社区调查与中国社会学的“本土化”——纪念费孝通教授逝世7周年

早在20世纪30年代,当马林诺夫斯基阅读了费孝通的《汇材经济》给予了高度评价,并指出费先生的《汇材经济》代表了社会学的中国学派的形成。费先生逝世已经7周年,但是一生践行的社会学人类学研究方法,依然为社会学的"本土化"有着重要的启发。实现中国社会学的"本土化"的关键是社会学古人类学的紧密结合,只有这样,才能真正创立社会学的"中国学派"。

沃尔玛、万佳经营模式分析及启示

本文从业态模式的创新、管理高度规范化、信息技术高度发达、加速本土化经营方面对沃尔玛进行分析,提出了万佳的优势所在。

Assessment of degraded mattoral land using remote sensing im-agery in Guadalteba Area,Spain

Natural land cover information is important for analysing and understanding of the current terrestrial situation, especially in the study area that is facing the environmental deteriorating increasingly. The study combined the remote sensing Aster data and ground truth to improve 2001 land cover map of Guadalteba area in Spain, and increased the accuracy from 47% to 70%. The general land cover map produced about the Guadalteba study area outlines the distribution of the vegetation type and the current natural land cover in the area. Based on this improved general land cover map, the natural cover map gave an indication of the present location of nature and agriculture areas. The shrub land degradation map identified location of various shrub/matorral areas and different levels of degradation. The further analysis and discussion were done. The output maps indicated that much of the natural cover mostly dominated by formations of shrubs has been changed to agriculture and other land uses. It is observed that shrubland covers a small percentage, approximately 9% of the study area, due to land degradation in most parts caused by human interfere. Keywords Accuracy assessment - Aster - Land cover map - Matorral degradation map - Remote Sensing CLC number S757.3 Document code A Foundation item: This paper was partly sponsored by NFP (Netherlands Feliowship Program) and National Strategic Project “Environmentally Sound Forest Management Techniques and Models in Natural Forest in Northeast China” (2001BA510B0702) respectively.Biography: XING Yan-qiu (1970-), female, Lecturer, in College of Engi neering and technology Northeast Forestry University. Harbin 150040. P. R. ChinaResponsible editor: Song Funan

Correlation Between Chemical Element Contents in Tree Rings and Soils

The annual growth rings of ten trees and the soils near the tree roots were sampled from the mining area of lead-and zinc-dominant metals in the Xixia Mountain, Nanjing, for the determination of chemical element contents. The study results showed that the elemental contents in the tree rings were correlated with those in the soils, i. e., the elemental contents in the tree rings increased with those in the soils, even in the cases of different environments and different tree species. Therefore, a time-concentration sequence could be set up on the basis of determining the elemental contents in the successive annual growth rings of trees to qualitatively reflect the annual variations of relevant elements in the soils, and a time-concentration sequence of elemental contents in soils could also be established in terms of related model to reproduce the dynamic changes of the surroundings.

Effect of Continuous Plantation of Chinese Fir on Soil Fertility

The changes in soil fertility under continuous plantation of Chinese fir were studied by comparing soilsamples from different forest stands: the first and second plantations of Chinese fir, evergreen broad-leavedforests, and clear-cut and burnt Chinese fir land located at Xihou Village, Nanping of Fujian Province. Thesoils were humic red soil originated from weathered coarse granite of the Presinian system. Soil PH, CEC,base saturation, exchangeable Ca￣(2+), exchangeable Mg￣(2+) and Al-P declined after continuous plantation ofChinese fir. The same trends were also found in the soils under broad-leaved stands and slash burnt lands.The explantation was that not merely the biological nature of the Chinese fir itself but the natural leachingof nutrients, soil erosion and nutrient losses due to clear cutting and slash burning of the preceding plantationcaused the soil deterioration. Only some of main soil nutrients decreased after continuons plantation ofChinese fir, depending on specific silvicultural system, which was different from the conclusions in some otherreports which showed that all main nutrients, such as OM, total N, available P and available K decreased.Some neccessary steps to make up for the lost base, to apply P fertilizer and to avoid buring on clear cutlands could be taken to preventsoil degradation and yield decline in the system of continuous plantation ofChinese fir.

Study on Model of Correlation Between Chemical Ele－ment Contents in Tree Rings and Soils near Tree Roots

The chemical element contents in tree rings are correlated with those in the soils near the tree roots. Theresults in the present study showed that the correlation between them could be described using the followinglogarithmic linear correlation model:lgC'(Z) = α(Z) + b(Z)lgC(Z).Therefore, by determining the chrono-sequence C(Z, t), where Z is the atomic number and t the year ofelemental contents in the annual growth rings of trees, we could get the chrono-sequence C'(Z, t) of elementalcontents in the soil, thus inferring the dynamic variations of relevant elemental contents in the soil.

Carbon and Nitrogen Transformations in Surface Soils Under Ermans Birch and Dark Coniferous Forests

Soil samples were taken from an Ermans birch （Betula ermanii）-dark coniferous forest （Picea jezoensis and Abies nephrolepis） ecotone growing on volcanic ejecta in the northern slope of Changbai Mountains of Northeast China, to compare soil carbon （C） and nitrogen （N） transformations in the two forests. The soil type is Umbri-Gelic Cambosols in Chinese Soil Taxonomy. Soil samples were incubated aerobically at 20℃ and field capacity of 700 g kg^-1 over a period of 27 weeks. The amount of soil microbial biomass and net N mineralization were higher in the Ermans birch than the dark coniferous forest （P 〈 0.05）, whereas the cumulative C mineralization （as CO2 emission） in the dark coniferous forest exceeded that in the Ermans birch （P 〈 0.05）. Release of the cumulative dissolved organic C and dissolved organic N were greater in the Ermans birch than the dark coniferous forest （P 〈 0.05）. The results suggested that differences of forest types could result in considerable change in soil C and N transformations.

Studies on the effects of bio-organic fertilizer on the physical and chemical characteristics of soil and the yield of cassava＊

Bio-organic fertilizer is a new type of fertilizer which have advantages of both organic manure and fertilizer. This study investigated the effects of bio-organic fertilizer on the growth and yield of cassava and the soil fertility. The study was carried out in the period of 2004-2005 and the material was cassava cultivar FUXUAN01. The bio-organic fertilizers were applied as basic fertilizers on four different levels of 450 kg/hm^2, 600 kg/hm^2, 750 kg/hm^2, 900 kg/hm^2 in this experiment. The growth of stem and leaf, the yield of earthnut and the starch content of tuber root of cassava and the unit weight, the hole percent, the content of organic matters, nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium, microbes, the activity of soil urease and invertase were analyzed during the experiment. The results showed that not only can the bio-organic fertilizer promote the growth of cassava stems and leaves, increase the chlorophyll content and the photosynthesis of leaves, improve the physiological metabolism of cassava, and strengthen physiological function of anti-senility, promote the transformation from photosynthetic organism to tuber root and increase the yield and starch content in the tuber root of cassava, but also decrease the soil unit weight, increase the hole percent of soil, promote microbe activity in the soil, increase the activity of soil urease and invertase, promote the availability of nutrients, increase the content of organic matters, available nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium, and increase the utilization rate of fertilizer. It was an effective way to apply the bio-organic fertilizer to increase the yield and starch content in the tuber root of cassava, improving the physical and chemical characters of soil and increasing the soil fertility.

Effects of Topography and Land use on Woody Plant Species Composition and Beta Diversity in an Arid Trans-Himalayan Landscape, Nepal

Distribution patterns of plant species are believed to be impacted by small-scale habitat heterogeneity. However, there have been few comparative studies examining how woody vegetation composition and diversity varies with aspects of different orientations in the Trans-Himalayan region at a local scale. Here, we examined the effects of incoming solar radiation on variation in woody species composition and compared the diversity between the northeast- and southwest-facing slopes in a Trans-Himalayan valley of Nepal. We also examined the implicit interactions between slope orientation and land use in determining the compositional variations between the slopes. We selected two pairs of northeast- and southwest-facing slopes where the first pair has a similar land use and differs in exposure only(Pisang site) while the other pair has clear differences in land use in addition to slope exposure(Braka site). In each site, we sampled 72 plots(36 on each slope) in which the presence and absence of woody species, environmental variables, and disturbance were recorded. Correspondence Analysis(CA) results suggested that the woody species composition significantly varied between northeast- and southwest-facing slopes at both sites, and was significantly correlated with measured environmental variables such as radiation index, altitude, and canopy openness. In the Braka site,mean alpha diversity was significantly higher on southwest-facing slopes. In contrast, beta diversity and gamma diversity were greater on northeast-facing slopes at both sites. Our results suggest that topographic variables(e.g., radiation index) affect species composition between the slopes, likely due to their influence on small scale abiotic environmental variables. However, the effects of land use, such as livestock browsing/grazing may interact with the effects of slope exposure, effectively reducing differences in species composition within slopes but enhancing the differences in beta diversity between contrasting slopes in the Braka. We conclude that slope orientation and land use are important factors in structuring the woody species composition and diversity in the arid Trans-Himalayan region. We suggest that both environmental and land use variables should be taken into consideration in future studies on plant community structure along the cultural landscapes.

An algorithm for earthwork allocation considering non-linear factors

For solving the optimization model of earthwork allocation considering non-linear factors,a hybrid algorithm combined with the ant algorithm(AA)and particle swarm optimization(PSO)is proposed in this paper.Then the proposed method and the LP method are used respectively in solving a linear allocation model of a high rockfill dam project.Results obtained by these two methods are compared each other.It can be concluded that the solution got by the proposed method is extremely approximate to the analytic solution of LP method.The superiority of the proposed method over the LP method in solving a non-linear allocation model is illustrated by a non-linear case.Moreover,further researches on improvement of the algorithm and the allocation model are addressed.

Ecological Consequences of Mechanization of the Wood Skidding Works in Greece

The movement of the wood skidding means on the natural ground causes damages in the soil and in the remaining stand, the size of which depends on the kind, the resistance and the soil conditions, from the size and movements frequency on the machines as well as from the length of the skidding wood. This study was carried out in a productive forest of Greece, the resistance of the soil in connection with the moisture and the category of the native stone, the pressure that tires of tractors exert in the soil, are estimated. It also estimated the percentage of the trees in the remaining stand which suffer damages from the movement of various means. The above means are used for the skidding of wood of different lengths. According to the results of the research some measures are suggested so as to decrease the damages, which are caused in the soil and in the remaining stand.

Effects of plant coverage on shrub fertile islands in the Upper Minjiang River Valley

The patchy distribution of vegetation in dry land results in well-documented "fertile islands". However, the response of shrub fertile islands to plant recovery and the underlying mechanisms, such as the linkage plant and soil properties, remain unknown.We sampled soils from areas with three different plant coverages(25%, 45%, and 75%) and three of their adjacent inter-plants to investigate soil physicochemical and microbial properties in the upper Minjiang River arid valley. The results showed that these factors were influenced by the persistence of plants that contrasted with the inter-plant interspaces. We found fertile islands in under-plant soil that were enhanced with increasing plant coverage, from 25% to 45% and 75%; however, there were no significant differences between 45% and 75% plant coverage apart from the soil clay content and the fungi to bacteria ratio. The soil microbial communities in under-plant soil were strongly influenced by the total soil carbon(TC), soil organic carbon(SOC),and available nitrogen(AN), whereas the microbial communities in inter-plant soil were primarily constrained by the AN and available phosphorous(AP). Moreover, the inter-plant soil properties, including gravimetric soil water content, pH, electrical conductivity(EC), and soil C:N ratio, were also strongly influenced by adjacent vegetation, which suggested that fertile islands may be beneficial for plant recovery in this region.

Impact of Lignosulfonate on Solution Chemistry and Phospholipid Fatty Acid Composition in Soils

An incubation experiment(Exp. 1) with three soils, two from Australia and one from Norway, was carried out to investigate the fate of dissolved BorreGro(a lignosulfonate, produced by Borregaard LignoTech Company, Norway) at different concentrations(0, 10 and 100 mg C L-1) in soil solutions. A rhizobox experiment(Exp. 2) was also done in a Norwegian clay soil, mixed with four levels of BorreGro-carbon(BG-C) added(0, 2, 20 and 200 mg BG-C kg-1) to test the impact of BorreGro on root growth, rhizosphere chemistry(pH, metals and dissolved organic carbon(DOC)) and the composition of phospholipid fatty acids(PLFAs). The BorreGro addition increased the concentration of Mn due to the high concentrations in BorreGro. The BorreGro addition to soil had an indirect but significant impact on the rhizosphere chemistry and PLFAs. The lowest amounts of added BorreGro facilitated the DOC excretion at plant roots, and thereby increased the bacterial and fungal biomass, likely as an effect of increased Mn solubility from BorreGro in the root zone.