简介:Background:Forestmanagementstrategiessuchasthinninghavelongbeenusedtoenhanceecosystemfunctions,especiallyinplantations.Thinninginplantationswithhighdeerdensity,however,maynotyieldadesiredincreaseinunderstoryvegetationbecausedeergrazeongerminatingplantsafterthinning.Here,weexaminethechangesinunderstoryvegetationafterthinninginplantationsthathavebeenovergrazedbysikadeertoprovideinsightintotheeffectsofthinningonecosystemfunctionssuchassoilconservationandbiologicaldiversity.Methods:WeconductedoursurveyintheTanzawaMountainsofeasternJapan.Wesurveyedthechangeinunderstoryvegetationwithinandoutsideofthreedeerexclosuresonasingleslopewiththreelevelsofunderstoryvegetationcover:sparse(1%,exclosure'US'),moderate(30%,exclosure'MM'),anddense(80%,exclosure'LD')over10yearsaftera30%thinningofanold-growthcedarandcypressplantationwhichwasovergrazedbysikadeer.Results:Understoryvegetationcover,biomassandspeciesrichnessincreasedwithinandoutsidethe'US'and'MM'exclosuresafterthinning,andbiomasswasgreaterwithinthanoutsidetheexclosuresat10yearsafterthinning.Unpalatablespeciesdominatedboth'US'and'MM'exclosuresbeforethinning,andtreesandshrubsdominatedwithintheexclosuresovertimeafterthinning.Incontrast,unpalatable,grazing-tolerant,perennial,andannualspeciesincreasedoutsidethe'US'and'MM'exclosures.Nonoticeablechangeswereobservedwithinandoutsidethe'LD'exclosurewhencomparedwiththe'US'and'MM'exclosures.Conclusions:Ourresultssuggestthatthinningastandby30%basedonvolumeresultedinanincreaseinunderstoryvegetationcovermainlycomposedofbothunpalatableandgrazing-tolerantspeciesinaplantationforestwhereunderstoryvegetationissparseormoderateandsikadeerdensityishigh.Weemphasizethatestablishingdeerexclosuresorcontrollingdeerisessentialtomaintainingsimilarunderstoryvegetationbothwit
简介:采用菌落生长速率法测定了2005年从云南、贵州、山东烟区病株上分离到的38个烟草黑胫病菌PhytophthoranicotianaeBredadehaanvar.nicotianaeWaterhouse菌株对两种保护性杀菌剂的敏感性。结果表明:百菌清(B)对各参试菌株的EC50值在2.33~49.47μg/mL之间,平均值为9.35(±2.77)μg/mL;代森锰锌(z)对各参试菌株的EC50值在3.51~82.05μg/mL之间,平均值为10.59(±4.06)μg/mL。B及Z对除XR001外的37个菌株的EC50值分别呈连续的双峰(主峰明显)和单峰频次分布;B对构成敏感性正态频次分布主峰的30个菌株的EC50均值5.99(±0.78)μg/mL和Z对组成连续敏感性正态频次分布的37个菌株的EC50均值8.66(±1.09)μg/mL可分别作为烟草黑胫病菌对B及Z的敏感性基线。