施氮和增雨对内蒙古半干旱地区草原土壤微生物群落碳源利用潜力的影响

已有许多研究证明,中国北方草地生态系统的植物群落结构和组成对气候变化和氮沉降较为敏感,但是关于草原土壤微生物群落响应多重环境因子变化方面的研究较薄弱。水和氮是陆地生态系统生产力的两大限制性因子。本研究在内蒙古多伦半干旱草原地区进行增雨和施氮的野外控制试验,以模拟未来该地区的降水变化和氮沉降,使用微生物群落水平生理图谱法,监测样地土壤理化指标和土壤微生物群落碳源利用潜力的变化。3年的跟踪监测结果显示:增雨显著提高了半干旱草原地区土壤含水量和有机质含量;施氮和增雨同时施氮则显著提高了土壤可溶性氮含量,降低了土壤pH;施氮和增雨都没有单独引起土壤微生物群落碳源利用潜力的显著变化,而在同时增雨和施氮试验处理下,微生物群落碳源利用潜力得到提高,说明在水和氮都充足的条件下,土壤微生物碳源利用潜力才会显著提高。以上研究结果预示着在未来降雨增加和氮沉降的全球变化背景下,中国北方半干旱草地生态系统的碳循环速率可能会加快。     

A hierarchical view of the interactions of runoff and infiltration with vegetation and microtopography in semiarid shrublands

Measurements of runoff and infiltration were made at five spatial scales, terracette (<1 m), hummock (10–20 m²), part-slope (1000–2000 m²), slope (1 ha) and catchment (50 ha), on a shrubland and an open forest site. The study was aimed at understanding the relationships between runoff production, vegetation patterns and microtopography at different spatial scales within a sparsely vegetated, semiarid area. The results of runoff monitoring and rainfall simulation experiments showed that runoff did not occur at the slope scale. It was buffered at the terracette level by nonuniform infiltration at the rims of terracettes and at the hummock scale by rapid infiltration under oak shrubs and trees. Slope and catchment runoff were not connected to runoff at these fine scales. The field evidence is discussed within the context of hierarchy theory, and the implications for management of these shrublands are related to maintaining both the vegetation mosaic and runoff on these slopes.     

内蒙古草原植被覆盖度时空格局变化及驱动因素分析

植被覆盖度（Fractional Vegetation Cover,FVC）是定量反映植被生长状况的重要参数,对水土保持、防风固沙等生态系统功能具有重要影响,多被用于监测植被长时间序列变化特征。为系统分析近20年内蒙古草原及不同类型植被FVC时空格局变化及其驱动因素,该研究基于MOD13Q1产品,首先采用像元二分模型反演构建2001-2020年内蒙古草原逐年FVC数据集,随后利用Sen + Mann-Kendall趋势分析探究内蒙古草原植被时空分布与变化特征,最后通过相关性分析和地理探测器方法分析内蒙古草原FVC对气候因子和社会经济因子的响应机制。结果表明：内蒙古草原FVC呈\     

Drivers of nitrous oxide fluxes from the semi-arid Leymus chinensis grassland in Inner Mongolia,China

Nitrous oxide (N₂O) flux in the semi-arid Leymus chinensis (Trin.) Tzvel. grassland in Inner Mongolia, China was measured for two years (from January 2005 to December 2006) with the enclosed chamber technique. The measurements were made twice per month in the growing season and once per month in the non-growing season. To evaluate the effect of aboveground vegetation on N₂O emission, the ecosystem N₂O flux over the grassland was measured, and concurrently soil N₂O flux was measured after the removal of all the aboveground biomass. The possible effect of water-heat factors on N₂O fluxes was statistically examined. The ecosystem N₂O flux ranged from 0.21 to 0.26?kg nitrous oxide-nitrogen (N₂O–N) ha^{? 1} year^{? 1}, indicating that the Leymus chinensis grassland of Inner Mongolia was a source for the atmospheric N₂O. There was no significant difference between the ecosystem N₂O flux and the soil N₂O flux. The ecosystem N₂O flux was under similar environmental control as the soil N₂O flux. Soil moisture was the primary driving factor of the N₂O fluxes in the growing season of both years; the changes in water–filled pore space (WFPS) of soil surface layers could explain 45–67% of the variations in N₂O fluxes. The high seasonal variation of the N₂O fluxes in the growing seasons was regulated by the distribution of effective rainfall, rather than the precipitation intensity. While in the non-growing season, the N₂O fluxes were restricted much more by air temperature or soil temperature, and 83–85% of the variations of the N₂O fluxes were induced by changes in temperature conditions.     

内蒙古典型草原区退耕方式对植物群落特征与土壤特性的影响

退耕后不恰当的植被建设会严重影响植物群落演替及土壤性质.本文以内蒙古太仆寺旗境内典型草原为研究区,以天然草地为对照,研究退耕后自然恢复与人工种草2种退耕方式对植物群落特征及土壤性状的影响,揭示不同退耕方式的生态恢复效应.通过样方法调查不同退耕方式草地的盖度、生物量和多样性特征,并对土壤密度、机械组成及养分含量等进行了室内测定分析.结果表明:1)植物群落多样性、盖度、地上及地下生物量均表现为人工种草＜自然恢复＜天然草地,且相比于人工种草,自然恢复草地的物种组成与天然草地更为相似;2)不同退耕方式影响下土壤性质的差异主要集中在表层0～10 cm;3)在表层0～ 10 cm,土壤密度及砂粒含量表现为人工种草＞自然恢复＞天然草地,而土壤黏粒、有机质(SOM)及全氮(TN)含量则表现为人工种草＜自然恢复＜天然草地.以上结果说明,在内蒙太仆寺旗退耕后采用自然恢复方式比人工种草更有助于改善土壤理化性质、建立稳定的植被系统.经过12年的恢复,退耕草地(人工种草与自然恢复草地)仍未恢复到天然草地的水平.     

基于CLM5.0的内蒙古呼伦贝尔草地生产力模拟参数优化

草地净初级生产力（net primary productivity,NPP）作为评估生态系统结构和功能以及植被质量的重要指标，其精准估算对于草地生态系统保护有着重要作用。陆面过程模型可对大范围NPP进行时序模拟，但受限于对植被生理生化特性的认知，应用于目标区域时，模型参数的默认设定会引起模拟偏差。为了使模型适用于呼伦贝尔草地生产力模拟，该研究基于CESM(community earth system model)框架下的最新陆面过程模型CLM5.0(the community land model 5.0)开展模型参数敏感性分析，并采用DREAM(differential evolution adaptive metropolis)算法对最敏感的10个参数进行优化调整，最后将参数优化后的模型应用于呼伦贝尔草地NPP模拟。结果表明：1）对草地NPP模拟最敏感的是呼吸作用类参数，如冠层叶顶维持呼吸基率的截距参数、凋落池到土壤有机质池转移的呼吸分数，其次是碳循环类参数，如叶片碳氮比、细根碳氮比。2）叶片碳氮比与气孔导度参数优化后的后验概率分布为高斯分布，表明该优化为良性约束，反映了碳氮关联参...     

Elevated CO2, but not defoliation, enhances N cycling and increases short-term soil N immobilization regardless of N addition in a semiarid grassland

Elevated CO₂ and defoliation effects on nitrogen (N) cycling in rangeland soils remain poorly understood. Here we tested whether effects of elevated CO₂ (720 μl L⁻¹) and defoliation (clipping to 2.5 cm height) on N cycling depended on soil N availability (addition of 1 vs. 11 g N m⁻²) in intact mesocosms extracted from a semiarid grassland. Mesocosms were kept inside growth chambers for one growing season, and the experiment was repeated the next year. We added ¹⁵N (1 g m⁻²) to all mesocosms at the start of the growing season. We measured total N and ¹⁵N in plant, soil inorganic, microbial and soil organic pools at different times of the growing season. We combined the plant, soil inorganic, and microbial N pools into one pool (PIM-N pool) to separate biotic + inorganic from abiotic N residing in soil organic matter (SOM). With the ¹⁵N measurements we were then able to calculate transfer rates of N from the active PIM-N pool into SOM (soil N immobilization) and vice versa (soil N mobilization) throughout the growing season. We observed significant interactive effects of elevated CO₂ with N addition and defoliation with N addition on soil N mobilization and immobilization. However, no interactive effects were observed for net transfer rates. Net N transfer from the PIM-N pool into SOM increased under elevated CO₂, but was unaffected by defoliation. Elevated CO₂ and defoliation effects on the net transfer of N into SOM may not depend on soil N availability in semiarid grasslands, but may depend on the balance of root litter production affecting soil N immobilization and root exudation affecting soil N mobilization. We observed no interactive effects of elevated CO₂ with defoliation. We conclude that elevated CO₂, but not defoliation, may limit plant productivity in the long-term through increased soil N immobilization.     

Natural disaster in the mountainous region of Rio de Janeiro state,Brazil: Assessment of the daily rainfall erosivity as an early warning index

Rainfall erosivity is defined as the potential of rain to cause erosion. It has great potential for application in studies related to natural disasters, in addition to water erosion. The objectives of this study were: i) to model the R_day using a seasonal model for the Mountainous Region of the State of Rio de Janeiro (MRRJ); ii) to adjust thresholds of the R_day index based on catastrophic events which occurred in the last two decades; and iii) to map the maximum daily rainfall erosivity (R_maxday) to assess the region's susceptibility to rainfall hazards according to the established R_day limits. The fitted R_day model presented a satisfactory result, thereby enabling its application as a R_day estimate in MRRJ. Events that resulted in R_day > 1500 MJ ha^?1.mm.h^?1. day^?1 were those with the highest number of fatalities. The spatial distribution of R_maxday showed that the entire MRRJ has presented values that can cause major rainfall. The R_day index proved to be a promising indicator of rainfall disasters, which is more effective than those normally used that are only based on quantity (mm) and/or intensity (mm.h^?1) of the rain.     

Exploring the factors influencing the hydrological response of soil after low and high-severity fires with post-fire mulching in Mediterranean forests

Despite ample literature, the influence of the individual soil properties and covers on the hydrological response of burned soils of forests has not clearly identified. A clear understanding of the surface runoff and erosion rates altered by wildfires and prescribed fires is beneficial to identify the most suitable post-fire treatment. This study has carried out a combined analysis of the hydrological response of soil and its driving factors in burned forests of Central-Eastern Spain. The pine stands of these forests were subjected to both prescribed fire and wildfire, and, in the latter case, to post-fire treatment with mulching. Moreover, simple multi-regression models are proposed to predict runoff and erosion in the experimental conditions. In the case of the prescribed burning, the fire had a limited impact on runoff and erosion compared to the unburned areas, due to the limited changes in soil parameters. In contrast, the wildfire increased many-fold the runoff and erosion rates, but the mulching reduced the hydrological response of the burned soils, particularly for the first two-three rainfalls after the fire. The increase in runoff and erosion after the wildfire was associated to the removal of the vegetation cover, soil water repellency, and ash left by fire; the changes in water infiltration played a minor role on runoff and erosion. The multi-regression models developed for the prescribed fire were accurate to predict the post-fire runoff coefficients. However, these models were less reliable for predictions of the mean erosion rates. The predictions of erosion after wildfire and mulching were excellent, while those of runoff were not satisfactory (except for the mean values). These results are useful to better understand the relations among the hydrological effects of fire on one side and the main soil properties and covers on the other side. Moreover, the proposed prediction models are useful to support the planning activities of forest managers and hydrologists towards a more effective conservation of forest soils.     

Effect of the conversion of grassland to spring wheat field on the CO2 emission characteristics in Inner Mongolia, China

Chinese grasslands have undergone great changes in land use in recent decades. Approximately 18.2% of the present arable land in China originated from the cultivation of grassland, but its impact on the carbon cycle has not been fully understood. This study was conducted in situ for 3 years to assess the comprehensive effects of cultivation of temperate steppe on soil organic carbon (SOC) and soil respiration rates as well as ecosystem respiration. As compared with those in the Stipa baicalensis steppe, the SOC concentrations at depths of 0–10 and 10–20 cm in the spring wheat field were found to have decreased by 38.3 and 17.4% respectively from 29.5 and 21.9 g kg⁻¹ to 18.2 and 18.1 g kg⁻¹ after a cultivation period of 30 years. Accordingly, the total amounts of soil respiration through the growing season (from April to September) in 2002, 2003 and 2004 were 265.2, 282.2 and 237.4 g C m⁻² respectively in the spring wheat field, which were slightly lower than the values of 342.2, 412.0 and 312.1 g C m⁻² in the S. baicalensis steppe, while ecosystem respiration of 690.9, 991.2 and 569.6 g C m⁻² respectively in the spring wheat field were markedly higher than those of 447.0, 470.9 and 429.7 g C m⁻² in the steppe plot. Similar seasonal variations of ecosystem respiration and soil respiration existed in both sample sites. Respiration rates were higher and greater differences existed in both ecosystem respiration and soil respiration during the exuberant growth stage of plants (from mid-June to mid-August). However, in the slower-growth period of the growing season (before late May and after late August), the CO₂ effluxes of the two sample sites were similar and remained at a relatively low level. The results also showed that ecosystem respiration and soil respiration were under similar environmental controls in both sample sites. Soil water content at a depth of 0–10 cm and soil temperatures at 5 and 10 cm were the main factors affecting the variations in ecosystem respiration and soil respiration rates in droughty years of 2002 and 2004 and in the rainy 2003, respectively. This study suggests that the conversion of the grassland to the spring wheat field has increased the carbon loss of the whole ecosystem due to the change of vegetation cover type and significantly reduced the carbon storage of surface soil. In addition, the tillage of grassland had different effects on ecosystem respiration and soil respiration. The effects were also dissimilar in different growth stages, which should be fully considered when assessing and predicting the effects of cultivation on the net CO₂ balance of grassland ecosystems.     

Rangeland development of the Mu Us Sandy Land in semiarid China: an analysis using Landsat and NOAA remote sensing data

Degradation of the dry semiarid ecosystems in the Mu Us Sandy Land of north central China was explored using high‐resolution satellite images from 1978, 1987 and 1996. This study monitored both changes in grassland biomass production and reclamation activities to detect the nature and scale of land degradation since major economic reforms were introduced in 1978. The position of the high‐resolution images within the vegetation cycles was inspected from National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) NDVI images at 10‐day repetition and seasonal precipitation patterns. A model was developed to categorize changes in the vegetation signal activity from 30 × 30 m pixels into vegetation cover development and land‐use changes between 1987 and 1996. A general increase of biomass production was evident despite the rapid increase in numbers of grazing animals. This increase in biomass was confirmed by the NOAA time series, which also revealed annual variability related to the amount and pattern of the seasonal rains. Rangeland conversion to farmland was detected, and this process has increased the area of cultivation almost fivefold. The classified area of cultivation corresponds with reported statistical records, also showing that irrigation features in virtually 100 per cent of the sown area. Signs of declining biological production, indicating land degradation processes, are few. Biomass production has increased, with a gain in the economic output from both crop and animal production. The early start of active measures to halt desertification has increased vegetation cover and lowered wind erosion potential and grasslands seems to be managing the high levels of grazing pressure. Copyright © 2003 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

草甸草原模拟氮沉降抑制甲烷吸收、促进氧化亚氮排放

Few studies are conducted to quantify the effects of enhanced N deposition on soil nitrous oxide (N2O) emission and methane (CH4) uptake in the meadow steppe of Inner Mongolia,China.A two-year field experiment was conducted to assess the effects of nitrogen (N) deposition rates (0,10,and 20 kg N ha-1 year-1 as (NH4)2SO4) on soil N2O and CH4 fluxes.The seasonal and diurnal variations of soil N2O and CH4 fluxes were determined using the static chamber-gas chromatography method during the two growing seasons of 2008 and 2009.Soil temperature,moisture and mineral N (NH4+-N and NO3--N) concentration were simultaneously measured.Results showed that low level of (NH4)2SO4 (10 kg N ha-1 year-1) did not significantly affect soil CH4 and N2O fluxes and other variables.High level of (NH4)2SO4 (20 kg N ha-1 year-1) significantly increased soil NO3--N concentration by 24.1％ to 35.6％,decreased soil CH4 uptake by an average of 20.1％,and significantly promoted soil N2O emission by an average of 98.2％.Soil N2O emission responded more strongly to the added N compared to CH4 uptake.However,soil CH4 fluxes were mainly driven by soil moisture,followed by soil NO3--N concentration.Soil N2O fluxes were mainly driven by soil temperature,followed by soil moisture.Soil inorganic N availability was a key integrator of soil CH4 uptake and N2O emission.These results suggest that the changes of availability of inorganic N induced by the increased N deposition in soil may affect the CH4 and N2O fluxes in the cold semi-arid meadow steppe over the short term.