长期围栏封育对天山中部草地土壤有机碳及微生物量碳的影响

以天山中部中科院巴音布鲁克草原生态观测站三种类型草地长期（26 a）围栏封育样地为研究对象,通过野外调查取样结合室内分析的方法,研究了长期（26 a）围栏封育对草地土壤有机碳和微生物量碳含量的影响,结果表明：（1）围栏外（自然放牧条件下）,表层的土壤有机碳含量为高寒草甸（165.29 g·kg-1）〉高寒草甸草原（98.73 g·kg-1）〉高寒草原（83.54 g·kg-1）,微生物量碳含量依次为高寒草甸草原（181.70 mg·kg-1）〉高寒草甸（146.37 mg·kg-1）〉高寒草原（43.06 mg·kg-1）。围栏封育后,高寒草甸、高寒草甸草原、高寒草原表层土壤有机碳含量分别提高了11.37%、3.26%和2.21%;高寒草甸草原和高寒草甸微生物量碳含量分别增长2.89%和12.04%,而高寒草原降低40.36%。（2）从围栏内外土壤剖面来看,土壤有机碳、微生物量碳含量随着土壤深度的增加依次降低,微生物熵也随土壤深度的增加呈现降低的趋势。（3）微生物量碳含量与土壤速效钾、全磷含量达到极显著负相关（P〈0.01）,与速效磷含量达到极显著正相关（P〈0.01）,与土壤有机碳、全氮、全钾含量呈显著正相关（P〈0.05）与土壤速效氮含量正相关,但不显著。     

不同放牧强度对呼伦贝尔羊草草甸草原土壤活性有机碳的影响

土壤活性有机碳是土壤中较为活跃的化学组分,能反映土壤有机碳(SOC)的有效性,可作为土壤质量和肥力的指示性指标。研究探讨放牧干扰对羊草草甸草原土壤活性有机碳的影响,从而了解放牧对草地生态系统中碳循环的影响机制,旨在为退化草地生态恢复过程提供理论支撑。依托于呼伦贝尔草原生态系统国家野外科学观测研究站的长期肉牛放牧平台,分析6种不同放牧强度[不放牧(G0.00)、较轻度放牧(G0.23)、轻度放牧(G0.34)、中度放牧(G0.46)、重度放牧(G0.69)、极重度放牧(G0.92)]下羊草草甸草原土壤活性有机碳的变化,并探讨其相关性。结果表明:(1)土壤有机碳和活性碳组分的含量在不同土层间差异显著,随着土层深度的增加,SOC和活性有机碳[颗粒有机碳(POC)、可溶性有机碳(DOC)、微生物生物量碳(MBC)、易氧化有机碳(EOC)]含量均显著降低。(2)不同土层活性有机碳占比与放牧强度呈线性正相关,随着放牧强度的增加土壤活性有机碳占比也随之增加,不同放牧强度不同土层下土壤各形态活性有机碳占比呈POC>EOC>MBC>DOC的趋势,且EOC、MBC和POC占比随土壤深度增加而降低。(3)随着放牧强度的增加,植被群落地上生物量、地下生物量和土壤水分均呈下降趋势。(4)放牧强度与SOC和DOC呈显著负相关;植被群落地上生物量与土壤碳组分间呈显著正相关;地下生物量与DOC之间呈极显著正相关;土壤温度与POC呈显著负相关;土壤水分与POC呈极显著正相关,与SOC之间呈显著正相关。研究表明:放牧会降低地上生物量、地下生物量和土壤水分,适度放牧不仅能增加土壤有机碳和活性碳组分,而且能增加土壤活性碳占比,且符合中度干扰     

不同放牧对滇西北高原典型湿地土壤碳、氮空间分布的差异影响

土壤中的碳、氮含量是湿地"汇"功能的基础。滇西北高原湿地具有重要的"汇"功能,但不同放牧对其"汇"功能的影响是否存在差异尚缺乏研究。以滇西北高原典型湿地纳帕海为研究对象,对践踏型(牛羊践踏STD)、扰动型(藏香猪翻拱扰动PDD)放牧影响下,以及长期禁牧(NG)草甸土壤容重、表面紧实度及其碳、氮空间分布进行研究。结果表明:(1)土壤容重随土层深度(0~40 cm)的增加均呈增加的趋势,但不同放牧对表层(0~20 cm)土壤容重的影响存在显著差异,其中,STDNGPDD。随着土层深度(20~40 cm)的增加,这种影响差异不断减小至无差异。不同放牧干扰对草甸土壤表面紧实度的影响存在显著差异,其中,STDNGPDD。(2)不同放牧干扰下,土壤总有机碳(SOC)含量随土层深度的增加均呈现逐渐减少的趋势。但不同放牧干扰下,表层(0~20 cm)土壤SOC含量存在显著差异,其中,NGSTDPDD。随着土层深度(20~40 cm)的增加,不同放牧干扰对土壤SOC含量的影响不存在显著差异。(3)不同放牧干扰下,土壤全氮(TN)含量均随土层深度(0~40 cm)的增加呈现逐渐减少的趋势。但不同放牧干扰对表层(0~20 cm)土壤TN含量的影响存在显著差异,其中,NGSTDPDD。到20~30 cm,PDD放牧下的土壤TN含量显著高于NG和STD放牧的。随着土层深度的增加,不同放牧干扰对土壤TN含量的影响不存在显著差异。本研究表明了放牧对湿地表层土壤(0~20 cm)物理性状及其碳、氮营养物质积累存在显著影响,不同放牧对其影响存在差异,进而对湿地生态系统"汇"功能产生影响。研究为加强滇西北高原湿地放牧的分类管理、维护湿地生态系统"汇"的生态服务功能提供了一定的理论依据。     

模拟增温对长江源区高寒草甸土壤养分状况和生物学特性的影响研究

采用增温棚模拟增温的方法,对比研究了青藏高原腹地的风火山地区典型的高寒沼泽和高寒草甸在两种增温梯度条件下的土壤养分状况、微生物生物量碳氮和酶活性对温度升高的响应。结果表明:(1)模拟增温显著提高了增温棚内的气温和5 cm土壤温度,高寒沼泽草甸区不封顶增温棚平均气温和5 cm土壤温度分别较对照升高2.54℃和0.68℃,封顶增温棚平均气温和5 cm土壤温度分别较对照提高4.99℃和1.43℃;高寒草甸区内不封顶和封顶增温棚5 cm土壤平均温度分别较对照提高0.31℃和3.93℃。(2)模拟增温对两种草甸土壤养分含量的变化表现不一致,高寒沼泽草甸中开顶和封顶式增温棚0~5 cm土层中土壤有机碳和全氮含量降低,5~20 cm土层中却增加;相反的,高寒草甸中开顶和封顶式增温棚0~5 cm土层中土壤有机碳和全氮含量增加,5~20 cm土层中减少。(3)模拟增温显著提高了土壤微生物生物量碳、氮的含量,但由于封顶式增温棚增温幅度过大,抑制了微生物的代谢活动,导致微生物生物量碳、氮降低。(4)模拟增温使土壤过氧化氢酶、脲酶和蛋白酶的活性在两种草甸中均有不同程度的提高,碱性磷酸酶活性减小,蔗糖酶活性在两种草甸中表现出不一致的变化情况。同时,封顶增温棚内的过氧化氢酶、脲酶和蛋白酶活性增加的幅度,蔗糖酶和碱性磷酸酶减少的幅度均小于开顶式增温棚内的酶活性。两种草甸土壤有机碳和全氮含量的变化对模拟增温的响应情况不一致,这与不同类型草甸中土壤理化性质、水热状况、土壤代谢、植物种类及土壤生物(动物和微生物)区系、数量和生物多样性等因子有关。     

贝加尔针茅草甸草原土壤有机碳组分对长期氮素添加的响应

为解析贝加尔针茅草甸草原土壤有机碳组分对长期氮素添加的响应,于2010年在内蒙古呼伦贝尔市鄂温克旗贝加尔针茅草甸草原设计氮素添加试验,设置8个氮处理,为0(N0)、15(N15)、30(N30)、50(N50)、100(N100)、150(N150)、200(N200)和300(N300)kg·hm^-2·a^-1(以N计),土壤样品于2019年8月采集,进行土壤有机碳及其组分的测定,探究氮素添加10年后土壤有机碳及其组分的变化与驱动因素。结果表明：(1)与对照相比,长期氮素添加下土壤有机碳(SOC)及土壤惰性碳(RP-C)含量无显著变化,土壤活性有机碳(LP-C)的含量增加,其中活性碳组分Ⅰ(LPⅠ-C)增加了0.48%～15.59%,活性碳组分Ⅱ(LPⅡ-C)增加了1.94%～8.41%,易氧化有机碳(EOC)含量无显著变化,可溶性有机碳(DOC)与微生物生物量碳(MBC)含量显著变化,且土壤碳组分整体在N30～N100处理变化敏感;(2)分析土壤有机碳对氮素添加的敏感指数(SI)可知,MBC对长期氮素添加响应更为敏感,可作为本区域有机碳变化...     

纳帕海高原湿地土壤有机碳密度及碳储量特征

选取纳帕海典型沼泽、沼泽化草甸和草甸为研究对象,研究纳帕海湿地土壤有机碳密度及碳储量特征。结果表明:沼泽和沼泽化草甸土壤剖面有机碳含量明显高于草甸土壤;沼泽、沼泽化草甸和草甸土壤剖面有机碳密度与有机碳含量变化趋势基本一致,沼泽和沼泽化草甸土壤剖面有机碳密度均在30kg/m3以上,草甸土壤0-40cm有机碳密度高于30kg/m3,40cm以下有机碳密度均低于30kg/m3;沼泽、沼泽化草甸和草甸土壤储碳层厚度分别为60,80,20cm,1m深度以内有机碳储量分别为393.53,458.81,305.78t/hm2。     

黄土高原撂荒草地土壤碳库对两年增温增雨的响应

阐明暖湿的气候趋势下黄土高原土壤有机碳库不同活性组分和碳库稳定性的变化特征,对脆弱生态区碳库的可持续发展以及评估区域生态效益具有重要意义。以黄土丘陵区自然撂荒草地为研究对象,人工模拟增温和增雨,分析了在增温（W）、增雨（P50%）及其交互作用（WP50%）下植被群落变化特征、土壤有机碳库组分含量、碳库组分的分配比例以及碳库稳定性的变化特征。结果发现：（1）增雨显著增加了植被丰富度指数,而增温和增温增雨显著降低了植被丰富度指数。（2）增雨处理下土壤有机碳、酸解有机碳、易氧化有机碳、溶解性有机碳含量及分配比例在两个取样年均显著高于对照;增温增雨处理则进一步增加了土壤易氧化有机碳和微生物生物量碳含量以及分配比例。相关性分析表明,土壤有机碳与各个活性碳组分之间存在显著相关性。（3）增温增雨处理下土壤碳库活度、碳库活度指数以及碳库管理指数均高于其他处理。酸解有机碳和微生物生物量碳的敏感指数在气候变化处理下相对较高。综上所述,暖湿化的气候背景下黄土丘陵区撂荒草地土壤有机碳、有机碳活性组分含量和分配比例以及碳库稳定性显著提高,有助于碳库良性发展,酸解有机碳和微生物生物量碳可作为未来土壤有机碳变化的重...     

秸秆和菌渣改良剂对高寒沙地土壤有机碳库的影响

采用田间定位试验研究了秸秆颗粒(JG)和菌渣颗粒(JZ)改良剂(施用量分别为6,12,18,24 t/hm~2)对川西北高寒沙地土壤碳库的影响。结果表明:施用JG和JZ改良剂可显著提高沙化土壤有机碳含量、有机碳储量、活性碳、土壤微生物量碳、微生物熵和碳库管理指数,其中对土壤微生物量碳和微生物熵的提升效果最为显著。与CK相比,施用第2年JG处理土壤有机碳含量、有机碳储量、活性有机碳、碳库管理指数平均增加96.2%,100.0%,157.1%,169.4%,JZ处理平均增加69.2%,66.3%,85.7%,81.7%;而JG处理土壤微生物量碳、微生物熵分别较CK平均增加934.0%,433.0%,JZ处理平均增加956.2%,546.4%。JG改良剂对土壤有机碳库组分和碳库管理指数的提升效果优于JZ,而JZ改良剂更有利于提升土壤微生物量碳含量和土壤有机碳的周转速率。秸秆和菌渣改良剂均可增加沙化土壤有机碳库各组分含量,提高土壤有机碳周转速率和碳库管理指数,具有快速培肥沙化土壤的效果。     

保护性耕作下土壤碳库管理指数的研究

以保护性耕作长期定位试验为研究对象，分析了保护性耕作对土壤不同层次的总碳、活性碳的影响，并计算了各处理的碳库活度、碳库活度指数和碳库管理指数。结果表明，土壤总有机碳和活性碳均随土层的增加而减少，其0～30cm平均总有机碳含量大小为旋耕〉免耕〉翻耕〉对照，秸秆还田提高土壤耕层总有机碳，旋耕和免耕提高表层土壤有机碳．且差异达到显著水平；土壤活性碳平均含量为旋耕〉翻耕〉对照〉免耕，旋耕和翻耕提高土壤活性碳，免耕则降低土壤活性碳，尤其是10～20cm土层活性碳比旋耕下降了27．33％。华北平原0～30cm土层的碳库各项指数受表层的影响比较大，其中保护性耕作（少免耕和秸秆还田）能增加土层的总有机碳、稳态碳和碳库指数；而翻耕秸秆还田则提高了土壤的A和AI，少免耕则降低了土壤的A和AI；就碳库管理指数来讲，秸秆还田的贡献大于耕作措施。     

添加秸秆及生物质炭对风沙土有机碳及其活性组分的影响

以宁夏贺兰山东路风沙土为研究对象,分析秸秆、生物质炭等碳量添加下土壤有机碳及活性碳组分的变化,为确定该地区最佳施肥措施提供科学理论依据。结果表明:添加生物质炭和秸秆均显著增加了土壤有机碳含量,与对照相比土壤有机碳含量分别增加了7.7%、7.5%。添加生物质炭有利于土壤易氧化有机碳、颗粒有机碳的积累,二者含量分别比对照增加49.6%、17.5%;而添加秸秆更有利于土壤微生物生物量碳、可溶性有机碳的积累,其含量分别比对照分别增加25.8%、59.9%。秸秆与生物质炭添加均显著增加了土壤速效氮、容重和黏粒含量,且以添加生物质炭增加作用更为明显,显著降低了土壤全盐、砂粒含量。土壤有机碳、可溶性有机碳、颗粒有机碳、易氧化有机碳与速效氮含量极显著正相关,与全盐、砂粒含量极显著负相关;土壤可溶性有机碳、颗粒有机碳、易氧化有机碳与容重极显著负相关;而土壤微生物生物量碳与理化性质之间无显著相关性。综上,在风沙土中添加生物质炭更有利于土壤活性碳库提升和理化性质改善,且以年添加量7 t/hm2以上为宜。     

高寒草甸土CO2流通和氮矿化之间的关系以及对外加碳或氮的响应

In nutrient-limited alpine meadows,nitrogen(N) mineralization is prior to soil microbial immobilization;therefore,increased mineral N supply would be most likely immobilized by soil microbes due to nutrient shortage in alpine soils.In addition,low temperature in alpine meadows might be one of the primary factors limiting soil organic matter decomposition and thus N mineralization.A laboratory incubation experiment was performed using an alpine meadow soil from the Tibetan Plateau.Two levels of NH4NO3(N) or glucose(C) were added,with a blank without addition of C or N as the control,before incubation at 5,15,or 25 ℃ for 28 d.CO2 efflux was measured during the 28-d incubation,and the mineral N was measured at the beginning and end of the incubation,in order to test two hypotheses:1) net N mineralization is negatively correlated with CO2 efflux for the control and 2) the external labile N or C supply will shift the negative correlation to positive.The results showed a negative correlation between CO2 efflux and net N immobilization in the control.External inorganic N supply did not change the negative correlation.The external labile C supply shifted the linear correlation from negative to positive under the low C addition level.However,under the high C level,no correlation was found.These suggested that the correlation of CO2 efflux to net N mineralization strongly depend on soil labile C and C:N ratio regardless of temperatures.Further research should focus on the effects of the types and the amount of litter components on interactions of C and N during soil organic matter decomposition.     

Climate change affects soil labile organic carbon fractions in a Tibetan alpine meadow

Purpose

Changes in bioactive soil C pools and their temperature sensitivities will dominate the fate of soil organic C in a warmer future, which is not well understood in highland ecosystems. This study was conducted in order to evaluate climate change, especially cooling effects, on soil labile organic C (LOC) pools in a Tibetan alpine meadow.

Materials and methods

A short-term reciprocal translocation experiment was implemented to stimulate climate warming (downward translocation) and cooling (upward translocation) using an elevation gradient on the Tibetan Plateau. Variations in soil microbial biomass C (MBC), dissolved organic C (DOC) and LOC were analyzed.

Results and discussion

Over the range of soil temperature from 0.02 to 5.5 °C, warming averagely increased soil MBC, DOC and LOC by 15.3, 17.0 and 3.7 % while cooling decreased them by 11.0, 11.9 and 3.2 %, respectively. Moreover, warming generally increased the proportion of DOC in LOC but cooling had an opposite effect, while the response of the MBC proportion to DOC and LOC varied depending on vegetation type. Soil MBC, DOC and LOC pools were positively related to soil temperature and showed a hump-shaped relationship with soil moisture with a threshold of about 30–35 %. Although soil DOC was more sensitive to warming (5.1 % °C^?1) than to cooling (3.0 % °C^?1), soil LOC showed a symmetrical response due to regulation by soil moisture.

Conclusions

Our results indicated that climate change would not only change the size of soil LOC pools but also their quality. Therefore, cooling effects and regulation of soil moisture should be considered to evaluate the fate of soil organic C in Tibetan alpine meadows in a warmer future.

     

基于137Cs的青藏高原高寒草甸土壤侵蚀及碳流失估算

[目的] 定量分析青藏高原高寒草甸土壤侵蚀状况及其伴随的碳流失,为全面评估土壤侵蚀影响,实施有效水土保持措施提供参考。[方法] 结合¹³⁷Cs示踪技术与前人研究,对青藏高原高寒草甸土壤的整体侵蚀水平及其土壤有机碳流失进行了估算。[结果] 未受人为扰动的高寒草甸土壤自上而下表现出3个层次(A,B和C层)的理化性质特征,其¹³⁷Cs分布遵循显著指数递减模式。目前,高原草甸土壤年均侵蚀模数约为77~230 t/km²,推测其每年直接导致的土壤有机碳损失量平均不低于4.86 t/km²。[结论] 青藏高原高寒草甸土壤侵蚀水平整体较弱,但因土壤侵蚀流失的有机碳不容忽视。在未来气候变化背景下,升温导致的土壤湿度下降对植被生长的限制,以及人类活动的影响,较大可能成为诱使青藏高原草甸土壤退化和有机碳流失的潜在因素。     

人工管理措施改善了我国西部高寒沙化草甸土壤水分和碳、氮、磷含量

Regeneration of degraded grassland ecosystems is a significant issue in restoration ecology globally. To understand the effects of artificial management measures on alpine meadows, we surveyed topsoil properties including moisture, organic carbon (SOC), nitrogen (N), and phosphorus (P) contents five years after fencing and fencing + reseeding management practices in a sandy meadow in the eastern Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, northwestern China. Both the fencing and fencing + reseeding management practices significantly increased soil moisture storage, SOC, total N, available N, total P, and available P, as compared to the unmanaged control. Fencing plus reseeding was more effective than fencing alone for improving soil C, N, and P contents. These suggested that rehabilitation by reseeding and fencing generally had favorable effects on the soil properties in degraded sandy alpine meadows, and was an effective approach for restoration of degraded meadow ecosystems of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau.     

Plant production, and carbon and nitrogen source pools, are strongly intensified by experimental warming in alpine ecosystems in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau

The aim of this study was to assess initial effects of warming on the nutrient pools of carbon and nitrogen of two most widespread ecosystem types, swamp meadow and alpine meadow, in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, China. The temperature of the air and upper-soil layer was passively increased using open-top chambers (OTCs) with two different temperature elevations. We analyzed air and soil temperature, soil moisture, biomass, microbial biomass, and nutrient dynamics after 2 years of warming. The use of OTCs clearly raised temperature and decreased soil moisture. The aboveground plant and root biomass increased in all OTCs in two meadows. A small temperature increase in OTCs resulted in swamp meadow acting as a net carbon sink and alpine meadow as a net source, and further warming intensified this processes, at least in a short term. On balance, the alpine ecosystems in the Fenghuoshan region acted as a carbon source.     

Temporal variability in plant and soil nitrogen pools in a high-Arctic ecosystem

This study determined temporal variability in N pools, both aboveground and belowground, across two contrasting plant communities in high-Arctic Spitsbergen, Svalbard (78°N). We measured N pools in plant material, soil microbial biomass and soil organic matter in moist (Alopecurus borealis dominated) and dry (Dryas octopetala dominated) meadow communities at four times during the growing season. We found that plant, microbial and dissolved inorganic and organic N pools were subject to significant, but surprisingly low, temporal variation that was controlled primarily by changes in temperature and moisture availability over the short growing season. This temporal variability is much less than that experienced in other seasonally cold ecosystems such as alpine tundra where strong seasonal partitioning of N occurs between plant and soil microbial pools. While only a small proportion of the total ecosystem N, the microbial biomass represented the single largest of the dynamic N pools in both moist and dry meadow communities (3.4% and 4.6% of the total ecosystem N pool, respectively). This points to the importance of soil microbial community dynamics for N cycling in high-Arctic ecosystems. Microbial N was strongly and positively related to soil temperature in the dry meadow, but this relationship did not hold true in the wet meadow where other factors such as wetter soil conditions might constrain biological activity. Vascular live belowground plant parts represented the single largest plant N pool in both dry and moist meadow, constituting an average of 1.6% of the total N pool in both systems; this value did not vary across the growing season or between plant communities. Overall, our data illustrate a surprisingly low growing season variability in labile N pools in high-Arctic ecosystems, which we propose is controlled primarily by temperature and moisture.     

Identification of labile and stable pools of organic matter in an agrogray soil

The intensity of decomposition of the organic matter in the particle-size fractions from a agrogray soil sampled in a 5-year-long field experiment on the decomposition of corn residues was determined in the course of incubation for a year. The corn residues were placed into the soil in amounts equivalent to the amounts of plant litter in the agrocenosis and in the meadow ecosystem. A combination of three methods—the particle-size fractionation, the method of ¹³C natural abundance by C3–C4 transition, and the method of incubation—made it possible to subdivide the soil organic matter into the labile and stable pools. The labile pool reached 32% in the soil of the agrocenosis and 42% in the meadow soil. Owing to the negative priming effect, the addition of C4 (young) carbon favored the stabilization of the C3 (old) carbon in the soil. When the young carbon was absent, destabilization or intense decomposition of the old organic matter was observed. This process was found even in the most stable fine silt and clay fractions.     

Storage and controlling factors of soil organic carbon in alpine wetlands and meadow across the Tibetan Plateau

Alpine wetlands and meadows across the Three Rivers Source Region (TRSR) store high soil organic carbon (SOC). However, information on factors affecting SOC storage is scanty. Herein, we investigated SOC storage and explored factors affecting SOC storage, including climate, soil properties and above- and belowground biomass, using 50 soil profiles across the TRSR on the Tibetan Plateau. The SOC storage was 491.9 ± 158.5 Tg C and 545.2 ± 160.8 Tg C in the TRSR alpine wetlands and meadow, respectively. The SOC stock was positively correlated with the mean annual precipitation. However, no significant correlation between SOC stock and mean annual temperature was observed, as opposed to the global trend. In addition, SOC stock was positively correlated with both the aboveground biomass (AGB) and belowground biomass (BGB). Soil pH indirectly affected SOC stock, while SOC stock positively correlated with Al and Fe oxyhydroxides. Compared with vegetation biomass and climatic factors, soil properties, including soil pH and Al and Fe oxyhydroxides (Al_o and Fe_o), affected not only SOC stock variation but also affected the impact of vegetation and climatic factors on SOC stock. Climate factors, AGB, BGB, soil pH, Al_o and Fe_o jointly accounted for 59% of SOC stock variation in alpine wetlands and 64% of SOC stock variation in alpine meadow. This study suggests that soil properties are the dominant factors affecting SOC variation in alpine wetlands and meadow on the Tibetan Plateau.     

不同土地管理措施对高寒嵩草草甸植被及土壤理化特征的影响

在青海玛沁地区,选择 4 种处于不同退化阶段以及 2 种人工处理的高寒草甸为研究对象,探讨不同放牧强度和人工干预措施下,植被特征、土壤营养元素和土壤物理性状的变化过程,为合理利用和提高草地生产力提供依据.结果表明:随着退化的加剧,高寒草甸的盖度、高度、地上生物量和种类呈下降趋势,可食性牧草逐渐让位于杂草;土壤 N、C 含量以及含水量逐渐降低,体积质量逐渐增大.与重度退化草甸相比,经人工干预处理后草甸的生物量、盖度、高度以及土壤营养元素和物理性状都有所增加提高.这些结果表明随着植被的退化演替,土壤退化越来越严重,土壤越来越贫瘠化.人工干预能够在一定程度上改善土壤物理特征,提高草地的生物量.