科尔沁沙地沙漠化过程中的物种多样性

对内蒙古科尔沁地区沙漠化过程中物种多样性的变化特征进行了分析 ,依据植物种在各类型沙漠化土地的出现频率和不同沙漠化阶段各生活型植物种的组成 ,探讨了沙漠化过程中植物种绝灭和定居特点 .物种多样性指数分析表明 ,沙漠化过程是一个物种多样性衰减的过程 ,沙漠化首先导致特有种的绝灭 ,其次为稀有种和普通种 .从植物的生活型来看 ,多年生草本和灌木类植物受沙漠化影响最大 ,而 1年生草本和半灌木类植物可存活于沙漠化过程各个阶段 .在沙漠化过程中植物种的绝灭速率大于定居速率 .     

科尔沁沙地丘间地植被演变的研究

 主要研究了科尔沁沙地丘间地植被的发生和演变规律及不同发育时间群落种类组成动态特征。结果表明：丘间地植被发育很快,在围封条件下,30年内经历了一年生草本阶段、多年生草本阶段和灌丛阶段。在组成结构上,物种多样性指数和均匀度呈上升趋势,而生态优势度下降,表明其相对稳定的特征。同时就过度放牧对植被的影响进行了论述。     

科尔沁沙地植物群落研究

科尔沁沙地是我国著名草原之一 ,地位于我国东北西部地区 ,主体部分位于内蒙古赤峰、哲里木盟境内。近几十年来 ,由于自然条件和人类活动的综合影响 ,该草原退化、沙化日趋严重 ,导致生态系统本身的破坏 ,生物资源锐减和环境的进一步恶化[6 ]。而且 ,草原退化程度显现出与某些环境因子有着一定的相关关系 ,针对这些问题本课题首先研究该沙地的植物群落 ,根据实地调查 ,对沙区的植被结构、物种多样性等特征作了科学地分析和论述 ,为深入研究生态环境恶化中的沙地植被演替 ,以及规划、整治、开发利用科尔沁沙地提供一些科学依据。1　研究区自…     

Effectiveness of sand-fixing measures on desert land restoration in Kerqin Sandy Land,northern China

In the semi-arid Kerqin Sandy Land of north China, land desertification and frequent sand storms in the spring strongly affect the growth of grassland vegetation and crops, and give rise to large reductions in yield as a result of wind erosion and sand dune movement. To bring desertification under control and reduce its influence on grassland and farmlands, many measures have been developed and implemented for stabilizing mobile sand dunes and restoring desertified grasslands. This study was conducted from 1996 to 2003 to evaluate the effectiveness of desert land restoration after implementation of sand-fixing measures. The results showed that construction of straw checkerboards and planting of shrub seedlings significantly enhances topsoil development on the dune surface, increasing silt and clay content and facilitating accumulation of soil carbon and total N, as well as accelerating an increase in plant diversity, vegetation cover and plant density. These findings suggest that using straw checkerboards and planting shrubs are successful methods for mobile sand dune stabilization and desertified grassland restoration in semiarid regions. The mechanism creating these changes is a reduction in wind erosion and improvement of the soil environment for plants. In addition, our results showed that construction of straw checkerboards was slightly more effective in vegetation and soil restoration in comparison with planting shrub seedlings, especially at the primary stage.     

围封和放牧对科尔沁沙地植物群落种间关联的影响

为明确围封和放牧对科尔沁沙地植物群落种间关联的影响,在对植物群落进行样方调查的基础上,采用方差比率法（VR）、χ²检验、Ochiai指数、Spearman秩相关分析对种间关联性及相关性进行研究,得出如下结论：（1）围封和放牧改变了群落物种组成,围封群落出现30个物种,主要物种16个;放牧群落出现物种21个,主要物种13个。（2）VR值显示围封和放牧群落总体均呈正关联性,χ²检验表明围封群落正联结显著率大于负联结显著率,主要物种间显著联结率为27.5%,放牧群落仅有显著正联结种对4个,占6.06%,OI值与χ²检验结果基本一致。（3） Spearman秩相关分析表明,围封群落显著正相关对数略高于显著负相关对数,放牧群落则相反,且围封群落显著相关水平种对占比（44.17%）高于放牧群落（12.82%）,故围封群落处于稳定发展阶段,而放牧群落处于退化阶段。     

Vegetation patterns in relation to micro-scale landforms in hilly land regions

Spatial structures of landforms as constants affecting vegetation patterns are discussed based on analyses of hilly land regions, mostly in the vicinity of Sendai, northeast Japan. The lower part of a hillslope is characterized by relatively active processes of soil erosion, landslides and slope failure. It supports a plant community different from that on the upper part of the hillslope. These two parts are termed the lower hillslope and the upper hillslope, respectively. The upper hillslope consists of valley heads with no stream water nor stream channels. Since a valley head is comprised of several micro-scale landform units, an upper hillslope can be subdivided into these landform units. Plant communities vary in their species compositions and structures as well as in some other ecological characteristics paralleling changes in their respective micro-scale landform units. However, the variations in species composition within upper hillslopes are not as extreme as those between the upper and lower hillslopes. xx]Papers presented at the Vth INTECOL Congress at YOKO-hama 1990.     

内蒙古锡林郭勒草地的草种组分与放牧压的关系研究

通过了采样调查,对内蒙古锡林河流域的放牧草地群落的组成成分,现存生物量,物种多样性等与放牧强度的关系进行了研究。结果表明,距离定居点越远放牧强度越弱,出现了以羊草(Leymus chinensis)和大针茅(Stipa grandis)为优势种的群落。距离定居点越近放牧强度越强,出现了以糙隐子草(Cleistogenes squarrosa)和寸苔草(Carex korshinskyi)为优势种的群溶。单位样方内(1m^2)地上部的现存生物量在强放牧压下的127．3g和较弱放牧压下的303g之间变化。物种多样性的变化则独立于放牧强度差异,在3．13至3．64之间波动。为了判断放牧草地的牧草的生长状态,采用了生长状态质量指数(Stand quality index：SQI)来评价了实验样地群落的生长状态。在定居点的内部,SQI为278,而在离定居点4公里远的样地,指数则变为667。禁牧13年的原退化样地的SQI值从420上升至624。     

Soil Properties and their Spatial Pattern in a Degraded Sandy Grassland under Post-grazing Restoration, Inner Mongolia, Northern China

In this study, we use classical and geostatistical methods to identify characteristics of some selected soil properties including soil particle size distribution, soil organic carbon, total nitrogen, pH and electrical conductivity and their spatial variation in a 5-year recovery degraded sandy grassland after two different grazing intensity disturbance: post-heavy-grazing restoration grassland (HGR) and post-moderately grazing restoration grassland (MGR), respectively, in Horqin steppe, Inner Mongolia, northern China. The objective was to examine effect of grazing intensity on spatial heterogeneity of soil properties. One hundred soil samples were taken from the soil layer 0–15 cm in depth of a grid of 10 m×10 m under each treatment. The results showed that soil fine fractions (very fine sand, 0.1–0.05 mm and silt + clay, <0.05 mm), soil organic carbon and total nitrogen concentrations were significant lower and their coefficients of variation significant higher under the HGR than under the MGR. Geostatistical analysis of soil heterogeneity revealed that soil particle size fractions, organic carbon and total nitrogen showed different degree of spatial dependence with exponential or spherical semivariograms on the scale measured under HGR and MGR. The spatial structured variance account for a large proportion of the sample variance in HGR plot ranging from 88% to 97% for soil particle fractions, organic C and total N, however, except for organic C (88.8%), the structured variance only account for 50% of the sample variance for soil particle fractions and total N in the MGR plot. The ranges of spatial autocorrelation for coarse-fine sand, very fine sand, silt + clay, organic C and total N were 13.7 m, 15.8 m, 15.2 m, 22.2 m and 21.9 m in HGR plot, respectively, and was smaller than in MGR plot with the corresponding distance of 350 m, 144.6 m, 45.7 m, 27.3 m and 30.3 m, respectively. This suggested that overgrazing resulted in an increase in soil heterogeneity. Soil organic C and total N were associated closely with soil particle fractions, and the kriging-interpolated maps showed that the spatial distribution of soil organic C and total N corresponded to the distribution patterns of soil particle fractions, indicating that high degree of spatial heterogeneity in soil properties was linked to the distribution of vegetative and bare sand patches. The results suggested that the degree of soil heterogeneity at field scale can be used as an index for indicating the extent of grassland desertification. Also, the changes in soil heterogeneity may in turn influence vegetative succession and restoration process of degraded sandy grassland ecosystem.     

典型草原自然恢复演替过程中植物群落动态变化

以内蒙古巴林右旗退化典型草原为研究对象,采用空间序列代替时间序列的方法,探讨了在围封去除干扰条件下,退化典型草原自然恢复演替进程.研究结果表明,物种多样性在典型草原群落自然恢复过程中呈波动状变化,最高值出现在第6年,为3.3,随后又呈现下降趋势.丰富度和均匀度与物种多样性指数呈显著正相关,相关系数分别为0.848和0.912.地上生物量和物种多样性二者之间没有明显的线性关系,其相关系数为0.4813(P＞0.05).在演替的进程中,群落中主要植物种的优势地位发生了明显的替代变化.在恢复演替初期C4植物对地表的覆盖和有机物的输入起关键作用,而C3植物在后期对群落稳定起重要作用.1年生植物在典型草原恢复初期起着非常重要的作用,可覆盖地表,防止水土流失,并为群落输入大量养分,为其他植物定居创造了稳定良好的土壤环境.     

浑善达克沙地南缘人工固沙植被水分利用特征

探讨浑善达克沙地典型乔木青杨和灌木黄柳不同季节的水分利用特征,可为沙地人工防护林生态系统的结构优化提供理论依据.采集研究区大气降水、土壤水、地下水和典型人工固沙植被的茎干水,利用氢氧稳定同位素技术,揭示不同水源δD-δ18O值的分布特征,运用多源线性混合模型计算出各潜在水源对2种植被水的贡献率.结果 表明:研究区大气降...     

浑善达克沙地草场资源评价与载畜量研究--以内蒙古正蓝旗沙地区为例

浑善达克沙地是我国的四大沙地之一,也是气候变化及人类活动影响较为敏感的地区之一。20世纪60年代以后,由于人为不合理的活动,特别是过度放牧,使该沙地草场发生严重的退化、沙化,其荒漠化发展速度成为全国少数几个超过4％的地区之一。不仅造成草场生产力的显著下降,制约牲畜业的健康发展,而且成为京津地区最主要的沙尘源之一。本文以内蒙古正蓝旗的浑善达克沙地区为例,通过收集资料、进行野外实地考察和调查,分析沙地草场植被类型及其分布特征,测算各类型草场典型群落的生产能力并进行草场资源评价,在此基础上探讨其沙地草场的理论载畜能力,为科学、合理利用草场提出理论依据。     

封育年限对岩溶植被组成和土壤肥力修复的影响

岩溶植被修复是国家重大战略需求,为揭示封育年限对岩溶植被组成和土壤肥力修复的影响,该研究以空间代替时间的方法,选择不同封育年限的草丛(封育5 a)、灌丛(15 a)、灌乔林(25 a)、次顶极乔林(35 a)和顶极乔林(55 a)作为研究对象,调查分析不同封育年限岩溶植被组成和土壤肥力的特征及其修复机制。结果表明:研究样地(18 000 m ^2)共有维管植物175种,隶属74科139属,不同封育年限群落科属种组成明显不同,以封育5 a的最低(6科19属20种),封育35 a的最高(48科74属88种)。随着封育期延长,乔木生活型比例显著增加,灌木为先增后减,草本急剧减少,藤本先增后减。随着进展演替,群落不同层次的优势种替代规律不同,草本层为阳性杂草→阳性禾草→中生性或阴生性蕨类植物的有序性替代;灌木层为灌木种类被乔木幼苗幼树所替代;而乔木层却表现为常绿种类占优势到常绿与落叶树种共优势的结构性替代。封育初期群落物种组成简单,多样性较低,土壤有机质、全氮、有效氮含量较低,进入中期(25 a),多样性升高,土壤养分含量也增高,进入后期(55 a),多样性降低,土壤养分含量也相应下降,但维持在较高水平,表现出较强的协同修复效应。冗余分析(RDA)表明,群落物种组成在封育初期受土壤容重(SBD)、毛管孔隙度(CP)、全钾(TK)、速效钾(AK)、速效磷(AP)的显著影响,而在中后期则受土壤有机质(SOM)、水分含量(MC)、非毛管孔隙度(NCP)、全氮(TN)、有效氮(AN)以及碳氮磷化学计量比的显著影响。     

Early recovery signs of an Australian grassland following the management of Parthenium hysterophorus L.

Parthenium weed (Parthenium hysterophorus L.) is believed to reduce the above- and below-ground plant species diversity and the above-ground productivity in several ecosystems. We quantified the impact of this invasive weed upon species diversity in an Australian grassland and assessed the resulting shifts in plant community composition following management using two traditional approaches. A baseline plant community survey, prior to management, showed that the above-ground community was dominated by P. hysterophorus, stoloniferous grasses, with a further high frequency of species from Malvaceae, Chenopodiaceae and Amaranthaceae. In heavily invaded areas, P. hysterophorus abundance and biomass was found to negatively correlate with species diversity and native species abundance. Digitaria didactyla Willd. was present in high abundance when P. hysterophorus was not, with these two species, contributing most to the dissimilarity seen between areas. The application of selective broad leaf weed herbicides significantly reduced P. hysterophorus biomass under ungrazed conditions, but this management did not yet result in an increase in species diversity. In the above-ground community, P. hysterophorus was partly replaced by the introduced grass species Cynodon dactylon L. (Pers.) 1 year after management began, increasing the above-ground forage biomass production, while D. didactyla replaced P. hysterophorus in the below-ground community. This improvement in forage availability continued to strengthen over the time of the study resulting in a total increase of 80% after 2 years in the ungrazed treatment, demonstrating the stress that grazing was imposing upon this grassland-based agro-ecosystem and showing that it is necessary to remove grazing to obtain the best results from the chemical management approach.     

Effects of sand burial depth on the root system of Salix cheilophila seedlings in Mu Us Sandy Land, Inner Mongolia, China

Salix cheilophila Schneid. is a naturally occurring Salix species in Mu Us Sandy Land, Inner Mongolia, China. We focused on the morphological adaptability of S. cheilophila to sand dune burial. For morphological measurements, 32 S. cheilophila seedlings were removed from a community which was in the process of being buried by a shifting sand dune. Each seedling collected included the entire root system. We measured the number, length, and biomass of the adventitious roots, primary lateral roots, and taproot, and compared the morphological characteristics of the root system, including adventitious roots, for seedlings buried to various levels in the sand. The growth range of adventitious roots increased as the length of the buried portion of the main shoot increased. In addition, the total dry weight of all current-year shoots tended to increase gradually with increasing total dry weight of the adventitious roots. These results suggest that S. cheilophila tends to make use of the sedimentary sand layer that accompanies shifting sand dunes. However, there was no correlation between biomass or number of adventitious roots and the length of the buried part of the main shoot. Thus, S. cheilophila does not grow adventitious roots proportional to the buried part. These morphological characteristics of the root system, including the adventitious roots, may indicate that S. cheilophila has poor morphological adaptability to sand dune burial.     

草型富营养化湖泊生态恢复工程技术的研究--内蒙古乌梁素海生态恢复工程试验研究

在典型草型富营养化湖泊-内蒙古乌梁素海设立试验研究基地,进行较大规模生态恢复工程试验,研究表明,实施沉水植物收割工程与芦苇园田化生态管理工程是草型富营养化湖泊生态恢复的两项重要技术措施。以机械化方式收割沉水植物能够削减湖泊内源性营养物负荷的积累和释放,减少二次污染,抑制生物填平作用,改善水体环境;采用机械化技术控制芦苇蔓延、打开芦苇区通风道和通水道,可以重建湖泊绿色自然景观,提高全湖水流循环速度。有计划、合理地运用生态恢复工程不仅可以减轻草型湖泊所面临的巨大生态压力,延缓沼泽化演化进程。而且可以在实施生态工程的同时开发利用水生植物资源,使湖泊环境与湿地综合利用得到持续发展。     

科尔沁沙地蒙古族和汉族庭园植物群落垂直结构与种类组成比较?--以内蒙古科尔沁左翼后旗为例

在内蒙古通辽市科尔沁左翼后旗蒙古族居住地区采用随机抽样和农户推荐选择30个农户,同时在邻近地区的汉族选择了10个农户作为对比分析。庭园样方取样为整个庭园面积,设立40个样方进行调查。结果表明,内蒙古通辽市科尔沁左翼后旗蒙古族庭园和邻近地区汉族庭园植物垂直结构主要有0~1m、1~2m、2~5m、5~10m、>10m等五类,其中不论是小规模庭园还是大规模庭园,5m以下的阶层占优势;两个民族庭园植物种植模式研究结果阐明科尔沁左翼后旗蒙古族与邻近汉族相比,目前很少栽培观赏植物,仍停留在与日常生活相关的蔬菜植物栽培的水平上,而邻近的汉族已开始注重栽培美化环境的庭园植物。此外,本研究运用MVSP统计软件分析庭园类型表明科尔沁左翼后旗蒙古族庭园主要有4种类型,邻近的汉族庭园有3种类型,并且当地蒙古族与邻近的汉族庭园有所差异,这些差异是由两个民族间农耕文化传统以及畜牧业植物文化差异、庭园面积、庭园历史及庭园管理水平、传统植物利用知识的差异所造成。     

Variations in the Volatile Organic Compound Emission Potential of Plant Functional Groups in the Temperate Grassland Vegetation of Inner Mongolia, China

The biogenic volatile organic compounds (VOC) emitted by the vegetation of a terrestrial ecosystem play a key role in both regional air quality and tropospheric chemistry. To describe the general emission properties of VOC of different plant functional groups (PFG) in a typical temperate grassland in Inner Mongolia, China, we randomly selected 175 plant species and measured the quantities of isoprene and monoterpene in situ. Results showed that most plants had low VOC emission potential at the species level,especially for some dominant plants, such as Leymus chinensis Tzvel., Stipa grandis Smirn., and Agropyron cristatum Gaertn. At the PFG level, the lowest VOC emission potential was found for perennial rhizome grasses, a major PFG in a typical temperate grassland ecosystem. The effects of overgrazing and subsequent vegetation succession on the emission of VOC by different plant life form functional groups (PLFG)were also discussed.     

Variations in the Volatile Organic Compound Emission Potential of Plant Functional Groups in the Temperate Grassland Vegetation of Inner Mongolia, China

The biogenic volatile organic compounds (VOC) emitted by the vegetation of a terrestrial ecosystem play a key role in both regional air quality and tropospheric chemistry. To describe the general emission properties of VOC of different plant functional groups (PFG) in a typical temperate grassland in Inner Mongolia, China, we randomly selected 175 plant species and measured the quantities of isoprene and monoterpene in situ. Results showed that most plants had low VOC emission potential at the species level,especially for some dominant plants, such as Leymus chinensis Tzvel., Stipa grandis Smirn., and Agropyron cristatum Gaertn. At the PFG level, the lowest VOC emission potential was found for perennial rhizome grasses, a major PFG in a typical temperate grassland ecosystem. The effects of overgrazing and subsequent vegetation succession on the emission of VOC by different plant life form functional groups (PLFG)were also discussed.     

Restoration of C4 grasses with seasonal fires in a C3/C4 grassland invaded by Prosopis glandulosa,a fire‐resistant shrub

Questions: Can prescribed fire restore C₄ perennial grasses in grassland ecosystems that have become dominated by fire‐resistant C₃ shrubs (Prosopis glandulosa) and C₃ grasses? Do fires in different seasons alter the direction of change in grass composition? Location: Texas, USA. Methods: We quantified short‐ and long‐term (12 yr post‐fire) herbaceous functional group cover and diversity responses to replicated seasonal fire treatments: (1) repeated‐winter fires (three in 5 yr), (2) repeated‐summer fires (two in 3 yr), and (3) alternate‐season fires (two winter and one summer in 4 yr), compared with a no‐fire control. Results: Summer fires were more intense than winter fires, but all fire treatments temporarily decreased Prosopis and C₃ annual grass cover. The alternate‐season fire treatment caused a long‐term increase in C₄ mid‐grass cover and functional group diversity. The repeated‐summer fire treatment increased C₄ short‐grass cover but also caused a long‐term increase in bare ground. The repeated winter fire treatment had no long‐term effects on perennial grass cover. Mesquite post‐fire regrowth had increasingly negative impacts on herbaceous cover in all fire treatments. Conclusions: Summer fire was necessary to shift herbaceous composition toward C₄ mid‐grasses. However, the repeated‐summer fire treatment may have been too extreme and caused post‐fire herbaceous composition to “over‐shift” toward less productive C₄ short‐grasses rather than C₄ mid‐grasses. This study provides some of the first long‐term data showing a possible benefit of mixing seasonal fires (i.e., the alternate‐season fire treatment) in a prescribed burning management plan to restore C₄ mid‐grass cover and enhance overall herbaceous diversity.     

Dynamic response of woody vegetation on fencing protection in semi-arid areas; Case study: Pilot exclosure on the Firmihin Plateau,Socotra Island

Woody vegetation dynamics and Dracaena cinnabari regeneration have been studied for five years in the conditions of Socotra Island. Woody plants were measured regularly inside and outside the exclosure area, and the growth and survival of D. cinnabari seedlings were observed. In the exclosure of about 1000 m² a total of 49 species were identified, including 23 endemics, growing in the average density of 3.82 specimens per m². The fenced area was overgrown relatively rapidly by dense grass cover – reaching approx. 2.7 t/ha. Species growth dynamics inside and outside the exclosure shows that grazing had a marked impact, leading to the elimination of trees and shrubs. All grazed species grew noticeably in the exclosure, in the average of 50 cm in 5 years. D. cinnabari as the dominant flagship species of Socotra has been studied with regards to regeneration dynamics. Observations indicate that probability of its seedlings survival increases with their age. No seedlings germinated from the seeds sown in the experiment, however, outplanted seedlings performed relatively well. Field observations show that D. cinnabari seed germination is triggered when the seed reaches a protected micro-habitat with a developed humus layer and high relative humidity in the soil lasts for at least two days.