Effects of Forest Use on Aphyllophoraceous Fungal Community Structure in Sarawak, Malaysia

Aphyllophoraceous fungi are expected to reflect changes in the environmental conditions caused by forest use. To reveal the effects of forest uses on the fungal community structure, we performed a 3‐month survey of aphyllophoraceous species in five forest types (undisturbed primary forest, isolated patches of primary forest, old and young fallow forest, and rubber plantations) in Sarawak, Malaysia in 2005. We used a canonical correspondence analysis (CCA) to reveal the relationships between fungal community composition and the environmental variables (canopy openness, soil water potential, amount and composition of coarse woody debris, litter mass, basal area, plant species composition). A total of 155 samples from 67 species were collected during the study period. The fungal species density represented by the number of species in a transect differed significantly among forest types. The fungal species density increased significantly with increasing number of pieces of coarse woody debris (CWD), but decreased significantly with increasing the scores of second axis of principal component analysis (PCA) for plant species composition. In the CCA ordination, automatic forward selection revealed that only the number of pieces of CWD significantly affected the fungal species composition. The occurrences of Flabellophora licmophora, Coriolopsis retropicta, Microporus vernicipes, and Amauroderma subrugosum were positively correlated with the number of pieces of CWD. Our study clearly demonstrated that forest use negatively affected aphyllophoraceous fungal diversity and suggest that the quantity of CWD would be an important determinant of fungal diversity and composition.     

西双版纳农田弃耕后橡胶园的建立对碳的固存作用

 由于温室气体的大量排放引起的全球气候变暖等环境问题日益严重,近年来人们开始考虑通过植被和土壤的碳固存,以缓解大气中CO2浓度的升高速度,减缓温室效应的影响。有研究表明,热带原始森林的保护和人工林的建立能有效地固存大气中的碳。但是,在建立热带种植园和人工林以固存大气CO2的可行性及其碳的固存潜力大小等方面还存在较大争议。云南省西双版纳自治州是我国重要的热带地区之一,目前橡胶(Hevea brasiliensis)园的面积为1.3×105 hm2,约占该地区林地面积的14%。在本研究中,选择11块在弃耕后的农田上建立的橡胶园（定植年限为3至38年）,初步探讨了橡胶园建立后植被和土壤中碳的固存规律。两个生物量模型（唐建维等的模型和Brown模型）的模拟结果显示,橡胶园建立后植被中生物量的平均增长速率分别为10.2×103和9.4×103 kg·hm-2·a-1,40和100 cm表层土壤碳的平均固存速率分别为0.61×103和0.72×103 kg C·hm-2·a-1,植被和100 cm表层土壤中碳的平均固存速率为5.82×103和5.42×103 kg C·hm-2·a-1,而定植40年后植被和100 cm表层土壤碳的固存潜力为232.8×103和216.8×103 kg C·hm-2。对两个模型的比较结果显示,唐建维等的模型生物量计算结果明显高于Brown模型,尤其是在对中幼龄橡胶园生物量估算时更是如此。     

Do Eucalyptus plantations host an insect community similar to remnant Eucalyptus forest?

Abstract We examined the potential of forest plantations to support communities of forest‐using insects when planted into an area with greatly reduced native forest cover. We surveyed the insect fauna of Eucalyptus globulus (Myrtaceae) plantations and native Eucalyptus marginata dominated remnant woodland in south‐western Australia, comparing edge to interior habitats, and plantations surrounded by a pastoral matrix to plantations adjacent to native remnants. We also surveyed insects in open pasture. Analyses focused on three major insect orders: Coleoptera, Lepidoptera and Hymenoptera. Plantations were found to support many forest‐using insect species, but the fauna had an overall composition that was distinct from the remnant forest. The pasture fauna had more in common with plantations than forest remnants. Insect communities of plantations were different from native forest both because fewer insect species were present, and because they had a few more abundant insect species. Some of the dominant species in plantations were known forestry pests. One pest species (Gonipterus scutellatus) was also very abundant in remnant forest, although it was only recently first recorded in Western Australia. It may be that plantation forestry provided an ecological bridge that facilitated invasion of the native forest by this nonendemic pest species. Plantation communities had more leaf‐feeding moths and beetles than remnant forests. Plantations also had fewer ants, bees, evanioid wasps and predatory canopy beetles than remnants, but predatory beetles were more common in the understory of plantations than remnants. Use of broad spectrum insecticides in plantations might limit the ability of these natural enemies to regulate herbivore populations. There were only weak indications of differences in composition of the fauna at habitat edges and no consistent differences between the fauna of plantations adjacent to remnant vegetation and those surrounded by agriculture, suggesting that there is little scope for managing biodiversity outcomes by choosing different edge to interior ratios or by locating plantations near or far from remnants.     

落叶松人工林土壤酸度与有机磷形态的相关性

通过东北东部山地落叶松人工林不同发育阶段土壤酸度变化规律以及与有机磷形态相关关系的研究发现,不同发育阶段落叶松根际土壤水解性总酸度都高于非根际土壤,而交换性酸与总酸度的比值则相反;落叶松由幼龄林到成熟林随林龄的增大根际土壤活性酸(pH值)呈降低趋势,而非根际土壤活性酸(pH值)(除成熟林外)、根际与非根际土壤的交换性酸、土壤交换性铝、土壤水解性总酸度和交换性酸/总酸度的比值随林龄的增大呈显著增大趋势。但由于暗棕壤具有较强的缓冲性能,并且土壤活性酸(pH值)由幼龄林到成熟林随林龄的变化范围为5.27±0.25~5.93±0.12,因此,在落叶松树种适生的范围之内,不需施用石灰调节土壤的酸度。各年龄阶段森林根际土壤酸度与根际土壤有机磷形态相关密切。随着土壤潜性酸度的增加,各年龄阶段森林土壤有机磷总量、中稳性有机磷和高稳性有机磷含量降低。活性有机磷分别与活性酸、水解性总酸度呈显著正相关,其与水解性总酸度相关性随林龄的增大而降低。     

人工林青梅木材构造的初步研究

解剖了人工林青梅木材.用切片、显微摄影的方法,通过观测,得到如下结果:⑴导管、木纤维、轴向薄壁组织和射线薄壁组织的比例相近,但木纤维最多.⑵管孔数目随生长轮数的增加而减少,而导管切向直径却增加.⑶树木的实际生长年龄比生长轮数少得多.⑷木材解剖特征的演化不均一.同时,对木材性质与构造的关系、解剖特征的系统发育、木材生长的规律进行了初步探讨.     

川西亚高山云杉人工林土壤质量性状演变

通过对川西亚高山云杉人工林不同演替阶段土壤肥力质量性状的研究 ,结果表明 ,人工云杉林土壤肥力退化与土壤有机质有关 ,在人工云杉林地中 ,随着抚育林龄的增加 ,土壤全 N、碱解 N、全 P、腐殖质、HA、FA、CEC、EB、微生物总数、细菌及真菌数量随有机质的减少而降低 ,土壤最大持水量、毛管持水量及总孔隙和毛管孔隙则先减少 ,之后随着云杉自疏而有上升的趋势 ,毛管持水量是决定林地自然含水量的主要因子。土壤 K素和酶活性变化较复杂 ,钾素主要与土壤母质有关 ,酶活性主要与林地微生态环境有关。土壤综合肥力评价表明 ,土壤综合肥力指标 (IFI)从人工云杉幼林向成熟林演替时 ,先迅速下降 ,之后随云杉自疏而缓慢上升 ,表现出非正“U”型的变化。解决当前人工成熟云杉林土壤退化的主要措施应因地制宜地进行间伐或轮伐 ,改善林地的微生态条件 ,尽量避免营造针叶纯林 ,建议营造针阔混交林。     

樟子松人工固沙林衰退的主要特征

针对辽宁省章古台地区樟子松人工固沙林出现的衰退枯死现象,系统地研究了樟子松人工固沙林衰退的主要特征.结果表明,衰退的樟子松人工固沙林外貌景观呈灰绿色,针叶纤细,开花结实率低,平均单株球果数量为10.4～16.5个,成熟种子千粒重为6.96～7.39g,种子空粒、涩粒较多.生长季内2年生针叶营养元素季节变化规律相似,但N、P含量下降,K含量明显增高,表明养分循环失调;衰退林分2年生针叶叶绿素含量较高,健康林分1年生较高且增幅较大.松枯梢病的侵害是樟子松人工固沙林衰退的最明显标志.林分衰退后,树高和胸径生长量下降明显,林分胸径分布结构“左移”(径级小的株数增多),衰弱(亡)木数量增加了15.9%～27.2%;根量分别减少了22.9%～28.9%,其中吸收根减少量最大.     

The influence of leaf age on the oviposition preference of Chrysophtharta bimaculata (Olivier) and the establishment of neonates

1 The degree of discrimination shown by a herbivore when selecting oviposition sites has been suggested as a key factor to understanding herbivore population dynamics. Chrysophtharta bimaculata (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) is a primary pest of Tasmanian eucalypt forests and can cause severe defoliation. Previous work suggests that females show discrimination when selecting oviposition sites. Our aim was to test the degree of oviposition discrimination exhibited by C. bimaculata with regards to leaf toughness, a character that is critical to neonate survival. 2 We conducted an experiment examining the leaf toughness critical for neonate survival and found that significant larval mortality occurs above a toughness of 46.9 g. We also determined that the maximum toughness of leaves upon which larvae established in the field was 48.2 g, supporting the laboratory result. 3 Field surveys showed that although the majority of eggs were laid on leaves suitable for larval establishment, many eggs were laid on unsuitable, tougher leaves. However, all eggs were normally placed within 20 cm of suitable leaves and glasshouse trials demonstrated the neonates could move this distance without mortality occurring. 4 We conclude that egg batch distribution and larval performance of C. bimaculata will influence the population dynamics of C. bimaculata in two ways. Firstly, the availability of expanding/newly expanding leaves of eucalypt hosts will determine larval carrying capacity. Secondly, at a more localized level, the deposition of large numbers of egg batches on both suitable and unsuitable leaves followed by successful neonate migration increases the risk of resource depletion and poor larval development.     

经营措施对青檀人工林生物量及檀皮产量的影响

调查了青檀人工林不同经营措施对林分地上部分生物生产力及檀皮产量的影响.结果表明(1)在密度及墩龄相同条件下,单位面积檀皮产量与年龄成正比,出皮率与年龄成反比;(2)单位面积檀皮产量年增长以第3年为最高,分别是第2年和第4年年增长量的1.58倍和4.12倍;(3)在密度、留萌数及萌发年龄相同条件下,单位面积檀皮产量以条墩年龄12年为最高,分别是6年生和9年生的3.32倍和1.11倍;(4)四种造林密度类型(2500、3333、4200和5350墩/hm2)中,檀皮产量大小顺序为4200>3333>5350>2500.4200墩/hm2(株行距1.4m×1.7m)的林分檀皮产量是2500墩/hm2(株行距2m×2m)林分植皮产量的1.68倍;(5)在密度、墩龄相同条件下,每墩留萌数为10时,单位面积植皮产量最高.从收获经济生物量(檀皮)的角度考虑,青檀人工林密度应在3333～4200墩/hm2之间,轮伐期为3年;在条墩年龄为9年以上的人工林中,留萌数以10条为好.     

广东番禺红树林造林研究

结合广东番禺红树林造林的现状,对影响红树林幼苗成活率和生长状况的因素进行初步分析,并据此提出提高造林保存率的措施等。影响红树林造林成活及生长的因素为①水深潮水越深,红树幼苗成活率越低,生长越差;②风浪海面风浪越大,红树幼苗受干扰越大,成活和生长越差;③人为活动干扰会严重影响红树幼苗的成活和生长;④造林地的杂草会影响某些红树植物幼苗的光照条件;⑤海滩垃圾废物会挂断和压倒大量红树幼苗;⑥海滩石油污染会阻止红树胚轴的萌发;⑦幼苗种植时越粗壮,种植得越精细,则种植后生长越好。并提出提高造林成效的措施①加强维护和管理包括护理受损伤的红树幼苗,清除塑料袋等垃圾物,制止在红树幼苗区的捕捞活动,造林前清除杂草和固定某些红树植物幼苗;②补植受破坏的红树幼苗和扩大种植。