科尔沁沙地刺榆林种子散布的空间格局

通过对林缘和孤立单株不同方向远离种子源的顺序取样与林下随机取样调查,分析了刺榆林下和林缘的种子雨空间数量特征和孤立单株及林缘的种子散布格局,以揭示科尔沁沙地刺榆林的空间扩展潜力.结果表明:3个样地中,刺榆林下的平均种子雨密度最大,为(13732.5±3106.2)粒·m-2,孤立单株东南样带最多,为(5449.4±1429.3)粒·m-2,并显著地高于其他方向,西北最少,为(650.2±631.6)粒·m-2,并显著地少于其他方向;林缘东和南样带显著地高于西和北样带.孤立单株和林缘不同方向种子密度的变异普遍较大,其变异系数为25.7%～106.3%.刺榆具有风播植物远离种子源的种子散布特性.8个样带在单位面积和累积面积上远离种子源的种子散布格局均具有多样性,包括直线、幂、指数、二次抛物线和对数函数.在科尔沁沙地,刺榆林向南、东南和东等多顺风频率方向的空间扩展潜力将大干北、西北和西等多逆风频率方向.

Spatial patterns of seed dispersal in Hemiptelea davidii woodland in Keerqin sandy land, China

In order to reveal the space expansion potential of Hemiptelea davidii woodland in Keerqin sandy land in China, the quantitative spatial characteristics of the seed rain in the understory and at the woodsides, as well as the seed dispersal patterns at the woodsides and of the isolating trees, were analyzed through survey on sequential sampling away from seed source in different directions at the woodsides and isolating trees and random sampling in the understory. The results showed that among three sampling plots, the average density of the seed rain in the understory was the highest (13732.5 +/- 3106.2 seeds x m(-2)). For isolating trees, the seed rain had the highest density (5449.4 +/- 1429.3 seeds x m(-2)) in southeast transect, being significantly higher than that in other directions, and the lowest one (650.2 +/- 631.6 seeds x m(-2)) in the northwest transect, being significantly lower than that in other directions. At the woodsides, the seed rain density was significantly higher in the east and south transects than in the west and north transects. The variation of the seed density was greater, with the variation coefficient being 25.7%-106.3% in different directions in the two plots of isolating trees and woodsides. Same as other anemochorous plants, H. davidii had the characteristics of seed dispersal away from the seed source. In the eight sampling transects, there existed diversity in the patterns of the seed dispersal away from the seed source in per unit area and in accumulated area, including linear, power, exponential, quadratic parabola, and logarithmic functions. It was suggested that the space expansion potential of H. davidii woodland in Keerqin sandy land would be greater in more frequency down wind directions such as the south, southeast, and east than in more frequency upwind directions such as the north, northwest, and west.