短期封育对科尔沁沙地榆树疏林土壤微生物群落结构的影响

土壤微生物群落结构变化及其与土壤养分和酶活性相互作用的研究能够客观认识短期封育对沙地退化榆树疏林生态系统功能恢复的影响。本研究以短期封育和自由放牧的榆树疏林为对象,采用16S rRNA基因和ITS基因高通量测序技术研究了短期封育和自由放牧对科尔沁沙地榆树疏林土壤微生物群落组成变化特征及其与土壤养分和酶活性的相互关系。结果表明,沙地榆树疏林土壤中最优势细菌和真菌类群分别为放线菌门和子囊菌门,其在封育区和放牧区占有比例分别为40.63%和43.02%,76.19%和66.42%;封育后的沙地榆树疏林土壤细菌由缓慢生长型细菌主导转变为快速生长型细菌主导;封育不仅明显增加了土壤细菌和真菌的特有OTU数量,而且降低了土壤细菌/真菌比值,同时封育使土壤真菌的α-多样性和丰度分别比放牧区提高77.89%和70.78%,说明封育改善了土壤真菌栖息环境,有利于真菌的生长;土壤养分和酶活性与土壤细菌和真菌的相互作用在封育区更显著,表明短期封育能够显著影响沙地榆树疏林土壤微生物的群落组成。     

松嫩草原榆树疏林对不同干扰的响应

榆树疏林是中国东北松嫩草原沙地植被演替的顶极群落,其对维持物种多样性,保持水土,涵养水源等都发挥着重要的功能。过去20a间,榆树疏林在人为干扰(农耕和放牧)下,其群落结构和物种组成发生了巨大变化。在1983年和2004年,对松嫩草原不同人为干扰下榆树疏林群落结构和物种组成等进行调查,结果显示:农耕和放牧一方面使松嫩草原榆树疏林群落多物种消失、生物量和多样性显著下降、植被结构简单化;另一方面,也是导致建群种——家榆低矮化,灌木化的主要因素。     

疏林草原榆树种子-幼苗更新过程研究进展

榆树疏林草原曾广泛分布于我国北方农牧交错区,是科尔沁沙地、浑善达克沙地和呼伦贝尔沙地特有的原始景观,景观特征类似于热带稀树草原——萨瓦纳,乔木种类单一,草灌木植被发达,是遏制沙漠扩张的重要屏障。但目前榆树疏林的生长状况大都不良,树龄老化,自然消亡长期得不到更新,特别是种子-幼苗时期更新过程受到人为因素和自然环境的影响,使得榆树疏林生态系统处于崩溃边缘。本文基于国内主要的榆树疏林草原分布区榆树种子-幼苗更新过程研究,列举了榆树疏林种子-幼苗的分布特征以及影响其生长发育的主要因素,并且提出进行榆树种源保护、长期定位观测,开展多学科交叉研究和榆树固沙效果分析的展望,对于榆树疏林植被恢复和重建具有重要的理论价值。     

浑善达克沙地榆树疏林和小叶杨人工林碳密度特征及其与林龄的关系北大核心CSCD

榆树(Ulmus pumila)疏林是浑善达克沙地的地带性隐域植被,小叶杨(Populus simonii)是该区域主要的防风固沙造林树种。该文通过测定两种森林生态系统乔木层(叶、枝、干、根)、草本层(地上植被和地下根系)和土壤层(0–100 cm)的碳含量,比较了两种森林生态系统的碳密度及其分配特征,并运用空间代替时间的方法,阐明了乔木层、土壤层和总碳密度随林龄增加的变化特征,估算了两种森林生态系统的固碳速率。结果表明,榆树疏林乔木层和土壤层平均碳含量都低于小叶杨人工林,榆树疏林生态系统总碳密度是小叶杨人工林的1/2。两种森林生态系统的总碳密度中,乔木层碳密度和土壤层碳密度总占比98%以上;土壤层与植被层碳密度的比值随林龄的增加而降低,过熟林时该比值分别为1.66(榆树疏林)和1.87(小叶杨人工林);榆树疏林和小叶杨人工林的乔木层、土壤层和生态系统的总碳密度随林龄的增加而增加,其中乔木层碳密度及榆树疏林总碳密度与林龄均呈现出显著的线性正相关关系。小叶杨人工林乔木层的固碳速率约为榆树疏林的5倍,榆树疏林生态系统和小叶杨人工林生态系统的总固碳速率分别为0.81 Mg C·hm^(–2)·a^(–1)和5.35 Mg C·hm^(–2)·a^(–1)。这一研究结果有利于估算沙地森林生态系统的碳储量,为区域生态环境恢复和增加碳汇的政策制定提供依据。     

放牧方式对浑善达克沙地榆树疏林退化的影响

浑善达克沙地榆树疏林是分布于草原地带的隐域植被类型,相较周边的典型草原区,其植被更加茂密,乔灌丛生,水草丰美,千百年来一直是牧民的优质冬季牧场。近半个世纪以来,因人类的过度开垦以及不合理的放牧管理,浑善达克沙地植被遭到空前的破坏,沙丘活化,载畜能力降低,生态价值和经济价值严重受损。近年来,随着国家草畜平衡以及禁牧政策的推广落实,放牧的牲畜总量得到一定程度的遏制,然而大面积草场还在继续退化。在牧民对生产生活的基本需求下,牲畜总量不可能无限制的压制。另外,适度的放牧对草原生态系统健康是有益的。因此,如何改良放牧方式,合理利用草场,在保持生态良好的基础上合理发挥草场的畜牧价值,是我们亟待探索的问题。以浑善达克沙地的典型天然植被榆树疏林为例,对不同放牧方式下的植被进行调查,基于沙地特殊的基质和植被特征,探讨适合沙地的放牧利用方式。研究表明,在相似的放牧强度下,把沙地作为冬营地,其榆树种群更新正常,植被覆盖度以及植物种类等均能保持良好,而把沙地作为夏季营地,榆树疏林植被退化严重,具体表现为:(1)榆树种群自然更新受阻;(2)灌木群落大量死亡或消失;(3)草本覆盖度显著降低,植物种类减少,多年生草本比例减少,一、二年生草本比例增加;(4)裸沙面积增加,沙丘趋于活化。本研究认为目前沙地植被的退化主要由不合理的放牧引起,并非气候因素所致。沙地适合于冬季放牧而不适合其他季节放牧。借鉴牧民的传统放牧方式,建议配合周边的典型草原区实行季节性倒场放牧,仅将沙地作为冬季营地使用,既能有效保护沙地植被又能充分发挥其畜牧价值。     

浑善达克沙地榆树疏林和小叶杨人工林碳密度特征及其与林龄的关系

榆树(Ulmus pumila)疏林是浑善达克沙地的地带性隐域植被, 小叶杨(Populus simonii)是该区域主要的防风固沙造林树种。该文通过测定两种森林生态系统乔木层(叶、枝、干、根)、草本层(地上植被和地下根系)和土壤层(0-100 cm)的碳含量, 比较了两种森林生态系统的碳密度及其分配特征, 并运用空间代替时间的方法, 阐明了乔木层、土壤层和总碳密度随林龄增加的变化特征, 估算了两种森林生态系统的固碳速率。结果表明, 榆树疏林乔木层和土壤层平均碳含量都低于小叶杨人工林, 榆树疏林生态系统总碳密度是小叶杨人工林的1/2。两种森林生态系统的总碳密度中, 乔木层碳密度和土壤层碳密度总占比98%以上; 土壤层与植被层碳密度的比值随林龄的增加而降低, 过熟林时该比值分别为1.66 (榆树疏林)和1.87 (小叶杨人工林); 榆树疏林和小叶杨人工林的乔木层、土壤层和生态系统的总碳密度随林龄的增加而增加, 其中乔木层碳密度及榆树疏林总碳密度与林龄均呈现出显著的线性正相关关系。小叶杨人工林乔木层的固碳速率约为榆树疏林的5倍, 榆树疏林生态系统和小叶杨人工林生态系统的总固碳速率分别为0.81 Mg C·hm^-2·a^-1和5.35 Mg C·hm^-2·a^-1。这一研究结果有利于估算沙地森林生态系统的碳储量, 为区域生态环境恢复和增加碳汇的政策制定提供依据。     

风力驱动的榆树疏林种子扩散模拟

种子扩散是榆树疏林天然更新研究的重要内容,榆树种子扩散主要为风力驱动。为探究风力对种子扩散的影响,本研究建立个体模型,模拟风力驱动的科尔沁沙地疏林榆树种子扩散。研究发现:各风向上种子扩散呈现单峰分布的特征,其峰值在距离种子源3~4个单位处;种子扩散距离与种子累积数量在各风向上差别不大。这一结果与野外观测结果一致。本研究表明,个体模型是研究种子扩散过程及其影响因素的有力工具。研究结果有助于理解科尔沁沙地榆树疏林天然更新过程,为植被恢复提供依据。     

基于CA-Markov和InVEST模型的城市景观格局与生境质量时空演变及预测

由人类活动引起的城市景观格局变化是影响陆地生态系统的重要因素之一,城市景观格局分布对区域生物多样性服务功能的影响极大.为研究城市景观格局和生境质量演化及其变化原因,以武汉市作为典型区,基于武汉市2005、2010和2015年3期景观类型信息,使用马尔柯夫模型分析其景观格局时空变化特征;采用CA-Markov模型模拟预测武汉市2020年自然增长情景下的景观格局发展方向;使用Logistic回归模型分析景观变化的驱动力;结合InVEST模型评价3期景观格局分布下的生境质量分布和变化,以及2020年模拟情景下的生境质量分布特征,探究景观格局变化与人类活动之间的关系.结果表明: 2005—2015年间,研究区景观类型变化以耕地和人工表面为主.耕地面积呈现逐年减少的趋势,主要转变为人工表面.人工表面面积不断增多,主要由水田和旱地转变而来.研究区整体景观生境质量级别下降,大量高生境质量级别的景观向低生境质量级别转化.整体景观生境质量指数减少,生物多样性服务功能降低,生境质量发生退化.2015—2020年间,武汉市景观格局和生境质量继续保持2005—2015年的变化趋势,表现为人工表面增加、景观生境质量指数减少、生物多样性服务功能降低、生境质量退化.研究区景观格局变化的主要驱动因子是国内生产总值变化和地区财政收入变化.人类社会经济活动是影响研究区景观格局变化和生境质量下降的重要驱动力,城镇化扩张和填湖造地是武汉市生态景观变化的主要原因.     

浑善达克沙地榆树疏林自然保护区核心区设计的初步研究

为了保护浑善达克沙地榆树(Ulmus pumila)疏林景观,拟建立自然保护区。基于榆树疏林植被图,运用ArcGIS分析榆树疏林斑块数量、面积、破碎化程度,发现该区榆树疏林斑块大小差异较大,小斑块较多,斑块边界割裂严重,破碎化程度高,需要及时加以保护。按照景观生态学原理、生物岛屿地理学设计自然保护区原则,选择疏林斑块集中分布区,作为潜在核心区,运用ArcGIS的缓冲区分析功能,设计不同的宽度,发现斑块边界向外延伸3 km能够连接较多的斑块,而占用较少的非疏林斑块土地面积。同时调查斑块外不同距离样方与疏林斑块的群落相似度,发现1 km以内能够包含大于10%相似度的群落。由此而初步确定的核心区分布在正蓝旗23个嘎查,面积1 531 km²,约占全旗总面积的13%。     

生态系统健康与生物多样性*

生态系统健康学是一门研究人类活动、社会组织、自然系统及人类健康的整合性学科,主要探讨资源环境管理对策,以及生态系统健康与人类健康的关系。生态系统健康是人类健康的基础,是人类可持续发展的重要前提,维护生态系统健康,保护生物多样性,也就是维护人类生存的机会。人类健康依附于健康的生态系统功能和服务日益为人们所认识,关注和理解生物多样性、生态系统健康、人类健康之间的相互联系已成为全球可持续发展的必要条件。本文着重综述了生态系统健康的研究内容及全球环境变化背景下生物多样性的变化对生态系统健康的影响效应。     

鄂尔多斯高原植物群落多样性时空变化特点

作者利用1999年和2000年野外植物群落调查资料,结合李博(1990)的植物群落调查结果,分析了鄂尔多斯高原植物群落多样性的时空变化特点。鄂尔多斯高原主要植物群落类型有23类,不同植被类型的群落多样性表现出一定的差异性,其中丰富度指数的差异不显著,而Simpson指数和Shannon-Wiener指数及群落盖度的差异明显。中东部典型草原表现为高多样性高盖度;西鄂尔多斯荒漠草原和草原化荒漠物种多样性较高,但盖度较低;毛乌素沙地植物群落物种多样性低,但盖度较高。从1986年到2000年,该地区典型草原群落、荒漠草原和沙地植被的群落多样性指数都有下降趋势;典型草原和草原化荒漠的群落盖度有所增加,荒漠草原有所下降。以上结果表明,沙地植被和草原化荒漠生物多样性已经得到了一定的保护,但还有待加强,而荒漠草原的保护亟待引起重视。     

喀斯特石漠化地区不同恢复和重建措施对土壤质量的影响

采取4种不同恢复和重建措施对典型喀斯特石漠化地区进行了13年的生态治理研究.结果表明,喀斯特严重石漠化区（对照）植物多样性极低,土壤肥力极差,生态环境极为恶劣;改为花椒种植或多种乔-灌-藤混交种植后,植物多样性明显增大,土壤质量得到一定程度恢复,生态系统朝着良性循环方向发展;采取封山育林措施后,林下植被层和群落多样性恢复得最快,林地土壤质量得到较快的恢复;保留较好的喀斯特次生林中植物多样性较高,土壤质量最好.采用合适的生物措施,辅以必要的工程措施,是促进严重喀斯特石漠化地区生态重建的有效途径之一.     

Oil palm and rubber expansion facilitates earthworm invasion in Indonesia

Deforestation, plantation expansion and other human activities in tropical ecosystems are often associated with biological invasions. These processes have been studied for above-ground organisms, but associated changes below the ground have received little attention. We surveyed rainforest and plantation systems in Jambi province, Sumatra, Indonesia, to investigate effects of land-use change on the diversity and abundance of earthworms—a major group of soil-ecosystem engineers that often is associated with human activities. Density and biomass of earthworms increased 4—30-fold in oil palm and rubber monoculture plantations compared to rainforest. Despite much higher abundance, earthworm communities in plantations were less diverse and dominated by the peregrine morphospecies Pontoscolex corethrurus, often recorded as invasive. Considering the high deforestation rate in Indonesia, invasive earthworms are expected to dominate soil communities across the region in the near future, in lieu of native soil biodiversity. Ecologically-friendly management approaches, increasing structural habitat complexity and plant diversity, may foster beneficial effects of invasive earthworms on plant growth while mitigating negative effects on below-ground biodiversity and the functioning of the native soil animal community.

     

Plant diversity surpasses plant functional groups and plant productivity as driver of soil biota in the long term

Background

One of the most significant consequences of contemporary global change is the rapid decline of biodiversity in many ecosystems. Knowledge of the consequences of biodiversity loss in terrestrial ecosystems is largely restricted to single ecosystem functions. Impacts of key plant functional groups on soil biota are considered to be more important than those of plant diversity; however, current knowledge mainly relies on short-term experiments.

Methodology/Principal Findings

We studied changes in the impacts of plant diversity and presence of key functional groups on soil biota by investigating the performance of soil microorganisms and soil fauna two, four and six years after the establishment of model grasslands. The results indicate that temporal changes of plant community effects depend on the trophic affiliation of soil animals: plant diversity effects on decomposers only occurred after six years, changed little in herbivores, but occurred in predators after two years. The results suggest that plant diversity, in terms of species and functional group richness, is the most important plant community property affecting soil biota, exceeding the relevance of plant above- and belowground productivity and the presence of key plant functional groups, i.e. grasses and legumes, with the relevance of the latter decreasing in time.

Conclusions/Significance

Plant diversity effects on biota are not only due to the presence of key plant functional groups or plant productivity highlighting the importance of diverse and high-quality plant derived resources, and supporting the validity of the singular hypothesis for soil biota. Our results demonstrate that in the long term plant diversity essentially drives the performance of soil biota questioning the paradigm that belowground communities are not affected by plant diversity and reinforcing the importance of biodiversity for ecosystem functioning.     

川西亚高山针叶林土壤动物群落对模拟林下植物丧失的响应

受研究手段的限制,有关森林物种组成对土壤动物群落影响的研究少有报道。采用人工除灌和除草的林地控制实验方法,研究了亚高山人工林灌草层关键物种丧失对土壤动物群落结构的影响。结果表明:(1)灌木层去除后土壤动物密度极显著低于对照(P0.01);线虫纲(Nematoda)优势度持续增加,处理15个月时极显著高于对照(P0.01);土壤动物群落多样性指数极显著低于对照(P0.01);腐食性功能团类群数及个体数百分比有所下降。(2)草本层去除后土壤动物密度显著低于对照(P0.05);线虫纲优势度持续增加,处理15个月时显著高于对照(P0.05);土壤动物群落多样性指数极显著低于对照(P0.01);腐食性功能团类群数略低于对照,个体数百分比无显著差异。综上所述,林下灌草层去除,尤其是灌木层去除,导致土壤动物群落个体数量、多样性指数降低,优势类群格局、腐食性功能团构成发生变化,从而在一定程度上影响到森林生态系统的物质循环功能。     

Plant diversity does not buffer drought effects on early‐stage litter mass loss rates and microbial properties

Human activities are decreasing biodiversity and changing the climate worldwide. Both global change drivers have been shown to affect ecosystem functioning, but they may also act in concert in a non‐additive way. We studied early‐stage litter mass loss rates and soil microbial properties (basal respiration and microbial biomass) during the summer season in response to plant species richness and summer drought in a large grassland biodiversity experiment, the Jena Experiment, Germany. In line with our expectations, decreasing plant diversity and summer drought decreased litter mass loss rates and soil microbial properties. In contrast to our hypotheses, however, this was only true for mass loss of standard litter (wheat straw) used in all plots, and not for plant community‐specific litter mass loss. We found no interactive effects between global change drivers, that is, drought reduced litter mass loss rates and soil microbial properties irrespective of plant diversity. High mass loss rates of plant community‐specific litter and low responsiveness to drought relative to the standard litter indicate that soil microbial communities were adapted to decomposing community‐specific plant litter material including lower susceptibility to dry conditions during summer months. Moreover, higher microbial enzymatic diversity at high plant diversity may have caused elevated mass loss of standard litter. Our results indicate that plant diversity loss and summer drought independently impede soil processes. However, soil decomposer communities may be highly adapted to decomposing plant community‐specific litter material, even in situations of environmental stress. Results of standard litter mass loss moreover suggest that decomposer communities under diverse plant communities are able to cope with a greater variety of plant inputs possibly making them less responsive to biotic changes.     

CO2浓度和辐射强度变化对沙柳光合作用速率影响的模拟研究

沙柳是毛乌素沙地防护林的主要灌木树种 ,模拟研究沙柳对 CO2 浓度和辐射强度的响应有利于准确有效地制定全球变化下的沙漠化防治和水土流失的战略对策。结果表明 ,沙柳的光合作用速率对 CO2 浓度的响应表现为线性关系 ,对辐射的响应表现为对数函数关系。沙柳光合作用速率有随辐射强度增加和 /或 CO2 浓度的升高而增大的变化规律。CO2 浓度越高 ,沙柳的光合作用速率对辐射的反应越明显。同样 ,辐射越强 ,沙柳的光合作用速率对 CO2 浓度的反应越敏感。在高辐射条件下增加大气中 CO2 的“施肥效应”比低辐射条件下要显著。土壤干旱对沙柳的光合和暗呼吸都有抑制作用 ,使沙柳的生理过程受到影响 ,从而使沙柳对 CO2 浓度和辐射的反应规律不如土壤水分适宜时显著。     

Plant history and soil history jointly influence the selection environment for plant species in a long‐term grassland biodiversity experiment

Long‐term biodiversity experiments have shown increasing strengths of biodiversity effects on plant productivity over time. However, little is known about rapid evolutionary processes in response to plant community diversity, which could contribute to explaining the strengthening positive relationship. To address this issue, we performed a transplant experiment with offspring of seeds collected from four grass species in a 14‐year‐old biodiversity experiment (Jena Experiment). We used two‐ and six‐species communities and removed the vegetation of the study plots to exclude plant–plant interactions. In a reciprocal design, we transplanted five “home” phytometers (same origin and actual environment), five “away‐same” phytometers (same species richness of origin and actual environment, but different plant composition), and five “away‐different” phytometers (different species richness of origin and actual environment) of the same species in the study plots. In the establishment year, plants transplanted in home soil produced more shoots than plants in away soil indicating that plant populations at low and high diversity developed differently over time depending on their associated soil community and/or conditions. In the second year, offspring of individuals selected at high diversity generally had a higher performance (biomass production and fitness) than offspring of individuals selected at low diversity, regardless of the transplant environment. This suggests that plants at low and high diversity showed rapid evolutionary responses measurable in their phenotype. Our findings provide first empirical evidence that loss of productivity at low diversity is not only caused by changes in abiotic and biotic conditions but also that plants respond to this by a change in their micro‐evolution. Thus, we conclude that eco‐evolutionary feedbacks of plants at low and high diversity are critical to fully understand why the positive influence of diversity on plant productivity is strengthening through time.     

Are fire,soil fertility and toxicity,water availability,plant functional diversity,and litter decomposition related in a Neotropical savanna?

Understanding how biodiversity and ecosystem functioning respond to changes in the environment is fundamental to the maintenance of ecosystem function. In realistic scenarios, the biodiversity-ecosystem functioning path may account for only a small share of all factors determining ecosystem function. Here, we investigated the strength to which variations in environmental characteristics in a Neotropical savanna affected functional diversity and decomposition. We sought an integrative approach, testing a number of pairwise hypotheses about how the environment, biodiversity, and functioning were linked. We used structural equation modelling to connect fire frequency, soil fertility, exchangeable Al, water availability, functional diversity of woody plants, tree density, tree height, and litter decomposition rates in a causal chain. We found significant effects of soil nutrients, water availability, and Al on functional diversity and litter decomposition. Fire did not have a significant direct effect on functional diversity or litter decomposition. However, fire was connected to both variables through soil fertility. Functional diversity did not influence rates of litter decomposition. The mediated effects that emerged from pairwise interactions are encouraging not only for predicting the functional consequences of changes in environmental variables and biodiversity, but also to caution against predictions based on only environmental or only biodiversity change.     

严重退化生态系统不同恢复和重建措施的植物多样性与地力差异研究

对花岗岩区土壤严重退化生态系统（对照）及４种不同恢复和重建措施建筑多样性和地力研究结果表明,花岗岩区红壤严重退化生态系统（对照）植物多样地性极低,土壤肥力极差,生态环境极为恶劣,改为杨梅果园（措施Ａ）或多树种混交（措施Ｂ）后,植物多样性明显增大,林地土壤肥力得到一定程度恢复,生态系统朝着良性循环方向发展,采取封山育林（措施Ｃ）方法,林下植被层和群落多样性恢复最快,林地土壤肥力亦得到较快的恢复,保留