Logging pattern and landscape changes over the last century at the boreal and deciduous forest transition in Eastern Canada

Forestry practices associated with the industrial era (since ~1900) have altered the natural disturbance regimes and greatly impacted the world’s forests. We quantified twentieth century logging patterns and regional scale consequences in three sub-boreal forest landscapes of Eastern Canada (117,000, 49,400 and 92,300 ha), comparing forestry maps depicting age and forest cover types for early industrial (1930) and present-day (2000) conditions. Results were similar for the three landscapes, indicating large-scale forest change during the twentieth century. In 1930, previous logging activities had been concentrated in the lowlands and along the main hydrographical network, as compared to a more even distribution over the landscapes in 2000, reflecting a decreasing influence of the environmental constraints on forest harvesting. In 1930, old-aged forests (>100 years) accounted for more than 75% of the unlogged areas of the three landscapes, as compared to less than 15% for the present-day conditions. Logging practices have thus inverted the stand age distribution of the landscapes that are currently dominated by young and regenerating stands. The 1930 forest cover types showed a clear relationship with elevation, with conifers located in the lowlands and mixed and deciduous stands restricted to the upper slopes. Between 1930 and 2000, 58–64% of the conifer areas transformed to mixed and deciduous forests, such that no clear altitudinal relationships remained in 2000. We conclude that twentieth century logging practices have strongly altered the preindustrial vegetation patterns in our study area, to the point that ecosystem-based management strategies should be developed to restore conifer dominance, altitudinal gradients, as well as the irregular structure inspired from old forest stands.     

Historical influences dominate the composition of regenerating plant communities in abandoned citrus groves in north-central Florida

The question of what determines plant community composition is fundamental to the study of plant community ecology. We examined the relative roles of historical land use, landscape context, and the biophysical environment as determinants of plant community composition in regenerating citrus groves in north-central Florida. Results were interpreted in light of plant functional traits. Herbaceous and woody plants responded differently to broad-scale variables; herbs correlated most strongly with surrounding land cover at a scale of 8 km, while the only significant determinant of woody species distributions was local land use history. There were significant correlations between herbaceous species and spatial context, habitat isolation, environmental variables, and historical variables. Partial Mantel tests indicated that each variable provided a unique contribution in explaining some of the variation in the herbaceous dataset. The correlation between woody plants and local historical variables remained significant even with other effects corrected for. In the herbaceous community, species composition was linked to functional traits much as expected from classical theory. While spatial influences in our study system are important for both woody and herbaceous plants, the primary determinant of plant community composition in regenerating citrus groves is historical land use. Our results suggest that the fine-scale mechanisms of local competition, tolerance and facilitation invoked by many classical studies may ultimately be less important than land use history in understanding current plant community composition in regenerating agricultural areas.     

四川生态公益林建设刍议

对生态公益林的区划布局、经营管理、资金筹措等问题作了初步探讨.     

洞口县林业有害生物防治社会化经营模式的思考

阐述了洞口县林业有害生物社会化服务的发展历程,总结了发展过程中所取得的成效,指出了发展过程中所面临的困难和问题,并对今后的发展提出了建设性的意见。     

林改背景下林业经营方式转型升级的探讨——以浙江省诸暨市林农创业的实践为例

以浙江省诸暨市为例,对林改背景下林业经营方式转型升级进行了探讨,从整体看,初步形成了"政府搭台+龙头企业带动+合作社互助+林农家庭参与"的林业生产发展方式;从个体看,林农创业也逐步从传统的家庭型创业转向多种形式的现代经营方式创业。经营方式的转型升级为林农创业致富起到了积极的推动作用。     

施用生防颗粒剂对大豆田土壤线虫群落结构和生物多样性的影响

针对大豆生长期内土壤线虫的变化，利用自行研制的生防颗粒剂豆丰一号对大豆田土壤线虫的群落结构和生物多样性进行了研究，共鉴定出5目14科的土壤线虫，其中植物寄生线虫是大豆根际土壤线虫的优势营养类群。与对照相比，生防颗粒剂处理在大豆的整个生育期抑制了土壤线虫总量和植物寄生线虫群体数量，但在大豆生育末期促进了食细茵线虫和杂食—捕食性营养类群的增加。应用多样性指数H’、成熟度指数MI、均匀度指数J’、丰富度指数SR、优势度指数l和植物寄生线虫成熟度指数PPI分析比较了处理区和对照区土壤线虫生物多样性变化规律，其中，多样性指数H’、丰富度指数SR和成熟度指数MI较好的反映了生防颗粒剂的施用对大豆田土壤线虫生物多样性的促进作用。     

渤海中南部海域浮游动物群落结构及其与环境因子的关系

为探究渤海中南部海域浮游动物群落结构及其与环境因子的关系,于2018年5月和9月对渤海中南部海域进行了2个航次的浮游动物调查,并应用冗余分析(RDA)研究环境因子对浮游动物群落结构的影响。结果显示,共鉴定浮游动物39种,隶属8类。5月鉴定浮游动物22种,第一优势种为中华哲水蚤(Clalnus sinicus),9月鉴定29种,第一优势种为强壮箭虫(Sagitta crassa)。调查海域Shannon-Wiener多样性指数均值为2.01,均匀度指数均值为0.61,物种丰富度指数均值为1.05。5月调查海域浮游动物丰度均值(2371.8ind/m_³)高于9月(231.2 ind/m_³)。空间分布上,从5月到9月,浮游动物丰度高值呈现从中部向南部移动的特点。冗余分析结果表明,水温、溶解氧、叶绿素a、盐度和化学需氧量是影响该海域浮游动物群落结构的最主要因子。     

小麦-玉米轮作体系中土壤细菌菌群结构及多样性分析

合理的轮作可以改善土壤微生物群落结构,提高土壤肥力,减少病虫害的发生。为了探讨小麦和玉米轮作对土壤细菌的影响,采用传统PCR克隆文库构建、克隆测序并结合EzBioCloud细菌分类鉴定,对河南小麦-玉米轮作体系下农田土壤细菌的菌群结构变化及多样性特征进行了分析。结果表明,变形菌门（33.73%）和拟杆菌门（31.50%）细菌是小麦-玉米轮作体系土壤中最主要的优势菌群,其次为酸杆菌门、芽单胞菌门、放线菌门和疣微菌门等。在小麦和玉米生长期内细菌的丰度和多样性明显高于二者的间隔期;玉米生长期间细菌菌群丰度和物种多样性更高。不同的微生物群落在土壤中担负不同的生态功能。     

丰、枯水期里下河腹地典型水体浮游动物群落结构与水质评价

为了探究丰枯水期里下河腹地典型水体中浮游动物的群落结构特征,通过布设20个采样站点,于2014年丰水期(7月29日)和枯水期(12月24日)对里下河腹地典型水体进行了2次全面调查,并对水质状况进行了评价。结果表明,里下河腹地典型水体共鉴定出浮游动物21种(包括变种和变型),无节幼体1类;其中轮虫最多,共14种,占浮游动物总种数的66.6%;枝角类次之,共6种,占28.6%;桡足类最少,仅1种,占4.8%;各站点浮游动物种类组成和密度均以轮虫和枝角类为主,数量在5~15种,密度变化在9.8~102.2个/L。浮游动物相似性指数在0.18~0.55,平均为0.36,偏向于轻度相似,表明丰水期与枯水期的生境差异较大。优势种的优势度不高,在0.023~0.297;多样性指数在1.73~3.56,均匀度指数在0.67~0.95,表明丰、枯水期里下河腹地典型水体的浮游动物群落信息含量较大、群落结构处于较稳定状态。浮游动物多样性和水质监测结果均表明,枯水期水质优于丰水期,枯水期水质基本处于清洁状态,丰水期水质基本处于中度污染状态;污染源主要为面源污染,且串场河(6号)、新通扬运河(12号)、喜鹊湖(17号)、兴姜河(18号)受人类活动影响较大。     

小麦与不同作物间作模式对麦蚜及主要捕食性天敌群落的影响

应用群落生态学结构变化特征的研究方法,研究了小麦与油菜、荷兰豆间作和单作麦田3种栽培模式条件下对麦田麦蚜及主要天敌群落的影响。结果表明,捕食性天敌的丰盛度和昆虫群落的稳定性,麦套荷兰豆最高,其次为麦套油菜田、单作麦田最低;麦套荷兰豆田麦蚜亚群落稳定性较好,单作麦田捕食性天敌亚群落的稳定性较好。麦蚜亚群落主要特征值分析表明,多样性指数和均匀度为:麦套荷兰豆>单作麦田>麦套油菜,优势度和优势集中性指数为:麦套油菜>单作麦田>麦套荷兰豆;主要捕食性天敌亚群落的多样性指数和均匀度为:单作麦田>麦套油菜>麦套荷兰豆,优势度和优势集中性指数为:麦套荷兰豆田>麦套油菜田>单作麦田。