Growth response of three globose cacti to radiation and soil moisture: An experimental test of the mechanism behind the nurse effect     

Alejandra Martínez-Berdeja  Teresa Valverde   《Journal of Arid Environments》2008,72(10):1766-1774

Cactus seedlings often establish under nurse plants which modify environmental conditions by increasing moisture and decreasing solar radiation, which may cause beneficial and detrimental effects, respectively, on seedling growth. Three soil moisture treatments (5%, 25% and 60%) and two solar radiation levels (100% exposure=243 μmol m⁻² s⁻¹, and 40%=102 μmol m⁻² s⁻¹) were used in a factorial design to analyze seedling growth response of three rare cactus species (Mammillaria pectinifera, Obregonia denegrii and Coryphantha werdermannii). The variables evaluated were relative growth rate (RGR), root/shoot ratio (R/S), and K (RGR_roots/RGR_shoot), obtained from an initial seedling harvest (6-month-old seedlings) and a final harvest 6 months after treatment application. All three species had slow RGRs (0.002–0.012 g g⁻¹ day⁻¹). O. denegrii had the lowest RGR values, but was the only species for which R/S and K varied with soil moisture. While all seedlings responded markedly to soil moisture, no response was observed to radiation treatments. The latter might have been related to the relatively low solar radiation levels present in the greenhouse. Yet, our results suggest that the main benefit nurse plants offer to seedlings is the increase in soil moisture.  相似文献   

Nitrogen Uptake and Use Efficiency of Invasive Spartina alterniflora and Native Phragmites australis: Effect of Nitrogen Supply          下载免费PDF全文

Hua Qing  Ying Cai  Yan Xiao  Yihan Yao  Shuqing An 《洁净——土壤、空气、水》2015,43(2):305-311

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Differences in Leaf Functional Traits Between Rhus typhina and Native Species          下载免费PDF全文

Congyan Wang  Jun Liu  Hongguang Xiao  Jiawei Zhou 《洁净——土壤、空气、水》2016,44(11):1591-1597

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Numerical modeling of cyclic mobility based on fuzzy-set concepts in plasticity theory     

Yu Bao  Stein Sture 《Computers and Geotechnics》2011

In this paper, the application of an efficient, transparent and accurate kinematic-cyclic constitutive model based on the fuzzy-set concepts and incremental plasticity theory is presented to show its capability in modeling cyclic mobility of saturated granular soil. The nature and kinematic mechanism of the membership functions in the fuzzy-set constitutive model are illustrated. The model’s capability of modeling soil dilatancy is investigated. Important features of volume change and pore water pressure build-up related to soil cyclic mobility are captured. The formulation of the proposed model is relatively simple and it can be readily implemented in finite element codes. The enhanced fuzzy-set model is capable of simulating ground motion problems particularly related to cyclic mobility, soil liquefaction, and spreading behavior.  相似文献   

Latitudinal variation in the aerial/aquatic ratio of oxygen consumption of a supratidal high rocky‐shore crab     

Marco A. Lardies  José Luis Muñoz  Kurt A. Paschke  Francisco Bozinovic 《Marine Ecology》2011,32(1):42-51

The colonisation of the terrestrial environment by crustaceans is more apparent in tropical latitudes because of the high diversity of semi‐terrestrial and terrestrial crabs. However, in temperate regions there are also great numbers of crustaceans that inhabit ecological niches at the water–air interface. Grapsidae crabs (Decopoda) are especially important in studies of water‐to‐land transition as the family contains species occupying the intertidal and adjacent regions. A way to evaluate the ability of intertidal invertebrates to breathe air is to measure the aerial/aquatic oxygen consumption ratio. The objective of this study was to test the effect of thermal variation on the aquatic and aerial metabolism. We selected as study model the decopoda crab Cyclograpsus cinereus Dana and utilised five populations of the species spread over 2000 km along the Chilean coast. To determine the compensation capacity in respiration with respect to latitude, we evaluated metabolic rate at the same temperature in a common garden design in the laboratory, to examine the extent to which variation in crab physiology is environmentally determined. Whereas in our study, m_b (body mass) varied significantly with latitude, the difference in mass‐independent metabolism both in air and water persisted, indicating that observed differences in MR (Metabolic Rate) were not an effect of differences in body size. We demonstrated that C. cinereus is able to breath oxygen from air and water as expected for an amphibious crab. Almost all the studied populations of C. cinereus show a aerial/aquatic metabolism ratio near 1. The pattern found indicates an increase in metabolic rate, both aerial and aquatic, in low latitudes and therefore does not support the latitudinal compensation hypothesis for temperate habitats. Finally, these kinds of studies are required to make the necessary link between ecological physiology and macroecology and to help develop a global understanding of organismal function in marine systems.  相似文献   

不同气温与土壤湿度条件下籽蒿幼苗的表型可塑性   总被引：2，自引：2，他引：0  

郭立冬  何兴东 《中国沙漠》2011,30(4):987-991

  植物表型可塑性是其适应环境的结果。为了探讨构件水平和全株水平表型可塑性的差异,我们选择籽蒿进行了双因素(气温:35 ℃、30 ℃、20 ℃; 土壤水分:对照、轻度、中度、重度胁迫)随机化区组实验以分析不同环境条件下植物的表型可塑性。结果表明,气温对籽蒿株高生长率有显著影响,土壤水分胁迫对籽蒿株高生长率无显著影响; 气温和土壤水分胁迫对籽蒿地上部生物量和根重生长率均无显著影响; 土壤水分胁迫对籽蒿幼苗根冠比有显著影响,而气温对其则无显著影响。这说明气温和土壤水分胁迫对籽蒿幼苗构件表型可塑性和全株表型可塑性的影响是有差异的。进一步分析表明,气温对籽蒿幼苗的叶含水量有显著影响,而对籽蒿幼苗的叶饱和亏无显著影响,这说明气温对籽蒿幼苗株高生长率的影响是通过影响其叶含水量来实现。  相似文献   

广义塑性梯度模型的变分原理和边界条件     

何贤锋  赵冰  傅鹤林 《岩土力学》2008,29(10):2843-2846

在广义塑性力学的双屈服面模型的体积屈服面和剪切屈服面中引进应变梯度项,构造梯度依赖的双屈服面,可以建立广义塑性梯度模型的理论框架,此时的位移率 、剪切塑性乘子率 、体积塑性乘子率 成了各自独立的变量。为了建立相应的数值模型,构造了增量泛函,建立并证明了3类变量( , , )变分原理,得到应力边界条件,同时塑性乘子作为自然边界条件给出。  相似文献   

上部地壳的流体作用与大理岩的低温塑性   总被引：5，自引：0，他引：5  

刘俊来 Weber  K 《岩石学报》2000,16(4):499-505

本文应用光学显微镜、透射电子显微镜和阴极发光显微镜系统研究了Ｗａｔｅｒｂｅｒｇ断层带（纳米比亚）内粗晶大理岩中发育的构造岩,宏观碎裂结构与微观糜棱装结构是断层构造岩的主要特点。巨大的孪形碎屑与弥漫的细小粒质形成了鲜明的反差,广泛发育的压溶颖合线与多阶段方解石细脉遍布构造带不同部位,ＴＥＭ亚微粒粒度具有简单的峰值分布（～０．３～０．４μｍ）,但动态重结晶颗粒的粒度却具有较大的变化范围（０．１～３．０  相似文献   

单轴压缩下岩石应变局部化的应变梯度塑性解   总被引：3，自引：2，他引：1  

陈刚  潘一山 《岩土力学》2004,25(5):694-699

通过在屈服函数中引入材料内部长度建立应变梯度塑性增量本构关系,对岩石材料在单轴压缩条件下应变局部化的二维情况进行了研究。首先,建立了在Mises屈服准则下平面应变情况的岩石材料应变局部化带的带宽与其倾角的关系式,讨论了其带宽的分布范围和最大值与最小值形成的条件,给出岩石材料破坏Ⅰ, Ⅱ类变形的条件,并推出破坏的临界角度;其次,对岩石材料Ⅰ类变形进行了详细地分析,讨论了在不同泊松比 和 条件下材料应变局部化带的倾角的变化范围;最后,利用所得的结论同材料破坏的库仑准则进行对比研究,对内摩擦系数给予了合理的解释。  相似文献   

用内蕴时间理论进行土流变本构方程研究          下载免费PDF全文

李建中??曾祥熹 《探矿工程》2000,(2):1-3

利用内蕴时间理论对土的流变性进行了理论研究。提出了在准三轴条件下土的流变本构方程 ,并且利用土的三轴流变试验结果对所得土流变本构方程进行了验证。验证结果表明用内蕴时间理论推导的土流变本构方程能很准确地描述土的流变性。  相似文献