量进行系统研究。结果表明, 种群(总和)个体和各构件地上生物量积累与年龄的关系均可用方程式Y=axb表示。不同种群的植株个体和构件生物量有显著性不同(P<0.05), 在海拔910-1 100 m的山脊林缘的种群个体和构件地上生物量较其它种群大, 植株地上营养构件的生物量比率较小, 而繁殖构件生物量比率较大; 不适生境中的种群则反之。种群个体生长和各构件生物量动态与环境条件关系密切。构件生物量比率也随着年龄的增长而有所变化。叶生物量比率随年龄增加而减小; 枝构件生物量比率随年龄增加而增大; 繁殖构件的生物量比率随年龄增加先增后减。依据相关指数R2, 筛选各构件生物量估计的最优模型: 枝、枝叶生物量和地上生物量均为m(DW)= a(D2H1)b, 叶生物量和花果生物量均为m(DW)=a(D)b。     

百里香无性系的克隆生长特征

植物克隆生长及其与生态适应性的关系是当今植物种群生态学研究的热点和前沿课题,但目前小半灌木克隆生长的研究开展不多。百里香(Thymus serpyllum var. asiaticus)是一种具有地面匍匐茎的草本状小半灌木,可在土壤侵蚀剧烈、基岩大面积裸露的砒砂岩区形成百里香单优群落,在维持生态系统稳定方面具有重要的生态学作用。皇甫川流域是砒砂岩大面积分布的典型区域,在这一地区对百里香无性系的克隆生长进行研究,不仅具有重要的学术价值,而且在生态环境建设方面也具有一定的现实意义。在皇甫川流域选择含三级分株的百里香无性系,对其各级分株的总生物量、各构件生物量及数量、各构件生物量占总生物量的百分比及其月变化进行了研究。结果表明: 1)母株与子代相比,在总生物量、构件生物量及数量上占有绝对优势,而且具有体型大、结构复杂的特点; 2)对生物量分配格局的研究显示,母株根的生物量在总生物量中所占的比例最大,其叶所占的比例较低。子代叶的生物量在总生物量中所占的比例最大,其根所占的比例较低;3)不同级别分株在生物量分配上的差异,揭示了相互连接的分株在功能上的差别,母株可能更侧重于养分和水分的吸收,子株则更侧重于光合生产;4)构件枝、茎、花生物量分配比月变化显示,子1代各构件的生长规律与母株的基本一致,子2代与母株和子1代的相比差异较大,分析认为这可能是分株间不同程度的生理整合作用造成的结果。     

根茎型植物扁秆荆三棱对光照强度和养分水平的生长响应及资源分配策略

自然界中光照和养分因子常存在时空变化,对植物造成选择压力。克隆植物可通过克隆生长和生物量分配的可塑性来适应环境变化。尽管一些研究关注了克隆植物对光照和养分因子的生长响应,但尚未深入全面了解克隆植物对光照和养分资源投资的分配策略。以根茎型草本克隆植物扁秆荆三棱(Bolboschoenus planiculmis)为研究对象,在温室实验中,将其独立分株种植于由2种光照强度(光照和遮阴)和4种养分水平(对照、低养分、中养分和高养分)交叉组成的8种处理组合中,研究了光照和养分对其生长繁殖及资源贮存策略的影响。结果表明,扁秆荆三棱的生长、无性繁殖及资源贮存性状均受到光照强度的显著影响,在遮阴条件下各生长繁殖性状指标被抑制。且构件的数目、长度等特征对养分差异的可塑性响应先于其生物量积累特征。在光照条件下,高养分处理的总生物量、叶片数、总根茎分株数、长根茎分株数、总根茎长、芽长度、芽数量等指标大于其他养分处理,而在遮阴条件下,其在不同养分处理间无显著差异,表明光照条件可影响养分对扁秆荆三棱可塑性的作用,且高营养水平不能补偿由于光照不足而导致的生长能力下降。光照强度显著影响了总根茎、总球茎及大、中、小球茎的生物量分配,遮阴条件下,总生物量减少了对地下部分根茎和球茎的分配,并将有限的生物量优先分配给小球茎。总根茎的生物量分配未对养分发生可塑性反应,而随着养分增加,总球茎分配下降,说明在养分受限的环境中球茎的贮存功能可缓冲资源缺乏对植物生长的影响。在相同条件下,根茎生物量对长根茎的分配显著大于短根茎,以保持较高的繁殖能力;而总球茎对有分株球茎的生物量分配小于无分株球茎,表明扁秆荆三棱总球茎对贮存功能的分配优先于繁殖功能。研究为进一步理解根茎型克隆植物对光强及基质养分环境变化的生态适应提供了依据。     

台湾相思林和芒草草丛中薇甘菊枝构件的分枝格局及其生物量

 外域杂草薇甘菊(Mikania micrantha)具有极强的分枝能力。在枝构件水平上,对生长在台湾相思(Acacia confusa)群落和芒草(Miscanthus sinensis)群落中的薇甘菊枝构件的分枝格局和生物量分配的比较分析得出：1）同芒草群落相比,台湾相思群落中薇甘菊各级枝的分枝数、分枝密度和分枝率都低,而分枝长度则较长;2）台湾相思群落中薇甘菊以第一级分枝为主,而在芒草群落中则以第二级分枝为主;3）台湾相思林中薇甘菊枝构件的叶面积率、比叶面积和比茎长及叶片生物量分配显著大于芒草草丛;4     

萌蘖调控对辽东栎留存萌生株生长与结实的影响

比较了不同调控措施对岷江上游辽东栎萌生灌丛生长与结实的影响.结果表明,人为调控对辽东栎萌生灌丛本生长阶段的高生长与有性繁殖有着显著影响.各调控措施对辽东栎灌丛萌生株的基径增长未产生明显影响;保留2支和3支萌生株的丛高生长优势明显.调控丛的新生枝数量、总长度、总生物量较未调控前有较大增加,保留2支萌生株的丛类型增加得尤为显著;叶片数量、叶片总生物量与未调控前相比增加明显,叶片面积按保留萌生株数量由多到少逐渐变小.调控后,每丛保留3支萌生株的丛产生的种子最多,但自然状态丛种子单粒重最大.     

Climatic classification and ordination of the Spanish Sistema Central: relationships with potential vegetation

Comparisons among European, Japanese and North-American temperate deciduous woody floras revealed that there is no difference in shade-tolerance or in successional position between the compound- and simple-leaved species. Given that the compound-leaved species usually have greater biomass investments in non-productive throwaway supporting structures, it remained unclear how they could be as shade-tolerant as the simple-leaved analogues. To find out the role of the variability in leaf structure and composition in shade-tolerance of these species, foliar morphology and chemistry were analysed in 15 Estonian temperate compound-leaved deciduous woody taxa.Both foliar morphological and chemical parameters influenced the fractional investment of foliar biomass in petioles. The proportion of leaf biomass in petioles was independent of leaf size, but it increased with increasing leaflet number per leaf, suggesting that spacing rather than support requirements determined the biomass investment in petioles. The leaves with greater nitrogen concentrations also had larger foliar biomass investments in petioles. The latter effect possibly resulted from a greater water demand of functionally more active protein-rich leaves. Though the proportion of leaf biomass invested in petioles was high (for the whole material on average 15.9±0.4%), petioles were considerably cheaper to construct in terms of mineral nutrients than leaflets. e.g., petioles contained on average only 5.55±0.14% of total leaf nitrogen. Since in many cases the availability of mineral nutrients such as nitrogen rather than organic carbon sets limits to total leaf biomass on the plant, I suggested, contrary to previous claims, that the costs for foliage formation should not necessarily be different between compound- and simple-leaved species. Compound-leaved species also fit the basic relationships previously observed in simple-leaved analogues. Leaf size increased and leaf dry mass per area (LMA) decreased with increasing shade-tolerance. Thus, more shade-tolerant species construct a more effective foliar display for light interception at low irradiance with similar biomass investment in leaves. Species shade-tolerance was independent of biomass investment in petioles. However, due to the genotypic plasticity in LMA, more shade-tolerant species supported more foliar area at a constant leaf biomass investment in petioles.     

异质性水分环境中克隆整合对活血丹生物量分配及叶片结构特征的影响

喀斯特石漠化环境有着高度的生境异质性,异质性生境中土被不连续,土壤瘠薄,岩溶漏斗上的土壤保水性差,严重制约着喀斯特植被的生长及分布。为探究克隆植物在喀斯特地区的适应策略,本研究以喀斯特黄色石灰土为基质,选用克隆植物活血丹（Glechoma longituba）,以一个节间连接的两个分株为材料,保持节间连接或切断,种植于相邻花盆中,并施以不同浇水量,以明确不同水分可用性水平下克隆整合对活血丹生物量积累、生物量分配、叶片气孔及叶片组织特征的影响。结果显示,克隆整合显著促进活血丹生物量的积累及对根、叶的生物量分配;增加了活血丹叶气孔导度,降低了气孔指数;叶海绵组织受克隆整合影响较小,但栅栏组织及栅海比（栅栏组织/海绵组织）表现为非整合分株高于整合分株。本研究表明,克隆整合可增加活血丹胁迫分株对根、叶的投资,并以更佳的叶气孔、组织适应策略提高其在喀斯特生境中的生存与适应。     

松嫩平原不同生境芦苇种群分株的生物量分配与生长分析

在松嫩平原8月中旬,4个旱地生境芦苇种群分株的生长和生产力以季节性临时积水的低洼地为最高,以碱斑地为最低,两个生境之间分株高度相差2.8倍,分株生物量相差4.4倍,其它2个生境沙地和草甸混生 少也达到了显著或极显著水平,不同生境芦苇种群分株生物量分配的差异,蕴涵着重要的生长调节和物质分配策略。在分株株较小而又有充分生长空间的沙地生境和三斑生境,以及具有种间竞争的草句生境,分株将50％以上的物质分配给叶的建造上,以保证充分的物质生产;在环境条件相对较好的低洼地生境,分株将近40％的物质分配给茎的伸长生长,以提高个体对空间和光资源的竞争力。4个生境芦苇种群在分株增高与增重,以及茎、叶与分株的相对增重均具有相同的幂函数异速生长规律。     

Do clonal growth form and habitat origin affect resource-induced plasticity in Tibetan alpine herbs?

To investigate how growth form and habitat origin affect phenotypic plasticity to resource supply in the Tibetan alpine herbs, the phalanx-type species Stipa capillacea and the guerilla-type species Carex montis-everestii were sampled from two different habitats (alpine steppe and alpine scrubland) and grown under three levels of light intensity and two levels of nutrient supply. Interspecific differences in light-induced plasticity were detected only in number of ramets, specific leaf area and leaf sheath length. Plasticity in plant biomass, number of ramets and rhizome length in response to light intensity differed between the two habitats. Stipa plants were more plastic than Carex plants in number of ramets and specific leaf area in response to light intensity. Carex plants from the alpine scrubland expressed greater light-induced plasticity in plant biomass and number of ramets than those from the alpine steppe, and Stipa plants showed less interhabitat differences in plasticity, which may be closely related to their contrasting growth forms. Clonal growth form and habitat origin affected nutrient-induced plasticity in none of the measured traits. It may be the guerilla growth form that makes Carex plants more efficiently adapted to highly heterogeneous light conditions in scrubland, and less habitat-dependent plasticity contributes to success of the phalanx-type Stipa plants in alpine habitats. The results are discussed in the context of foraging for heterogeneously distributed essential resources and adaptation to habitat origin.     

Within-twig biomass allocation in subtropical evergreen broad-leaved species along an altitudinal gradient: allometric scaling analysis

We studied the effects of twig size and altitude on biomass allocation within plant twigs (terminal branches of current-year shoots), to determine whether species with large twigs/leaves or living at low altitude allocate a higher proportion of biomass to laminas than their counterparts with small twigs/leaves or living at high altitude. Stem mass, lamina mass and area, and petiole mass were measured for terminal branches of current-year shoots in 80 subtropical evergreen broad-leaved species belonging to 38 genera from 24 families along an altitudinal gradient of Mt. Emei, Southwest China. The scaling relationships between the biomass allocations of within-twig components were determined using model type II regression method. Isometric relationships were found between leaf mass and twig mass and between lamina mass and twig mass, suggesting that the biomass allocation to either leaves or laminas was independent of twig mass. Petiole mass disproportionally increased with both lamina mass and twig mass, indicating the importance of leaf petioles to the within-twig biomass allocation. These cross-species correlations were consistent with those among evolutionary divergences. In addition, species at low altitude tended to have a greater leaf and lamina mass but a smaller stem mass at a given twig mass than at middle and high altitudes. This is possibly due to the high requirement in physical support and the low efficiency of eco-physiological transport for the species living at high altitude. In general, within-twig biomass allocation pattern was not significantly affected by twig size but was greatly modulated by altitude.     

Basal rosette or floating leaf canopy – an example of plasticity in a rare aquatic macrophyte

The rare aquatic macrophyte Luronium natans can be encountered with two growth forms: as a bottom-dwelling plant with a rosette of linear leaves, or as a nymphaeid plant with long-petioled oval floating leaves. The change of growth form corresponds to a change in size class (small and submerged vs. tall and canopy-forming). The present study compares through one growing season floating leaf production and patterns of biomass allocation in Luronium ramets from a natural, moderately nutrient-rich habitat and from nutrient-rich transplantation sites. We ask whether differences in gross floating leaf production result from differences in ramet vigour while allocation patterns remain stable, or whether Luronium is able to allocate biomass plastically, and thus to change its growth form with differences in habitat. The study shows that both leaf types were produced in all habitats since the mid-growing season (June), but that biomass allocation to them varied. Floating leaves were dominant at high nutrient levels, whereas at the moderate nutrient level most leaf biomass was found in the rosette. We suggest that Luronium modifies its biomass allocation in a pattern that corresponds to the outlines of Tilman's (1988) mechanistic model of optimal biomass allocation on a light:nutrient gradient. The demonstrated morphological plasticity may enable Luronium to maintain itself in a large range of habitats, but it raises new questions about the reasons for the species' rarity.     

High densities of leaf‐tiers in open habitats are explained by host plant architecture

1. Crown architecture remains one of the least studied plant traits that influence plant–herbivore interactions. The hypotheses that dense crown architecture of mountain birches from open habitats favours leaf‐tying caterpillars through bottom‐up and/or top‐down effects associated with high leaf connectivity were tested. 2. Population densities of leaf‐tying herbivores in open (industrial barren and seashore) habitats were three times as high as in the shaded (forest) habitats. An experimental increase in leaf density by branch binding did not affect foliar consumption by free‐living herbivores but increased consumption by leaf‐tiers. 3. The specific leaf weight was lower in shaded habitats and in bound branches, but branch binding did not influence either the foliar concentrations of carbon and nitrogen or the pupal weight of the most abundant leaf‐tier, Carpatolechia proximella Hbn. (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae). 4. Caterpillars of C. proximella build several shelters during their lifetime and spend a considerable amount of time outside the shelter, where they excrete most of their faeces. In bound branches, caterpillars built new shelters more frequently than in control branches, and consumed less foliar biomass per shelter. 5. Mortality from parasitoids in bound branches was half that in the control, presumably because the complex environment disrupted parasitoid searching behaviour and/or because of lower damage to leaves from which the shelters were built. 6. It is concluded that the crown architecture associated with high leaf connectivity decreases mortality risks from natural enemies both outside and inside the shelter. Compact and dense crowns of host plants may at least partly explain high population densities of leaf‐tiers in open habitats.     

Sectoriality and physiological organisation in herbaceous plants: an overview

The physiological organisation of plants is considered in relation to the carbon economy of plant parts. Although assimilate is partitioned according to the relative strength of sinks, in many species there is also a very close relationship between partitioning and shoot phyllotaxy, giving rise to sectorial patterns of allocation whereby only certain sinks are supported by any source leaf. Essentially these sinks are in the same orthostichy as the source leaf. This constraint of the vascular architecture on assimilate distribution to developing sinks such as leaves, flowers and fruits is not always absolute, as following the loss of their principal source leaves these sinks can in many cases be supplied with assimilate by other leaves via new inter-orthostichy pathways. The supply of assimilate to major sinks such as developing fruits becomes more and more localised with time so that a fruit in an axillary position becomes largely supported by its subtending leaf; the reproductive node—a metamer-can thus be regarded as a relatively autonomous unit of the plant (an IPU). Similary, once established after a developmental phase of assimilate import, tiller ramets and branches in unitary plants tend to become physiologically autonomous modules. However, the functional autonomy of tillers is reversed following defoliation or shading as they are then sustained by the import of assimilate, subject to its availability, from unaffected tillers. Consequently the plant becomes physiologically integrated by the flow of assimilate from one part to another. The mainly autonomous ramets of many stoloniferous and rhizomatous species display a similar pattern of physiological integration in response to source manipulation, but in some species the ramets appear to maintain their independent functioning as a normal feature of the carbon allocation within the clone. In other clonal species, as the clone develops and becomes more structurally complex, vascular constraints start to restrict the movement of resources, and the clone becomes composed of a number of semi-autonomous IPUs. In unitary plants branches appear to remain very physiologically isolated in terms of their carbon economy once they become established, irrespective of a range of source-sink manipulations.These different patterns of physiological integration and organisation are discussed in relation to different strategies of assimilate utilisation and conservation.