Promoting old-growth characteristics and long-term wood production in Douglas-fir forests

Trade-offs among wood production, wood quality and ecological characteristics in the management of harvested forest stands are explored through model simulation of various silvicultural regimes. Long-term production of merchantable wood, production of various types of high-quality wood, and the level of certain quantitative ecological indicators are projected for coniferous forests of Pacific Northwestern USA. The set of ecological indicators used is based on the species composition and physical structure of old, unlogged forest stands. Simulations are performed with an ecological model of forest stand dynamics that tracks the fate of live and dead trees. Short rotations (<50 years) produce the least amount of high-quality wood over the multi-century simulation period. They also fail to generate ecological attributes resembling those of old forest stands. Production of high-quality wood is moderate to high under all rotations of 80 years or more; however, most ecological indicators require longer rotations unless alternatives to clearcutting are applied. Alternatives examined include retention of 15% cover of live tree canopy at each harvest in combination with artificial thinning between harvests. Thinning from below can expedite the development of large live and dead trees, and canopy height diversity without greatly diminishing wood quantity or quality. Proportional thinning retains understory stems, thereby expediting the recruitment of shade-tolerant trees. A possible drawback to thinning, particularly proportional thinning, is the diminished production of clean-bole wood at rotations of 150 and 260 years. It is concluded that most wood quantity, wood quality and ecological objectives can be met with long rotations (ca. 260 years). Certain objectives can be met with shorter rotations (80–150 years) when treatments of thinning and canopy tree retention are applied.     

三倍体毛白杨的木材构造与材性的研究

对三倍体毛白杨的木材构造特征、纤维形态、基本密度进行了观察记载和测定，发现其生长轮宽度达2.5～3.0cm，纤维平均长度大于同年轮的其它杨木，基本密度小于毛白杨成熟材，木纤维的含量较高，同时纤维的壁腔比较小，所以三倍体毛白杨是一种较好的造纸和纤维工业原料。     

Policy issues in agroforestry: technology adoption and regional integration in the western Brazilian Amazon

Agroforestry systems (AFS) have received much attention from policymakers and others for their perceived ability to contribute significantly to economic growth, poverty alleviation, and environmental sustainability. Yet in many areas of the developing world where AFS have proven their agronomic potential, they have yet to be widely adopted. This paper approaches the issue with a focus on one such area – the western Brazilian Amazon, an area where economic integration within the region itself, across national boundaries, and between the region and the rest of Brazil (’regional integration‘) may soon vastly shift incentives to natural resource users. The paper addresses AFS adoption via a conceptual framework that argues for scrutinizing agronomic and socioeconomic characteristics of AFS and their potential adopters. This framework facilitates a priori assessment of whether specific AFS will be adopted, and if so, by whom and with what likely impact on the development objectives at hand. It highlights characteristics that lend socioeconomic and agronomic ’agility‘ – connoting flexibility to easily shift production systems and accompanying marketing strategies in response to unforeseen or rapid change (due to qualities of the AFS itself, or the producer). Financial performance indicators (net present value of AFS during establishment and for the life of a project, and years to positive cash flow) are presented for selected AFS, and juxtaposed to a livestock production system that is already gaining wide adoption in the area. This juxtaposition illustrates the practical effects of socio-economic and agronomic characteristics posited as influential. Against this backdrop, trends in ’regional integration' are discussed, along with implications this integration process has for AFS adoption. The paper ends with a discussion of the roles and limitations of policy in promoting AFS adoption. This revised version was published online in June 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

突出特色发挥优势推进大型丛生竹产业化——云南省开发特色竹产业的理论与实践

云南省热带大型丛生竹林景观、珍稀特有竹种资源均为国内外之首 ,民族竹文化资源丰富多彩 ,但与省外相比在长期以来产业开发却明显滞后。近年来 ,云南竹类研究取得了丰硕成果 ,全社会对竹产业开发认识不断提高 ,竹产业综合开发取得了明显进展。本文系统总结了云南竹类研究和竹产业开发的成果和存在问题 ,提出并探讨了切实保护竹类多样性、大力开发民族竹文化资源、推进大型丛生竹产业化、发展特色竹产业的明确目标和具体措施。     

试论热带森林害虫的一些生物学特色

本文论述了热带森林害虫生物学的特殊性!包括世代、寿命、产卵延续期、异常生物学、滞育、休眠、拟态和伪装。经研究发现:热带林虫繁殖快,世代多,象虫寿命和产卵延续期长,球象幼虫别具一格的取食习性,摹拟眼镜蛇的赤顶粉蝶幼虫,用寄主花序伪装的母生花尺蛾幼虫等。     

黄土高原寒区青海云杉人工林地土壤水分物理特性研究

对黄土高原高寒区的青海云杉人工林林地的土壤水分物理性质进行了实地观测和分析(主要采用野外实测土壤水分再分布的方法,对入渗后不同土层土壤的水分再分布过程及低吸力段土壤水分特征作了研究),发现该林地在枯落物及林下植被层的作用下,使得0~10 cm表层土壤的持水性最好;因放牧践踏导致林地10~30 cm土层的土壤板结密实,持水性较差;30~50 cm土层土壤的持水性居中。通过研究还拟合得出了该林地土壤水分再分布、土壤水分特征曲线及土壤比水容量的参数。为该地区退耕还林还草、林业生态建设和森林水文效益评价提供了可靠依据。     

西南桦生物学特性及发展前景

分析了西南桦生态学特征及其生态经济价值,并对西南桦的发展前景进行了评价。     

3种白腐菌木质素降解酶的比较

对3种白腐菌——黄孢原毛平革菌、变色栓菌和木质层孔菌在恒温振荡培养条件下产漆酶、锰过氧化物酶的情况进行比较研究,同时还对此3种菌在培养过程中还原糖的变化作了研究.结果表明:3种白腐菌中变色栓菌产漆酶相对最高,其漆酶酶活最高达到136.5 U/L,产酶最高时间为第8天;而木质层孔菌产锰过氧化物酶相对最高,其最高酶活达到880.2 U/L,产酶最高时间为第8天;同时在培养过程中还原糖含量随培养时间的延长而逐渐降低.     

刺槐林地产流特征及其土壤水分动态谐波分析

刺槐林是中国北方丘陵半干旱区典型的生态防护林树种之一。通过自然降雨径流场定位观测试验,本文对辽宁西部地区(1850-12225E,4024-4234N)刺槐生态防护林及其采伐迹地的产流、产沙特征和土壤水分动态变化规律进行了定量研究。采伐迹地与刺槐林地相比二者之间的产流量和产沙量存在显著差异,采伐迹地的产流量和产沙量比刺槐林地分别增加40%-177%和180%-400%。典型降雨产流水文过程线显示,刺槐林地径流峰值比采伐迹地低1.0-2.5?0-3m3穝-1,且径流峰值出现的时间比采伐迹地滞后10-20min。谐波分析表明,刺槐林地与采伐迹地土壤含水量随年内降水量变化分干、湿两季,呈周期性变化,刺槐林地土壤年平均含水量比采伐迹地高2.3%。研究结果表明:刺槐生态防护林具有涵养水源、增加土壤水分、减少地表径流与土壤侵蚀的重要作用。图2表4参12。     

两种切梢小蠹生态学特性比较研究

纵坑切梢小蠹和横坑切梢小蠹是中国主要的森林蛀干害虫。在云南,两虫经常在云南松等松类树种上共同危害,造成重大生态和经济损失。这两种小蠹的种群结构因地区而异,其性比、成虫在枝梢上聚集危害的时间及其在树冠上的空间分布规律基本相同,但在树干上的空间分布规律有很大差异。通过研究并比较这两种小蠹的种群结构、性比、季节分布及空间分布等生态学特性差异,对防治有重要意义。