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.     

Soil organic carbon fractions and humic substances are affected by land uses of Caatinga forest in Brazil

Caatinga is a Brazilian dry ecosystem that occupies around 1 million km² and is one of the largest tropical dry forests of the world. About 46% of the area that was originally covered has been deforested. Land use can cause pronounced reduction in soil carbon stocks that play a major role in the global carbon cycle. The objective of this study was to improve our understanding of the effect of land use on oxidizable carbon fractions, total carbon stocks and humic substances in different layers of soil in a Brazilian semi-arid region. We analyzed soils from tropical dry forest (TDF), forest succession with Anadenanthera falcata (ANA), with Tabebuia alba (TAB), secondary scrubby regeneration (SCR), and non-irrigated maize (MS). Forests showed larger fractions of more labile carbon, except for TDF. The most recalcitrant fraction of carbon stock, humin fraction stock, with the different land use decreased by 38–53% compared to TDF. Oxidizable carbon fractions, carbon stocks, and humic fraction stocks were able to differentiate the successional land uses and agricultural cover from TDF, mainly in the 0–5?cm layer. Our results show that changes in land use, especially with ANA forest succession, showed a larger labile carbon fraction, indicating easy decomposition and loss. Our results provide an alternative tool for the management of deforested areas in tropical dry caatinga ecosystems. This would contribute to the conservation of dry forest systems and could serve as guideline for sustainable management of agriculturally impacted caatinga areas.     

建设农业强国背景下数字化转型对农林企业创新效率的影响

为推动农林企业更好地享有数字化转型红利,提升农林企业创新效率并实现农林企业共同富裕的带动作用,以2009—2020年235个A股农林业上市公司面板数据为基础,使用双向固定效应模型,实证分析了数字化转型对农林企业创新效率的影响。研究表明：1）数字化转型与农林企业创新效率之间存在显著的倒U型影响,适度水平的数字化有利于创新效率提升,超过一定临界点后,数字化水平的提高负向影响创新效率;2）数字化转型通过倒U型曲线效应影响企业风险承担水平,进而影响了创新效率,促成了数字化转型与创新效率之间的倒U型关系;3）企业高管的学术经历负向调节农林企业数字化转型与创新效率之间的倒U型关系。基于上述结论,不仅企业和高管团队要发挥能动作用,而且政府要加快农业新型基础设施和标准体系建设、加强政策针对性、完善数字化转型公共服务平台,加快农业现代化助推农业强国建设的步伐。     

不同施肥条件下微生物对棕壤团聚体和碳分布的影响

以北京市延庆县绿富隆有机肥蔬菜研究基地长期定位肥料试验地为试验平台,利用湿筛法获得不同粒级的团聚体,通过16SrDNA-PCR-DGGE技术进行测序分析,研究不同施肥条件下微生物群落对棕壤土团聚体和碳分布的影响。结果表明,有机肥(OF)处理的0.25～2 mm水稳性团聚体增加,增加幅度为109.0%;0.053～0.25 mm和小于0.053 mm粒级团聚体的含量均下降,与CK(不施肥)相比分别下降了31.9%和142.1%。OF处理对土壤各粒级团聚体中碳含量均有显著提高,与CK相比,提高15.2%～46.9%,其中大于2 mm团聚体中碳含量提高了46.9%。棕壤碳含量与大于2 mm粒级团聚体含量呈正相关;与0.25～2 mm粒级团聚体呈极显著正相关;与0.053～0.25 mm粒级团聚体含量呈极显著负相关;与小于0.053 mm粒级团聚体呈显著负相关。     

北方干寒地区日光温室CO2预测模型建立与冬季试验

根据质量平衡原理,构建了适用于北方干旱、寒冷地区典型日光温室CO2动态预测模型。模型定量描述了作物光合和呼吸作用、土壤呼吸作用、CO2施肥、自然通风及闭膜后的冷风渗透对室内空气中CO2的动态影响过程。利用内蒙古农牧业科技园区的日光温室对模型进行了冬季验证。结果表明,模型能较好地预测北方干旱、寒冷地区冬季晴天、多云天气的日光温室室内空气CO2浓度的动态变化过程,且预测值和实测值之间的相对误差小于10%。     

ZigBee技术在农林业中的应用研究

设计一个基于ZigBee技术的农林业生产环境监测系统。系统采用太阳能电池供电,利用ZigBee技术将传感器采集到的与农林业生产环境相关的数据通过无线网络传输给上位机。该系统的应用可为农林业环境质量评价、农林业环境质量变化趋势预测提供实时、准确的数据。     

Vermicomposting of coffee pulp using the earthworm Eisenia fetida: Effects on C and N contents and the availability of nutrients

In Colombia, more than 1 million tons of coffee pulp are produced every year. Its transformation into compost by means of turned piles has led to a final product with poor physical and chemical characteristics and vermicomposting has been suggested as an alternative method of transforming these wastes into a useful organic fertilizer. The ability of the earthworm Eisenia fetida to transform coffee pulp into a valuable compost was evaluated. The influence of bed depth and time on different C fractions, N content and availability of nutrients was studied. The results showed that the C and N contents were not affected by the depth of the bed, whereas time affected both. An increase in the fractionation ratio, determined by calculating the C in the fraction smaller than 100 m as a percentage of C in the samples as a whole, and low values of humic-like substances were recorded during vermicomposting. After ingestion of the pulp by the earthworms, an increase in available P, Ca, and Mg but a decrease in K were detected.     

黄土高原径流林业技术研究

以降水资源环境容量为基础控制林分密度,试验了不同集水技术对林地土壤水环境的改善作用,对林木生长的影响及集水技术的适用性.10年试验研究和大面积示范结果表明,在年降水量410mm左右地区造林,林地坡面经过不同的防渗处理,当每株树具有8m~2的集水面时,可使2m~2的植树带内收集到570～1270mm降水,造林成活率最高达到98%,林木生长量可提高40%～80%.     

碳平衡法测量汽油车燃油消耗量的研究

针对当前车辆燃油消耗量测量操作不便的问题,根据碳平衡法油耗量原理,建立了采用流量计的碳平衡法油车油耗测量模型及测量系统,并在实车上进行了试验验证,结果表明：该方法具有较高的精度及稳定性,为车辆耗油量的不解体测量提供了理论依据及应用可能性。     

低丘红壤有机碳库的密度及变异

在中国科学院红壤生态实验站,采样分析了不同利用方式下土壤有机C 库的密度及其变异。结果表明,低丘红壤有机C 的密度0 ~ 20cm为(2.09 0.69) kg/m2,0 ~ 100 cm为(5.01 1.46) kg/m2; 全N密度0 ~ 20 cm为(0.20 0.07) kg/m2, 0 ~ 100 cm为(0.59 0.14) kg/m2。从裸地到稀疏荒草地,0 ~ 20 cm和0 ~ 100 cm土壤有机C 密度可以提高1.0 kg/m2和1.7 kg/m2;而从稀疏荒草地到人工林地或园地,0 ~ 20 cm和0 ~ 100 cm土壤有机C 密度可以提高0.7 kg/m2和0.9 kg/m2;稀疏荒草地如果开垦利用为水田,经长期培肥达到高度熟化,则0 ~ 20 cm和0 ~ 100 cm土壤有机C 密度可以提高2.3 kg/m2和4.4 kg/m2。即使不同类型的人工林地和园地之间,0 ~ 20 cm和0 ~ 100 cm土壤有机C 的密度差异也可达到1.0 kg/m2和3.5 kg/m2。不同地形部位之间0 ~ 20 cm和0 ~ 100 cm土壤有机C 密度差异达到1.3 kg/m2和2.9 kg/m2,全N密度差异达0.1 kg/m2和0.3 kg/m2;不同肥力水平之间0 ~ 20 cm和0 ~ 100 cm土壤有机C 密度差异达到1.5 ~ 2.2 kg/m2和2.8 ~ 4.1 kg/m2,全N密度差异达0.07 ~ 0.11 kg/m2和0.20 ~ 0.23 kg/m2; 强烈侵蚀可以降低0 ~ 20 cm和0 ~ 100 cm土壤有机C 密度1.4 kg/m2和2.2 kg/m2。因此,通过调整土地利用方式,可以提高土壤有机C 库密度,增