西藏色季拉山阳坡林线方枝柏种群结构特征研究

通过对海拔4 320 m以上林线0.8 hm2样地方枝柏(Sabina saltuaria)种群的每木调查,分析了阳坡林线特征、种群结构、数量动态及时间序列预测。结果表明,西藏色季拉山海拔4 320 m为森林郁闭上限,阳坡林线上限为4 520 m,属渐变型林线;方枝柏种群径级结构中Ⅰ~Ⅳ龄级个体所占比重较大,此后种群数量随径级增大而急剧减少;种群存活曲线介于DeeveyⅠ和DeeveyⅡ之间,基本趋于稳定。死亡率(qx)和消失率(kx)变化基本趋势一致,都在Ⅲ龄级出现低谷,以后死亡率和消失率曲线均随龄级增加而上升;时间序列分析表明,未来种群发展老龄个体逐渐增多。说明方枝柏种群在Ⅳ龄级前能够适应高山林线区域特殊的生境条件,生长较好并发育到青壮年期,此后由于竞争加剧,导致种群发生自疏。这也是种群自身生物学特性和环境条件等因素共同作用的结果,也是高山生态系统恶劣生境中种群的一种适应对策。

Ecological Characteristics of Sabina saltuaria Population at the Timberline Ectone on the Sunny Slope of the Sejila Mountain

Sabina saltuaria is an endemic timberline tree in the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau,China.It is mainly distributed in the elevations between 4 320 m and 4 520 m on the sunny slope of the Sejila Mountain.One 0.8 hm2 sample plot was established at the timberline >4 320 m on the sunny slope of the Mountain.Parameters,such as tree height,DBH,or diameter at base for seedlings and saplings,and location of each individual were recorded.The timberline features,population structure,dynamic and the time sequence prediction...