The response of understory herbaceous plants to nitrogen fertilization in forests of different land-use history

Forests growing on former agricultural land often have reduced frequencies of many native forest herbs compared with forests that were never cleared for agriculture. A leading explanation for this pattern is that many forest herbs are dispersal limited, but environmental conditions may also hinder colonization. We examined the response of six forest herb taxa (Arisaema triphyllum, Cimicifuga racemosa, Disporum lanuginosum, Osmorhiza spp., Polygonatum spp., and Prenanthes altissima) to nitrogen (N) fertilization in forests with and without an agricultural history to investigate how N availability affects plant performance. The study was conducted in the southern Appalachian Mountains in western North Carolina, USA. There was a significant interaction between land-use history and N treatment for several species. In A. triphyllum and Osmorhiza spp., N fertilization increased aboveground biomass or leaf area more in the post-agriculture site than in the reference site. However, in the reference site, N fertilization depressed aboveground biomass or leaf area in the same taxa, as well as in C. racemosa. The foliar N concentration of these three taxa was elevated in fertilized plots regardless of land-use history, and there was no indication that the light environment differed among plots. These results suggest that some plants growing in post-agricultural stands may be N limited, whereas undisturbed stands in this region appear to be approaching N saturation. Thus, environmental conditions, and particularly N availability, may be an obstacle to the restoration of forest herb communities.     

Nitrogen leaching in response to increased nitrogen inputs in subtropical monsoon forests in southern China

Dissolved inorganic nitrogen (DIN) (as ammonium nitrate) was applied monthly onto the forest floor of one old-growth forest (>400 years old, at levels of 50, 100 and 150 kg N ha⁻¹ yr⁻¹) and two young forests (both about 70 years old, at levels of 50 and 100 kg N ha⁻¹ yr⁻¹) over 3 years (2004–2006), to investigate how nitrogen (N) input influenced N leaching output, and if there were differences in N retention between the old-growth and the young forests in the subtropical monsoon region of southern China. The ambient throughfall inputs were 23–27 kg N ha⁻¹ yr⁻¹ in the young forests and 29–35 kg N ha⁻¹ yr⁻¹ in the old-growth forest. In the control plots without experimental N addition, a net N retention was observed in the young forests (on average 6–11 kg N ha⁻¹ yr⁻¹), but a net N loss occurred in the old-growth forest (−13 kg N ha⁻¹ yr⁻¹). Experimental N addition immediately increased DIN leaching in all three forests, with 25–66% of added N leached over the 3-year experiment. At the lowest level of N addition (50 kg N ha⁻¹ yr⁻¹), the percentage N loss was higher in the old-growth forest (66% of added N) than in the two young forests (38% and 26%). However, at higher levels of N addition (100 and 150 kg N ha⁻¹ yr⁻¹), the old-growth forest exhibited similar N losses (25–43%) to those in the young forests (28–43%). These results indicate that N retention is largely determined by the forest successional stages and the levels of N addition. Compared to most temperate forests studied in Europe and North America, N leaching loss in these seasonal monsoon subtropical forests occurred mainly in the rainy growing season, with measured N loss in leaching substantially higher under both ambient deposition and experimental N additions.     

我国古代蝗灾社会反应机制定型期研究

概述了南宋以前各代应对蝗灾的措施,从积极和消极2方面探讨了南宋蝗灾的社会反映机制,指出了蝗灾反应机制在南宋最终定型,并成为南宋以后各代的基本模式。     

对陕南农村劳动交换的社会学解读

从社会交换理论的视角出发,以洛南县闫沟村为实地研究样本,描述了陕南农村劳动交换现象的变迁,并分析了其变迁的社会原因。研究表明,劳动交换的特征与其社会背景是互为因果的。转型时期的社会背景决定了陕南农村的劳动交换兼有传统劳动交换与现代劳动交换的特点。针对陕南农村劳动交换的现代性转变,提出了政策性建议。     

宗教旅游地居民旅游感知影响因素研究——以南岳为例

以南岳衡山为例,采用问卷调查的方法对影响宗教旅游地居民旅游感知态度的因素进行了研究。结果表明,社区归属感、对旅游业的依赖程度、对基础资源的使用情况3类因素与旅游影响变量显著相关。     

蜀南竹海旅游环境容量的测算及分析

旅游环境容量的研究能为区域旅游开发和管理提供科学依据。以蜀南竹海为例,通过实地走访获取有关数据,从旅游生态、设施、空间以及社会环境容量4 个方面分别对该景区的旅游环境容量进行计算,结果表明：社会环境容量（9150 人次/日）最大,生态环境容量（7766 人次/日）次之,空间环境容量（4908 人次/日）和设施环境容量（4000 人次/日）相当,结合木桶原则和专家赋分权重,估算出蜀南竹海旅游环境容量为276 万人/年,与近期景区游客接待量相比,仍有较大挖掘潜力。为此,结合景区实际,从鼓励景区内使用公共交通工具、加强垃圾分类管理、优化旅游线路、实行景区弹性门票价格等方面,提出了可行性建议,为实现景区旅游业的可持续发展提供理论参考。     

实时荧光PCR检测转基因大豆外源基因的拷贝数

快捷、准确地检测转基因植物中外源基因的拷贝数,是转基因生物育种的重要研究内容,具有较大的应用前景。本研究以7个抗虫BT(Bacillus thuringiensis)和抗草甘膦EPSPS-G10转基因大豆事件为材料,以SYBR Green I为荧光染料,利用实时荧光定量PCR方法,根据PCR反应获得的Ct值与起始模板数的对数值存在线性反比关系这一原理,建立了相关性系数在0.99以上的模板定量标线。通过目的基因与内参基因——大豆肌动蛋白编码基因ACTIN的起始模板量比较,估算出各株系的目的基因拷贝数。数据显示,株系1、2、3和4的2个基因均为单拷贝,株系6的2个基因均有2个拷贝,株系5和7的2个基因的拷贝数为3。利用Southern印迹方法对材料1~4的拷贝数进行验证,结果表明,两者的检测结果基本一致,证明实时荧光PCR检测法是大豆外源基因拷贝数检测中快速有效的方法。实时荧光PCR高效快速检测基因拷贝数,对于大规模转基因株系的外源基因拷贝数检测应用具有重大意义。     

南方丘陵林下油用牡丹栽培与幼龄期管理关键技术

XIE Guo-quan(Henghe Office of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of Cixi, Cixi, Zhejiang 315318)     

基于地形梯度的皖南地区土地利用分布特征

以安徽省皖南地区为例,利用GIS空间分析技术,通过计算高程、坡度和地形位指数等地形梯度上的土地利用分布指数,分析了3种地形梯度上不同土地利用类型的分布特征,探讨了该区土地利用分布特点与地形间的关系。结果表明:(1)研究区在高程0~600 m、坡度0~21°和地形位指数0~1.575 0区域内的面积占皖南地区总面积的93.10%、83.11%和93.89%,影响着该区的土地利用类型分布;(2)土地利用类型分布分层明显,耕地、水域和建设用地主要分布在海拔较低、坡度平缓和地形位指数较小的区域,相应的土地利用分布指数随地形梯度的增大而减少直至趋于0;林地、草地分布则与之相反;(3)依据土地利用和地形的关系,皖南地区土地利用格局趋于合理,但不合理的土地利用方式仍然存在,需要加强其土地利用的规划管理。     

高钾用量和根区施肥可提升皖南不同质地土壤烟叶钾含量

钾是烟叶的品质元素之一,提升烟叶钾含量一直是我国烟草行业关注的重点之一。本文选取安徽烤烟主产区皖南宣城市砂土与黏土两类典型土壤,以云烟97为试验材料,研究田间条件下不同高钾用量水平与施肥方式对烟叶钾含量的影响。研究结果表明,在耕层土壤全层混施方式下,随着施钾量增加(0、300、600、900、1 200、1 800、2400mg/kg,以纯K计),两种质地土壤烟叶钾含量均显著上升,呈先快速增加而后缓慢增加的趋势。在钾肥用量低于1 200 mg/kg时,每增加钾肥用量100 mg/kg,砂土和黏土烟叶不同部位钾含量分别平均增加2.4 g/kg和1.0 g/kg。更高钾肥用量可使砂土烟叶钾平均含量提升到44.0 g/kg,黏土则只能提升到26.2 g/kg。两类土壤钾肥效果差异极大的原因与土壤固钾能力有关,土壤速效钾含量与烟叶钾含量呈线性相关,而黏土钾肥固定率平均为71%,远高于砂土的25%,这是两种质地土壤钾肥肥效差异的根本原因。在常规同等钾肥用量条件下(K2O25kg/667m2),氮磷钾根区集中施用较常规条施显著促进了烟叶对钾的吸收,提升了烟叶钾含量,而且砂土的效果要好于黏土,其原因也与根区施肥可显著提升烟叶根区土壤速效钾含量有关。以上结果表明,选择固钾能力弱的土壤,提高钾肥用量并改进施肥方法可以有效提升皖南烟叶钾的含量。