Compositional Shifts in Forb and Butterfly Communities Associated with Kentucky Bluegrass Invasions

Rangeland management strategies impact biodiversity, the quality and quantity of ecosystem services, and overall rangeland resiliency. Previous management strategies, coupled with climate change, have led to widespread invasion by Kentucky bluegrass (Poa pratensis; bluegrass) in the Northern Great Plains, United States. Bluegrass invasions are expected to have detrimental impacts on biodiversity conservation and ecosystem services provided by rangelands. Yet none have investigated how bluegrass invasions influence pollinator populations, which are a prominent conservation concern and provide ecosystem services. We measured the impact of bluegrass invasion on mixed-grass prairie forb and butterfly communities. Obligate grassland butterflies, those that rely on grasslands, decreased as bluegrass cover increased, including the threatened Hesperia dacotae. Conversely, the abundance of facultative grassland butterflies, those found in grasslands but not fully dependent on them for their life history, increased as bluegrass increased. Moreover, plant species diversity and flowering forb species richness decreased as bluegrass cover increased. Overall, bluegrass invasion led to butterfly and plant community simplification, signaling a loss of biodiversity and potentially ecosystem services. Our research is the first to quantify how grassland butterflies and the floral resources they depend on are negatively impacted by bluegrass invasion. Resource managers should adopt management strategies that reduce bluegrass cover and improve nectar and host resources for obligate grassland butterflies. Management choices that removed disturbance regimes inherent to the Northern Great Plains (i.e., fire and grazing) led to bluegrass dominance in the region. Therefore, restoring disturbance regimes may be one way to reduce bluegrass and benefit pollinator populations.     

人文因素视域下西藏草地退化问题研究

选择西藏藏北地区那曲市附近3个典型乡(镇)——那曲镇、罗玛镇、孔玛乡所属的行政村,采用参与式农村评估法中的半结构式访谈对当地的牧户进行了大量的问卷调查,以透过人文因素视角对草地生态问题进行研究,挖掘和剖析牧户特定的生态观念及生产方式,从而为该地区草地—家畜—人群生态体系和谐共处、生态环境脆弱性评价以及有针对性地进行草地生态保护提供参考依据。调查结果表明,70%的牧户认为草地质量变差,且65.0%的牧户认为鼠、虫害是造成草地退化的首要原因;在对草地退化所采取措施的认知中,21.7%的牧户认为应该减少牛、羊数量。     

高寒牧区无人机施药防控草原虫害技术研究

通过植保无人机防控草原虫害技术研究,测定了其各项作业技术参数和性能,其雾化和防控效果较好。高寒牧区受海拔、气候等因素的影响,续航时间下降3～4min,载药量下降2～4kg,作业效率下降25～35%。     

Effects of insect infestation on rodent‐mediated dispersal of Quercus aliena: results from field and enclosure experiments

Rodents influence plant establishment and regeneration by functioning as both seed predators and dispersers. However, these rodent–plant interactions can vary significantly due to various environmental conditions and the activity of other insect seed predators. Here, we use a combination of both field and enclosure (i.e. individual cage and semi‐natural enclosure) experiments, to determine whether rodents can distinguish sound seeds from those infested with insects. We also demonstrate how such responses to insects are influenced by food abundance and other environmental factors. We presented rodents with 2 kinds of Quercus aliena seeds (sound and insect‐infested seeds) in a subtropical forest in the Qinling Mountains, central China, from September to November of 2011 to 2013. The results showed that rodents preferred to hoard and eat sound seeds than infested seeds in the field and semi‐natural enclosure, while they preferred to eat infested seeds over sound seeds in the individual cages. In addition, both hoarding and eating decisions were influenced by food abundance. Rodents hoarded more sound seeds in years of high food abundance while they consumed more acorns in years of food shortage. Compared with field results, rodents reduced scatter‐hoarding behavior in semi‐natural enclosures and ate more insect‐infested seeds in smaller individual cages. These results further confirm that rodents distinguish infested seeds from non‐infested seeds but demonstrate that this behavior varies with conditions (i.e. environment and food abundance). We suggest that such interactions will influence the dispersal and natural regeneration of seeds as well as predation rates on insect larvae.     

绵羊放牧绢蒿荒漠草地植物群落多样性及其环境解释

对天山北坡放牧条件下的绢蒿草地进行野外调查,以探讨植物群落物种组成、多样性特征及其与环境因子之间的关系。结果表明:1)绵羊放牧过程中形成了明显的放牧强度梯度,草地利用率适中。通过除趋势对应分析 (DCA)将放牧区内的植物群落划分为8个类型,各类型植物群落的物种多样性有显著差异,且群落间存在异质性;2)采用除趋势对应典范分析法(DCCA)中的前项选择,对所获取的9个环境因子进行筛选,最终土壤有机质含量、粪便量、放牧强度、凋落物生物量、海拔、坡向等6个环境因子成为决定物种分布和群落结构组成的主导因素。DCCA排序结果反映出了实际的生态意义,有机质、放牧强度、粪便量在第一排序轴有明显的梯度变化,而坡向和凋落物则在第2轴上呈现出明显梯度变化,物种和群落也沿着上述环境要素的梯度变化而依次分布,很好地解释了放牧条件下绢蒿荒漠草地物种、群落与环境条件之间的关系。     

不同人工草地对青藏高原温性草原群落生物量组成及物种多样性的影响

青藏高原天然草地生产力较低,草畜矛盾长期尖锐。人工草地逐渐在该区域发展,但不同种植模式人工草地的影响和应用适宜性尚未得到准确的量化评估。以青海省天然草地(NP)为对照,选取相互毗邻的3种不同人工草地:单播垂穗披碱草人工草地(A₁)、单播燕麦人工草地(A₂)和混播燕麦、青稞和油菜的人工草地(A₃)设置实验样地,通过群落调查、刈割称重、根钻采样等方法,测定分析4种群落物种组成、生物量及物种多样性,探讨燕麦和垂穗披碱草两种牧草及单播和混播两种种植方式的差异性影响。结果表明:3种不同人工草地均显著减少有毒植物生物量(P<0.05),显著提高优质牧草占比(P<0.05),改善牧草质量。A₂地上生物量最高(1263.21 g·m^-2),为NP的9.77倍,显著高于其他3种草地(P<0.05)。本研究草地地下生物量占比高(73.22%~95.79%),3种人工种草对地下生物量改变不显著,对总生物量的影响也不显著。A₂、A₃的物种组成与NP迥异,A₂的Pielou均匀度指数显著低于NP和A₃(P<0.05),A₃的Shannon-Wiener指数显著低于NP(P<0.05);而A₁的Gleason指数、Shannon-Wiener指数和Pielou均匀度指数均较高,与NP差异不显著。基于结果,认为相比于天然草地,单播燕麦人工草地可以获得更高的地上生物量,但强烈改变群落物种组成,降低群落物种多样性;而种植垂穗披碱草地上生物量增幅不显著,但其群落物种多样性、均匀度均较高,有利于群落在不利条件下维持相对稳定的生产力。     

甘肃牧区牧民对草原生态补奖政策满意度研究

在中国政府致力于完善草原生态补奖机制的背景下,如何权衡牧民禁牧减畜与收入减少之间的矛盾,提高牧民对政策的满意度,是完善草原生态补奖政策亟须解决的关键科学问题。第一轮草原生态补偿政策实施期(2011-2015年)已结束,第二期(2016-2020年)已经开始,评估牧民对第一期补偿政策的满意度,对完善第二期草原生态补偿机制具有重要的借鉴意义。本研究以甘南、肃南和天祝500户牧户为调查对象,采用探索性因子分析,选取牧民社会经济特征、牧民对草原生态补奖政策的感知质量和感知价值3个潜变量,构建牧民对草原生态补偿政策满意度结构方程模型。结果显示,牧民受教育水平越高,获得的草原生态补奖额度越高,其对草原生态补奖政策的满意度也越高。牧民生活与放牧地区自然灾害发生情况,以及水质和水量的下降情况从侧面反映该地区草原生态环境情况。因此,本研究从完善牧区教育机制,强化草原生态补奖政策配套措施建设,鼓励牧民对草场进行科学管理等方面提出增强牧民对草原生态补奖政策满意度的建议。     

呼伦贝尔草原净初级生产力时空变化及气候响应分析

为了定量评估呼伦贝尔草原的生产能力,明确气候因子对草原生物量累积过程的影响,利用近18年中分辨率成像光谱仪(MODIS)净初级生产力(NPP)产品(MOD17A2H),结合同时期气象数据,基于像元定量分析了呼伦贝尔草原NPP的时空变化规律及其与气候因子的关系。结果表明:2000-2017年呼伦贝尔草原净初级生产力(NPP)均值为306.97 g C·m^-2, 18年来NPP变化呈波动中增加的趋势,最低值为2001年的241.60 g C·m^-2,最高值为2014年的372.10 g C·m^-2。NPP高值区(>400 g C·m^-2)分布于低地草甸;中值区(250～400 g C·m^-2)分布于山地草甸和温性草甸草原;低值区(<250 g C·m^-2)出现在呼伦贝尔西部的温性草原,不同草地类型NPP值整体变化趋势表现为:低地草甸>山地草甸>温性草甸草原>沼泽类>温性草原。呼伦贝尔草原NPP与降水的相关性高于与温度的相关性,降水是NPP积累的主要影响因子,温性草甸草原和温性草原对气候因子变化的响应总体比低地草甸和山地草甸敏感。     

祁连山中段退化高寒草地土壤细菌群落分布特征

为探究祁连山中段不同退化高寒草地土壤细菌群落分布特征,采用Illumina HiSeq PE250高通量测序平台对轻度、中度和重度退化草地土壤细菌群落变化特征进行研究,并对土壤细菌群落与土壤酶活性、土壤理化因子间关系进行分析。结果表明:随着退化程度加剧,植被盖度、高度、地上生物量和多样性指数均明显降低(P<0.05);土壤理化性质和酶活性变化各异且差异显著(P<0.05)。高通量测序共得到257971条有效序列,219017条优质序列和2004个OTUs。细菌群落丰富度指数依次为轻度>中度>重度,多样性指数为轻度>重度>中度,Beta多样性分析表明各样地间差异为轻度>重度>中度。其中,放线菌门(Actinobacteria)、厚壁菌门(Firmicutes)、酸杆菌门(Acidobacteria)和变形菌门(Proteobacteria)为3种退化草地土壤的优势菌门,在轻度、中度和重度退化草地土壤中分别占77.25%、84.27%和78.66%;乳球菌属为3种退化草地土壤的优势菌属,在轻度、中度和重度退化草地土壤中分别占14.29%、38.84%和7.39%。冗余分析表明:土壤酶活性和土壤理化性质均对细菌群落的组成具有影响,其中土壤pH是影响土壤细菌群落分布的主要驱动因子。祁连山中段不同退化高寒草地土壤细菌群落的变化主要受土壤理化性质和酶活性的影响。     

黑米天然黑(紫)色素的研究

特种稻黑米品种的糙米果皮中,含有大量的稀有天然黑(紫)色素。本文研究了这种色素的提取与分离方法、化学结构及其稳定性,并对其药理作用和应用前景作了简要分析。