甘南黄河流域4种典型林分土壤C、N、P化学计量特征

土壤碳（C）、氮（N）、磷（P）是参与植物光合作用和影响生态系统初级生产力的主要元素。甘南高原是黄河流域重要的生态屏障,为了解该区不同林分土壤养分状况的差异,选取该区4种典型林分：云杉林、华北落叶松林、巴山冷杉林以及岷江冷杉糙皮桦混交林为研究对象,研究土壤C、N、P化学计量特征。结果表明：（1）岷江冷杉及糙皮桦混交林土壤C、N含量最高,云杉林土壤N、P含量最低。不同林分间P含量差异显著（P<0.05）,不同土层间C、N含量差异均显著（P<0.05）。（2）云杉林土壤C ： N值显著高于其他林分,岷江冷杉及糙皮桦混交林土壤N ： P及C ： P高于其他林分。（3）海拔、土壤pH、容重与土壤含水量是影响土壤养分的重要因素。土壤C含量与N、P含量均显著相关（P<0.05）。总体来说,不同林分土壤化学计量特征具有显著差异,混交林土壤养分状况较纯林好,未来森林管理和植被建设中,可以通过选择合适的树种和提高树种多样性有效改善森林土壤质量。     

杨树刺槐混交林及纯林枯落叶分解

研究了杨树（Ｐｏｐｕｌｕｓｓｐｐ．）、刺槐（Ｒｏｂｉｎｉａｐｓｅｕｄｏａｃａｃｉａ）纯林及混交林枯落叶一年中的分解及养分动态变化规律．结果表明,杨树枯落叶分解速度较慢,刺槐较快,而混交林则较杨树有较大提高．在分解过程中,杨树枯落叶Ｎ、Ｐ释放困难,需经过长达１０个月的养分富积过程;刺槐枯落叶Ｎ、Ｐ元素释放较为容易;混交林枯落叶养分富积时间缩短、幅度下降,分解速度加快,说明杨树和刺槐混交有利于枯落叶分解和Ｎ、Ｐ循环．     

Effect of increased Populus cover on Abies regeneration in the Picea–feathermoss boreal forest

Question: Does the increase in Populus tremuloides cover within the Picea mariana–feathermoss domain enhance establishment and growth conditions for Abies balsamea regeneration? Location: Boreal forest of northwest Quebec, Canada. Method: To document the effect of Populus tremuloides on A. balsamea regeneration, mixed stands with a heterogeneous presence of P. tremuloides adjacent to Picea mariana‐dominated stands were selected. Abies balsamea regeneration, understorey environment and canopy composition were characterized from 531 sampling units distributed along transects covering the mixed–coniferous gradient. Abundance of understorey A. balsamea regeneration was described using three height groups: seedling (<30 cm), small sapling (30 to <100 cm) and tall sapling (100 to 300 cm). Growth characteristics were measured from 251 selected individuals of A. balsamea (<3 m). Results: Results showed that A. balsamea regeneration was generally more abundant when P. tremuloides was present in the canopy. Differences between seedling and sapling abundance along the mixed–coniferous gradient suggest that while establishment probably occurs over a wide range of substrates, the better growth conditions found under mixed stands ensure a higher survival rate for A. balsamea seedlings. Conclusions: The abundant A. balsamea regeneration observed within mixed stands of the Picea mariana–feathermoss domain suggests that the increase in P. tremuloides cover, favoured by intensive management practices and climatic change, could contribute to acceleration of the northward expansion of the A. balsamea–Betula papyrifera domain into the northern boreal forest dominated by Picea mariana.     

秦岭南坡锐齿栎林的生态环境及其营养积累

秦岭锐齿栎林 (含 0～ 6 0cm土层 )营养元素总储量达 182 .6 4 5～ 394 .70 1t·hm-2 ,植被占 0 .5 9%～2 .13% ;林分生物量为 131.713～ 5 0 3.82 2t·hm-2 ,乔木层占 92 .1%～ 99.2 % ;凋落物层现存量和营养元素积累量分别为 2 .897～ 33.999t·hm-2 和 10 4 .339～ 1136 .5 36kg·hm-2 .在一定范围内 ,林分生物量和营养元素积累量随密度的增加而增大 ;立地、林分条件相似的林分 ,生物量和营养元素积累量与林龄呈正相关 .林分针叶树占的比例越大 ,营养元素积累量越小 ,而且对生物量的影响远小于对营养元素积累量的影响 .在同一地区 ,立地、林分状况相似 ,林型不同 ,生物量及营养元素积累量差别不大 ,树种组成和林型不同林分的生物量和营养元素积累量均不同 .不同地区 ,生态和林分条件相似的林分的生物量和营养元素积累量也有差异 ;林型、结构相似林分生物量和营养元素积累量南坡 >北坡 ,中段 东段≈西段 .林分对营养元素利用率与海拔呈负相关 ,且南坡 >北坡 ,中段 >东西段 ,中段 >西段 >东段 .     

柏木低效林不同改造模式优势草本植物多样性及其生态位

草本层对森林生态系统具有重要的作用,其对于环境的变化比乔木层和灌木层更为敏感,在较短的时间内更容易反映改造带来的影响。为了分析林分改造后草本植物多样性的变化和揭示草本群落间的关系,以川中丘陵区改造4 a后的11种模式:不同密度(株行距1.5 m×4 m与1.5 m×2 m)的桤木(Alnus cremastogyne)、香椿(Toona sinensis)、银木(Cinnamomum septentrionale)纯林模式和株行距为1.5 m×2 m的银木+桤木模式、香椿+银木模式、香椿+桤木模式、桤木+香椿+银木模式以及采伐迹地作为研究对象,柏木(Cupressus funebris)纯林为对照,对柏木低效林不同改造模式的优势草本植物多样性、生态位宽度及生态位重叠进行研究。结果表明:(1)除高低密度香椿模式、低密度银木模式和桤木+香椿+银木模式外,其他模式的草本植物多样性均优于柏木纯林,其中以香椿+银木模式(Shannon-Wiener指数、Simpson指数、均匀度和丰富度指数分别为(1.82、0.83、0.94和1.30),与香椿+桤木模式(1.83、0.83、0.93和1.33)的生物多样性显著高于柏木纯林(1.48、0.69、0.82和1.27),为最优的改造模式。(2)改造前铁线蕨(Adiantum capillus-veneris)生态位宽度最广为2.365,喜阴植物占有优势地位,改造后林下光照环境发生变化,喜阳植物五节芒(Miscanthus floridulus)在低密度的纯林模式中迅速占据林下生长空间,生态位宽度较大,随改造模式郁闭度的增加,薹草(Carex tristachya)、地果(Ficus tikoua)、竹叶草(Oplismenus compositus)等喜阴植物逐渐占据优势地位,喜阳植物逐渐被淘汰。生态位宽度的大小与重要值呈极显著正相关关系(r=0.916),但也与资源位呈极显著正相关关系(r=0.977)。(3)生态位宽度较大的物种间既有较大的生态位重叠,也有较小的生态位重叠,不能仅凭生态位宽度来判定生态位重叠值,而生态位宽度较小的鼠麴草(Gnaphalium affine)(0.647)与蛇莓(Duchesnea indica)(2.152)之间拥有最大的生态位重叠(0.123),可能是因为它们有相似的资源利用方式或相近的生态学特性。总体来说所有模式中草本植物物种间生态位重叠值都较低(0.2),生态位分化明显,种间竞争并不激烈,这可能与改造时间较短有关系。     

Foraging for light: photosensory ecology and agricultural implications

This mini-review is concerned with one of the facets of the sensory physiology of plants that, in the last decade, has been intensively studied using genetically altered plants and eco-physiological techniques – the perception of the proximity of neighbouring plants through specific informational photoreceptors. We focus on the signalling mechanisms that allow individual shoots to ‘forage’ for light in patchy and highly dynamic canopy environments. We present evidence from recent experiments suggesting that the fitness of each individual plant in the population, the growth of the population as a whole, and the degree of growth inequality among neighbours are all strongly dependent on the timing and precision of foraging mechanisms controlled, at least partially, by phytochrome-B-like phytochromes. This evidence is discussed in the context of potential impacts on yield of agricultural crops resulting from the artificial alteration of plant sensitivity to proximity photo-signals. Directed overexpression of phytochrome genes appears to be an interesting avenue to explore in order to alter the photomorphogenesis of specific organs (or developmental stages) without affecting the overall ability of the plants to forage for light.     

Nematode Community Structure in Forest Woodlots. II. Ordination of Nematode Communities

Intersite relationships among nematode communities of 18 Indiana mixed hardwood stands of varying composition, soils, physiography and past management practices were determined by community ordination techniques. All sites were sampled in April, July and October of 1968 and 1969, and ordinations were based on the number of individuals of each nematode species at each site at each sampling period. The resulting groupings correlated well with groupings based on forest types and successional stages of the tree communities at the sites, and also with groupings based on well-defined soil types. Results were similar to those obtained previously with a resemblance equation which used qualitative data only; but the present study provided more information on species associations and relationships and ecological distance between sites.     

中国东部主要松林营养元素循环的比较研究

 中国的松林主要分布在亚热带和温带地区,在亚热带和温带地区东部主要是马尾松林、华山松林、油松林、红松林和樟子松林。松林由于树种、起源和年龄的差别,其生物量的变化幅度较大,在65～200t·hm-2之间(东北地区的原始红松林最高生物量可达360t·hm-2),松林的生物量表现出区域分异的特点。即从南到北随着纬度的增加,林分的生物量有逐渐降低的趋势。松树针叶中5种主要营养元素含量表现为[N]>[K]≥[Ca]>[Mg]≥[P],而且营养元素表现出因种而异,N的含量为华山松≥马尾松>油松≥红松>樟子松,而P和K在油松和红松针叶中含量较高;Ca的含量表现出较大的波动,与其母岩关系密切。松林主要营养元素(N、P、K、Ca、Mg)的积累量中N一般占25％～40％,松林营养元素循环速率受生境,树种、年龄的影响,但总的来说,亚热带地区松林营养元素的循环速率高于温带地区松林。     

Allelopathic potential of ground cover species onPinus resinosa seedlings

Summary Water extracts of foliage ofAster macrophyllus, Lonicera tatarica, Solanum dulcamara, Solidago gigantea, Prunus serotina, andRubus idaeus var.strigosus, collected from the ground vegetation of a red pine (Pinus resinosa Ait.) plantation, were tested for potential allelopathic effects on seed germination, radicle elongation, and growth of red pine seedlings. Seed germination was not significantly affected by extracts, but radicle elongation of newly germinated seeds was reduced by up to 48% compared to controls. All extracts variously inhibited height growth, formation of secondary needles, and dry weight increment of young red pine seedlings during a seven-week experiment. Total dry weight of seedlings treated with Lonicera extract was only 46% that of control plants. Phosphorus concentration in needles treated with Lonicera or Solidago extracts was significantly lower than that of controls. Growth inhibition was not mediated by pH effects or osmotic potentials of the extracts. The data suggest that allelopathic inhibition of red pine is possible, but additional field experiments are needed to evaluate the significance of allelopathy in red pine plantations.Research conducted by the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences. University of Wisconsin-Madison.     

不同经营类型毛竹林土壤活性有机碳的差异

以起始于1984年的长期不同经营类型毛竹林为研究对象,探讨了秋季毛竹林集约经营后土壤有机碳库的变化。结果表明:(1)集约经营后0—10 cm土层毛竹林土壤总有机碳、易氧化碳、水溶性有机碳和轻组有机质含量分别下降了8.64%,14.11%,8.29%,29.70%(0—20 cm),差异均达到显著水平。(2)两种毛竹林土壤各种碳的剖面特征均随土层深度的增加而呈下降趋势,但下降幅度不同。集约经营在一定程度上影响了毛竹土壤易氧化碳、水溶性有机碳的剖面特征。(3)土壤各活性有机碳之间,土壤总有机碳、易氧化碳、水溶性有机碳与土壤全氮、水解氮、速效K、Ca、Mg之间相关性均达到显著或极显著水平(水溶性有机碳与速效磷相关性不显著),轻组有机质含量除与速效钙极显著相关外,与其它土壤养分之间相关性均不显著。(4)集约经营降低了土壤易氧化碳碳素有效率、水溶性有机碳碳素有效率及土壤碳库活度,并在土壤剖面部分土层达到显著水平。因此,集约经营的毛竹林,通过配施恰当比例的有机无机肥,结合土壤垦复、除草、合理的竹株留养和采伐等综合竹林经营技术,以达到改善土壤质量和实现毛竹林可持续经营的目的。