Energy,taxonomic aggregation,and the geography of ant abundance

Ecological communities and their component populations vary geographically in abundance. Energy theory posits that abundance (the number of individuals area^?1) should increase with the ratio of available energy (as net primary productivity, NPP) to individual energy use (i.e. metabolic rate). Most tests of energy theory evaluate the assumption that population abundance decreases as body mass^?0.75 (a proxy of metabolic rate). Using 664 ant populations from 49 communities we examine how both NPP and body mass – individually and as a ratio – predict abundance (colonies m^?2) at these different levels of taxonomic aggregation. Energy theory best predicts ant abundance when populations are aggregated into communities. At the population level, abundance formed a unimodal scatter plot vs all three drivers – colony mass, NPP, and NPP mass^?0.75– suggesting that the majority of populations exist below energetic limits set by the ecosystem. At the community level, however, abundance scaled as predicted for mass^?0.75 and NPP^1.0, (b =?0.75 and 1.0, respectively) and was a positive decelerating function of their ratio (i.e. [NPP mass^?0.75]^0.61, r²= 0.68). Since geographic trends in colony mass and abundance are largely reciprocal – deserts tend to support few large colonies, and tropical rainforests support many small colonies – the geography of ant biomass (g m^?2) is remarkably invariant.     

Divergence in Forest-Type Response to Climate and Weather: Evidence for Regional Links Between Forest-Type Evenness and Net Primary Productivity

Climate change is altering long-term climatic conditions and increasing the magnitude of weather fluctuations. Assessing the consequences of these changes for terrestrial ecosystems requires understanding how different vegetation types respond to climate and weather. This study examined 20 years of regional-scale remotely sensed net primary productivity (NPP) in forests of the northern Lake States to identify how the relationship between NPP and climate or weather differ among forest types, and if NPP patterns are influenced by landscape-scale evenness of forest-type abundance. These results underscore the positive relationship between temperature and NPP. Importantly, these results indicate significant differences among broadly defined forest types in response to both climate and weather. Essentially all weather variables that were strongly related to annual NPP displayed significant differences among forest types, suggesting complementarity in response to environmental fluctuations. In addition, this study found that forest-type evenness (within 8 × 8 km² areas) is positively related to long-term NPP mean and negatively related to NPP variability, suggesting that NPP in pixels with greater forest-type evenness is both higher and more stable through time. This is landscape- to subcontinental-scale evidence of a relationship between primary productivity and one measure of biological diversity. These results imply that anthropogenic or natural processes that influence the proportional abundance of forest types within landscapes may influence long-term productivity patterns.     

青藏高原草本沼泽植被净初级生产力时空变化及其对气候变化的响应

青藏高原是我国重要的草本沼泽分布区,该地区草本沼泽对于东亚生态安全及碳循环具有重要的意义。植被净初级生产力(NPP)是反映生态系统固碳能力的重要指标,气候变化能够显著影响植被NPP。在全球气候变化背景下,青藏高原草本沼泽植被NPP的时空变化及对气候响应机理尚不明确。利用2000―2020年NPP数据和气象数据,对青藏高原草本沼泽植被NPP的时空变化及其对气候变化的响应进行分析。研究表明:青藏高原草本沼泽植被NPP多年平均值为122.80 g C/m²,在2000-2020年青藏高原草本沼泽植被年NPP总体呈现显著增加趋势(0.79 g C m^-2 a^-1),其中增加趋势最为显著的地区集中于研究区北部。研究发现青藏高原草本沼泽植被NPP主要受年均气温影响,年均降水对青藏高原草本沼泽植被NPP的影响并不显著。在不同季节,夏季和秋季升温均能够显著增加沼泽植被NPP,其中夏季夜晚最低温升高对青藏高原草本沼泽植被生长的促进作用比白天最高温升高更显著。在全球昼夜不对称增温背景下,未来模拟青藏高原草本沼泽植被NPP时,需重点关注白天和夜晚温度变化对草本沼泽植被生长的不同影响。研究结果有助于评估青藏高原草本沼泽植被固碳潜力,并为青藏高原沼泽生态保护提供科学依据。     

Modelling the recent historical impacts of atmospheric CO2 and climate change on Mediterranean vegetation

During the past century, annual mean temperature has increased by 0.75°C and precipitation has shown marked variation throughout the Mediterranean basin. These historical climate changes may have had significant, but presently undefined, impacts on the productivity and structure of sclerophyllous shrubland, an important vegetation type in the region. We used a vegetation model for this functional type to examine climate change impacts, and their interaction with the concurrent historical rise in atmospheric CO₂. Using only climate and soil texture as data inputs, model predictions showed good agreement with observations of seasonal and regional variation in leaf and canopy physiology, net primary productivity (NPP), leaf area index (LAI) and soil water. Model simulations for shrubland sites indicated that potential NPP has risen by 25% and LAI by 7% during the past century, although the absolute increase in LAI was small. Sensitivity analysis suggested that the increase in atmospheric CO₂ since 1900 was the primary cause of these changes, and that simulated climate change alone had negative impacts on both NPP and LAI. Effects of rising CO₂ were mediated by significant increases in the efficiency of water‐use in NPP throughout the region, as a consequence of the direct effect of CO₂ on leaf gas exchange. This increase in efficiency compensated for limitation of NPP by drought, except in areas where drought was most severe. However, while water was used more efficiently, total canopy water loss rose slightly or remained unaffected in model simulations, because increases in LAI with CO₂ counteracted the effects of reduced stomatal conductance on transpiration. Model simulations for the Mediterranean region indicate that the recent rise in atmospheric CO₂ may already have had significant impacts on productivity, structure and water relations of sclerophyllous shrub vegetation, which tended to offset the detrimental effects of climate change in the region.     

我国不同季节陆地植被NPP对气候变化的响应

阐明不同季节陆地植被净第一性生产力（NPP）对全球变化的响应将有助于理解陆地生态系统和气候系统之间的相互作用以及NPP变化机制。本文使用1982－1999年间的AVHRR／NDVI、气温、降水以及太阳辐射等资料,结合植被分布图和土壤质地图,利用生态过程模型,研究不同季节我国陆地植被NPP的年际变化及其地理分异。结果表明,在1982－1999年的18年间,4个季节的NPP都呈显著增加趋势。其中,春季是NPP增加速率最快的季节,夏季是NPP增加量最大的季节,不同植被类型对全球变化的响应有很大差异。常绿阔叶林,常绿针叶林和落叶针叶林NPP的增加主要由生长季节的提前所致。而落叶阔叶林、针阔混交林、矮林灌丛,温带草原及草甸,稀树草原、高寒植被,荒漠以及人工植被NPP的增加主要来自生长季生长加速的贡献。从区域分布看,在四季中春季NPP增加量最大的地区主要集中在东部季风区域;夏季NPP增量最大的地区包括西北干旱区域和青藏高原的大部分地区,小兴安岭－长白山区,三江平原,松辽平原,四川盆地,雷州半岛,长江中下游部分地区以及江南山地东部;而秋季植被NPP增加量最大的地区主要有云南高原－西藏东部和呼伦湖的周围等地区。不同植被和地理区域NPP的这些响应方式与区域气候特征及其变化趋势有关。     

2000—2015年陕西植被净初级生产力时空分布特征及其驱动因素

利用MOD17A3 NPP时间序列数据、地表覆盖类型数据、气象数据、MOD16蒸散产品、地形数据等,分析2000—2015年陕西省植被净初级生产力(NPP)时空变异特征,探讨NPP的时空变异对各影响因素的响应特征.结果表明: 研究期间,陕西植被NPP 整体呈极显著上升趋势,NPP变化趋势线斜率为5.02 g C·m^-2·a^-1.NPP年平均值为344 g C·m^-2·a^-1,变化范围为247～390 g C·m^-2·a^-1.陕西NPP显著增加的区域占全省国土面积的61.2%,主要分布在陕北、渭北地区和秦巴山地西部;显著减少的区域主要分布在西安市、宝鸡市等城市周边区域,仅占2.5%.陕西年平均气温和年降水量变化趋势均不显著,气温呈现不显著升高,降水呈现不显著降低,具有暖干化趋势.NPP与降水量、平均气温显著相关的区域分别占全省总面积的9.4%和1.5%.由于人类活动的频繁干预大大降低了气候环境对NPP变化的影响程度,人类活动逐渐成为影响NPP变化的主导因素.陕北、关中地区的NPP与蒸散显著相关,随着植被NPP的增加,势必对这些地区水平衡造成重大影响.各土地覆盖类型NPP平均值为耕地>林地>草地>园地,NPP增加速率为园地>草地>林地>耕地,NPP变化百分率为草地>园地>林地>耕地.研究区内坡度0°～5°、5°～25°和>25°区域的NPP增长百分率分别为14.6%、25.7%和35.9%.     

Improved recovery and biological activities of an engineered polyene NPP analogue in <Emphasis Type="Italic">Pseudonocardia autotrophica</Emphasis>

NPP A1 produced by Pseudonocardia autotrophica is a unique disaccharide-containing polyene macrolide. NPP A1 was reported to have higher water solubility and lower hemolytic toxicity than nystatin A1 while retaining its antifungal activity. An engineered NPP A1 analogue, NPP A2, was generated by inactivation of the nppL gene, encoding a P450 monooxygenase in P. autotrophica. The resulting compound exhibited the corresponding chemical structure of NPP A1 but lacked a C10 hydroxyl group. In this study, newly developed crystallization recovery methods for NPP A2 purification, followed by an evaluation of in vitro antifungal activity and hemolytic activity, were performed. The crystallization methods were designed to eliminate the undesired viscous impurities encountered during the NPP A2 purification process, resulting in improved purity from 5.3 to 83.5% w/w. NPP A2 isolated from the improved purification process also exhibited two times higher antifungal activity and 1.8 times higher hemolytic toxicity than those of NPP A1. These results suggest that the minor structural modification of disaccharide-containing polyene macrolides, such as removing a C10 hydroxyl group, might require an alternative recovery process, such as crystallization, to confirm its improved biological activity.     

2000—2015年中国东北森林生产力和碳素利用率的时空变异

中国东北森林生态系统是重要的碳汇功能区,也是对环境变化响应的敏感区,分析其植被生产力和碳素利用效率的变化特征及其对气候变化的响应对于区域碳收支的准确评估和预测具有重要意义.本研究利用MODIS的长期监测数据,结合植被类型分布数据,对中国东北森林生态系统2000—2015年生产力(净初级生产力NPP、总初级生产力GPP)和碳素利用率(NPP/GPP)时空变化特征进行分析.结果表明: 研究期间,东北森林生态系统平均NPP和GPP分别为346.4和773 g C·m^-2·a^-1,平均NPP/GPP为0.45.不同森林类型的NPP和GPP依次为针阔混交林>落叶阔叶林>针叶林,NPP/GPP在不同森林类型间无显著差异.NPP和GPP呈现出东南高、西北低的空间分布特点.2000—2015年间,东北森林生态系统NPP、GPP和NPP/GPP呈波动增加趋势,固碳能力逐步增强.NPP、GPP和NPP/GPP的变化趋势和变化速率表现出空间差异性,在大兴安岭南部地区显著增加,在大兴安岭北部地区显著下降,其余区域呈微弱增加趋势.与气候因子的相关性分析表明,年降水量的增加是驱动东北森林生态系统NPP、GPP和NPP/GPP波动增加的主要因素.     

Spatial and temporal variability in the net primary production of grassland in China and its relation to climate factors

As an important component of the terrestrial carbon (C) cycle, variability in net primary productivity (NPP) plays a crucial role in the C input and accumulation in grasslands system. In this study, the spatial and temporal variability of grassland NPP in China during 2001–2010 and its relation to climate factors were analyzed by using a modified model of Carnegie–Ames–Stanford Approach based on the Comprehensive and Sequential Classification System. The results show that monthly grassland NPP increases from January to July. While the seasonal variability of NPP indicates peak productivity in summer. Annual mean grassland NPP follows a significant increasing trend with fluctuation from 2001 to 2010. The spatial pattern of grassland NPP shows increasing gradients from the west to the east and from the north to the south of China. Annual NPP differs significantly among different grassland types, with the highest NPP in the grassland distributed in sub-tropical perhumid evergreen broad leaved forest and tropical-perhumid rain forest. Time-lag correlation analysis at the monthly scale shows that grassland NPP responded more rapidly to changes in temperature than to precipitation. Among the climate factors, grassland NPP shows the strongest correlation at 1-month lag with moisture index K. There is a significant positive correlation between seasonal NPP and K. The seasonal NPP is significantly correlated with >0 °C annual cumulative temperature. The highest and the lowest NPP sensitivity to precipitation, K, and temperature were observed in the grassland distributed in tropical forest and semi-desert. The results indicate a complex mechanism of climate factors that control grassland C sequestration in terrestrial ecosystems.     

Spatiotemporal patterns and drivers of net primary production in the terrestrial ecosystem of the Dajiuhu Basin,China, between 1990 and 2018

Net primary production (NPP) plays a vital role in both the evolution of ecosystems and the terrestrial carbon cycle and is influenced by geographical conditions and climate change. Understanding the terrestrial carbon balance requires an in-depth knowledge of the relationships between NPP and geographical and climatic conditions. This study aimed to simulate and map the daily spatiotemporal features of terrestrial NPP in the Dajiuhu Basin (DB), China, using the BEPS-TerrainLab V2.0 model. This area is highly sensitive to climate change and is a water source in the central path of the South-to-North Water Transfer Project. Changes in the distribution of daily and seasonal NPP between 1990 and 2018 were examined using the Mann-Kendall (MK) test, the moving t-test (MTT), and multiple regression analyses. It was found that: 1) The model explained 79% of the variation in eddy covariance (EC)-tower-measured NPP, and could thus be applied to the DB; 2) The mean annual NPP in the DB between 1990 and 2018 was 705 g C/m²/yr, with the terrestrial NPP decreasing before 1999 (−31.8 g C/m²/yr) and increasing after 1999 (0.87 g C/m²/yr); 3) The NPP first increased and then decreased with increasing altitude, with higher NPP values mainly found in the mountains on the periphery of the basin and lower NPP values in the central basin;4) Changes in NPP during autumn and summer contributed the most to the annual NPP trend. Temperature and NPP were positively correlated in summer and autumn, whereas they were negatively correlated in spring and winter. Precipitation and NPP were positively correlated in spring, autumn, and winter; 5) The sensitivities of NPP to temperature and precipitation differed across the different seasons. The sensitivities of the annual NPP to temperature and precipitation decreased and increased, respectively, compared with those before 1999. Although the contribution of precipitation to the NPP trend became more significant after 1999, that of temperature decreased. This study proposes an approach for a detailed study of daily changes in NPP and for examining the link between environmental factors, climatic conditions, and NPP distribution.     

2001-2010年疏勒河流域植被净初级生产力时空变化及其与气候因子的关系

通过改进的光能利用率CASA模型估算2001-2010年间疏勒河流域陆地生态系统的净第一性生产力（NPP）,采用线性趋势分析、变异系数和Hurst指数等方法,分析了NPP的时空变化特征及其与气候因子的相关性。结果表明：①疏勒河流域NPP的空间分布具有明显差异,空间上呈现西北低、东南高的趋势,且具有较明显的经向"条带"分布特征,2001-2010年,NPP平均值为102.26 gC m^-2 a^-1。②2001-2010年,疏勒河流域NPP总体呈增长趋势,年际波动较大,NPP明显增加的区域占总面积25.15%,明显减小的区域约占11.93%。③Hurst指数分析显示,疏勒河流域NPP变化的同向特征强于反向特征,其中持续改善地区占总面积的78.3%,21.7%的区域将由改善转为退化。④在年尺度上,降水是植被NPP变化的主要影响因素,NPP与降水呈弱的正相关关系,与温度相关性不显著;在月尺度上,温度是NPP变化的主要控制因子。疏勒河流域NPP对气候因子不存在明显的时滞和累积效应。     

我国西南喀斯特地区2001—2018年植被净初级生产力时空演变

植被净初级生产力（Net primary productivity,NPP）是陆地生态系统碳循环的重要指标,定量评价NPP的变化规律是碳循环机理的主要研究内容之一。以我国西南地区为研究区域,基于土地覆盖和NPP产品分析了2001-2018年西南地区NPP的时空变化特征,利用土地转移矩阵和统计分析方法,定量描述了土地覆盖类型变化导致的NPP变化量,对NPP变化的主要原因进行分析。结果表明：（1）2001-2018年,西南地区NPP均值呈波动上升趋势。（2） NPP变化趋势在空间分布上呈南高北低,NPP呈增长趋势主要集中在四川的中东部、重庆、贵州西部和云南东部;NPP呈减少趋势出现在云南、四川中西部和贵州东部。（3）森林、草地和耕地转灌丛以及灌丛转森林是对NPP变化量影响较大的土地覆盖类型转变,土地类型转变导致的NPP净增量为20.643 TgC。（4）降水与NPP相关性低,气温与NPP有一定相关性,植被叶面积指数与NPP有显著相关关系,表明气候因子对NPP的影响较小,植被生长密度对NPP有显著影响。退耕还林还草等生态工程实施,导致耕地面积减少和森林面积大量增加,是西南地区NPP上升的主导因素,因此生态工程的实施是西南地区NPP增加的重要影响因素。研究可为生态工程实施背景下NPP的变化机理研究提供参考。     

Non-pollen palynomorphs in the Black Sea corridor

There have been few studies of non-pollen palynomorphs (NPP) in Holocene brackish water environments. The Black Sea is one of the world’s largest and deepest bodies of stable brackish water and a natural laboratory for study of marine carbon cycling to anoxic sediments. The main NPP in the modern sediments of this brackish water sea are dinoflagellate cysts (dinocysts), acritarchs (mainly the prasinophytes Cymatiosphaera, Micrhystridium, Sigmopollis and Pseudoschizaea) and diverse fungal remains. Other NPP include colonial algae, tintinnids, copepod and cladoceran egg covers, testate amoebae and microforaminiferal linings. These NPP assemblages are similar to those in the marginal marine environment of the Pliocene St. Erth Beds (England), but have more abundant NPP, and virtually lack scolecodonts. In the Black Sea corridor, modern assemblages from areas with salinity >22‰ have higher percentages of microforaminiferal linings and fewer prasinophytes, colonial algae and fungal spores. Prasinophytes dominate only in mid-Holocene sediments, during a 2000 years interval of sea level transgression and sapropel deposition. Early Holocene sediments have lower dinocyst diversity, increased fresh–brackish water colonial algae (Pediastrum spp. and Botryococcus braunii), zygnemataceous spores and desmids (including Zygnema, Cosmarium), ostracod linings and fewer foraminiferal linings. These assemblages are similar to those in the Baltic Sea where the annual salinity is about 6–8‰.     

Effects of climate warming on net primary productivity in China during 1961–2010

The response of ecosystems to different magnitudes of climate warming and corresponding precipitation changes during the last few decades may provide an important reference for predicting the magnitude and trajectory of net primary productivity (NPP) in the future. In this study, a process‐based ecosystem model, Carbon Exchange between Vegetation, Soil and Atmosphere (CEVSA), was used to investigate the response of NPP to warming at both national and subregional scales during 1961–2010. The results suggest that a 1.3°C increase in temperature stimulated the positive changing trend in NPP at national scale during the past 50 years. Regardless of the magnitude of temperature increase, warming enhanced the increase in NPP; however, the positive trend of NPP decreased when warming exceeded 2°C. The largest increase in NPP was found in regions where temperature increased by 1–2°C, and this rate of increase also contributed the most to the total increase in NPP in China's terrestrial ecosystems. Decreasing precipitation depressed the positive trend in NPP that was stimulated by warming. In northern China, warming depressed the increasing trend of NPP and warming that was accompanied by decreasing precipitation led to negative changing trends in NPP in large parts of northern China, especially when warming exceeded 2°C. However, warming stimulated the increase in NPP until warming was greater than 2°C, and decreased precipitation helped to increase the NPP in southern China.     

Response of net primary production to land use and climate changes in the middle‐reaches of the Heihe River Basin

Net primary production (NPP) supplies matter, energy, and services to facilitate the sustainable development of human society and ecosystem. The response mechanism of NPP to land use and climate changes is essential for food security and biodiversity conservation but lacks a comprehensive understanding, especially in arid and semi‐arid regions. To this end, taking the middle‐reaches of the Heihe River Basin (MHRB) as an example, we uncovered the NPP responses to land use and climate changes by integrating multisource data (e.g., MOD17A3 NPP, land use, temperature, and precipitation) and multiple methods. The results showed that (a) land use intensity (LUI) increased, and climate warming and wetting promoted NPP. From 2000 to 2014, the LUI, temperature, and precipitation of MHRB increased by 1.46, 0.58°C, and 15.76 mm, respectively, resulting in an increase of 14.62 gC/m² in annual average NPP. (b) The conversion of low‐yield cropland to forest and grassland increased NPP. Although the widespread conversion of unused land and grassland to cropland boosted both LUI and NPP, it was not conducive to ecosystem sustainability and stability due to huge water consumption and human‐appropriated NPP. Urban sprawl occupied cropland, forest, and grassland and reduced NPP. (c) Increase in temperature and precipitation generally improved NPP. The temperature decreasing <1.2°C also promoted the NPP of hardy vegetation due to the simultaneous precipitation increase. However, warming‐induced water stress compromised the NPP in arid sparse grassland and deserts. Cropland had greater NPP and NPP increase than natural vegetation due to the irrigation, fertilizers, and other artificial inputs it received. The decrease in both temperature and precipitation generally reduced NPP, but the NPP in the well‐protection or less‐disturbance areas still increased slightly.     

Meta-analysis of phosphorus utilization by growing pigs: effect of dietary phosphorus,calcium and exogenous phytase

Optimizing phosphorus (P) utilization in pigs requires improving our capacity to predict the amount of P absorbed and retained, with the main modulating factors taken into account, as well as precisely determining the P requirements of the animals. Given the large amount of published data on P utilization in pigs, a meta-analysis was performed to quantify the impact of the different dietary P forms, calcium (Ca) and exogenous phytases on the digestive and metabolic utilization criteria for dietary P in growing pigs. Accordingly, the amount of phytate P (PP) leading to digestible P (g/kg) was estimated to be 21%, compared with 73% for non-phytate P (NPP) from plant ingredients and 80% for NPP from mineral and animal ingredients (P < 0.001). The increase in total digestible dietary P following the addition of microbial phytase (PhytM) from Aspergillus niger (P < 0.001) was curvilinear and about two times higher than the increase following the addition of plant phytase, which leads to a linear response (P < 0.001). The response of digestible P to PhytM also depends on the amount of substrate, PP (PhytM² × PP, P < 0.001). The digestibility of dietary P decreased with dietary Ca concentration (P < 0.01) independently of phytase but increased with body weight (BW, P < 0.05). Although total digestible dietary P increased linearly with total NPP concentration (P < 0.001), retained P (g/kg), average daily gain (ADG, g/day) and average daily feed intake (ADFI, g/day) increased curvilinearly (P < 0.001). Interestingly, whereas dietary Ca negatively affected P digestibility, the effect of dietary Ca on retained P, ADG and ADFI depended on total dietary NPP (NPP × Ca, P < 0.01, P < 0.05 and P < 0.01, respectively). Increasing dietary Ca reduced retained P, ADG and ADFI at low NPP levels, but at higher NPP concentrations it had no effect on ADG and ADFI despite a positive effect on retained P. Although the curvilinear effect of PhytM on digestible P increased with PP (P < 0.001), this effect was lessened by total NPP for ADG and ADFI (PhytM × NPP and PhytM² × NPP, P < 0.05) and depended on both total NPP and Ca for retained P (PhytM² × NPP × Ca, P < 0.01). This meta-analysis improves our understanding of P utilization, with major modulating factors taken into account. The information generated will be useful for the development of robust models to formulate environmentally friendly diets for growing pigs.     

秦岭火地塘林区油松和华山松林乔木层净生产力与气候因子的关系

以秦岭火地塘林区油松(Pinus tabulaeformis)和华山松(Pinus armandi)林为研究对象,以其生物量及树高-胸径模型为基础,运用树木年轮宽度方法推算出1973年至2011年生物量和生产力年际动态,并通过相关分析和多元逐步回归分析探讨了油松和华山松林乔木层净生产力与温度、降水之间的关系。结果显示,该林区油松林和华山松林乔木层生物量39a间增长迅速,分别从1973年的15.32 t/hm2和7.53 t/hm2增长到2011年的175.97 t/hm2和130.98 t/hm2,平均年净生产力分别为4.18 t hm-2a-1和3.20 t hm-2a-1,油松林乔木层生物量和生产力均高于华山松林;气候分析表明年净生产力与降水关系不明显,与温度关系较为密切,随气温升高呈波动上升趋势:单月气候因子中上年7月温度、当年7月温度与油松林乔木层净生产力显著正相关,上年7月温度与华山松林乔木层净生产力显著正相关;油松林乔木层净生产力动态变化主要受1—7月平均温度影响,华山松林主要受5—7月平均温度影响;油松林生产力与温度因子的相关性高于华山松林。两种林型的生物量和生产力差异是由油松和华山松生物学特性所致。     

2000-2020年祁连山植被净初级生产力时空变化及其驱动因素

植被净初级生产力(NPP)是评价植被生长的重要参数,也是评估陆地生态系统质量与功能的重要指标。基于MODIS NPP、数字高程模型(DEM)、气象水文及人类活动数据,采用空间分析、趋势分析,分别从像元尺度和县域尺度识别了2000-2020年以来祁连山NPP时空变化特征,采用偏相关分析研究了NPP对年均温和年降水的响应,并借助地理探测器模型揭示了NPP变化的驱动因素,最后采用Hurst指数预测了NPP未来变化趋势。结果表明:2000-2020年祁连山平均NPP呈波动增加趋势,年均增加2.38 g C/m²,其中栽培植被和阔叶林增长最为明显。近20年,像元尺度上有75.37%的区域NPP增加,主要位于东南部;县域尺度上,古浪、平安、化隆和永登县NPP增速较快,而祁连、海西、德令哈和门源县增速较慢。祁连山NPP空间分布具有明显的集聚性,高值集聚区主要位于东南部,而低值集聚区主要位于西北部。年均温和降水量的增加均促进了NPP的增加,但不同区域NPP对气温和降水的响应有明显差异。降水量、饱和水气压差和蒸散发是NPP变化的主要驱动因子,驱动因子之间对植被NPP变化存在交互作用,分为双因子增强和非线性增强效应。未来祁连山NPP变化以增加非持续性为主,说明植被变化面临较大不确定性。研究结果有助于揭示全球气候变化背景下区域植被NPP对气候变化及人类活动的非线性响应机制,亦可为祁连山生态保护与可持续发展提供理论依据。     

Links between tree species, symbiotic fungal diversity and ecosystem functioning in simplified tropical ecosystems

We studied the relationships among plant and arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungal diversity, and their effects on ecosystem function, in a series of replicate tropical forestry plots in the La Selva Biological Station, Costa Rica. Forestry plots were 12 yr old and were either monocultures of three tree species, or polycultures of the tree species with two additional understory species. Relationships among the AM fungal spore community, host species, plant community diversity and ecosystem phosphorus-use efficiency (PUE) and net primary productivity (NPP) were assessed. Analysis of the relative abundance of AM fungal spores found that host tree species had a significant effect on the AM fungal community, as did host plant community diversity (monocultures vs polycultures). The Shannon diversity index of the AM fungal spore community differed significantly among the three host tree species, but was not significantly different between monoculture and polyculture plots. Over all the plots, significant positive relationships were found between AM fungal diversity and ecosystem NPP, and between AM fungal community evenness and PUE. Relative abundance of two of the dominant AM fungal species also showed significant correlations with NPP and PUE. We conclude that the AM fungal community composition in tropical forests is sensitive to host species, and provide evidence supporting the hypothesis that the diversity of AM fungi in tropical forests and ecosystem NPP covaries.     

Evaluating Spatial-Temporal Dynamics of Net Primary Productivity of Different Forest Types in Northeastern China Based on Improved FORCCHN

An improved individual-based forest ecosystem carbon budget model for China (FORCCHN) was applied to investigate the spatial-temporal dynamics of net primary productivity of different forest types in northeastern China. In this study, the forests of northeastern China were categorized into four ecological types according to their habitats and generic characteristics (evergreen broadleaf forest, deciduous broadleaf forest, evergreen needleleaf forest and deciduous needleleaf forest). The results showed that distribution and change of forest NPP in northeastern China were related to the different forest types. From 1981 to 2002, among the forest types in northeastern China, per unit area NPP and total NPP of deciduous broadleaf forest were the highest, with the values of 729.4 gC/(m²•yr) and 106.0 TgC/yr, respectively, followed by mixed broadleaf- needleleaf forest, deciduous needleleaf forest and evergreen needleleaf forest. From 1981 to 2002, per unit area NPP and total NPP of different forest types in northeastern China exhibited significant trends of interannual increase, and rapid increase was found between the 1980s and 1990s. The contribution of the different forest type’s NPP to total NPP in northeastern China was clearly different. The greatest was deciduous broadleaf forest, followed by mixed broadleaf- needleleaf forest and deciduous needleleaf forest. The smallest was evergreen needleleaf forest. Spatial difference in NPP between different forest types was remarkable. High NPP values of deciduous needleleaf forest, mixed broadleaf- needleleaf forest and deciduous broadleaf forest were found in the Daxing’anling region, the southeastern of Xiaoxing’anling and Jilin province, and the Changbai Mountain, respectively. However, no regional differences were found for evergreen needleleaf NPP. This study provided not only an estimation NPP of different forest types in northeastern China but also a useful methodology for estimating forest carbon storage at regional and global levels.