秦岭南坡森林抚育对锐齿栎林光合特性的影响

【目的】研究不同抚育强度对锐齿栎林光合特性的影响,为秦岭南坡锐齿栎林的森林抚育间伐提供理论依据。【方法】在秦岭南坡火地塘林区锐齿栎林内设置13块样地进行间伐,其中抚育强度5%,10%,15%,20%的样地各3块,对照样地1块,测定不同间伐强度样地内的环境因子及锐齿栎的光合生理生态因子,并进行方差分析、回归分析和相关分析。【结果】抚育后的林内环境因子和光合生理生态因子都发生了变化,抚育强度15%,20%的林内光强(PAR)、大气温度(Ta)、大气CO2浓度(Ca)、净光合速率(Pn)、蒸腾速率(Tr)、气孔限制值(Ls)、水分利用效率(WUE)有极显著或显著提高,而相对湿度(RH)极显著或显著降低,气孔导度(Gs)在抚育强度15%的林内极显著降低,胞间CO2浓度(Ci)经抚育后显著降低,但在不同抚育强度间无明显差异;通过光合光响应曲线拟合可知,抚育强度15%和20%的林内最大净光合速率(Pmax)较高;通过假设检验可知,Pn与环境因子PAR、Ta、Ca、RH在α=0.01的水平上存在显著的回归关系;Pn与PAR、Ta呈极显著正相关,而与Gs、Ci呈极显著负相关;抚育后林内的光合同化量有所提高,其中抚育强度15%的林内光合同化量最高。【结论】秦岭南坡锐齿栎林的抚育强度设置在15%为宜。     

Extent and conservation of tropical dry forests in the Americas

This paper shows the results of an assessment on the current extent of Neotropical dry forests based on a supervised classification of MODIS surface reflectance imagery at 500-m resolution. Our findings show that tropical dry forests extend for 519,597 km² across North and South America. Mexico, Brazil and Bolivia harbor the largest and best-preserved dry forest fragments. Mexico contains the largest extent at 181,461 km² (38% of the total), although it remains poorly represented under protected areas. On the other hand, Brazil and Bolivia contain the largest proportion of protected tropical dry forests and the largest extent in continuous forest fragments. We found that five single ecoregions account for more than half of the tropical dry forests in the Americas (continental and insular) and these ecoregions are: the Chiquitano dry forests, located in Bolivia and Brazil (27.5%), the Atlantic dry forests (10.2%), the Sinaloan dry forests in Mexico (9.7%), the Cuban dry forests (7.1%) and the Bajio dry forests in Mexico (7%). Chiquitano dry forests alone contain 142,941 km² of dry forests. Of the approximately 23,000 km² of dry forest under legal protection, 15,000 km² are located in just two countries, Bolivia and Brazil. In fact, Bolivia protects 10,609 km² of dry forests, where 7600 km² are located within the Chiquitano dry forest ecoregion and protected by a single park. Low extent and high fragmentation of dry forests in countries like Guatemala, Nicaragua, Ecuador, Costa Rica and Peru means that these forests are at a higher risk from human disturbance and deforestation.     

Plant communities, species diversity, richness, and regeneration of a traditionally managed coastal forest, Kenya

The Kenyan coastal forests make up one of the World 25 Biodiversity Hotspots. They consist of over 140 fragments (the majority with areas less than 0.5 km²) of the once extensive Zanzibar-Inhambane lowland moist forest. The over 60 known Mijikenda sacred Kaya forests and groves scattered along the coastal hinterland form the greater part of this ecosystem. The forests are of biological and cultural significance, and this has been recognized nationally and internationally, with some now listed as World Heritage Sites. The forests are protected by councils of Kaya elders who regulate use of their resources. Increasing human population and subsequent rise in demand for forest products and land for settlement has put a strain on these relic forests. Farm encroachment and extraction of forest products in different Kaya forests have affected the vegetation ecology at varying levels. This study investigated the spatial species distribution, association and regeneration potential of commonly utilized plants in one of these traditionally managed ecosystems. A modified nested plot method was used to collect data in the field.Using TWINSPAN multivariate, and indicator species analysis, two plant communities (Asteranthe and Bridelia) and an undifferentiated vegetation type were identified. Species association in Asteranthe consisted largely of forest dependant species, with a significant presence of woody climbers. It was comprised of two sub-communities namely Manilkara and Scorodophloeos. In contrast the second plant community, Bridelia, was dominated by light demanding species. It comprised one sub-community (Catunaregam) and a seral stage (Keetia). The species diversity and richness was higher in the Asteranthe community compared to Bridelia. Some of the forest species commonly utilized by the local people were observed to regenerate both in open and closed forest habitats while others had seedling recruitment confined to closed forest.Despite some coastal forests showing physiognomic similarity, detailed study shows intra-variation linked to topography, exposition, type and intensity of human perturbation both currently and in the distant past. Clearly, vegetation patterns of coastal forests of eastern Africa change at fairly short intervals.Recruitment of forest specialists is likely to decline if closed forests are opened up by farm encroachment, however their less specialized counterparts can pioneer in re-colonization of disturbed sites if conservation is strengthened. There is need to invigorate traditional management systems of forests with cultural significance by recognizing and giving increased legal mandates to the local custodians.     

毛竹林理水固土功能评述

从毛竹林林冠对降雨的再分配功能、林下枯落物对水源的涵养功能和毛竹林地下鞭根系统固土功能等三方面对毛竹林的理水固土功能进行了简单地评述,并对该方向的研究重点提出一些自己的看法.     

A Gis-derived integrated moisture index to predict forest composition and productivity of Ohio forests (U.S.A.)

A geographic information system (GIS) approach was used in conjunction with forest-plot data to develop an integrated moisture index (IMI), which was then used to predict forest productivity (site index) and species composition for forests in Ohio. In this region, typical of eastern hardwoods across the Midwest and southern Appalachians, topographic aspect and position (rather than elevation) change drastically at the fine scale and strongly influence many ecological functions. Elevational contours, soil series mapping units, and plot locations were digitized for the Vinton Furnace Experimental Forest in southeastern Ohio and gridded to 7.5-m cells for GIS modeling. Several landscape features (a slope-aspect shading index, cumulative flow of water downslope, curvature of the landscape, and water-holding capacity of the soil) were used to create the IMI, which was then statistically analyzed with site-index values and composition data for plots. On the basis of IMI values for forest land harvested in the past 30 years, we estimated oak site index and the percentage composition of two major species groups in the region: oak (Quercus spp.), and yellow poplar (Liriodendron tulipifera) plus black cherry (Prunus serotina). The derived statistical relationships were then applied in the GIS to create maps of site index and composition, and verified with independent data. The maps show the oaks will dominate on dry, ridge top positions (i.e., low site index), while the yellow poplar and black cherry will predominate on mesic sites. Digital elevation models with coarser resolution (1:24K, 1:100K, 1:250K) also were tested in the same manner. We had generally good success for 1:24K, moderate success for 1:100K, but no success for 1:250K data. This simple and portable approach has the advantage of using readily available GIS information which is time-invariant and requires no fieldwork. The IMI can be used to better manage forest resources where moisture is limiting and to predict how the resource will change under various forms of ecosystem management.     

湖南省森林公益效能的经济评价Ⅰ森林的木材生产效益与水源涵养效益

根据多年定位测定的数据以及<湖南省森林资源主要数据汇编>、<湖南省农业区划(8)>和湖南省水利厅有关资料,对湖南省森林的木材生产效益和水源涵养效益进行计量评估,结果表明,湖南省现有的森林每年生长木材488.7675万m3,年平均生产木材效益24.44亿圆,而其森林的水源涵养效益中,森林贮水功能效益9.84亿圆,防洪效益3.68亿圆,枯水期增加的水资源利用效益26.73亿圆.其涵养水源总效益共计40.25亿圆,是木材效益的1.65倍,同时,即使是灌草坡地调节水分的能力也明显高于裸地,因此.从水文学观点出发,对于难以造林的山坡、山顶,要注意灌木林的保护和经营,使其发挥更好的防水功能.     

从森林绿色核算看我国林业政策的优化

为了更好地为林业管理决策服务和为政策制定提供依据,该文在对国内外绿色核算研究综述的基础上,论述了绿色核算的概念,探讨了森林绿色核算的政策应用. 文章通过对我国2000、2004年的森林绿色核算研究结果的认真分析指出:2000—2004年,我国森林eaGDP(经环境调整的GDP)增加了0.11%,反映出林业对国民经济的贡献是不断增加的; 在我国森林环境服务、社会效益中,土壤保育、森林防护效益最大,固碳供养、水源涵养效益次之,森林游憩效益最小. 因此,在森林间接效益利用中,受益最大的是农业、水利、电力等部门,受益最小的是林业部门本身. 该文还对我国的森林绿色核算结果进行了政策优化分析,提出了加强政府对森林资源保护的直接管制和补偿,提供资助,加强森林资源保护的地方标准、法律的制定,促进林业人力资本的发展,明确产权等建议,以促进实现社会经济发展与森林资源增长的目标.      

云南省金沙江流域退耕还林问题研究

云南省金沙江流域水土流失很严重 ,是全国生态环境建设的重点区域。坡耕地是该流域水土流失最为严重的地类 ,对不宜耕坡耕地实施退耕还林 (草 )工程具有重大战略意义。分析了该流域目前退耕还林(草 )工程中存在的主要问题 ,并就科学实施退耕还林 (草 )工程提出了具体的建议     

河北省森林景观空间格局分析

根据河北省森林景观现状,运用景观多样性指数、分维数、景观破碎化指数等计算方法,分析河北省森林资源空间分布特征和存在问题,指出河北省森林景观保护和发展方向。     

川西亚高山针叶林植物群落演替对生物学特性的影响

通过对川西亚高山针叶林人工重建过程中土壤微生物数量、酶活性及其与土壤养分性状的关系研究表明,云杉人工成熟林土壤微生物数量、酶活性明显低于云杉人工幼林地,也低于同龄的次生阔叶林地,人工云杉林随着林龄的增加土壤肥力严重退化。土壤微生物数量、酶活性与土壤有机质、全N、全P和碱解N等养分指标呈显著相关关系,土壤生物学指标能较好地反映土壤肥力状况。解决当前人工成熟云杉林土壤退化的主要措施应因地制宜地进行抚育间伐,改善林地的微生态条件,尽量避免营造针叶纯林,建议营造针阔混交林。