半干旱区湿地-干草原交错带边界判定及其变化

鉴于目前国内对于半干旱区及小尺度上湿地-干草原交错带边界界定的研究较少,利用交错带对其周围环境变化具有提前指示作用的原理,以宁夏盐池四儿滩湿地为例,首先探讨游动分割窗技术在半干旱区湿地-干草原交错带边界判定中的可行性,其次再对2006年—2010年湿地-干草原交错带的宽度和边界进行判定,通过交错带的宽度和边界变化并结合交错带内植被的变化情况,综合对整个湿地生态系统的健康状况和湿地退化进行研究。结果表明:研究的尺度大小以及交错带过渡性是否明显将决定适宜窗口宽度的大小,这点在选择最小适宜窗口宽度时体现更为显著;降雨量是决定该区交错带的位置与宽度的最主要因素,但降雨量并不是决定该区交错带内植被变化状况的最主要因素,交错带距湿地核心区的距离是影响交错带内物种丰富度指数变化的最主要因素;由于保护区的成立,四儿滩湿地在2006年—2007年间,交错带宽度变大,湿地状况转好,2008年—2010年,由于铁路建设,湿地遭到破坏,交错带萎缩,湿地出现退化现象。湿地-干草原交错带作为一个敏感地带,它的变化情况可以对整个湿地生态系统的变化情况作出一定的提前预示;在半干旱区湿地的健康评价和退化研究中,通过交错带的变化来反映整个湿地生态系统的健康情况是一种可行的思路和方法。     

不同植被类型的滩涂湿地土壤线虫群落特征

对江苏盐城湿地保护区内不同植被带土壤线虫的群落结构特征进行了研究.结果表明：调查共鉴定出20科39属,优势属和常见属的数量占总个体数的90%以上;不同植被类型的滩涂湿地土壤线虫总数存在明显差异性,线虫数量范围为每100 g干土79～449条,小麦地显著高于其他植被带,光滩地数量最少.线虫群落生态指数对植被带有不同的响应,土壤线虫群落多样性指数H、均匀度指数J在不同植被带的分布依次为：苇草带＞盐蒿带＞小麦地＞米草带＞光滩带,而优势度指数λ的分布为：光滩带＞米草带＞小麦地＞盐蒿带＞苇草带,表明光滩带的线虫群落多样性和稳定性小于其他植被带,土壤线虫群落趋于单一化;成熟度指数MI表现为保护区内未开垦植被带高于已开垦的小麦地,说明农田受外界干扰明显.不同植被带间的线虫群落结构存在显著差异,各植被带的最大贡献物种各不相同.土壤理化性状与线虫数量、营养类群、生态指数存在明显的相关关系.表明线虫群落的变化能很好地反映植被带生境的多样性,土壤线虫可作为湿地生态系统中一个重要的生物指示因子.     

鄱阳湖典型洲滩湿地植物群落稳定性及其与物种多样性的关系

群落稳定性是生态系统的关键属性之一,对维持湿地生态系统的结构与功能有至关重要的作用.采用鄱阳湖典型洲滩湿地植被的实地调查数据,通过改进的M.Godron法以及Shannon-Wiener、Pielou指数研究了典型洲滩湿地植物群落稳定性与多样性在不同水情阶段的变化特征,并探讨了两者间的相关关系.结果表明:1)芦苇—南荻...     

太白红杉群落交错带物种多样性的研究

应用样带法对太白红杉群落及其交错带进行调查,采用各群落维管植物的物种丰富度指数(S)、 Simpson物种多样性指数(D)、Shannon Weiner物种多样性指数(H′)、种间相遇机率(PIE)及Pielou均匀度 指数(Jsw和Jsi),分析了6条样带的群落结构和物种组成。结果显示在环境条件(土壤和地形)变化较小、层 次结构剧变的群落交错带中,边缘效应明显。而在环境条件较差(即空间波动大)的群落交错带中,边缘效应 不明显,甚至无边缘效应出现。可见,群落的边缘效应不仅受小气候影响,也受地形和土壤等因子的影响。     

森林-草原交错带夏季鸟类群落多样性特征

2004～2006年夏季利用样线法研究了内蒙古高原东南缘森林-草原交错带鸟类群落多样性特征及变化规律.共记录鸟类73种,隶属于13目28科56属,鸟类区系具有明显的古北界特征.鸟类群落物种数和密度年间差异不显著,α多样性随森林-草原交错带环境梯度变化而发生显著变化:在不同植被地带之间,物种数、密度、Shannon-Wiener指数和Pielou指数差异极显著、但科-属多样性差异不显著,鸟类群落α多样性各项指数表现为森林带＜交错带森林草甸区＞交错带草甸草原区＞草原带的特征与变化趋势(DG-F为交错带草甸草原区＞森林带);其中,森林草甸区是鸟类物种多样性的显著增长区,具有最高的物种数和密度,明显体现了交错区的边缘效应,草甸草原区是鸟类向草原过渡的显著变化区域、物种多样性开始显著减少.β多样性随不同植被地带逐级发生显著变化,环境差异最大的森林带-森林草甸区和草甸草原区-草原带具有最高的β多样性,物种替代速率最大;鸟类物种替代速率与环境梯度"陡度"有密切关系.鸟类优势种在各植被地带之间存在较大变化.鸟类群落的物种数、密度和物种多样性(H')与森林斑块数呈显著的正相关性,在大尺度空间上森林斑块数是影响鸟类群落多样性的最主要因素.     

塔里木河中下游湿地及周边植物群落与环境因子的关系初探

选取塔里木河中下游湿地及周边16个典型植物群落样地调查和环境因子数据,采用主分量分析(PCA)排序技术和回归分析,定量分析湿地及周边植物群落在空间上的分布格局,以及群落结构特征和环境梯度之间的关系.结果表明,影响塔里木河中下游湿地及周边植物群落分布的第1主分量中,土壤水分和盐分影响最大,贡献率为35.70％;在第2主分量中,土壤养分的影响最大,贡献率为25.97％.植物群落分布的生境可分为沼生轻盐中营养生境、湿生中盐中营养生境、中生中盐低营养生境和中旱生重盐低营养生境4种类型.沿不同生境依次分布着沼泽植被、草甸植被、河岸疏林和盐生荒漠 盐化灌丛植被.塔里木河中下游湿地及周边植物群落的生态优势度与土壤水分和盐分复合梯度呈显著的一元线性相关.二元回归分析结果显示,塔里木河中下游湿地及周边土壤水分和盐分复合梯度与多样性指数和生态优势度二元指标呈极显著相关.     

孑遗濒危植物四合木群落组成、物种多样性及土壤养分含量

四合木(Tetraena mongolica Maxim.)是我国单种属的古地中海孑遗濒危物种,属于我国二级濒危保护植物。四合木作为我国西北干旱、半干旱地区植物群落的主要建群种之一,不仅对于维持我国西北干旱区生态系统结构和功能具有十分重要的作用,同时也是珍稀的植物资源。本研究对西北干旱区四合木自然植物群落进行了实地调查,并分析了四合木植物群落物种组成、物种多样性及其与土壤理化性质的相互关系。结果表明:(1)四合木植物群落结构简单,物种多样性较低。四合木群落植物共有15科42属64种,主要为菊科(Asteraceae)、禾本科(Poaceae)和藜科(Chenopodiaceae),且群落中多为半灌木和多年生草本植物。不同四合木植物群落样点间物种多样性差异显著(P<0.05)。其中,千里沟样点植物群落物种丰富度、Shannon指数和Simpson指数最高(分别为24、2.92和0.93)。Pielou指数变化情况略有不同,千里山样点最大(0.98);(2)不同样点四合木植物群落土壤养分含量差异极显著(P<0.01)。总体而言,海勃湾区和海南区样点的土壤速效养分(速效氮、速效磷...     

大丰麋鹿保护区不同生境梯度下滩涂湿地植被的群落特征

以江苏大丰麋鹿国家级自然保护区第三核心区内的滩涂湿地植被为对象,采用样线法结合样方法进行野外调查,并采用等级聚类分析、主成分分析(PCA)和Shannon-Wiener物种多样性、Simpson生态优势度、Pielou群落均匀度等指数分析群落特征。结果表明,34个样地共有植物5科11属11种,划分为5种群落类型,群落优势种明显,伴生种较少,种类组成单调,均为草本植物;从近海至近岸滩涂湿地植被的分布呈现出较为明显的规律性变化:互花米草群落→碱蓬群落→大穗结缕草群落→芦苇群落→白茅群落,其物种多样性、生态优势度和群落均匀度均较低,物种丰富度呈现出由低到高再降低的趋势;PCA和植物生理特性分析结果暗示,土壤盐分梯度是影响植物群落分布的主要因素。     

不同水位梯度下拉鲁湿地典型湿草甸植物群落特征

以位于拉鲁湿地国家级自然保护区的高寒湿草甸为研究对象,基于微地貌差异选取了5个水位带(水位分别为-15.0、-5.0、0.0、2.5和6.5 cm),通过典型样地群落调查,分析了生长初期和生长旺盛期拉鲁湿地湿草甸植物群落的物种多样性及地上部分生物量特征对水位梯度的响应规律。结果表明:生长初期和生长旺盛期不同水位下拉鲁湿地湿草甸植物群落的物种多样性及地上部分生物量特征均存在显著差异(P0.05)。群落的物种丰富度指数、Simpson多样性指数、Shannon-Wiener多样性指数和Pielou均匀度指数总体上在-15.0 cm水位下最大,在6.5cm水位下最小。随着水位的升高,2个生长期群落的物种丰富度指数、Simpson多样性指数和Shannon-Wiener多样性指数总体上呈降低的趋势;生长初期Pielou均匀度指数呈先降低后升高的趋势,而生长旺盛期则呈"降低—升高—降低"的趋势;而在-5.0~2.5 cm水位范围内,随着水位的升高,2个生长期群落的物种丰富度指数、Simpson多样性指数、Shannon-Wiener多样性指数和Pielou均匀度指数总体上呈升高的趋势。随着水位的升高,群落的地上部分生物量(地上部分鲜质量和干质量)呈"升高—降低—升高"的趋势,而地上部分干鲜比呈降低的趋势。在生长初期,地上部分鲜质量和干质量均在6.5 cm水位下最大,在-15.0和0.0 cm水位下较小;在生长旺盛期,地上部分鲜质量和干质量均在-5.0 cm水位下最大,在0.0和2.5 cm水位下较小。研究结果显示:物种丰富度指数和Shannon-Wiener多样性指数可以用于高寒湿草甸植被的监测和评价。     

斑块尺度湿地植物群落多样性的维持能力

基于GIS技术和主成分分析方法,对1950、1967、1983和2000年挠力河流域湿地景观斑块特征与斑块内植物群落多样性之间的关系进行了研究.结果表明： 1950—2000年间,研究区湿地斑块平均面积逐渐减小,能够维持2种及2种以上植物群落的斑块数量逐渐减少,最小斑块面积为10.1 km²;湿地斑块面积与植物群落多样性指数和群落类型数均呈极显著正相关关系（P<0.01）,湿地斑块面积越大,维持植物群落多样性的能力越强;随着湿地斑块面积的逐渐减小,斑块破碎化指数和分维数逐渐增大,形状指数和斑块内植物群落多样性指数逐渐减小;随着湿地斑块空间分离度的增大,斑块内植物群落多样性指数呈减小趋势;主成分分析结果显示,研究区湿地斑块面积大小是影响斑块内群落多样性的最重要因素,其次为斑块的破碎化程度和分离度.     

Distribution and effects of tree leaf litter on vegetation composition and biomass in a forest-grassland ecotone

Aims After abandonment of grasslands, secondary succession leads to the invasion by woody species. This process begins with the accumulation of tree litter in the forest–grassland ecotone. Our objectives were to determine the relationships between litter amounts and vegetation composition and cover along natural forest–grassland ecotones and to experimentally study the initial effects of tree litter accumulation on grassland vegetation and on microsite conditions.Methods We established 11 transects varying from 12 to 15 m in length in different forest–grassland ecotones in the Lahn-Dill highlands, Germany, and measured the mass and cover of tree litter and the cover and composition of vegetation at five sequential positions along each transect by using 1 m 2 plots with five replications. In a field experiment, we established plots subjected to different litter amounts (0, 200 and 600g m ?2) and evaluated changes in grassland vegetation, soil temperature and soil nutrient availability below the litter layer.Important findings Tree litter amounts decrease from 650 to 65g m ?2 across the forest–grassland ecotone. Vegetation changed from shrubs and annual species (adapted to more stressful conditions) in the forests edge to grasses, rosettes and hemirosette species (with higher competitive abilities) in the grassland. These anthropogenic forest–grassland ecotones showed abrupt edges, and the two adjacent ecosystems were characterized by different species pools and functional groups. In the field experiment, the presence of a litter layer reduced vegetation biomass and cover; the species richness was only reduced in the treatment with high litter (600g m ?2). Additionally, adding litter on top of vegetation also reduced thermal amplitude and the number of frost days, while increasing the availability of some nutrients, such as nitrogen and aluminium, the latter being an indicator of soil acidification. Adding a tree litter layer of 600g m ?2 in grassland areas had strong effects on the composition and diversity of grassland vegetation by reducing the cover of several key grassland species. In, or near, forest edges, litter accumulation rapidly changes established vegetation, microsite conditions and soil nutrients.     

Vegetation patterns at the alpine treeline ecotone: the influence of tree cover on abrupt change in species composition of alpine communities

Aims: The upper elevation limit of forest vegetation in mountain ranges (the alpine treeline ecotone) is expected to be highly sensitive to global change. Treeline shifts and/or ecotone afforestation could cause fragmentation and loss of alpine habitat, and are expected to trigger considerable alterations in alpine vegetation. We performed an analysis of vegetation structure at the treeline ecotone to evaluate whether distribution of the tree population determines the spatial pattern of vegetation (species composition and diversity) across the transition from subalpine forest to alpine vegetation. Location: Iberian eastern range of the Pyrenees. Methods: We studied 12 alpine Pinus uncinata treeline ecotones. Rectangular plots ranging from 940 to 1900 m² were placed along the forest‐alpine vegetation transition, from closed forest to the treeless alpine area. To determine community structure and species distribution in the treeline ecotone, species variation along the forest‐alpine vegetation transition was sampled using relevés of 0.5 m² set every 2 m along the length of each plot. Fuzzy C‐means clustering was performed to assess the transitional status of the relevés in terms of species composition. The relation of P. uncinata canopy cover to spatial pattern of vegetation was evaluated using continuous wavelet transform analysis. Results: Vegetation analyses revealed a large degree of uniformity of the subalpine forest between all treeline ecotone areas studied. In contrast, the vegetation mosaic found upslope displayed great variation between sites and was characterized by abrupt changes in plant community across the treeline ecotone. Plant richness and diversity significantly increased across the ecotone, but tree cover and diversity boundaries were not spatially coincident. Conclusions: Our results revealed that no intermediate communities, in terms of species composition, are present in the treeline ecotone. Ecotone vegetation reflected both bedrock type and fine‐scale heterogeneity at ground level, thereby reinforcing the importance of microenvironmental conditions for alpine community composition. Tree cover did not appear to be the principal driver of alpine community changes across the treeline ecotone. Microenvironmental heterogeneity, together with effects of past climatic and land‐use changes on ecotone vegetation, may weaken the expected correlation between species distribution and vegetation structure.     

游动分割窗技术在生态交错带定量判定中的应用:以四川巴郎山岷江冷杉林线为例

以样带上样方间的距离系数为指标 ,采用游动分割窗技术辨析了岷江冷杉 (Abiesfaxoniana)林线附近交错带的位置和宽度。结果表明 ,Bray_Curtis距离、相对欧氏距离、弦距离与平方欧氏距离的峰值和峰宽具有很好的重合性 ,上述距离系数均能作为判定林线交错带群落的边界和宽度的优良指标 ,其中 ,平方欧氏距离更能直观和准确地反映交错带植被的变异。样带上距离系数的峰值区和峰宽对生态交错带的位置和宽度有较为敏感的指示意义 ,游动分割窗技术是交错带判定和群落划分的有效方法。     

游动分割窗技术在生态交错带定量判定中的应用*-以四川巴郎山岷江冷杉林线为例

 以样带上样方间的距离系数为指标,采用游动分割窗技术辨析了岷江冷杉(Abies faxoniana)林线附近交错带的位置和宽度。结果表明,Bray-Curtis距离、相对欧氏距离、弦距离与平方欧氏距离的峰值和峰宽具有很好的重合性,上述距离系数均能作为判定林线交错带群落的边界和宽度的优良指标,其中,平方欧氏距离更能直观和准确地反映交错带植被的变异。样带上距离系数的峰值区和峰宽对生态交错带的位置和宽度有较为敏感的指示意义,游动分割窗技术是交错带判定和群落划分的有效方法。以样带上样方间的距离系数为指标,采用游动分割窗技术辨析了岷江冷杉(Abies faxoniana)林线附近交错带的位置和宽度。结果表明,Bray-Curtis距离、相对欧氏距离、弦距离与平方欧氏距离的峰值和峰宽具有很好的重合性,上述距离系数均能作为判定林线交错带群落的边界和宽度的优良指标,其中,平方欧氏距离更能直观和准确地反映交错带植被的变异。样带上距离系数的峰值区和峰宽对生态交错带的位置和宽度有较为敏感的指示意义,游动分割窗技术是交错带判定和群落划分的有效方法。     

Studies on species diversity of Larix chinensis community ecotone

The communities of Larix chinensis and their ecotone in Qinling Mountains were investigated by sampling belt method.Species richness,Simpson diversity,Shannon-Weiner diversity,PIE and Pielou evenness indices of vascular plants in their communities and ecotone were calculated.Structure and composition of the communities in 6 sampling belts within the sites were analyzed.The results showed that the edge effect was obvious in the ecotone with a less changing environment(such as soil and terrain)and acute variation of composition and structure,while inconspicuous or even none in the ecotone with worse environmental condition(such as great space fluctuation).It is apparent that the edge effect of community was affected by soil and terrain,but not by microclimate.     

Relationship between the spatial scale and biotic variability in a wetland ecotone

We studied potential effects of the expansion of a wetland ecotone on phytoplankton communities. The expansion of ecotone width and emergence of a mosaic of habitats are expected outcomes of a reduction of carp numbers and a consequent managed vegetation recovery. Specifically, we investigated the effects of decreasing size of open water cells on species richness, abundance and diversity. In a set of experimental enclosures of four different sizes we sampled phytoplankton weekly during 1991. The phytoplankton communities showed similar patterns of seasonal change but no clear differences in species abundance or richness that could be attributed to the system size. Notably, however, the magnitude of variation in the community structure metrics responded strongly to the enclosure size. This indicates that the importance of scale may not be fully appreciated when analyzed in the light of standard community measures. We tentatively conclude that the variation in species composition, individual responses, richness, and abundance may result in an increasing diversification of the wetland ecotone as the recovery of vegetation advances.     

Comparison of soil seed banks of habitats distributed along an altitudinal gradient in northern Iran

In this study we investigated the variations in soil seed banks along an altitudinal gradient in the Alborz mountains, Iran, covering three habitats from lower to upper altitudes: forest, forest-subalpine grassland ecotone and subalpine meadow. In each habitat from 1850 to 2400 m, 20 quadrats were established along four transects, and the above-ground vegetation and the germinable seed banks were determined. Results show that the similarity between seed bank and vegetation was lowest in the ecotone located at intermediate altitudes. Together with the contrasting highest density and species diversity of seeds at these altitudes, the ecotonal role of this habitat was confirmed.We found evidence that lower altitudes could act as storage for seeds of some species growing at higher altitudes; the role of the ecotone was more prominent as a reserve for the meadow plant seeds than the role of the forest as a reserve for seeds of the meadow and ecotone habitats. Soil seed banks, particularly from the ecotone, can be used for restoring vegetation in some degraded sites.     

边缘效应的空间尺度与测度

综述了边缘效应的空间尺度类型以及在不同尺度上的测度方法.基于大量的研究整合,认为边缘效应空间尺度的划分,可以根据空间尺度的不同以及边缘效应形成和维持因素,分为大中小3个尺度类型,即大尺度的生物群区交错带、中尺度的景观类型之间的生态交错带和小尺度的斑块(生态系统)之间的群落交错区.大尺度主要是以植被气候带为标志的生物群区间的边缘效应,这种地带性的交错区主要受大气环境条件的影响.中尺度类型主要包括城乡交错带、林草交错带、农牧交错带等类型,是不同生态系统要素的空间交接地带,在物质能量等相互流动的作用下变得更为复杂.小尺度水平上是指斑块之间的交错所形成的边缘效应,受小地形等微环境条件及生物非生物等因子的制约,研究主要集中在群落边缘、林窗边缘和林线交错带等方面.对边缘效应测度的定量化研究有助于更加深入理解边缘效应.在大尺度水平上,边缘效应测度的研究主要是应用数量生态学等方法,研究不同气候带之间界线的划分及其物种分布的梯度规律性.中尺度水平上应用景观生态学的3S技术等方法,侧重于研究交错带的动态变化趋势及位置宽度的判定.小尺度水平上通过对距离边缘的长度,各群落中种群的数量、结构、多样性等定量指标的测定来构建测度公式,从而对边缘效应的强度进行量化,并反映边缘对群落的正负效应.总体上看,主要集中于中小尺度上,未来应该强化大尺度边缘效应测度的研究.     

Spatial scale types and measurement of edge effects in ecology

Classification of spatial scales and measurement of edge effects in ecology were reviewed. The spatial scales can be classified into large scale (biome ecotone), meso-scale (ecological ecotone) and small scale (community ecotone) through the formation and maintenance of edge effects in ecology based on the synthetic analysis of published literatures. The biome ecotone is influenced by climate, regional dominant vegetation and terrain environment. The ecological ecotone is usually distributed in the transitional region with remarkable habitat heterogeneity. It connects adjacent ecosystems and affects the flow of energy and nutrient. Nowadays, study on edge effects in ecology mainly focuses on boundary sensitivity which associates with urban-rural ecotone, forest-grassland ecotone, agro-pastoral ecotone, forest-farmland ecotone, water-land ecotone and forest-swamp ecotone. As to the community ecotone which links with different patches to the interior of the community, previous studies focused on community edge, gap edge and treelines. The borderlines of different biome ecotones and the gradients of species distribution in the biome ecotones have been investigated through the method of quantitative ecology. The dynamic change, location and width of the ecological ecotone have been studied using the Geographic Information System (GIS), Remote Sensing (RS) and Global Positioning System (GPS) technologies and the landscape ecology theory. As important indicators, distance from edge, population, structure and diversity determined for establishing models can be applied to measure the intensity of edge effects and decide the positive or negative impact on communities. Although study on the edge effects in ecology was mostly reported at the meso-scale and small scale, study at large scale should be paid more attention as it is the potential value in ecology and global change fields.