土壤生物及其对土壤生态学发展的影响

土壤生物区系、土壤生物多样性和全球变化已成为土壤生态学研究的肖沿领域,土壤生物以不同的方式改变着土壤的物理、化学和生物学特性,某一等级层次上的土壤生物群落的组成和结构可以对其它等级层次上的资源空间异质性产生影响,而这种空间异质性受到许多生物圈层－－土壤功能区域所维持。本文评价了土壤生物区系在土壤生态系统过程中的作用,论述了土壤生物多样性与生态系统功能的关系,讨论了土壤生态系统对全球变化的影响。     

海南岛滨海沙生植物叶片功能性状分异及其与土壤因子的关系

为探讨滨海沙生植物对环境的适应策略,对海南岛滨海沙生植物单叶蔓荆、苦郎树、马缨丹、飞机草、假马鞭、厚藤的叶片主要功能性状分异特征及其土壤因子的关系进行了研究。结果表明,热带滨海沙生植物叶片功能性状存在明显的种间分异,叶片功能性状不仅受植物种类的影响,还受土壤因子影响;比叶面积呈现草本>灌木>藤本的规律;叶片的N/P为7.78~10.85,热带滨海沙生植物生长受土壤氮限制;叶片功能性状中Na含量的变异系数最大(18.46%~76.36%),说明不同植物对Na+的吸收存在较大差异,这将影响其在滨海沙地的自然分布;比叶面积、叶干物质含量与叶片的K、Na含量呈负相关,叶N/P与土壤Na+含量呈负相关,叶片Na+含量与土壤有机质、全磷、全钾呈负相关,土壤盐分限制植物对氮磷的吸收,滨海沙生植物通过比叶面积变化来适应盐胁迫。因此,在滨海沙生植被恢复中,施加土壤肥力是其快速恢复的重要措施,叶片Na+含量可作为滨海沙生植物耐盐性筛选的主要指标。     

Implications of land class and environmental factors on life cycle GHG emissions of Miscanthus as a bioenergy feedstock

Replacement of fossil fuels with sustainably produced biomass crops for energy purposes has the potential to make progress in addressing climate change concerns, nonrenewable resource use, and energy security. The perennial grass Miscanthus is a dedicated energy crop candidate being field tested in Ontario, Canada, and elsewhere. Miscanthus could potentially be grown in areas of the province that differ substantially in terms of agricultural land class, environmental factors and current land use. These differences could significantly affect Miscanthus yields, input requirements, production practices, and the types of crops being displaced by Miscanthus establishment. This study assesses implications on life cycle greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of these differences through evaluating five Miscanthus production scenarios within the Ontario context. Emissions associated with electricity generation with Miscanthus pellets in a hypothetically retrofitted coal generating station are examined. Indirect land use change impacts are not quantified but are discussed. The net life cycle emissions for Miscanthus production varied greatly among scenarios (?90–170 kg CO₂eq per oven dry tonne of Miscanthus bales at the farm gate). In some cases, the carbon stock dynamics of the agricultural system offset the combined emissions of all other life cycle stages (i.e., production, harvest, transport, and processing of biomass). Yield and soil C of the displaced agricultural systems are key parameters affecting emissions. The systems with the highest potential to provide reductions in GHG emissions are those with high yields, or systems established on land with low soil carbon. All scenarios have substantially lower life cycle emissions (?20–190 g CO₂eq kWh^?1) compared with coal‐generated electricity (1130 g CO₂eq kWh^?1). Policy development should consider the implication of land class, environmental factors, and current land use on Miscanthus production.     

Shade tolerance and herbivory are associated with RGR of tree species via different functional traits

• Relative growth rate (RGR) plays an important role in plant adaptation to the light environment through the growth potential/survival trade‐off. RGR is a complex trait with physiological and biomass allocation components. It has been argued that herbivory may influence the evolution of plant strategies to cope with the light environment, but little is known about the relation between susceptibility to herbivores and growth‐related functional traits.
• Here, we examined in 11 evergreen tree species from a temperate rainforest the association between growth‐related functional traits and (i) species’ shade‐tolerance, and (ii) herbivory rate in the field. We aimed at elucidating the differential linkage of shade and herbivory with RGR via growth‐related functional traits.
• We found that RGR was associated negatively with shade‐tolerance and positively with herbivory rate. However, herbivory rate and shade‐tolerance were not significantly related. RGR was determined mainly by photosynthetic rate (A_max) and specific leaf area (SLA). Results suggest that shade tolerance and herbivore resistance do not covary with the same functional traits. Whereas shade‐tolerance was strongly related to A_max and to a lesser extent to leaf mass ratio (LMR) and dark respiration (R_d), herbivory rate was closely related to allocation traits (SLA and LMR) and slightly associated with protein content.
• The effects of low light on RGR would be mediated by A_max, while the effects of herbivory on RGR would be mediated by SLA. Our findings suggest that shade and herbivores may differentially contribute to shape RGR of tree species through their effects on different resource‐uptake functional traits.

     

山西临汾市郊土壤动物生态分布特征

为了解临汾市郊土壤动物群落多样性及其生态分布特征,2009年4～10月间对山西省临汾市郊7个类型生境中(林地、农田、果园、道路绿化带、汾河滩涂废弃地、重金属污染区农田及林地)的土壤动物群落进行了调查,采用手拣法和干漏斗法,共捕获土壤动物个体5 842只,隶属4门9纲25目。优势类群为弹尾目、蜱螨目和膜翅目,常见类群14种,稀有类群8种。结果显示,土壤动物个体数量因季节不同呈现出一定规律性,即秋季春季夏季。土壤动物垂直分布上,非污染区的1、2、3号样地表聚性明显,中度污染区的4、5号样地表聚性不明显,重度污染区的6、7号样地出现了逆分布现象。在群落多样性指数方面,夏季除了均匀性指数外各项指数的波动比较大。在功能团方面,临汾市郊腐食性动物比例最高,尤其是在重金属污染区,腐食性动物占到了很大比例。而在绿色植物比较茂密的2号样地,植食性动物在数量上占优势。     

Carbon fluxes to the soil in a mature temperate forest assessed by <Superscript>13</Superscript>C isotope tracing

Photosynthetic carbon uptake and respiratory C release from soil are major components of the global carbon balance. The use of ¹³C depleted CO₂ (¹³C = –30) in a free air CO₂ enrichment experiment in a mature deciduous forest permitted us to trace the carbon transfer from tree crowns to the rhizosphere of 100–120 years old trees. During the first season of CO₂ enrichment the CO₂ released from soil originated substantially from concurrent assimilation. The small contribution of recent carbon in fine roots suggests a much slower fine root turnover than is often assumed.¹³C abundance in soil air correlated best with temperature data taken from 4 to 10 days before air sampling time and is thus rapidly available for root and rhizosphere respiration. The spatial variability of ¹³C in soil air showed relationships to above ground tree types such as conifers versus broad-leaved trees. Considering the complexity and strong overlap of roots from different individuals in a forest, this finding opens an exciting new possibility of associating respiration with different species. What might be seen as signal noise does in fact contain valuable information on the spatial heterogeneity of tree-soil interaction.     

广东白盆珠水库水源林土壤水源涵养能力研究

通过对广东省白盆珠水库水源林土壤类型调查及土壤水分物理性质的测定,结果表明:库区水源林水平地带性土壤属赤红壤,山地土壤垂直带谱明显,分布有赤红壤、山地红壤、山地黄壤和山顶灌丛草甸土4个类型。土壤容重约为1.338g·cm^-3,随海拔升高土壤砂粒含量增加。土壤总孔隙度在45%～50%,非毛管孔隙度在5%～9%之间,毛管孔隙度35%～50%。不同森林类型土壤的最大持水量在30%～50%,即50～60mm,变化不大;蓄水容量有较大区别,范围在500～850t·hm^-2,灌丛草甸土最大,针阔混交林次之,沟谷阔叶林最小;排水能力约在130～180t·hm^-2,并以灌丛草甸土为最大,次生阔叶林为最小。该库区水源林土壤的排水和蓄水容量分别为62.69万t、316.29万t,消洪补枯能力明显。但水源林土壤非毛管孔隙度较小,蓄水量小于广东各种有林地森林类型平均蓄水量,所以该库区的水源林还需加强保育,以提升土壤的水源涵养能力。     

Ecosystem changes associated with grazing in subhumid South American grasslands

Question: What are the changes in vegetation structure, soil attributes and mesofauna associated with grazing in mesic grasslands? Location: Southern Campos of the Río de la Plata grasslands, in south‐central Uruguay. Methods: We surveyed seven continuously grazed and ungrazed paired plots. Plant and litter cover were recorded on three 5‐m interception lines placed parallel to the fence in each plot. We extracted soil fauna from a 10 cm deep composite sample and analysed the oribatids. Soil attributes included bulk density, water content, organic carbon (in particulate and mineral associated organic matter) and nitrogen content and root biomass at different depths. Changes in floristic, Plant Functional Types and mesofauna composition were analysed by Non‐metric Multidimensional Scaling. Results: Species number was lower in ungrazed than in grazed plots. Of 105 species in grazed plots only three were exotics. Shrub and litter cover were significantly higher inside the exclosures, while the cover of Cyperaceae‐Juncaceae was lower. Grazing treatments differed significantly in plant and oribatid species composition. Grazing exclusion significantly reduced soil bulk density and increased soil water content. Carbon content in particulate organic matter was lower in the upper soil of ungrazed sites, but deeper in the profile, grazing exclosures had 8% more carbon in the mineral associated organic matter. Conclusions Our results generally agree with previous studies but deviate from the results of previous analyses in (1) the increase of shrub cover in ungrazed sites; (2) the redistribution of the soil organic carbon in the profile and (3) the low invasibility of the prairies regardless of grazing regime.     

土壤微生物生态过程与微生物功能基因多样性

土壤微生物在陆地生态系统中具有重要的生态功能,包括参与地球化学物质循环、污染物降解、环境剧烈变化的缓冲等.土壤微生物的生态功能与土壤功能联系密切,微生物群落结构与组成变化会直接影响土壤功能的发挥.土壤微生物通过具有生物活性的酶参与一系列的代谢活动,编码酶的功能基因成为微生物功能标记物.近10年中,以功能基因多样性为核心的分子生态学研究迅速发展,为从功能基因角度了解土壤微生物的生态功能提供了一个新的切入点.本文综述了与土壤微生物生态功能相关的功能基因多样性研究进展,并对该领域的发展前景提出展望.     

Vegetation transition following drainage in a high‐latitude hyper‐oceanic ecosystem

Questions: How does draining affect the composition of vegetation? Are certain functional groups favoured? Can soil parameters explain these differences? Location: Central Faroe Islands, treeless islands in the northern boreal vegetation zone. Since 1987, an area of 21 km² at 100–200 m a.s.l. was drained in order to provide water for hydro‐electric production. Method: Vegetation and soil of a drained area and a control, undrained neighbouring area of approximately the same size were sampled in 2007. Six sites were sampled in each area. The vegetation was classified with cluster analysis. Results: Four plant communities were defined in the area: Calluna vulgaris–Empetrum nigrum–Vaccinium myrtillus heath, Scirpus cespitosus–Eriophorum angustifolium blanket mire, Carex bigelowii–Racomitrium lanuginosum moss‐heath, Narthecium ossifragum–Carex panacea mire. Heath was more extensively distributed within, and was the dominant community of the drained area, whereas moss‐heath was more extensive in the undrained area. Blanket mire and mire had approximately the same distribution in both areas. For the blanket mire, species composition indicated drier conditions in the drained than in the undrained area. The drained area had higher frequencies of woody species and lichens, grasses had finer roots and available soil phosphate was considerably higher, whereas the undrained area had higher frequencies of grasses and sedges. Conclusion: The dominant plant communities were different in the two areas, which indicated that the blanket mire was drying in the drained area. Higher concentration of soil phosphate in the drained area also indicated increased decomposition of organic soils owing to desiccation.     

博斯腾湖湖滨湿地植物多样性对季节变化的响应

研究生物多样性对季节的响应对于维持生态系统稳定、保护生物多样性、解析群落构建机制具有重要意义。本文以博斯腾湖湖滨湿地为研究对象,探究不同季节植物群落的物种多样性与功能多样性的变化规律。结果显示：(1)物种多样性指数随季节变化没有显著改变;功能多样性指数中,功能丰富度由春季到夏季逐渐减小,功能离散度逐渐增大;不同季节的功能均匀度差异性不显著;(2)植物功能性状在不同季节间差异显著;春季叶绿素含量显著低于夏季;夏季比叶面积和叶干物质含量显著高于秋季;叶片含水量和厚度由春季到秋季呈递增趋势;(3)影响Pielou指数和功能丰富度的主要环境因子分别为土壤铵态氮和速效磷;影响Shannon-Wiener指数、Simpson指数和功能均匀度的主要环境因子为土壤有机质;影响功能离散度的主要环境因子为土壤含水量;(4)影响最大株高的主要环境因子为土壤pH值;影响叶干物质含量的主要环境因子为土壤速效钾;影响叶片厚度和比叶面积的主要环境因子为土壤总磷;而影响叶片含水量的主要环境因子为土壤硝态氮;叶绿素含量与土壤因子无显著相关关系。