Trade-offs in plant responses to herbivory influence trophic routes of production in a freshwater wetland

Responses of aquatic macrophytes to leaf herbivory may differ from those documented for terrestrial plants, in part, because the potential to maximize growth following herbivory may be limited by the stress of being rooted in flooded, anaerobic sediments. Herbivory on aquatic macrophytes may have ecosystem consequences by altering the allocation of nutrients and production of biomass within individual plants and changing the quality and quantity of aboveground biomass available to consumers or decomposers. To test the effects of leaf herbivory on plant growth and production, herbivory of a dominant macrophyte, Nymphaea odorata, by chrysomelid beetles and crambid moths was controlled during a 2-year field experiment. Plants exposed to herbivory maintained, or tended to increase, biomass and aboveground net primary production relative to controls, which resulted in 1.5 times more aboveground primary production entering the detrital pathway of the wetland. In a complementary greenhouse experiment, the effects of simulated leaf herbivory on total plant responses, including biomass and nutrient allocation, were investigated. Plants in the greenhouse responded to moderate herbivory by maintaining aboveground biomass relative to controls, but this response occurred at the expense of belowground growth. Results of these studies suggest that N. odorata may tolerate moderate levels of herbivory by reallocating biomass and resources aboveground, which in turn influences the quantity, quality and fate of organic matter available to herbivores and decomposers.     

不同光环境对海南龙血树幼苗表型可塑性及生存策略的影响

为了解光照对海南龙血树(Dracaena cambodiana)幼苗生长的影响,研究了不同光照环境下海南龙血树幼苗形态、生理特性和生物量分配的变化,并分析了其生态适应性。结果表明,海南龙血树幼苗的形态、生理和生物量分配指标在不同光照强度间存在显著差异,各指标的可塑性指数为0.08~0.86,其中根茎叶及总生物量的可塑性指数普遍较高(0.67~0.86),表明海南龙血树幼苗有较好的光照适应性,其策略主要是通过调整根茎叶生物量的分配来适应光照的变化。随着光照强度的降低,海南龙血树幼苗的比叶面积、叶根比呈现显著增大趋势,表明幼苗可通过增加单株叶面积比例,扩大光合作用面积,有效调节自身生物量配置。37.3%自然光照(L2)是海南龙血树幼苗生长的最佳光照强度。现存海南龙血树生境改变,生境缺少林荫以致光照强度过大,不利于幼苗根系生长,难以度过干旱季节,可能是海南龙血树自然更新失败的重要原因之一。     

松嫩平原朝鲜碱茅无性系种群构件生物量结构及相关模型分析

从构件水平对松嫩平原碱化草甸朝鲜碱茅无性系种群各功能构件的生物量结构,各功能构件生物量与丛径之间的关系,以及各功能构件生物量之间的关系均建立相应的模型进行了定量分析。结果表明,在孕穗和果后营养两个生育期,朝鲜碱茅无性系种群各功能构件生物量及所占总生物量的比率具有相同的规律;各功能构件生物量与丛径之间的定量关系在孕穗期以直线函数模型相关性最大,在果后营养期以幂函数模型相关性最大;各功能构件生物量之间的定量关系除光合构件与支持构件在孕穗期以直线函数模型相关性最大外,其他各构件生物量之间在两个生长期均以幂函数模型相关性最大。     

一个快速测定悬浮培养植物细胞生物量的方法的建立

以悬浮培养的玫瑰茄（Hibiscus sabdariffa)细胞为材料,分别探讨了胞外过氧化物酶活力与培养细胞生物量、胞外蛋白浓度与培养细胞生物量之间的相关关系。结果表明,胞外过氧化物酶与培养细胞生物量之间相关性较差,而胞外蛋白浓度与培养细胞生物量之间却具有高度相关性,因此通过胞外蛋白浓度的测量,可以对培养细胞的生物量作出快速的推算。     

传统农业生态系统中桤木改良土壤效应研究综述

桤木(Alnus nepalensis)是一种重要的非豆科固氮植物,广泛分布于喜马拉雅山脉东部地区。在东南亚地区的传统农业生态系统中,多用桤木作为休耕树种,或将其与农作物间作。桤木根瘤固氮量随季节和年龄而变化,在桤木-小豆蔻(Elettaria cardamomum)系统中15年达到高峰(155 kg·hm^-2);桤木通过共生固氮对系统产生的氮增加量在纯桤木林中7年达到高峰(117 kg·hm^-2)。桤木与农作物间作可显著提高农作物的产量,桤木-小豆蔻立地上小豆蔻的经济产量是在森林-小豆蔻立地上的2.2倍。桤木休闲地的休闲效果明显好于自然休闲地,其地上部分生物量在休闲6年后是自然休闲地的4倍,N蓄积量是自然休闲地的3倍,P、K蓄积量是自然休闲地的2倍。桤木根系特征似乎最适合混农林系统,其细根生物量(FRB)集中于土壤剖面上层10 cm范围内,在此范围内,FRB在“树+农作物”间作条件下比在“只有树”条件下高5%;在两种立地条件下,60%以上的细根都分布于树干周围0.5 m内,大部分木质根(直径>0.5 mm)都分布于土壤上层0~10 cm处,长度都不超过1 m。桤木可加速系统的养分循环。桤木凋落物降解速率比非固氮植物快,并且与其它植物凋落物混合后的降解速率与自身凋落物降解速率一样快。在传统刀耕火种系统中,用桤木替代自然林休闲在3~6年内即可恢复土壤肥力,改善土壤理化性质,显著缩短休闲周期。该文综述了近30年来桤木在传统农业生态系统中改良土壤效应的研究成果,以提高人们对桤木的生态作用的重视程度,使人们更好地将桤木利用到农业生态系统中,达到发展山区农业和保护生态环境双赢的目的。     

不同光周期对德国鸢尾‘Royal touch’的花芽分化和光合作用的影响

以德国鸢尾‘Royal touch’为试验材料,研究了5种光周期对其花芽分化和光合作用的影响。结果表明:(1)短日照加速了植株花芽分化的进程,而长日照促进了单花序上花芽数目的增加;(2)长日照下植株单位叶面积的光合能力较强(;3)植株的花芽分化与其叶面积、叶干重、地上部分与地下部分的干重比值之间呈显著的正相关关系。这些结果说明了光周期对德国鸢尾‘Royal touch’花芽分化时间和数量的影响与光周期对其植株生物量和光合作用的影响有关。     

Dynamics of Primary Productivity and Soil Organic Matter of Typical Steppe in the Xilin River Basin of Inner Mongolia and Their Response to Climate Change

At the site level, the authors used the Century plant-soil ecosystem model and Landsat remote sensing to estimate the aboveground biomass of Aneurolepidium chinense steppe and Stipa grandis steppe in the Xilin river basin, Inner Mongolia China. The results of century simulation matched well in terms of the seasonal and yearly change of biomass, with those of field moniforing. The results of field monitoring replicated well were about 142.45～144.37 g/m2 and 210. 38~227.44 g/m2 on S. grandis and A. chinense steppe, respectvely, whereas the simulation results were 127. 04～156. 23 g/m2 and 189.25~193.98 g/m2, respectively. Simulated soil organic matter was around ±–25% of the observed data. Normalized differnce vegetation index derived aboveground biomass was around ±25 % of the observed field biomass on the A. chinence and S. grandis steppe, using Landsat TM imagecries on July 31, 1987 and August 11, 1991. The effect of global climate change and elevated CO2 on these steppe was examined, using the climate fields from Global Change Models of Canadian Climate Center and Geophysics Flow Dynamics Laboratory under 1 × CO2 (350 X 10-6) and 2 × CO2 (700 X 10-6) sceneries. Climate change resulted in considerable decrease of primary productivity and soil organic matter of A. chinense and S. grandis steppe, the former being more sensitive to climate change.     

Production of ethanol and biomass from thin stillage by Neurospora intermedia: A pilot study for process diversification

Dry mill ethanol processes produce ethanol and animal feed from whole grains, where the wastewater after the distillation and separation of solid materials is called “thin stillage.” In this work, similar production of ethanol (3.5 g/L) and biomass (5 g/L) from thin stillage was obtained during batch cultivation of the edible fungus Neurospora intermedia in a 2‐m high airlift reactor and bubble column. The fungal biomass, containing 50% w/w protein and 12% w/w lipids, was rich in essential amino acids and omega‐3 and ‐6 fatty acids. In a continuous mode of fermentation, dilution rates of up to 0.2 h^?1 could be applied without cell washout in the bubble column at 0.5 vvm. At 0.1 h^?1, around 5 g/L of ethanol and 4 g/L of biomass containing ca. 50% w/w protein were produced. The fungus was able to assimilate saccharides in the liquid fraction as well as sugar backbones such as xylan and arabinan in the solid fraction. The inclusion of the current process could potentially lead to the production of 11 000 m³ of ethanol (5.5% improvement vs. normal industrial process) and around 6300 tons of high‐quality biomass for animal feed at a typical facility producing 200 000 m³ ethanol per year.     

黄泥河林区鼠类群落演替的研究

本文研究了吉林省黄泥河林区5个次生植被类型的鼠类群落结构和生物量的变化。原始针阔混交林采伐后,大林姬鼠数量减少,棕背(鼠平)数量增加,黑线姬鼠侵入。形成次生阔叶林和人工落叶松林后,鼠类群落仍为原始针阔混交林中的大林姬鼠+棕背(鼠平)群落类型。人工红松林的形成使棕背(鼠平)数最明显减少,成为大林姬鼠群落。森林开垦成农田,相应形成黑线姬鼠+大林姬鼠群落。草甸发展成草甸森林,鼠类群落由东方田鼠+棕背(鼠平)演变成棕背(鼠平)群落。并分析了环境因素对鼠类演替的影响。     

Biomass duration in growth models

To gain a better understanding of growth curve, biomass duration in several growth models, such as the exponential, linear, Gompertz, Mitscherlich, logistic, Richards and Bertalanffy, is formulated. Generally, biomass duration in these models can be given in two ways; thet- andw-representations. The latter representation, which can be defined as the summed value of reciprocal of relative growth rate with respect to biomass, gives a new significance to biomass duration. The utility of both representations is exemplified by the observed data of a fir. The idea of biomass duration is extended to get total amounts of anabolism and catabolism in the Bertalanffy model.