木本植物萌枝生态学研究进展

Sprouting ecology of woody plants:A research review.

综述了萌枝的生物学特征、个体生活史策略、生物地理学特征,以及对种群和群落特征的影响.已有的研究虽然在干扰与萌枝关系、萌枝生活史策略等领域取得了众多成果,但生态学意义远未揭示清楚,尤其是萌枝对种群、群落结构和动态的影响还需要深入探索.我国在重视萌枝生态理论研究的基础上,应加强理论和植被恢复及生态系统管理实践相结合的研究.

Sprouting is an efficient regeneration means of woody plants to regain their biomass loss after disturbances. This paper reviewed the biological characteristics of sprouting, and its consequences on woody plants individual life history, dynamics of population and community, and biogeography. Many achievements have been obtained on the researches of sprouting strategy and its relationships with disturbances, but less is known about the ecological significances of sprouting, and especially, its effects on the structure and dynamics of woody plants population and community. As in China, both the basic and the applied research of sprouting ecology and vegetation restoration should be strengthened.