Evenness of soil organic carbon chemical components changes with tree species richness,composition and functional diversity across forests in China

Higher tree species richness generally increases the storage of soil organic carbon (SOC). However, less attention is paid to the influence of varied tree species composition on SOC storage. Recently, the perspectives for the stronger persistence of SOC caused by the higher molecular diversity of organic compounds were proposed. Therefore, the influences of tree species richness and composition on the molecular diversity of SOC need to be explored. In this study, an index of the evenness of diverse SOC chemical components was proposed to represent the potential resistance of SOC to decomposition under disturbances. Six natural forest types were selected encompassing a diversity gradient, ranging from cold temperate to tropical forests. We examined the correlations of tree species richness, composition, and functional diversity, with the evenness of SOC chemical components at a molecular level by ¹³C nuclear magnetic resonance. Across the range, tree species richness correlated to the evenness of SOC chemical components through tree species composition. The negative correlation of evenness of SOC chemical components with tree species composition, and the positive correlation of evenness of SOC chemical components with tree functional diversity were found. These indicate the larger difference in tree species composition and the lower community functional diversity resulted in the higher heterogeneity of SOC chemical components among the communities. The positive correlation of the evenness of SOC chemical components with the important value of indicator tree species, further revealed the specific tree species contributing to the higher evenness of SOC chemical components in each forest type. Soil fungal and bacterial α-diversity had effect on the evenness of SOC chemical components. These findings suggest that the indicator tree species conservation might be preferrable to simply increasing tree species richness, for enhancing the potential resistance of SOC to decomposition.     

高通量测序分析大兴安岭典型森林土壤细菌和真菌群落特征

[背景]大兴安岭地区是我国对气候变化响应最敏感的区域,而土壤微生物在维持寒区森林生态系统结构和功能中发挥重要作用.[目的]探究大兴安岭不同森林类型土壤微生物群落结构及与环境因子的关系.[方法]采用Illumina MiSeq高通量测序技术,分析3种典型森林(白桦林、落叶松林和樟子松林)土壤细菌和真菌群落组成和多样性.[...     

中国极小种群野生植物保护研究进展

正中国高等植物中受威胁物种共3,879种,占评估物种总数的10.84%(覃海宁等,2017)。由于可利用的资源有限,不可能同时保护所有的物种,只能针对亟需保护的物种优先开展保护行动。为便于保护和管理,原国家林业局正式提出了极小种群野生植物(Wild Plant with Extremely Small Populations,