芦芽山华北落叶松(Larix principis-rupprechtii)树轮宽度年表对气候因子的响应

在芦芽山地区采集3个不同海拔的华北落叶松(Larix principis-rupprechtii),在传统去趋势的基础上,采用"signal-free"方法对拟合曲线进行修正,避免了中等频率的气候信息引起的拟合偏差,最终建立3个不同海拔树轮宽度标准年表(STD)。同时以10a为界对上述年表进行滤波处理,得到3个低频年表。年表特征值表明,随着海拔升高,年轮平均轮宽变窄,敏感性和高频信息增强,低频信息减弱,这可能与逐渐恶劣的生境有关。中、低海拔年表的低频信息更一致,中、高海拔的高频信息更接近,而高、低海拔无论是标准年表还是高频、低频年表相似性均较差。树轮气候响应分析显示,低海拔STD年表与5月最低温负相关最为显著,STD和低频年表均与5、6月份土壤温度显著负相关,说明生境暖干,树木主要受生长季的干旱胁迫;中海拔STD年表与当年5月最高温正相关最为显著,STD和低频年表与土壤温度相关均不显著,说明生境逐渐变得冷湿,生长季的低温成为树木生长的限制因子;高海拔STD年表与气象要素相关不显著,低频年表与当年4月土壤温度正相关,说明高海拔最为冷湿,并有季节性冻土分布,生长季的土壤低温成为树木生长的限制因子。因此,全球变暖的趋势将更有利于高海拔树木的生长,而低海拔树木的干旱胁迫进一步加剧。     

帽儿山地区兴安落叶松人工林树木年轮气候学研究

通过帽儿山兴安落叶松（Larix gmelinii）人工林树木年轮样本和气象资料,对该地区兴安落叶松进行了树木年轮气候学研究,结果表明：过去50年年均温度上升达到了显著水平（p<0.05）,平均温度每10年约上升0.4℃,年平均最高气温每10年约上升0.3℃,年平均最低气温每10年约上升0.5℃,但是年降水量随着年份变化不显著（p>0.05）。从月均温度来看,所有月份均出现明显上升趋势,其中冬季2月份温度上升最为明显,达到0.9~1℃/10年,而夏季（6~8月）上升的较小,达到0.2~0.7℃/10年;多数月份降雨量随年龄变化不显著（p>0.05）。在这一气候变暖过程中,早材及总年轮宽度生长随着夏季（6~7月）温度上升而下降,春季(5月)温度的升高而升高,晚材随着秋季（9月）温度上升而增加,导致在年水平上,年轮生长随着年均温的变化不显著（p>0.05）。降雨量在未来气候变化过程中,没有稳定的变化趋势,但是对年轮影响明显,在年水平上,早材与年轮的生长均受降水量的影响较大(p<0.05)。如果未来东北地区气候变暖趋势明显,而降水量变化不明显,春季和秋季温度升高导致的年轮生长增加会被夏季过高温度抑制年轮生长所抵消,因此,落叶松林径向生长受到的影响可能不大。     

Estimation of fine root production, mortality and turnover with Minirhizotron in Larix gmelinii and Fraxinus mandshurica plantations

Fine root turnover is a major pathway for carbon and nutrient cycling in forest ecosystems. However, to estimate fine root turnover, it is important to first understand the fine root dynamic processes associated with soil resource availability and climate factors. The objectives of this study were: (1) to examine patterns of fine root production and mortality in different seasons and soil depths in the Larix gmelinii and Fraxinus mandshurica plantations, (2) to analyze the correlation of fine root production and mortality with environmental factors such as air temperature, precipitation, soil temperature and available nitrogen, and (3) to estimate fine root turnover. We installed 36 Minirhizotron tubes in six mono-specific plots of each species in September 2003 in the Mao’ershan Experimental Forest Station. Minirhizotron sampling was conducted every two weeks from April 2004 to April 2005. We calculated the average fine root length, annual fine root length production and mortality using image data of Minirhizotrons, and estimated fine root turnover using three approaches. Results show that the average growth rate and mortality rate in L. melinii were markedly smaller than in F. mandshurica, and were highest in the surface soil and lowest at the bottom among all the four soil layers. The annual fine root production and mortality in F. mandshurica were significantly higher than in L. gmelinii. The fine root production in spring and summer accounted for 41.7% and 39.7% of the total annual production in F. mandshurica and 24.0% and 51.2% in L. gmelinii. The majority of fine root mortality occurred in spring and summer for F. mandshurica and in summer and autumn for L. gmelinii. The turnover rate was 3.1 a⁻¹ for L. gmelinii and 2.7 a⁻¹ for F. mandshurica. Multiple regression analysis indicates that climate and soil resource factors together could explain 80% of the variations of the fine root seasonal growth and 95% of the seasonal mortality. In conclusion, fine root production and mortality in L. gmelinii and F. mandshurica have different patterns in different seasons and at different soil depths. Air temperature, precipitation, soil temperature and soil available nitrogen integratively control the dynamics of fine root production, mortality and turnover in both species. Transtlated from Journal of Plant Ecology, 2007, 31(2): 333–342 [译自: 植物生态学报]     

落叶松cDNA扩增因素优化组合的研究

为了探讨落叶松cDNA扩增因素优化组合,以落叶松总RNA为模板逆转录为cDNA,然后进行PCR扩增,采用四因素三水平正交试验设计,分析比较了几种因素对PCR扩增的影响,结果显示,主要影响因素是Taq酶和Mg^2 ,随机引物和dNTP的影响较小,不同水平的影响作用是：Taq酶以高水平,即用量为2U,Mg^2 以中低水平,即用量为1.5-2.0mmol/L,可以得到多而清晰的条带;反之,则扩增效果差。     

华北落叶松人工林放叶过程中的辐射特征

根据河北省围场塞罕坝华北落叶松人工林放叶过程中６个典型晴天的实测材料,分析了放叶过程中太阳辐射在林冠中的反射、透过和吸收的特点及其变化规律。     

Heat-induced Gelation of Myosin from Leg and Breast Muscles of Chicken

Heat-induced gelation of myosin from leg and breast muscles of chicken was studied in 0.6 m KC1. Gel strength of breast myosin was higher than that of leg myosin between pH 5.2 and 6.0. Turbidity of breast myosin increased below pH 6.0 but that of leg myosin did not increase at pH 5.7. Turbidity of leg myosin was higher than that of breast myosin below pH 5.6. Viscosity of breast myosin increased between pH 5.5 and 6.0 as the pH decreases, although that of leg myosin decreased. The breast myosin assembled to form long filaments at pH 5.7, but leg myosin failed to form long filaments. At pH 5.4, breast myosin filaments became longer and leg myosin assembled into filaments though they were shorter than breast myosin filaments. The strength of heat-induced gel formed from the filamentous leg and breast myosins at acidic region was not influenced by F-actin. These results indicate that the strength of heat-induced gel of both myosins is closely related to their morphological properties.     

Quinate:NAP(P)+-oxidoreductase from Larix sibirica: purification,characterization and function

Quinate:NAP(P)⁺-oxidoreductase (QORase, EC 1.1.1.24), which catalyzes the interconversion of quinic and 3-dehydroquinic acids, was purified from the needles and developing xylem cells of Larix sibirica. The enzymes from these two tissues were partially characterized and compared. QORase from needles had optimum pH at 9.0 and apparent K_m values of 1.84 mM for quinic acid and 0.19 mM for NADP⁺. The enzyme was activated by phosphoenolpyruvate. Gallic and protocatechuic acids were formed in a reaction mixture of purified enzyme from needles as final products of quinic acid transformation. QORase from developing xylem cells showed pH optimum at 10.0 and had apparent Km values of 0.70 mM for quinic acid and 0.05 mM for NADP⁺. The enzyme was not affected by PEP. The divalent cations Co²⁺ and Mn²⁺ at least doubled activity of QORase from both sources but Mg²⁺ affected the enzyme from needles only. The spatial organization and regulation of quinic acid metabolism in the autotrophic and heterotrophic cells of conifers and the role of QORase in this process are discussed.     

Treeline advances along the Urals mountain range – driven by improved winter conditions?

High‐altitude treelines are temperature‐limited vegetation boundaries, but little quantitative evidence exists about the impact of climate change on treelines in untouched areas of Russia. Here, we estimated how forest‐tundra ecotones have changed during the last century along the Ural mountains. In the South, North, Sub‐Polar, and Polar Urals, we compared 450 historical and recent photographs and determined the ages of 11 100 trees along 16 altitudinal gradients. In these four regions, boundaries of open and closed forests (crown covers above 20% and 40%) expanded upwards by 4 to 8 m in altitude per decade. Results strongly suggest that snow was an important driver for these forest advances: (i) Winter precipitation has increased substantially throughout the Urals (~7 mm decade^?1), which corresponds to almost a doubling in the Polar Urals, while summer temperatures have only changed slightly (~0.05 °C decade^?1). (ii) There was a positive correlation between canopy cover, snow height and soil temperatures, suggesting that an increasing canopy cover promotes snow accumulation and, hence, a more favorable microclimate. (iii) Tree age analysis showed that forest expansion mainly began around the year 1900 on concave wind‐sheltered slopes with thick snow covers, while it started in the 1950s and 1970s on slopes with shallower snow covers. (iv) During the 20th century, dominant growth forms of trees have changed from multistemmed trees, resulting from harsh winter conditions, to single‐stemmed trees. While 87%, 31%, and 93% of stems appearing before 1950 were from multistemmed trees in the South, North and Polar Urals, more than 95% of the younger trees had a single stem. Currently, there is a high density of seedlings and saplings in the forest‐tundra ecotone, indicating that forest expansion is ongoing and that alpine tundra vegetation will disappear from most mountains of the South and North Urals where treeline is already close to the highest peaks.     

关帝山华北落叶松林凋落物分解过程及其养分动态

采用野外凋落物收集器法和埋置凋落物分解袋法,对关帝山林区华北落叶松林凋落物的数量和组成、年凋落过程、不同埋置层凋落叶分解速率和营养元素动态进行了分析.结果表明:华北落叶松林年凋落物总量为19.15 t · hm-2 · a-1,其中树叶占35.7%,树枝占54.4%,花果占6.7%,树皮和杂物占3.1%.凋落物逐月动态变化为单峰型,10月为年凋落量高峰期,但各成分的凋落进程不同.华北落叶松林凋落物残留量均值为9.803t/hm2,凋落物分解常数为1.95;凋落叶在不同埋置层的分解失重率有明显差异,凋落叶的周年平均失重率29.82%,分解半衰期1.5～2a,分解95%需7～9a;凋落叶分解过程中,氮磷钾元素含量表现出不同的动态过程,其中氮素的年动态变化总体上属于富集过程,到后期开始出现下降,磷素的年动态变化表现为7月份前下降,之后出现快速富集,到生长季末期富集过程变缓,钾素的年动态变化表现为持续下降过程,不出现富集过程.     

瑞士阿尔卑斯山欧洲落叶松居群的遗传变异和分化

应用等位酶分析技术,沿两个海拔梯度在瑞士阿尔卑斯山研究了欧洲落叶松（Larix decidua Mill.)居群内和居群间的遗传多态性,结果表明,多态性位点的比例为22.9%,平均每个位点的等位基因数为1.3,平均期望杂合度为0.095,遗传变异的5.8%存在于居群之间,平均遗传距离为0.006。几个有统计意义的基因频率差别在不同树龄类被发现,正在繁育系数值表明在瑞士阿尔卑斯山欧洲落叶松居群有相当的杂合体缺乏,在阿尔拜特（Ar-pette),海拔最高的亚居群与其他亚居群相比较显示最低的遗传多态性（如显示最低的我态性位点比例和最低的平均期望杂合度）和最大的遗传距离值,在最高亚居群和其他亚居群间的遗传差别暗示奠基效应可能是影响这个定样场所欧洲落叶松居群遗传分化的主要因素。