植物生态学报 ›› 2025, Vol. 49 ›› Issue (1): 7-18.DOI: 10.17521/cjpe.2024.0082  cstr: 32100.14.cjpe.2024.0082

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内蒙古典型草原不同退化阶段植被恢复的养分限制因子解析

房凯1,2, 王迎新3, 黄建辉4, 段俊光1,2, 张琦1,2, 张倩1,2, 甘红豪1,2, 褚建民1,2,5,*()   

  1. 1中国林业科学研究院林业研究所, 北京 100091
    2国家林业和草原局滨海林业研究中心, 北京 100091
    3中国林业科学研究院生态保护与修复研究所, 北京 100091
    4中国科学院植物研究所植被与环境变化国家重点实验室, 国家植物园, 北京 100093
    5中国林业科学研究院沙漠林业实验中心, 内蒙古磴口 015200
  • 收稿日期:2024-03-25 接受日期:2024-08-23 出版日期:2025-01-20 发布日期:2025-03-08
  • 通讯作者: * (cjmcaf@163.com)
  • 基金资助:
    中国科学院战略性先导科技专项(A类)(XDA26020102);中央级公益性科研院所基本科研业务费专项资金重点项目(CAFYBB2020ZB001)

Deciphering the nutrient factors limiting vegetation restoration under different degradation stages in typical steppe of Nei Mongol, China

FANG Kai1,2, WANG Ying-Xin3, HUANG Jian-Hui4, DUAN Jun-Guang1,2, ZHANG Qi1,2, ZHANG Qian1,2, GAN Hong-Hao1,2, CHU Jian-Min1,2,5,*()   

  1. 1Research Institute of Forestry, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing 100091, China
    2Coastal Forestry Research Center of the National Forestry and Grassland Administration, Beijing 100091, China
    3Research Institute of Ecological Conservation and Restoration, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing 100091, China
    4State Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China National Botanical Garden, Beijing 100093, China
    5Experimental Center of Desert Forestry, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Dengkou, Nei Mongol 015200, China
  • Received:2024-03-25 Accepted:2024-08-23 Online:2025-01-20 Published:2025-03-08
  • Supported by:
    Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(XDA26020102);Key Projects Under the Special Fund for Basic Scientific Research Operations of Central Government-Level Public Welfare Research Institutes(CAFYBB2020ZB001)

摘要:

草地生态系统具有固碳增汇、防风固沙和维持生物多样性等多种生态服务功能。当前部分地区草地退化问题日益严重, 亟需深入解析退化草地植被恢复的限制因子, 为天然草地植被恢复实践工作提供科学理论支撑。该研究基于内蒙古典型草原的13个采样点(每个点包含4种不同退化程度的植物群落: 未退化、轻度退化、中度退化和重度退化)调查, 探究了植物群落属性(地上生物量、盖度和密度)随草地退化程度的变化规律, 并利用最小二乘回归分析、冗余分析和多元线性回归分析等多种统计分析方法解析了退化草地植被恢复的养分限制因子。结果显示: 1)随着退化程度的加剧, 内蒙古典型草原植物群落地上生物量、盖度和密度以及土壤有机碳、总氮和速效磷含量显著降低。2)整体退化阶段以及相邻的退化演替阶段之间, 土壤氮含量是对植物群落属性变化最大的影响因素, 土壤磷含量仅在草原整体退化阶段具有一定影响。上述结果表明, 土壤氮的可利用性是内蒙古典型草原退化植被恢复最重要的养分限制因子, 在退化草原恢复工作中应发展以氮肥施用为主的养分管理措施。

关键词: 典型草原, 草地退化, 植被恢复, 土壤氮磷养分, 限制因子

Abstract:

Aims Grasslands provide many kinds of ecological services, including carbon sequestration, sand fixation, and biodiversity maintenance. However, some grasslands are experiencing degradation. To provide scientific theoretical support for grassland restoration, it is necessary to understand the limiting factors for vegetation restoration in degraded grasslands. In this study, we explored nutrient limiting factors for vegetation restoration under different degradation stages in typical steppe of Nei Mongol.

Methods Plant and soil samples were collected during August in 2021-2022, from 13 sampling sites (four plant communities under different degradation stages within each site: non-degradation, light degradation, moderate degradation, and heavy degradation) in typical steppe. We examined the effects of degradations on above-ground biomass, coverage, and density of plant communities. Soil organic carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus contents were measured. Multiple statistical analyses, including least squares regression analysis, redundancy analysis, and multiple linear regression analysis, were used to clarify the nutrient limiting factors for vegetation restoration in degraded grasslands.

Important findings Plant community above-ground biomass, coverage, and density, as well as the contents of soil organic carbon, total nitrogen, and available phosphorus significantly decreased with the intensification of degradation. Under the whole degradation sequence and adjacent degradation succession stages, soil nitrogen content was the most influential factor on plant community properties, while soil phosphorus content marginally affected the overall degradation sequence. These results indicate that soil nitrogen availability is the most important nutrient factor limiting vegetation restoration. Consequently, nitrogen fertilization should be concerned in the future restoration works.

Key words: typical steppe, grassland degradation, vegetation restoration, soil nitrogen and phosphorus nutrient, limiting factor