Temporal and spatial variation in mountain birch foliar enzyme activities during the larval period of <Emphasis Type="Italic">Epirrita autumnata</Emphasis>

Summary. Mountain birches are deciduous trees consisting of several clonal and partly autonomous ramets. Autumnal moth, Epirrita autumnata, is an extremely harmful pest of mountain birches that during outbreak years may cause the death of trees over large areas. During the larval development of E. autumnata, leaf characters and nutritional suitability vary considerably both temporally and spatially among and within mountain birches. Compared to variation between trees, however, the extent of within-tree variation is known for only a limited number of potentially defensive traits. Plant oxidases, polyphenoloxidases (PPOs) and peroxidases (PODs) may play an important part in dictating the suitability of a tree for plant-eating animals, including E. autumnata. In this study, we observed changes in the activities of oxidative and antioxidative enzymes along leaf development during the larval period of E. autumnata. We also estimated the relative amounts of spatial variation among and within trees. Our results show that POD activities were remarkably high during the rapid elongation growth phase of leaves but decreased with leaf maturation. Thus PODs are suggested to take part in leaf elongation growth. Time and within tree variation accounted for the most of variation in POD activities whereas there was no among tree variation. In contrast, the activities of antioxidative CATs, which act as antagonists to PODs, were low in young leaves and increased towards leaf maturation, reflecting an increase in the oxidative status of source leaves. Within tree variation accounted for the most of the variation in CAT activities. The absolute PPO activities decreased along leaf growth due to the dilution effect whereas the specific activity of PPOs, which has been shown to be defensive against E. autumnata larvae, did not vary temporally that might reflect the importance of these enzymes in the defence of birches. Acidic PPOs showed marked within- and among-tree variation, which may impact herbivores performance on certain genotypes and increase larval mobility within the tree canopy.     

江西三清山东亚-北美间断分布属植物缺萼枫香群落研究

通过对三清山缺萼枫香林群落的野外调查和分析,其结果表明,(1)该群落乔木分层明显,其中第1层高达20～25m,最高可达35m。年龄结构显示,主要优势种缺萼枫香处于衰退状态。(2)群落生活型以高位芽植物占绝对优势(75.38%),地上芽植物较多(21.54%),反映出该群落具有山顶群落特征。(3)重要值计算表明,各优势种的重要值比例为缺萼枫香(52.08%)、细叶青冈(34.14%)、猴头杜鹃(31.01%)、多脉青冈(24.95%)和红花油茶(20.63%),其相应的科所占比例为壳斗科(21.9%)、金缕梅科(17.36%)、山茶科(14.86%)及杜鹃花科(12.96%),在科属地理分布区类型上群落具有从热带向温带过渡的特征,热带性科占57.84%,温带性科占42.16%。(4)多样性指数以及频度分析表明,以Shannon-Wiener公式计算,其多样性指数为4.46,介于广东鼎湖山常绿阔叶林与江西中亚热带常绿阔叶林之间;频度值分析为A>B>CE,与Raunkiaer频度定律有一定差异。整体分析表明缺萼枫香群落是中亚热带地区典型的山地常绿落叶阔叶林群落。     

山西吕梁山南段植物群落的数量分类和排序研究

运用TWINSPAN和DCA相结合的数量生态学方法对吕梁山南段云邱山的植物群落进行分类和排序.结果表明,TWINSPAN分类将74个样方划分为18个群丛;分类结果较好地反映了植物群落类型与环境梯度之间的关系,并在DCA二维排序图上得到较好的验证;对74个样方和优势种的DCA排序表明影响吕梁山南段植物群落分布的主导生态因子是水分和土壤,而认为干扰加剧了该区域植被的退化.图2表1参13     

广东山地丘陵土壤的特性

广东山地丘陵面积约占总面积的70％,山地丘陵在广东经济发展中占有重要地位。本文根据长达5年的南方山区土壤资源考察及前人的研究成果,论述了广东山地丘陵土壤中有机质、全氮、颗粒组成、代换性能、矿质营养元素和土壤水分等的特点。建议根据山地土壤资源的优势和生态系统的脆弱性,实行保护性开发、建立良性人工生态系统,因地制宜,因土种植,合理施肥和实行人工灌溉等土壤水分的调控措施。     

海南岛吊罗山植物群落特征和物种多样性分析

根据吊罗山自然保护区不同海拔6个植物群落的样方资料,分析了吊罗山植物群落结构特征和物种多样性,同时比较了吊罗山植物群落与邻近地区植物群落的组成特征。研究结果表明吊罗山低地雨林乔木层以蝴蝶树、青梅、高山榕、粘木、长脐红豆、海南柿、肉实树和海南木莲为主,灌木层以白颜树、白茶、柏拉木和九节为主;山地雨林以陆均松、鸡毛松、黄叶树、阿丁枫、扫把青冈和海南杨桐为优势种;山顶常绿矮林则以山地常绿阔叶林陆均松、琼崖柯、岭南青冈和油丹等种类的矮化为特征。植物群落Shannon-Wiener物种多样性指数分析表明,吊罗山植物群落物种多样性在空间的变化基本上表现为随海拔梯度增加而降低,次生林物种多样性最低,山地雨林和山顶矮林物种均匀度指数最高,群落优势种明显。     

华北山区大气气溶胶浓度及其尺度谱分布的研究

1980年3月,我们在北京北部山区,用光学粒子计数器观测了“干净”地区近地层大气气溶胶浓度与尺度谱分布。发现“有霾”大气气溶胶的浓度及其尺度谱分布的变化特征具有特殊性。计算表明,三参数谱模式的拟合效果较好。     

江西三清山花岗岩峰林地质公园特征及评价

三清山位处扬子板块与华夏板块结合带,区内花岗岩受北东、北西和北东东向三条断裂控制,形成典型的三角形断块山,地貌处于幼年晚期至壮年早期发育阶段.园区内花岗岩峰峦、峰丛、峰墙、峰柱、石芽及造型石等微地貌景观发育,类型齐全,分布集中,集结了花岗岩峰林地貌的精华,为世界罕见;兼具千年道教文化和秀美自然风光,具有极高的科研、科普和旅游观赏价值.     

Policy strategies to foster the resilience of mountain social-ecological systems under uncertain global change

Globalization and climate change threaten the sustained provision of essential ecosystem services (ES) for people living in and downstream of mountain regions. The increasing evidence of the many vulnerabilities of mountain social-ecological systems has highlighted the urgent need for policy-relevant research into ways of coping with these trends. In this context, resilience has been emerging as a concept for both understanding and managing the complex social-ecological systems in which ES are provided and consumed. Yet, literature on resilience of social-ecological systems is mainly theoretical with limited application in real-world mountain case studies. In this paper, we present a comprehensive quantitative assessment of the social-ecological resilience of a case study in the Swiss Alps under global change. We model and evaluate an indicator for resilience that shows the capacity of the mountain social-ecological system to provide a set of demanded ES. In a first step, we model the development of this indicator in different scenarios of global change. In a second step, we test the effect of a rich set of policy strategies under all these scenarios to identify types and timing of interventions that are robust under multiple global change settings. Results indicate that the resilience of the mountain social-ecological system is endangered in all scenarios, especially if strong globalization is assumed. Robust strategies that buffer the system against these pressures require early spatial planning action in combination with more targeted direct payments to support the current regional structure and traditional mountain farming practices. Such information is crucial to guide decision-making processes in the era of highly uncertain future global change.     

氢同位素组成及光合特征对梵净山珙桐水源的解析

珙桐(Davidia involucrata)系我国特有的单科单属植物,为第三纪孑遗种,被列为我国一级珍稀濒危植物。贵州省梵净山地区气候常年温凉湿润,在梵净山国家级自然保护区内,选取人工种植及天然分布的珙桐为研究对象,通过测定珙桐的光合参数,比较阴天和晴天珙桐光合日变化,分析生长地大气降水、土壤水分、地下水以及珙桐树枝水分氢同位素组成,研究了梵净山珙桐的水分利用状况和不同水源利用份额。结果表明,珙桐幼树为阳生植物,蒸腾速率较低,适宜在阴凉的环境生长,且温度不宜超过30℃。人工林种植和天然生长的珙桐利用大气降水分别为76%和58%。低蒸腾速率导致根部对土壤水的拉力小,因此,利用土壤深层水分的份额小。阴凉、多雨、云雾缭绕的环境为梵净山的珙桐生存提供良好的水分条件。     

长白山高山冻原氮素生物循环及与北极冻原的对比

利用分室模型对长白山高山冻原系统氮素生物循环进行了研究;利用植物属种共有率对长白山高山冻原与北极冻原进行了对比研究.结果表明,长白山高山冻原植物区系中有89.3%的属和58.6%的种与北极冻原共有,其中地衣、苔藓和维管束植物与北极冻原相似类群属和种的共有率分别为95.5%和58.7%、82.1%和76.3%、93.1%和40.5%.这种高度的共有率决定了长白山高山冻原和北极冻原的植物区系和植被外貌具有高度相似性.长白山高山冻原植被-土壤系统总氮净储存为 65 220.6 t,其中土壤库占99.3%.长白山高山冻原系统中氮在各个分室的储存量分别是:植被库237.4 t;凋落物库145.3 t;土壤库64 837.9 t.地上植物活体、地下根系、凋落物中氮素年转移量分别为: 131.7 t·a^-1, 58 t·a^-1和73.7 t·a^-1.