六道沟流域不同冠层小叶杨光合特性及水分利用效率研究

小叶杨作为六道沟流域植被恢复的优势乔木速生树种,对该区的生态恢复与建设有着至关重要的作用。通过测定六道沟流域生长旺期(8和9月)不同冠层高度下小叶杨叶片的水势、光合气体交换参数、稳定性碳同位素比率(δ~(13)C)和叶片全N全P含量,分析了冠层叶片的δ~(13)C、光合特性指标、叶水势等在不同月份及冠层高度下的变化特征。结果表明:(1)小叶杨8、9月份间叶片光合特性指标净光合速率(P_n)、气孔导度(G_s)、胞间CO_2浓度(C_i)、蒸腾速率(T_r)均随着冠层高度增加而减小。(2)小叶杨叶片δ~(13)C和瞬时水分利用效率(WUEi)均随冠层高度增加而增加,δ~(13)C沿冠层高度的变化范围为-29.81‰~-27.43‰。(3)叶片δ~(13)C与植物的水分利用效率呈正相关关系,8月份和9月份δ~(13)C沿树高的变化幅度分别为2.22‰和2.12‰。研究发现,六道沟流域小叶杨叶片确实受到来自树高所引起的水分胁迫,叶片δ~(13)C能真实反映其长期的水分利用状况,且叶片δ~(13)C的变化是自身遗传特性与环境因子共同作用的结果。     

5种绿化树种叶片比叶重、光合色素含量和δ~(13)C的开度与方位差异

受太阳活动的影响,树冠不同方位以及内外部的叶片接受到的光照存在差异,造成温度、湿度等小气候因子也存在差异。叶片的形态解剖结构和生理特性等会对外界环境条件的改变发生响应。为了更好地了解树木生长的局部小环境条件差异对树木生长的影响,该文选择国槐(Sophora japonica)、悬铃木(Platanus orientalis)、银杏(Ginkgo biloba)、榕树(Ficus mi-crocarpa)和黄葛榕(F.lacor)5种冠幅较大的树种,通过测定树冠内外部及4个方位上的比叶重(leaf mass per area,LMA)、叶绿素a(chlorophyll a,Chl a)、叶绿素b(chlorophyll b,Chl b)及类胡萝卜素(carotenoid,Car)的含量及碳稳定同位素比率(carbon isotope ratio,δ13C)等指标,研究叶片形态、生理指标等随树冠开度的变化以及方位差异。结果表明,叶片LMA和δ13C均随树冠开度增加而增大,光合色素含量则相反;叶片LMA和δ13C的方位变化则是南向西向北向东向,与叶片所接受到的光强变化规律一致,而光合色素含量的方位差异较复杂、且因树种而异,总的来说,以受光最弱的东向含量最高。上述结果表明,树冠外围和南向、西向的叶片由于接受到的光能较多、温度高、相对湿度小等,其叶片会增大单位面积的重量、减小气孔开度和光合色素含量,从而减少对光能的吸收,也使光合作用降低、δ13C增大,而不同方位光照对光合色素含量的影响机制较为复杂,这些都表明了叶片对周围小气候的形态和生理上的适应。     

北京城市绿化树种叶片碳同位素组成的季节变化及与土壤温湿度和气象因子的关系

城市绿化树种是城市生态系统的重要组成部分,为了探讨城市绿化树种水分利用效率的季节变化及其影响因素,本文对北京24个城市绿化树种(包括6个常绿针叶和18个落叶阔叶树种)叶片碳同位素组成(δ13C)的季节变化以及与土壤温湿度和气象因子的相关性进行了研究.结果表明:常绿树种叶片δ13C季节间差异不显著,春、夏和秋季的平均值都接近-25.9‰,在-27.0‰～-24.5‰间变化;落叶树种叶片δ13C季节间差异极显著(p=1.97×10-7秋季>夏季,表明绿化树种水分利用效率(WUE)也为春季>秋季>夏季.研究发现:叶片δ13C与比叶面积(SLA)呈显著的负相关(落叶p=6.195×10-8相似文献   

干旱胁迫下四倍体刺槐幼苗水分利用效率及稳定碳同位素组成的研究

在模拟自然干旱的条件下,测定2个四倍体刺槐品种(K2、K3)和普通二倍体刺槐(K1)一年生组培苗的长期和瞬时水分利用效率(WUE)及其稳定碳同位素组成(δ13C),以探讨四倍体刺槐的抗旱机理.结果表明,K2、K3的长期水分利用效率(WUEL)在不同水分胁迫条件下都显著高于K1,它们在同等供水条件下比K1具有更大的生物量产出;3个材料叶片的瞬时水分利用效率(WUEI)均随干旱胁迫的加剧表现先升后降的趋势,且胁迫处理均高于适宜水分处理.随水分胁迫的加剧,各品种刺槐苗木叶片的δ13C显著升高;K2、K3的δ13C在各水分条件下均高于K1;各材料叶片的δ13C与其WUEL有良好的正相关性,可以作为筛选高WUE刺槐品种的指标.     

樟子松、油松、蒙古栎水分利用效率种间变化及其对环境因子的响应差异

以碳同位素值(δ~(13)C)作为反映植物水分利用效率的指标,对辽宁地区3种典型林型—樟子松人工林(Pinus sylvestris var.mongolica)、油松人工林(Pinus tabulaeformis)和蒙古栎天然林(Quercus mongolica Fischer ex Ledebour)进行调查并分别对樟子松、油松和蒙古栎进行样品采集,探讨其水分利用效率之间的差异特征及其对年均降水量、年均大气温度和海拔高度变化的响应。樟子松、油松和蒙古栎δ~(13)C值变化范围分别为-30.37‰~-25.10‰、-30.32‰~-24.07‰和-29.85‰~-23.51‰,且随经度的增加显著降低;统计分析也表明,樟子松、油松和蒙古栎δ~(13)C值在辽西显著高于辽东,说明3种树种水分利用效率在辽西较高。进一步分析发现,3种树种叶片δ~(13)C值受年均降水量和海拔的影响较大,均随年均降水量增加显著降低,随海拔的升高显著增大,而受温度的影响较小;其中,又以樟子松的水分利用效率受海拔的影响较大(P0.01);与蒙古栎相比,樟子松和油松受降水量的影响更加明显。综上所述,3种树种叶片δ~(13)C值以及由其衍生来的水分利用效率之间种间差异较小,而受环境因子及地理学指标降雨、海拔和经度的影响较大,这为今后基于δ~(13)C值的水分利用效率进一步科学研究奠定了基础。     

不同生活型绿化植物叶片碳同位素组成的季节特征

通过测定北京地区不同生活型绿化植物叶片的碳同位素组成(δ13C值),从植物种和生活型两个方面研究植物水分利用效率的自然可变性。结果表明:所测定的75种植物(隶属于35科65属)的叶片的δ13C值变幅,春季为-30.7‰--23.4‰,夏季为-31.5‰--25.1‰,秋季为-31.4‰--23.9‰;落叶灌木种间差异不显著(p=0.114),而常绿乔木(p=0.005)、落叶乔木(p0.001)、常绿灌木(p=0.022)、草本植物(p0.001)和藤本植物(p=0.001)的种间差异显著或极显著;同一生活型植物叶片的δ13C季节差异显著,春季叶片的δ13C值显著大于夏秋两季(常绿乔木除外),不同生活型植物叶片的δ13C值在春、夏、秋3个季节差异都达到了极显著水平(春季p=0.001、夏季p0.001、秋季p0.001),且叶片的δ13C值表现出乔木树种灌木树种藤本植物草本植物、常绿植物落叶植物的规律。因此,植物种和生活型均会引起植物叶片δ13C值的变化,但δ13C受生活型变化的影响较大,表明不同生活型植物的水分利用效率具有明显差异。     

4种高大树木的叶片性状及WUE随树高的变化

为了解西双版纳北热带雨林高大树木树顶叶片性状对通道阻力增长引起的水力限制增强及高光和季节性干旱等气候条件的响应,对该区乔木浆果乌桕(Sapium baccatum Roxb)、思茅木姜子(Litsea pierrei var. szemois liou)、小叶藤黄(Garcinia cowa Roxb)及共生木质藤本黑风藤(Fissisfigma polyanthum (Hook. f. et Thoms.)Merr.)的叶片形态解剖结构、光合色素、水分利用效率(WUE)等随冠层高度的变化及种间差异进行了研究。结果表明:小叶藤黄和思茅木姜子的叶片(310.14、319.73 μm)和角质层(6.06、5.13 μm)都较厚、细胞较大(21.48、27.09 μm),光合色素含量则较低;黑风藤栅栏组织所占的比例最大、光合色素含量也最高,但叶片薄、WUE最低;浆果乌桕的WUE最高。随着冠层高度的增加,4种树木的叶厚、栅栏组织及角质层厚度、LMA、P/S和TPM/LT均增加、细胞变小,其中黑风藤的变幅最大。4树种的叶绿素和类胡萝卜素含量均随冠层的增高而减少,δ¹³C和WUE则随树冠增高而增大(黑风藤的变幅小于3种乔木);Δ则相反。上述结果表明4种树木冠层上部叶片偏向旱生结构和水分利用效率增加,暗示树顶叶片可能受到了水分胁迫,从而在结构上偏向于减少水分散失、功能上提高对水分的利用效率以适应水分亏缺;同时,随冠层增加光合色素含量减少,暗示其光合碳同化能力也降低。上述结果支持了水力限制假说中由于通道阻力增大引起树顶水力限制增强,大树可能会通过减少光和碳的获得而减慢树高生长的假设。     

土层厚度对刺槐旱季水分状况和生长的影响

该研究测定了旱季和雨季刺槐(Robinia pseudoacacia)林不同土层厚度的土壤含水量, 刺槐的树高、胸径、小枝凌晨水势、叶片碳稳定同位素组成(δ¹³C)、叶面积、比叶重和气体交换指标; 分析了刺槐旱季和雨季的水分状况和土层厚度之间的关系; 通过刺槐对季节性干旱胁迫的反应, 估计华北石质山区不同土层厚度土壤水分对刺槐的承载能力; 并求证近年来该地区刺槐衰败和水分因素的关系。结果显示: 随着土层厚度减小, 旱季土壤含水量下降、凌晨小枝水势降低; 气孔导度和最大光合速率都减小, 而瞬时水分利用效率增加, 雨季上述指标无显著性差异, 旱季土壤含水量只有雨季的60%左右。随着土层变薄, 刺槐叶片δ¹³C增高, 叶面积减小, 比叶重增加; 刺槐树高和胸径减小。以上结果表明: 刺槐在不同季节下的水分状况综合反映土壤的供水能力, 土层浅薄导致土壤水分承载力不足, 致使刺槐在旱季受到较严重的水分胁迫, 这可能是刺槐出现衰败的重要原因。     

色季拉山林线不同生活型植物稳定碳同位素组成特征

通过测定青藏高原东南部色季拉山林线处典型冷湿气候条件下植物叶片δ13C 值,从物种、生活型(常绿乔木、常绿灌木、落叶灌木及草本)两个水平研究该地区植物的水分利用策略是否存在明显的分异,进一步验证生活型能否用来划分林线地区极端环境条件下生理学特征(碳-水平衡)类似的不同植物类群.结果表明,所测定的隶属于18科、28属的31种植物叶片的δ13C值介于-30.24‰和-25.39‰之间,平均值为-27.68‰,表明色季拉山研究区内植物的碳固定均通过C3光合作用途径实现,没在C4植物的分布.常绿灌木黄杯杜鹃与海绵杜鹃δ13C值无显著性差异(P>0.05),落叶灌木西南桦楸、山生柳以及冰川茶藨子也无显著性差异(P>0.05).相反,不同生活型植物之间叶δ13C值差异显著(P<0.01),为常绿乔木(冷杉)(-27.27‰) > 常绿灌木(-27.56‰) > 落叶灌木(-27.93‰)= 草本(-27.91‰).本研究结果表明在色齐拉山高山林线地带,尽管水分相对充足,但不同生活型植被之间存在明显不同的稳定碳同位素分馏.同一生活型的叶δ13C值无显著差异,而不同生活型植物δ13C值差异显著,说明植物水分利用策略的变化主要是由于生活型的变化引起的,即不同生活型植物的叶δ13C值可综合反映不同功能类群植物的水分利用策略变化.     

C的开度与方位差异

受太阳活动的影响, 树冠不同方位以及内外部的叶片接受到的光照存在差异, 造成温度、湿度等小气候因子也存在差异。叶片的形态解剖结构和生理特性等会对外界环境条件的改变发生响应。为了更好地了解树木生长的局部小环境条件差异对树木生长的影响, 该文选择国槐(Sophora japonica)、悬铃木(Platanus orientalis)、银杏(Ginkgo biloba)、榕树(Ficus microcarpa)和黄葛榕(F. lacor)5种冠幅较大的树种, 通过测定树冠内外部及4个方位上的比叶重(leaf mass per area, LMA)、叶绿素a (chlorophyll a, Chl a)、叶绿素b (chlorophyll b, Chl b)及类胡萝卜素(carotenoid, Car)的含量及碳稳定同位素比率(carbon isotope ratio, δ¹³C)等指标, 研究叶片形态、生理指标等随树冠开度的变化以及方位差异。结果表明, 叶片LMA和δ¹³C均随树冠开度增加而增大, 光合色素含量则相反; 叶片LMA和δ¹³C的方位变化则是南向>西向>北向>东向, 与叶片所接受到的光强变化规律一致, 而光合色素含量的方位差异较复杂、且因树种而异, 总的来说, 以受光最弱的东向含量最高。上述结果表明, 树冠外围和南向、西向的叶片由于接受到的光能较多、温度高、相对湿度小等, 其叶片会增大单位面积的重量、减小气孔开度和光合色素含量, 从而减少对光能的吸收, 也使光合作用降低、δ¹³C增大, 而不同方位光照对光合色素含量的影响机制较为复杂, 这些都表明了叶片对周围小气候的形态和生理上的适应。     

To tree or not to tree

The practice of tracking geographical divergence along a phylogenetic tree has added an evolutionary perspective to biogeographic analysis within single species. In spite of the popularity of phylogeography, there is an emerging problem. Recurrent mutation and recombination both create homoplasy, multiple evolutionary occurrences of the same character that are identical in state but not identical by descent. Homoplasic molecular data are phylogenetically ambiguous. Converting homoplasic molecular data into a tree represents an extrapolation, and there can be myriad candidate trees among which to choose. Derivative biogeographic analyses of 'the tree' are analyses of that extrapolation, and the results depend on the tree chosen. I explore the informational aspects of converting a multicharacter data set into a phylogenetic tree, and then explore what happens when that tree is used for population analysis. Three conclusions follow: (i) some trees are better than others; good trees are true to the data, whereas bad trees are not; (ii) for biogeographic analysis, we should use only good trees, which yield the same biogeographic inference as the phenetic data, but little more; and (iii) the reliable biogeographic inference is inherent in the phenetic data, not the trees.     

A tree of tree frogs around the Black Sea

Speciation, the process by which one species evolves into two or more, is a major focus of ongoing debate, particularly regarding the geographic context in which it occurs. Geographic models of speciation tend to fall into discrete categories, typically referred to as allopatric, parapatric and sympatric speciation, according to whether two groups evolve reproductive isolation while geographically isolated, differentiated but connected by gene flow, or completely co‐occurring. Yet molecular studies indicate that full development of reproductive isolation can take very long compared with the timescale at which climatic oscillations occur, such that the geographic context of differentiating forms might change often during the long process to full species. Studies of genetic relationships across the ranges of organisms with low‐dispersal distances have the potential to reveal these complex histories. In a particularly elegant example in this issue, Dufresnes et al. ( 2016 ) use genetic variation and ecological niche modelling to show that a ring of populations of the eastern tree frog (Hyla orientalis) surrounding the Black Sea had a complex history of geographic differentiation. Alternating phases of geographic fragmentation and phases of gene flow between neighbouring populations have produced a pattern of gradual genetic change connecting the western, southern and eastern sides of the ring, with the northwestern and northeastern forms being most differentiated. In the north, a population in Crimea appears to have been produced through mixture of the two extreme forms. The overall genetic relationships are reminiscent of those found in ring species, which have been used as prime demonstrations of the process of speciation. The difference, however, is that the terminal forms appear to have mixed rather than be reproductively isolated, although more research is needed to infer whether there might be some reproductive isolation on the northern side of the ring.     

Maximum tree: a consistent estimator of the species tree

We propose a model based approach to use multiple gene trees to estimate the species tree. The coalescent process requires that gene divergences occur earlier than species divergences when there is any polymorphism in the ancestral species. Under this scenario, speciation times are restricted to be smaller than the corresponding gene split times. The maximum tree (MT) is the tree with the largest possible speciation times in the space of species trees restricted by available gene trees. If all populations have the same population size, the MT is the maximum likelihood estimate of the species tree. It can be shown the MT is a consistent estimator of the species tree even when the MT is built upon the estimates of the true gene trees if the gene tree estimates are statistically consistent. The MT converges in probability to the true species tree at an exponential rate.     

The tree of eukaryotes

Recent advances in resolving the tree of eukaryotes are converging on a model composed of a few large hypothetical 'supergroups', each comprising a diversity of primarily microbial eukaryotes (protists, or protozoa and algae). The process of resolving the tree involves the synthesis of many kinds of data, including single-gene trees, multigene analyses, and other kinds of molecular and structural characters. Here, we review the recent progress in assembling the tree of eukaryotes, describing the major evidence for each supergroup, and where gaps in our knowledge remain. We also consider other factors emerging from phylogenetic analyses and comparative genomics, in particular lateral gene transfer, and whether such factors confound our understanding of the eukaryotic tree.     

Wind-induced tree sways

Conclusions The question of how the results of investigations on wind-induced tree sways can be used in practice is often posed. First, it must be said that, according to information in the literature, no tree species can survive violent storms (with mean wind speeds over a period of 10 min higher than 30 m/s) without any damage. This threshold value for wind speed is related to the height near the top of a forest stand. Taking the results of the spectral method as a basis for the reduction of storm risk of vital conifers, necessary silvicultural action must be: (1) to influence the amount and frequency distribution of the wind force in such a way that its shere of action becomes more and more unsuitable for tree sways, and (2) to raise the characteristic frequencies of the trees' primary sways because then effective wind force takes on lower and lower values due to narrow-band energy transfer.Numerous silvicultural methods for achieving these objectives, such as cutting off the tops of crowns or chaining trees together, are described in detail by Rottman (1986).     

Forest tree biotechnology

The past year has seen the fruits of biotechnological manipulation of forest trees approach commercial application. Advances in somatic embryogenesis have brought mass clonal propagation of the top commercial trees closer to reality, and efficient gene transfer systems have been developed for a number of conifers and hardwoods. Radical alterations in the quantity and quality of lignin in wood have been shown to be possible in softwoods and hardwoods through identification of naturally occurring mutants, as well as by engineering the lignin biosynthetic pathway with transgenes. The potential environmental and social impacts of the release of transgenic trees have become an increasingly contentious issue that will require more attention if we are to use these technologies to their full advantage.     

Diverse scaling relationships of tree height and diameter in five tree species

Background: Allometric scaling relationships are important in ecology and forestry. The metabolic scaling theory (MST) predicts a universal invariant scaling relationship for tree growth, relating height and diameter to each other.

Aims: Data on five tree species (Pinus taeda L., Pinus virginiana Mill., Liquidambar styraciflua L., Liriodendron tulipifera L., and Pinus palustris Mill.) were used to test the predictions from MST on the scaling of height–diameter and also diameter growth.

Methods: Data on tree height and diameter for five tree species from both natural forests and plantations were collected to study two types of scaling relationships: tree height–diameter and stem diameter growth. A reduced major axis of regression analysis model type II was used to determine scaling exponents from each species under different environmental conditions.

Results: No universal invariant scaling exponent was found in height–diameter and diameter growth for the five species. The scaling varied across natural forests, plantations and scales (e.g., time and number of measured trees). However, in some situations the scaling exponents failed to show significant difference with the predicted values (e.g., 2/3 or 1).

Conclusions: Diverse scaling exponents were observed for the five tree species with the scaling relationships varying with environmental settings.     

Soil heterogeneity in tree mixtures depends on spatial clustering of tree species

Heterogeneity in soil characteristics promotes and maintains coexistence between a diverse set of species. In forests, trees have species-specific impacts on soil abiotic characteristics and mixing of tree species is being promoted as a tool to ensure high levels of diversity and functioning. Yet, limited knowledge is available on the effect of tree species composition and spatial clustering on heterogeneity in soil characteristics. In this paper we derived heterogeneity of key characteristics of the leaf litterfall, the forest floor and the mineral topsoil (C, N and base cation concentration, C:N ratio and mass) in 53 plots of 7 different tree species compositions. We found that heterogeneity increased from the leaf litterfall, through the forest floor down to the mineral topsoil. Mixing tree species did not lead to an increased heterogeneity in the forest floor and topsoil compared to monocultures. However, we did find that mixed plots where conspecific trees stand in groups are more heterogeneous than plots where species are intimately mixed. Our results imply that heterogeneity in soil characteristics does not necessarily increase with tree diversity, but that within mixed stands the spatial organization of tree species should be considered in relation to the scale at which heterogeneity is desired.     

Seeded tree alignment

The optimal transformation of one tree into another by means of elementary edit operations is an important algorithmic problem that has several interesting applications to computational biology. Here we introduce a constrained form of this problem in which a partial mapping of a set of nodes (the "seeds") in one tree to a corresponding set of nodes in the other tree is given, and present efficient algorithms for both ordered and unordered trees. Whereas ordered tree matching based on seeded nodes has applications in pattern matching of RNA structures, unordered tree matching based on seeded nodes has applications in co-speciation and phylogeny reconciliation. The latter involves the solution of the planar tanglegram layout problem, for which a polynomial-time algorithm is given here.