水分条件对中国沙棘生长及种群稳定性的影响

中国沙棘广泛分布于我国北方干旱、半干旱地区,水分条件是决定其存活、生长和繁殖的主导因子。从西南到西北,随着降水量的减小和干燥度的增大,树体大小及种群寿命随之下降。在黄土高原,阴坡种群的繁殖能力和生长状况优于阳坡,峁坡下部优于中部而中部则优于上部。在毛乌素沙地,下湿地优于丘间地,丘间地优于流动沙地。但是,作为现代分布中心的黄土高原、毛乌素沙地及鄂尔多斯高原,多数地区降水不足,虽说中国沙棘依托克隆繁殖赋予的许多优越性维持着克隆的持久性和种群稳定性,如遇连年干旱或种群生产力超过"土壤水分承载力"则会导致种群衰退甚至死亡。因此,今后应积极推广应用抗旱节水造林技术,加强异质性生境中克隆植物斑块式造林和更新技术提供理论依据。

Effects of Water Conditions on the Growth and Population Stability of Hippophae rhamnoides subsp. sinensis

Hippophae rhamnoides subsp.sinensis is widely distributed in arid and semi-arid areas in northern China,and the water conditions is the dominant factor for its survival,growth and propagation.From southwest to northwest,individual size and life-span of the population reduced with the decrease of precipitations and the increase of dryness levelsqa.In the Loess Plateau,the propagation capacity and the growth status of the population in shady hill are better than those of sunny hill,and the lower-hill are bett...