桂林喀斯特石山50种常见植物叶片光合特性

选取桂林喀斯特石山生境中常见的50种植物为研究对象,分别测定叶片单位面积最大净光合速率（A_area）、单位质量最大净光合速率（A_mass）、气孔导度（Gs）、水分利用效率（WUE）、胞间/环境CO₂浓度比值（Ci/Ca）和蒸腾速率（Tr）等光合特性指标,探讨不同物种光合特性的差异以及光合特性之间的内在联系,以此探究不同植物适应喀斯特石山生境所表现出的光合生理特性。结果表明,50种植物叶片A_area,A_mass,Gs,WUE,Ci/Ca和Tr的平均值分别为8.35 μmol m^-2 s^-1,110.98 nmol g^-1 s^-1,0.10 mol m^-2 s^-1,94.84 μmol/mol,0.57和2.37 mmol m^-2 s^-1;方差分析表明,不同物种之间在A_area,A_mass,Gs,WUE,Ci/Ca和Tr之间存在显著差异。Pearson相关性分析表明,表征50种常见植物叶片光合特性的6个指标相关性除Ci/Ca与A_area和A_mass,WUE与A_mass不一致外,其他指标两两之间相关性均表现为一致性,其中Gs与Ci/Ca呈极显著的正相关。主成分分析表明,在6个光合特性指标中,Gs和Ci/Ca可作为反映喀斯特石山植物适应生境的重要光合指标,主要表征对水分条件的敏感程度以及耐旱性强弱,同时反映了植物叶片光合速率大小,用于衡量植物对喀斯特生境的生理生态适应性。基于Gs和Ci/Ca进行聚类分析表明,50种植物划分为3类：即中等Gs较高Ci/Ca型,较低Gs较高Ci/Ca型和较低Gs,Ci/Ca型。本研究表明,喀斯特生境植物在生理生态方面所表现出的适应策略主要为对资源利用方式及抵御外界不利环境的适应策略,这为后续选择物种加速植被恢复演替进程提供了参考。     

基于Maxent模型的檵木分布格局模拟

应用最大熵模型（Maxent）模拟檵木（Loropetalum chinense）在末次间冰期（last inter glacial,LIG）、末次盛冰期（last glacial maximum,LGM）和当代（Present）等不同时期的中国潜在分布格局,分析影响其分布的主导生物气候因子。结果显示：（1）历史气候的变迁,檵木由末次间冰期经末次盛冰期进入当代,适生区面积呈现增加趋势。当代适生区面积占比最大,适生程度也较高;（2）训练数据和测试数据的AUC值分别为0.947和0.954,均达到了极高的精度;（3）刀切法检测表明,影响檵木分布的主导环境因子依次为bio14（最干月份平均降雨量）、bio17（极干季降雨量）、为bio19（极冷季平均降雨量）和bio15（湿度变化方差）,其适生值范围分别是23-93 mm,98-300 mm,110-350 mm和42%-65%;（4）较纬度而言,经度是影响我国檵木分布格局的主要因子;（5）我国檵木当代的潜在地理分布主要在北回归线以北的区域,总面积为162.55万km²,占国土总面积的16.93%,高适生区集中于广西北部、江西东部、以及湖南南部、福建东部等地区。本研究较为准确地模拟了檵木在3个不同时期的适生分布,为深入分析檵木现代分布格局的形成提供科学依据。     

Improving the performance of β-turn prediction using predicted shape strings and a two-layer support vector machine model

Background

The β-turn is a secondary protein structure type that plays an important role in protein configuration and function. Development of accurate prediction methods to identify β-turns in protein sequences is valuable. Several methods for β-turn prediction have been developed; however, the prediction quality is still a challenge and there is substantial room for improvement. Innovations of the proposed method focus on discovering effective features, and constructing a new architectural model.     

High abundance of ammonia-oxidizing archaea in acidified subtropical forest soils in southern China after long-term N deposition

Nitrification has been believed to be performed only by autotrophic ammonia-oxidizing bacteria (AOB) and nitrite-oxidizing bacteria (NOB) until the recent discovery of ammonia-oxidizing archaea (AOA). Meanwhile, it has been questioned whether AOB are significantly responsible for NH(3) oxidation in acidic forest soils. Here, we investigated nitrifying communities and their activity in highly acidified soils of three subtropical forests in southern China that had received chronic high atmospheric N deposition. Nitrifying communities were analyzed using PCR- and culture (most probable number)-based approaches. Nitrification activity was analyzed by measuring gross soil nitrification rates using a (15) N isotope dilution technique. AOB were not detected in the three forest soils: neither via PCR of 16S rRNA and ammonia monooxygenase (amoA) genes nor via culture-based approaches. In contrast, an extraordinary abundance of the putative archaeal amoA was detected (3.2?×?10(8) -1.2?×?10(9) g?soil(-1) ). Moreover, this abundance was correlated with gross soil nitrification rates. This indicates that amoA-possessing archaea rather than bacteria were predominantly responsible for nitrification of the soils. Furthermore, sequences of the genus Nitrospira, a dominant group of soil NOB, were detected. Thus, nitrification of acidified subtropical forest soils in southern China could be performed by a combination of AOA and NOB.     

Nitrogen Addition Shapes Soil Phosphorus Availability in Two Reforested Tropical Forests in Southern China

Scant information is available on how soil phosphorus (P) availability responds to atmospheric nitrogen (N) deposition, especially in the tropical zones. This study examined the effect of N addition on soil P availability, and compared this effect between forest sites of contrasting land‐use history. Effects of N addition on soil properties, litterfall production, P release from decomposing litter, and soil P availability were studied in a disturbed (reforested pine forest with previous understory vegetation and litter harvesting) and a rehabilitated (reforested mixed pine/broadleaf forest with no understory vegetation and litter harvesting) tropical forest in southern China. Experimental N‐treatments (above ambient) were the following: Control (no N addition), N50 (50 kg N ha^?1 yr^?1), and N100 (100 kg N ha^?1 yr^?1). Results indicated that N addition significantly decreased soil P availability in the disturbed forest. In the rehabilitated forest, however, soil P availability was significantly increased by N addition. Decreases in soil P availability may be correlated with decreases in rates of P release from decomposing litter in the N‐treated plots, whereas the increase in soil P availability was correlated with an increase in litterfall production. Our results suggest that response of soil P availability to N deposition in the reforested tropical forests in southern China may vary greatly with temporal changes in tree species composition and soil nutrient status, caused by different land‐use practices.     

桂林岩溶石山檵木群落不同恢复阶段凋落物层酶对凋落物分解的影响

该文选取桂林岩溶石山檵木群落不同恢复阶段(灌木阶段、乔灌阶段和小乔林阶段)作为研究对象,探究凋落物层酶对凋落物分解速率的影响。结果表明:不同恢复阶段凋落物经1 a分解后,凋落物剩余率分别为灌木阶段(59.58%)、乔灌阶段(61.79%)和小乔林阶段(62.02%)。不同恢复阶段凋落物分解速率随演替的进行而减小。3个不同恢复阶段凋落物层多酚氧化酶、脲酶、蔗糖酶活性均在12月份最低,多酚氧化酶活性均在3月份最高,脲酶和蔗糖酶活性均在6月份最高。3个恢复阶段纤维素酶活性变化规律趋势一致,均在6月份酶活性最高,灌木阶段纤维素酶活性在3月份最低,乔灌阶段和小乔林阶段纤维素酶活性均在9月份最低。3个不同恢复阶段的凋落物层酶活性在不同时期均表现为蔗糖酶脲酶纤维素酶多酚氧化酶。不同恢复阶段凋落物层酶活性对凋落物分解速率影响不同。灌木阶段凋落物层蔗糖酶活性与分解速率呈显著正相关(P 0.05),乔灌阶段脲酶活性与分解速率呈显著正相关(P 0.05),小乔林阶段各酶活性与分解速率相关不显著。蔗糖酶、脲酶和多酚氧化酶是影响灌木阶段凋落物分解速率的重要因素,脲酶、纤维素酶和多酚氧化酶是影响乔灌和小乔林阶段分解速率的重要因素。     

长期氮添加对亚热带森林土壤微生物碳源代谢多样性的影响

土壤微生物功能多样性对维持生态系统功能和稳定性具有非常重要的意义。人类活动造成全球氮沉降量激增,会引起土壤微生物群落结构和功能的改变,但是目前有关亚热带森林生态系统土壤微生物碳源利用多样性对模拟N沉降的响应还不是很清楚。依托位于鼎湖山的长达15年的长期野外模拟氮沉降试验样地平台,借助Biolog-Eco微平板技术,分析探讨了不同N添加量对季风常绿阔叶林中土壤微生物群落碳代谢功能多样性的影响差异及机制。研究结果表明:(1)与对照相比,长期低N、中N和高N量添加使土壤微生物碳源代谢活性(AWCD)分别显著降低了15.3%、32.9%和38.0%;并且显著降低了微生物碳源利用Shannon多样性指数和丰富度指数;(2)微生物对糖类、羧酸、氨基酸、胺类和酚酸类的利用随着施N水平的提高而显著降低;其中胺类最为敏感,长期高N添加下其利用强度与对照相比显著降低了80.2%;(3)主成分分析表明,不同N添加水平显著影响了土壤微生物碳源利用(P=0.001);(4)分类变异分析表明,土壤和植物因素可解释不同N水平下碳源利用差异的90.7%;(5)典型对应分析发现,土壤pH(P=0.009)是解释不同N水平添加处理间土壤微生物碳源代谢多样性差异的主要环境因子;而植被丰富度和凋落物量没有显著影响。综上所述,长期不同N添加显著影响了亚热带森林土壤微生物碳源代谢多样性,并且结果表明土壤pH是影响碳源利用多样性的主要影响因素。研究结果对于揭示全球变化影响下热带森林生态系统地下生物多样性维持机制提供了重要理论依据。     

鹤山丘陵退化生态系统植被恢复的土壤动物群落结构

对南亚热带恢复生态学研究基地-鹤山丘陵综合试验场20a人工植被林土壤动物群落进行了调查研究。研究样地包括草坡、松林、荷木混交林、马占相思林和豆科混交林。结果表明:在个体数量上,豆混林与马占林之间不存在显著差异,但与其它林分间差异明显(p<0.05);草坡土壤动物个体数明显处于最低水平;在类群的丰富度上,豆混林显著(p<0.05)高于所有其它林分,但无论是林分之间抑或季节之间,其变化的幅度都明显比个体数小;根据DG指数,各人工林可明显分为豆混林()、马占林()和荷混林()、针叶林()、草坡()3个层次。季节的差异很明显,湿季各项指标都低于干季。土壤表层各项指标的绝对值都与F2、F3层有极显著的差别(p<0.01),而F2、F3层之间却非常接近。长角跳虫科、鳞跳虫科、蚁科、康虫八科、蟹蛛科、巨蟹蛛科、球蛛科、鞘翅幼虫和半翅幼虫与群落总体特征(DG指数)的相关性都达到显著水准(p<0.05)。DG指数在反映不同人工林土壤动物群落特征上具有很好的稳定性。     

Emissions of nitrous oxide from three tropical forests in Southern China in response to simulated nitrogen deposition

Emissions of nitrous oxide (N₂O) from the soil following simulated nitrogen (N) deposition in a disturbed (pine), a rehabilitated (pine and broadleaf mixed) and a mature (monsoon evergreen broadleaf) tropical forest in southern China were studied. The following hypotheses were tested: (1) addition of N will increase soil N₂O emission in tropical forests; and (2) any observed increase will be more pronounced in the mature forest than in the disturbed or rehabilitated forest due to the relatively high initial soil N concentration in the mature forest. The experiment was designed with four N treatment levels (three replicates; 0, 50, 100, 150 kg N ha⁻¹ year⁻¹ for C (Control), LN (Low-N), MN (Medium-N), and HN (High-N) treatment, respectively) in the mature forest, but only three levels in the disturbed and rehabilitated forests (C, LN and MN). Between October 2005 to September 2006, soil N₂O flux was measured using static chamber and gas chromatography methodology. Nitrogen had been applied previously to the plots since July 2003 and continued during soil N₂O flux measurement period. The annual mean rates of soil N₂O emission in the C plots were 24.1 ± 1.5, 26.2 ± 1.4, and 29.3 ± 1.6 μg N₂O–N m⁻² h⁻¹ in the disturbed, rehabilitated and mature forest, respectively. There was a significant increase in soil N₂O emission following N additions in the mature forest (38%, 41%, and 58% when compared to the C plots for the LN, MN, and HN plots, respectively). In the disturbed forest a significant increase (35%) was observed in the MN plots, but not in the LN plots. The rehabilitated forest showed no significant response to N additions. Increases in soil N₂O emission occurred primarily in the cool-dry season (November, December and January). Our results suggest that the response of soil N₂O emission to N deposition in tropical forests in southern China may vary depending on the soil N status and land-use history of the forest.     

Water-holding capacity of ground covers and soils in alpine and sub-alpine shrubs in western Sichuan, China

The water-holding functions of soils and ground covers in terms of moss and litters in the three major shrubs at different altitude gradients were studied using field investigation. The water-holding functions were measured and expressed with Biomass (t/hm²) of moss and litters, along with their maximal water holding capacity (MWHC, t/hm²) and maximal water holding rate (MWHR, %). The physical characteristics of the soils included bulk density, MWHC, capillary water holding capacity (CWHC), and least water holding capacity (LWHC). The result showed that Rhododendron przewalskii shrub exhibited the highest water-holding capacity among the three types. The average MWHC of the moss, litters, and at a depth of 0–40cm in R. przewalskii at different elevation gradients was 46.73,139.98 t/hm², and 2216.92 t/hm², respectively, whereas the average MWHC of the moss, litters, and soils in Quercus aquifolioides was 1.64, 72.08 t/hm² and 2114.88 t/hm², respectively. There was no moss in Quercus cocciferoides, and the average MWHC of litters and soils at a depth of 0–40 cm at different elevation gradients was 84.55 t/hm² and 2062.83 t/hm², respectively. The biomass and MWHC of the moss layer in R. przewalskii shrub significantly decreased with increasing elevation, whereas the reverse occurred in Q. aquifolioides before the maximum was reached at 3400 m, and then the SCM and MWHC decreased. MWHR of the moss layer in R. przewalskii was higher than that in Q. aquifolioides. The biomass and MWHC of the litters in R. przewalskii and Q. aquifolioides decreased with increasing elevation, whereas the reverse occurred in Q. cocciferoide. Regardless of shrub types, soil bulk density increased significantly with increasing soil depth, whereas MWHC decreased significantly with increasing soil depth. Significant decrease in CWHC and LWHC were found only in certain shrub communities. The MWHC with respect to the 0–40cm soil depth significantly decreased with increasing elevation only in R. przewalskii shrub, whereas there was no significant difference in MWHCs among the different elevation gradients for the other two types.