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.     

岷江干旱河谷植物群落的复杂性

通过对岷江干旱河谷植被及环境因子的系统取样调查,研究了该地区植物群落复杂性及其与环境因子的关系,探讨了群落复杂性与多样性、均匀度、物种丰富度之间的关系.随着海拔的增加,群落总复杂性和结构复杂性均表现为“高-低-高”的变化趋势,表明高海拔和低海拔段有较高的复杂性,中海拔段复杂性较低;位于干旱河谷核心区的样带3、4较北部过渡区样带1、2和南部过渡区样带5、6有着较低的群落总复杂性;不同坡位、坡形及坡向,群落总复杂性和结构复杂性,均表现为上坡位＞下坡位＞中坡位,凹坡＞平破＞凸坡,阴坡＞半阴半阳坡＞阳坡.华帚菊-小黄素馨灌丛的总复杂性最高,西南野丁香灌丛、驼绒藜灌丛的总复杂性最低,橿子栎灌丛和群小花滇紫草灌丛的结构复杂性较高; 群落总复杂性与有机质、全N、土壤含水量、水解N、速效K呈现出显著的二次曲线关系,与全K、全P、速效P、pH值没有明显的相关关系.总复杂性与多样性、均匀度、物种丰富度的关系密切,均呈现显著的线性正相关关系.均匀度和结构复杂性呈现极显著的线性负相关,表明结构复杂性随均匀度的增加而减小.作为群落总复杂性与多样性的区分,结构复杂性对群落内物种数的变化较为敏感,不仅与均匀度有关,还与群落物种数量有关.结构复杂性和多样性作为群落总复杂性的两个组成部分,对总复杂性的影响随着研究区域和群落的不同而不同.     

Determination of species-area relationships and minimum sampling area for the shrub communities in the arid valley in the upper reach of the Minjiang River, China

The minimum sampling areas (MSAs) for the shrub communities in the arid valley in the upper reach of the Minjiang River, China, were studied by fitting community species-area relationships using 3 types of equations. The MSAs were determined at the proportional factor (ρ) 0.6, 0.7, 0.8 and 0.9. The proportional factors represent the proportion of the number of species within a sampling plot in the total number of species. The MSAs of the shrub communities at different elevations and on different slope faces for ρ = 0.6, 0.7 and 0.8 were all around 100 m². Hence, the MSAs could be set to be 100 m² (10 m × 10 m) at 60%–80% precision levels. For ρ = 0.9, that is, for a 90% precision level, the MSAs were less than 200 m² (10 m × 20 m). The MSAs and species richness increased gradually with the rising elevation. At the elevation below 2000 m, the MSAs and species richness on the north-facing slope were larger than those on the south-facing slope. However, at the elevation around 2200 m, there was no difference amongst different facing slopes. For the shrub communities in the arid valley in the upper reach of the Minjiang River, the species-area curves by fitting the first two equations are better than that by fitting the third equation.     

Determination of species-area relationships and minimum sampling area for the shrub communities in the arid valley in the upper reach of the Minjiang River, China

The minimum sampling areas (MSAs) for the shrub communities in the arid valley in the upper reach of the Minjiang River, China, were studied by fitting community species-area relationships using 3 types of equations. The MSAs were determined at the proportional factor (ρ) 0.6, 0.7, 0.8 and 0.9. The proportional factors represent the proportion of the number of species within a sampling plot in the total number of species. The MSAs of the shrub communities at different elevations and on different slope faces for ρ = 0.6, 0.7 and 0.8 were all around 100 m². Hence, the MSAs could be set to be 100 m² (10 m × 10 m) at 60%–80% precision levels. For ρ = 0.9, that is, for a 90% precision level, the MSAs were less than 200 m² (10 m × 20 m). The MSAs and species richness increased gradually with the rising elevation. At the elevation below 2000 m, the MSAs and species richness on the north-facing slope were larger than those on the south-facing slope. However, at the elevation around 2200 m, there was no difference amongst different facing slopes. For the shrub communities in the arid valley in the upper reach of the Minjiang River, the species-area curves by fitting the first two equations are better than that by fitting the third equation.     

岷江上游干旱河谷灌丛群落种-面积曲线的拟合及最小面积确定

研究采用3种饱和曲线方程拟合出的群落种-面积曲线,对岷江上游干旱河谷灌丛群落的最小面积进行研究,取比例因子P分别为0．6、0．7、0．8、0．9,求得灌丛群落的最小面积或临界取样面积。研究结果表明：当ρ取0．6、0．7、0．8时,阴、阳坡各海拔梯度样地群落最小面积均小于或略大于100m^2,样方可设置为10m×10m,即样地面积为100m^2,可以满足精度60％～80％的研究要求。当ρ取0．9时,阴、阳坡各海拔梯度样地群落最小面积均小于200m^2,样方可设置为10m×20m,即样地面积为200m^2,可以满足精度90％的研究要求;群落最小面积呈现出随海拔梯度的升高而逐渐增大的趋势,且最小面积所含物种数也随之增加;在相对应的海拔高度上,海拔2000m以下群落最小面积及所含物种数阴坡明显大于阳坡,而在2200m左右的高海拔则是阴坡与阳坡相接近;对于岷江上游干旱河谷灌丛群落类型而言,由方程（1）、（2）拟合所得的种一面积曲线较好于由方程（3）拟合所得的种．面积曲线。     

岷江上游干旱河谷植物群落分布的环境与空间因素分析

为了探讨土壤环境因子对植物群落物种数量、结构格局的影响 ,通过对岷江上游干旱河谷灌丛植被的大量群落学调查 ,采用了群落中 9个土壤特征指标 ,利用去势典范对应分析 (DCCA)排序方法 ,分析了不同群落类型中不同层次的物种数量结构的空间格局 ;定量分离了土壤、空间及其交互作用等因素对不同层次群落格局总体变异的影响。结果表明 :以水分为主导的多种环境因子耦合梯度决定着植物群落结构格局。环境因子对群落的影响程度在不同层次有差异 ,在灌木层中 ,单纯环境因子对植被格局的解释占 2 8.0 2 % ,环境 -空间耦合因子占 8.90 % ,空间因子独立占 10 .69% ,其他因子占 52 .3 9% ;而在草本层中 ,单纯环境因子对植被格局的解释占 2 0 .64% ,而环境 -空间耦合因子仅占 0 .83 % ,空间因子独立占 5.10 % ,其他因子占 73 .43 % ,草本的可解释性远远低于灌木。但无论是灌木层还是草本层 ,在诸多因子中 ,土壤水分始终在影响群落物种数量结构的空间格局分布中起着主导作用     

岷江干旱河谷造林对土壤微生物群落结构的影响

为了探讨不同造林时间和立地条件对土壤微生物群落结构的影响,采用磷脂脂肪酸(PLFAs)法测定了岷江干旱河谷地区不同造林时间(2002、2006和2011年)及不同立地条件(退耕地和宜林荒山地)营建的岷江柏人工林土壤微生物生物量及群落结构的变化情况。结果表明:由于造林时间较短,不同造林时间的人工林间土壤化学性质没有差异,但土壤微生物生物量和各菌群生物量差异显著,且随着造林时间的增加而增加。不同立地条件下则表现为退耕还林地土壤微生物生物量和各菌群生物量较高。说明土壤微生物对外界因素变化的反映更灵敏。相关性分析结果显示土壤全氮含量与土壤微生物生物量及各菌群生物量显著相关,是影响土壤微生物群落结构的关键因素。     

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。     

岷江干旱河谷主要灌丛类型地上生物量研究

灌丛是岷江干旱河谷主要的植被类型,也是该区相对稳定的生态系统类型。基于岷江干旱河谷主要灌丛大量的样地调查和实验,研究了其地上生物量及分布规律。结果表明:(1)该地区的9个灌丛的地上生物量存在较大差异,对节刺灌丛的地上生物量最大,达11554.2kg·hm-2,其次是子栎灌丛和绣线菊灌丛,分别为7144.7kg·hm-2和7213.1kg·hm-2,而滇紫草灌丛的平均地上生物量最小,仅为1407.2kg·hm-2,其余类型介于它们之间,导致这一结果的原因很多,如群落的优势种、物种组成、海拔、坡向、土壤水分等等;(2)灌丛地上生物量都随海拔升高而增加,并呈现出良好的相关性。(3)干旱河谷中土壤水分也随着海拔升高而增加。在干旱河谷过渡区,灌丛地上生物量与土壤水分间呈现很好的相关性;但是,在其核心区,灌丛地上生物量与土壤水分之间的相关性反而不显著。这主要是由于在干旱河谷的低海拔地区,"焚风"作用相对较强,其土壤水分条件较差,灌丛的生长受到抑制,随着海拔的升高,"焚风"作用不断降低,土壤水分条件逐步得到改善,灌丛的生长状况较好。而在干旱河谷核心区内"焚风"作用较强,其影响的海拔范围更大,因而,导致土壤水分非常低。由此可见,土壤水分是干旱河谷灌丛植被生长的主要限制因素。此外,低海拔地区灌丛植被受人类干扰活动的频     

岷江上游干旱河谷景观边界动态及其影响域

采用遥感和地理信息系统技术,界定了岷江上游干旱河谷的范围,在此基础上分析了岷江上游干旱河谷的边界动态及其影响域.结果表明,岷江上游干旱河谷的范围不断扩大,干旱河谷边界长度增加,边界形状复杂性先增加后降低.岷江上游干旱河谷的边界沿山体迅速向上攀升,1974其最高上限为海拔3128m,1995年为3167m,较1974年抬升了39m;2000年为3181m,比1995年抬升了14m.1974—2000年间岷江上游干旱河谷边界最高上限沿垂直方向向上抬升了53m,平均每年约抬升2m.岷江上游干旱河谷边界的显著影响距离为800m,800～1200m为干旱河谷和周围其它景观影响的过渡区域.干旱河谷外缘800m范围内的区域,是干旱河谷抵抗周围景观影响和外来干扰的缓冲地带,在对岷江上游干旱河谷生态环境进行综合治理的过程中,应对其给与充分关注.     

岷江上游干旱河谷景观变化及驱动力分析

基于遥感和地理信息系统,应用景观格局分析软件,研究了岷江上游干旱河谷1974-2000年的景观变化,并对其驱动因子进行了分析.结果表明,岷江上游干旱河谷的面积在不断扩大,灌木林地面积占景观面积的60%以上,为景观基质.在景观类型面积比例的变化中,耕地的变幅最大.干旱河谷的整体形状较简单,1974-1995年破碎化程度和异质性程度持续增加,1995-2000年表现为降低趋势,而斑块内部的连通性先降低后增加,具体表现为斑块密度、多样性指数先增大后减小,蔓延度指数先减小后增大,而边界密度和分维数持续减小.人口增长和国家政策是导致岷江上游干旱河谷景观变化的主要驱动力.     

A study on the relationship between vegetation pattern and environment in the upstream of Minjiang River, China

The vegetation pattern in the upstream of Minjiang River, and its relationship with environment factors, such as landscape position (elevation, slope, aspect), precipitation and temperature and soil are analyzed in this paper. The data used in this paper were based on the landscape map derived from 1994 TM imagery. The results were as follows: 1) dominant landscape types were forest, shrub land and grassland, which were very similar in terms of area ratio (32.87%, 31.85% and 28.44%, respectively); 2) the patch shape of conifer forest and mixed forest was complicated while that of broad-leaved forest and cultivated land was simple; 3) the fragmentation of conifer forest and mixed forest was serious in contrast with low fragmentation of broad-leaved forest and cultivated land; and 4) closed scrub and grassland had a high contagion and good connectivity while mixed forest had a lower contagion and bad connectivity. In addition, the vegetation distribution pattern of upstream of Minjiang River was closely related with elevation and temperature, but the relationship between vegetation and precipitation was not statistically significant. __________ Translated from Journal of Beijing Normal University (Natural Science), 2005,41(4) [译自: 北京师范大学学报(自然科学版), 2005,41(4)]     

A study on the relationship between vegetation pattern and environment in the upstream of Minjiang River,China

The vegetation pattern in the upstream of Minjiang River,and its relationship with environment factors,such as landscape position(elevation,slope,aspect),precipitation and temperature and soil are analyzed in this paper.The data used in this Paper were based on the landscape map derived from 1994 TM imagery.The results were as follows:1)dominant landscape types were forest,shrub land and grassland,which were very similar in terms of area ratio(32.87%,31.85% and 28.44%,respectively);2)the patch shape of conifer forest and mixed forest was complicated while that of broad-leaved forest and cultivated land was simple;3)the fragmentation of conifer forest and mixed forest was serious in contrast with low fragmentation of broad-leaved forest and cultivated land;and 4)closed scrub and grassland had a high contagion and good connectivity while mixed forest had a lower contagion and bad connectivity.In addition,the vegetation distribution pattern of upstream of Minjiang River Was closely related with elevation and temperature,but the relationship between vegetation and precipitation was not statistically significant.     

岷江上游干旱河谷耕地和居民用地的空间特征

以岷江上游干旱河谷耕地和居民用地为对象,用景观格局分析软件FRAGSTATS3.3计算了4个景观格局指数,利用ARCMAP9.0分析了耕地和居民用地与其它景观类型间的空间邻接特征,基于数字高成模型(DEM)研究了耕地和居民用地与海拔及坡度的关系。结果表明:灌木林地是干旱河谷的景观基质;耕地和居民用地斑块的平均面积和密度较小,形状简单;耕地大多在1700~3000m的区域,陡坡耕种比较严重,与灌木林地具有较高的邻接长度和数目;居民用地间隔较远,在低海拔地区分布相对较密,高海拔地区分布比较分散;对居民用地在空间结构影响最大的是耕地的分布。     

珠江口广州段浮游植物群落特征研究

2008～2010年对珠江口广州段浮游植物进行了12个航次现场调查,共鉴定出浮游植物185种。中肋骨条藻(Skeletonema costatum)和颗粒直链藻(Melosira granulate)及其最窄变种(Melosira granulate v.angustissima)为主要优势种,并有明显的季节演替现象。调查期间,珠江口广州段浮游植物细胞数的平均值为5.51×10⁵cells/L,且浮游植物细胞数量存在年间变化。通过比较各年的Shannon-Wiener多样性指数和Pielou均匀度年均值,结果表明,2010年的生态环境较2008年和2009年好,浮游植物群落结构较稳定。经相关性分析,磷酸盐为调查河口区浮游植物生长繁殖主要影响因子。     

山西桑干河流域湿地植被物种多样性研究

以109个样方调查数据为基础,采用丰富度指数、物种多样性指数和均匀度指数对山西桑干河流域湿地植物群落的物种多样性进行了研究,并用方差分析和多重比较的方法研究了各群落之间多样性指数的差异程度。研究结果表明：各植被类型的物种多样性指数大小排列依次为：柽柳—委陵菜群落＞柽柳+沙棘—鹅观草群落＞柽柳—鹅绒委陵菜群落＞柽柳—芦苇群落＞芦苇+水蓼+莎草群落＞芦苇+苔草群落＞百里香+铁杆蒿群落＞香蒲+水蓼群落＞水葱+轮藻+眼子菜群落＞藨草+莎草+泽泻群落＞水葱+藨草+芦苇群落＞狐尾藻+香蒲群落＞慈姑+芦苇群落＞水蓼+慈姑群落＞水莎草+水稗群落。对12种多样性指数进行比较后发现,R₀、H′和E₄优于其他指数。     

闽江河口互花米草不同入侵阶段湿地土壤nirK型反硝化微生物群落结构及多样性

为了明确闽江河口互花米草海向不同入侵阶段湿地土壤nirK型反硝化微生物的群落结构及多样性,在鳝鱼滩东部的互花米草分布区,由陆向海方向选择互花米草海向入侵前的光滩(MF)、入侵1～2年(SAN)和入侵6～7年的互花米草(SA)湿地为研究对象,基于高通量测序技术,测定并分析了不同互花米草入侵阶段湿地土壤nirK型反硝化微生物群落结构及多样性的差异。结果表明:互花米草海向入侵降低了土壤中nirK型反硝化微生物群落的多样性及丰富度。不同入侵阶段湿地土壤的nirK型反硝化微生物主要包括变形菌门和放线菌门,其中变形菌门占绝对优势地位。互花米草海向入侵整体改变了湿地土壤中nirK型反硝化菌属的组成特征,MF、SAN、SA湿地土壤中相对丰度最高的nirK基因菌属分别为慢生根瘤菌属、中慢生根瘤菌属和产碱杆菌属。互花米草海向入侵增加了土壤中nirK型反硝化微生物群落组成的空间异质性,尤其是在SAN样地,这主要与样地本身的环境扰动性较大及互花米草海向入侵加大了样地环境因子的空间异质性有关。互花米草海向入侵主要是通过显著改变土壤理化因子(粒度组成、pH值和含水量)和氮养分条件(全氮、NH₄⁺-N、NO₃^--N)来影响nirK型反硝化微生物的群落结构及多样性。本研究结果有助于揭示互花米草海向入侵对湿地土壤反硝化过程影响的微生物机制。     

群落均匀度分形分析

修正了Frontier和Ricotta等关于有效物种丰富度指数A与物种丰富度指数S之间幂律关系的定义．探讨了A与S之间分形关系的生态学意义．认为分形维数D是群落均匀度测度值在物种数S不断增加的过程中．向其逼近的一个理论值;提出了利用双对数坐标上建立的A与S拟合直线的方程．对群落均匀度的4种变化趋势进行描述的方法。以广东黑石顶自然保护区森林演替系列为例．研究了针阔叶混交林和常绿阔叶林样带上．随着样带观察长度的逐渐增加群落均匀度的变化情况。结果表明．230m长的混交林样带只存在一个线性无标度区间．群落均匀度随样带长度的不断增加而逐渐降低．向分形维数D=0．810趋近。170m长的常绿阔叶林样带存在两个线性无标度区问．在0～25m的尺度域内．随着样带长度的逐渐增加均匀度不断降低．向分形维数D=0．525逼近;在30～170m的尺度域内．随着样带观察长度的增加．群落均匀度也逐渐增加．向分形维数D=0．920趋近。     

Wasp community responses to habitat complexity in Sydney sandstone forests

Abstract Habitat structure and complexity affect the diversity and composition of fauna in a number of systems. We investigated patterns in wasp species richness, abundance and composition and also their associations with habitat complexity in Sydney sandstone forests, Australia. Pitfall and flight‐intercept traps collected dissimilar wasp assemblages. High complexity habitats supported greater abundance and species richness and a dissimilar composition of pitfall‐trapped wasps to low complexity habitats. Soil moisture, tree canopy cover, ground herb cover and shrub canopy cover all had significant positive associations with the species richness of pitfall‐trapped wasps. Although the five most abundant families of wasps we trapped are endoparasitoids of other arthropods, they showed a variety of preferences for habitat variables. The mechanisms driving associations between habitat complexity and patterns in wasp communities may also provide a basis for understanding factors influencing the regulation of arthropod assemblages by wasps in agricultural and natural landscapes.     

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