三江源区土壤侵蚀变化及驱动因素分析

采用修正通用土壤流失方程(revised universal soil loss equation, RUSLE)对三江源区1997-2012年的土壤侵蚀模数和土壤侵蚀量进行定量模拟,并对其生态工程实施前、后时空变化特征进行对比分析,采用空间叠加法分析降雨侵蚀力及植被覆盖度对土壤侵蚀状况的影响,利用模型参数控制法对气候变化和生态工程对土壤侵蚀变化的贡献率进行分析。结果表明:1)生态工程实施后,三江源区土壤侵蚀增加的趋势尚未得到遏制,多年平均年土壤侵蚀模数和侵蚀量较工程实施前增加6.5%,但局部地区土壤侵蚀状况有所好转,约占总面积的45%;2)长江流域在工程实施后的土壤侵蚀量与工程实施前基本持衡;黄河流域土壤侵蚀量增加明显,增幅超过45%;澜沧江流域土壤侵蚀量有所下降,降幅为9.8%;3)降水增强导致土壤侵蚀加剧的贡献率达到180%,植被恢复对土壤侵蚀变化的贡献率为-80%。全面遏制三江源区土壤侵蚀增加趋势,仍需持续努力。     

再生铝企业周边农田土壤与农作物重金属含量特征分析

为探究再生铝企业群周边农田土壤及作物的污染状况,通过现场采样及室内测试,对企业周边土壤及农作物中7种重金属元素的含量进行分析,应用空间插值法对土壤重金属的空间分布特征进行研究。结果表明,研究区域土壤中Cd含量相对较高,含量范围为0.11~1.86 mg·kg^-1,其平均值超过了我国土壤污染风险筛选值标准,Cu、Cr、Zn、Pb、Cd、Ni和As 7种元素的平均值分别达到河北省背景值的1.9、1.1、1.4、1.5、4.1、0.91倍和0.39倍,Cd元素存在强生态风险。从空间分布特征来看,土壤中Cd、Pb、Cu、Zn 4种元素均表现出以企业为中心向四周逐渐递减的分布趋势,且高值分布范围相对其他金属较广。小麦籽粒中Cu、Zn、Cd、Cr和Pb 5种元素存在不同程度的超标现象,最严重的为元素Pb,其含量范围为0.02~1.06 mg·kg^-1,与食品安全国家标准相比,最大超标倍数达到5.3倍,其高值样品分布在研究区北部。玉米籽粒也发现Cr、Zn、Ni超标的现象,Cr超标较其他重金属严重,其含量范围为0.16~1.32 mg·kg^-1。研究表明,再生铝企业活动对周边农田土壤和农作物造成多种重金属污染威胁,需要引起重视。     

The routes to fruit: Governance of urban food trees in Canada

Interest in planting urban food trees (UFTs) in public spaces is growing in popularity as a form of urban greening and a potential food source. Currently there is minimal research on the governance and policy aspects of integrating food trees into cities. To fill this gap, we investigated the characteristics of UFT site governance and how it compares to current urban forest governance. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with relevant municipal officials in Calgary, Edmonton, Toronto and Victoria about their perspectives and involvement with UFT sites in their city. A scan of policy documents was completed to supplement the interviews. The interviews were analyzed using a deductive coding framework based on the Policy Arrangement Approach. We found that key actors at the UFT sites were local organizations and site champions, with minimal municipal engagement. Most site resources provided by municipalities were in-kind. There are also basic knowledge gaps about how to care for UFTs. Currently municipal by-laws prohibit the harvesting and removal of plant material, and are at odds with the purpose of UFT sites, with few municipalities fully integrating UFTs in policies. The primary discussion around UFTs centre concerns for public health and safety, management, and use of public space with limited discussions of benefits. This research demonstrates the value of co-governance models to support UFTs, while a shift in focus from risks to benefits could encourage additional resources and policy integration. Further, including UFTs into policy would also support foraging and food tree maintenance in public spaces, and more fully reflect the plurality of urban forest engagement.     

贺兰山主要森林类型土壤和根系有机碳研究

土壤有机碳是陆地碳库的重要组成部分,其形成常和植被、气候等环境要素相关。为了解贺兰山地区土壤有机碳状况,2011年对贺兰山东麓青海云杉(Picea crassfolia)、油松(Pinus tabulaeformis)和灰榆(Ulmus glaucescens)林下土壤和根系取样,测定了各自的有机碳含量。结果表明:青海云杉、油松和灰榆林林下土壤平均有机碳含量分别为34.12g/kg、17.83g/kg和15.32g/kg,林下根系有机碳密度分别为869.12g/m2、532.17g/m2和242.68g/m2,林下土体(土壤和根系)有机碳密度分别为17.58kg/m2、9.55kg/m2和4.00kg/m2;林下根系有机碳占林下土体有机碳的比重为4.94%～6.0%。贺兰山青海云杉林下土壤碳储量高于全国森林土壤碳储量平均水平,油松林下碳储量略低于全国森林土壤碳储量平均水平,灰榆林碳储量仅为全国森林土壤碳储量平均水平的36.7%。青海云杉和油松林利于土壤有机碳累积,其林下土壤是贺兰山地区重要的有机碳库。     

金融危机对北京旅游业的影响分析

构建北京旅游本底趋势模型,从入境旅游、国内旅游两方面分析金融危机对北京旅游业的影响.研究表明:1)金融危机对北京入境游客规模与经济规模造成了严重的冲击,其中2008年与2009年的入境游客规模受到的影响最大(年客流损失率分别为15.91％与9.18％),2009年入境旅游经济规模的年收入损失率最大(8.35％),入境旅游客源空间2008年呈现萎缩状态,但2009年以后逐渐恢复.2)金融危机对北京国内旅游业的冲击和影响并不明显.3)受金融危机影响,2008年北京游客总量呈现明显下降趋势,损失客流量为1200万人次,至201 1年旅游人次开始回升;2008-2010年旅游经济规模受到金融危机的影响较小.     

Estimating spatial mean soil water contents of sloping jujube orchards using temporal stability

Estimating spatial mean soil water contents from point-scale measurements is important to improve soil water management in sloping land of semiarid areas. Temporal stability analysis, as a statistical technique to estimate soil water content, is an effective tool in terms of facilitating the upscaling estimation of mean values. The objective of this study was to examine temporal stability of soil water profiles (0–20, 20–40, 40–60 and 0–60 cm) in sloping jujube (Zizyphus jujuba) orchards and to estimate field mean root-zone soil water based on temporal stability analysis in the Yuanzegou catchment of the Chinese Loess Plateau, using soil water observations under both dry and wet soil conditions. The results showed that different time-stable locations were identified for different depths and the temporal stability of soil water content in 20–40 cm was significantly (P < 0.05) weaker than that in other depths. Moreover, these time-stable locations had relatively high clay contents, relatively mild slopes and relatively planar surfaces compared to the corresponding field means. Statistical analysis revealed that the temporal stability of root zone soil water (0–60 cm) was higher in either dry or wet season than that including both, and soil water exhibited very low temporal stability during the transition period from dry to wet. Based on the temporal stability analysis, field mean soil water contents were estimated reasonably (R² from 0.9560 to 0.9873) from the point measurements of these time-stable locations. Since the terrains in this study are typical in the hilly regions of the Loess Plateau, the results presented here should improve soil water management in sloping orchards in the Loess Plateau.     

Effect of incorporation of Brassica napus L. residues in soils on mycorrhizal fungus colonisation of roots and phosphorus uptake by maize (Zea mays L.)

Plants in the Brassicaceae family are known to contain thioglucoside compounds that produce isothiocyanates when tissues are disrupted. These chemicals have a negative effect on soil-borne fungal pathogens, and possibly on vesicular–arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi. We investigated the effect of incorporation of Brassica napus L. residues in a soil on mycorrhizal colonisation of roots, P uptake and growth of following maize (Zea mays L.) crop. A pot experiment was carried out in a glasshouse with pre-inoculation with Glomus intraradices (+I and −I), incorporation of B. napus L. residues (+R and −R) and mineral P fertilization (+P and −P) as studied factors. The soil used was a neutral loamy soil with low P availability. The pots were planted with maize (Z. mays L.). Phosphorus uptake, plant biomass, total leaf area per plant and area of individual leaves (rank 4–7) were significantly larger in +P treatments than without P addition, thus confirming that the soil used for the experiment was P deficient. Incorporation of B. napus L. residues had also a positive effect on P uptake, plant biomass, total leaf area per plant and area of individual leaves (rank 5–7). These effects were more pronounced in −P treatments than in +P treatments. There was no effect of pre-inoculation with G. intraradices on P uptake and P dependant variables. The percentage of the root length that was colonised by mycorrhizae was lower in +P treatments but it was not significantly affected by other studied factors. Altogether the results showed that B. napus L. residues have mainly acted as a source of P. There was no evidence of a negative effect of the incorporation of B. napus L. residues on the colonisation of maize roots by mycorrhizae.     

Bioactive carbazole alkaloids from Murraya koenigii (L.) Spreng

Four new carbazole alkaloids (1–4) and fourteen known carbazole alkaloids (5–18) were isolated from Murraya koenigii. Their structures were elucidated on the basis of extensive spectroscopic analysis. Compounds 4, 6, 16, and 17 (10 μM) had moderate hepatoprotective activities against d-galactosamine-induced HL-7702 cell damage. Compounds 11, 12 and 18 showed significant PTP1B inhibitory activity with IC₅₀ values of 1.773, 1.875 and 2.286 μM, respectively.     

Nitrite transformations in an N-saturated forest soil

Nitrite dynamics could be highly associated with forest N cycles. However, they have often been overlooked mainly because of the experimental difficulties that occur owing to chemical reactive nature of NO₂⁻. We investigated NO₂⁻ dynamics in an N-saturated forest soil with a recently developed method using ¹⁵N. Soils were aerobically incubated for 145 h after ¹⁵NO₂⁻ addition, and changes in ¹⁴N and ¹⁵N concentrations of NO₂⁻, NO₃⁻, NH₄⁺, and dissolved organic N (DON) were monitored. Simultaneous production and consumption of NO₂⁻ were observed. The turnover rate of NO₂⁻ was even faster than that of NH₄⁺ and NO₃⁻ calculated in other studies. Of the added ¹⁵NO₂⁻, 28.5% was oxidized to NO₃⁻ and 17.8% was incorporated into the DON pool within 4 h. The remainder might be emitted as gas or fixed by insoluble soil organic matter. Our results suggested that rapid NO₂⁻ turnover could be a major driving force for N transformations in forest soil.