海南岛的外来植物

通过对海南岛野生或半野生外来入侵植物的调查,报道了153种外来植物,并对近年来在海南岛大面积分布而未报道过的入侵种进行简要介绍。对海南外来植物种类组成、原产地、生活型与危害程度的分析发现:(1)外来植物中有66.67%来自美洲,美洲种的96%为热带美洲成分,几乎所有来自美洲的草本植物往往成为遍布海南各地农田、果园、胶林、草地的有害杂草;(2)外来草本与藤本植物具有较强的入侵能力和较大的危害;(3)绝大多数草本与藤本植物常形成单一优势群落,破坏平地、低丘陵原有的生态系统。     

广州外来入侵植物

根据野外调查及相关文献资料,初步探讨了广州市外来入侵植物的种类组成、分布生境、生长特性、危害以及来源.结果表明:广州市现有外来人侵植物73种,隶属于27科59属,其中菊科(19种)、禾本科(8种)、豆科(7种)和苋科(7种)植物占了入侵植物总种数的56.2%.生活型分析发现,在广州有分布的外来入侵植物中,陆生草本植物最多(58种),其次为灌木(10种)、水生草本(3种),乔木种类最少(2种),它们主要生长在人类干扰比较频繁的低海拔地区.另外,基于对外来入侵植物目前在野外的生长和分布状况等生态学特性进行分析,可大致将它们对本地生物多样性危害程度分为3级,其中危害严重的有11种,危害中等的有25种,危害较轻的有37种.从原产地分析来看,61种来自于热带美洲地区,占广州外来入侵植物总种数的83.6%.与国内其他地区外来入侵植物进行比较发现,广州和广西共有种数最多,有62种,然而,对已经造成严重危害的外来植物种类,在数量上广州与香港、深圳和广西相同种类较多,分别有8种、7种和6种.对广州市目前外来植物的入侵风险(潜在威胁)的评估结果表明,对一些在其它地区已经造成严重危害的外来植物,应当加强监控,防止入侵扩散并造成重大生态灾难.还对广州市外来植物入侵的主要途径及防治策略做了简要分析和说明.     

中国香港外来入侵植物

该文于2015—2016年通过野外实地调查并结合整理、查阅相关的文献资料,研究了中国香港特别行政区外来入侵植物的种类组成、原产地、生活型、入侵途径和危害状况等。结果表明:(1)中国香港有外来入侵植物共101种,隶属于36科77属,其中菊科(Asteraceae)植物的种类最多,有17种。(2)来源于美洲的外来入侵植物种类最多,占入侵植物总数的77.2%。(3)外来种类中草本植物占了绝大多数,占总种数的80.2%。(4)恶意入侵与严重入侵植物共42种,占总种数的41.6%。同时,通过与邻近的珠海、深圳、澳门、广州四个地区的外来入侵植物进行比较,提出了珠三角区域共防共治外来植物入侵、保障环境生态安全的建议。     

南宁的外来入侵植物

根据野外调查及文献资料的整理,对南宁地区外来入侵植物的种类组成、危害现状、原产地、生活型和入侵生境等进行了分析。结果表明,南宁现有外来入侵植物72种,隶属于25科55属,其中菊科植物19种,禾本科9种,苋科和茄科各6种,分别占总种数的26.4%、12.5%和8.3%。就危害程度而言,已造成严重危害的种数达12种,中等危害有17种,轻度危害有43种。从原产地分析来看,源自美洲的入侵植物多达62种,占总种数的86.1%,其次为源自非洲(5种)、地中海(3种)和欧洲(2种)的植物。这些外来入侵植物中,草本植物种类最为丰富(57种,占种总数的79.2%),其次为灌木(10种,13.9%)和乔木(3种,4.2%)。此外,南宁外来入侵植物的种类组成与广州、澳门和厦门等地的共有种数相对较多,而与青岛、北京和沈阳等地的共有种数较少。同时对外来入侵植物的防控对策进行了简要分析。     

湛江市外来植物入侵状况

[目的]了解湛江市外来入侵植物的种类特征、生活型、起源和危害情况等,对制定预防和控制管理措施提供参考。[方法]以野外调查为主,结合文献资料、网络资源以及标本数据,确定湛江市外来入侵植物的种类、生活型、原产地、引入途径,并进行评估及划分危害等级。[结果]湛江市现有外来入侵植物共112种(含变种),隶属于37科89属,其中,菊科(21种)、禾本科(13种)和豆科(13种)为种类较多的3个科,三者合计占湛江市外来入侵植物总种数的41.96%。湛江市外来入侵植物中以草本植物居多(98种),占入侵植物总数的87.50%。入侵植物主要来源于美洲,共82种,占总种数的73.21%;且55.36%(62种)的入侵植物为有意引入。从危害等级看,外来入侵植物中恶性入侵种(1级)23种,严重入侵种(2级)35种,局部入侵种(3级)21种,一般入侵种(4级)15种,有待观察种(5级)18种。[结论]湛江市的外来入侵植物种类繁多,这与湛江独特的地理位置以及日趋频繁的人类活动息息相关,应当加强监管与防范,及时对外来物种进行治理。     

上海外来植物及其入侵等级划分

汇总分析了上海外来植物75科232属357种(和种下类群)基础资料,并对其入侵危害进行等级划分;其中入侵植物64种,一般或偶见外来植物293种;报道了9种上海新纪录逸生植物。上海外来植物总体呈现种类繁多、国产种类较多、分布密度大、严重危害种类较多且分布广、入侵途径集中等特征。同时对上海外来入侵植物的管理与防治提出具体措施。     

海口市外来入侵植物现状及防控对策

基于野外调查及文献资料及标本信息查阅,基本查清海口市外来入侵植物的种类组成、原产地、生活型、入侵途径,并对外来入侵植物在海口市的入侵危害进行等级划分。结果表明,海口市目前发现外来入侵植物115种,隶属于32科83属,其中菊科种数最多,有23种,占海口外来入侵植物总种数的20.0%;有92种原产地为美洲,占80.0%;有84种为草本植物,占73.0%;有111种为人类有意或无意引入,占96.5%;入侵植物中严重危害类(1级)有12种,一般危害类(2级)有24种,潜在危害类(3级)有25种,一般外来类(4级)有22种,32种还有待观察(5级)。文中提出对海口外来植物入侵的防控及管理对策。     

广东外来入侵植物现状和防治策略

广东省现有外来入侵植物93种,隶属于27科72属,其中种类最多的菊科植物达21种,草本植物有81种,它们分别占广东省入侵植物总数的22.6%和87.1%.依据外来入侵植物目前在野外的生长和扩散状况等分析,发现其中危害严重的有24种,危害中等的有23种,危害较轻的有46种.广东省外来入侵植物中有76种来自于美洲地区,占入侵植物总数的81.7%.比较发现,广东与邻近的香港、厦门、广西在外来入侵植物的数量上以及在各自地区生物多样性造成严重危害的植物种类上比较接近,这可能是由于这些地区地理位置上相毗邻而利于物种之间的传播造成的.本文还提出了对广东省外来植物入侵防治策略.     

广西中越边境的外来入侵植物

【目的】广西中越边境是中国通往东盟各国的重要通道。近年来,外来入侵植物对该地区的生态安全和经济发展都产生了严重的威胁。为有效预防和控制中越边境的外来入侵植物,保障中越边境地区生态安全和经济健康发展,需要掌握中越边境外来入侵植物的基本信息。【方法】通过实地调查、拍照和采集标本,分析广西中越边境外来入侵植物的种类组成、生活型和危害程度等;通过文献资料,了解所调查外来入侵植物的原产地和入侵途径等。【结果】广西中越边境外来入侵植物共121种,隶属于38科,其中菊科最多,有26种,豆科次之,有11种;外来入侵植物以草本为主,有102种,占总种数的84.30%;原产地来源最多的是美洲,有92种,占总种数的68.66%;人为有意引入有68种,占总种数的56.20%;严重危害的有23种,中等危害的有32种,一般危害的有66种。【结论】广西中越边境外来入侵植物种类多且分布范围广、传播途径复杂、危害严重种类多,急需对广西中越边境的外来入侵植物进行预防和控制,特别是要严密监控新发生入侵种类的动态,积极控制已产生危害的严重种类,实行预防为主、防治结合的原则。     

杭州西湖风景区外来杂草的调查研究

通过野外调查和文献资料的整理分析,确定杭州西湖风景区有外来杂草56种,隶属于21科44属。对西湖风景区外来杂草的种类组成、来源、分布特点进行分析,结果表明:(1)种类较多的科是菊科、苋科、豆科;(2)原产地以来源于北美洲的最多;(3)容易入侵地表裸露较大的生境;(4)发生具有季节差异;(5)种类、分布上呈动态变化。并就外来杂草近二十至三十年的变化进行了讨论。     

火与外来植物相互关系的研究进展

入侵种对本地的生态系统和生物多样性均有不良的影响,严重的会造成物种的灭绝和生态系统的崩溃,这已在全球范围引起广泛关注.在植物外来种与火生态因子的作用研究中发现,火与外来种的关系随物种生物学特性、火作用的时间、频度、强度不同而不同,火有时会有效地抑制外来种的生长和入侵,有时会促进一些外来种的生长和入侵.反之,一些外来种会对火的产生起到积极的作用,一些外来种又会抑制火的发生.火作为控制入侵种的一种方法,经科学地运用,可对某些入侵种起到有效的控制作用.     

生物入侵对鸟类的生态影响

生物入侵是全球生物多样性面临的最主要威胁之一, 入侵种在改变入侵地环境的同时也使当地的生物受到极大影响。鸟类在生态系统中处于较高的营养级, 生态系统中任何一个环节的变化都可能对鸟类造成一定的影响。本文回顾了哺乳动物、鸟类、无脊椎动物和植物等不同生物类群的入侵对本地鸟类生态影响方面的研究进展。外来生物对鸟类的影响主要表现在以下几方面: (1)外来哺乳动物对成鸟、幼鸟或鸟卵的捕食作用; (2)外来鸟类与本地鸟类竞争栖息地和食物资源, 与当地的近缘种杂交而造成基因流失; (3)外来无脊椎动物改变本地鸟类的栖息环境和食物状况, 甚至直接捕食本地鸟类; (4)外来植物入侵改变入侵地的植物群落组成和结构, 造成本地鸟类的栖息地丧失或破碎化, 并通过改变入侵地生态系统的食物链结构而对高营养级的鸟类产生影响。最后, 作者还提出了该领域有待解决的问题和今后可能的研究方向。     

The status of noxious plants in lower subtropical region of China

Recent decades, more and more noxious plants developed fast in tropical and subtropical region. Guangdong Province, located in lower subtropical region, is densely populated and its economy is developing very quickly, it is vulnerable to be damaged. It was observed that there were many noxious plants affected forest ecosystem in this area. It is crucial to understand the destructive status and the distribution of the noxious plants. Thus, we conducted investigations of noxious plant in Baiyun Mountain and Xiqiao Mountain, Guangdong Province through point, line and plot methods. The results showed that there were 39 noxious plant species from 26 families in the two sites (Baiyun Mountain and Xiqiao Mountain). Most noxious plants reached III grade, 13 species reached III grade in Baiyun Mountain and 18 species reached III grade in Xiqiao Mountain. The exotic plant Wedelia trilobata(L.) Hitchc was the most abundant species, followed by another exotic plant Ipomoea cairica (Linn.) Sweet (Fig. 2B). All the 39 noxious plants covered over 273 hm² in the two sites, about occupied 10% of the forests. Over 90% of the noxious plants are lianas, the rest are herbs or shrubs. Of the 39 noxious species, six species were exotic plants, while 33 species were indigenous, suggesting that more attention should be paid to indigenous plants when we concerned invasive plants. Furthermore, global climate change (e.g., global warming, elevated CO₂) may shorten the latency of the plants and trigger the expansion of the noxious plants. Further studies are needed to reveal the relationship between global climate change and noxious plants, and to study why more and more native plants turned to threaten the ecosystem.     

The status of noxious plants in lower subtropical region of China

Recent decades, more and more noxious plants developed fast in tropical and subtropical region. Guangdong Province, located in lower subtropical region, is densely populated and its economy is developing very quickly, it is vulnerable to be damaged. It was observed that there were many noxious plants affected forest ecosystem in this area. It is crucial to understand the destructive status and the distribution of the noxious plants. Thus, we conducted investigations of noxious plant in Baiyun Mountain and Xiqiao Mountain, Guangdong Province through point, line and plot methods. The results showed that there were 39 noxious plant species from 26 families in the two sites (Baiyun Mountain and Xiqiao Mountain). Most noxious plants reached III grade, 13 species reached III grade in Baiyun Mountain and 18 species reached III grade in Xiqiao Mountain. The exotic plant Wedelia trilobata(L.) Hitchc was the most abundant species, followed by another exotic plant Ipomoea cairica (Linn.) Sweet (Fig. 2B). All the 39 noxious plants covered over 273 hm² in the two sites, about occupied 10% of the forests. Over 90% of the noxious plants are lianas, the rest are herbs or shrubs. Of the 39 noxious species, six species were exotic plants, while 33 species were indigenous, suggesting that more attention should be paid to indigenous plants when we concerned invasive plants. Furthermore, global climate change (e.g., global warming, elevated CO₂) may shorten the latency of the plants and trigger the expansion of the noxious plants. Further studies are needed to reveal the relationship between global climate change and noxious plants, and to study why more and more native plants turned to threaten the ecosystem.     

Population,community and ecosystem effects of exotic herbivores: A growing global concern

Exotic herbivores represent a serious threat to native biodiversity, producing large scale changes in native communities and altering ecosystem processes. In this special issue, we present a series of case studies and reviews from different areas of the world that highlight (1) the consequences of herbivore introductions are a global problem; (2) they can result in wholesale shifts in the distribution of dominant plants on the landscape and; (3) the effects of herbivore introductions extend from the population to the community and ecosystem level. These studies suggest that introduced herbivores often retard ecosystem recovery after disturbance, facilitate invasion of plant species and can act as selective agents on native plant communities. These studies also suggest that several topics, including facilitation between exotic herbivores and exotic plants and animals (i.e., invasional meltdown) and the effect of exotic herbivores on ecosystem processes, require more research attention. Overall the papers in this special feature suggest that introduced herbivores are a global problem with wide-ranging ecological and evolutionary effects.     

Novel chemistry of invasive exotic plants

Of the many exotic plants that have become naturalized in North America, only a small proportion are pests capable of invading and dominating intact natural communities. In the present study, we tested the hypothesis that the most invasive plants are phytochemically unique in their new habitats. A comparison of exotic plant species that are highly invasive in North America with exotics that are widespread, but non-invasive revealed that the invasive plants were more likely to have potent secondary compounds that have not been reported from North American native plants. On average, the compounds found in the invasive plants were reported from fewer species, fewer genera and fewer families than those from non-invasive plants. Many of the unique phytochemicals from invasive plants have been reported to have multiple activities, including antiherbivore, antifungal, antimicrobial and allelopathic (phytotoxic) effects, which may provide the plants with several advantages in their new environments.     

鄱阳湖南矶山湿地自然保护区的外来入侵植物调查与分析

为了解鄱阳湖南矶山自然保护区外来入侵植物的状况, 从2010 年至2014 年对外来入侵植物的物种种类、分布、传播等进行了调查。结果表明, 南矶山湿地保护区共有外来入侵植物32 种, 隶属于l8 科28 属, 其中菊科最多, 有8 种6 属;其次是苋科, 有4 种3 属, 绝大多数是草本植物;以原产地为美洲的最多, 有15 种, 其中来自北美的有9 种。对保护区造成严重危害的外来入侵植物有5 种, 分别为野燕麦(Avena fatua)、小飞蓬(Conyza canadensis)、野胡萝卜(Daucus carota)、裸柱菊(Soliva anthemifolia)和空心莲子草(Alternanthera philoxeroides), 危害较强的主要有7 种, 危害较轻的有20 种。对外来植物的入侵途径、规律与成因以及对生态环境造成的影响进行了讨论, 并提出了防治对策与建议。     

Shrubs as ecosystem engineers across an environmental gradient: effects on species richness and exotic plant invasion

Ecosystem-engineering plants modify the physical environment and can increase species diversity and exotic species invasion. At the individual level, the effects of ecosystem engineers on other plants often become more positive in stressful environments. In this study, we investigated whether the community-level effects of ecosystem engineers also become stronger in more stressful environments. Using comparative and experimental approaches, we assessed the ability of a native shrub (Ericameria ericoides) to act as an ecosystem engineer across a stress gradient in a coastal dune in northern California, USA. We found increased coarse organic matter and lower wind speeds within shrub patches. Growth of a dominant invasive grass (Bromus diandrus) was facilitated both by aboveground shrub biomass and by growing in soil taken from shrub patches. Experimental removal of shrubs negatively affected species most associated with shrubs and positively affected species most often found outside of shrubs. Counter to the stress-gradient hypothesis, the effects of shrubs on the physical environment and individual plant growth did not increase across the established stress gradient at this site. At the community level, shrub patches increased beta diversity, and contained greater rarified richness and exotic plant cover than shrub-free patches. Shrub effects on rarified richness increased with environmental stress, but effects on exotic cover and beta diversity did not. Our study provides evidence for the community-level effects of shrubs as ecosystem engineers in this system, but shows that these effects do not necessarily become stronger in more stressful environments.     

Invasive plants negatively impact native,but not exotic,animals

Despite our growing understanding of the impacts of invasive plants on ecosystem structure and function, important gaps remain, including whether native and exotic species respond differently to plant invasion. This would elucidate basic ecological interactions and inform management. We performed a meta‐analytic review of the effects of invasive plants on native and exotic resident animals. We found that invasive plants reduced the abundance of native, but not exotic, animals. This varied by animal phyla, with invasive plants reducing the abundance of native annelids and chordates, but not mollusks or arthropods. We found dissimilar impacts among “wet” and “dry” ecosystems, but not among animal trophic levels. Additionally, the impact of invasive plants increased over time, but this did not vary with animal nativity. Our review found that no studies considered resident nativity differences, and most did not identify animals to species. We call for more rigorous studies of invaded community impacts across taxa, and most importantly, explicit consideration of resident biogeographic origin. We provide an important first insight into how native and exotic species respond differently to invasion, the consequences of which may facilitate cascading trophic disruptions further exacerbating global change consequences to ecosystem structure and function.