Effects of liming on survival and reproduction of two potentially invasive earthworm species in a northern forest Podzol     

《Soil biology & biochemistry》2013

During the last several decades, colonization of soil by exotic earthworms and their effects on soil properties and biodiversity have been reported in forests of North America. In some northern hardwood stands, acid soils or harsh climate may have prevented earthworm colonization. However, climatic change and the increasing use of liming to restore the vigor of declining sugar maple (Acer saccharum Marsh.) stands, situated on base-poor soils in USA and Canada, could make many of these sites more suitable for earthworm colonization. We tested survival and reproduction of two exotic earthworm species (Lumbricus terrestris and Amynthas hawayanus) in unlimed and limed soils at the northern limit of the northern hardwood forest distribution in Canada. Improving soil parameters of base-poor, acidic soils by liming positively influenced activity, survivability and reproductive output of L. terrestris in this northern hardwood forest. In contrast, the high mortality and low vigor of L. terrestris observed in the unlimed plots show that soils in this area with a pH of 4.3 are not favorable to this species. Our results suggest that A. hawayanus was very active prior to winter at both soil pHs, but was not able to complete its life cycle during one year at this latitude. Both earthworm species significantly reduced organic C and total N, and increased the C/N ratio of the forest floor. Given that forest liming activities are increasing in proximity to human activities, there is high probability that some earthworm species, such as L. terrestris, will invade limed northern hardwood forests in the next decades, with possible consequences for soil organic matter turnover, nutrient cycling and forest biodiversity and dynamics.  相似文献   

欧亚温带草原东缘生态样带研究探讨   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

侯向阳 《中国草地学报》2012,34(2):108-112

为揭示全球变化与欧亚温带草原东缘生态系统的关系,提出沿着从中国长城至俄罗斯贝加尔湖设置一条经向样带,主要表征欧亚大陆东缘经向热量梯度,反映受大陆性气候控制下的草原地带的生态系列.沿样带开展生物地球化学过程、能量交换、植被结构动态、气候—植被、放牧—草地—牧草驯化、土地利用格局与管理、模型模拟等研究工作,对于加深气候变化和人为影响对草原生态系统的发生、发展、利用及演变规律的影响的认识,增强对气候变化的减缓和适应能力,具有非常重要的意义.  相似文献   

Soil microarthropods are only weakly impacted after 13 years of repeated drought treatment in wet and dry heathland soils     

《Soil biology & biochemistry》2013

Studies of biological responses in the terrestrial environment to rapid changes in climate have mostly been concerned with aboveground biota, whereas less is known of belowground organisms. The present study focuses on mites and springtails of heathland ecosystems and how the microarthropod community has responded to simulated climate change in a long-term field experiment. Increased temperature and repeated drought was applied for 13 years to field plots located in Wales, The Netherlands and Denmark representing sites of contrasting climatic conditions with respect to precipitation and temperature. This approach provided an opportunity to study biological responses on a local (within sites) and regional scale. Warming treatments increasing night time temperature (0.3–1 °C higher than ambient at 5 cm soil depth) had no detectable effects on the microarthropod communities. Increased intensity and frequency of drought had only weak persistent effects on springtail species composition, but practically no effect on major mite groups (Oribatida, Prostigmata or Mesostigmata) suggesting that ecosystem functions of microarthropods may only be transiently impacted by repeated spring or summer drought.  相似文献   

人工哺育大熊猫幼仔1月龄内的饲喂及体重增长变化研究     

夏怡  刘学锋  张亚辉  李凤  肖永丽  曾文  吴凯 《现代农业科技》2013,(5):277-278

人工圈养大熊猫出生幼仔一般采用自然哺育和人工哺育2种形式。人工哺育大熊猫幼仔1月龄内的饲喂及体重增长变化研究结果表明,3只研究个体均饲喂异母初乳时,其生长发育良好。经方差分析,3只幼仔1月龄内饲喂和体重变化均无显著差异。因圈养大熊猫产双胎的几率较大,所以采取人工哺育可以保证幼仔的成活率。目前人工哺育的方式主要是采集初乳及母乳和配制人工乳来进行人工育幼。  相似文献   

农民的气候适应性行为研究——基于山东省部分地区的实证调研     

肖兰兰 《江西农业学报》2013,(9)

通过问卷调查和SPSS软件,分析和探讨了农民气候适应性行为的现状及影响因素,并在此基础上思考探讨应对之策,即建立和健全农业科技服务体系,加强对农民气候认知和适应能力的教育培训,推进农民之间气候适应性行为的合作,加强对农民气候适应性行为的指导。  相似文献   

The Possible Effects of Global Warming on Cropping Systems in China Ⅹ. The Possible Impacts of Climate Change on Climatic Suitability of Spring Maize in the Three Provinces of Northeast China   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

ZHAO Jin  YANG Xiao-guang  LIU Zhi-Juan  LV Shuo  WANG Jing  CHEN Fu 《中国农业科学》2014,47(16):3143-3156

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A possible mechanism of mineral responses to elevated atmospheric CO2 in rice grains   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

GUO Jia  ZHANG Ming-qian  WANG Xiao-wen  ZHANG Wei-jian 《中国农业科学(英文版)》2015,(1):50-57

Increasing attentions have been paid to mineral concentration decrease in milled rice grains caused by CO2 enrichment, but the mechanisms still remain unclear. Therefore, mineral(Ca, Mg, Fe, Zn and Mn) translocation in plant-soil system with a FACE(Free-air CO2 enrichment) experiment were investigated in Eastern China after 4-yr operation. Results mainly showed that:(1) elevated CO2 significantly increased the biomass of stem and panicle by 21.9 and 24.0%, respectively, but did not affect the leaf biomass.(2) Elevated CO2 significantly increased the contents of Ca, Mg, Fe, Zn, and Mn in panicle by 61.2, 28.9, 87.0, 36.7, and 66.0%, respectively, and in stem by 13.2, 21.3, 47.2, 91.8, and 25.2%, respectively, but did not affect them in leaf.(3) Elevated CO2 had positive effects on the weight ratio of mineral/biomass in stem and panicle. Our results suggest that elevated CO2 can favor the translocation of Ca, Mg, Fe, Zn, and Mn from soil to stem and panicle. The CO2-led mineral decline in milled rice grains may mainly attribute to the CO2-led unbalanced stimulations on the translocations of minerals and carbohydrates from vegetative parts(e.g., leaf, stem, branch and husk) to the grains.  相似文献   

高台绿洲边界变化及其生态系统分析     

周劲松 《干旱区研究》1995,12(3):48-53

绿洲是干旱区人民赖以自下而上的一片沃野。由于人类的强度作用，绿洲向复杂方向演变发展。本文以高台绿洲为例，以地下水位为指标确定了绿洲边界范围，进而研究了绿洲从１９５８年至１９８５年边界的变化，并分析高台绿洲农田和草地生态系统功能，指出草地生态系统的恶化是绿洲边界变化的重要原因，应当加强对草地的投入与管理。  相似文献   

黄土高原人工草地的土壤水分动态及水土保持效益研究   总被引：13，自引：0，他引：13  

卢宗凡  张兴昌等 《干旱区资源与环境》1995,9(1):40-49

通过９年观测，黄土高原人工草地土壤水分的季节性变化可划分为三个阶段，在此基础上模拟不同人工草地土壤水分的变化规律；随着牧草生育期的延长至第９年，人工草地土壤水分恢复程度逐渐减弱；沙打旺生存能力极强，能够高效地利用深层土壤贮水；用数学模型可以模拟不同人工草地的水土流失，将植被因子引入水土流失方程，可以定量描述对水土流失的影响；反映植被、土壤等因子与水土流失关系的复合因子Ａ￣１值，基本上代表不同人工草地水土流失状况。  相似文献   

乌兰布和沙漠流动沙丘不同部位水分动态研究   总被引：5，自引：3，他引：5  

叶冬梅  秦佳琪  韩胜利  田有亮  郭连生 《干旱区研究》2005,22(3):367-370

通过对乌兰布和沙漠流动沙丘的不同部位沙土含水量的测定研究，结果表明：（1）乌兰布和沙漠流动沙丘3个不同部位的水分垂直变化趋势是一致的，0～60cm含水量变化幅度大，60～100cm变化幅度小，含水量最大值出现在20～60CITI，降雨主要影响60cm以上的沙土水分；（2）3种部位在时间变化上都表现为4～5月含水量最小，从6月开始含水量升高；（3）迎风坡含水量较其他部位大0．65％～0．9％，较背风坡大1．8％～2．5％，其他部位较背风坡大1％～1．7％，且3种地貌部位20～60cm处较80cm和100cm处有较大差异，同时迎风坡的变化幅度最大。  相似文献