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。     

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。     

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。     

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.     

Nature Reserve and Ecotourism Development in China's Wuzhishan Mountain Region

Abstract

As the protected areas of land and coastal environment, nature reserves are designed to address how to reconcile the conservation of biodiversity, the quest for economic and social development and the maintenance of cultural values. This paper establishes a framework for nature reserve development that seeks to incorporate ecotourism into its strategies. The overall purpose was to identify the information needs required for a comprehensive nature reserve that incorporates ecotourism related values. It also illustrates the utility of this framework in the context of the Wuzhishan Mountain Region of China. A literature review, the first phase of a visionary strategy and a subsequent gap analysis for available management information were undertaken in order to achieve this paper's purpose. Finally, recommendations are presented for integrating ecotourism into nature reserve development in the Wuzhishan Mountain Region.     

Modelling the dynamic air-water-sediment coupled fluxes and occurrence of polychlorinated biphenyls in a high altitude lake

The BIODEP model in terms of atmosphere-lake interactions was developed. The model was applied to an oligotrophic, dimictic high altitude lake (Lake Redo, Pyrenees) for a range of polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) congeners. High altitude lakes, which receive their contaminant inputs uniquely from the atmosphere through long-range atmospheric transport, provide ideal controlled environments for the study of the interactions between atmospheric depositional and water column biogeochemical processes. The BIODEP model was able to predict dissolved water concentrations and PCB accumulation in the lake sediment within a factor of 2. This shows that the BIODEP model captures the essential processes driving the sink of POPs in high altitude lakes and that POP occurrence in the lake is driven by direct atmospheric inputs with limited influence from the watershed. An important seasonal variability in water column concentrations is predicted which should have important implications in sampling strategies. Furthermore, it is shown that diffusive air-water exchange dominated the PCB dynamics in the lake, especially for the less chlorinated biphenyls.     

五台山亚高山草甸小格局分析

用种毗连法和种小区法对五台山２４００２８００ｍ的亚高山草甸的小格局分析．结果表明：在小格局中，大部分种与优势种苔草呈正关联；小格局规模都较小，各个种趋于交错分布；不同规模的格局应用不同的分析方法，小格局不能用中格局分析方法进行研究；种小区法和种毗连法都是有效的小格局分析方法，从本文结果看前者优于后者．