Plant community complexity in the arid valley of Minjiang River, southwestern China

Biocomplexity theory is becoming increasingly important in understanding natural vegetation dynamics and interrelation among all components of the ecosystem. In this study, based on the field investigation of plant species and environmental factors (altitude, microtopography, soil water content, and soil nutrients) in an arid valley of the upper reaches of Minjiang River, Sichuan Province, southwestern China, plant community complexity and its relationship with environmental factors, community diversity, species evenness and richness were studied. Both total and structural complexities of the communities showed a “high- low-high” tendency with the increase in altitude of the area, which meant that the complexity of communities was the highest at the sites of low and high altitude, whereas it was the lowest at the sites of intermediate altitude. It was found that the total community complexity had significant quadratic correlations with soil organic matter (SOM) content, total nitrogen (N), hydrolyzable N, soil water content, and available potassium (K), whereas it had no significant correlations with soil total K, total phosphorus (P), available P, and pH value. The total community complexity positively correlated with community diversity, species evenness and species richness, whereas the structural complexity negatively correlated with the community evenness. Of the two components of the total community complexity, namely, the structural complexity and the structural diversity, the structural complexity was more sensitive than the structural diversity to the changes of species in the community, which was not only related to the community evenness but also to the community richness. The relative contribution of both the structural complexity and the structural diversity to the total complexity would be different for different study areas or ecosystems.     

岷江干旱河谷优势灌丛对土壤微生物群落组成的影响

通过调查岷江干旱河谷两河口、飞虹、撮箕和牟托4个样地优势灌丛及其灌丛间空地的表土土壤物理化学性质和微生物群落组成,探讨植物灌丛群落对土壤微生物群落组成的影响。研究发现不同灌丛种类对土壤微生物群落组成以及土壤物理化学性质并没有显著影响,而同一样地灌丛与空地间的差异却较为显著。灌丛下比空地土壤中具有更高的有机质、养分含量,更高的土壤含水量和更低的容重,而灌丛下相对富集的养分资源是造成灌丛与空地间微生物群落组成差异的主要原因。不同样地影响微生物群落的主要因子存在一定差异,但与氮相关的因子(总氮、有效氮、碳/氮比)对土壤微生物群落着非常重要的影响,特别是对土壤微生物群落总生物量和细菌类群(革兰氏阳性菌、革兰氏阴性菌、细菌等)。虽然不同灌丛和空地下土壤中细菌群落都没有显著地变化,但真菌和菌根真菌却明显的在灌丛下富集。在飞虹和牟托样地,总磷和碳/磷比与真菌类群,主要指真菌和菌根真菌,表现出显著正相关性,这或许反映了真菌类群对于该区域磷循环的重要作用。研究结果揭示了灌丛植被在干旱河谷地区地下生态系统中的重要作用,以及氮、磷这两种养分元素对土壤微生物群落的重要影响。同时,未来对于干旱河谷地区植物-土壤关系的研究应该关注真菌和菌根真菌类群的作用。     

岷江上游典型时期景观格局变化及驱动力初步分析

岷江上游地区是我国一个重要的大尺度、复合型生态过渡带,也是一个生态系统脆弱区,研究其景观格局的变化,对于构筑我国的生态格局安全具有十分重要的意义．本研究利用岷江上游地区1986、1995、2000年3个时期的TM影像,分析了3个时期的景观特征以及变化．结果表明,岷江上游整体景观水平以草地景观为基质、森林景观以及其他景观类型作为斑块镶嵌其中．森林景观面积经历了从1986～1995年的上升,而后到2000年的下降过程;草地景观高盖度草面积不断减少;同时,森林景观和草地景观斑块总数一直增加,破碎化趋势明显．岷江上游景观格局变化的驱动因子主要是日益增加的人口数量而导致的人为干扰,包括对土地利用方式与利用强度的改变、森林资源的掠夺性开采、草地资源的过度放牧以及气候、土壤等自然因素的变化．     

岷江上游土地利用/覆被变化及其驱动力

岷江上游具有自然环境的复杂性、生态系统的脆弱性、经济发展的边缘性、社会文化的过渡性等特性,其土地利用/土地覆盖变化的特点可以代表我国西南山地土地资源及利用中所存在的普遍问题.林地和草地是岷江上游地区的主要土地利用类型.从1974～2000年间各个土地利用类型均发生了不同程度的变化,林地面积持续减少,其它类型面积均有不同程度的增加.类型间的面积变化均为双向,主要发生在有林地、灌木林地、经济林地、草地、居民用地和耕地之间,且主要在林地和草地两个类型之间.其中1974～1986年的变化大于1986~2000年.人口和经济是该区土地利用变化的主要驱动因素.自实施天然林保护工程和退耕还林还草工程以来,该区土地利用状况有所好转,正在向好的方向发展.     

切尾拟鲿的个体生殖力

于2013年4～5月在长江上游岷江河口区域采集63尾性腺发育至Ⅳ期的切尾拟鲿(Pseudobagrus truncatus)雌性个体,所有样本均测量其体长(L)、体重(M)、净体重(W)和性腺重(Wa)等生物学指标。取耳石鉴定年龄,测量卵径,用重量法计数个体绝对生殖力(F),并对体长相对生殖力(FL)、体重相对生殖力(FW)进行计算,用5种数学模型及多元逐步回归方程拟合个体生殖力与生物学指标的关系。结果显示,调查样本由2+～5+龄组成,个体绝对生殖力(F)为566～6758粒,平均为3056粒;体长相对生殖力(FL)68～469粒/cm,平均为234粒/cm;体重相对生殖力(FW)为45～349粒/g,平均为145粒/g。个体绝对生殖力(F)和体长相对生殖力(FL)与体长(L)、体重(M)和成熟系数(GSI)均呈幂函数相关;而体重相对生殖力(FW)仅与成熟系数(GSI)呈幂函数相关,和其他形态指标的相关性不显著。多元逐步回归分析结果表明,长江上游切尾拟鲿个体绝对生殖力(F)与体重(M)和成熟系数(GSI)密切相关,相关式为:F=16370.714+3284.028 GSI+58.361M(n=63,R2=0.973,P0.01);体长相对生殖力(FL)与体重(M)、净体重(W)和成熟系数(GSI)密切相关,相关式为:FL=251.749+18.961 M+684.273 W+3 268.421 GSI(n=63,R2=0.852,P0.01);而体重相对生殖力(FW)仅与成熟系数(GSI)相关:FW=138.590+837.641 GSI(n=63,R2=0.539,P0.01)。依据卵径频数分布结果推测,切尾拟鲿属于一次性产卵鱼类。     

岷江上游暗针叶林采伐迹地人工混交林群落结构

对四川岷江上游高山峡谷区暗针叶林采伐迹地年龄为２０－４０年的人工混交林群落结构进行了研究,结果是：（１）群落中各层次物种盖度的大小相互影响,相互制约,而林下（各）层次物种盖度的大小主要取决于其上（各）层盖度（或郁闭度）的大小,（２）人工重建的群落所能容纳的物种数及物种在群落中的分布状况主要取决于乔木物种郁工,海拔高度及经营强度。（３）群落中出现大量的耐荫植物,先锋灌丛植物已被抑制或淘汰,（４）乔木     

岷江上游干旱河谷植被恢复环境优化调控技术研究

针对岷江上游植被恢复困难地段的主要限制因子,进行了３ 年的调控试验及其定位观测研究．结果表明,大面积栽植的土壤环境优化调控技术措施是：头年雨季前水平沟整地,挖中等大小的植坑,同时点播绿肥沙打旺,第２ 年雨季施磷肥植苗;或头年雨季前水平沟整地,挖中等大小的植坑,第２ 年雨季施磷肥植苗同时用石块覆盖．该技术措施简单易行,已在该区推广应用     

闽江河口潮汐湿地二氧化碳和甲烷排放化学计量比

为了阐明河口潮汐湿地碳源温室气体排放的化学计量比特征,对闽江河口潮汐湿地二氧化碳和甲烷排放进行了测定与分析。结果表明:芦苇湿地和短叶茳芏湿地二氧化碳与甲烷排放均呈现正相关;涨潮前、涨落潮过程和落潮后芦苇湿地和短叶茳芏湿地CO2∶CH4月平均值分别为55.4和185.0,96.3和305.5,68.7和648.6,3个过程芦苇湿地和短叶茳芏湿地CO2∶CH4差异均不显著(P>0.05),2种植物湿地CO2∶CH4对潮汐的响应并不一致,但均在涨潮前表现为最低;涨潮前、涨落潮过程和落潮后均表现为芦苇湿地CO2∶CH4低于短叶茳芏湿地(P<0.05);河口潮汐湿地CO2∶CH4为空间变异性>时间变异性,潮汐、植物和温度均对CO2∶CH4的变化具有一定的调节作用。     

基于NDVI监测5.12震后岷江河谷映秀汶川段滑坡体植被恢复

汶川5.12地震造成岷江流域生态环境严重受损,评估地震后自然植被恢复过程,对生态环境恢复和重建有着重要的意义。本研究以5.12地震前后（2007、2008及2011年）空间分辨率为30 m×30 m的TM遥感影像的NDVI指标为数据源,监测了岷江上游干旱河谷（映秀—汶川段）植被在地震前后的动态变化,并结合地形因子,分析了植被受损及地震3年后植被恢复的空间分布特征。结果表明：（1）地震造成的研究区滑坡体面积约5 413.95 hm²,占总面积的34.74%;（2）滑坡体发育总体上与海拔呈负相关,与坡度呈正相关,与坡向无显着相关;（3）地震3年后,受损植被的平均恢复率达66.71%,其中中等及良好恢复的面积为3 942.54 hm²,占滑坡总面积的72.82%。研究结果也显示植被恢复与坡度、海拔有很高的一致性,及植被恢复的复杂性。     

Depth of edge influence of the agricultural-forest landscape boundary,Southwestern China

The landscape boundary is an important component of a landscape and often plays an indispensable role in regulating ecological flows. The primary objective of this study was to estimate how far the edge effects on agricultural-forest landscape boundaries can penetrate into the forest and agricultural field. This will serve as a basis for understanding the interaction between forest and agricultural fields in the mountainous area of southwestern China and provide scientific basis for the practice of the policy of “returning agricultural field to forest.” Based on field investigations, three types of boundaries with six sampling transects were selected. We investigated the soil moisture, soil nutrients and vegetation diversity along the transect gradient and explored the depth of edge influence (DEI) with moving split-window techniques for analyzing the data. DEI for soil moisture changed with the seasons, ranging from 6 m in the pepper field to 2 m in the forest during the dry season, and from 12 m in the pepper field to 2 m in the forest after heavy rain. DEI based on soil organic matter ranged from 1.5 to 10 m in the forest field, while it was not detected based on other soil nutrient factors. DEI based on vegetation diversity varied from 4 to 26 m and from 10 to 31 m in the forest and agricultural fields, respectively. These results provide the scientific basis for the policy “returning agricultural field to forest”. Based on these field observations, reducing human disturbance and revegetating with natural shrubs and meadows could be more effective for vegetation conservation in terms of soil moisture and soil nutrient content in the arid valley of the Minjiang River.