生物多样性 ›› 2025, Vol. 33 ›› Issue (11): 25158.  DOI: 10.17520/biods.2025158  cstr: 32101.14.biods.2025158

• 研究报告: 植物多样性 • 上一篇    下一篇

土壤环境因子对荒漠植物叶性状的驱动机制

琚晓千1,2,3, 田赟1,2,3,*(), 徐铭泽4,5, 代远萌6, 李满乐7, 周煜涵1,2, 刘鹏1,2,3, 贾昕1,2,3, 查天山1,2,3   

  1. 1 北京林业大学水土保持学院, 北京 100083
    2 宁夏盐池毛乌素沙地生态系统国家定位观测研究站, 宁夏盐池 751500
    3 北京林业大学水土保持国家林业和草原局重点实验室, 北京 100083
    4 自然资源部重庆典型矿区生态修复野外科学观测研究站(重庆地质矿产研究院), 重庆 401120
    5 中国农业大学资源与环境学院, 北京 100089
    6 北京松山国家级自然保护区管理处, 北京 102115
    7 河南省水土保持监测总站, 郑州 450008
  • 收稿日期:2025-04-29 接受日期:2025-09-16 出版日期:2025-11-20 发布日期:2025-12-26
  • 通讯作者: 田赟
  • 基金资助:
    国家自然科学基金(31901366);国家自然科学基金(32071842);中央高校基本科研业务费专项资金(FTYX202526);中央高校基本科研业务费专项资金(FTYX202528);中央高校基本科研业务费专项资金(FTYX202533)

How soil environmental factors shape leaf traits in arid-land vegetation

Xiaoqian Ju1,2,3, Yun Tian1,2,3,*(), Mingze Xu4,5, Yuanmeng Dai6, Manle Li7, Yuhan Zhou1,2, Peng Liu1,2,3, Xin Jia1,2,3, Tianshan Zha1,2,3   

  1. 1 School of Soil and Water Conservation, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China
    2 Yanchi Ecological Research Station of the Mu Us Sandy Land, Yanchi, Ningxia 751500, China
    3 Key Laboratory for Soil and Water Conservation of State Forestry and Grassland Administration, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China
    4 Observation and Reaserch Station of Ecological Restoration for Chongqing Typical Mining Area, Ministry of Natural Resources (Chongqing Institude of Geology and Mineral Resource), Chongqing 401120, China
    5 College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100089, China
    6 Beijing Songshan National Nature Reserve Administration, Beijing 102115, China
    7 Soil and Water Conservation Monitoring Gernal Station of Henan Province, Zhengzhou 450008, China
  • Received:2025-04-29 Accepted:2025-09-16 Online:2025-11-20 Published:2025-12-26
  • Contact: Yun Tian
  • Supported by:
    National Natural Science Foundation of China(31901366);National Natural Science Foundation of China(32071842);Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(FTYX202526);Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(FTYX202528);Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(FTYX202533)

摘要:

植物性状是连接植物与环境之间的桥梁, 功能群作为研究其关系的基本单元, 承载着响应环境变化的主要信息。研究植物功能群组成和叶性状如何随资源梯度变化, 对于理解荒漠植物的环境适应策略至关重要。本研究以毛乌素沙地黑沙蒿(Artemisia ordosica)群落为研究对象, 选取4个典型恢复阶段(D1: 半固定沙地; D2: 固定沙地; D3: 土壤生物结皮固定沙地; D4: 草本植物固定沙地), 重点分析了不同植物功能群(禾本科、非禾本科和灌木)叶性状与物种组成的阶段性演变规律, 并探讨了影响二者变化的主要土壤环境因子。结果表明: 随着沙地逐步固定, 植物功能群组成趋于复杂化, 其中禾本科和非禾本科种类和数量增加, 而灌木则无明显变化。D1、D2阶段植物功能群叶性状表现为较高的比叶面积和较低的叶干物质含量(leaf dry matter content, LDMC), 表明植物优先投资叶片形态建成以提高资源利用能力; 禾本科具有较高的LDMC和碳同化能力, 适应胁迫环境的能力更强。冗余分析结果表明, 土壤含水量(soil water content, SWC)、土壤碳氮比(soil carbon to nitrogen ratio, SC : SN)和土壤有机碳含量(soil organic carbon content, SOC)对3种植物功能群叶性状影响极显著(P < 0.01)。方差分解和层次分割分析显示, 9个土壤环境因子解释了植物叶性状总变差的18.5%, 其中SC : SN的单独效应最大(4.13%), 且SC : SN和SWC与大多数因子存在共同效应。本研究综合运用多种统计分析方法, 系统识别了荒漠植物性状变异的关键土壤驱动因子及其协同效应, 为区域植被恢复和生态系统可持续管理提供了坚实的理论基础。

关键词: 叶性状, 土壤环境因子, 冗余分析, 固沙阶段, 植物功能群

Abstract

Aims: Plant traits serve as a bridge linking plants and their environment. As the basic unit for studying this relationship, functional groups carry key information on responses to environmental changes. Investigating how the composition of plant functional groups and leaf traits varying along resource gradients is crucial for understanding the environmental adaptation strategies of desert plants.

Methods: This study focused on the Artemisia ordosica communities in the Mu Us sandy land including four typical restoration stages: semi-fixed dune (D1), fixed dune (D2), fixed dune with biological soil crusts (D3), fixed dune with abundant herbaceous plants (D4). Plant communities were categorized into three functional groups: Poaceae, non- Poaceae, and shrub. We revealed the species composition of different plant functional groups at each restoration stage, the characteristics of their leaf traits, and the key soil environmental factors, with redundancy analysis (RDA) and variation partitioning.

Results: As the sand dunes gradually stabilized, the composition of plant functional groups became more complex, and the number of Poaceae and non-Poaceae species showed an increasing trend. However, shrub species showed relatively stable. Leaf traits of plant functional groups during the D1 and D2 stages exhibited higher specific leaf area (SLA) and lower leaf dry matter content (LDMC), suggesting that plants prioritized investment in leaf morphological development to enhance resource utilization under harsh environmental conditions. Among these, grass had higher LDMC and carbon assimilation capacity, which enhanced their ability to adapt to stressful environments. RDA revealed that soil water content (SWC), soil carbon to nitrogen ratio (SC : SN), and soil organic carbon content (SOC) significantly influenced the leaf trait assemblages of all three plant functional groups (P < 0.01). Variation partitioning and hierarchical partitioning analysis indicated that nine soil factors explained 18.5% of the total variance in plant leaf traits. The SC : SN had the largest individual effect (4.13%), and both SC : SN and SWC exhibited co-effects with most other factors.

Conclusion: This study employed multiple statistical analytical approaches to identify the key soil drivers of trait variation in desert plants and their synergistic effects, providing a robust theoretical foundation for regional vegetation restoration and sustainable ecosystem management.

Key words: leaf traits, soil environmental factors, redundancy analysis, sand-fixation stages, plant functional groups