森林植被的自然火干扰

森林植被的自然火干扰邱扬（山西大学黄土高原研究所,太原０３０００６）ＮａｔｕｒａｌＦｉｒｅＤｉｓｔｕｒｂａｎｃｅｏｆＦｏｒｅｓｔＶｅｇｅｔａｔｉｏｎ．ＱｉｕＹａｎｇ（ＩｎｓｔｉｔｕｔｅｏｆＬｏｅｓＰｌａｔｅａｕ,ＳｈａｎｘｉＵｎｉｖｅｒｓｉｔｙ,...     

林隙（gap）更新动态研究进展

林隙（ｇａｐ）更新动态研究进展臧润国（中国林业科学研究院生态环境研究所,北京１０００９３）ＲｅｓｅａｒｃｈＡｄｖａｎｃｅｓｏｆＧａｐＲｅｇｅｎｅｒａｔｉｏｎＤｙｎａｍｉｃｓ．ＺａｎｇＲｕｎｇｕｏ（ＩｎｓｔｉｔｕｔｅｏｆＥｃｏｌｏｇｙａｎｄＥｎｖｉｒ...     

淮河下游地区针叶林多样性研究

淮河下游地区针叶林多样性研究阎传海（徐州师范大学地理系,２２１００９）ＡＳｔｕｄｙｏｆＤｉｖｅｒｓｉｔｙｏｆｔｈｅＣｏｎｉｆｅｒｏｕｓＦｏｒｅｓｔｉｎｔｈｅＬｏｗｅｒＨｕａｉｈｅＶａｌｅｙ．ＹａｎＣｈｕａｎｈａｉ（ＤｅｐａｒｔｍｅｎｔｏｆＧｅｏｇｒ...     

江苏宜兴森林自然保护区种子植物区系特点及植被性质

对江苏宜兴森林自然保护区及周边地区的种子植物区系成分进行统计分析,归为４大类１５个分布类型。属的成分以温带比例最高（６１％）,东部成分亦较明显（２５％）,中西部成分极少,几无本地特有成分,属较典型的华东植物区系地区。对该地区现存植物进行计算分析,结合栽培植物及古植被资料,得出以青冈〔Ｃｙｃｌｏｂａｌａｎｏｐｓｉｓｇｌａｕｃａ（Ｔｈｕｎｂ．）Ｏｅｒｓｔ．〕、石栎〔Ｌｉｔｈｏｃａｒｐａｇｌａｂｅｒ（Ｔｈｕｎｂ．）Ｎａｋａｉ〕等为建群种的中亚热带常绿阔叶林是本地区的地带性植被。自然保护区建立（１９８１）以后植被恢复明显,许多样地已接近自然植被。     

长白山林区森林/沼泽交错群落的植物多样性

本研究应用样带网格调查方法,对森林／沼泽交错区上6种群落的植物多样性状况、优势种类与分布以及交错区环境梯度进行了研究。结果表明：森林／沼泽交错区植物多样性具有沿着交错区环境梯度逐渐增高的趋势;发育成熟的交错群落具有最高的植物多样性,且高于相对应的典型森林群落。由于交错区群落存在着沼泽植物类群、森林类群以及交错区群落的优势种类群,故发育成熟的交错区群落种类较丰富,一些优势种种群数量为森林中的5倍。因为交错区的生境对于满足这些种类的生活史具有重要作用。森林／沼泽交错群落的特征与交错区环境梯度以及两个植被类型的特征密切相关。     

“城-郊-乡”森林生态样带植被变化梯度分析

沿纽约市“市区－郊区－农区”１４０ｋｍ森林生态样带,对９个样地１９个样方的森林植被进行了研究。植被组成和结构沿样带变化明显,分异出城区森林、郊区森林和农区森林等不同类型,优势种替代明显,植物种类也形成了不同的生态类型。植被的梯度变化与人类活动密切相关,城市化对植被有重要影响。森林生态样带是研究人类活动对植被影响的好手段。     

长白山自然保护区阔叶红松林林隙干扰状况的研究

 本文研究了长白山自然保护区阔叶红松林林隙干扰的基本规律,得到了描述林隙干扰状况的一些重要参数。结果表明扩展林隙在阔叶红松林中所占的面积比例是27.36％,而实际林隙所占的面积比例为13.05％,林隙干扰的频率每年约为0.15％;林隙的分布格局是均匀式的。形成林隙最重要的方式是掘根风倒,其次为干基折断;大多数的林隙都是由1～4株形成木形成的,林隙形成木主要是由红松、水曲柳、蒙古栎和紫椴组成;阔叶红松林的主林层乔木在直径为40～60cm和高度为25～30m时,形成林隙的可能性最大。     

The Use Of Methods For Injury Determination And Quantification From Natural Resource Damage Assessment In Ecological Risk Assessment

Several Federal statutes provide the government the authority to recover natural resource damages including the Clean Water Act Amendments (1977), the Outer Continental Shelf Act Amendments (1978), the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) of 1980, and the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (OPA 90). CERCLA and OPA 90 are the principle Federal statutes which authorize trustees to assess damages for trust resources which are lost, injured, or destroyed as a result of the discharge of oil or the release of hazardous substances. The Department of the Interior was charged with developing natural resource damage assessment (NRDA) regulations and procedures from CERCLA and the Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) was charged with developing regulations for OPA 90. NRDA is a process for making the public “whole” for direct injury to natural resources and/or the services of natural resources. The primary objectives of the NRDA process are to identify and quantify natural resource injury, determine the damages resulting from the injury, and develop and implement appropriate restoration actions. The goal is to be accomplished by implementing a plan for the restoration, rehabilitation, replacement, or acquisition of equivalent natural resources. NRDA is an after-the-fact process; however, the OPA 90 NRDA rules describe a pre-spill planning process. The models and formulae can be used in this pre-spill planning process to estimate damages (both ecological and economic). Some of those tools, in particular NRDAMCME, have uses in ranking risk from spills of petroleum products and hazardous substances. This information can be used to protect ecological resources and lower NRDA costs through pre spill planning and management of resources during a spill.     

Clustering Timber Harvests and the Effect of Dynamic Forest Management Policy on Forest Fragmentation

To integrate multiple uses (mature forest and commodity production) better on forested lands, timber management strategies that cluster harvests have been proposed. One such approach clusters harvest activity in space and time, and rotates timber production zones across the landscape with a long temporal period (dynamic zoning). Dynamic zoning has been shown to increase timber production and reduce forest fragmentation by segregating uses in time without reducing the spatial extent of timber production. It is reasonable to wonder what the effect of periodic interruptions in the implementation of such as strategy might be, as would be expected in a dynamic political environment. To answer these questions, I used a timber harvest simulation model (HARVEST) to simulate a dynamic zoning harvest strategy that was periodically interrupted by changes in the spatial dispersion of harvests, by changes in timber production levels, or both. The temporal scale (period) of these interruptions had impacts related to the rate at which the forest achieved canopy closure after harvest. Spatial dynamics in harvest policies had a greater effect on the amount of forest interior and edge than did dynamics in harvest intensity. The periodically clustered scenarios always produced greater amounts of forest interior and less forest edge than did their never clustered counterparts. The results suggest that clustering of harvests produces less forest fragmentation than dispersed cutting alternatives, even in the face of a dynamic policy future. Although periodic episodes of dispersed cutting increased fragmentation, average and maximum fragmentation measures were less than if clustered harvest strategies were never implemented. Clustering may also be useful to mitigate the fragmentation effects of socially mandated increases in timber harvest levels. Implementation of spatial clustering during periods of high timber harvest rates reduced the variation in forest interior and edge through time, providing a more stable supply of forest interior habitat across the landscape. Received 19 September 1997; accepted 6 August 1998.