陆地生态系统碳循环研究述评

Review on Carbon Cycle of Forest Terrestrial Ecosystem

陆地生态系统碳循环因其复杂性和不确定性,在全球碳循环过程中占有重要地位。陆地生态系统碳循环研究关系到全球气候变化及人类可能的应对措施,是全球碳循环研究的核心。本文回顾了陆地生态系统碳循环的研究动态,对陆地生态系统碳循环机理和研究方法做了概述,对未来的研究重点和热点进行了展望。我们认为复杂科学在陆地生态系统碳循环研究中的应用具有很广的前景。陆地生态系统是一个复杂适应性系统,内部作用是生态系统复杂化,有序化及自组织的主要推动力。运用复杂科学的原理和方法,探讨生态系统复杂性的机理及发展规律,为认识生态与进化问题提供了一条新的途径。

Terrestrial ecosystem carbon cycle plays an important role in global carbon cycle because of its complexity and uncertainty. Study on terrestrial ecosystem carbon cycle relates to global climate change and potential ways or means to address. This paper is attempting to provide an overview of mechanism and research method of terrestrial ecosystem carbon cycle and a perspective of emphases and hotspots on the research of terrestrial ecosystem carbon cycle. We conclude that it is prospective to be researched in the application of science of complexity to terrestrial ecosystem carbon cycle. Terrestrial ecosystem is a complex adaptive system. The inner interaction of ecosystem is the main driving force for the self-organization, complexity and order in the ecosystem. This paper discusses mechanism and development of ecosystem complexity, by applying the principle and methods of complexity science which is a new approach for understanding ecological and evolutionary problems.