加快推进和完善我国森林生态效益补偿制度的建设

森林资源是陆地生态系统的主体,森林不仅具有重要的经济效益,而且具有重要的环境生态效益。森林资源的建设和保护陷入了缺乏资金长效投入的困境,天保工程等重大工程的实施解决不了长远发展问题,为了保证我国经济发展和环境保护的协调发展,根据我国的现实情况,应制定一部《森林生态效益补偿法》,尽快全国范围内实施森生态效益补偿制度。文章就加快推进和完善我国的森林生态效益补偿制度建设作了初步分析。     

生态公益林管护存在的问题及对策

通过查阅生态公益林的相关文献,总结了生态公益林在宏观和微观方面管理存在的问题,并从健全体系、普及知识、补偿机制等方面提出了加强生态公益林管护对策。     

退耕还林工程建设对土壤侵蚀的影响——以安塞县为例

以黄土丘陵区退耕还林典型县——安塞县为研究对象,基于3S技术与RUSLE土壤侵蚀模型,从县域尺度上分析评价了黄土高原区退耕还林前后土壤侵蚀变化。研究结果表明:与退耕前1999年相比较,2010年土壤侵蚀强度在空间上发生明显改变,总体上,土壤侵蚀强度有明显减小的趋势。极强烈侵蚀下降幅度最大(下降13.73%),主要向强烈转移,占10.45%;中度侵蚀由35.92%增加到59.98%,主要由强烈侵蚀转移而来,占27.08%;微度和轻度变化较小。土壤侵蚀既有增强区域也有减弱区域,总体趋势以减弱为主。侵蚀加强区域主要是由中度和强烈向强烈、极强烈和剧烈转移,转移面积较小;发生增强的区域主要是以草地覆盖为主;其次是原耕地,退耕还林后转化为林地和草地,部分地区出现裸露斑块,呈现部分小面积土壤侵蚀加剧。土壤侵蚀减弱区域主要是极强烈、剧烈向中度、强烈等转移;转移面积主要发生区域沟壑区低盖度草地、沟道以及河道边缘裸地。随着退耕还林还草工程的实施,荒山林草覆盖度增加,林草植被对降水进行截留下渗,缓减洪峰流量,减少降雨洪峰对沟道和河道侧冲刷,降低土壤侵蚀强度。安塞县实施退耕还林11年后,土壤侵蚀以强度侵蚀为主(46.47%)转中度侵蚀为主(59.98%),全县平均土壤侵蚀由1998年的9 780t/(km~2·a)转为2010年的5 460t/(km~2·a),每年约减少土壤侵蚀量1 274万t。退耕还林工程建设对于安塞县控制水土流失和改善生态环境有着重要作用。研究结果将对该区域水土流失治理提供参考依据。     

不同人工恢复林对退化红壤团聚体组成及其有机碳的影响

研究土壤团聚体的组成及其有机碳的分布,有助于从微观角度理解土壤结构与功能的相互作用.采用于筛法和湿筛法,研究南方红壤退化地实施人工恢复30年后,马尾松与阔叶复层林(PB)、木荷+马尾松混交林(SP)和阔叶林(BF)3种典型林分在0～60 cm土层的团聚体组成及其有机碳分布特征,分析土壤团聚体有机碳与总有机碳相关关系.结果表明:各恢复林分土壤机械稳定性团聚体质量分数,以＞2 mm粒径所占比例最大(均在60％以上),而在水稳性团聚体中,以＜0.05 mm粒径占优势.不同林分土壤团聚体结构破坏率顺序依次为BF(53.38％～84.27％) ＞SP(52.22％ ～70.86％) ＞PB(22.70％ ～47.83％).机械稳定性和水稳性团聚体有机碳质量分数均以PB最高,随着土层深度的增加,各林分土壤团聚体有机碳质量分数呈下降趋势.水稳性大团聚体(＞0.25 mm粒径)有机碳质量分数总体高于相应土层的总有机碳质量分数,而微团聚体的(＜0.25 mm粒径)则低于后者,说明有机碳对于大团聚体的形成和水稳性具有积极作用.土壤团聚体有机碳与总有机碳的相关关系分析表明,土壤团聚体有机碳的增加,对总有机碳的积累具有正面影响.保留密度大、灌木(草)层盖度高的马尾松与阔叶复层林土壤团聚体的数量和质量更高;因此,在红壤侵蚀退化地森林恢复初期,可通过适当密植、增加林下灌草覆盖等措施,增加有机碳的输入,促进团聚体的形成和稳定,从而加速了退化土地的土壤结构改善和功能恢复.该研究可为南方严重红壤退化地生态恢复中的林分类型选择和优化配置提供科学依据.     

太行山南麓5个林龄侧柏人工林土壤酶活性季节变化

采用时空互代法,以太行山南麓地区20,30,40,50,60年生侧柏人工林土壤为研究对象,研究了土壤蔗糖酶和脲酶活性的季节变化、空间分布特征及其与土壤因子的相关性。结果表明:土壤酶活性有明显的季节变化特征,土壤蔗糖酶的活性呈夏季 > 秋季 > 春季 > 冬季,脲酶活性的季节动态呈夏季 > 春季 > 秋季 > 冬季,两种土壤酶活性均在夏季最高,冬季最低。土壤蔗糖酶和脲酶活性均随土层深度的增加而显著降低（p<0.01）,从表层0-10 cm至深层30-40 cm酶活性下降幅度均超过46%。相关性分析表明,土壤蔗糖酶和脲酶均与土壤含水率、DOC含量呈极显著正相关关系,且两者之间也存在极显著正相关关系（p<0.01）,但是二者的主要影响因子并不完全一致。逐步回归分析表明蔗糖酶活性的主要影响因子是土壤含水率和砂粒体积分数,二者能解释71.2%的变化;脲酶活性的主要影响因子是DON、土壤含水率、硝态氮含量和土壤容重,四者能解释71.5%的变化,暗示温度和水分可能是该区人工林土壤生物活性的主要控制性因素。     

Transformation of Phosphorus in Forest and Savannah Agro-Ecological Alfisols incubated with Different Phosphorus Fertilizers,in Ekiti state,Southwestern Nigeria

Experiments on incubation with phosphorus (P) changes in two Nigerian Alfisols, were evaluated on the effectiveness of P sources (ground phosphate rock, GRP-9% P, Pace-setter Organo-Mineral Fertilizer (PR-fortified P-S-OM, 11% P and single superphosphate, SSP-7.7% P, for reference). All samples were adjusted to water tension measured at M Ψ w = 0.03 MPa. Changes in applied P were evaluated at 2, 6, 12 and 24 weeks after which data were analyzed using analysis of variance and correlations. Over 24 weeks of incubation, SSP transformed mostly into iron (Fe)-bound P and GPR produced the highest inorganic phosphate ions and transformed largely into the soluble and more chemically stable residual P, in both soils. This fraction, had high and positive correlations (r = 0.69, p < 0.05) with soil properties and constituted a major source and sinks of plant available P. Thus, GPR contributing beneficial effects of residual phosphates.     

古尔班通古特沙漠人工梭梭林群落生态特征研究

为探究古尔班通古特沙漠南缘莫索湾地区33年来人工梭梭林群落(依靠天然降水)的生态特征,本文对两种造林技术(积雪-客沙造林和秋灌造林)人工梭梭林地梭梭的长势、草本植物、土壤水分进行了调查和监测。结果表明:(1)积雪-客沙造林和秋灌造林梭梭至今生长良好,目前植株高度和冠幅均大于2 m和2 m~2,当年新生枝条长度均大于20 cm;初始造林梭梭存活率较高,分别为40%和63%;经过自然更新,现有密度均有所提高,人工林形成异龄复层混交林,林下生长有不同优势种的草本植物;土壤含水量均2.00%,能够满足梭梭生长。(2)由于两种造林技术的土地处理方式和初期水分供给量不同,导致两种林地梭梭生长、林下草本植物盖度和多样性以及天然更新梭梭植株数量均有很大差异,整体秋灌造林地的状况优于积雪-客沙造林地。(3)两种造林技术对于当地生态条件均有很好的适应性,虽然积雪-客沙造林密度相对较低,但优于自然植被状况,且造林成本低;秋灌造林密度较大,天然更新植株数量较多,但造林成本高,后期生长较缓慢,需要采取一定的人工措施调整密度。综上可知,积雪-客沙造林和秋灌造林梭梭目前生长均较稳定,后者对该区生态条件适应性更强。     

华北土石山区不同林分结构与功能的研究

在调查北京八达岭林区刺槐(Robinia pseudoacacia)、侧柏(Platycladus orientalis)及其混交林生长量、土壤理化性质、水源涵养能力、病虫害的基础上,研究其结构与功能关系.结果表明,混交林比纯林具有更好的生长量,土壤理化性质得到进一步改善,从而提高水源涵养能力.另外,混交林还能够提高林分抵抗病虫害的能力.采用混交的方式为:1行刺槐3行侧柏循环混交,刺槐株数不超过1/4.本项研究以期对北京市森林健康经营具有一定的指导意义.     

Correlation between earthworms and plant litter decomposition in a tropical wet forest of Puerto Rico

Earthworms are recognized to play an important role in the decomposition of organic materials. To test the use of earthworms as an indicator of plant litter decomposition, we examined the abundance and biomass of earthworms in relation to plant litter decomposition in a tropical wet forest of Puerto Rico. We collected earthworms at 0–0.1 m and 0.1–0.25 m soil depths from upland and riparian sites that represent the natural variation in soils and decomposition rates within the forest. Earthworms were hand-sorted and weighed for both fresh and dry biomass. Earthworms were dominated by the exotic endogeic species Pontoscolex corethrurus Müller; they were more abundant, and had higher biomasses in the upland than in riparian sites of the forest. Plant leaf litter decomposed faster in the upland than riparian sites. We found that earthworm abundance in the upper 0.1 m of the soil profile positively correlated with decomposition rate of plant leaf litter. Ground litter removal had no effect on the abundance or biomass of endogeic earthworms. Our data suggest that earthworms can be used to predict decomposition rates of plant litter in the tropical wet forest, and that the decomposition of aboveground plant litter has little influence on the abundance and biomass of endogeic earthworms.     

Finding a needle in the haystack: Regional analysis of suitable Eld’s deer (Cervus eldi) forest in Southeast Asia

For species whose decline preceded the modern era and whose distribution is in the developing world, it is difficult to map suitable habitat across its former range. Eld’s deer (Cervus eldi) is an endangered cervid whose range across Southeast Asia was reduced during the last century to disjoint populations in Myanmar and Cambodia. We used ecological data from the present populations to determine landscape and habitat parameters that would help us predict the occurrence of the species in forests not yet surveyed. The suitable-forest GIS model was created using four readily available datasets for elevation, forest type, canopy closure, and human density. Comparison of the GIS model with 24 verified sightings of Eld’s deer during recent large mammal surveys in Cambodia, found 22 sightings (92%) within predicted suitable forest. Use the suitable-forest GIS model to survey a province in southern Lao People’s Democratic Republic, located a single, previously unreported population from 9 patches surveyed. In a separate analysis, a logistic regression model to predict Eld’s deer habitat in Northern Cambodia found percent tree cover, presence of wetlands, and distance to villages as the best predictors of deer, similar to variables used in the GIS model, with the exception of the importance of wetlands. Using mean annual rainfall to rank suitable-forest patches identified in the GIS model indicated dry dipterocarp forests in Northeastern Cambodia and Northern Myanmar have the highest potential to conserve eld’s deer. Examination of the suitable-forest GIS map and current protected areas indicated only Cambodia, with 11% suitable forest protected, has placed sufficient dry dipterocarp forest under protected status. Other Southeast Asia countries have not recognized dry dipterocarp forest as a significant ecotype worthy of conservation status.