高山生物多样性对气候变化响应的研究进展

doi:10.3724/SP.J.1003.2009.08197

摘要/Abstract

摘要：

高山带是指自然气候森林边界即林线到雪线之间的无林区域。受低温限制的高山生物对气候变化具有高度的敏感性, 因此高山带被视为监测气候变化的理想试验场所。气候变暖加速了高山冰雪消融, 也加剧了高山生物多样性的波动, 因而高山生物多样性变化对于指示全球气候变化具有十分重要的意义。目前, 高山生物多样性对气候变暖响应的研究主要集中在高山物种组成和群落结构的变化、物种的分布格局和适宜生境的变化、林线交错带的位移、种间关系的变化等方面。气候变化与人为干扰等因素的叠加效应为预测未来生物多样性的变化增加了很多不确定性, 从长期来看, 气候变化效应相对于其他因素会显得越来越重要。未来的重点研究领域包括高山带生物多样性对极端气候变化的响应、全球气候变化背景下生物多样性与生态系统过程的关系、高山带地上/地下生物多样性的相互作用关系及其对气候变化的响应与适应、全球气候变化与人类活动干扰的叠加效应对高山生物多样性格局的影响等。

关键词: 气候变暖, 高山带, 物种分布格局, 生态系统过程, 人类干扰

Abstract

The alpine belt is the temperature-driven treeless region between the timberline and the snowline. Alpine belts are ideal sites for monitoring climate change because species in mountain habitats are especially sensitive to climate change. Global warming is shifting the distribution of alpine biodiversity and is leading to glacial retreat, implying that alterations in alpine biodiversity are indicators of climate change. Therefore, more attention has been given to changes in species composition and ecosystem structure, species distribution patterns and suitable habitats, timberline ecotone shifts, and interspecific relationships. In particular, the combined effects of climate change and human disturbance have increased uncertainty in predicting changes to alpine biodiversity in the context of the future climate change. At the same time, climate change effects on alpine biodiversity will likely be more important relative to other natural and social factors in the long term. We suggest that key research fields will include alpine biodiversity responses to extreme climate change, relationships between biodiversity and ecosystem processes, the interaction between above- and below-ground biodiversity in the context of climate change, and the combined effects of climate change and human disturbance on alpine biodiversity patterns.

Key words: global warming, alpine zone, species distribution pattern, ecosystem process, human disturbance

刘洋, 张健, 杨万勤 (2009) 高山生物多样性对气候变化响应的研究进展. 生物多样性, 17, 88-96. DOI: 10.3724/SP.J.1003.2009.08197.

Yang Liu, Jian Zhang, Wanqin Yang (2009) Responses of alpine biodiversity to climate change. Biodiversity Science, 17, 88-96. DOI: 10.3724/SP.J.1003.2009.08197.

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