Oak (Quercus robur L.) regeneration in early successional woodlands grazed by wild ungulates in the absence of livestock     

Andrzej Bobiec  Dries P.J. Kuijper 《Forest Ecology and Management》2011,262(5):780-790

Wooded pastures grazed by livestock are believed to be landscapes that provide favourable conditions for spontaneous regeneration of oaks, including Quercus robur. A key mechanism for oak regeneration in these systems is ‘associational resistance’, spatial association with unpalatable plants which offer protection against herbivory. There is little knowledge on how oak regenerates without livestock grazing and in the presence of only wild large herbivores. We studied this in an area (114 ha) abandoned from agricultural use and in the early 1980s incorporated into the Bia?owie?a National Park, Poland. Its ungulate community consists of native red deer, European bison, roe deer, moose and wild boar. Secondary succession has led to the development of a mosaic habitat including tree and tall shrub groves (29% of the area), open meadow communities (60%), and edge, transitory zone between groves and meadows (11%). Our systematic inventory assigned oaks to height classes (0-0.2, 0.2-0.5, 0.5-1.3, 1.3-2.5, 2.5-5.0, >5.0 m), dichotomous shape characteristic (regular vs. “bonsai” sapling), as well as a habitat definition, in particular the characteristics of woody vegetation in the immediate surroundings of oaks. A selection of 17 oaks was subject to coring for the comparison of growth dynamics. Oak density was highest inside groves, with 504 oaks ha⁻¹, and in the edge zone (493 oaks ha⁻¹) and lowest in meadows (47 oaks ha⁻¹). Most of the 0-5-m oaks (62%) grew without another woody plant species within 1 m radius. The remaining oaks (38%) were associated mainly with Rubus idaeus and saplings of Carpinus betulus and Populus tremula - all highly ungulate-preferred species. The age (0.5 m above ground) of cored oaks in grove and edge habitats varied from 11 to 37 years, indicating continuous recruitment since agricultural abandonment. The initial growth dynamics of the more mature oaks did not differ from that of present “bonsais,” supporting the idea that browsing is not an unconditional impediment and that “bonsai” can be a temporary stage of successful oak development. In contrast to other studies, we found that associational resistance from unpalatable plants is not necessary to secure successful oak regeneration in woodlands subject to browsing by wild ungulates. This might have been possible because of the abundance of highly attractive vegetation making oak relatively unpreferred by ungulates. We suggest that the observed secondary succession provides a contemporary analogy of historic processes that resulted in the establishment of broadleaf forests with a substantial proportion of oak.  相似文献   

退耕还林地经济林发展问题探讨     

蒋爱军 《中南林业调查规划》2011,30(2):19-21

阐述目前退耕还林工程退耕地还经济林发展现状,分析退耕地经济林发展中存在的主要问题与原因,提出对策建议。  相似文献   

沿海林带木麻黄营林技术及造林成效     

李开 《广东林业科技》2011,27(4):76-78

文章阐述了木麻黄沿海林带改进营林技术措施,包括育苗技术和造林技术,并分析了造林成效.文章认为加快沿海基干林带的修复进程,提高建设质量,改进营林技术措施是关键.文章提出的改进营林技术值得推广应用.  相似文献   

渠灌类型区农业高效用水模式与工程示范   总被引：4，自引：0，他引：4  

吴普特  范兴科  牛文全 《农业工程学报》2003,19(6):36-40

该文系在完成“九五”国家农业高效用水科技产业示范工程项目“渠灌类型区农业高效用水模式与产业化示范”专题研究的基础之上,结合示范区建设及运行管理等情况总结而成。在分析研究渠灌类型区农业用水存在问题的基础上,首先提出了渠灌类型区实现农业高效用水的基本思路,依据上述思路确立了提高渠灌区输水过程用水效率、田间灌溉过程用水效率与生产效率,以及提高灌区工程运行管理水平的技术与措施;其次,根据以上研究结果进一步确立了渠灌类型区农业高效用水的模式,并建立了相应的实体模型进行工程示范,初步验证和确立了这种高效用水模式。  相似文献   

黄土区不同下垫面农田降雨入渗及产流关系的数值模拟   总被引：4，自引：4，他引：4  

宋孝玉  康绍忠  沈冰  史文娟  胡笑涛 《农业工程学报》2005,21(1):1-5

在野外试验的基础上，建立了二维农田降雨入渗及产流关系的数学模型，并用中国科学院长武县王东沟农业生态站不同下垫面径流小区实测土壤含水率及产流资料对该模型进行验证。结果显示：该模型对降雨过程中土壤入渗、产流以及雨后蒸发条件下土壤水分的模拟都有很高的精度，可以用于黄土区降雨入渗及产流关系的模拟。  相似文献   

不同耕作措施下旱作农田土壤团聚体中有机碳和全氮分布特征   总被引：17，自引：3，他引：17  

武均  蔡立群  齐鹏  张仁陟  Yeboah Stephen  岳丹  高小龙 《中国生态农业学报》2015,23(3):276-284

以连续进行12年的保护性耕作长期定位试验为研究对象,探索了传统耕作(T)、传统耕作+秸秆还田(TS)、免耕不覆盖(NT)、免耕+秸秆覆盖(NTS)4种耕作措施对陇中黄土高原旱作农田豌豆-小麦双序列轮作系统的土壤团聚体中有机碳和全氮分布特征的影响。结果表明:各处理均以≥0.25 mm团聚体为优势团聚体,且≥0.25 mm团聚体含量随土层深度增加而增加,而其他粒径团聚体含量随土层深度的变化并无明显规律。较之T处理,TS、NT、NTS处理均可提升≥0.25 mm团聚体含量和平均重量直径,NTS处理提升效果最明显。TS、NT、NTS处理土壤有机碳和全氮含量均高于T处理,其中TS、NTS处理显著高于T处理,NTS处理高于TS处理;各处理土壤有机碳和全氮含量均随土层增加而减小。较之T处理,NT、TS、NTS处理可不同程度提高各粒径团聚体中有机碳和全氮含量,NTS处理的含量最高;各粒径团聚体中有机碳和全氮含量均随土层深度增加而减小;同时,团聚体中有机碳和全氮含量随粒径减小而增加。2~5 mm和0.25~2 mm和≥5 mm团聚体含量与相应粒径团聚体有机碳含量呈极显著正相关、极显著正相关和极显著负相关;0.25~2 mm和≥5 mm团聚体含量与相应级别团聚体全氮含量分别呈极显著正相关和显著负相关。T处理不同粒径团聚体有机碳和全氮贡献率按其大小排序均为(0.25 mm)(≥5 mm)(0.25~2 mm)(2~5 mm),其他3种耕作措施各粒径团聚体有机碳和全氮贡献率在各土层中的排序各有不同,并无明显规律。  相似文献   

基于限制因子改良与耕地质量潜力耦合的耕地整治分区     

赵海乐  徐艳  张国梁  周翼  常玉旸 《农业工程学报》2020,36(21):272-282

科学划定耕地整治重点区对于实现区域土地资源可持续利用具有重要意义。该研究以内蒙古河套-土默川平原为研究区，从农用地可改良限制因子角度出发，采取自然等提升潜力指数模型和局部空间自相关模型划分耕地质量提升潜力区，在耦合限制因子改良程度分级的基础上，确定耕地整治分区。研究结果：1）研究区耕地质量提升主要受限于土壤有机质含量和盐渍化程度，耕地整治难度整体呈现两边高中间低的趋势。2）研究区自然等提升潜力指数呈现西高东低的分布趋势，且耕地质量提升潜力空间差异明显，潜力提升呈现"低-低"聚集特征的耕地多分布在东部，呈现"高-高"聚集特征以及无聚集特征的耕地多分布在西部。3）研究区耕地共划分为4种整治类型，其中重点整治型耕地为0.84万hm2，是实施耕地整治的重点区域；选择整治型耕地为22.22万hm2，应选择其质量提升潜力相对较高且集中连片的地块进行整治；保护整治型耕地为54.98万hm2，应当被划入到基本农田保护区内；不宜整治型耕地为26.46万hm2，应当进行有选择地退出还林还草。该研究提出的研究方法可为细化限制因子在耕地整治分区中的应用提供参考，同时研究成果对半干旱区耕地整治具有现实指导意义。  相似文献   

Wind erosion and sand accumulation effects on soil properties in Horqin Sandy Farmland,Inner Mongolia     

Ha-Lin Zhao  Xiao-Yong Yi  Rui-Lian Zhou  Xue-Yong Zhao  Tong-Hui Zhang  Sam Drake 《CATENA》2006

Rain-fed agriculture is widespread in Inner Mongolia, northern China, where wind erosion of farmland is very common because of sandy soil and dry, windy weather. However, very little is known about the effects of wind erosion on soil physical and chemical properties in this region. A field experiment was conducted in sandy farmland, where erosional and depositional gradients were established to evaluate the effects of wind erosion and leeward sand accumulation on soil texture, nutrient content, soil water, and soil temperature. The research showed that long term wind erosion could result in significant soil coarseness, infertility and dryness. Severe erosion reduced clay by 59.6%, organic C by 71.2%, total N by 67.4%, total P by 31.4%, available N by 64.5%, available P by 38.8%, and average soil water content by 51.8%, compared with non-eroded farmland in the study region. The sand fraction (particles > 0.05 mm), pH and ground-surface temperature increased by 6.2%, 3.7%, and 2.2 °C, respectively. Accumulated sand also caused a decrease in nutrients and soil water content. Under severe sand accumulation, clay was reduced by 2.0%, organic C by 19.3%, total N by 21.7%, total P by 13.7%, available N by 52.5%, and average soil water content by 26.6%. The sand fraction, pH, available P, and ground-surface temperature increased by 0.2%, 0.9%, 5.8% and 2.8 °C, respectively.  相似文献   

低丘红壤坡耕地的水分状况变化及其调控   总被引：2，自引：1，他引：2  

高国治  景元书  张斌  王明珠 《土壤》2005,37(6):663-668

红壤坡耕地水分状况随年降水周期、利用类型和坡位高低而变化。0~150cm土壤贮水量大致分为盈余期、消耗期和恢复期3个阶段。土壤水势变化与贮水量3阶段相对应,总体由大变小再回升,只是土壤剖面从上而下,水势值增大,变幅减小,100cm土层以下近乎常年稳定;在不同利用方式之间,土壤水势也有较大时空差异,花生地年际变化大,坡位上下差异小;板粟园恰好相反。在4个水势段出现频率中,水势高的水势段出现频率越高,顺序为饱和>湿润>亏缺>干旱;且饱和、湿润段出现频率比例总体上是板栗园>花生地,底土>心土>表土,坡下>坡上、坡中;低水势干旱段主要出现在坡上、土壤上层和伏秋干旱季节,出现频率比例依然是板粟园>花生地,尤其是中、下坡40~85cm心土层。由此,红壤坡耕地水分状况应因地制宜从工程、生物和农艺3方面予以调控。  相似文献   

黄土高原节水生态型淤地坝建设的方法与措施          下载免费PDF全文

杨爱民  王浩  高季章  曹文洪 《中国水土保持科学》2005,3(3):92-97

 淤地坝是黄土高原地区水土流失治理的关键措施。大规模建设淤地坝,不仅对于改善黄土高原地区的生态环境,促进经济社会的可持续发展,全面建设小康社会具有重要意义,而且对于减少入黄泥沙,确保黄河安澜也具有不可替代的重要作用。基于黄土高原地区淤地坝建设所取得的巨大成就,分析淤地坝数量、淤地面积和拦泥量按区域、流域的分布特征;针对淤地坝建设中存在的设计不合理、设计标准偏低、坝地非点源污染加剧、无效蒸发大等问题,提出了淤地坝单坝系统和节水生态型淤地坝的概念,以及建设节水生态型淤地坝的基本方法和保障措施。还分析了节水生态型淤地坝建设的案例,以期为淤地坝工程建设提供有关科学依据。  相似文献