森林生态系统碳蓄积研究方法进展

作为陆地生态系统的主体,森林生态系统的碳循环与碳蓄积对研究陆地生态系统碳循环起着重要作用.生物量、生产力、土壤有机质以及凋落物量及其分解等相互关系决定了森林生态系统的碳库量和碳交换量.本文简单地介绍了在碳蓄积研究中森林生物量和生产力的几种研究方法,并对研究过程中的问题(大尺度生物量的精确估算,地下生物量的研究,森林生态系统土壤碳库估算)进行了探讨.     

长白落叶松人工林带状间伐方式对土壤有机碳含量的影响

土壤是陆地生态系统碳循环过程中最大的有机碳库,其碳储存量高达1500Gt,为大气碳库的3倍,陆地生物量的2.5倍(Valentinietal.,2000)。土壤有机碳含量的微小变化,都会较大程度地影响陆地生态系统碳循环(陈亮中等,2007;于贵瑞,2003)。森林土壤碳储量占全球土壤碳储量的73%(崔骁勇等,2001),其积累和分解直接影响到全球的碳平衡(李德基等,1992)。因此,森林土壤有机碳储量变化备受关注,成为全球气候变化研究的核心内容之一(王绍强等,1999)。     

土壤有机碳影响因素及测定方法探讨

土壤有机碳是土壤碳库的重要成分,在碳循环中起重要作用。本文主要从不同陆地生态系统的角度阐述了影响土壤有机碳的自然因素和人为因素、研究方法以及空间分布的研究进展,为陆地生态系统的可持续发展提供理论依据,也为全球碳循环的研究提供依据。     

杉木人工林土壤碳库动态研究现状及展望

土壤有机碳(SOC)是陆地生态系统中最大的有机碳库,在全球碳循环中发挥着重要的作用。因此,土壤有机碳动态是生态系统碳循环研究中的关键。杉木人工林是我国亚热带主要的人工林,综述了杉木经营过程中土壤有机质动态变化研究现状,以及采伐、整地、炼山等人类活动对土壤有机碳库影响等相关研究。     

土壤水分对土壤呼吸的影响

土壤呼吸是陆地生态系统碳循环的重要环节,在维持全球碳平衡中发挥着十分重要的作用.全球气候变暖会改变大气环流和全球水文循环,进而导致全球的降水格局发生变化,其最直接的影响就是改变土壤的水分状况,关于土壤水分状况对土壤呼吸的影响机理的研究对于预测未来土壤碳储量变化具有重要意义.本文总结了国内外关于土壤水分对土壤呼吸的影响方面的研究,系统分析了土壤水分是怎样影响土壤呼吸的各组成部分的,并简单介绍了土壤水分对Q10值的影响,最后针对当前相关研究存在的问题,对今后的研究方向加以展望.     

林火对森林土壤有机碳影响的研究进展

指出了森林生态系统土壤有机碳是全球碳循环的重要组成,在全球生态系统碳循环和全球变化的研究中占据着重要的地位。火因子是干扰森林生态系统发展的重要因子之一,对森林生态系统中土壤与大气的碳素交换过程有着重要的影响。因此,加强火干扰对森林生态系统土壤有机碳的研究,了解林火对森林生态系统土壤有机碳循环过程的具体影响,对发现火干扰下森林土壤中碳循环的机理,特别是土壤有机碳的动态变化有着重要的作用。综述了林火对森林土壤有机碳的研究进展,讨论了测定土壤有机碳的几种不同方法,比较了其适用性,探讨了在不同林火强度和不同土壤深度条件下土壤有机碳的变化情况。对实际工作中遇到的问题以及今后森林土壤有机碳研究进行了展望。     

森林生态系统碳循环研究的模型方法

森林生态系统碳循环是陆地碳循环研究中的重要内容,碳循环模型已成为研究森林碳循环的必要方法.其中气候变化、大气CO2 浓度上升及CH4的生成导致森林生态系统在结构、功能、组成和分布等方面的变化及其反馈关系对森林生态系统碳循环的影响是模型模拟的关键问题.碳循环模型可用经验模型、机理模型和混合模型的建模方法.目前森林生态系统碳循环模型的发展趋势为:综合生物地理模型和生物地球化学模型的特点建立区域动态碳循环模型;从单一碳循环模拟向碳、氮、磷等多种元素循环相耦合的模拟;碳循环模型与遥感、GIS 技术结合,模拟大尺度的碳循环过程;CH4生成及对森林碳循环的影响方面的研究.     

土壤活性有机碳的研究进展

土壤活性有机碳（Soil active organic carbon）是陆地生态系统的重要组成成分,在陆地碳循环研究中具有非常重要作用。土壤活性有机碳的组分为：微生物有机碳、溶解性有机碳、矿化有机碳、易氧化有机碳和轻组有机碳等。主要综述了代表很大比例土壤有机碳库的土壤活性有机碳的表征、分组及影响土壤活性有机碳周转的主要因素,如水分、湿度、温度、季节和土地利用方式等。     

森林土壤活性有机碳影响因素

森林土壤有机碳是全球碳循环的重要组成部分,其中,活性部分占总有机碳的很小一部分,却直接参与土壤生物和化学转化过程,因而,土壤有机碳活性组分对土壤碳库平衡和土壤化学、生物化学肥力保持具有重要意义。研究发现,气候、植被、土壤理化性质以及人类活动等因子影响着土壤有机碳在碳循环过程中的动态平衡。本文从以下三个方面综述森林土壤活性有机碳组分的主要影响因子,土壤含水量、季节变化与温度和土地利用与管理措施等对土壤活性有机碳影响较大。     

森林生态系统碳储量及方法研究进展

指出了森林生态系统是地球陆地生态系统的主要组成部分,在全球碳循环中扮演着重要的角色并得到极大的关注,估算森林的碳储量以及分析和评价森林不同碳库的组成和动态变化已成为目前生态学关注的热点之一。总结回顾了森林生态系统碳循环的国内外相关研究成果,并对国内外植被碳储量和土壤碳储量的主要研究方法进行了综述,探讨了未来森林生态系统碳平衡研究的发展趋势。     

Browsing Damage on Pine (Pinus sylvestris and P. contorta) by a migrating moose (Alces alces) Population in Winter: Relation to Habitat Composition and Road Barriers

In Scandinavia, moose (Alces alces L.) sometimes cause severe browsing damage to economically-important pine. Moose-vehicle accidents have spurred construction of fences along roads, and these may interfere with moose migration between summer and winter ranges, or the road alone may be a barrier. If this happens and moose build up along roads, landowners may suffer economically. Therefore, this study investigated whether roads, fences or other factors influence the use of young pine stands by moose. Eighty stands along roads in northern Sweden were evaluated in which individually-browsed branches were counted on 9972 pines. Moose browsing was not significantly related to birch (Betula pendula Roth, B. pubescens Ehrh.) density, nor did it differ between pines (Pinus contorta Douglas or P. sylvestris L.). However, increased pine density, site productivity and proximity to a highway were associated with increased browsing. Further large-scale studies are needed to understand moose habitat selection and the effects of roads.     

Effects of Root Freezing on the Physiology and Growth of Picea glauca,Picea mariana and Pinus banksiana Seedlings Under Different Soil Moisture Regimes

The root systems of 2-yr-old Picea glauca, Picea mariana and Pinus banksiana seedlings were submitted to various frost temperatures during an artificial frost to induce different levels of root damage. Frost-damaged and control seedlings were placed in a greenhouse under high and low soil moisture regimes. Seedling growth and physiology were evaluated periodically. Seedling survival was reduced when root damage reached levels of 60-80%. Root systems of all three species showed partial to total recovery by the end of the experiment. In general, root freezing damage caused reductions in seedling growth, with these reductions becoming less significant over time. Root damage had little to no effect on black spruce and jack pine seedling physiology, while white spruce CO 2 uptake decreased with increasing root damage. Shoot nitrogen content of all three species decreased slightly with increasing root damage.     

Decomposition and nutrient loss from prunings of different contour hedgerow species in tea plantations in the sloping highlands of Sri Lanka

Contour hedgerows of multipurpose tree species in the sloping tea lands of Sri Lanka are expected to reduce soil erosion and also add significant amounts of plant nutrients to the soil via periodic prunings. The objective of this experiment was to characterize the biomass decomposition pattern and quantify the amount of nutrients added through prunings of six tree species (Calliandra calothyrsus, Senna spectabilis, Euphatorium innulifolium, Flemingia congesta, Gliricidia sepium and Tithonia diversifolia) currently being used in hedgerows associated with tea. Withered leaf and stem prunings (50 g) were enclosed in 2-mm litter bags, placed at 5-cm depth and retrieved after one, three, six, nine and 12 weeks. Loss of initial dry weight, N, P and K was measured. Single exponential decay function adequately described both dry weight and nutrient loss. Tree species differed significantly in their rate of breakdown with decomposition constants (k) varying from 0.0299 to 0.2006 week⁻¹ for leaves and from 0.0225 to 0.0633 week⁻¹ for stems. Gliricidia showed the highest k for leaves with the rest in the following descending order: Senna > Tithonia ≥ Euphatorium > Calliandra > Flemingia. A similar pattern was observed for loss of all nutrients with Calliandra and Flemingia always having lower k values than the rest. Although N immobilization was not observed, immobilization of P and K was observed during the first week of incubation in some species, particularly in stem prunings. Annual biomass of prunings differed significantly between tree species in the following descending order: Calliandra > Senna > Flemingia > Tithonia > Gliricidia > Euphatorium. Calliandra added the greatest amount of nutrients annually to the soil with Euphatorium adding the least. Calliandra prunings provided the annual total K requirement and 49% of the N requirement of mature tea. However, none of the species provided more than 5% of the P requirement. It is concluded that among the tree species tested, Calliandra and Flemingia are the most suitable for contour hedgerows in tea plantations of this agroclimatic region because of their higher soil nutrient enrichment capacity and slower decomposition rates which would minimize leaching losses. This revised version was published online in June 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Growth of Phlebiopsis gigantea in wood of seven conifer species

Heterobasidion parviporum and Heterobasidion annosum are widely distributed root‐rot fungi that infect conifers throughout Europe. Infection of conifer stumps by spores of these pathogens can be controlled by treating fresh stumps with a competing non‐pathogenic fungus, Phlebiopsis gigantea. In this study, growth of three Latvian strains of P. gigantea and the biological control agent ‘Rotstop’ strain was evaluated in stem pieces of Norway spruce, Scots pine, lodgepole pine, Douglas‐fir, Weymouth pine, Siberian larch and Sitka spruce. The growth rates of one H. parviporum and one H. annosum isolate were also measured in the same stem pieces. The growth rate of P. gigantea varied greatly in wood of different conifer species. It was higher in the three pine species, lower in Norway spruce and lowest in Sitka spruce and Siberian larch, and in Douglas‐fir, this fungus did not grow. The largest area of wood occupied by P. gigantea was in lodgepole pine. Growth of Latvian isolates of P. gigantea in the wood of Pinus and Picea species was comparable to that of the Rotstop isolate. Consequently, stump treatment with local P. gigantea isolates should be recommended. However, our results suggest that Douglas‐fir stump treatment against Heterobasidion by P. gigantea may be ineffective and other stump treatment methods should be considered.     

Effects of Seed Weight and Seed Type on Early Seedling Growth of Pinus sylvestris under Harsh and Optimal Conditions

The effects of seed weight and seed type on seedling growth of Pinus sylvestris (L.) were studied by seeding individually weighed orchard and stand seed in different mixtures under harsh (direct seeding in field) and optimal (seeding in nursery) conditions. In the nursery experiment an increase in the seed weight from 3 to 7 mg increased the seedling height by 10-27% and total weight by 27-113%, and decreased the height/diameter ratio by 5-6% after 2 yrs. With elimination of seed weight effects, orchard seedlings were 2% taller than stand seedlings in year 2. Without elimination of seed weight effects, orchard seedlings were 7-13% taller. In the field experiment an increase in the seed weight from 3 to 7 mg increased seedling height by 18-65%, stem volume by 81-274% and the number of top-buds by 23-34% in year 5. After elimination of seed weight effects, orchard seedlings were 7-13% taller than stand seedlings and without elimination of seed weight effects 20-21% taller after 5 yrs. Even after elimination of both seed weight and genetic effects orchard seedlings were 3-9% larger than stand seedlings in the field experiment. In conclusion, the influence of seed weight and seed type on growth traits and slenderness is highly significant and the influence seems to be greater in harsh conditions.     

Stand Structure in Pine,Spruce and Deciduous Forests: A Comparison Between Finnish and Russian Karelia

This study investigated the stand structure in pine, spruce and deciduous forests in the border district of Finland and Russia. A total of 46 mature forest stands was selected as pairs, the members of each pair being as similar as possible with respect to their forest site type, age, moisture and topography. The stands were then compared between the two countries by means of basal areas and number of stems. The proportions of dominating tree species were 2-12% lower, and correspondingly the proportions of secondary tree species higher, in Russian forests. The density of the forest stock was also higher in each forest type in Russia. The forests in the two countries differed most radically in terms of the abundance of dead trees. The amount was two to four times higher in Russian deciduous and spruce forests, and in pine forests the difference was 10-fold. The stand structures indicated that Russian coniferous stands, in particular, were more heterogeneous than intensively managed pine and spruce stands in Finland.     

Growth and Terminal Bud Formation in Picea abies Seedlings Grown with Alternating Diurnal Temperature and Different Light Qualities

The root collar diameter and the height:diameter ratio are of particular importance in container-grown seedlings where a high density in the containers may produce spindly seedlings. Temperature regimes and light quality are known to affect plant growth. The aim of this study was to identify responses in Picea abies (L.) Karst. seedlings grown with light providing different red:far-red ratios and under temperature regimes with alternating day (DT) and night temperature (NT) from negative (DT < NT) to positive (DT > NT) difference (DIF) between DT and NT. Experiments were conducted in controlled environment chambers and in a daylight phytotron. Only limited thermoperiodic responses appeared in P . abies seedlings with respect to seedling height and dry weight accumulation. The formation of terminal buds, however, was clearly delayed in seedlings grown at negative DIF. The results indicate a requirement for day extension light that is high in far-red, to prevent terminal bud formation under natural short-day conditions. An extended study should be conducted to clarify the minimum level of light intensity and the optimal light quality needed to prevent terminal bud formation under natural short-day conditions.     

Potential to harness superior nutritional qualities of exotic baobabs if local adaptation can be conferred through grafting

Baobab leaves form an important part of the local diet in Sahel countries and elsewhere in Africa. Existing leaf nutritional data and agroforestry performance information are based solely on Adansonia digitata L., the baobab of continental Africa. The introduction potential of Adansonia species from the center of diversity in Madagascar and from Australia remains untapped. To assess this potential, the mineral contents and B₁ and B₂ vitamin levels of dried baobab leaves were determined for five-year old trees of A. digitata, A. gibbosa (A. Cunn.) Guymer ex D. Baum, A. rubrostipa Jum. & H. Perrier (syn. A. fony Baill.), A. perrieri Capuron and A. za Baill. grown in an introduction trial in Mali. Nutritional data were evaluated against survival and vigor to identify promising germplasm. Leaf vitamin and crude protein contents were highest in the Madagascar species, especially A. rubrostipa (B₁ 88 mg 100 g⁻¹, B₂ 187 mg 100 g⁻¹, protein 20.7% dry weight). However, the local species far outperformed the introductions in survival, tree height, basal diameter and resistance to termites. We suggest grafting as a way of harnessing the vigor of well-adapted local baobab varieties to the superior nutritional profiles of A. rubrostipa and others. Cross-species grafting tests in Adansonia were successful, thus creating new agroforestry possibilities with different scion/rootstock combinations.     

Modelling of adequate pretwist for obtaining straight timber

Abstract

Wood in general and wooden studs in particular are often distorted owing to uneven shrinkage during the drying process in the sawmill. Twist is often the most detrimental of all types of distortion, and it is caused by spiral grain in combination with variations in moisture content. For sawmills, the objective is to produce dried, straight boards, and one method of dealing with boards with excessive spiral grain is to sort them out and then dry them in a pretwisted position to obtain straight boards after drying. A model using the finite element (FE) method for the simulation of drying twist distortions was first calibrated against laboratory experiments in which boards were dried with and without restraints and pretwists. After the calibration, the FE results were compared with industrial test results for boards that were dried without restraints or with restraints with zero pretwist, i.e. straight restraints. The FE model used an elastic–ideally plastic material model to obtain permanent deformations. The calibration was to set the yield stresses so that there was a good match between FE results and results from the laboratory experiments. The comparison between the industrial test results and the FE results showed that the FE model is capable of realistic simulations of drying boards with and without restraints and presumably also pretwists.     

CAD与建筑设计的关系

本文分析了CAD在设计中引起的正面和负面影响,并进行了系统的阐述,从而使设计者在应用中能够保持客观的态度。