兴安落叶松林碳平衡和全球变化影响研究

利用CENTURY模型模拟兴安落叶松林的C循环并探讨全球变化对其C循环的影响,结果表明,兴安落叶松林是一个C汇,年净吸收C2.65t.hm^-2,气候变化和大气CO2浓度增加将对北方森林的生长有利,使其净吸收C的能力增强,温度上升2℃时,兴安落叶松林的植物总生物量和生产力均增加,而土壤C含量降低,降水减少20％比降水增加20％时其植物总生物量,生产力和土壤C含量变化的幅度大,说明温度是大兴安岭地区森林生长的主要限制因子。     

兴安落叶松林生产力模拟及其生态效益评估

以兴安落叶松林为研究对象,基于森林资源清查资料和气候资料,建立了反映森林生物学特性(蓄积量和年龄)和气候因素(年均温和年均降水)综合作用的兴安落叶松林现实生产力模型;同时,评估了兴安落叶松林的生态系统公益,指出我国兴安落叶松林的生态系统公益总价值约为4499.8×106美元@a-1,其中生态效益(包括气候控制、土壤形成、废物处理、生物控制)的价值达2816.1×106美元@a-1,约占生态系统公益总价值的62.6%,是兴安落叶松林所创造的直接经济价值的2.56倍.社会经济价值的5.0倍.这表明全球气候变化将对兴安落松林的影响巨大,迫切需要研究全球变化下的兴安落叶松林对策.     

阿尔泰山落叶松林碳储量与生产力时空特征及其气候成因分析

准确把握阿尔泰山落叶松林固碳的动态变化对于维护阿尔泰山地森林生态系统的稳定性具有重要作用。基于4期(2001、2006、2011、2016年)森林资源连续清查资料,采用一元生物量模型、生物量与生产力关系方程、标准系数法和因子分析法等方法,估算了阿尔泰山落叶松林碳密度、碳储量和生产力(NPP),分析其时空变化特征,并探讨了阿尔泰山落叶松林固碳的气候成因。结果表明:(1)2001—2016年间阿尔泰山落叶松林固碳整体呈增长趋势,但增长幅度不大。(2)阿尔泰山落叶松林碳储量呈"富蕴阿勒泰哈巴河、青河布尔津福海"的分布特征;碳密度及NPP表现出"东南高,西北低"的空间分布格局;垂直分布上,碳储量、碳密度及NPP均呈随海拔升高先增后降的变化特征,在北坡和西北坡最大。(3)阿尔泰山落叶松林碳密度及NPP均随气温的升高而增加,是其主导影响因素。     

基于CENTURY模型模拟火烧对大兴安岭兴安落叶松林碳动态的影响

火作为森林生态系统重要的自然干扰因子之一,对森林的碳动态有着不可忽视的影响.本研究使用CENTURY模型模拟了大兴安岭呼中林区兴安落叶松林的碳收支对不同强度火烧的响应.结果表明:在不同强度火烧后,土壤总碳库呈先升后降再逐渐恢复的变化趋势,而林分生物碳库则先降后升,其中,林分细小组分碳库的恢复速度明显快于大组分,各碳库的波动程度随火烧强度的增大而增大.森林植被的净初级生产力(NPP)和土壤异养呼吸在火后均先降后升,但NPP的恢复快于土壤异养呼吸,二者的动态变化改变了林分的碳源/汇作用.轻微火烧后,兴安落叶松林仍表现为弱碳汇,并很快恢复到火前水平;其他强度的火烧使兴安落叶松林在短期内(9～12年)表现为碳源,随后逐渐转为碳汇.较低强度的林火不仅可以促进落叶松林的更新、减少死可燃物,也不会对林分的碳汇功能造成太大影响;高强度的严重林火对土壤和林木碳库造成严重损失,延缓森林的恢复,并可使林分表现为较长时间的碳源.     

不同主伐方式对兴安落叶松(Larix gmelinii)根际土壤理化性质及微生物群落的影响

对内蒙古根河大兴安岭林区1987年（恢复后期）、2013年（恢复前期）的皆伐与渐伐样地以及未采伐对照样地兴安落叶松的根际土壤理化性质、微生物群落结构和多样性进行了分析,旨在揭示不同主伐方式对兴安落叶松根际土壤理化性质以及微生物群落的影响。结果表明,主伐后兴安落叶松根际土壤的理化性质以及微生物群落的变化特征与非根际土壤存在区别,且不同主伐方式在不同恢复时期会对兴安落叶松根际土壤理化性质以及微生物群落产生不同的影响：（1）根际与非根际土壤微生物群落中真菌均比细菌更容易受到土壤理化性质的影响,但是单一种理化性质的改变对根际与非根际土壤微生物群落均不能造成显著影响。（2）相较于未采伐对照样地,皆伐样地恢复前期兴安落叶松根际土壤理化性质、微生物群落结构和多样性没有显著变化。皆伐样地恢复后期,兴安落叶松根际土壤理化性质（总碳、总氮、速效氮、pH）发生了显著变化,导致了微生物量碳氮、真菌磷脂脂肪酸（PLFA）含量显著降低、细菌/真菌显著升高,辛普森多样性指数显著降低。（3）渐伐样地恢复前期兴安落叶松根际土壤总碳、总氮、速效氮含量以及含水量均显著降低,总钾、速效磷含量显著上升,根际土壤微生物量碳含量显著降低。恢复后期,兴安落叶松根际土壤总磷含量显著升高,根际土壤微生物量碳的含量已恢复到渐伐前水平。渐伐干扰对根际土壤各微生物类群PLFA含量、微生物群落结构以及多样性没有显著影响。     

寒温带落叶松林优势乔木叶和茎及根的性状特征

植物功能性状与环境变化及其适应机制是生态学研究的热点话题.植物功能性状可反映植物在长期进化过程中对不同环境条件、适合度或生产力的适应.本文对寒温带兴安落叶松林的优势木本植物的茎、叶等植物功能性状进行了测定,并同步测定了温度、湿度、地形、土壤和雪被等环境因子,结果表明,寒温带地区兴安落叶松和白桦的叶面积、比叶面积都呈现出一定的规律性.两种乔木的一年生小枝的生物量都与根的平均生物量直接相关,其中白桦的一年生小枝的生物量分别与林下雪被的雪水当量和5～10 cm的土壤含水量直接相关,其他环境因子与一年生小枝的生物量无直接相关性.以杜鹃-落叶松林为代表的根性状研究结果表明,根的生物量不仅与自身的其他植物性状(如叶、茎)直接相关还与外界的环境因子密切相关.同时表明,落叶松的细根性状可与土壤温度、土壤含水量、土壤碳氮比以及海拔高度等环境因子产生间接的影响.     

亚热带地区阔叶林与杉木林土壤活性有机质比较

通过对亚热带3个地区地带性阔叶林和杉木林土壤活性有机质的比较,分析森林类型变化及杉木连栽对土壤有机碳和养分含量的影响.结果表明：地带性阔叶林转变为杉木林后,土壤总有机碳含量下降27.8%～52.1%、腐殖酸碳下降32.2%～52.8%、胡敏酸下降36.4%～59.0%、富里酸下降29.7%～50.0%;杉木连栽也使土壤总有机碳和腐殖质含量下降.森林类型改变和杉木连栽对土壤活性有机质的影响更明显.杉木林取代阔叶林后,土壤微生物生物量碳、微生物生物量氮、可溶性有机碳和可溶性有机氮含量的最大降幅分别为61.8%、38.2%、43.3%和69.0%;与第1代杉木林相比,第2代杉木林土壤微生物生物量碳、微生物生物量氮、可溶性有机碳和可溶性有机氮含量的最大降幅分别为34.7%、29.3%、30.4%、18.4%.经相关性分析,除冷水浸提有机氮外,土壤活性有机质与养分含量之间具有密切的相关关系.     

山西太岳山不同林龄华北落叶松林土壤微生物特性!

本文以山西太岳山3个林龄(18、35和51年生)华北落叶松林为对象,研究其土壤微生物生物量、土壤真菌群落结构多样性特征,并利用通径分析,探讨土壤和凋落物养分含量对土壤微生物的影响。结果表明:随着华北落叶松林年龄的增加,土壤微生物生物量碳逐渐增加,微生物生物量碳占其与可溶性有机碳之和的比例也逐渐增加;土壤微生物生物量碳/氮比在51年生华北落叶松林中最大(13),约为其他两个林龄华北落叶松林的1.6倍;土壤微生物碳熵在35年生华北落叶松林中最低(1.5%),在18年生华北落叶松林中最高(2.8%)。土壤微生物生物量氮、真菌Shannon指数、土壤和凋落物碳/氮比在不同林龄华北落叶松林中的变化趋势均为35年生18年生51年生。通径分析结果表明,真菌群落结构多样性对土壤微生物生物量碳有较大的直接作用,凋落物自身化学组成对土壤微生物生物量氮有显著影响,土壤碳/氮比和微生物生物量碳/氮比是调控真菌群落结构多样性的直接因素。总的来说,35年生华北落叶松林的土壤有机碳活性最小,土壤碳库稳定性较好,养分状况优于另外两个林龄华北落叶松林。     

不同林型兴安落叶松林火烧迹地物种组成及多样性研究

以内蒙古大兴安岭兴安落叶松林火烧迹地为研究对象,采用分层取样的方法对群落中植被进行了调查,分析比较了3种不同林型兴安落叶松林群落恢复过程中物种组成及多样性的差异。结果表明:不同林型兴安落叶松林群落各层α多样性指数总体表现为草本层灌木层乔木层。不同林型兴安落叶松林火烧迹地群落恢复12年后,草本层的Simpson和Shannon-Wiener指数均小于对照样地并呈现出草类-兴安落叶松林杜香-兴安落叶松林杜鹃-兴安落叶松林的趋势,而在灌木层则各指数均大于对照样地并呈现出草类-兴安落叶松林杜鹃-兴安落叶松林杜香-兴安落叶松林的趋势。     

水曲柳和落叶松人工林乔木层碳、氮储量及分配

采用树木解析和连续土芯法,估测了20年生水曲柳和落叶松人工林乔木层各部分生物量和生产量,以及两种林分各部分的碳、氮含量及储量.结果表明:水曲柳和落叶松乔木林生物量分别为6815.10和9295.95 g·m^-2;两树种树干生物量占总生物量的比例均最高,分别为57.32%和58.01%;细根生物量最低,分别为2.67%和1.80%.水曲柳和落叶松的年生产量分别为1618.16和2102.45 g·m^-2·a^-1,其中树干年生产量最高,分别占总生物量的39.34%和46.70%;细根的年生产量较低,分别占总生物量的12.06%和5.25%.水曲柳各器官碳含量低于落叶松,氮含量则高于落叶松;水曲柳林碳储量低于落叶松,而两树种氮储量差别不大.水曲柳分配到地上部分的生物量、生产量以及碳、氮比例均小于落叶松,反映了落叶松在构建地上部分相对于水曲柳的高效性;由于树种之间以及同一树种不同器官之间的碳、氮含量差别显著,精确估计森林碳、氮储量时应分树种和器官进行测定.     

运用Century模型模拟管理对鼎湖山森林生产力的影响

马毛松林是我国华南地区最主要的森林植被类型。为了寻求科学合理的马尾松林利用方式,我们运用Ｃｅｎｔｕｒｙ模型对马尾松林在不同管理措施下包括在严格保护措施下的演替各阶段的土壤有机质、Ｎ含量以及生产力进行了模拟预测。结果表明,除去地被物和林下层植物会使土壤肥力降低,导致生产力下降。除去的生物量越多,生产力降低的幅度越大。因此,此种利用方式不符合持续发展的要求,建议予以改变。应用Ｃｅｎｔｕｒｙ模型对鼎湖山     

A water-centred framework to assess the effects of salinity on the growth and yield of wheat and barley

We conducted a field experiment in two alpine meadows to investigate the short-term effects of nitrogen enrichment and plant litter biomass on plant species richness, the percent cover of functional groups, soil microbial biomass, and enzyme activity in two alpine meadow communities. The addition of nitrogen fertilizer to experimental plots over two growing seasons increased plant production, as indicated by increases in both the living plant biomass and litter biomass in the Kobresia humilis meadow community. In contrast, fertilization had no significant effect on the amounts of living biomass and litter biomass in the K. tibetica meadow. The litter treatment results indicate that litter removal significantly increased the living biomass and decreased the litter biomass in the K. humilis meadow; however, litter-removal and litter-intact treatments had no impact on the amounts of living biomass and litter biomass in the K. tibetica meadow. Litter production depended on the degree of grass cover and was also influenced by nitrogen enrichment. The increase in plant biomass reflects a strong positive effect of nitrogen enrichment and litter removal on grasses in the K. humilis meadow. Neither fertilization nor litter removal had any impact on the grass biomass in the K. tibetica meadow. Sedge biomass was not significantly affected by either nutrient enrichment or litter removal in either alpine meadow community. The plant species richness decreased in the K. humilis meadow following nitrogen addition. In the K. humilis meadow, microbial biomass C increased significantly in response to the nitrogen enrichment and litter removal treatments. Enzyme activities differed depending on the enzyme and the different alpine meadow communities; in general, enzyme activities were higher in the upper soil layers (0–10 cm and 10–20 cm) than in the lower soil layers (20–40 cm). The amounts of living plant biomass and plant litter biomass in response to the different treatments of the two alpine meadow communities affected the soil microbial biomass C, soil organic C, and soil fertility. These results suggest that the original soil conditions, plant community composition, and community productivity are very important in regulating plant community productivity and microbial biomass and activity.     

Variable Responses of Lowland Tropical Forest Nutrient Status to Fertilization and Litter Manipulation

Predicting future impacts of anthropogenic change on tropical forests requires a clear understanding of nutrient constraints on productivity. We compared experimental fertilization and litter manipulation treatments in an old-growth lowland tropical forest to distinguish between the effects of inorganic nutrient amendments and changes in nutrient cycling via litterfall. We measured the changes in soil and litter nutrient pools, litterfall, and fine root biomass in plots fertilized with nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P), or potassium (K), and in litter addition and litter removal treatments during 7 years. Soil inorganic N and litter N increased in double-litter plots but not in N-fertilized plots. Conversely, litter P and soil pools of P and K increased in fertilized plots but not in the double-litter plots. Soil and litter pools of N and K decreased in the no-litter plots. Changes in litterfall with added nutrients or litter were only marginally significant, but fine root biomass decreased with both the litter and the K addition. Differences between the two experiments are mostly attributable to the coupled cycling of carbon and nutrients in litter. Increased nutrient inputs in litter may improve plant uptake of some nutrients compared to fertilization with similar amounts. The litter layer also appears to play a key role in nutrient retention. We discuss our findings in the context of possible impacts of anthropogenic change on tropical forests.     

Influence of the phenolic compound bearing species Ledum palustre on soil N cycling in a boreal hardwood forest

The effects of the understory shrub Ledum palustre on soil N cycling were studied in a hardwood forest of Interior Alaska. This species releases high concentrations of phenolic compounds from green leaves and decomposing litter by rainfall. Organic and mineral soils sampled underneath L. palustre and at nearby non-Ledum sites were amended with L. palustre litter leachates and incubated at controlled conditions. We aimed to know (i) whether L. palustre presence and litter leachate addition changed net N cycling rates in organic and mineral soils, and (ii) what N cycling processes, including gross N mineralization, N immobilization and gross N nitrification, were affected in association with L. palustre. Our results indicate that N transformation rates in the surface organic horizon were not affected by L. palustre presence or leachate addition. However, mineral soils underneath L. palustre as well as soils amended with leachates had significantly higher C/N ratios and microbial respiration rates, and lower net N mineralization and N-to-C mineralization compared to no Ledum and no leachates soils. No nitrification was detected. Plant presence and leachate addition also tended to increase both gross N mineralization and immobilization. These results suggest that soluble C compounds present in L. palustre increased N immobilization in mineral soils when soil biota used them as a C source. Increases in gross N mineralization may have been caused by an enhanced microbial biomass due to C addition. Since both plant presence and leachate addition decreased soil C/N ratio and had similar effects on N transformation rates, our results suggest that litter leachates could be partially responsible for plant presence effects. The lower N availability under L. palustre canopy could exert negative interactions on the establishment and growth of other plant species.     

Structure and function of shisham forests in central Himalaya,India: dry matter dynamics

The biomass and net primary productivity (NPP) of 5- to 15-year-old Shisham (Dalbergia sissoo Roxb.) forests growing in central Himalaya were estimated. Allometric equations were developed for all above- and below-ground components of trees and shrubs for each stand. Understorey forest floor biomass and litter fall were also estimated in forest stands. The biomass (dry matter), forest floor biomass (standing crop litter), tree litter fall and NPP of trees and shrubs increased with increasing age of the forest stand, whereas the dry matter and herb NPP decreased significantly (P < 0.001) with increasing age of the forest. Total forest biomass and NPP ranged from 58.7 (5-year-old stand) to 136.1 t ha(-1) (15-year-old stand) and 12.6 (5-year-old stand) to 20.3 t ha(-1) year(-1) (15-year-old stand), respectively. Of these values, tree biomass accounted for 85.7 (5-year-old stand) to 90.1% (15-year-old) of total forest biomass, and tree NPP for 72.2 (5-year-old) to 82.3% (15-year-old) of total forest NPP. The biomass accumulation ratio (BAR) of the bole component (bole wood + bole bark) increased with increasing age of the forest stand. The bole BAR was 5.8 (5-year-old stand) to 7.9 (15-year-old stand). However, total BAR of the forest stand ranged from 5.5 (5-year-old) to 7.5 (15-year-old).     

Subordinate plant species impact on soil microbial communities and ecosystem functioning in grasslands: Findings from a removal experiment

Despite their low relative abundance, subordinate plant species may have larger impacts on ecosystem functioning than expected, but their role in plant communities remains poorly understood. The aim of this study was to test how subordinate plant species influence the functioning of a species-rich semi-natural grasslands. A plant removal experiment was set-up in the mountain grasslands of the Jura Mountains (Switzerland) to test the impact of subordinate plant species on soil microbial communities and ecosystem functioning. The experiment included three treatments: removal of all subordinate species, partial biomass removal of dominant species, and a no biomass removal control. After 2 years of treatments, we determined soil microbial community (bacteria and mycorrhizal fungi) by T-RFLP analysis and measured litter decomposition, soil respiration, soil inorganic nitrogen (DIN) availability and throughout above-ground biomass production as measures of ecosystem function. The removal of subordinate plant species strongly affected bacterial and weakly influenced mycorrhizal fungi communities and decreased rates of plant litter decomposition, soil respiration and DIN availability with larger effects than the partial loss of dominant biomass. The removal of subordinate plant species did not modify plant community structure, but it did reduce total above-ground biomass production compared to the control plots. Collectively, our findings indicate that the loss of subordinate species can have significant consequences for soil microbial communities and ecosystem functions, suggesting that subordinate species are important drivers of ecosystem properties.     

Experimental litterfall manipulation drives large and rapid changes in soil carbon cycling in a wet tropical forest

Global changes such as variations in plant net primary production are likely to drive shifts in leaf litterfall inputs to forest soils, but the effects of such changes on soil carbon (C) cycling and storage remain largely unknown, especially in C‐rich tropical forest ecosystems. We initiated a leaf litterfall manipulation experiment in a tropical rain forest in Costa Rica to test the sensitivity of surface soil C pools and fluxes to different litter inputs. After only 2 years of treatment, doubling litterfall inputs increased surface soil C concentrations by 31%, removing litter from the forest floor drove a 26% reduction over the same time period, and these changes in soil C concentrations were associated with variations in dissolved organic matter fluxes, fine root biomass, microbial biomass, soil moisture, and nutrient fluxes. However, the litter manipulations had only small effects on soil organic C (SOC) chemistry, suggesting that changes in C cycling, nutrient cycling, and microbial processes in response to litter manipulation reflect shifts in the quantity rather than quality of SOC. The manipulation also affected soil CO ₂ fluxes; the relative decline in CO ₂ production was greater in the litter removal plots (?22%) than the increase in the litter addition plots (+15%). Our analysis showed that variations in CO ₂ fluxes were strongly correlated with microbial biomass pools, soil C and nitrogen (N) pools, soil inorganic P fluxes, dissolved organic C fluxes, and fine root biomass. Together, our data suggest that shifts in leaf litter inputs in response to localized human disturbances and global environmental change could have rapid and important consequences for belowground C storage and fluxes in tropical rain forests, and highlight differences between tropical and temperate ecosystems, where belowground C cycling responses to changes in litterfall are generally slower and more subtle.     

亚热带典型森林地上和地下凋落物输入对土壤新老有机碳动态平衡的影响

凋落物是森林土壤有机碳(SOC)形成、稳定和周转的重要影响因子。目前针对亚热带不同类型森林地上和地下凋落物对新SOC累积和老SOC输出动态平衡的影响仍不清楚。本研究以中亚热带常绿阔叶天然林、马尾松人工林和杉木人工林为对象,基于C3/C4植物-土壤置换试验,利用稳定同位素¹³C示踪方法开展3年野外定位试验,分析了森林地上、地下凋落物输入对SOC周转的影响。结果表明: 森林类型、凋落物处理和时间均能显著影响SOC含量、土壤δ¹³C值、新SOC和老SOC含量,且存在显著的森林类型×凋落物处理交互效应。地上和地下凋落物输入均能显著提高SOC含量和净增量,与杉木人工林相比,天然林SOC对凋落物输入的响应更敏感。凋落物输入显著降低了土壤δ¹³C值,且天然林、马尾松人工林土壤δ¹³C显著低于杉木人工林。在马尾松人工林,地下凋落物处理的新SOC含量显著高于地上凋落物;在天然林和马尾松人工林,地下凋落物输入处理的老SOC含量显著低于地上凋落物处理。此外,地上凋落物归还量和地下根生物量与SOC含量和净增量呈显著正相关,而地下根凋落物量和C/N与新SOC含量呈显著正相关。森林地下凋落物比地上凋落物输入对SOC周转的影响更重要,且不同森林凋落物输入对SOC的影响存在差异性。本研究可为揭示亚热带典型森林土壤有机碳库的形成和可持续管理提供依据。     

Four years of litter input manipulation changes soil microbial characteristics in a temperate mixed forest

Aboveground litter not only is an important source of nutrients to soil microbes but also regulates the microclimate in topsoil. How the changes in aboveground litter quantity would affect the microbial biogeochemical cycles is still unclear. Here we conducted a litter input manipulation experiment in a temperate mixed forest to investigate how different amounts of litter input affect soil organic carbon (SOC) and soil respiration via their regulation on soil microbes. We found that although neither SOC stock nor soil CO₂ efflux was affected by litter manipulation, soil microbial characteristics had responded after four years of litter addition or removal treatments. Microbial biomass carbon (MBC) in the O horizon was higher in litter addition plots than in litter removal plots as a result of the changed availability of labile C under litter treatments. Both double litter and no litter treatments changed microbial compositions, which was probably due to the increased soil pH in no litter treatment and the increased labile C in double litter treatment. The null change in soil respiration could be attributed to the offset between the negative effect of decreased substrate and the positive effect of increased temperature on soil respiration in litter removal plots. Due to the important role of soil microbes in carbon cycling, the altered microbial properties under litter manipulation treatments suggested the inevitable changes in biogeochemical cycling in the long run and call for long-term studies on SOC dynamics in the future.