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应用生态学报 ›› 2012, Vol. 23 ›› Issue (11): 2955-2960.

• 研究报告 • 上一篇    下一篇

荒漠草原区柠条人工固沙林生长过程中地表植被-土壤的变化

刘任涛**,柴永青,徐坤,朱凡   

  1. (宁夏大学西北退化生态系统恢复与重建教育部重点实验室, 银川 750021)
  • 出版日期:2012-11-18 发布日期:2012-11-18

Variations of ground vegetation and soil properties during the growth process of artificial sandfixing Caragana intermedia plantations in desert steppe.

LIU Ren-tao, CHAI Yong-qing, XU Kun, ZHU Fan   

  1. (Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Restoration and Reconstruction of Degraded Ecosystem in Northwestern China, Ningxia University, Yinchuan 750021, China)
  • Online:2012-11-18 Published:2012-11-18

摘要: 研究荒漠草原区柠条人工林生长过程中土壤-植被系统演变特征,对于揭示柠条人工固沙林对沙化草地生态系统恢复产生的生态效应具有重要的科学意义.以6、15、24和36年生柠条人工林为对象,通过调查每个样地的土壤性质和地表植被特征,分析了荒漠草原区柠条人工林生长过程中土壤-地表植被的变化.结果表明: 随着柠条人工林的发育,柠条的冠幅、树高、分枝数和基径极显著增加,土壤粗沙粒和细沙粒含量显著降低,极细沙和粘粉粒含量显著增加,土壤有机碳、全N和全P含量呈现线性增加,而土壤pH值则显著下降;地表植被物种数和密度显著增加,地表植被盖度和高度均表现为24年生>15年生>6年生>36年生林地.相关分析表明,土壤质地、容重、土壤养分与pH值是影响柠条林地地表植被物种数、个体数和盖度分布的主要因素.在荒漠草原区,柠条人工固沙林发育过程有利于土壤条件改善和地表植被恢复,促进沙化草地生态系统的恢复.

Abstract: To study the variation characteristics of ground vegetation and soil properties during the growth process of Caragana intermedia plantations in desert steppe is of scientific significance in revealing the ecological effect of the plantations on the restoration of desertified grassland ecosystem. In this paper, an investigation was conducted on the ground vegetation and soil properties in 6-, 15-, 24-, and 36-yr artificial sandfixing C. intermedia plantations in desert steppe of Ningxia, Northwest China, with the variation characteristics of the ground vegetation and soil properties during the growth process of the C. intermedia plantations analyzed. With the growth and development of the plantations, the shrub crown width, height, sprout number, and basal diameter all increased significantly, the contents of soil coarse sand and fine sand had significant decrease while those of very fine sand and clay silt were in adverse, the soil organic carbon, total N, and total P contents increased linearly, and the soil pH decreased significantly. During the growth process of the plantations, the species number and individual number of ground vegetation increased significantly, and the vegetation coverage and height presented the order of 24- > 15- > 6- > 36-yr plantation. The soil texture, bulk density, nutrient contents, and pH value were the main factors affecting the species and individual number as well as the coverage of ground vegetation in C. intermedia plantations. It was suggested that in desert steppe, the growth process of artificial sandfixing C. intermedia plantation benefited the improvement of soil conditions and the recovery of ground vegetation, and promoted the restoration of degraded grassland ecosystem in desert steppe.