昆嵛山老杨坟阳坡与阴坡半天然植被植物群落生态学特性的初步研究

本文对昆嵛山老杨坟阳坡与阴坡半天然植被植物群落的上层（乔木层）和下层（灌木层）的物种优势度、多样性指数、群落的均匀度、相似性指数以及群落的最小面积进行了分析。昆嵛山老杨坟半天然植物群落上层的最小面积应为３００ｍ２,下层应为２２５ｍ２。阳坡与阴坡植物群落的上层和下层优势种的分布格局存在一定差异;乔木层的物种多样性指数,阴坡大于阳坡,灌木层阳坡大于阴坡,但二者的差异水平不显著;两群落乔木层的均匀度指数存在显著差异。阳坡与阴坡植物群落乔木层的相似性指数低于灌木层,并且以相对盖度和相对优势度（相对重要值）为基础统计所得到的群落相似性指数更好地反映了群落间乔木层在结构和功能上的差异。     

黄土丘陵沟壑区土壤侵蚀环境下芽库的季节动态及垂直分布

研究了陕北黄土丘陵沟壑区5种土壤侵蚀环境（阳沟坡、阳峁坡、峁顶、阴峁坡、阴沟坡）下的植被组成、芽库组成、芽库季节动态及垂直分布特征.结果表明： 该区拥有永久性芽库的多年生物种占总物种数的80.3%,具季节性芽库的一年生植物占19.7%.在侵蚀严重的阳沟坡和阳峁坡,植物返青期的永久性芽库存量较大,而在侵蚀强度较小的峁顶、阴沟坡和阴峁坡,植物开花结实期的季节性芽库密度较大.不同侵蚀环境下地下部分芽库库存量占总永久性芽库的比例较稳定,地面永久性芽库存量在阳坡较大,而地上部分季节性芽库存量在阴坡和峁顶较大.由于不同侵蚀环境下植物群落的物种组成不同,加上土壤侵蚀干扰和植物季节更新,影响了芽库在季节及垂直分布上的变化.在黄土丘陵沟壑区植被更新过程中, 芽库具有重要作用.     

喀斯特退化天坑阴坡阳坡壳斗科植物的功能性状特征

喀斯特退化天坑的负地形生境中阴坡和阳坡的局域环境具有显著差异,导致植物群落类型差异明显。本研究以云南沾益退化天坑深陷塘为例,探究退化天坑阴坡与阳坡壳斗科植物功能性状特征,有助于揭示天坑的物种多样性保护库价值。结果表明: 阴坡土壤营养物质含量高于阳坡,阴坡壳斗科植物的叶面积、比叶面积和叶干重显著大于阳坡,叶厚度显著小于阳坡,叶干物质含量小于阳坡;阴坡壳斗科植物功能性状的主要环境影响因子是土壤全钾和土壤含水量,全磷是阳坡的主要环境影响因子。阴坡的叶功能性状变异程度小于阳坡,主要是以改变叶干重增加植物体内光合速率和碳积累能力的方式适应阴坡生境;阳坡通过保持较小比叶面积,增加叶面积变异程度来获得更多的资源。退化天坑深陷塘阴坡植物群落演替速度明显快于阳坡,壳斗科植物优势在阴坡逐渐减小,在阳坡仍是优势建群种。     

Experimental trampling and vegetation recovery in some forest and heathland communities

Abstract. Over the past decades outdoor recreation has become progressively more important and as a result human‐induced potential damage has increased. In this study, short‐term effects – a 2‐yr period – of human trampling on some common forest and heath communities in Central Belgium were studied experimentally. Vulnerability to disturbance was compared among plant communities in terms of resistance, resilience and tolerance, which are based on cover measurements. The herb layer of the examined mesophilous forest communities appeared to be more sensitive than the heath and dry forest community, which were dominated by more resistant graminoid (Molinia caerulea, Deschampsiaflexuosa) and dwarf‐shrub species (Vaccinium myrtillus, Calluna vulgaris, Erica tetralix). The analysis showed that site structure and vegetation were already affected by low intensities of trampling, while vegetation recovery during the first year after trampling was limited in most plant communities. Recovery during the second year in vegetation cover as well as height was most pronounced in mesophilous forest communities. Occasional trampling clearly can lead to increased visual evidence of previous use and continued recreational disturbance. Therefore management plans should discourage hiking activity off paths and restrict recreation activities to the least vulnerable communities.     

Testing the intermediate disturbance hypothesis on species diversity in herbaceous plant communities along a human trampling gradient using a 4-year experiment in an old-field

The intermediate disturbance hypothesis predicts unimodal relationships between species diversity and disturbance frequency/intensity. To test this hypothesis, species diversity in herbaceous plant communities along a human trampling gradient was investigated by conducting a 4-year experiment in an old-field. In general, species richness (S), the Shannon–Weiner index (H) from plant cover data and species evenness (J) showed negative linear relationships with trampling frequency, in contrast to the prediction of the intermediate disturbance hypothesis. However, the significant relationships between trampling frequency and species diversity were not observed in the fourth year without J, which showed a unimodal relationship. In all experimental years, the number of new species that colonized the plots after 1year was small under frequent trampling, and the number of species lost from the plots was large under infrequent trampling. The relative number and the relative cover of perennial species increased as trampling frequency increased in the first and second years, but this pattern was not observed in the following years because the dominance of perennials further increased at decreasing frequencies of trampling. The similarity in the species composition and the yearly changes in species dominance indicated that trampling at higher frequencies eliminated more trampling-intolerant species only in the early years of the experiment. These results suggest that trampling mediated early changes in species diversity patterns, but competitive interactions were more important in the later experimental years. The time lag in the effects of trampling and competition appears to be attributable to the infrequent occurrence of unimodal patterns of species diversity.     

Adaptive spatiotemporal distribution of soil microfungi in 'Evolution Canyon' II, Lower Nahal Keziv, western Upper Galilee, Israel

We describe and interpret spatiotemporal micromycete community structure and adaptive complexes in contrasting xeric and mesic microclimates in the soils of 'Evolution Canyon' II, Lower Nahal Keziv, western Upper Galilee, Israel. A total of 192 species from 60 genera belonging to Zygomycota (nine species), Ascomycota (13 species), and mitosporic fungi (170 species) were isolated. The fungal communities on the south-facing, xeric, 'African' slope (AS) demonstrated significantly greater diversity than on the north-facing, mesic, 'European' slope (ES) and the valley bottom (VB). Seasonally, winter slope communities were less heterogeneous. Forest localities on the ES and the VB in all seasons and the shady localities on the AS in the winter were overwhelmingly dominated by mesophilic Penicillium species. The sunny locality on the AS was characterized by a dominance of melanin-containing micromycetes that was most pronounced in the summer and by high occurrence and abundance of thermotolerant and thermophilic Aspergillus and Fusarium species. Ascomycetes and zygomycetes were the minor components in all local mycobiota studied; sexual ascomycetes, being stress-selected fungi, were more than ten times more abundant in the soil of the AS than in that of the ES, with the peak of abundance in the sunny summer community. The results demonstrated a microscale adaptive spatiotemporal inter- and intraslope divergence in soil mycobiota structure. Microclimatic natural selection appears to be the major factor affecting soil fungus diversity patterns.  © 2003 The Linnean Society of London . Biological Journal of the Linnean Society , 2003, 78, 527–539.     

甘南亚高寒草甸土壤纤毛虫群落结构变化对不同坡向的响应

土壤纤毛虫不但是土壤生态系统的重要组成部分,而且是生态系统物质循环、能量流动过程的重要驱动因子。为了查明甘南亚高寒草甸不同坡向土壤纤毛虫群落特征,于2015年7月21—26日对同一山头的阳坡、半阳坡、西坡、半阴坡、阴坡五个坡向进行了调查。结果表明:(1)经"非淹没培养皿法"鉴定得到纤毛虫142种,隶属于9纲18目32科55属,各坡向物种数、个体数大小关系呈现出西坡半阳坡阳坡半阴坡阴坡;优势类群有旋毛纲、裂口纲、寡膜纲、肾形纲其优势度依次为28.17%、19.72%、13.38%、12.68%。(2)不同坡向上土壤纤毛虫的物种数、个体数、Shannon指数均具有显著性差异(P0.05),表明甘南亚高寒草甸生态系统中的土壤纤毛虫对于坡向这一微气候环境的变化具有敏感性。(3)各坡向土壤纤毛虫的物种数、个体数都具有明显的表聚性。(4)利用皮尔森相关性分析得出,在所测得的土壤理化因子中对纤毛虫的物种数、个体数均具有显著正相关(P0.05)的是全氮、有机质。综合分析,影响甘南亚高寒草甸不同坡向上土壤纤毛虫群落结构变化的主要因素为全氮、土壤有机质以及地上植被状况。     

黄土丘陵沟壑区主要草种枯落物的持水能力与养分潜在归还能力

黄土丘陵沟壑区由于土壤侵蚀严重,天然植被恢复缓慢,植被稀疏,枯枝落叶层的生态效应就显得尤为重要。对该区坡沟不同立地条件下草本群落主要物种的枯落物蓄积量、持水与养分潜在归还能力进行了分析,探讨主要物种枯落物对土壤的改善作用。结果表明:1)坡沟不同立地条件下枯落物蓄积量差异显著(P0.05),在73.74—175.26 g/m2之间变化,表现为阴沟坡峁顶阳沟坡阴梁峁坡阳梁峁坡;在坡面不同微地形下也差异显著(P0.05),在阳坡表现为株丛浅沟鱼鳞坑裸地,在阴坡为浅沟鱼鳞坑株丛裸地,在峁顶为株丛裸地。2)主要物种枯落物最大持水量可达自身干重的1.22—4.34倍;不同物种枯落物间的持水能力差异极显著(P0.01),表现为白羊草叶铁杆蒿叶白羊草茎达乌里胡枝子叶长芒草达乌里胡枝子枝铁杆蒿枝。3)枯落物C、N含量分别在7.35%—40.33%和0.61%—1.60%之间,不同物种间差异极显著(P0.01),同一物种枯落物C、N含量在坡沟不同立地条件下差异不显著。4)影响枯落物分解的木质素含量(1.00%—8.20%)、纤维素含量(3.16%—14.06%)、木质素/N值(0.78—12.48)、C/N值(5.61—57.41)在不同物种间差异极显著(P0.01);同一物种木质素含量、纤维素含量和木质素/N值在坡沟不同立地条件下差异显著(P0.05),而C/N值不显著。5)铁杆蒿叶的枯落物养分潜在归还能力最大,达乌里胡枝子和白羊草的枯落物次之,长芒草的枯落物养分潜在归还能力最小。     

五大连池药泉山大型土壤动物对旅游踩踏的响应

以黑龙江省五大连池世界地质公园的药泉山为研究对象,按照距离游道的远近分为重度踩踏区,轻度踩踏区和非踩踏区3种踩踏干扰强度,分析大型土壤动物数量,群落组成,多样性对旅游踩踏干扰的响应。研究结果表明不同干扰区之间大型土壤动物类群数量差异显著(P0.001),重度踩踏区显著低于轻度踩踏区和非踩踏区。不同干扰区大型土壤动物个体数差异明显(P0.001),其中轻度踩踏区个体密度最大(68头/m~2),重度踩踏区个体密度最小(10头/m~2)。不同踩踏强度干扰区H'指数差异明显(P0.05),轻度踩踏区及非踩踏区的多样性显著高于严重踩踏区。典型对应分析表明旅游踩踏主要通过改变土壤理化特性而影响大型土壤动物的组成及其多样性,重度踩踏区、轻度踩踏区和非踩踏区对大型土壤动物影响最显著的因子分别为土壤全氮含量,土壤含水率和土壤全磷含量。     

桂林岩溶石山不同坡向灌丛植物多样性与土壤环境因子的关系

该研究以桂林岩溶石山灌丛植物为对象,分析了灌丛群落物种丰富度指数、Shannon-Wiener指数和Pielou均匀度指数与土壤环境因子随坡向(阴坡-阳坡)梯度的变化规律。结果表明:(1)土壤含水量、土壤温度、土壤pH和土壤全磷均对植物群落类型及物种分布具有显著的影响,坡向对植物群落类型及物种分布具有极显著的影响;而土壤全氮、土壤有效氮和土壤有机碳对植物群落类型及物种分布则均无显著影响。(2)除Pielou均匀度指数在阴坡与阳坡差异不显著外,物种丰富度指数、Shannon-Wiener指数对不同坡向微生境均存在显著差异。其中,物种丰富度指数和Shannon-Wiener指数在不同坡向上均表现出相同的变化趋势,即阴坡大于阳坡。(3)除土壤pH值和土壤全磷含量差异不显著外,坡向对土壤含水量、土壤温度、土壤全氮含量、土壤有效氮含量、土壤有机碳含量均产生显著的影响。其中,土壤含水量、土壤有效氮含量、土壤有机碳含量则为阴坡大于阳坡,而土壤温度和土壤全氮含量为阴坡小于阳坡。(4)多元逐步回归分析表明,在阴坡上,各土壤环境因子对物种丰富度指数、Shannon-Wiener指数和Pielou均匀度指数作用均不显著;在阳坡上,物种丰富度指数与土壤温度呈显著负相关、与土壤有机碳含量呈显著正相关;Shannon-Wiener指数与土壤含水量和土壤有机碳含量呈显著正相关;Pielou均匀度指数与土壤有机碳含量呈显著正相关、与土壤全磷含量呈显著负相关。     

The impact of trampling by tourists on a high altitudinal grassland in the Tyrolean Alps,Austria

The long term effect of tourist trampling on a high altitudinal grassland (Caricion curvulae) in the Tyrolean Alps was investigated.Even under slight trampling the frequency of sensitive species decreases. The most sensitive species were found to be fruticose lichens, followed by mosses, some forbs and broadleaved grasses. Tolerant to trampling are the dominant species Carex curvula, and Ligusticum mutellina, which do not disappear completely even at a tourist frequency of 150 tourists per metre per day. Trampling increases soil bulk density moderately but has no marked effect on the soil water content.Comparison with high alpine sedge heath vegetation in North America shows a surprising uniformity of this vegetation type in response to trampling and also indicates that the common generalisation that alpine ecosystems are fragile and sensitive to disturbance does not hold true in this context. Furthermore these results represent evidence against the theory that ecosystems with low diversity are much more sensitive to arteficial impact than ecosystems with high diversity. However, if even the most resistant plants which are the dominant sedges are destroyed completely the rate of recovery is very low and may last for a long time. In the case of Carex curvula this is supported by the fact that it has very low seed production and grows mainly vegetatively. The rate of spread of the rhizome system of this species is 8 mm in 10 years. Similar figures may apply for the sedge species dominating in the alpine vegetation of North America. Thus fragility of this vegetation in regard to trampling does not mean low tolerance but low regeneration.Nomenclature of species follows Ehrendorfer (1973) for vascular plants and Poelt (1974) for lichens.The PCA calculations were done at the Computer laboratory of the University of Wales during a post doctoral stay at the School of Plant Biology in Bangor, U.K. I would like to record my thanks to Prof. Dr. P. Greig-Smith for fruitful discussions and reading the draft.     

Response of two oligohaline marsh communities to lethal and nonlethal disturbance

Severity is recognized as an important attribute of disturbance in many plant communities. However, the effects of disturbances of different severity on patterns of regeneration in oligohaline marsh vegetation have not been experimentally examined. In these communities, a critical difference in the effects of disturbance severity may be whether the vegetation dies as a result of the disturbance or is merely damaged and hence capable of resprouting. We described the regeneration of vegetation in two Louisiana marsh community types, one dominated by Sagittaria lancifolia L. and the other by Spartina patens (Ait.) Muhl., following three levels of disturbance: no disturbance, a nonlethal disturbance, and a lethal disturbance. In the nonlethal disturbance, aboveground vegetation was clipped to simulate common disturbances such as fire and herbivory that remove aboveground vegetation but leave rhizomes intact. In the lethal disturbance vegetation was killed using herbicide to simulate disturbances causing plant mortality such as wrack deposition, sedimentation, scouring, and flooding following fire or herbivory. Regeneration was assessed over a 2-year period by measuring plant species richness, relative abundance, relative dominance, cover, and final biomass. To elucidate mechanisms for observed responses of vegetation, the species composition of the seed bank, light penetration, water level, salinity, and soil redox potential were evaluated. Despite differences in the structure of undisturbed vegetation in the two community types, they exhibited the same overall pattern of regeneration. Following nonlethal disturbance, the dominant species resprouted and quickly reestablished the structure of the vegetation. In contrast, recolonization following lethal disturbance occurred primarily via seedling recruitment, which resulted in marked shifts in community structure that persisted throughout the study. While the two communities responded similarly overall to disturbance, the response of individual species was not uniform; abundance, dominance, biomass, or cover increased for some species but decreased for others in response to disturbance. Seed bank species occurred in the vegetation following lethal disturbance in the Spartina community and in both disturbed and undisturbed plots in the Sagittaria community, indicating that the seed bank is a source of propagules for regeneration and maintenance of oligohaline marshes. Of the environmental variables measured, light level was most closely related to the effect of disturbance severity on community structure. Our results suggest that lethal and nonlethal disturbances have differential effects on regeneration of vegetation that can create pattern in oligohaline marshes communities. Received: 29 September 1997 / Accepted: 12 May 1998     

Seed-shedding in heather (Calluna vulgaris (L.) Hull

Abstract

Background: Accumulating evidence, mainly from small-scale experiments, suggests that species diversity helps stabilise ecological communities; however, this relationship needs testing at larger scales in a wider range of natural communities.

Aims: In experimentally burnt ericaceous shrub stands, we aimed to determine whether more diverse stands had more stable vegetation cover.

Methods: Using two prescribed fire management experiments – one on heathland and one in forest – at scales of 100–700 m², we compared pre-disturbance vegetation characteristics (measures of diversity, traits and composition) with resistance (degree of perturbation on disturbance), resilience (here defined as post-disturbance recovery rate) and stability (the inverse of temporal variability).

Results: Responses to disturbance were usually best explained by a measure of dominance: Simpson's index. High dominance was associated with high resilience, but low resistance and low stability. Within the forest, the shrub community had lower dominance and higher stability than it did on heathland. Dominance and diversity were strongly linked as opposite poles of a principal axis of vegetation variation; therefore, more diverse vegetation was more stable.

Conclusions: Ericaceous shrub cover is known to support important ecosystem services, such as soil protection, carbon sequestration, flood prevention and livestock grazing. Our results suggest that high shrub diversity would support stable provision of these services. Land managers who prioritise this aim in British heathlands and pinewoods should consider a wider range of management approaches than those of typical current practice.     

干旱区典型盐生植物群落下土壤微生物群落特征

运用Biolog技术,对干旱区玛纳斯河流域扇缘带的6种典型盐生植物群落下土壤微生物群落特征差异性进行了研究,探讨不同植物群落对土壤微生物群落的影响。结果表明:不同盐生植物群落土壤平均颜色变化率(AWCD)随培养时间的延长而逐渐增加,大小顺序依次为:梭梭花花柴白刺绢蒿柽柳雾冰藜,且差异显著。不同植物群落土壤微生物对6类碳源利用差异显著(P0.05),其中梭梭群落利用率最高,雾冰藜群落利用率最低。碳水化合物类和氨基酸类是主要碳源,胺类的利用率最低。主成分分析(PCA)表明,在31种因子中提取的2个主成分因子,分别可以解释所有变量方差的41.51%和25.35%,对PC1和PC2起分异作用的主要碳源分别为碳水化合物类和氨基酸类。土壤微生物群落Shannon指数、Simpson指数上,除雾冰藜群落较低,其他群落之间均差异不显著(P0.05)。植物群落Margalef指数,Shannon指数和Simpson指数上,均为绢蒿,梭梭和柽柳群落较为优势。相关性分析表明,植物群落多样性指数与土壤微生物多样性指数呈显著正相关关系(P0.05),说明了植物多样性越丰富,土壤微生物越丰富。总体来说,干旱区不同盐生植物群落对土壤微生物群落多样性具有重要影响。其中,梭梭群落的土壤微生物群落具有较强的微生物总体活性和功能多样性。     

Management impacts on vegetation dynamics of hyper‐eutrophicated fields at Berlin,Germany

Abstract. This paper reports on vegetation dynamics on terrestrial, temperate grassland sites at the upper range of the productivity scale, i.e. on abandoned sewage fields (fields once used for waste water disposal) at Berlin‐Blankenfelde, Germany. I studied regeneration and the influence of different management practices (removal of top soil and mowing in late summer). Changes in species composition and cover were followed on permanent plots of 2m × 2m size through five years of vegetation development. At the outset of the experiment the abandoned fields were dominated by dense Urtica dioica /Elymus repens stands. Species richness was 7 species/ 4m², and it remained low on unmanaged plots during the time of observation (7.6 species/plot in year 5). Removal of 20 cm of top soil caused a severe decline of Urtica and a large increase in species richness (21 species in year 1 after disturbance). Mowing was slightly higher compared with unmown plots on both initially excavated and unexcavated plots. Total cover was always near 100 % (except immediately after top soil removal). Colonization of bare soil was very rapid and in late summer of the first year after disturbance cover already increased towards 100%. On all plots the vegetation was mostly dominated by perennial herbs and grasses. Winter season gaps are occupied by Galium aparine, a large‐seeded annual scrambling climber. Monocarpic perennials behaved as winter annuals in most cases. Woody species were inhibited by dense above‐ground biomass and litter cover. The paper questions whether succession on abandoned sewage fields may proceed towards a woodland stage and advises how vegetation of such hyper‐eutrophicated sites can be managed towards higher diversity.     

道路边坡坡度对植被恢复中物种多样性的影响研究

以成都平原周边的5条道路的边坡植被群落作为研究对象,采用样线法,研究坡度对道路边坡的植物群落多样性的影响。选取101个海拔在300~400 m间并且土壤质地相同的边坡样方进行坡度分析。结果显示：（1）选取的样方中,共出现142种植物,属于61个科,121属。（2）边坡坡度对阳坡和阴坡的灌木层与草本层的植物群落物种多样性具有显著的影响(P<0.05)。（3）边坡坡度对阴坡群落的均匀度指数影响显著(P<0.05);而对阳坡群落的丰富度影响相对较大,呈现先增加后降低的趋势。分析表明,边坡坡度对成都平原周边地区道路边坡的植物群落多样性具有显著影响;在坡度<35°的条件下,植被群落恢复效果较好,群落的多样性高;而对>35°的边坡来说,多样性指数呈下降趋势,不利于后期边坡恢复。     

Impacts of water stress removal and disturbance regimes on Mediterranean dry grasslands diversity and succession

Our goal was to disentangle the effects of stress removal and disturbance on plant communities of a Mediterranean rangeland, La Crau (southeastern France). We compared undisturbed reference steppe vegetation with vegetation impacted by changes in land use such as earlier phases of cultivation (dating back 20 years) and/or current water infiltrations (revealed by the presence of Brachypodium ph?nicoïdes), since the establishment of adjacent hay meadows. We considered plots with and without brambles (Rubus ulmifolius), an indigenous shrub species that had colonized the area after the land-use changes. We monitored the composition and measured the taxonomic richness and richness of functional groups, evenness and similarities of plant communities. The species richness of the undisturbed community was significantly higher than that of all disturbed plant communities. Although cultivation led to the dominance of ruderal species, the removal of water stress had a stronger negative impact, enabling the establishment of herbaceous competitor species such as B. ph?nicoïdes. The dominance of this species resulted in a significant decline in species richness and evenness after water stress removal. The presence of brambles correlating with former cultivation and/or current water infiltration did not have a significant impact on plant species richness in the vicinity of bramble bushes, although it significantly modified the composition of the adjacent herbaceous vegetation. Our study highlights again the low resilience of Mediterranean dry grasslands after disturbance. While both the disturbance and the water stress removal resulted in changes within the plant community, our findings reveal a stronger impact of the water stress removal. Water infiltration led to decreased plant species richness and evenness because the greater availability of water favored competitor species over the stress-tolerant xeric species. Therefore, for restoring the original steppe species richness, the priority will be to control water infiltrations, even before any scrub-clearing is undertaken to control bramble colonization.     

坡向和坡位对四川夹金山灌丛群落结构与物种多样性特征的影响

研究不同坡向、坡位夹金山灌丛群落结构和物种多样性特征。结果表明: 在 24 个样地中,共有维管植物 186 种,隶属于 50 科 127 属。其中,灌木层有 32 种,隶属于 14 科 22 属,阴坡下坡位物种数最多;草本层有 154 种,隶属于 43 科 109 属,阴坡物种数最少。灌木层的平均高度表现为阳坡>半阳坡>阴坡,平均密度则相反;草本层平均高度表现为阴坡>半阳坡>阳坡,平均密度无显著变化。坡位仅对阳坡草本层平均高度有显著影响,灌木层物种多样性在阴坡较高,草本层物种多样性在阳坡下坡位和阴坡中坡位较高。坡向对灌木层和草本层 Shannon多样性指数、Simpson优势度指数、物种丰富度指数、Pielou均匀度指数影响显著(除草本层 Simpson 指数),坡位对灌木层和草本层物种多样性指数均无显著影响,坡向和坡位的交互作用对草本层物种多样性的影响大于灌木层。冗余分析(RDA)表明,物种多样性不仅与坡向正弦值、坡向余弦值相关,也与群落结构特征相关性较大。     

What potential is there for regeneration of native species from the soil seed bank in Coast Tea Tree‐dominated scrub?

Shrub encroachment generally causes the loss of native species in herbaceous‐dominated communities. The ability of the original ecosystem to return to its pre‐encroachment state (i.e. its ecological resilience) will be partially contingent on the capacity of these species to regenerate from soil‐stored seed. Coast Tea Tree (Leptospermum laevigatum) has formed a dense scrub in many areas previously dominated by grassy woodland, and hence, managers need guidance about the effectiveness of strategies designed to recover the pre‐encroachment vegetation. In this context, we ask: what is the potential of species stored in the soil seed bank to return following Tea Tree removal? A germination experiment was undertaken using soil collected from dense stands of Tea Tree that had been long established. Heat/smoke was applied to soils to simulate the effects of a fire on the soil seed bank, while leaf litter treatments were used to mimic both undisturbed stands and stands where shrubs have been slashed where litter creates a physical barrier to emergence. We found the soil seed bank was dominated by exotic forbs (83% of all germinants) and contained few grasses. Heat and smoke decreased total species density but increased species diversity through the suppression of common exotics. Our data suggest that slashing would result in germination being dominated by exotic flora, but using fire would likely reduce that dominance. However, we conclude that recovery by much of the original flora after site occupation by Coast Tea Tree may be contingent on mechanisms other than soil‐stored seeds.