黄土沟壑区植被恢复过程中植物群落组成及结构变化

在 1 98 1、1 988和 2 0 0 1年 3个时期调查数据的基础上 ,对纸坊沟流域恢复生态系统中的植物群落的组成和结构进行了对比研究。结果表明 :对于中度退化生态系统 ,短期封禁就能使草本群落得到明显恢复。主要表现在植物种类的增加、植被盖度的提高和生物量的提高 ,其增加幅度分别为 7%～ 73%、81 %～ 1 67%和 61 %～ 1 38%。伴随着植被恢复 ,植被保持水土功能增强。流域土壤侵蚀从封禁前的极强度侵蚀 ( 1 0 0 0 0～1 40 0 0 t/( km2·a) )减小到轻度侵蚀 ( 1 2 1 0 .2 t/( km2·a) )。中期封禁过程中群落盖度、生物量继续增加 ,水土保持功能进一步提高 ,但和短期封禁恢复相比 ,提高幅度较小 ,群落盖度和生物量分别增加了 3%～1 8%、- 4%～ 8%。随着植被水土保持功能的加强 ,土壤表层养分也逐渐提高。中期封禁后群落结构和短期封禁相比发生较大变化 ,其中天然草本群落中发生了优势种更替现象 ,但天然灌木群落和人工乔灌群落优势种变化不大或无变化 ;群落垂直结构变化表现为 :草本群落结构变化最大 ,人工乔木林次之 ,但灌丛结构变化相对较小。封禁消除了致使植被退化的影响因子后 ,促进了群落内物种的正常生长和繁殖 ,从而使群落生态功能得到恢复 ;群落生态功能的恢复使群落生境得到改善 ,从而又促进了植被     

黄土高原丘陵沟壑区封禁30年前后狼牙刺种群动态研究

以荒草坡为对照,对黄土高原丘陵沟壑区阳坡、半阳坡和半阴坡3个生境条件下经30年封禁后的狼牙刺种群动态进行系统研究,分析了种群的年龄结构、分布格局,编制了静态生命表,绘制了存活曲线. 结果表明,黄土高原丘陵沟壑区不同生境自然恢复的狼牙刺种群年龄结构均属于进展型,幼龄个体多,老龄个体少,其中以半阳坡种群密度最大,不同坡向狼牙刺种群的存活曲线均接近于DeeveyⅡ型.种群分布格局总体上呈聚集型,随年龄增加聚集强度增加.影响狼牙刺群落恢复和种群生长的环境因素主要是水分因子和光照因子.狼牙刺种群恢复状况良好,说明封禁措施是有效的.     

黄土高原半干旱区退化草地恢复与利用过程研究

草地退化表现为土壤和植被遭到彻底破坏,草地演替过程受到强烈抑制.实验采用长期(30年)封禁措施,定位监测退化草地从次生半裸地演变为近似原生植被(进展演替)的变化过程.结果表明,随着封禁时间的变化,退化草地恢复演替经历了4个阶段,群落盖度、植株密度、物种丰富度和多样性指数、地上生物量和地下生物量在草地群落恢复过程中逐渐增加,其特征变化出现的峰值均在封禁第20年(地下生物量峰值在第15年),其中地上生物量最高达520.5 g/m2;直到封禁的第20~25年,以本氏针茅为建群种的草原群落衰败退化现象明显,而大针茅种群密度剧增;在封禁的第26年以上以大针茅为优势的群落生长较为稳定,从目前群落演替进程看,大针茅有替代本氏针茅的趋势.另外,在草原沟道两侧以斑块状聚集分布有中旱生灌木,群落的演替进入了一个新的阶段.随着封禁时间的延续,退化草地从自然封禁恢复的0~26年,通过侵入-竞争-扩散-定居的几个演替阶段,目前形成以大针茅为建群种相对稳定的"亚顶级".虽然草地生物量有一定下降,但草地质量提高,物种多样性丰富,促进草地的进展演替.草地植物群落主要由禾本科、豆科和菊科组成;多年生植物、C3和旱生物种可以作为草地演替过程和植被恢复的指示物种.长期封育对草地物种更新和生态系统稳定性有负面影响,因此,合理的封育时间是草地生态恢复中非常重要的一个因素.本研究提出,在黄土区退化草地封育10~15年后可以开始进行合理的利用,例如通过两年一次刈割和轻度放牧(2只羊/hm2).本研究可为干旱区、半干旱区相似的退化草地恢复提供理论依据.     

种植密度对夏玉米产量和源库特性的影响

以高产玉米品种郑单958(ZD958)和登海661(DH661)为试验材料,在4个不同区域(山东农业大学、汶口、兖州和莱州)设置22500、45000、67500、90000和112500株.hm-25个种植密度,研究了种植密度对夏玉米产量及源库特性的影响.结果表明:两品种在112500株.hm-2密度条件下玉米籽粒产量和生物产量最高,分别为19132和36965kg.hm-2,与22500和67500株.hm-2密度相比,籽粒产量分别增加了72%和48%,生物产量分别增加了152%和112%.两品种单株叶面积、最大花丝数、穗粒数和千粒重随密度增大而减小,但叶面积指数随密度增大而显著提高.收获指数与粒叶比随密度增大而显著减小,当密度超过67500株.hm-2时差异不显著,表明高密度条件下玉米通过增加群体库来提高产量.     

播种期和种植密度对冬油菜籽粒产量和含油率的影响

通过田间试验研究了播种期和种植密度对冬油菜籽粒产量和含油率的影响.结果表明： 播种期主要影响分枝花序籽粒产量,而种植密度不仅影响分枝花序籽粒产量,还对主花序籽粒产量产生一定影响;籽粒含油率不受播种期的影响.主花序籽粒产量占单株籽粒产量的比例随种植密度的增加而升高,主花序籽粒含油率比分枝花序高约1%,因此小区籽粒含油率随种植密度的增加显著升高.研究区冬油菜播种期不能晚于10月中旬,10月下旬播种会显著降低籽粒产量;种植密度在每平方米36～48株可以提高冬油菜籽粒产量和含油率.     

黄土高原草地植被碳密度的空间分布特征

草地是世界上分布最广的植被类型之一,作为陆地生态系统的重要组成部分,参与了全球碳源/汇及碳循环过程,在全球气候变化中扮演着重要角色,并对其产生重大影响。以黄土高原草地植被为研究对象,结合国家退耕还林草与封山禁牧工程的实施,对封禁前后的天然草地和退化草地,采用样带多点调查与多年定位测定相结合的方法,分析了黄土高原不同类型草地植物活体、凋落物和根系碳密度分布格局与地带性规律,系统研究了黄土高原不同草地类型退化草地和封禁草地生物量与碳密度沿海拔及降水梯度的时空变异特征,阐述了影响草地碳密度分布的主要驱动因子及其作用机理。结果表明:4种草地类型3种处理的草地生物量和碳密度自西北向东南均与降雨量呈指数增长趋势,并随海拔降低而显著降低,且二者呈显著的线性回归关系;各草地类型地上/地下生物量与碳密度分布规律均为荒漠草原<丘陵典型草原<梁塬典型草原<草甸草原;封禁11a草地活体植物、凋落物和根系碳密度总量:荒漠草原为7.066 t/hm2,丘陵典型草原为8.080 t/hm2,梁塬典型草原为15.319 t/hm2,草甸草原为20.982 t/hm2,分别是退化草地的14.8、8.33、6.5倍和15.88倍。充分表明,封禁不仅能使草地植被恢复和生物量提高,而且也是草地生产力和碳密度增加的一条重要途径。由此可见,气候干旱和草地退化是影响草地生物量和碳密度的关键因素,系统研究黄土高原封禁草地生物量增长与碳密度变化过程,将会对未来全球气候变化分析作出重要贡献。     

玉米产量对密度的敏感性研究

作物的密度敏感性反映了稳产性,是广义作物耐密性的重要组成部分.密度敏感性可以用敏感度表示,它是当密度偏离最适值1株/m^2时,产量-密度的单峰曲线上两条切线的到角,取值0°~180°,据此将密度敏感性划分为5个等级.密度敏感度的上界是最适单株产量的严格增函数.对中国上世纪60年代以来155个玉米密度试验产量结果作密度敏感性分析,发现密度敏感度接近对数正态分布,中位数为49°,极不敏感和不敏感两个等级占总数的68.4%.密度敏感度揭示了密度与稳产性的关系,在玉米及其它作物研究中具有重要应用价值.     

黄土高原丘陵沟壑区狼牙刺群落恢复过程中的种间联结性研究

为了阐明狼牙刺群落恢复过程中种间关系动态特征及其与群落稳定性关系,通过对29个样地调查,采用2×2列联表、方差分析、χ2检验及Jaccard指数分析,对黄土高原丘陵沟壑区经过8a,20a,30a封禁的狼牙刺群落中主要种群间联结性进行了比较研究.结果表明,在封禁8a的的群落中,种群间总体联结性表现出一定程度的正相关,但种间关系不够稳定.封禁20a的群落中,主要种群间总体相关性表现出显著正相关,主要种群间显著负关联种对明显减少,正关联种对增加.封禁30a的群落,种群间负关联进一步减少,主要种群间总体间表现出极显著的正相关,种间关系逐步趋于稳定.随着狼牙刺种群恢复,主要种群间关系日趋复杂,种间关系除过受非生物因素影响,还有物种对环境的改善、物种之间相互适应与竞争等生物因素影响,部分种间关系逐渐演化成共存互利关系.群落中强阳性的植物减少,中生性的植物增加,种群间关系逐步达到相对稳定的阶段.采取封禁措施,减少人为干扰,是狼牙刺群落恢复的有效途径.     

金沙江干热河谷草地土壤种子库与植被的相关性

2004年对金沙江干热河谷典型退化山地草地进行了封禁,并在2005和2006年对封禁草地土壤种子库、植被群落组成、植被密度及土壤种子库种群密度和植被种群密度的相关性等进行了分析.结果表明:土壤种子库密度与封禁当年植被密度呈极显著正相关(P＜0.01),回归方程呈二次曲线;土壤种子库单一种群与其植被种群的相关分析表明,扭黄茅、升马唐、丝叶球柱草、两歧飘拂草种群的土壤种子库与植被密度呈极显著正相关(P＜0.01),双穗雀稗、白顶早熟禾、洱源荩草、酢浆草、鬼针草、叶下珠种群的土壤种子库与植被密度呈极显著负相关(P＜0.01).     

种植密度对不同耐密性春玉米基部茎节维管束及根系伤流的影响

选用不同耐密性玉米品种‘郑单958’(密植品种)和‘辽单526’(稀植品种)为材料,设置4个不同的密度水平,分别在拔节期和乳熟期采用徒手切片显微观测基部茎秆内部维管束结构变化,采集茎基部伤流液测定其主要成份含量并计算伤流强度,以期为春玉米的密植高产提供理论依据.结果显示:(1)在拔节期,‘郑单958’维管束结构对密度变化反应相对敏感,而‘辽单526’维管束结构在各密度间并无显著差异;当密度最大时,‘辽单526’伤流强度的下降程度要大于‘郑单958’,但两品种伤流液成分对密度反应无明显变化.(2)在乳熟期,密度对‘郑单958’维管束结构无显著影响,而‘辽单526’在密度增加后维管束结构各指标明显下降且与对照(适宜密度)差异显著;各密度‘郑单958’的伤流强度均大于‘辽单526’,增加密度会提高两品种伤流液中可溶性糖的含量,尤其以‘辽单526’增加更显著.(3)在高于对照密度条件下,两品种的籽粒产量都不同程度低于对照,但‘辽单526’产量降低程度要大于‘郑单958’.研究表明,密植性玉米对密度压力的反应要早于稀植性玉米,其在高密度表现出的适应性也要优于稀植性玉米,这从茎基部的结构和功能上揭示了玉米品种耐密性差异的生理基础.     

Public Opinion about the Importance of Privacy in Biobank Research

Concerns about privacy may deter people from participating in genetic research. Recruitment and retention of biobank participants requires understanding the nature and magnitude of these concerns. Potential participants in a proposed biobank were asked about their willingness to participate, their privacy concerns, informed consent, and data sharing. A representative survey of 4659 U.S. adults was conducted. Ninety percent of respondents would be concerned about privacy, 56% would be concerned about researchers having their information, and 37% would worry that study data could be used against them. However, 60% would participate in the biobank if asked. Nearly half (48%) would prefer to provide consent once for all research approved by an oversight panel, whereas 42% would prefer to provide consent for each project separately. Although 92% would allow academic researchers to use study data, 80% and 75%, respectively, would grant access to government and industry researchers. Concern about privacy was related to lower willingness to participate only when respondents were told that they would receive $50 for participation and would not receive individual research results back. Among respondents who were told that they would receive $200 or individual research results, privacy concerns were not related to willingness. Survey respondents valued both privacy and participation in biomedical research. Despite pervasive privacy concerns, 60% would participate in a biobank. Assuring research participants that their privacy will be protected to the best of researchers'' abilities may increase participants'' acceptance of consent for broad research uses of biobank data by a wide range of researchers.     

中国园林生态学发展综述

运用文献计量等方法对已有科研成果进行统计分析,结果表明:中国近50年园林生态学科领域科研发展经过了起步探索(1962-1981)、缓慢发展(1982-2001)、快速发展(2002-2011)3个时期,园林生态学作为生态学一个新的分支学科,于20世纪90年代末初见端倪,作为一门新兴独立的应用生态学分支学科于21世纪初已基本形成.中国园林生态学领域的研究包括园林生态系统中生物与环境相互作用关系问题、人与环境相互作用关系问题以及园林生态系统与其他生态系统之间相互作用关系问题.当代园林生态研究主要有生态效益研究、生物与环境研究、人的需求与行为研究、生态规划与生态管理研究4个方面,目前园林生态学研究主要侧重生物与环境研究和生态效益研究,两方面的研究成果占总体研究成果的76.3％.不同研究方面也有各自的侧重点,如生物与环境研究侧重对植物的研究,生态效益研究侧重净化环境、水土保持和防灾减灾,生态规划与生态管理研究则侧重生态规划与设计.对四个研究方面的论文主题词检索和高频主题关键词的分布进行统计,结果显示,研究的热点有多样性、群落、水土保持、防灾避险、净化环境、生态规划与设计等.对CNKI中4个研究方面成果中获基金资助项目论文进行统计(不排重),总体成果中基金项目论文所占比重为10.8％,国家和地方基金是园林生态学科研基金资助的主要来源,基金论文比例之和达到85.4％,且国家和地方基金资助论文较多的是“生态与环境研究”和“生态效益研究”,合计占基金论文79.1％.SCI-E中收录的文献基金论文率为47.1％,是CNKI数据库收录的文献基金论文率的4.3倍,且国际基金是基金论文的主要资助来源之一,说明中国园林生态学领域部分科研成果得到国际学界关注.基于CNKI相关主题词统计,“园林生态学”的研究成果只有“景观生态学”的1％,“城市生态学”的8.3％,“园林生态学”学科系统理论研究在相关生态学科研究中所占比重很低,其理论和方法研究还较薄弱.今后在进一步完善学科理论体系、持续开展生态效益和园林植物研究的同时,为更好地研究和解决人-自然复合生态系统问题,提供更多的科学理论支撑,还需拓展交叉生态心理学或环境心理学等其他相关理论,更多地关注人与环境互相作用关系以及生态规划与生态管理等方面的研究,既使环境更好地满足人的行为需求,也使人认识到改变一些行为能更好地保护环境.     

The use of live apes in research in the twenty-first century

A literature-based survey was conducted on the use of live apes in research between 2000 and 2003. The 599 studies identified and considered were grouped according to area of research, taxonomy and geographic location of the work. The results suggested that behaviour/cognition, conservation and various applications related to virology (most notably, hepatitis and HIV) were the most frequent areas of research. Of the studies, 73% were classified as non-invasive, whereas 27% were classified as invasive. Among the invasive studies, 39% were scored as of mild severity, and 61% were scored as of moderate/substantial severity. Pan species were involved in 65% of the studies, Gorilla species in 15%, Pongo species in 12%, and Hylobates species in 8%. Most of the invasive research was conducted in the USA (60%). The majority of the non-invasive research was conducted in the USA (31%), Japan (13%), or in the animals natural habitats in Africa (35%) and Asia (8%).     

Obesity Research in Canada: Literature Overview of the Last 3 Decades

Objective: To identify research published on obesity in Canada, to explore the range of areas studied, and to identify gaps and areas that merit future research attention. Research Methods and Procedures: Medline and International Pharmaceutical Abstracts databases were searched from 1970 onwards. Original articles were identified and categorized by areas of interest. Results: A total of 1186 relevant articles were identified: 17, 136, 687, and 346 articles during the 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, and 2000 to 2003, respectively. Of the articles, 816 were considered original studies and accepted for this analysis. Twelve research areas were identified: basic science involving animal experiments (29%), human experiments (16%), populations surveys (14%), obesity‐related comorbidities (13%), diagnostic/surgical issues (11%), nonpharmacological approaches (7%), drug‐related issues (4%), anthropometrics (2%), impact of weight loss (2%), cost/healthcare use (1%), attitudes/perceptions (0.9%), and models/procedures (0.5%). Two‐thirds of all research was conducted in Quebec (34%) and Ontario (33%). Discussion: Given the multifactorial nature of obesity, Canadian obesity research covers a broad range of areas with a predominance of basic science but lesser emphasis on community and primary care studies. Furthermore, there was a paucity of research on either clinical management of medical conditions in obese patients or clinical aspects that go beyond weight loss. Thus, although Canada appears well represented in basic research, more attention to exploration of clinical issues and healthcare delivery for obese patients appears warranted.     

Zoom on the excellence of biomedical research in France

Among the key benchmarks in assessing research excellence is the production and recognition of scientific discoveries for innovation. Despite the growing use of bibliometric indicators for policy-making purposes, there is still no consensus concerning the appropriate measures of research excellence. In this study, we examine the performance of France in biomedical sciences using several ISI-based indicators. We focus on the results provided by these two selective indicators: the absolute numbers and proportion of papers published in the very high-impact journals (above 20) and in the 1 % of the most highly cited papers. Furthermore, we present the detailed analysis of the Top 1 % French biomedical articles. On this basis we identify the crucial fields, the most active centres per speciality and the networks and the degree of international collaboration resulting from different types of research. These results provide an objective demonstration that the French biomedical research meets with high international standards and contributes to the world core research.     

The joint cardiovascular research profile of the university medical centres in the Netherlands

Biomedical scientific research in the Netherlands has a good reputation worldwide. Quantitatively, the university medical centres (UMCs) deliver about 40?% of the total number of scientific publications of this research. Analysis of the bibliometric output data of the UMCs shows that their research is highly cited. These output-based analyses also indicate the high impact of cardiovascular scientific research in these centres, illustrating the strength of this research in the Netherlands. A set of six joint national cardiovascular research topics selected by the UMCs can be recognised. At the top are heart failure, rhythm disorder research and atherosclerosis. National collaboration of top scientists in consortia in these three areas is successful in acquiring funding of large-scale programs. Our observations suggest that funding national consortia of experts focused on a few selected research topics may increase the international competitiveness of cardiovascular research in the Netherlands.     

Influence of pet ownership on opinions towards the use of animals in biomedical research

Abstract

The present study investigated the relationship between pet ownership and opinions on the use of animals in medical research. A questionnaire was answered by 484 schoolteacher students and 156 pre-school teacher students from Uppsala University, Sweden. Animal use was found to be of significant importance for developing treatments for human disease by 59 percent of respondents, but 15 percent did not agree. Forty-four percent thought that it was morally acceptable to use animals in biomedical research, while 25 percent did not. A significantly higher proportion of those who reported experience in the use of animals in research from university teaching morally accepted and understood the importance of using animals in biomedical research, compared with students without this background. Fifty-eight percent of the students were pet owners and the most common species owned were the cat and the dog. A lower proportion of pet owners (39%) found it acceptable to use pet species in biomedical research than did non-pet owners (52%).     

Examining the impact of health research facilitated by small peer-reviewed research operating grants in a women's and children's health centre

Background

There has been limited research on the impact of research funding for small, institutional grants. The IWK Health Centre, a children and women's hospital in Maritime Canada, provides small amounts (up to $15,000) of research funding for staff and trainees at all levels of experience through its Research Operating Grants. These grants are rigorously peer-reviewed. To evaluate the impact of these grants, an assessment was completed of several different areas of impact.

Findings

An online questionnaire was sent to 64 Principal Investigators and Co-Investigators from Research Operating Grants awarded from 2004 to 2006. The questionnaire was designed to assess five areas of potential impact: (1) research, (2) policy, (3) practice, (4) society and (5) personal. Research impact reported by participants included publications (72%), presentations (82%) and knowledge transfer beyond the traditional formats (51%). Practice impact was reported by 67% of participants, policy impact by 15% and societal impact by 18%. All participants reported personal impact.

Conclusions

Small research grants yield similar impacts to relatively large research grants. Regardless of the total amount of research funds awarded, rigorously peer-reviewed research projects have the potential for significant impact at the level of knowledge transfer and changes in clinical practice and policy. Additional findings in the present research indicate that small awards have the potential to have significant impact on the individual grant holder across a variety of capacity building variables. These personal impacts are particularly noteworthy in the context of developing the research programs of novice researchers.

     

An evaluation of the multidisciplinary approach to psychiatric diagnosis in elderly people.

OBJECTIVE--To determine the accuracy of psychiatric diagnoses made by two community psychogeriatric teams operating a multidisciplinary assessment procedure. DESIGN--Comparison of team diagnosis with independent formal assessment and consensus diagnosis by research psychiatrists. SETTING--Two community psychogeriatric teams with similar operational policies in an inner London health district. SUBJECTS--100 people aged 65-90 (70 women) newly referred to the teams. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES--Concordance between team and research diagnoses. RESULTS--Agreement between team and research diagnoses ranged from 90% to 99% for the specific psychiatric disorders studied. There was no significant difference between medical and non-medical team members in their diagnostic performance compared with the research psychiatrists. Increased diagnostic accuracy by team members was associated with longer experience of team working, regardless of the team members'' professional background. CONCLUSIONS--The multidisciplinary approach to the assessment of referrals to these community teams for the elderly is not associated with misdiagnosis of psychiatric disorder.     

Artificial intelligence applications in medical imaging: A review of the medical physics research in Italy

PurposeTo perform a systematic review on the research on the application of artificial intelligence (AI) to imaging published in Italy and identify its fields of application, methods and results.Materials and MethodsA Pubmed search was conducted using terms Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Deep learning, imaging, and Italy as affiliation, excluding reviews and papers outside time interval 2015–2020. In a second phase, participants of the working group AI4MP on Artificial Intelligence of the Italian Association of Physics in Medicine (AIFM) searched for papers on AI in imaging.ResultsThe Pubmed search produced 794 results. 168 studies were selected, of which 122 were from Pubmed search and 46 from the working group. The most used imaging modality was MRI (44%) followed by CT(12%) ad radiography/mammography (11%). The most common clinical indication were neurological diseases (29%) and diagnosis of cancer (25%). Classification was the most common task for AI (57%) followed by segmentation (16%). 65% of studies used machine learning and 35% used deep learning. We observed a rapid increase of research in Italy on artificial intelligence in the last 5 years, peaking at 155% from 2018 to 2019.ConclusionsWe are witnessing an unprecedented interest in AI applied to imaging in Italy, in a diversity of fields and imaging techniques. Further initiatives are needed to build common frameworks and databases, collaborations among different types of institutions, and guidelines for research on AI.