高寒植物长鞭红景天种群结构及数量特征

种群结构及数量特征的研究对揭示种群的形成机制和影响因素有着重要意义。在西藏林芝高山森林生态系统国家野外科学观测研究站所在的西藏色季拉山区,采用样地-样方法对研究站旁阳坡、大阴坡、观景台和山口公路上方的长鞭红景天种群进行了调查,共设76块样地、304个样方,进而对长鞭红景天种群结构及数量特征进行了分析研究。结果表明：长鞭红景天在色季拉山主要分布于6个群落类型：急尖长苞冷杉林（P1）、方枝柏林（P2）、薄毛海绵杜鹃灌丛（P3）、毛小叶垫柳灌丛（P4）、鳞腺杜鹃灌丛（P5）及硬叶柳灌丛（P6）。各群落中长鞭红景天平均密度大小顺序为：P3＞P1＞P2＞P4＞P6＞P5、平均基径为：P6＞P2＞P5＞P4＞P1＞P3、平均高度为：P6＞P2＞P5＞P1＞P3＞P4、平均花茎数为：P6＞P2＞P1＞P3＞P5＞P4、平均花茎环数为：P6＞P5＞P2＞P1＞P3＞P4、平均分枝数为：P6＞P1＞P3＞P2＞P4＞P5、重要值为：P5＞P4＞P3＞P2＞P1＞P6。不同群落类型中,长鞭红景天种群的基径、高度及花茎环数等结构系列均表现出不同程度的残缺现象,总体上也出现幼体数目少、成体和老体数目相对较多,但由于其种子繁殖存在一定周期性,并且在自然状态下也进行着无性繁殖,故其仍是增长型种群。对花茎环数的分析发现,长鞭红景天种群大量繁殖的周期是8~10年。长鞭红景天分枝数在5~8枝的植株数比例超过了50 %,分枝数最多的高达45枝,但这些分枝由于相互争夺从根吸收上来的有限营养的原因而生长相对较细。各枝花茎数情况方面,花茎数为1~2枝的所占比例为32.21%,这些主要是侧枝上的花茎;花茎数在7以上的植株占25.82 %,这主要是主轴上的花茎;总体上主轴上着生花茎多于侧枝上的花茎。基径与生长参数关系方面：长鞭红景天的生长参数都是随基径级增大而总体呈现出增大的趋势。研究结果可为进一步探讨长鞭红景天种群生存机制提供基础。     

濒危树种钟萼木不同海拔造林试验初报

采用4 a生钟萼木Bretschneidera sinensis实生苗进行不同海拔造林对比试验,对造林后4 a的净生长量进行全面调查。结果表明,不同海拔对造林成活率的影响不显著,高生长、地径生长差异显著。在海拔350、660、750 m处树高平均净生长量分别为72、164、162 cm,地径平均净生长量分别为0.93、1.53、1.83 cm,说明在较高海拔造林的树高、地径生长量均高于低海拔,造林地对海拔要求相对较高。     

4种红景天植物的组织培养研究

以大花红景天、云南红景天、长鞭红景天和库页红景天的茎和叶为外植体进行组织培养,结果表明：大花红景天以茎为外植体诱导芽效果最好,其它3种红景天以叶为外植体诱导芽效果最好。云南红景天和长鞭红景天适合的芽诱导激素组合是0．1mg／L NAA和2．5mg／L 6-BA的组合,在该激素水平下两种红景天的出芽频率分别达到71％和84％;大花红景天和库叶红景天适合的芽诱导激素组合是0．5mg／L NAA和2．5mg／L 6-BA的组合,在该激素水平下两种红景天的出芽频率均达到80％。长鞭红景天和库叶红景天在添加IBA的培养基上容易生根形成完整植株,生根率分别达到87％和73％;经过炼苗后,长鞭红景天再生苗能够成功移栽,成活率达66％。     

长鞭红景天悬浮培养细胞的玻璃化法超低温保存研究

对长鞭红景天悬浮培养细胞的玻璃化法超低温保存进行了初步研究.结果表明,预培养、预处理、脱水处理及冻后处理对长鞭红景天悬浮培养细胞存活率均有重要影响,方差分析结果均显示差异显著.长鞭红景天悬浮培养细胞过程中最佳培养条件是:在含5%二甲基亚砜(DMSO)的MS培养基上预培养1 h,室温下80%PVS2预处理40 min,然后用100%PVS2于0℃处理50 min,投入液氮(LN)保存1 h后在40℃水浴中迅速化冻,再用1.2 mol/L蔗糖培养液洗涤3次,每次10 min,洗涤后的悬浮培养细胞用氯化三苯四氮唑(TTC)法检测,其存活率可达72.70%.     

香叶树一年生苗苗高地径生长量变化分析

通过对香叶树播种育苗,研究其1年生苗苗高地径生长量变化规律。经定期测定,有序样本聚类和回归分析,拟合苗高、地径与时间相关关系的数学模型,结果表明：香叶树 1年生播种苗生长期可划分为出苗期、生长初期、生长盛期和生长后期四个时期。苗高生长量集中在生长盛期,占77.51%,出苗期和生长初期所占比重较小,二者之和仅为7.93%,不及生长后期的14.55%。地径生长量在出苗期占比较大,占总量的18.03%,生长后期为11.47%,生长初期最小仅为8.2%。苗高、地径在生长盛期的时间仅占总生长天数的46.67%,但其生长量却分别占总生长量的77.51%和62.30%。苗高、地径生长量与时间存在着极显著的相关关系,拟合的生长曲线可靠性高,可用来估测和分析香叶树1年生播种苗在不同生长时期苗高、地径的生长量变化。     

不同栽培条件下南方红豆杉生长特性研究

以4～6年生南方红豆杉为材料,对其不同栽培条件下地径、冠幅、株高、当年抽高、当年侧枝数及总侧枝数等生长特性进行了研究。结果表明:南方红豆杉4～6年生幼林生长量随年龄增大而增加,但其增加的趋势变缓,生长速度变慢;耕作农田中南方红豆杉生长最好,土壤板结未耕作农田生长较差,去除上层20cm耕作土的农田最差;南方红豆杉纯林生长好于落叶阔叶林下(林分郁闭度0.6～0.7),且种植密度越大差异越明显;南方红豆杉落叶阔叶林下套种及纯林生长量均随栽培密度减小而增大,不同栽培密度相差越大,生长量差异越明显。     

长鞭红景天中一个新的葡萄糖甙

从云南怒江产的长鞭红景天(Rhodiola fastigiata (Hook. f. et Thoms.) S. H. Fu)根茎中分离得到13个化合物,它们的结构通过波谱和化学方法得到鉴定.其中,化合物1被鉴定为新的葡萄糖甙(2-O-β-D-吡喃葡糖基-3-甲基-戊酸甲酯),命名为长鞭红景天素甲,化合物2和 5～9首次从该植物中分离得到.     

长鞭红景天中一个新的葡萄糖甙

从云南怒江产的长鞭红景天 (Rhodiolafastigiata (Hook .f.etThoms.)S .H .Fu)根茎中分离得到 13个化合物 ,它们的结构通过波谱和化学方法得到鉴定。其中 ,化合物 1被鉴定为新的葡萄糖甙 (2_O_β_D_吡喃葡糖基_3_甲基_戊酸甲酯 ) ,命名为长鞭红景天素甲 ,化合物 2和 5～ 9首次从该植物中分离得到     

红景天线粒体nad7基因内含子2序列测定及其系统发育意义

开展濒危藏药红景天的分子生物学研究, 可以为红景天遗传资源鉴定与保护提供指导。利用线粒体中nad7基因的保守序列设计的引物, 对分布于四川的大花红景天、长鞭红景天和吉林的高山红景天等9份材料进行PCR分析, 发现在所有的红景天材料中均获得约800 bp的扩增产物。进一步对扩增片段进行序列测定, 结果表明该片段除具有53 bp的外显子区外, 其内含子长度均为738 bp, 有9个核苷酸变异位点。将测定序列进行比对和聚类分析表明, 红景天线粒体nad7内含子2序列被单独聚类。而且测定的红景天的nad7 内含子 2序列, 其长度均小于其他高等植物的同源序列, 体现了红景天属植物的该基因区域的特异性, 可能与特殊的生态环境有关。     

孑遗树种钟萼木幼树生长特性探讨

研究了5 年生钟萼木幼树株高、地径连年生长、侧枝分生特性。结果表明,调查群体5 年生株高、地径平均值、最大值与最小值分别为2.0 m、3.4 m、0.5 m 和3.2 cm、9.5 cm、0.5 cm;群体幼树株高、地径生长分布遵循正态分布;幼树群体的株高、地径生长在早期表现显著的遗传分化。1～5 年生幼树的株高、地径年生长量表现为：株高在前3 年表现较低生长量,第4、5 年明显加快;地径在第1 年生长量占比较大。幼树株高小于2.0 m 的个体未发现分生侧枝,冠幅小且高生长较缓慢。     

Crown alterations induced by decline: a study of relationships between growth rate and crown morphology in beech (Fagus sylvatica L.)

One of the first symptoms expressed by declining trees is reduced growth in stem diameter and length increment. The possibility of a relationship between length increment and crown thinning in beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) was investigated by developing a computer model to simulate first order branching patterns of the apical 2 m of monopodially branching beech trees, 70–100 years old, for a range of length increment rates. The model was based on values for branching angle, main axis and branch length increment, number of branches produced per year and branch mortality rates for six healthy and declining trees. Shoot growth rates in the apical 2 m of the sample trees ranged from about 5 cm/year (decline class 3) to 43 cm/ year (healthy). Simulations of branching patterns in the apical 2 m of trees growing at different rates indicated that, when growth rate exceeded about 20 cm/year, total first order branch length and area explored were independent of growth rate. When growth rates fell below this value there was a reduction in total area explored and first order branch length due primarily to the formation of fewer branches. More acute branching angles contributed to a reduction in the area explored. Growth rate-related crown thinning could increase the risk of bark necrosis and secondary pathogen infection during dry and/or hot spells.     

檫树毛竹混交林中毛竹鞭根的研究

采用固定标准地定位观测法,对新造竹林中栽植擦树后形成的檫树（14－15年）毛竹混交林竹鞭根结构和鞭体养分进行了调查和测定,结果表明,檫树在一定的密度范围,混交竹林有利于毛竹鞭根结构的优化和鞭体养分的提高,与毛竹纯林相比,檫树密度为420－615株.hm^-2的混交竹林,其鞭长,鞭径及其整齐度,新鞭年生长量,壮幼鞭比例,健壮芽数量、鞭根体积等,均在不同程度上高于毛竹纯林中的对应部分。当檫树密度超过735株.hm^-2时,混交竹林中的上述指标则低于生毛竹纯林中的对应部分,但单位鞭长的分岔次数明显加大,回归分析表明,鞭总长,鞭节点,新鞭生长量,鞭径、鞭径整齐度及单位鞭长分岔次数与檫树密度之间的关系密切（r=0.92956-0.99530),混交竹林中鞭体的N、P、K,Ca,Mg养分含量高于纯柯的对应值,其中鞭体中N含量较纯林平均高出7．6％、11．6％。     

川西米亚罗林区不同海拔岷江冷杉生长对气候变化的响应

为分析青藏高原东缘半湿润区树木生长与气候关系随海拔变化的规律,于川西米亚罗林区分别在高、中、低海拔选取3个采样点,共采集132棵岷江冷杉年轮样芯,建立了最长达170a(1842-2011年)3个海拔高度的差值年表.岷江冷杉年轮指数与气候因子的相关分析表明:随海拔高度降低,温度与生长的负相关呈增加趋势.高海拔岷江冷杉径向生长与前—年冬季最低温呈显著正相关,中低海拔与当年春季均温、最高温和年均最高温呈显著负相关.低海拔岷江冷杉与当年4月降水呈显著正相关,随海拔升高降水与岷江冷杉生长的相关性降低.中低海拔岷江冷杉年表与4、5月帕尔默干旱指数(P DSI)呈显著正相关,表明在中低海拔存在春季干旱胁迫,抑制了岷江冷杉的生长.另外,大龄树木比小龄树木对气候变化的响应更敏感.     

The growth of the common two-banded seabream, Diplodus vulgaris (Teleostei, Sparidae), in Canarian waters, estimated by reading otoliths and by back-calculation

The yearly nature of increment formation in the otoliths of 1–9‐year‐old seabream, Diplodus vulgaris (E. Geoffrey Saint‐Hilaire 1817), from the Canary Islands was validated. The marginal increment method showed that the opaque rings were formed in summer, and the translucent rings in winter. The Brody Proportional Hypothesis and the power length–radius relationship used to back‐calculate the growth trajectories of D. vulgaris showed that this growth model could provide reasonable growth estimates in this species. Growth back‐calculation and growth estimates obtained by direct otolith readings were similar. Data on age and size used to estimate the parameters of the von Bertalanffy growth model for D. vulagris from the Canary Islands showed that males and females had similar growth rates.     

Age and growth of the porthole shovelnose catfish (Hemisorubim platyrhynchos) in the Pantanal.

The porthole shovelnose catfish, Hemisorubim platyrhynchos, is the sixth largest pimelodidae of the Pantanal. Its age and growth were studied using pectoral fin-spines from fish collected in the Cuiabá river basin, Pantanal. The fish, which came from commercial and experimental fisheries, were all caught with hook and line. Growth-ring formation time could not be defined through the Kruskal-Wallis test on marginal increment (H = 4.142; p = 0.247). Nevertheless, decrease in the marginal increment index occurring as waters recede suggests this as the probable time when growth rings form. Estimation of the parameters of von Bertalanffy growth curve, adjusted through nonlinear regression to observed fork lengths, with L(infinity) fixed at 64 cm, were: k = 0.222 year(-1); t(o) = -2.149 years. Individual life span was estimated at 11.4 years. The results suggest that fork length is a good predictor of age for individuals of this species.     

Xylem cell length under drought and its value for predicting radial growth of SRF poplar cultivars (Populus spp.)

Xylem cell length of juvenile tree rings was investigated in poplars in order to check the hypotheses that fiber length or vessel element length are indicative of drought tolerance and have predictive value for final stem base diameter at the end of rotation. The radial increment in the drought year 2003 served as the reference indicator for quantifying drought tolerance. All nine investigated cultivars suffered severely. In terms of their moderately decreased radial increment in 2003, the two aspen cultivars were clearly less drought susceptible than the seven hybrid poplar cultivars. The variance components of xylem cell length data explained by the two genetic factors ‘cultivar’ and ‘botanic section’ as well as the ‘tree ring’ (of the years 2002 and 2003) were compared by means of ANOVAs. The cultivar effects were superior to the effects of the critical precipitation status in 2003 and the botanic section. Fiber and vessel element length were found to be less sensitive to the drought compared with radial increment. They did neither correlate with radial increment in the drought year 2003 nor in 2002. Therefore, higher xylem cell length cannot indicate drought tolerance in poplars. However, a linear relationship between fiber length of both juvenile tree rings and the stem base diameter proved to be highly significant to a linear mixed effect model. Higher fiber length of a juvenile tree ring was considered to be predictive of larger stem base diameter at the end of rotation.     

灰木莲生长对土壤养分和气候因子的响应

对原产地越南以及我国多个引种地的灰木莲的树高和胸径生长特征进行研究,分析了灰木莲生长对土壤养分和气候因子的响应.结果表明: 不同种植地灰木莲的树高和胸径年均生长量差异显著.灰木莲胸径和树高的年均生长量与土壤全N、全P、速效N、速效P含量呈显著正相关,而与土壤有机质、全K、速效K含量相关性不显著,表明土壤N、P含量是影响灰木莲生长的主要养分因子.不同海拔灰木莲树高年均生长量差异显著,而胸径无显著差异.海拔为150～550 m,树高年均生长量随海拔升高而增大,在海拔550 m处达到最大,随后降低,表明海拔550 m为灰木莲引种的最适海拔.灰木莲树高和胸径的年均生长量与年均温、≥10 ℃积温呈显著负相关,与年降雨量呈显著正相关,表明年均温、≥10 ℃积温和降雨量是影响灰木莲生长的主要气候因子.     

Experimental demography of rhizome populations of establishing clones of Solidago altissima

1 Solidago altissima forms large compact below-ground rhizome systems. The rhizome systems of 30 genets in a population that had colonized an old-field in 1984 were mapped yearly in situ from 1988 to 1992. Branching angles, lengths and survival of rhizomes, and production of daughter rhizomes, were calculated from digitized maps.
2 We hypothesized that genets of S. altissima would prevent intraclonal crowding by producing longer but fewer rhizomes as they increased in size. In addition, we tested the effects of environmental factors on rhizome dynamics by (i) mowing in late summer, (ii) cutting of rhizome connections, and (iii) removal of close neighbour plants.
3 Most rhizomes were initiated at an angle of 60°−65° relative to the parent rhizome. Subsequent growth tended towards the parent axis and towards more centrifugal growth. Rhizome angles were not influenced by any treatment.
4 In control genets, rhizome density increased 1.3-fold from March 1988 to March 1992. The number of newly produced rhizomes per genet decreased and their length increased from 1988 to 1992. Longer rhizomes had a higher survival probability than shorter rhizomes did. The number of newly produced rhizomes per parent rhizome was positively correlated with mean rhizome length per genet.
5 Mowing strongly decreased rhizome density from 1988 to 1992, mainly due to reduced production of new rhizomes.
6 Rhizome cutting led to a slight decline in the rhizome population and to shorter lengths of rhizomes in their second year compared with controls.
7 The removal of close neighbour plants led to increased rhizome densities. These rhizomes grew longer than controls in unmown plots and shorter in mown plots and had higher probabilities of surviving into their second year.
8 Yearly mowing could successfully prevent the further spread of S. altissima because it acts on rhizome and shoot dynamics as well as on seed output.     

Tree age estimates in Fagus sylvatica and Quercus robur: testing previous and improved methods

The accuracy of direct (based on increment cores) and indirect (based on age-size relationships) methods of tree age estimation in Fagus sylvatica and Quercus robur was tested. This was done through increment cores and stem discs taken in an old-growth forest of Northern Spain. It was found that cross-dating was more precise than ring counting by up to 7 years per tree. Furthermore, cross-dating permitted the estimation of the age of trees with floating ring-width series, which were 7% of cored F. sylvatica and 40% of Q. robur ones. In partial cores with the arcs of the inner rings, the length of the missing radius was estimated with both a geometric method, based on the curvature of the arcs, and a new graphical method, based on the convergence of xylem rays at the pith. The graphical method was more accurate when the radial growth was eccentric, as happens in Q. robur, while both methods showed a similar accuracy for F. sylvatica, whose growth is relatively concentric. Empirical models of initial radial growth (IRG), built to estimate the number of missing rings, reduced the errors associated with other methods that assume constant growth rates. Age estimates obtained from the graphical method combined with the IRG models were within 4% of the actual age. This combination ensured age estimates with a mean accuracy of 8 years for 98% of the F. sylvatica trees, and 4 years for 89% of the Q. robur. In partial cores without the arcs of the inner rings, the length of the missing radius was estimated as the distance to the geometric centre of the tree. In that case, age estimates obtained by extrapolating the mean growth rate of the 20 innermost rings in the cores were from 10 to 20% of actual age, which coincided with results obtained in other tree species with this method. Finally, the age-diameter equations of the different cohorts produced better age estimates (from 8 to 14% of actual age) than equations of the population as a whole (from 20 to 40% of actual age). These results proved that the errors derived from doubtful assumptions, such as concentric radial growth, constant growth and recruitment rates, or the absence of anomalous rings, could be reduced by applying more realistic methods of tree age estimation.     

A new method for measuring growth and age in the precious red coral<Emphasis Type="Italic"> Corallium rubrum</Emphasis> (L.)

A new technique for aging red coral Corallium rubrum (L.) colonies based on staining the organic matrix found in the axial calcareous skeleton is presented and validated. This method provided clear-cut images of growth rings of red coral. To demonstrate their annual periodicity, two approaches have been used: (i) applying this technique to adult colonies of known age (more than 20 years old), and (ii) labeling colonies with calcein and allowing them to grow for 1 year. Results provided evidence of the annual periodicity of growth rings. This new method assesses colony age with an underestimate of true age by 3–4 years. The difference between estimated age and actual age could be attributed to the phase of initial growth during which rings are not formed. Colonies from different sites, depths, and habitats (n=33) were analyzed yielding preliminary data on longevity and mean growth rates in red coral. Colonies from shallow habitats (15–62 m) examined here with basal diameter of about 7 mm were at least 30–40 years old. Mean growth rate of basal diameter was 0.35±0.15 mm year^–1. Comparison with previous aging methods used for red coral resulted in considerable differences in estimations of age (about 10 years greater in this study) and growth rates (about four times lower). The application of this method to red coral will provide key data as a basis for developing management and conservation plans for this valuable species.Communicated by: H.R. Lasker