中国草地土壤生态系统固碳现状和潜力

以国内长期定位试验的数据为基础,评价了我国草地生态系统的固碳现状和潜力.分析发现,通过减少畜牧承载量等方法恢复退化草地,我国草地土壤的有机碳库可以增加4561.62 Tg C ,主要分布在内蒙古、西藏和新疆.草场围栏、种草和退耕还草3种草地管理措施的固碳潜力分别是12.01、1.46 Tg·a-1和25.59 Tg·a-1,总计39.06 Tg·a-1.2004年是我国草地管理投资较多的年份,种草、退耕还草和草场围栏的工程面积均有较大的提高,3种措施新增的固碳能力分别为5.70、0.38 Tg·a-1和3.09 Tg·a-1,合计9.17 Tg·a-1.     

锡林郭勒草原自然保护区土壤动物初步调查

土壤动物的生存、活动与栖息地环境密切相关。一方面栖息地生态因子决定着土壤动物的生存与活动;另一方面,土壤动物对土壤有机质的改变、土壤微生物的生存、植物的生长等诸生态因子的变化起着一定的促进作用。因此随着草原生态系统研究的日趋深入,土壤动     

基于马尔柯夫模型的内蒙古锡林浩特典型草原退化格局预测

以锡林浩特典型草原的TM影像为基础,结合野外路线考察,建立退化草地的分类体系,将草地分为轻度退化(含无明显退化)、中度退化和重度退化3个等级。利用马尔柯夫模型,步长为1年,预测2002—2011年的锡林浩特地区的3类退化草地面积变化。结果表明,整个预测期的退化草地面积变化明显,轻度退化、中度退化草地面积减少,而严重退化草地面积增加明显。到2011年,锡林浩特严重退化的草地比例增加到68·61%,而其轻度退化草地、中度退化草地、重度退化草原的面积比例为2∶2·6∶10,说明该地区草地退化趋势严重,有必要采取措施减轻草地退化。     

松嫩草原碱化羊草草地放牧空间演替规律的研究

研究了不同放牧强度对羊草草地的影响。结果表明,过牧条件下,群落地上、地下生物量分别比较牧阶段下降了６７．９６和７５．００％,羊草种群根茎分蘖数和种子产量下降１．０和３．３％,极牧条件下,土壤有机质和水分含量分别下降到轻牧阶段的２１．１和６６．５％,而碱化度和全盐量却分别增加了１倍和８倍。     

内蒙古草原繁殖鸟类群聚组成之比较

利用 5月份温带草原鸟类繁殖期 ,在荒漠草原、草原、湿地、沙地和山地等植被 ,选取 1 1个面积 1 0 0 hm2 ( 50 0 m×2 0 0 0 m)同样大小的样区 ,由 3人各隔 1 50 m作平行的穿越线调查 ,并记录所见鸟类的种类与数量。同时 ,也在每一样区任取面积 1 m2 之植被样方 ,记载样方内植物的种类、垂直高度、覆盖度和植物鲜重。调查结果显示草原繁殖鸟类的种类不多 ,在无树的荒漠草原植被是 4～ 6种 ,草原植被在 5～ 8种之间 ,湿地植被 1 5种 ;在有树的沙地植被是 9～ 1 2种 ,山地植被 6种。鸟种多样性和丰富度指数不大 ,由大而小依序是沙地植被、湿地植被、山地植被、草原植被、荒漠草原植被 ;密度也不高 ,由大而小依序是无树草原的湿地植被、草原植被、荒漠草原植被 ,而后是有树草原的沙地植被、山地植被。鸟类食性分布方面 ,荒漠草原和草原植被以食杂性鸟类为优势 ;湿地植被以食虫性鸟类为多 ;沙地植被以食杂与食肉性鸟类为胜 ;山地植被以食虫和食杂性鸟类较多 ,并增加一些食肉性鸟类。     

Calculation of microbial growth efficiency from15N immobilization

Microbial growth rate was estimated by multiplying¹⁵N immobilization by an estimated microbial C:N ratio. This growth rate, in combination with measurements of respiration, was used to calculate growth efficiency. Growth rates and efficiencies were calculated for grassland and cultivated soils of three textures. Calculated efficiencies (Y_c), assuming a microbial C: N ratio of 7, ranged from 32 to 54. Cultivated soils tended to have higher Y_c values than did grassland soils. This calculation depends on several hard-to-verify assumptions, but yields numbers that should be of great interest in comparative studies.     

黄河三角洲草地退化的研究

黄河三角洲位于东经118°7′—119°10′,北纬36°56′—38°12′;东自山东省小清河口,西至徒骇河口,以利津县宁海为顶点向渤海湾呈扇形分布。自50年代以来,随着国营及地方农场的建立以及人口的不断增长,这一地区的草地资源得到了广泛的开发利用。但是,由于一些单位只顾盲目地开垦草地和过度放牧、割草,30多年来整个黄河三角洲盐碱化、退化草地达6.67×10~4ha多,约占当地草地总面积的40%。本文研究了该地区草地退化的现状并就退化程度与累计开发时间的关系初步进行了数     

三种类型草地植物种间关联的测定与比较

植物种间关联的研究,对于进一步确定植物种间关系、揭示群落演替过程中植物种间替代关系的机制、草场退化和人工草地产量下降的原因都有重要意义。本文之所以选取三种类型的草地进行研究主要是考虑到由于一个群落从初期阶段到顶极阶段的演替需要十几年甚至几十年的时间,这样对于演替不同阶段植物种间关联的观测是困难的。故在本文中我们采用     

利用草场健康指数监测典型草原的植被退化

利用表征群落总量、放牧退化的主成份和草场健康指数(Grassland Health Index,GHI)与样方光谱反射率之间的相关性,建立了GHI与可见光、红外光因子的回归模型。应用此模型结合TM卫星遥感数据计算GHI,并与同一TM影像的计算出的NDVI作对比研究。研究发现GHI在反映放牧等人为干扰因素对草原植被的影响效应方面比NDVI有明显的优点。此外,GHI对植被分布格局,特别是斑块结构有更好的显示效果。应用GHI到历史TM数据,对所研究地域的植被覆盖变化、农牧业的变迁模式等进行了定性研究。研究发现,有较长放牧史的过度放牧区的植被类型没有沿牧压梯度的规律性分布,而是呈随机斑块模式分布。     

放牧强度对草甸草原生产力和多样性的影响

采用比较样地法研究了不同放牧强度对羊草草甸草原群落多样性和生产力的影响。结果表明:α多样性指数随放牧强度的增加表现为先增加后降低的趋势,其值在轻度放牧区最大,支持了"中度干扰理论";β多样性指数随放牧强度的增加而变大;不同放牧强度的草地植物种类相似性变差、草地地上净初级生产力与Alatalo均匀度指数具有显著的线性相关性(P0.05);放牧和气候对草地地上净初级生产力均有较大的影响,但二者的互作效应不显著(P0.05);不放牧不能持续维持草地的健康状况,但健康的草地状况可以有效地缓冲放牧和气候干扰,并能够维持较高的草地生产力和生物多样性。     

早春和夏季氮磷添加对内蒙古典型草原退化群落碳交换的影响

过度放牧导致的养分“入不敷出”是我国天然草地大面积退化的主要原因之一, 而草地退化又显著影响了草原生态系统的固碳功能。能否通过补充土壤养分来恢复退化草地的固碳功能, 迄今相关研究较少。净生态系统碳交换(NEE)、生态系统呼吸(ER)和生态系统总初级生产力(GEP)是表征生态系统碳循环的重要指标。氮(N)和磷(P)是中国典型草原的主要限制性养分元素, 而草地退化进一步加剧了养分的限制。在退化草地上添加氮磷对碳循环的上述过程(NEE、ER和GEP)有何影响, 以及两种养分之间是否存在互作, 目前尚不清楚。为此, 该研究以内蒙古典型草原的退化草地为研究对象, 选择早春融雪期(4月)和夏季生长期(7月)两个时间节点, 设置不施肥(CK)、N添加(10.5 g·m^-2·a^-1, NH₄NO₃)、P添加(7 g·m^-2·a^-1, KH₂PO₄)和N、P共同添加((10.5 g N + 7 g P)·m^-2·a^-1) 4个养分处理, 探究早春和夏季氮磷添加对内蒙古典型草原退化群落碳交换的影响及其互作机制。结果表明: 1)在早春和夏季两个时期, 单独添加N或P对生态系统碳交换过程的影响均未达到显著水平, 而氮磷共同添加可显著提高NEE和GEP。2)早春(4月份)氮磷共同添加对NEE、ER和GEP的互作机制表现为正协同效应, 而夏季(7月份)氮磷共同添加对NEE、ER和GEP的互作机制表现为加性效应。为了恢复退化的典型草原的固碳功能, 氮磷共同添加比单一元素添加效果好, 且早春添加优于夏季添加。该研究对指导退化草地的恢复具有参考价值。     

半干旱黄土丘陵区多元化草地建设技术研究

针对黄土丘陵区草地退化,水土流失严重,草地畜牧业生产力低等问题,于1995～2002年在半干旱黄土丘陵区的安塞县进行了多元化草地建设试验研究。引种、驯化生态经济型优良草种20余种(包括品种、类型),建设高产、优质单播及混播人工草地和利用耐牧草种改良天然草地,为在半干旱黄土丘陵区充分利用水土资源,改良大面积天然草地,提高其生产力和生态、经济效益,及在退耕坡地建设人工草地,为促进农牧业可持续发展提供物质基础及科学依据。     

The persistence of calcareous grassland species in the soil seed bank under developing and established scrub

The relationships between the composition of the soil seed bank, the field layer vegetation, and the scrub canopy were investigated along a 69 m transect, grading from incipient woodland, through scrub, into intensively rabbit-grazed calcareous grassland. The results are used to assess the persistence of species associated with open calcareous grassland in the seed bank under developing scrub. Scrub age, composition and density, changed along the transect from the woodland to open grassland. A total of 35 forb and grass species were found in the field layer. The pattern evident in the scrub layer was also reflected in the herbaceous vegetation. The field layer in the most closed portion of the transect, where the scrub was oldest, was dominated by shade-tolerant species normally associated with woodland habitats. The abundance of these species decreased along the transect as the scrub age declined, and the field layer became increasingly dominated by species typical of open grassland. A total of 47 species germinated from the seed bank. Few species were recorded in the seed bank along the entire length of the transect. Overall, the seed bank was dominated by Hypericum perforatum and Centaurium erythraea, which accounted for 38.2% and 28.6% of emerging seedlings respectively. As with a number of similar studies, the composition of the seed bank had a low correspondence with the composition of the field layer vegetation. The results also emphasise that the composition of the seed bank can be viewed as an ecological palimpsest, with germinable seed of species from each stage of the old-field succession occurring in the soil. The seed bank is an important component in the re-vegetation of an area after disturbance such as scrub removal. This study supports the findings of previous research in showing that relatively few characteristic calcareous grassland species form persistent seed banks. The soil seed bank would therefore appear to be of limited value in the restoration of such grassland following scrub removal.     

Fine‐scale variables associated with the presence of native forbs in natural temperate grassland

Broad‐scale threats to floristic diversity in native temperate grasslands are well‐documented and include elevated soil nutrients, changes in disturbance regimes and exotic species. However, fine‐scale variables associated with the presence of native forbs, such as gap size and biomass cover, have received relatively little attention. We conducted a case–control study to determine the relative influence of physical structural dimensions and other fine‐scale variables associated with the presence of native forbs in a modified temperate grassland previously used for domestic grazing. We matched 145 case plots centred on 27 different species of native forbs with 290 control plots not centred on a native forb. For each percentage increase in ground litter cover, dead biomass cover, grass cover or exotic forb cover, or the area of bare ground within 30 cm, the relative odds that a native forb was present vs absent declined by a mean of 10–13%. Living and dead biomass reduces light availability, and the former can also reduce nutrient and water availability. Declines in the presence of native forbs associated with increasing total bare ground may suggest that gap sizes were too small or the soil surface condition too degraded. Our results add to a body of evidence suggesting that native forbs in temperate native grassland are likely to benefit from periodic removal of living and dead grass biomass and a reduction in the cover of exotic forbs.     

上海虹桥机场土壤及草丛动物群落特征和鸟类关系研究

20 0 0年 4月至 2 0 0 1年 3月 ,对上海虹桥机场草地土壤动物和草丛动物群落的组成、数量和季节性变化特征进行了初步的研究。土壤动物有节肢动物门、软体动物门、环节动物门等 12个目或类。其中蜱螨目和弹尾目为常年土壤动物群落的优势类群 ,各占年总捕量的 19.75 %和 2 3.14 % ;蚯蚓、多足纲、等足目、膜翅目、鞘翅目为常见类群 ,5类全年占总捕量的 4 8.96 %。草丛动物有 15目或类。其中鞘翅目、直翅目、半翅目、同翅目、膜翅目、双翅目以及蜘蛛目为草丛动物群落的优势类群 ,占全年总捕量的89.6 3%。草丛动物类群数和个体数总体表现为 :7月 >9月 >5月 >4月 >12月 >3月。土壤动物和草丛动物的分布与生境密切相关。所捕的 2 2类草地动物中 ,可直接被鸟类捕食的有近 2 0类 ,主要为生活于草地常见类群中 ,因此 ,草地的生境以及草地动物的分布是吸引鸟类到机场栖息和摄食的主要原因。降低草高、减少结实的植物、控制土壤动物的密度是减少机场区鸟类数量的有效方法和途径。     

Restoring Brazilian savanna ground layer vegetation by topsoil and hay transfer

Tropical grassy biomes have been widely neglected for conservation and, after unplanned land use conversion, ecological restoration becomes urgent. The majority of interventions have been based on the misapplication of forest restoration techniques, because there are no validated techniques to restore the species‐rich ground layer. In search for innovative techniques to restore the herbaceous layer of the cerrado vegetation, we carried out an experiment based upon topsoil and hay transfer, in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. The restoration treatments were: (1) transfer of topsoil collected at the end of the dry season; (2) topsoil collected at the end of the rainy season; (3) transfer of hay collected at the end of the dry season; (4) topsoil + hay collected at the end of the dry season; and (5) control. We used an old‐growth grassland as source of material and as reference ecosystem to assess the efficacy of the restoration techniques applied to an area severely degraded after invasion by African grasses. After 211 days, hay transfer apparently inhibited germination and did not contribute to grassland vegetation recovery. Topsoil transfer, however, was effective at reintroducing herbaceous plants, including target species. The season of topsoil collection mattered: material collected at the end of the rainy season provided better results in terms of density and richness of the restored community than that from the dry season. The remaining challenge is to find sources of topsoil not invaded by exotic grasses in large enough amounts to support restoration initiatives without jeopardizing the source ecosystems.     

Regional grassland productivity responses to precipitation during multiyear above‐ and below‐average rainfall periods

There is considerable uncertainty in the magnitude and direction of changes in precipitation associated with climate change, and ecosystem responses are also uncertain. Multiyear periods of above‐ and below‐average rainfall may foretell consequences of changes in rainfall regime. We compiled long‐term aboveground net primary productivity (ANPP) and precipitation (PPT) data for eight North American grasslands, and quantified relationships between ANPP and PPT at each site, and in 1–3 year periods of above‐ and below‐average rainfall for mesic, semiarid cool, and semiarid warm grassland types. Our objective was to improve understanding of ANPP dynamics associated with changing climatic conditions by contrasting PPT–ANPP relationships in above‐ and below‐average PPT years to those that occurred during sequences of multiple above‐ and below‐average years. We found differences in PPT–ANPP relationships in above‐ and below‐average years compared to long‐term site averages, and variation in ANPP not explained by PPT totals that likely are attributed to legacy effects. The correlation between ANPP and current‐ and prior‐year conditions changed from year to year throughout multiyear periods, with some legacy effects declining, and new responses emerging. Thus, ANPP in a given year was influenced by sequences of conditions that varied across grassland types and climates. Most importantly, the influence of prior‐year ANPP often increased with the length of multiyear periods, whereas the influence of the amount of current‐year PPT declined. Although the mechanisms by which a directional change in the frequency of above‐ and below‐average years imposes a persistent change in grassland ANPP require further investigation, our results emphasize the importance of legacy effects on productivity for sequences of above‐ vs. below‐average years, and illustrate the utility of long‐term data to examine these patterns.     

沙化和退化状态对甘南草地生态系统固碳的影响

陆地生态系统作为全球第二大碳库,其碳收支应对气候变化一直是研究的热点领域.多数研究主要探讨温/湿度、CO2浓度等对陆地生态系统碳循环的影响,而针对草地的沙化、退化对植被整个固碳过程所产生影响的研究相对不足.本研究以30 m×30 m空间分辨率的遥感数据做支撑,参考国家标准GB/T 24255-2009解译草地沙化和退化...     

皇甫川流域退化草地和恢复草地土壤微生物生物量的研究

土壤微生物生物量常被作为植物所需营养元素的转化因子和资源库,是表明土壤发育状况和生化强度的一项主要指标。在内蒙古伊盟准格尔旗皇甫川流域,对退化草地和恢复草地土壤微生物生物量进行了研究。结果表明,土壤微生物生物量的垂直分布依次为0～10>10～20>20～30>30～40>40～50cm,随土层加深而递减;0～10cm土层细菌和丝状微生物生物量超过其他土层;恢复草地各土层中的土壤微生物生物量均高于退化草地;恢复草地的土壤微生物生物量与土壤肥力密切相关。     

甘南亚高山草甸人工草地的演替和质量变化

甘南亚高山草甸不同时间建立的垂穗披碱草（Ｅｌｙｍ ｕｓ ｎｕｔａｎｓ）人工草地植物群落结构和草地质量变化及其原因的研究结果表明： １． 垂穗披碱草人工草地只有在播种后第二年的产量最高,而草地质量指数ＩＧＱ （ｉｎｄｅｘ ｏｆｇｒａｓｓｌａｎｄ ｑｕａｌｉｔｙ）在七年生群落中最低; ２． 垂穗披碱草人工草地群落的种类数量和种多样性随年龄而增加,但其增加的模式各不相同; ３． 人工草地中垂穗披碱草地上部生物量的下降和草地质量指数的下降与土壤中速效磷含量的下降有关,而速效氮的含量对其影响不明显。因此,施磷可延长垂穗披碱草人工草地的使用寿命