中国北方草原区捕捉器样品与表土样品中的花粉组合对比研究表明,两种取样方法获得的花粉组合相似性较好,乔木花粉含量多低于10%,灌木花粉含量多低于5%,草本花粉含量多高于75%;共有的花粉种类占总花粉种类数的74.3%;蒿属和藜科是花粉组合的最主要成分;荒漠草原区常见麻黄和白刺花粉,典型草原区多为狼毒和莎草科花粉。花粉组合与气候关系的DCCA(降趋典型对应分析)分析结果显示,花粉组合与最冷月温度的相关性最显著,其次为年降水量。捕捉器样品与表土样品中的花粉组成也存在一定差异,表现为前者较后者出现更多的花粉类型,前者的蒿属、藜科花粉含量低于70%,后者的则高于70%。荒漠草原区花粉通量低于典型草原区,反映典型草原区植被较荒漠草原区发育,花粉产量高于荒漠草原区。典型草原区表土花粉浓度也明显高于荒漠草原区(高一数量级),除典型草原区植被发育、花粉产量高的原因外,荒漠草原区不利于花粉保存,也是造成花粉浓度低的另一个重要原因。花粉组合判别分析表明,捕捉器样品和表土样品均能较好地区分出荒漠草原与典型草原,但捕捉器样品交叉检验结果好于表土样品。
Correlation analyses have been conducted between pollen assemblages of Tauber traps and surface soil samples in the steppe area of northern China. The results indicate that the pollen assemblages from these two sampling methods have a good similarity, i.e. arbors content is lower than 10%, shrub content lower than 5% and herbs content higher than 75%. The pollen types held by all assemblages constitute 74. 3% of the total amount. Artemisia and Chenopodiaceae are the main components of pollen assemblages. Ephedra and Nitraia usually occur in the desert steppe areas, while Stellera and Cyperaeeae pollens dominate the typical steppe areas. The DCCA analyses show that pollen assemblages have the most obvious relationship with the severe cold month temperature and a more obvious relationship with the annual precipitation. The pollen components of Tauber traps are different from those of the surface soil samples. The former has more pollen types than the latter; the pollen content of Artemisia and Chenopodiaeeae is lower than 70%, while the latter higher than 70%. The pollen content of the desert steppe areas is lower than that of the typical steppe areas, which indicates vegetations are well developed in the typical steppe areas and their pollen production higher than the desert steppe areas, the pollen density of the surface soil samples in typical steppe area is obviously higher than in desert steppe areas which is due to the well developed vegetation and higher pollen production of the desert steppe area, and the poor preservation of the pollens in the desert steppe area. The Tauber traps samples and surface soil samples both can distinguish desert steppe area from typical steppe area, while cross experiment results of Tauber traps sample are better than surface soil samples.