北京市区苔藓植物空间分布与环境关系的研究

在2006年10月至2007年10月期间,对北京市五环路内及附近部分区域的苔藓群落进行了调查,共调查了31个地点、164个样地,采集苔藓植物标本327份。经整理鉴定,调查区有苔藓植物12科24属55种,其中阔叶小石藓（Weisia planifolia）和立碗藓（Physcomitrium sphaericum）等种类为调查区的广布种。通过对调查区同类型、不同地点苔藓植物多样性指数分析,发现北京市苔藓植物的分布特点为城西、城北苔藓植物多样性高于城东、城南。用典范对应分析法（CCA）分析27个样地中的20种地面生苔藓植物的盖度与主要环境因子的关系,结果表明,土壤含水量、距主干道距离、人为踩踏、土壤pH值、林木郁闭度等环境因子对北京市苔藓植物的分布有显著影响,其中土壤含水量、土壤pH值对苔藓植物分布的影响最为显著,北京市区大多数常见苔藓种类喜生于土壤含水量较高、偏酸性的环境。     

喀斯特天坑内孔雀藓科植物垂直分布特征及其与环境因子关系的研究

喀斯特天坑是一种独特的负地貌,拥有巨大而封闭的空间,形成了适于植物生长发育的特殊生境。为了探索喀斯特天坑内孔雀藓科植物垂直分布特征及环境因子的影响,以贵州猴耳天坑为代表（坑口直径300 m,坑深280 m）,通过野外调查、室内分析鉴定以及典范对应分析（Canonical Correspondence Analysis,CCA）等方法对该天坑内12个样点孔雀藓科植物的分布与主要环境因子的关系进行研究,并进行与其它样地的比较（喀斯特石漠化地带、天坑边缘地带）,探讨其在垂直空间上的分布特征。结果表明：（1）共采集到天坑内孔雀藓科植物3属9种,占中国该科物种总数的47.37%,贵州该科物种总数的69.23%,其中黄边孔雀藓（Hypopterygiumflavo-limbatum C.Muell）较常见,分布于6个样点,出现频率为50%;（2）空气湿度、光照度、林冠郁闭度以及人为干扰度是影响贵州猴耳天坑内孔雀藓科植物分布的主要环境因子,其余环境因子影响程度依次为土壤含水量 > 土壤pH > 坡度 > 空气温度;（3）孔雀藓科植物物种丰富度：喀斯特天坑内 > 天坑边缘地带 > 喀斯特石漠化地带;（4）孔雀藓科植物在垂直分布格局上呈现以天坑底部为生物多样性的中心,由坑口至坑底种类分布逐渐增加,是喀斯特石漠化山区生物天然的避难所。     

Environmental controls of diatom species in northeast Pacific sediments

Non-linear, unimodal techniques are suitable for estimation of environmental properties in the northeast (NE) Pacific based on fossil diatom taxa (species and/or species groups) found in modern (core-top) sediments. Canonical Correspondence Analysis (CCA), a constrained ordination technique, discerned best-fit relationships among two multivariate datasets (the floral and the environmental) and thus yielded insight into the environmental variables that best explain the species variance within diatom populations. Based on these insights, we developed predictive functions for annual Primary Productivity (PP) and seasonal range of sea Sea-Surface Temperature using unimodal models and cross validation techniques. Estimates of annual PP (r²_jack = 0.92; RMSEP = 91.94 gC/m²/y) explained the highest percentage of variance in the core-top diatom record (22.1%).     

Ecology of a paramo cushion mire

Abstract. The vegetation ecology of a paramo cushion mire was studied along four transects. Six local vegetation types were distinguished. Two types are called cushion bogs; one is dominated by Oreobolus cleefii and the other by Plantago rigida. Types 3 and 4 are mire vegetation dominated by bryophytes; one is characterised by Sphagnum sparsum, Breutelia sp. and Campylopus cucullatifolius, the other one is dominated by Lophozia subinflata with Cortaderia sericantha. Vegetation type 5 is dominated by submerged Sphagnum cyclophyllum; type 6 refers to aquatic vegetation with only Equisetum bogotense and algae. The relation between the first four vegetation types and edaphical and hydrological gradients is analysed by means of Canonical Correspondence Analysis (CCA). From the results of CCA it can be concluded that the occurrence of the Oreobolus cleefii type is restricted to areas with a thinner peat layer, a wider distance surface-anaerobic zone and water table-anaerobic zone, a higher NO₂ concentration and a lower pH. The occurrence of the Plantago rigida type is restricted to a situation with a lower electrical conductivity of the ground water, a lower NO₃ and PO₄ concentration, and a higher Fe concentration. The occurrence of the Sphagnum type is restricted to places with a higher conductivity of the ground water, a higher NO₃ and PO₄ concentration, and a lower Fe concentration. The occurrence of the Lophozia subinflata with Cortaderia sericantha type is restricted to a situation with a lower K and Al concentration.     

长白山地表藓类分布格局与环境因子的关系

对长白山自然保护区41个样地中的42种主要地表藓类分布与6种重要环境因子间的关系进行了定量研究。应用双向指标种分析法（TWINSPAN）发现调查的41个样地可分成4个样地组,42种地面藓 类可分成4种藓类群,应用除趋势典范对应分析（DCCA）的研究结果表明,海拨高度、土壤含砂量、土壤酸度、林冠层郁闭度、土壤含水量是5个影响42种地表藓类分布格局的主要环境因子,在DCCA排序图上,显示出藓类群与样地类型良好的对应性,藓类群1－4分别在落叶松（Larix olgensis）沼泽地、高山苔原、暗针叶林、亚高山岳松（Betula ernanni）林和岳松－落叶松林中占优势。     

Microtopographic control of vascular plant, bryophyte and lichen communities on cliff faces

Cliff faces worldwide have recently been recognized as sites that harbour ancient forests, endangered biota and high levels of biodiversity, but knowledge is limited of the physical factors organizing cliff-face vegetation communities. Two large scale (geographic), five local, and eight fine scale (microtopographic) physical factors were examined using regression and Canonical Correspondence Analysis (CCA) to determine what scale of physical factors best explains variation in cliff-face vegetation on the 785 km long Niagara Escarpment in southern Ontario, Canada. The richness, frequency and community composition of vascular plants, bryophytes and lichens were determined for 72 cliff-face quadrats to discern whether these vegetation groups followed different patterns in their responses to the measured physical factors. A total of 124 different taxa (consisting of 50 vascular plant species, 21 bryophyte species, and 53 lichen taxa) were found on the cliff faces sampled in this study, though only 28 of these taxa were present in more than 10% of the sampled quadrats. Vascular plant and bryophyte species richness and frequency, and lichen frequency were only significantly correlated with microtopographic factors, while lichen species richness was correlated with a variety of fine and local scale physical factors. The fine scale factor ‘volume of soil’, in particular, was highly correlated with variation in richness or frequency for all vegetation groups, with increasing volume of soil correlated with increasing vascular plant richness and frequency and decreasing bryophyte richness and lichen frequency. A suite of local and fine scale physical factors also explained large proportions of variation in cliff-face vegetation community composition. A large scale gradient in the vegetation community was detected, though it resulted from fine scale physical differences between sites rather than from a latitudinal gradient. These results suggest that distinct subcommunities of vegetation exist on cliff faces and correlate with fine scale differences in microtopography.     

应用典范对应分析探讨长白山金发藓科植物的生态位分化

应用典范对应分析(Canonical Co rrespondence Analysis, CCA)对长白山主要生态系统30个样点中的13种金发藓科植物分布与环境因子间的关系进行了研究。发现在长白山地区,金发藓科植物在海拔高度、土壤含砂量、含水量、酸度、光照条件等资源维上存在明显的生态分化现象。13种金发藓科植物中,球蒴金发藓(Polytrichum sphaerothecium(Besch.)C.Mull.、高山异发藓短叶变种(Polytrichastrum alpinum var. brevifolium(R.Br.)Brid.)在海拔上,拟异发藓(Polytrichastrum formosum(Hedw.)G.L.Smith)、变形异发藓(Polytrichastrum dicipensLimpr.)、毛尖金发藓(Polytrichum piliferum Schred.ex Hedw.)、桧叶金发藓(Polytrichum juniperinum Willd.ex Hedw.)在光照上以及大金发藓(Polytrichum commune Hedw.)、直叶金发藓(Polytrichum juniperinum ssp. strictum(Brid.)Nhy.&Sael.)在土壤酸度与水分上的生态要求比较接近。     

阳际峰自然保护区地面生苔藓植物分布与环境因子关系研究

在江西阳际峰自然保护区调查的25个样地中,共采集到地面生苔藓植物34科56属106种（包括1变种）。应用CCA排序法,首次定量分析了该区38种主要地面生苔藓植物与环境因子的关系。结果表明,苔藓植物的分布和生物多样性受环境因子的影响较大,湿度、基质是影响地面生苔藓植物分布的主要环境因子,其他影响因子依次为乔木郁闭度、灌木盖度、海拔高度、人为干扰和坡度。     

广东横石水河大型底栖动物群落与环境因子的关系

应用典范对应分析(CCA)对横石水河流域14个样点中的大型底栖动物与环境因子的关系进行了研究。结果表明,枯水期和丰水期的物种与环境因子的相关性均在90%以上,说明大型底栖动物在横石水河的分布很大程度上受到环境因子的影响。化学需氧量(COD)和pH值是影响枯水期大型底栖动物分布的两个主要因子,浊度和重金属Cu、Pb浓度对大型底栖动物分布也有一定程度的影响。在丰水期,重金属Cu、Pb浓度和pH值是影响大型底栖动物分布的关键因子。从种类水平看,耐污种类如蠓类、摇蚊和大蚊的丰富度与COD和重金属浓度的环境轴呈正相关,而敏感种类如腹足纲、毛翅目以及蜉蝣目昆虫与COD和重金属浓度的环境轴呈负相关。     

Defining phytoclimatic units in Galicia,Spain, by means of multivariate methods

Abstract. Floristic and climate data from 150 plots in 25 sites in Galicia, Spain, were analysed to test the hypothesis that climate is the major factor governing the distribution of woody plant species. TWINSPAN classification, Detrended Correspondence Analysis and Canonical Correspondence Analysis were applied in successive stages of the data analysis to describe vegetational variation in relation to climatic gradients. Six groups of species were defined, two clearly oceanic (Maritime and Cool Maritime), one mediterranean maritime, and three mediterranean (Cold Mediterranean, Cool Mediterranean and Temperate Mediterranean). An aridity gradient was revealed as the primary factor regulating the distribution of the species considered. This main gradient reflects the transition between the Eurosiberian and Mediterranean bio-geographic regions. The gradient can be characterized by means of the Vernet bioclimatic index. A value ≥ 4 for this index can be taken to define the mediterranean zone in our study area. The mean minimum temperature in the coldest month was the second most influential climatic variable. Partial ordination analysis revealed that the residual variation was insignificant and that the observed variation in vegetation can be fully accounted for by climatic variables.     

Dragonfly associations (Insecta: Odonata) in relation to habitat variables: a multivariate approach

In a dragonfly survey, carried out in a lowland wetland area in eastern Austria, a total of 19 resident species was recorded. Multivariate statistical procedures were used to analyse the relationship between dragonfly assemblage patterns and environmental variables. Besides widespread and euryoecious species with unspecific habitat requirements two dragonfly associations were identified: on the one hand species mainly occurring at temporary natural and near-natural ponds characterised by rush and reed vegetation, on the other hand species preferring permanent waters such as the artificial waterbodies in the investigation area characterised by floating macrophytes. Water persistence and the existence of floating macrophytes determined the formation of species assemblages.     

长白山北坡草本植物分布与环境关系的典范对应分析

在长白山北坡海拔700～2600m的坡面上,海拔每上升100m设立一块样地,共计20个样地,计测样地中草本层植物的生态重要值和包括气候、土壤、林冠郁闭度等在内的13个环境因子,对获得的数据进行典范对应分析,作出了种类、样地分布与环境因子关系的二维排序图,排序图直观地反映了主要草本植物分布与环境因子间的关系。排序图中环境因子与前两个排序轴的相关系数大小表明,海拔高度作为诸多环境因子的综合反映,是影响长白山北坡草本植物分布的主导因素,除此之外,其它环境因子如林冠郁闭度、土壤有机质及有效N、P、K等因素,也对草本植物的分布有较大的影响。高山冻原与2000m以下森林群落内的草本植物明显不同,反映出二种不同类型植被间草本植物组成格局间质的差异。     

Vegetation changes on formerly overgrazed hill slopes in semi-arid central Tanzania

Abstract. Composition of hill slope vegetation was studied in a semi-arid part of upland Tanzania where all grazing had been banned for 12 yr. The hills had been severely overgrazed previously and suffered from heavy gully and sheet erosion. Eight vegetation types are described. Floristic gradients revealed by numerical ordination techniques were found to be related mainly to degree of erosion, soil type and succession. The more or less bare soil that prevailed after grazing had ceased is now covered by grassland, woodland and immature secondary forest. The grasslands are still characterized by early successional species and they will probably remain open grassland as long as frequent burning continues. Brachystegia woodlands may have developed during earlier periods when the field layer was sparse due to grazing. The grazing had reduced the frequency of fire which in turn promoted the establishment of Brachystegia spp. Secondary forests are believed to have developed mainly where fires were not frequent, particularly at higher altitudes.