Modeling seasonal course of carbon fluxes and evapotranspiration in response to low temperature and moisture in a boreal Scots pine ecosystem

Environmental conditions act above and below ground, and regulate carbon fluxes and evapotranspiration. The productivity of boreal forest ecosystems is strongly governed by low temperature and moisture conditions, but the understanding of various feedbacks between vegetation and environmental conditions is still unclear. In order to quantify the seasonal responses of vegetation to environmental factors, the seasonality of carbon and heat fluxes and the corresponding responses for temperature and moisture in air and soil were simulated by merging a process-based model (CoupModel) with detailed measurements representing various components of a forest ecosystem in Hyytiälä, southern Finland. The uncertainties in parameters, model assumptions, and measurements were identified by generalized likelihood uncertainty estimation (GLUE). Seasonal and diurnal courses of sensible and latent heat fluxes and net ecosystem exchange (NEE) of CO₂ were successfully simulated for two contrasting years. Moreover, systematic increases in efficiency of photosynthesis, water uptake, and decomposition occurred from spring to summer, demonstrating the strong coupling between processes. Evapotranspiration and NEE flux both showed a strong response to soil temperature conditions via different direct and indirect ecosystem mechanisms. The rate of photosynthesis was strongly correlated with the corresponding water uptake response and the light use efficiency. With the present data and model assumptions, it was not possible to precisely distinguish the various regulating ecosystem mechanisms. Our approach proved robust for modeling the seasonal course of carbon fluxes and evapotranspiration by combining different independent measurements. It will be highly interesting to continue using long-term series data and to make additional tests of optional stomatal conductance models in order to improve our understanding of the boreal forest ecosystem in response to climate variability and environmental conditions.     

广西罗城马尾松、杉木、桉树人工林碳储量及其动态变化

对广西罗城仫佬族自治县杉木（Cunninghamia lanceolata）、马尾松（Pinus massoniana）桉树（Eucalyptus grandis x E.urophylla）人工林生态系统碳含量、碳储量进行了研究,结果表明：不同发育阶段马尾松、杉木、桉树人工林林下植被含碳率变化幅度为37.96%~49.03%,枯落物含碳率为41.8%～49.6%之间,马尾松幼龄林林下植被含碳率最高,2年生桉树林枯落物含碳率最小。0~60 cm土层含碳率变化幅度为0.45%～2.17%,0~20 cm土层含碳率表现为杉木〉马尾松〉桉树。马尾松、杉木、桉树人工林生态系统碳储量分别为135.61、144.30、87.54 t.hm-2,马尾松和桉树人工林生态系统碳储量均表现为随林龄的增加而增加,马尾松幼龄和近熟林碳储量分别高于杉木,杉木中龄林碳储量高于马尾松中龄林。马尾松、杉木、桉树人工林乔木碳储量分别占其总碳储量的43.03%、34.44%、22.92%。马尾松、杉木、桉树人工林下植被碳储量表现为桉树（2.54 t.hm-2）〉杉木（1.91 t.hm-2）〉马尾松（0.89 t.hm-2）。马尾松、杉木、桉树人工林枯落物碳储量分别占其总碳储量的1.64%、4.56%、1.95%。马尾松、杉木、桉树人工林土壤碳储量分别为74.13、86.48、62.95 t.hm-2,杉木人工林土壤碳储量最高,桉树最小,0~20 cm土层碳储量成为土壤的主体,马尾松0~20 cm土层碳储量占其土壤总碳储量的47.03%,杉木占51.67%,桉树为42.58%。乔木和土壤碳储量成为整个森林生态系统的主要的碳储存库。     

模拟酸雨及氮沉降对马尾松林土壤细菌群落结构及其多样性的影响

通过分析酸雨和氮沉降对马尾松林土壤细菌群落结构及多样性的影响,探究马尾松林对环境胁迫的响应机制,为天目山国家自然保护区资源管理和保护提供理论参考依据.于2017～2021年在浙江省临安天目山国家级自然保护区设置4个酸雨和氮沉降模拟梯度[即pH 5.5和0 kg·(hm²·a)^-1,CK; pH 4.5和30 kg·(hm²·a)^-1,T1; pH 3.5和60 kg·(hm²·a)^-1,T2; pH 2.5和120 kg·(hm²·a)^-1,T3].使用Illumina MiSeq PE300二代高通量测序平台对4种处理土壤细菌16S rDNA进行测序,分析不同处理土壤细菌群落组成和结构的差异及其影响因素.结果表明,酸雨和氮沉降显著降低了马尾松林土壤细菌α多样性(P<0.05).马尾松林土壤由36个门类的菌群组成,酸杆菌门(Acidobacteria)、变形菌门(Proteobacteria)、放线菌门(A...     

应用PLFA法分析氮沉降对缙云山马尾松林土壤微生物群落结构的影响

氮沉降虽可提升林地生产力却会给环境造成压力,而土壤微生物对环境变化敏感.通过野外模拟试验,探讨不同氮沉降量对马尾松土壤微生物群落的影响,探索该区域马尾松土壤微生物群落与土壤温湿度、氮沉降浓度的关系,为深入研究氮沉降对马尾松林土壤生态系统的影响提供参考.2014年5月~2015年6月在缙云山马尾松林设置3个氮添加水平和一个无氮添加的对照处理:低氮[N20,20 g·(m~2·a)~(-1)]、中氮[N40,40 g·(m~2·a)~(-1)]、高氮[N60,60 g·(m~2·a)~(-1)]和对照[N0,0g·(m~2·a)~(-1)],采用磷脂脂肪酸(PLFA)标记法和ACE(automated soil CO_2 exchange station,UK)自动土壤呼吸监测系统分别对土壤微生物群落结构、土壤温度和土壤湿度进行分析测定.结果表明:1季节变化对土壤细菌、真菌、放线菌及总PLFA量有显著影响(P0.05),各类型均在春季最高,冬季最低.在不同季节,土壤微生物量对氮沉降的响应趋势不同,总体而言,春季和秋季氮沉降抑制了土壤微生物量,夏季和冬季氮沉降促进了土壤微生物量.2氮沉降对土壤微生物群落结构有显著影响(P0.05),在春季和夏季,低、中氮沉降使土壤微生物丰富度指数和多样性降低,使均匀度指数升高;在秋季和冬季,低氮和中氮则使丰富度指数、多样性指数及均匀度指数升高.高氮沉降使4个季节土壤微生物丰富度指数、多样性指数和均匀度指数降低.3相关性分析表明,氮沉降浓度与细菌呈极显著负相关(P0.01),与总PLFA呈显著负相关(P0.05);土壤温度与放线菌呈极显著负相关;土壤湿度与细菌和总PLFA呈极显著正相关.综上所述,缙云山马尾松林土壤微生物群落结构主要受土壤湿度和氮沉降的影响,受土壤温度影响较小.     

Bioindication-based Estimation of Technogenic Impact on <Emphasis Type="Italic">Pinus sylvestris</Emphasis> L. Populations in the Vicinity of a Radioactive Waste Storage Facility

The spectrum and frequency of cytogenetic aberrations in the reproductive (seeds) and vegetative (foliage) organs of Scotch pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) have been studied in the vicinity of the LSK Radon facility for radioactive waste storage and processing and in a 30-km zone around the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant. The results indicate that the pine populations of these regions are exposed to mutagenic factors. In contrast to the 30-km Chernobyl zone, the increased environmental mutagenicity in the vicinity of LSK Radon and in the center of the city of Sosnovyi Bor is mainly accounted for by chemical factors. The results of additional acute γ-irradiation have shown an increased radiation resistance of Scotch pine seeds from the LSK Radon and Sosnovyi Bor populations. Regression analysis demonstrated a significant increase in the cytogenetic aberration rate in plants from the experimental plots throughout the study period (1997–2002).__________Translated from Ekologiya, No. 4, 2005, pp. 275–285.Original Russian Text Copyright © 2005 by Geras’kin, Vasil’ev, Dikarev, Udalova, Evseeva, Dikareva, Zimin.     

Specific Karyological Features of Siberian Stone Pine (Pinus sibirica Du Tour) in Western Siberian Bogs

The results of a karyological study on Siberian stone pines growing in the bog demonstrated differences from the populations of this species studied earlier with respect to sizes of chromosomes and location of secondary constrictions. The number of nucleolar organizer regions in the chromosomes of Siberian stone pine trees growing in the bog was larger than in other populations. A wide spectrum of chromosome aberrations was revealed, which had not been observed in this species before. These were genome and chromosome aberrations of various types, as well as structural aberrations accompanied by changes in the number of chromosomes. It is assumed that the aberrations in the karyotype of Siberian stone pine resulted from stressful conditions.     

Effect of emissions from petroleum gas flares on the reproductive state of pine stands in the northern taiga subzone

Characteristics of the adaptive response of the female generative system of Scotch pine to air pollution caused by petroleum gas burning in flares during oil production in Western Siberia have been studied. The relationship between the individual and endogenous variations of the quantitative parameters of pine cone morphology has been analyzed in different zones of deterioration.     

Plasticity in physiological traits in conifers: Implications for response to climate change in the western U.S.

Population variation in ecophysiological traits of four co-occurring montane conifers was measured on a large latitudinal gradient to quantitatively assess their potential for response to environmental change. White fir (Abies concolor) had the highest variability, gross photosynthetic rate (Pg), and foliar carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) content. Despite low water use efficiency (WUE), stomatal conductance (gs) of fir was the most responsive to unfavorable environmental conditions. Pinus lambertiana exhibited the least variability in Pg and WUE, and is likely to be the most vulnerable to environmental changes. Pinus ponderosa had an intermediate level of variability, and high needle growth at its higher elevational limits. Pinus Jeffreyi also had intermediate variability, but high needle growth at its southern latitudinal and lower elevational limits. The attributes used to assess tree vigor were effective in predicting population vulnerability to abiotic (drought) and biotic (herbivore) stresses.