薛 立,傅靜丹
(華南農業大學 林學院,廣東 廣州 510642)
影響植物競爭的因子
薛 立,傅靜丹
(華南農業大學 林學院,廣東 廣州 510642)
競爭就是兩個或兩個以上的個體為爭奪資源而發生的相互關系, 它是植物種群和群落的關鍵過程。為了了解生態系統對環境變化的反應,綜合了解植物競爭是必要的。與競爭有關的內部因素有植物密度、生物因子和生物量,影響競爭的環境因子包括光照、土壤水分、土壤養分、海拔。高密度通過抑制植物生長而對競爭產生影響。化感物質對周圍植物產生影響。在樹木和雜草草本根系重疊的土層,二者為獲取資源而競爭。食草性動物選擇取食一些植物種類而影響其競爭能力。植物能在形態上發生變化和通過改變地上和地下部分間的競爭能力來應對環境變化。當混交林中缺乏耐蔭植物時,喜光植物長期成為優勢種,而混交林中存在耐蔭植物時,耐蔭植物可以逐漸取代喜光植物而成為優勢樹種。在干旱條件下,矮小的植物需求的水分少,根系發達的植物種類能夠減少單位長度根系表面的蒸發,所以能夠生存更長的時間。在缺乏養分的土壤,植物競爭養分的能力受到其有效吸收養分能力的控制, 在養分豐富的土壤上,具有最大生長率的植物是競爭的優勝者。植物間的光照競爭隨海拔增加而下降。大尺度、長時期和多種群競爭的研究,多學科的綜合研究,競爭機理與經驗模型結合,植物競爭模型復雜化和根系競爭的研究,植物的形態可朔性和生理可朔性對競爭的影響是未來的研究熱點。
綜述;植物;競爭;資源;密度;環境
競爭就是兩個或兩個以上的個體為爭奪資源而發生的相互關系[1]。植物個體間的競爭是是自然界普遍存在的一種作用過程。植物通過競爭獲取各自所需資源,求得生存和發展,而其獲得資源的能力依賴于形態和生理特性。植物間的競爭作用對植物的生長、形態和存活產生重要影響,是塑造群落結構和動態的關鍵因子之一,因此有關競爭的研究成為生態學的一個重要內容[2]。競爭可以發生在同種植物的不同個體之間(種內競爭)或異種植物之間(種間競爭),植物的生態位需求越接近,競爭也就越強烈。因為同一個種在形態和生理上的可塑性小,所以,種內競爭往往比種間競爭激烈[3]。植物競爭引起的資源水平的變化,因而受到資源的限制;植物競爭過程中的可塑性,大小不同個體的非對稱競爭、地下競爭和地上競爭的差異,植物的空間分布和資源的異質性等影響著競爭結果[4]。植物所處的脅迫環境通常與不斷減少的資源,如光照、土壤水分、養分和密度相聯系[5]。在競爭資源方面,植物的地上部分對光資源進行競爭,根系則競爭土壤養分和水分。植物密度、生物因子和器官生物量對競爭有重要影響。光照、土壤水分和養分是影響植物間競爭的重要環境因子。本研究對影響競爭的重要內部因素和環境因子進行綜述,對于促進競爭理論在作物、森林和農林復合生態系統中的應用具有重要意義。
植物在種群或群落水平上的競爭研究通常集中在密度效應和自然稀疏方面[4]。密度是限制植物生長的重要因子[6],植物隨著密度增加而加劇競爭資源。高密度群落的個體間在光照、養分和生長空間方面的激烈競爭,阻礙了其高度、葉面積和生物量的增長[7]。但是據Shujauddin et al.[8]的報道,在密度較高的情況下高度生長會增加。這種生長反應的解釋是較高的“樹冠競爭壓力”,它使樹木在密度較大的情況下增加高度生長。這些樹木特別是具有較低矮樹冠的樹木都經歷了光照水平的減少和較大的相互遮蔽。異速生長模型可以描述樹木器官平均重和林木平均重的關系,將這一模型[9]和C-D效應模型結合,可以得出樹木器官的產量密度效應(yield-density effect, 簡稱Y-D effect)模型,此模型成功地描述了日本赤松器官的Y-D效應,得出樹干產量隨著密度增加而增加;在試驗的最后階段,枝產量隨著密度增加而減少,而葉產量達到恒定最終產量。日本赤松是陽性樹種,當密度增大時林分下部林冠的樹葉由于遮蔭,當接受的光照小于光補償點時發生脫落;樹木的側枝隨著林分密度增加而變短和減少,因此在試驗的最后階段,枝產量隨著密度增加而減少,葉產量達到恒定最終產量[10]。在林分發展階段,根系密度通常隨著林分密度和樹木個體大小的提高而增加[11]。由于森林生物量的根莖比率隨著林分密度的增加而提高,隨著林齡的增加而降低[12],為了充分獲得土壤資源,高密度林分必然導致根長密度和根表面積密度的提高。
自然稀疏是林分內的個體由于競爭有限的資源而引起的一部分個體死亡的現象[13]。郁閉后林分內光照成為限制性資源,林內大小不同的個體為爭奪光照發生激烈的競爭,這種競爭被認為是非對稱競爭,即高的個體對矮的個體單方面遮光,引起低于光補償點的矮的個體死亡,即自然稀疏[14]。自然稀疏開始后,最小的個體首先死亡,引起個體尺寸差異的下降,產生一個比原先對稱的個體大小分布。自然稀疏過程中,由于高密度林分死亡率高,而低密度的林分死亡率低,不同初始密度的林分經過充分的生長后,傾向于收斂于相同的密度水平[15-16]。將描述植物平均個體重和各器官干重關系的異速生長模型與植物平均個體重與密度的時間軌線模型結合,可以得出植物各器官重量與密度的時間軌線模型。隨著樹木長大,自然稀疏引起林分密度不斷減小,各器官平均重量不斷增加,樹干占樹木總量的比例增加,枝和葉占樹木總量的比例減少[17]。
濃密的林下植物可以影響林冠層樹種幼苗的生存[18]。林下植物減弱幼苗可利用的光照[19],并與其爭奪地下資源[20],還通過凋落物積累[21]和空間分布的不均勻性影響幼苗的生存環境[22]。例如,禾本科的竹類在許多溫帶森林的林下植物中占據優勢地位,他們通過與幼苗競爭光照[23]、降低紅外線對遠紅外線的比率[22]和引起真菌感染幼苗[24]來阻止林冠層樹種的更新[19]。在光照和養分極端受限制的地方有利于大粒種子的植物競爭,而更開闊和受到干擾的環境有利于生長速度快的種類競爭[25]。
雜草常和樹木發生競爭。在樹木和雜草草本根系重疊的土層,二者為獲取資源而競爭,雜草在競爭表層土壤的資源時占據優勢,而樹木則獨占深層的土壤資源[26]。在森林更新動態中,各種雜草的競爭也常常是限制幼苗生長的重要因素之一。雜草的地上競爭可能限制幼苗的光合營養空間,地下競爭又與幼苗爭奪養分和水分資源。在高密度的苞茅或相思以及二者混交的群落中,苞茅Hyparrenia的地上部分/根系的比例下降,相思沒有出現這種情況,表明前者能夠隨環境而調整生物量的分配,更有競爭力[26]。苞茅和相思幼苗生長高密度的群落中時,后者的生長受到抑制。也有研究結果表明,雜草可以通過驅散種子的傳播,改進土壤肥力,創造適宜的小氣候條件來加速植被恢復[27]。
在熱帶森林中,激烈的競爭不僅存在于樹木之間,木質藤本通過競爭資源也會影響樹木的生長和更新[28]。木質藤本通過與樹木之間的競爭作用,會影響樹木的繁殖和結實率,抑制樹木生長,甚至影響樹木生存[29,30],這種競爭作用在森林的林窗和林緣地帶尤為劇烈。木質藤本對樹木的抑制不僅僅可以通過纏繞造成直接的機械傷害,還可以通過與之競爭資源(光照,水分和養分)帶來的間接作用來影響樹木的光合能力和生長,尤其是在樹木的幼苗期,競爭資源帶來的負面影響要顯著大于纏繞引起的傷害。
外來入侵植物通過直接競爭資源和改變養分和水分循環、火災的頻度和強度之類的生態過程影響本地植物[31-32],威脅本地植物的生物多樣性和生態功能[33]。在大草原,入侵植物通過競爭排除本地植物,成為草原恢復的主要障礙[34]。許多研究表明,增加受限制的資源提高了入侵植物的成功率[35-36],如增加N提高了一年生入侵草本的密度和豐富度[37-38]。入侵植物在立地條件好的地方具有競爭優勢,而本地植物被排斥到貧瘠的地方生長[39-40]。也有研究者報道改善環境條件對于提高入侵植物對本地植物的競爭力沒有影響或有消極作用,例如在加拿大改變水分條件沒有對入侵植物和本地植物之間的競爭產生影響[41],而增加可利用N 促進了本地植物排除入入侵的雙雄雀麥Bromus[42]。
不同植物間的競爭效應隨著時間推移而發生變化[43]。一般而言,雜草和灌木在干擾的土壤中具有快速的分枝繁殖特性和形態和生理上能有效利用土壤資源,在與林木幼苗競爭時往往處于有利地位[44]。隨著時間推移,早期生長慢的幼苗高度超過雜草和灌木,在競爭資源,特別是在爭奪光照中取得優勢[45]。桉樹林受火災或其他干擾時,在其演替的早期往往出現銀荊Acacia dealbata,在4年生時銀荊在與桉樹的競爭中處于優勢,隨著時間推移,桉樹的樹高超過銀荊, 8年生時銀荊受到壓制甚至消失[3]。
不同植物間的競爭效應隨著空間而發生變化。在30 cm的土層范圍內裂稃草Schizachyrium scoparium顯著減少了野牛草Buchloe dactyloides根系的生長,而在90 ~180 cm土層二者的生長相當[46]。土壤養分含量影響競爭效應,裂稃草Schizachyrium scoparium在貧瘠土壤上和野牛草Buchloe dactyloides競爭能力相當,而在肥沃土壤上生長不如后者,所以在立地條件差的地方裂稃草和野牛草共存,在立地條件好的地方野牛草占優勢[46]。土壤養分受到限制的環境可以引起植物競爭強度減弱,但是也有競爭強度不受土壤養分影響的報道[47]。
在自然界中,植物的化感作用廣泛存在著,通過向外界環境釋放出化學物質,也稱化感物質(Allelochemicals),而對周圍植物產生直接和間接影響。化感物質主要通過淋洗作用、植物體分解、根系分泌物、植物體浸出液四種途徑發揮作用[48]。化感物質能抑制根系、嫩枝的生長,阻礙植物種苗葉片的伸展,并影響土壤生態,如菌根、病害、食草性動物和養分動態[49]。叢枝菌根真菌(AM) 也影響植物間的競爭[50]。由于叢枝菌根真菌對不同的植物影響各異,其組成的改變影響植物間的競爭,導致植物群落結構發生變化[51]。
食草性動物選擇性取食一些植物種類,通過改變這些植物形態和地上部分和根系的比例而影響其競爭能力[52]。柔毛樺Betula pubescens通過提高競爭能力以補償食草性動物取食的影響[53],但是 Meiners and Handel[54]發現食草性動物沒有影響取食的草本植物和苗木之間的競爭關系。
植物生長受環境中可利用資源的限制,也受相鄰植物的影響。生長形式,特別是競爭器官的形態能夠影響一個種的競爭能力[55]。隨著植物生長,他們將生物量分配到營養和繁殖器官。為了應對環境的變化,植物能在形態上發生變化和通過改變地上和地下部分間的競爭能力來應對環境的變化。由于對地上部分和根系的分配會影響其獲取資源的速率, 因此成為植物生長和競爭能力的重要特征[56]。理想的分配理論假定植物將生物量分配到能夠獲得最受限制資源的器官,以便實現最快的生長[57]。當光照成為比土壤養分更受限制的資源時,植物增加對地上部分的生物量分配,而土壤養分和水分比光照更限制植物生長時,植物增加對根系的生物量分配[56]。通過生物量分配形式的改變來提高爭奪地上資源的能力可能是以削弱爭奪地下資源的能力為代價的,反之亦然[58]。在一定范圍內,增加養分供應,植物的葉生物量比會隨之增加,而根生物量比減小[59]。在養分缺乏的環境中,植物則會增加根的相對生物量分配,進而提高對養分和水分的吸收能力。最近的許多研究發現,植物根系在養分缺乏的異質土壤,可能提供一些根系競爭的釋放物[60],使其比在養分充足的土壤生長要好,有更多的根系生物量[61]。
Aikio and Markkola[57]認為競爭應當增加對地上部分的生物量分配,因為在對光照的非對稱競爭中處于劣勢比將來在養分競爭中處于劣勢更為不利,因為養分競爭具有對稱競爭的特點,即與根生物量成比例。
光照是植物競爭中最重要的資源之一。植物對光照的競爭主要體現在植物的光截獲能力、光能轉化效率以及植物的遮蔭和耐蔭特性等方面[62]。通常認為對光照的競爭發生在土壤肥沃的環境中[63],因此,在光照充足的干旱和半干旱地區光照往往不是植物競爭的重要環境因子[64]。補充氮可以減少植物對氮的競爭,而增加對光照的競爭[25]。植物的林冠特點、生長速率和成熟個體的大小決定了光照是否成為一個限制因子[65]。形成林冠的植物葉片引起林內光照強度由上而下遞減。葉片排列在林冠較高位置的植物暴露于強光下,光合作用迅速,但是其較高的莖干要為支撐這些葉片付出相當的能量消耗。葉片生長在近地表的植物截獲的光照少,光合作用緩慢,但是其低矮的莖干可以減少能量的消耗[66]。植物林冠在森林中的最初位置、形態和生理上的可塑性都可以對競爭的結果產生強烈影響。一般認為,在水分因子受到限制的情況下,植物以根系競爭為主,隨著植物的生長發育,其枝葉競爭逐漸加強。有試驗表明,當植物在水分和營養競爭激烈時,光照作為競爭因子之一的重要性有所下降,而當水分和營養不受限制時,光照和遮蔭就成為競爭的主要因子。一般說來,植物在較強的光下,往往配置較多的生物量到地下部分,以增大水、養分的吸收,在陰暗環境下,分配到地上部分的生物量會增大,表現為葉生物量的增加[59]。
鄰體競爭會引起藍光、光照強度和乙烯基水平的改變[67]。競爭者降低近紅外光/遠紅外光(R/FR)的比值,是因為葉綠素對近紅外光的吸收能力比遠紅外光強[68]。經過這種光環境的變化,植物才能通過莖的伸長做出競爭反應,讓植物更好地競爭光源,并為適應鄰體遮蔭做出反應,也包括了對根系分配的減少[69]。
光照競爭會改變植物的生長曲線,低矮的植物更容易被鄰體遮光。這種情況普遍存在于天然林里。小型植株的光截獲能力和光能轉化效率較低,而大型植株的光截獲能力較強,相對生長率也較高[70]。相對較耐蔭樹種,不耐蔭樹種如桉樹光合率較高[71]。因此上層有較高光照強度的混交林比耐蔭的純林上層有效利用率要高。耐蔭樹種能更有效利用低水平的光[72],而且能比不耐蔭樹種有更高的光截獲能力。
當混交林中缺乏耐蔭植物時,喜光植物成為長期的優勢種。當混交林中存在耐蔭植物時,喜光植物的優勢地位會受到影響[73]。由于耐蔭植物受到相鄰植物的影響小,耐蔭植物可以逐漸取代喜光植物成為優勢樹種[74]。遮蔭可以減少雜草對苗木競爭和水分蒸發而使其間接受益[75]。大范圍的火災到暴風雨引起的樹木死亡能產生大小不一的林窗,由于林窗的光照條件得到改善,在植被恢復期間不同植物種類入侵,最終形成許多競爭的植物種類共存的局面[76]。
土壤水分的可利用性是干旱和半干旱地區植物生長的限制性因素。在干旱脅迫的環境中,大多數競爭植物的器官可能獲得不對稱的份額。增加對根的水分分配可以促進根生長而改善其吸收水分的能力,但是需要以減少繁殖器官的水分份額為代價。這種不對稱競爭使尋找資源的器官過度生長,不僅導致繁殖器官,而且引起總產量的下降[77]。植物改變根的分布以便吸收更深土層的水分可能是避開干旱壓力和提高競爭能力的重要機制[78],因為干旱發生時深土層的水分更加豐富,具有深根系的豆類植物更具有生長優勢[79]。根系發達的植物種類能夠減少單位長度根系表面的蒸發,增加了生存時間[80]。
在干旱條件下,矮小的植物需求的水分少,能夠生存更長的時間。在干旱環境偶然發生的降雨會引起土壤可利用水分的突然增加[81], 大多數植物在這個時期吸收養分[82]。對突然增加的可利用資源的吸收能力能影響植物間的競爭平衡和改變群落的結構[83]。幼年黍屬Panicum antidotale通過增加根莖比和細根比例來增強對突然涌現的N和水分的吸收,從而與成年個體混交時提高了其競爭能力[84]。雜草通過競爭土壤水分而影響苗木的生存和生長。例如Dactyloctenium sindicum草利用水分的能力比Calligonum polygonoides強,其競爭作用使土壤水分減少,引起Calligonum polygonoides生長下降,下降程度隨著Dactyloctenium sindicum草的密度增加而增加[85]。野草與針葉幼樹競爭水分,引起后者的水勢和生長下降,原因是土壤水分的減少限制了針葉幼樹的葉面積增長、光合作用、氣孔導度和水分利用效率等生理代謝[86]。
樹木和草本的競爭可以通過植物種類選擇和栽培措施而發生很大的變化[87]。歐洲榛子Corylus avellana的根系比鴨茅Dactylis glomerata的競爭力弱,主要吸收深層土壤的水分。鴨茅吸收春季和夏季不能到達深層土壤的降水[88]。通過調整林分密度而影響土壤水分的可利用性可能是避免嚴重干旱引起樹木死亡的一種機制[89]。例如西班牙東北的密林經過擇伐后,在夏季經歷一場嚴重的干旱時沒有樹木死亡,而未擇伐林分的林木全部死亡[90]。Dehesas的人工林的分布在很大程度上由土壤水分的可利用性所控制,當降水增加時,林分密度也增加[91]。
在野外植物根系對N、P和 K的吸收通常通過擴散(礦質養分由高濃度區向低濃度區自然擴散)和流動(礦質養分依靠蒸騰作用提供的能量在溶液里運動的過程)進行,而通過根系攔截(根系侵入到其它土壤里吸收水分和礦物質)吸收的養分不超過10%[92]。因此植物地上部分可以通過蒸騰作用作用和水分利用來影響土壤養分到根系表面的運動[93]。植物競爭土壤資源的能力高度依賴于土壤養分的空間分布、濃度和養分供應速率、植物根系與土壤接觸的面積、根系空間內的根系表面密度和空間分布、養分吸收速率[94]。養分缺乏通常促進菌根的發展,增加植物吸收土壤養分。
土壤養分的競爭主要發生在根系分布范圍內[95]。自然生態系統中,養分分布通常具有隨時間和空間變化的特征[96]。在異質性的土壤環境中,植物可以通過根系的形態和生理方面的調整來提高獲取資源的能力[97]。例如,磷在土壤中較少移動,可利用磷的含量在土壤表層最高,淺根基因的豆類植物提高其土壤表層的根系分布,因而比深根基因的豆類植物有利于獲得磷[98]。
植物競爭養分中的作用受到土壤養分狀況的顯著影響。在缺乏養分的土壤,植物競爭養分的能力受到其有效吸收養分能力的控制;在肥沃的土壤環境中,相鄰植物的個體大或密度大會導致與目標植物的激烈競爭,嚴重影響后者的生長[99]。在養分豐富的土壤上,具有最大生長率的植物是競爭的優勝者,大種子的植物產生的苗木由于吸收養分的能力強,比小種子的植物產生的苗木更有競爭力,同時苗木的快速生長增加了對光照的競爭[25]。
在貧瘠土壤上的植物間競爭沒有顯著減少其生物量,因為在惡劣環境中植物保存資源的能力和其獲取資源的能力同樣重要[85]。由于金雀花Caragana frutex的競爭使哈克木屬植物在肥沃土壤上的生長受到影響,因為前者生長的更快,搶先獲得了有限的資源。在肥沃土壤上植物間的競爭更激烈,生長迅速的種類由于獲得養分的能力強而處于利于地位[100]。矢車菊Centaurea stoebe幼苗與雜草競爭時,提高土壤N會極大地影響幼苗的生存和生物量[101]。也有報道稱,在可利用養分濃度高的時候(例如施肥),樹木和野草對養分的競爭不激烈。野草的高度、質量、葉面積、根質量和長度等特征不同,競爭能力也不相同[102]。由于偃麥草(Elymus repens)和蒲公英(Taraxacum officinale)生長迅速,吸收土壤養分能力強,雜交楊與其生長在一起時由于競爭土壤養分激烈,嚴重影響了生長[12]。樹木和草本的競爭可以通過栽培措施而發生很大的變化[8]。施肥到歐洲榛子附近的深層土壤有助于林木生長,而施肥在土壤表面主要是草本獲益,并通過促進草本的生長而減弱了歐洲榛子對水分和養分的競爭力[72]。
大量的證據表明,菌根能改變植物間的競爭關系[103]。植物對菌根的反應差異很大,菌根通過植物對相鄰植物有不同的生理效應而改變了植物間的競爭平衡[68]。養分缺乏通常促進菌根的發展,增加植物吸收土壤養分。
胸徑生長會隨著海拔降低,這是與生長季節縮短、夏季平均氣溫降低相聯系的。與環境梯度有關的競爭強度變化是在植物生態群落中一個最容易延伸的內容[104-105]。樹木生長隨著海拔而減弱,而且高海拔樹種發育遲緩、不郁閉。光照競爭在低海拔最激烈,養分競爭在林木線上最激烈。
不管競爭強度是隨著海拔降低還是增大,競爭對植物生長的影響還是在低海拔處最大[106]。640米海拔處,遮蔭每年減少幼苗地徑生長7 mm,但是在林木線處每年只減少2 mm。長期以來,高海拔生態系統地上和地下部分的關系吸引了研究者的注意。生長在高原的植物具有相對大的地下生物量[107]。從全球變化的觀點來看,研究包括植物生物量分配的植物地下部分競爭過程是重要的。
目前,對植物種內和種間競爭的研究多在特定環境條件下的小范圍內進行。由于研究的植物種類和環境不同,研究結果各異。為了弄清植物競爭能力及其與環境變化的關系,大尺度、長時期和多種群競爭的研究是未來研究的熱點之一。植物競爭涉及數學、植物生理、生態和土壤等方面的知識,多學科的綜合研究對于競爭理論的發展和農林生產上的應用具有重大意義。隨著科技的發展,新的研究手段, 如利用微部X光圖像儀、輻射跟蹤儀和航空照片等高科技儀器將提高研究水平。
對競爭植物進行模擬是將來進行研究的一個重要手段。簡單實用的模型對于發展新概念和顯示關鍵因子是重要的。研究作物和農林生態系統競爭的經驗模型方便和易于操作,在其研究環境中具有高精度,但是由于植物種類單調,模型的變量少,并且高度依賴由研究數據獲得的參數,限制其在種類復雜的野生植物群落競爭中應用。將競爭機理與經驗的模型結合將改進模型的有效性,因為相對于一組特定的數據,模型的有效性更依賴植物生理過程的知識和植物對生長環境的響應。因此,未來需要將競爭光、養分和各種干擾的競爭效應結合進植物競爭模型[108],構造復雜的模型研究植物競爭。由于模型的復雜性不斷增加,提高了對技術和科學的要求,這樣需要理論生態學家、應用生態學家、計算機專家和統計學家加強合作。
植物的形態可朔性和生理可朔性受到較多關注。植物表現出形態和生理可朔性以提高獲取資源的能力。盡管大多數樹木能夠用一種或多種方式適應環境以改進其獲取資源和增加生存的機會,我們對植物的形態可朔性和生理可朔性的相對重要性及其對限制資源的響應仍然了解的不夠。土壤是復雜的介質,由于土壤資源在空間和時間分布上的復雜性,難以評價植物的形態可朔性和生理可朔性對根系競爭的相對重要性,植物根系的生理活動和生長的研究沒有得到有機的聯系,無法預測強烈的根系競爭何時及如何發生。天然土壤因資源分布不均勻而增加了研究難度,今后應該加強植物對天然土壤資源競爭的研究,從獲取資源的代價和效益方面檢查植物形態可朔性和生理可朔性的重要性。根系間的信號傳導和化感作用、根系與土壤生物的相互作用和根系與環境相互作用的機理也是未來研究的重點[109]。
大量的研究集中在植物對光和養分限制的功能性響應和協調,而對于光照和水分都受到限制條件下的植物響應缺乏了解,因此需要加強光照和水分對植物競爭的耦合作用研究。現代林業提出了“近自然”的經營和管理模式,從穩定天然林群落的種內和種間競爭關系研究中取得經驗進行混交林的營造,對于森林的可持續發展具有重要的意義。
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A review on factors affecting plant competition
XUE Li,FU Jing-dan
(College of Forestry, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, Guangdong, China)
The competition refers to the interactions of two or more individuals which compete for resources,and is a key process of plant populations and communities. A comprehensive and mechanistic understanding of plant competition is necessary to predict the responses of ecological systems to environmental changes. The inside factors affecting competition include plant density, biological factors and the biomass. The environmental factors related to competition include light, soil moisture, soil nutrient and altitude. Highdensity affects plant competition by controlling plant growth. Allelochemicals produced by plants directly affect their neighbors. Trees and grasses may compete for resources where their root systems overlap. Herbivorous animals chose to eat some plants,resulting in reduction of competition ability of the plants. Plants make morphological shifts and alter the competitive ability between above-ground and below-ground parts in response to the environmental changes. When shade-tolerant species are absent in miхed forest, less shadetolerant species could maintain their dominance for a long period. In contrast, miхed forest with tolerant species would reduce the dominance of less-tolerant species, maintain and probably increase the dominance through the decline of less-tolerant species. Smaller plants should have longer survival time due to their smaller total water requirements when water is scarce, and the longer survival of plants with higher root allocation could be due to a relative reduction in transpiring surface per unit root length. In nutrient-deficient soils, plants are stressed directly by the lack of adequate nutrients and competitive interactions may be controlled by a plant’s ability to efficiently take up available nutrients. In nutrient-sufficient soils, plants with the highest maхimum growth rates may well be the superior competitors. Intensity of light competition declines with altitude. The future research about competition will focus on large scale, long term and multi-population research, the multi-disciplinary cooperation, combining competition mechanisms with empirical models,complicated competition model and the root system competition, effects of morphological and physiological plasticity of plants on plant competition.
review; plant;competition;resource;density;environment
2011-10-01
廣東省林業局資助項目“篩選林分改造優良樹種”(4400-F09054)和“森林生態科技研究推廣”
薛 立(1958—),男,湖南桃江人,博士,教授,主要從事森林生態學和森林培育學研究
S812;Q945.17
A
1673-923X(2012)02-0006-10
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