日本冲绳岛琉球松林台风干扰后的群落特点

为阐述亚热带地区琉球松林受到干扰后的演替规律,就日本冲绳地区琉球松人工林在强台风干扰后,林分结构和树种组成特点进行了调查分析。结果表明,琉球松林经台风干扰后演替形成两种群落类型,即琉球松-峨嵋木荷群落和琉球松-峨嵋木荷-蕨类群落;两者在林分结构和树种组成特点方面差异明显。琉球松-峨嵋木荷群落中,出现乔灌树种26种(DBH≥3．0cm),树种多样性指数为2．55,林下植被特别是草本层盖度低,没有蕨类植物分布。而琉球松-峨嵋木荷-蕨类群落中,出现乔灌树种33种,树种多样性指数为3．51,林下植被特别是草本层发育较好,并有大量蕨类植物分布,其盖度达55％。此外,经受干扰的琉球松林出现了大量的较耐荫的常绿阔叶树种,尤其是山茶科和樟科的树种,而没有出现本地天然常绿阔叶林的优势树种壳斗科的栲类(Castanopsis spp.)。充分说明强台风干扰促进了琉球松林向常绿阔叶林演替。     

红砂种群自然更新与人工辅助恢复机理的初步研究

2003年7~10月,选择黄土丘陵区荒漠草原地带两个相似生境、5个不同干扰特征的中幼龄红砂种群更新恢复类型区为研究对象,采用系统取样法或样行法,开展了干扰条件下的红砂种群种子更新与恢复机理的初步研究。结果表明,红砂种子更新恢复能力与干扰水平呈正相关;干扰因子的特征不同,则更新恢复能力不同;尤其水分因子参与对红砂种群的自然更新与人工辅助恢复起着关键性的作用。以更新密度作为参数,其数值依次为:灌溉+整地+自然更新最大,平均为13.04丛/m2,变化在3~28丛/m2之间;无灌溉+整地+人工种植恢复平均为1.66丛/m2,变化在1~20丛/m2之间;无灌溉+整地+自然更新恢复平均为1.11丛/m2,变化在0.5~17丛/m2之间;无灌溉+破土+自然更新平均为0.255丛/m2,变化在0.1~3.0丛/m2之间;无干扰自然更新平均为0.012丛/m2。     

川西南山地云南松林窗边界木偏冠现象与影响因素

树冠偏倚是树冠外部形态受生物学和非生物学因素综合影响的结果.该文研究了川西南山地阳性树种云南松的偏冠现象及其影响因素.云南松边界木偏冠现象普遍存在,树冠偏倚程度大于0.5的个体达到了95%(偏冠率1)和93%(偏冠率2).自然地理条件下,云南松边界木偏冠方向和方位可能有关,树冠偏向南方的边界木近80%,与地形和光照等非生物环境有关.云南松边界木偏冠程度受云南松自身特征的影响,偏冠率1和胸径、年龄、侧树间距、后树间距存在显著相关关系,和树高、枝下高间关系不显著.云南松偏冠受邻体树木分布影响,偏冠率2和侧树距离有关,和胸径、年龄、树高、枝下高、后树距离无显著相关关系.因此,云南松树冠偏倚程度受多种因素影响,受自身特征、邻体分布和非生物环境的相互作用.      

Projecting impacts of human disturbances to inform conservation planning and management in a dryland forest landscape

Systematic approaches to conservation planning and management require spatially explicit information on the dynamics of multiple disturbance processes, but progress in providing such information has been limited to date. Here we examine the use of a spatially explicit model of forest dynamics (LANDIS-II), incorporating a range of ecological processes, to examine the impacts of different types of disturbance on a dryland forest landscape in Central Chile. The model was parameterized using spatial data and results of a field survey, in which 21 native tree species were recorded, and one invasive exotic (Acacia dealbata). Seven disturbance scenarios were simulated, with different combinations of fire, browsing and tree cutting. Model results indicated relatively little impact of disturbance on forest cover but substantial differences in forest structure, with relatively old-growth forest stands (>120 years old) being virtually eliminated from the landscape in scenarios with both browsing and cutting. Tree species richness tended to be lower in those scenarios without disturbance, highlighting potential trade-offs between forest structure and species richness. Spread of A. dealbata was projected only to occur in the presence of fire when combined with browsing and/or cutting. These interactive effects of different forms of disturbance illustrate the value of process-based modeling approaches for exploring the spatial dynamics of multiple disturbance processes, but highlight the difficulty of identifying an optimum disturbance regime that would enable conservation objectives to be achieved. It is suggested that process-based models should form part of an analytical ‘toolkit’ to support the practical implementation of systematic conservation planning approaches.     

基于干扰度的迁西县生态环境分区

生态环境干扰度分区可指导和调节人类活动干扰的强度和方式 ,有利于合理开发资源和保护生态环境。以河北省迁西县为例 ,提出了选取生态环境干扰度指标因子的原则 ,进行了干扰度指标因子的分级及赋值 ,并应用灰色关联度分析确定指标因子的权重。经过综合评判 ,把迁西县生态环境划分为中度干扰区和轻度干扰区 ,并进一步细化为中 1干扰区、中 2干扰区、中 3干扰区、轻 1干扰区和轻 2干扰区。针对各干扰区的特点 ,提出了相应的调整人类活动强度和方式的对策     

不同干扰方式对东北山地沼泽土壤肥力的影响

 通过样地法对小浪底水库库区山地生态系统不同群落间的Shannon-Wiener指数(H′)、Simpson指数(D1)、Margalef物种丰富度(D2)、种间相遇概率(P)和Pielou均匀度指数(Jsw)等多样性指数进行研究,利用统计方法分析不同群落的物种多样性指数与其所处环境的关系。结果表明:1)物种多样性指数和丰富度指数与群落类型有密切关系,同一类型的群落中,多样性指数随演替时间表现出复杂的关系;2)土壤含水量对H′、P、Jsw、D1等呈极显著的正相关性,土壤厚度与H′、D1、P呈显著正相关性;多样性指数与坡度无相关性;土壤有机质、速效氮、速效磷等养分指标与多样性指数H′、D1有显著的正相关;3)多样性指数H′与乔木、灌木群落生物量表现为正相关关系,草本群落与D1相关性不显著;4)乔木林群落的恢复时间与Jsw、H′呈正相关关系,其余多样性指数(P、D1、D2)与恢复时间关系不显著(P>0.05);恢复时间每增加10a,群落物种数平均增加约6种;5)物种多样性指数H′与灌木的盖度和高度呈极显著正相关性;有些单优群落随高度增加和盖度提高,多样性指数反而表现出降低;6)草本植物群落的高度和盖度与物种丰富度指数D2与呈显著的负相关关系,与H′相关性不显著。     

Dall''s sheep responses to overflights by helicopter and fixed-wing aircraft

High rates of behavioural disruption caused by human activities could jeopardize the body condition and reproductive success of wildlife. I exposed Dall's sheep (Ovis dalli dalli) of the Yukon Territory to experimental overflights by a fixed-wing aircraft and a helicopter. Aircraft approaches that were more direct (as determined by the aircraft's elevation and horizontal distance from sheep) were more likely to elicit fleeing or to disrupt resting. Latency to resume feeding or resting after fixed-wing overflights was longer during more direct approaches. During indirect approaches by helicopters, sheep far from rocky slopes were much more likely to flee than sheep on rocky slopes. Sheep did not flee while nearby helicopters flew along the opposite side of a ridge, presumably because the obstructive cover buffered disturbing stimuli. Results provide preliminary parameters for predicting energetic and fitness costs incurred as a function of overflight rates, and can help mitigate disturbance by guiding temporal and spatial restrictions to aircraft.     

Moderate sheep grazing in semiarid shrubland alters small-scale soil surface structure and patch properties

We investigated whether long-term moderate livestock grazing by sheep (ca. 10 animal unit days/ha) in a semiarid shrubland with a long-term average annual rainfall of 200 mm causes changes in soil surface structure and dimensions of shrub and intershrub patches. We examined grazing-induced changes in landscape patchiness, patch structure, and soil moisture in three grazed and three ungrazed plots of 4 m × 4 m on a south-facing slope and the opposite, more productive north-facing slope. The measurements were done in early spring 2001 and 2002 before grazing started, in two surveys, one using two parallel transects and one using sample quadrats of 20 cm × 30 cm under three shrubs per plot and on an adjacent part of the intershrub matrix. On the north-facing slope, the sheep reduced shrub patch size as they trampled the soil mounds under the shrubs and browsed the shrub canopy. Reduced shrub patch size decreases the area and resources available for plant production. On the south-facing slope, the sheep mainly disrupted the soil crust in the intershrub area. This may increase soil erosion, but also seedling establishment. The contrast in impacts on the two slopes is due to the interaction between environment (productivity, exposure and vegetation) and sheep behavior (herbivory and trampling). On both slopes, the changes due to grazing are significant, though small. Changes in patch size and properties induced by moderate grazing can have positive and negative effects on productivity and diversity, but may also be viewed as early signs of landscape degradation as is often caused by heavy grazing.     

The impact of urban development and human disturbance on the numbers of nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus on heathlands in Dorset, England

The factors influencing the number of nightjars on 36 heathland sites (referred to as patches) in Dorset, England were examined using novel spatial integration of existing datasets. Surrogate measures of human density and settlement, including the amount of developed land at different distances from the heath (obtained from aerial photographs) and the actual number of buildings (obtained from Post Code databases) were all found to be highly correlated with each other and to show a strong negative relationship with the density of nightjars present on a patch, regardless of patch size. The amount of woodland (the preferred foraging habitat) surrounding each patch (within 500 m of the patch boundary) was also a significant predictor of nightjar numbers. When used together, the extent of woodland and developed land both gave significant improvements to predictions of nightjar density. The results indicate that the number of nightjars present on a heathland patch is influenced by the surrounding land-use and that the effect of urban development is more than just habitat loss. We suggest that trends identified are at least partly due to actual human presence on the heathlands and as such, human disturbance is potentially a problem for this species.     

导致牛繁殖障碍的遗传因素及其分析

繁殖障碍的发生几乎都是遗传与环境因素相互作用的结果,因而育种方法有助于减少各种繁殖障碍的蔓延,并且随着牛生产性状遗传进展的累积,必须将在经济重要性方面不低于产肉、产奶等性状的繁殖障碍纳入育种计划中。本文以上述观点为基点,综述了牛的繁殖障碍的遗传性影响因素,介绍了繁殖障碍的几种遗传学分析方法,阐述了控制遗传性繁殖障碍的4项育种措施,提议以寻求适当的标记性状作为繁殖障碍遗传流行病学研究和临床诊断指标的突破口。