中国农业科学 ›› 2020, Vol. 53 ›› Issue (13): 2550-2561.doi: 10.3864/j.issn.0578-1752.2020.13.004

• 草甸草原退化过程与机制 • 上一篇    下一篇

放牧强度对草甸草原植物群落特征及营养品质的影响

张宇,侯路路,闫瑞瑞(),辛晓平   

  1. 中国农业科学院农业资源与农业区划研究所/呼伦贝尔草原生态系统国家野外科学观测研究站,北京 100081
  • 收稿日期:2019-09-25 接受日期:2019-12-20 出版日期:2020-07-01 发布日期:2020-07-16
  • 通讯作者: 闫瑞瑞
  • 作者简介:张宇,E-mail: zhangyu517@163.com。
  • 基金资助:
    国家重点研发计划(2016YFC0500601);国家自然基金面上项目(31971769);中央级公益性科研院所基本科研业务费专项(1610132018009);中央级公益性科研院所基本科研业务费专项(1610132018023);中央级公益性科研院所基本科研业务费专项(1610132019031);中央级公益性科研院所基本科研业务费专项(1610132019040);中央级公益性科研院所基本科研业务费专项(Y2019YJ13);国家重点研发计划-中美政府间合作项目(2017YFE0104500);呼伦贝尔市科技计划项目(YYYFH201903);现代农业产业技术体系建设专项资金(CARS-34-11)

Effects of Grazing Intensity on Plant Community Characteristics and Nutrient Quality of Herbage in a Meadow Steppe

ZHANG Yu,HOU LuLu,YAN RuiRui(),XIN XiaoPing   

  1. Institute of Agricultural Resources and Regional Planning, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences/Hulunber Grassland Ecosystem Observation and Research Station, Beijing 100081
  • Received:2019-09-25 Accepted:2019-12-20 Online:2020-07-01 Published:2020-07-16
  • Contact: RuiRui YAN

摘要:

【目的】 植物群落特征是草地生态系统功能变化的敏感指标,是判别干扰条件下植被退化的重要生态学指标之一。研究不同放牧强度下温性草甸草原植物特征及品质变化情况,以了解放牧作用下草原植物退化的过程和机制,为退化草地生态恢复提供理论依据。【方法】 以呼伦贝尔草甸草原肉牛控制放牧试验为平台,分析6种不同放牧强度(对照区G0.00:0,轻度放牧G0.23:0.2 cow.AU/hm2,较轻度放牧G0.34:0.34 cow.AU/hm2,中度放牧G0.46:0.46 cow.AU/hm2,较重度放牧G0.69:0.69 cow.AU/hm2,重度放牧G0.92:0.92 cow.AU/hm2)下温性草甸草原植物群落数量特征、多样性、功能群与营养品质的变化,并探讨他们之间的相关性。【结果】 放牧强度大于0.34 cow.AU/hm2时,群落盖度、群落高度、群落地上生物量、原有优势植物(羊草(Leymus chinensis))和贝加尔针茅(Stipa baicalensis))生物量、地下生物量、枯落物生物量均呈现显著降低(P<0.05),退化指示植物生物量(冷蒿、二裂委陵菜、星毛委陵菜和寸草苔)显著增加(P<0.05);随着放牧强度的增加,群落α多样性指数呈现先升高后降低的趋势,放牧强度为0.34—0.46 cow.AU/hm2时,草地群落α多样性指数最高,符合中度干扰假说;植物功能群禾本科植物及其优势植物重要值随着放牧强度的增加逐渐降低,当放牧强度大于0.23 cow.AU/hm2时,优势植物重要值显著降低(P<0.05),莎草科与退化指示植物重要值显著增加(P<0.05)。放牧不同程度增加了植物粗蛋白、粗灰分、总磷、钙和无氮浸出物含量,显著降低了植物粗脂肪、中性洗涤纤维和粗纤维含量(P<0.05);群落α多样性指数相互之间呈极显著正相关(P<0.01),与植物功能群豆科植物和杂类草重要值呈显著正相关、与禾本科植物重要值呈负相关;植物功能群禾本科和毛茛科植物重要值与植物酸性洗涤纤维和钙呈显著负相关、与中性洗涤纤维呈显著正相关,莎草科植物重要值与之相反。【结论】 不同放牧强度下植物群落特征及营养品质发生不同程度的变化,放牧强度为0.23—0.34 cow.AU/hm2较为适宜,适度放牧有利于提高群落物种多样性,保持草地植物群落稳定,促进草地生态系统可持续发展。

关键词: 放牧强度, 草甸草原, 群落特征, 营养品质

Abstract:

【Objective】 Plant community characteristics are sensitive indicators to changes in ecosystem function of grasslands. In order to understand the processes and mechanisms characterizing grassland degradation with grazing, the characteristics and quality changes of grassland plants under different grazing intensities were examined to provide theoretical grounds for ecological restoration of degraded grasslands. 【Method】 Based on a grazing experiment with six different grazing intensities that targeted at the Hulunber meadow steppe, changes in community characteristics, community diversity, and community functional groups were measured by the standard rangeland ecological methodology, whilst the nutritional quality of herbage plants was determined by the national procedure for chemically analyzing crude cellulose, crude protein and raw fat components of vegetal feed. The six grazing intensities are control area G0.00: 0, light grazing G0.23: 0.23 cow.AU/hm2, lighter grazing G0.34: 0.34 cow.AU/hm2, moderate grazing G0.46: 0.46 cow.AU/hm2, heavier grazing G0.69: 0.69 cow.AU/hm2, and heavy grazing G0.92: 0.92 cow.AU/hm2. 【Result】 The canopy height, coverage, total biomass, biomass of the dominant species, root biomass, and litter biomass had decreased significantly at the grazing intensities greater than 0.34 cow.AU/hm2 (P<0.05), whereas the phytomass of increasers (Artemisia frigida, Potentilla bifurca, Potentilla acaulis, and Carex duriuscula) increased significantly (P<0.05). With the increase in grazing intensity, the community diversity index showed a trend of first increasing and then decreasing, with the maximum community diversity index occurred at the grazing intensities of 0.34-0.46 cow.AU/hm2. The dominance value of grasses decreased significantly with increases in grazing intensity. In stark contrast, those for forbs and annuals increased apparently with increasing grazing intensity. The important values of functional groups of grasses and their dominant plants gradually decreased with the increase of grazing intensity. When the grazing intensity was greater than 0.23 cow.AU/hm2, the important values of dominant plants significantly decreased (P<0.05), and the important values of sedges and degenera significantly increased (P<0.05). Of special note, the various grazing intensities all enhanced the contents of crude protein, crude ash, total phosphorus, calcium, and nitrogen-free exudates to varying degrees of all plant species as a whole, but significantly reduced the contents of crude fat, neutral detergent fiber, and crude fiber (P<0.05). The four indexes of α diversity were positively correlated with one another (P<0.01), positively correlated with the important values of legumes and heterophytes, and negatively correlated with the important values of gramineae. The important values of gramineae and ranunculaceae were significantly negatively related to the contents of acid washing fiber and calcium of the plants, whilst they were significantly positively related to the neutral washing fiber. 【Conclusion】 Different grazing intensities differed substantially in their effects on the community traits, diversity characters and nutritional quality of this meadow steppe. The appropriate grazing intensity was between 0.23-0.34 cow.AU/hm2. Moderate grazing was conducive to improving the species diversity of the community, maintaining the stability of the grassland plant community, and promoting the sustainable development of the grassland ecosystem.

Key words: grazing intensity, meadow steppe, community characteristics, nutritional quality