植物生态学报 ›› 2023, Vol. 47 ›› Issue (6): 770-781.DOI: 10.17521/cjpe.2022.0318

• 研究论文 • 上一篇    下一篇

灌丛化对林草交错带植物和土壤微生物的影响

张琦1,2, 冯可2, 常智慧1, 何双辉2,*(), 徐维启2   

  1. 1北京林业大学草业与草原学院, 北京 100091
    2北京林业大学生态与自然保护学院, 北京 100091
  • 收稿日期:2022-07-27 接受日期:2022-12-27 出版日期:2023-06-20 发布日期:2022-12-27
  • 通讯作者: * (heshuanghui@bjfu.edu.cn)
  • 基金资助:
    国家自然科学基金(31870011)

Effects of shrub encroachment on plant and soil microbial in the forest-grassland ecotone

ZHANG Qi1,2, FENG Ke2, CHANG Zhi-Hui1, HE Shuang-Hui2,*(), XU Wei-Qi2   

  1. 1School of Grassland Science, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100091, China
    2School of Ecology and Nature Conservation, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100091, China
  • Received:2022-07-27 Accepted:2022-12-27 Online:2023-06-20 Published:2022-12-27
  • Contact: * (heshuanghui@bjfu.edu.cn)
  • Supported by:
    National Natural Science Foundation of China(31870011)

摘要:

了解灌丛化对林草交错带内植物和土壤微生物的影响, 有助于提升对林草交错带内灌丛化的认识和管理。该研究在北京东灵山自然保护区的林草交错带内选择不同水平(轻度、中度和重度)的灌丛化样地, 通过样地法和高通量测序技术调查了灌丛化对植物多样性、土壤微生物多样性、植物个体特征和土壤养分的影响, 并进一步揭示了植物多样性、土壤微生物多样性、植物个体特征和土壤养分之间的相关关系, 旨在探究灌丛化对植物和土壤微生物的影响及其机制。结果如下: 1)灌丛化显著降低了植物的多样性, 但乔灌草三者的响应各不相同, 其中草本植物多样性下降最显著; 2)灌丛化显著提升了土壤真菌多样性; 3)灌丛化显著增加了灌木的高度和冠幅, 土壤全氮和有机碳含量随灌丛化水平增加而显著升高; 4)偏最小二乘法路径模型(PLS-PM)发现灌丛化对植物和土壤微生物造成直接影响, 植物个体特征和土壤养分并未对植物和土壤微生物的多样性造成直接影响。冗余分析进一步表明, 灌木高度对植物多样性变化的解释贡献最大, 影响土壤微生物多样性的主要因子为土壤全氮含量。与土壤细菌相比, 土壤真菌的多样性与植物多样性之间更具相关关系。

关键词: 灌丛化, 植物多样性, 土壤微生物多样性, 林草交错带, 东灵山自然保护区

Abstract:

Aims Understanding the effects of shrub encroachment on plant and soil microorganisms in the forest-grassland ecotone will help improve the understanding and management of shrub encroachment in the forest-grassland ecotone.

Methods In this study, different levels (light, moderate and heavy) of shrub encroachment were selected in the forest-grassland ecotone of Dongling Mountain Nature Reserve in Beijing, to explore the effects of shrub encroachment on plant diversity, soil microbial diversity, plant individual trait and soil nutrients by plot method and high-throughput sequencing technology. The correlation between plant diversity, soil microbial diversity, plant individual trait and soil nutrients were also developed in order to further explore the effects of shrub encroachment on plants and soil microorganisms and associated mechanisms.

Important findings Our results showed that: 1) Shrub encroachment significantly reduced the diversity of plants with the different responses of arbor, shrub and herb, among which the diversity index of herb plants decreased in the largest level. 2) Shrub encroachment significantly increased the diversity of soil fungal microorganisms. 3) Shrub encroachment significantly increased the height and crown width of shrubs, while soil total nitrogen and organic carbon contents increased significantly with the increasing shrub encroachment level. 4) The partial least squares path model (PLS-PM) revealed that shrub encroachment had a direct impact on plant and soil microorganisms, whereas plant individual trait and soil nutrients did not have a direct impact on them. The redundancy analysis (RDA) further showed that shrub height made great contribution to the interpretation of changes in plant diversity, and soil total nitrogen content was the main factor in affecting soil microbial diversity. There was a stronger correlation of soil fungal microbial diversity with plant diversity than its relationship with soil bacterial microbial.

Key words: shrub encroachment, plant diversity, soil microbial diversity, forest-grassland ecotone, Dongling Mountain Nature Reserve