Age estimation of different tree species using a special kind of an electrically recording resistance drill

The determination of tree age is an important issue for urban green planning, forestry and dendrology; finding non-destructive and quasi-non-destructive methods for this purpose is of great theoretical and practical importance. The resistance drilling method is quasi-non-destructive because the average diameter of an opening that remains after drilling does not exceed 3 mm. Do electrically recording resistance drills allow precise assessment of tree age? The aim of this study is to assess the accuracy of determining the number of tree rings based on an examination of this special kind of drilling resistance profiles for three tree species, the pine Pinus sylvestris L., the oak Quercus robur L., and the birch Betula pendula ROTH. In 2015 and 2016, 15 pine trees, 15 oak trees, and 15 birch trees were randomly selected. For each studied tree, a measurement was conducted using the electrically recording resistance drill IML-Resi E400 with a flat-tipped 1.5/3 mm steel needle (research sample), and an increment core was taken (reference sample). The drill used was not a real Resistograph^®. The analysis of the E400-profiles underestimated the number of tree rings; the mean bias error (MBE) values were –6.5, –2.5, and –6.0 years for pine, oak, and birch, respectively. The proportion of investigated trees with less than five years difference between the research and reference samples varied from 38.4 (birch) to 66.7 (oak) percent. The accuracy of tree age determination was lowest for birch and highest for oak. The binomial generalised linear model (GLM) revealed that the most accurate tree age assessments were obtained from tree rings wider than 2 mm. The measurements clearly showed that the electrically recording resistance drill IML-Resi E400 enables a quick, although approximate, tree age assessment. Future research should concentrate on electronically regulating and recording drills, providing a higher spatial and signal resolution, and a stronger correlation to wood density.     

Nutrient cycling and biomass flows in a low-quality forest stand improvement system in the Lesser Khingan Range of China

The material flow and bulk internal flow analyses were used to establish a material accumulation and cycling model for a low-quality forest stand improvement system and a series of processes were considered. The model was applied in a one-hectare low-quality forest plot in the Lesser Khingan Range of China. Results showed that during 1997–2007, the stands absorbed 270.19 kg of N, 74.28 kg of P, and 124.39 kg of K from soils, 51.82 kg of N and 2.38 kg of P were directly absorbed by foliage, and 16.25 kg of K was released to soils by eluviation. Until 2007, the accumulated nutrients in the stands included 236.91 kg of N, 65.28 kg of P, and 108.55 kg of K. When horizontal strip clearcutting was applied in 2007, 50% accumulated nutrients in the stands were shifted due to harvesting operations, and 212.74 kg of N, 26.97 kg of P, and 98.88 kg of K were accumulated in soils, declining by 9.47% for N, 3.68% for P, and 17.60% for K, respectively, compared with year 1997. 94.61 t per hectare of biomass was generated, of which the biomass in stands accounted for 87.36%. The felled tree biomass was 36.89 t per hectare, of which 84.90% and 10.03% of biomass were utilized in terms of logs and other means, and the rest was left on site.     

基于综合判别法的广东省水土流失状况遥感分析

以2009和2010年10 m分辨率的ALOS多光谱遥感影像为数据源,采用计算机自动分析与人机交互判别相结合的方法,对广东省水土流失状况进行了遥感分析。结果表明:广东省土地利用以林草地、水田、建筑用地、水域和旱地为主,植被覆盖状况良好,珠三角和粤西地区地形平缓,粤北山区地形起伏较大;全省水土流失总面积20945.87 km 2,其中自然侵蚀面积14781.06 km 2,人为侵蚀面积6164.81 km 2;全省水土流失以轻度和中度侵蚀为主,主要分布在河源、梅州和云浮等地,其中生产建设活动导致的人为侵蚀集中分布在惠州、清远和广州等地。     

Performance and uncertainty analysis of a short-term climate reconstruction based on multi-source data in the Tianshan Mountains region,China

Short-term climate reconstruction, i.e., the reproduction of short-term(several decades) historical climatic time series based on the relationship between observed data and available longer-term reference data in a certain area, can extend the length of climatic time series and offset the shortage of observations. This can be used to assess regional climate change over a much longer time scale. Based on monthly grid climate data from a Coupled Model Inter-comparison Project phase 5(CMIP5) dataset for the period of 1850–2000, the Climatic Research Unit(CRU) dataset for the period of 1901–2000 and the observed data from 53 meteorological stations located in the Tianshan Mountains region(TMR) of China during the period of 1961–2011, we calibrated and validated monthly average temperature(MAT) and monthly accumulated precipitation(MAP) in the TMR using the delta, physical scaling(SP) and artificial neural network(ANN) methods. Performance and uncertainty during the calibration(1971–1999) and verification(1961–1970) periods were assessed and compared using traditional performance indices and a revised set pair analysis(RSPA) method. The calibration and verification processes were subjected to various sources of uncertainty due to the influence of different reconstructed variables, different data sources, and/or different methods used. According to traditional performance indices, both the CRU and CMIP5 datasets resulted in satisfactory calibrated and verified MAT time series at 53 meteorological stations and MAP time series at 20 meteorological stations using the delta and SP methods for the period of 1961–1999. However, the results differed from those obtained by the RSPA method. This showed that the CRU dataset produced a low degree of uncertainty(positive connection degree) during the calibration and verification of MAT using the delta and SP methods compared to the CMIP5 dataset. Overall, the calibrated and verified MAP had a high degree of uncertainty(negative connection degree) regardless of the dataset or reconstruction method used. Therefore, the reconstructed time series of MAT for the period of 1850(or 1901)–1960 based on the CRU and CMIP5 datasets using the delta and SP methods could be used for further study. The results of this study will be useful for short-term(several decades) regional climate reconstruction and longer-term(100 a or more) assessments of regional climate change.     

不同运输条件对合浦珠母贝稚贝存活比较

比较运输方式及环境温度对合浦珠母贝稚贝运输中的存活影响,从而为稚贝运输过程中的运输方式、环境温度及运输时间的把握提供借鉴和参考。以3月龄稚贝为实验材料,运用无水干露、加水淹没及包装充氧等3种方式,分别在环境温度为5、13、21和29℃下模拟运输。每隔3 h从每组运输条件下取出1组实验贝,转移到正常养殖环境下暂养恢复,经48 h后统计其存活率。对运输时间与存活率之间进行非线性参数曲线拟合,计算每组运输条件下的致死时间(T_0)、半致死时间(T_(0.5))及全致死时间(T_1);运用双因素方差分析,Duncan氏方法比较3种运输方式及4种环境温度间的均值。结果显示:包装充氧优于其他两种运输方式,而加水淹没又优于无水干露;温度为13℃和21℃时优于其他2个环境温度,环境温度为17.60～20.05℃是稚贝运输的最佳温度。     

干制羊肉基因组DNA不同提取方法的比较

为了研究干制加工羊肉基因组DNA的最佳提取方法,本试验采用传统酚-氯仿法、磁珠法、改良CTAB法、离心柱法分别提取干制处理后的羊肉基因组DNA,并对4种方法提取的羊肉基因组DNA浓度、纯度、完整性以及提取所需时间、PCR扩增效果等进行比较。结果表明,采用磁珠法提取DNA的效果更好,DNA浓度为118.87 ng·μL^-1,A₂₆₀/A₂₈₀值为1.89,而且此方法具有提取时间短、效率高、污染小等特点。本研究结果为干制加工羊肉基因组DNA的大批量提取和检测提供了参考依据。     

不同品种砧木及嫁接方法对有刺黄龙果嫁接育苗的影响

为改善有刺黄龙果在引种地区的生长势，提高其抗逆性，本研究探讨了不同砧木和嫁接方法对有刺黄龙果嫁接育苗的影响，以期筛选到适宜有刺黄龙果的砧木和嫁接方法。结果表明，不同砧木和嫁接方法对有刺黄龙果的成活率、出芽率和新芽长势有显著影响。嫁接30天时，芽接、楔接、套接和平接法的愈合率显著高于插接和靠接法。嫁接45天时，平接、靠接和楔接法的出芽率较高，分别是76.7%、76.7%和66.7%。嫁接苗田间定植2个月时，平接、靠接和楔接法嫁接苗长势较快。其中楔接法嫁接效率高，适合工厂化批量嫁接。白肉品种‘无刺黄龙’和红肉品种‘金都1号’、‘富贵红’是有刺黄龙果嫁接的优良砧木，嫁接2个月时出芽率分别为86.7%、90.0%和86.7%，且新芽高度和宽度均大于其他砧木。综上所述，适宜有刺黄龙果规模化嫁接育苗的嫁接方法是楔接法，砧木是‘金都1号’、‘富贵红’和‘无刺黄龙’。     

稀土元素示踪法探究坡面侵蚀进展与热点——基于CiteSpace计量分析

稀土元素示踪法从上世纪90年代开始逐渐被相关学者重视,并在坡面土壤侵蚀的研究中得到越来越广泛的应用。笔者采用CiteSpace软件和文献计量学方法,以Web of Science数据库核心合集和中国知网(CNKI)数据库核心期刊为数据源,分析了近30年国内外稀土元素示踪法在坡面侵蚀研究的发展历程。研究发现:①总体而言,国内稀土元素示踪法在坡面侵蚀中的应用在理论和实践层面已经从初步探索走向了成熟;②随着研究的深入,稀土元素示踪法的研究与相关学科交叉更加密切,并在微观探索和宏观调控方面取得一定进展;③未来发展趋势来看,宏观方面趋向和生态系统、气候变化等互相作用机理的研究,微观方向趋向对团聚体等微观颗粒的迁移研究;④在国际相关研究方面,对于稀土元素示踪法在坡面侵蚀的应用从多个方面和角度做了大量的研究,我国的相关研究相较于国外顶尖水平的研究仍存在一定差距。     

蝗虫切片图像Shannon-Cosine小波精细积分混合降噪

在显微镜下采集到的蝗虫切片图像通常同时具有高斯噪声和椒盐噪声。利用同时具有插值性、光滑性、紧支撑性及归一化特性的Shannon-Cosine小波,构造了多尺度插值小波算子,进而构造了去除图像中混合噪声的小波精细积分法。该方法在稀疏描述切片图像时,通过设置稀疏表示阈值,直接消除图像中的椒盐噪声;将图像的Shannon-Cosine小波稀疏表达式直接代入图像降噪P-M模型,将该模型变形为非线性常微分方程组,采用精细积分法求解,可实现图像的保边降噪,消除图像中的高斯噪声。实验结果表明,在满足降噪要求的情况下,本文方法可以较好地保持蝗虫切片图像中的各种纹理结构;随着高斯噪声方差由0.02增加到0.10,降噪图像的PSNR下降了11.67%,远低于其他方法。说明本文方法在处理蝗虫切片图像时具有较强的鲁棒性。采用本文方法描述蝗虫切片图像时,特征像素点只占图像像素总数的10%左右,有效降低了问题规模,提高了求解效率。     

饱和度及干密度对弱膨胀土土水特征曲线影响

采用滤纸法测量不同干密度下试样的总吸力与基质吸力,并绘制相应的土水特征曲线,分析饱和度与干密度对土水特征曲线的影响.实验结果表明:在饱和度一定时,总吸力与基质吸力均随干密度的增大而增大;随饱和度增大,不同干密度的总吸力差值和基质吸力差值逐渐减小;另外,试样的排水速率随饱和度的增大而减小,且干密度越大,排水速率越慢.在较低含水率时,试样的总吸力和基质吸力随干密度的增大而增大,随含水率的增大,干密度对总吸力和基质吸力的影响逐渐弱化.