An inventory of the vascular plants, bryophytes, fungi and terricolous lichens recorded within the different sand-dune communities
in Wales has been compiled and a summary of the importance of these different taxonomic groups to the ecology and conservation
of sand dunes is provided. The total floristic assemblage amounted to 945 species, with vascular plants representing 439 of
these. Fungi unexpectedly formed the next most important group with ca. 289 species, followed by bryophytes (171 species)
and terricolous lichens (66 species). However, very few of these species are confined to sand dunes. Of the vascular plants
only ca. 7 % (32 species) could be classed as either wholly dependent or strongly associated with sand dunes, whereas up to
13% (22 species) of the bryophytes fell within this category. Of the fungi only 4% (10 species) appear to be restricted to
sand dunes, but none of the lichen species could be classed as being either limited to, or strongly associated with, this
habitat.
Over 9% (91 species) of the total flora are considered to be rare, scarce or endangered within the UK or Europe, and ca. 8%
of the vascular plant species are considered to be endemic or near-endemic to Europe. The inventory therefore not only provides
an insight in the overall plant diversity of dune systems in Wales, it also gives an indication of the proportion of species
that are under threat, and the numbers of species that are more-or-less totally dependent on sand dunes. In the discussion
various relevant sand-dune management issues are addressed. 相似文献
Acacia longifolia, a highly invasive species that invades coastal ecosystems in Mediterranean areas, produces significant impacts at different scales. Abundant foliage and thick canopies create a dense atmosphere that led us to hypothesise that the release of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) could play a role in the reduction of biodiversity observed in invaded areas. Therefore, we suggested that VOCs emitted by A. longifolia could exert inhibitory effects on physiological and biochemical parameters of native species. Using glass chamber bioassays, we evaluated the effect of aerial contact between VOCs from different plant parts of A. longifolia material and some native species. Volatile chemical composition was further analysed using GC-MS. Our results indicated that VOCs produced a notably reduction of seed germination. Furthermore, volatiles from leaves and flowers significantly decreased root length, shoot length and biomass for all species. Proline and malondialdehyde content did not significantly increase after contact with VOCs. Finally, chemical profile of VOCs from flowers, leaves and litter was significantly different, both qualitatively and quantitatively. As far as we know, our results constitute the first evidence of phytotoxicity induced by VOCs from A. longifolia, suggesting that flowers and leaves could influence its surrounding environment through VOCs release. 相似文献
In this research, supercritical carbon dioxide extraction (SFE) showed better extraction effect when compared with Solid- liquid extraction (SLE), Soxhlet extraction (SE) and Ultrasonic extraction (UE), not only in the rate but also the time. The comparison among these three extraction modifiers, including acetone, ethanol and methanol demonstrated that ethanol was preferred to SFE due to its high extraction effect and low toxicology. In addition, parameter of SFE, influence of temperature and pressure were investigated, and the best extraction effect was achieved at the optima conditions, temperature of 40°C and the pressure of 35 MPa. Thus, SFE is a highly effective method for flavonols extraction, requiring minimum energy and producing non-toxic byproduct. SFE-GC system is applied for the evaluation on flavonols that plays a key role in plant resistance to heavy metal, with its content and synthetase gene expression significantly increasing in plant when threatened by heavy metal. Besides, results indicated that flavonols can improve plant resistance to oxidative stress by quenching the redundant ROS in matrix.