浙江雁荡山蝴蝶种类调查初报

初步查清浙江雁荡山境内蝴蝶种类有118种,隶属于9科77属,其中凤蝶科Papilionidae 21种,粉蝶科Pieridae 10种,环蝶科Amathusiidae 1种,眼蝶科Satyridae 15种,蛱蝶科Nymphalidae 34种,珍蝶科Acraeidae 1种,蚬蝶科Riodinidae 3种,灰蝶科Lycaenidae 17种,弄蝶科Hesperiidae 16种;浙江省新记录种7种,新记录属1属.这些蝴蝶分布在雁荡山15037 hm2范围内.     

广州市蝴蝶群落结构与多样性

2005年5月-2006年12月对广州市蝴蝶资源进行调查,对该区域蝴蝶群落的物种组成、结构特点和多样性进行了分析.共记述蝴蝶10科45属73种;个体数量以粉蝶科最多,蛱蝶科、凤蝶科次之;各科蝴蝶物种丰富度以蛱蝶科最高,Margalef丰度指数为3.87,凤蝶科、眼蝶科次之;各科的种多样性指数大小依次为凤蝶科、蛱蝶科、眼蝶科、粉蝶科、弄蝶科、灰蝶科、环蝶科、蚬蝶科、斑蝶科和珍蝶科;属多样性指数大小依次为蛱蝶科、粉蝶科、眼蝶科、弄蝶科、凤蝶科、灰蝶科、环蝶科、蚬蝶科、斑蝶科和珍蝶科;凤蝶科均匀度最高,Pielou均匀度指数为0.90,其次为弄蝶科和灰蝶科.     

中国蝶类2属7种新记录(鳞翅目:锤角亚目)

本文报道产于云南南部的中国蝴蝶2个新记录属及7个新记录种:新记录属为奕弄蝶属Iton de Niceéville, 1895和帕米灰蝶属Pamela Hemming, 1935;新记录种为弄蝶科Hesperiidae的素绿弄蝶Choaspes subcaudatus(C.&R. Felder, 1867)、沃氏奕弄蝶Iton watsonii(de Nicéville, 1890)、暗色梳翅弄蝶Ctenoptilum multiguttatum de Nicéville,1890和马氏陀弄蝶Thoressa masoni(Moore,[1879]),灰蝶科Lycaenidae的雅燕灰蝶Rapala duma(Hewitson, 1878)和帕米灰蝶Pamela dudgeonii(de Nicéville, 1894),蛱蝶科Nymphalidae的坎带蛱蝶Athyma kanwa Moore, 1858。所有种类附简要描述。     

琅琊山蝶类资源调查初报

在安徽省滁州市琅琊山国家级森林公园采集到凤蝶科蝴蝶５属１０种、蛱蝶科１２属１７种、粉蝶科３属５种、眼蝶科３属４种、灰蝶科１０属１２种、喙蝶科１属１种、弄蝶科３属４种。其中,１种为我国特有珍稀蝶类,３１种为安徽省新记录,并记录各种蝴蝶的学名,寄主和区系组成。     

内蒙古黑里河自然保护区蝴蝶种类初报

2004~2006年初步查清内蒙古黑里河自然保护区的蝴蝶种类,隶属于7科,37种,其中凤蝶科Papilionidae 2种、粉蝶科Pieridae 7种、眼蝶科Satyridae 6种、蛱蝶科Nymphalidae 16种、灰蝶科Lycaenidae 2种、弄蝶科Hesperiidae 3种、绢蝶科Parnassiidae 1种。     

陕西延安市区蝶类多样性初探

延安市区有蝶类6科25属36种,其中凤蝶科2属3种;粉蝶科5属8种;眼蝶科3属5种;蛱蝶科7属10种;灰蝶科7属9种;弄蝶科1属1种。陕西省新记录5种。区系分析表明,该地区以广布种为优势种。     

横断山区的蝶类资源与珍稀蝴蝶的保护

横断山区的蝶类561种,隶属于12科,208属.在12科中,种类最多的是蛱蝶科148种,其次是眼蝶科117种,灰蝶科65种,凤蝶科63种,粉蝶科60种,弄蝶科60种,蚬蝶科18种,绢蝶科12种,斑蝶科9种,环蝶科6种,喙蝶科2种,珍蝶科1种.分布于横断山区的珍稀蝴蝶有44种,其中国家Ⅰ级保护的1种,Ⅱ级保护的3种.     

青海玉树地区蝶类及其区系分析

本文报道了玉树地区的蝶类７科３０属４７种,其中凤蝶科１种,绢蝶科８种,粉蝶科１０种,眼蝶科１０种,蛱蝶科１２种,灰蝶科５种,弄蝶科１种,青海省新记录５种,以古北区为优势成分。     

中国蝴蝶一属四种新纪录(鳞翅目:锤角亚目)(英文)

报道中国蝴蝶新纪录1属4种:新纪录属为索灰蝶属Suasa de Nicéville,1890;新纪录种为弄蝶科的纹毛弄蝶Darpa striata(H.Druce,1873)、蛱蝶科的米纹黛眼蝶Lethe minerva(Fabricius,1775)、灰蝶科的帝娆灰蝶Arhopala dispar Rileyet Godfrey,1921和哈燕灰蝶Rapala hades(de Nicéville,1895),并附简要描述对比及野外观察记录。     

三亚市蝴蝶多样性调查

于2013—2014年对三亚市内4个行政区(崖州区、天涯区、吉阳区、海棠区)的蝴蝶进行了调查,统计了不同环境的蝴蝶种类及数量。结果表明:共记述蝴蝶9科、49属、78种;物种多样性,粉蝶科蛱蝶科眼蝶科眼蝶科灰蝶科=凤蝶科斑蝶科环蝶科=珍蝶科=弄碟科,粉蝶科最高,占总数的23.07%;在4种生境中,崖州区的林地具有最高的多样性指数H和优势度指数D;居民区和农田的相似性系数最大,为0.200,林地和水域次之,为0.172。这说明三亚市蝴蝶物种多样性与生境类型密切相关。     

中国黛眼蝶属一新种和一新亚种记述(鳞翅目,蛱蝶科,眼蝶亚科)(英文)

记述了中国眼蝶亚科Satyrinae黛眼蝶属Lethe Hbner,18191新种和1新亚种——浅色黛眼蝶Lethe tingeda sp.nov.,比目黛眼蝶宝兴亚种Lethe proxima baoxingensis ssp.nov.,模式标本保存于西北农林科技大学昆虫博物馆。比目黛眼蝶宝兴亚种,新亚种Lethe proxima baoxingensis ssp.nov.(图1～7)新亚种与比目黛眼蝶指名亚种Lethe proxima proxima Leech相似,主要区别是:后翅正面亚缘只有2枚眼斑;前翅反面外横带不规则弯曲;后翅反面Cu2、2A脉间外横线强烈弯折。淡色黛眼蝶,新种Lethe tingeda sp.nov.(图8～14)新种与棕褐黛眼蝶Lethe christophi(Leech)相似,主要区别是:颜色较浅;雄蝶后翅性标斑小,水滴状,覆有黑色毛簇,而非烙斑状;后翅反面cu1室内无眼斑;m3室内眼斑瞳点不扩大;翅反面前后翅外横线不连贯;雄性外生殖器囊突较粗短;钩突近端部背侧隆起较强。     

太湖两种大型沉水植物无机碳利用效率差异及其机理

该文通过pH值漂移实验比较了太湖常见的两种沉水植物菹草(Potamogeton crispus)和马来眼子菜(P. malaianus)对无机碳利用效率的差异,并测定两者无机碳吸收关键酶——碳酸酐酶的活性,探讨了两者无机碳吸收效率差异的原因。根据太湖自然水体的无机碳条件设定了3种不同碱度条件,测定起点pH值和无机碳条件。不同碱度下pH值漂移变化和总无机碳/碱度比值的结果表明,两个种均能利用${HCO_{3}}^{-}$,适应低无机碳条件。两者对${HCO_{3}}^{-}$的吸收速率决定于其浓度大小,该离子浓度越大,光合速率越高。但是对${HCO_{3}}^{-}$的吸收速率存在差异:马来眼子菜在各碱度下终点pH值显著高于菹草,整体光合速率较高。CO₂-光合速率响应曲线表明,在高pH值(CO₂受到限制)时,马来眼子菜对CO₂亲和力较大。尽管菹草在pH值较低(6.5~7.0)时有相对较高的光合速率,但是基于太湖自然水体夏季高pH值(>8.5)条件,马来眼子菜具有更大的生长优势,成为优势种群。两者无机碳吸收速率的差异是造成它们生活史差异和时间生态位的一重要原因。同时,马来眼子菜碳酸酐酶活性明显高于菹草,表明在相同无机碳条件下,前者催化${HCO_{3}}^{-}$与CO₂之间的转化效率更高,这可能是造成两者无机碳吸收速率差异的原因。     

Decomposition-rate estimation of leaf litter in karst forests in China based on a mathematical model

Aims

The objectives of the study were to analyze the relationship between decomposition rates and initial chemistry of leaf litter and to establish an optimal model to predict the decomposition rates of a large number of plant species in karst forests of China.

Methods

We determined the decomposition rate of leaf litter from 21 representative species in karst forests through a litterbag experiment. Using Akaike information criteria, we selected an optimal model among 925 regression models of decomposition rate based on initial chemistry indexes to estimate annual leaf-litter-decomposition rate for an additional 96 important species.

Results

Of the 21 representative species, Elaeocarpus decipiens and Phoebe sheareri exhibited the highest (62.85 %) and lowest (23.50 %) annual decomposition rates, respectively. In the first and second quarters, climatic conditions were not advantageous to decomposition, but 20 species reached their highest decomposition rate. Most of 117 tested species accumulated fewer nutrients and more non-easily-decomposed materials in their leaf litter than plant species in non-karst forests. The selected optimal model was: $ \mathrm{annual} \ \mathrm{decomposition} \ \mathrm{rate}=111.838-0.114\;\left( {\mathrm{total} \ \mathrm{carbon}} \right)+0.021\;\left( {\mathrm{total} \ \mathrm{nitrogen}} \right)+0.068\;\left( {\mathrm{total} \ \mathrm{potassium}} \right)-0.027\;\left( {\mathrm{lignin}} \right)-0.398\;\left( {\mathrm{tannin}} \right)-0.015\;\left( {\mathrm{starch}} \right) $ . Predicted annual leaf-litter-decomposition rates of the additional 96 tree species were 20–80 %.

Conclusions

This study enhances our understanding of leaf-litter decomposition for plant species in karst forests and provides a method for estimating annual leaf-litter-decomposition rates.     

Retention of Dissolved Inorganic Nitrogen by Foliage and Twigs of Four Temperate Tree Species

Nitrogen (N) retention by tree canopies is believed to be an important process for tree nutrient uptake, and its quantification is a key issue in determining the impact of atmospheric N deposition on forest ecosystems. Due to dry deposition and retention by other canopy elements, the actual uptake and assimilation by the tree canopy is often obscured in throughfall studies. In this study, ¹⁵N-labeled solutions ( $ ^{15} {\text{NH}}_{4}^{ + } $ and $ ^{15} {\text{NO}}_{3}^{ - } $ ) were used to assess dissolved inorganic N retention by leaves/needles and twigs of European beech, pedunculate oak, silver birch, and Scots pine saplings. The effects of N form, tree species, leaf phenology, and applied $ {\text{NO}}_{3}^{ - } $ to $ {\text{NH}}_{4}^{ + } $ ratio on the N retention were assessed. Retention patterns were mainly determined by foliar uptake, except for Scots pine. In twigs, a small but significant ¹⁵N enrichment was detected for $ {\text{NH}}_{4}^{ + } $ , which was found to be mainly due to physicochemical adsorption to the woody plant surface. The mean $ {{^{15} {\text{NH}}_{4}^{ + } } \mathord{\left/ {\vphantom {{^{15} {\text{NH}}_{4}^{ + } } {^{15} {\text{NO}}_{3}^{ - } }}} \right. \kern-0em} {^{15} {\text{NO}}_{3}^{ - } }} $ retention ratio varied considerably among species and phenological stadia, which indicates that the use of a fixed ratio in the canopy budget model could lead to an over- or underestimation of the total N retention. In addition, throughfall water under each branch was collected and analyzed for $ ^{15} {\text{NH}}_{4}^{ + } $ , $ ^{15} {\text{NO}}_{3}^{ - } $ , and all major ions. Net throughfall of $ ^{15} {\text{NH}}_{4}^{ + } $ was, on average, 20 times higher than the actual retention of $ ^{15} {\text{NH}}_{4}^{ + } $ by the plant material. This difference in $ ^{15} {\text{NH}}_{4}^{ + } $ retention could not be attributed to pools and fluxes measured in this study. The retention of $ ^{15} {\text{NH}}_{4}^{ + } $ was correlated with the net throughfall of K⁺, Mg²⁺, Ca²⁺, and weak acids during leaf development and the fully leafed period, while no significant relationships were found for $ ^{15} {\text{NO}}_{3}^{ - } $ retention. This suggests that the main driving factors for $ {\text{NH}}_{4}^{ + } $ retention might be ion exchange processes during the start and middle of the growing season and passive diffusion at leaf senescence. Actual assimilation or abiotic uptake of N through leaves and twigs was small in this study, for example, 1–5% of the applied dissolved ¹⁵N, indicating that the impact of canopy N retention from wet deposition on forest productivity and carbon sequestration is likely limited.     

Long-term grazing affects relationships between nitrogen form uptake and biomass of alpine meadow plants

Trade-off between nutrient uptake rate and product accumulation has been found among species characterized as acquisitive and conservative strategies in resource utilization. However, long-term grazing causes changes in soil nutrient availability and plant species abundance by selective foraging and resource allocation between above- and belowground organs, which may cover up such trade-off. However, little is known whether the trade-off can be observed among species in community without grazing disturbance, and how grazing influences the trade-off. We conducted a ¹⁵N labelling experiment in winter grazing and grazing release alpine meadow communities on the Tibet Plateau. We examined changes in N form uptake of 11 common species and relationship of N chemical uptake rate with aboveground biomass. Grazing release increased soil \({\text{NH}}_{4}^{ + }\)–N and \({\text{NO}}_{3}^{ - }\)–N, and increased \({\text{NO}}_{3}^{ - }\)–N uptake rate in two species and \({\text{NH}}_{4}^{ + }\)–N uptake rate in three species. Meanwhile, grazing release decreased aboveground biomass of three species and two of them belong to those species’ increased N uptake rate. Contrarily, grazing release increased aboveground biomass of four species and none belongs to the changed N uptake rate. Thus, grazing release caused changes of plant nutrient uptake rate and aboveground production in different directions, which explains the negative relationship of N uptake rate with aboveground biomass in ungrazed community. Our results indicate that the increase in nutrient uptake is probably one of the mechanisms for acquisitive species to cope with the raising nutrient availability and/or competition from the conservative dominant grasses after grazing release.     

Correlation of body temperature and of respiration rate of swine with environmental temperature

Correlation analyses were carried out to determine relation of body temperature and respiration rate of three breeds of swine to the environmental temperature. Coefficients of regression were determined for a prediction equation of the form:

$$\begin{array}{*{20}c} {y = a + b_1 x_1 + b_2 x_2 + b_3 x_3 + b_4 x_4 + b_5 x_5 } \\ {where,y = body temperature} \\ {\begin{array}{*{20}c} {x_1 = respiration rate} \\ {x_2 = body weight} \\ {\begin{array}{*{20}c} {x_3 = sex} \\ {x_4 = environmental temperature} \\ {x_5 = x_1 x_4 } \\ \end{array} } \\ \end{array} } \\ \end{array}$$     

Can juvenogens,biochemically targeted hormonogen compounds,assist in environmentally safe insect pest management?

Two different types of juvenogens, biochemically targeted hormonogen compounds were tested for their potency to act as insect pest management agents. In the performed biological screening, wax-like esteric juvenogens (3-10) proved to be convenient agents for controlling blowfly and termites, and displayed species selectivity: cis-N-{2-[4-(2-butanoyloxycyclohexyl)methyl]phenoxy}ethyl carbamate (3) was highly active on blowfly (Neobellieria bullata), while trans-N-{2-[4-(2-hexadecanoyloxycyclohexyl)methyl]-phenoxy}ethyl carbamate (6) showed high activity on termite (Prorhinotermes simplex). Glycosidic juvenogens, isomeric N-{2-{4-{[2-(beta-D-galactopyranosyloxy)cyclohexyl]methyl}phenoxy}ethyl carbamates (13 and 14), were proved to act as systemic agents, suitable for protecting plants against phytophagous insects (e.g. aphids). Due to the prolonged action of juvenogens, which is connected with the sequential liberating of the biologically active molecule of the insect juvenile hormone bioanalog from the juvenogen molecule by means of enzymic systems of target insects and/or their host plants, more insect individuals can be treated by juvenogens, which are species-targeted structures due to their different physicochemical properties. The results achieved with both types of juvenogens were promising, concerning their final effect on the tested insect species, and the compounds 3-6, 9 (cis-(9Z)-N-{2-[4-(2-(octadec-9-enoyl)oxycyclohexyl)methyl]phenoxy}ethyl carbamate), 13 and 14 proved to represent convenient insect pest management agents for potential practical applications against different insect pests.     

Hydrochemical fluctuations and crustacean community composition in an ephemeral saline lake (Sua Pan,Makgadikgadi Botswana)

Fluctuating hydrochemistry, as a result of extreme hydrological regimes, imposes major physiological constraints on the biota of ephemeral saline lakes. While the inverse relationship between salinity and zooplankton species richness is well-known across salinity gradients, few studies have documented closely the response of zooplankton to seasonal changes in salinity. Weekly sampling during two flood seasons at Sua Pan, an intermittent saline lake in central Botswana demonstrated the importance of spatial and temporal salinity gradients for crustacean community composition, associated with a decline in species richness, from 11 to three species. Conductivity ranged between 320 and 125,800 μS cm⁻¹ during seasonal flooding; changing from dominance by and , Ca²⁺ and Mg²⁺, at the beginning of the floods, to NaCl dominated waters as the lake dried out and salinities increased. pH estimates generally ranged between 8.6 and 10, with maximum values recorded during initial flooding. Crustaceans comprised mainly Branchinella spinosa, Moina belli, Lovenula africana and Limnocythere tudoranceai, all of which occurred across a wide range of salinities, while halotolerant freshwater species (Metadiaptomus transvaalensis, Leptestheria striatochonca and the ostracods Plesiocypridopsis aldabrae, Cypridopsis newtoni and a newly identified Potamocypris species) disappeared above conductivities of 1,500 μS cm⁻¹. A unique crustacean composition in southern Africa was attributed to Sua Pans’ rare chemical composition among southern African saline lakes; flood waters on Sua Pan contained a higher proportion of Na⁺ and , and less K⁺, Mg²⁺ and than over 80% of records from salt pans elsewhere in southern African. The freshwater species of crustaceans in Sua Pan were similar to those found in other southern Africa lakes, and these similarities decreased in lakes with higher pH and proportions of Na, and less SO₄ and Mg in their chemical composition. The predominant saline tolerant species on Sua Pan, however, showed a greater similarity to those in saline lakes in southern and East Africa with higher proportions of and, particularly, Mg²⁺ in their chemical composition. Handling editor: J. M. Melack     

Critical zone properties control the fate of nitrogen during experimental rainfall in montane forests of the Colorado Front Range

Several decades of research in alpine ecosystems have demonstrated links among the critical zone, hydrologic response, and the fate of elevated atmospheric nitrogen (N) deposition. Less research has occurred in mid-elevation forests, which may be important for retaining atmospheric N deposition. To explore the fate of N in the montane zone, we conducted plot-scale experimental rainfall events across a north–south transect within a catchment of the Boulder Creek Critical Zone Observatory. Rainfall events mimicked relatively common storms (20–50% annual exceedance probability) and were labeled with ¹⁵N-nitrate (\( {\text{NO}}_{3}^{ - } \)) and lithium bromide tracers. For 4 weeks, we measured soil–water and leachate concentrations of Br^?, \( {}^{15}{\text{NO}}_{3}^{ - } , \) and \( {\text{NO}}_{3}^{ - } \) daily, followed by recoveries of ¹⁵N species in bulk soils and microbial biomass. Tracers moved immediately into the subsurface of north-facing slope plots, exhibiting breakthrough at 10 and 30 cm over 22 days. Conversely, little transport of Br^? or \( {}^{15}{\text{NO}}_{3}^{ - } \) occurred in south-facing slope plots; tracers remained in soil or were lost via pathways not measured. Hillslope position was a significant determinant of soil ¹⁵N-\( {\text{NO}}_{3}^{ - } \) recoveries, while soil depth and time were significant determinants of ¹⁵N recovery in microbial biomass. Overall, ¹⁵N recovery in microbial biomass and leachate was greater in upper north-facing slope plots than lower north-facing (toeslope) and both south-facing slope plots in August; by October, ¹⁵N recovery in microbial N biomass within south-facing slope plots had increased substantially. Our results point to the importance of soil properties in controlling the fate of N in mid-elevation forests during the summer season.     

Solution behaviour and biological activity of bisamidine complexes of platinum(II)

A series of platinum(II) amidine complexes were previously prepared with the aim of obtaining a new class of platinum-based antitumour drugs. This series includes compounds of the type cis--[PtCl2{Z-HN=C(NHMe)Me}2] and trans-[PtCl2{Z-HN=C(NHMe)Me}2] (1, 2), cis-[PtCl2{E-HN=C(NMe2)Me}2] and trans-[PtCl2{E-HN=C(NMe2)Me}2] (3, 4), cis-[PtCl2{Z-HN=C(NHMe)Ph}2] and trans-[PtCl2{Z-HN=C(NHMe)Ph}2] (5, 6), and cis-[PtCl2{HN=C(NMe2)Ph}2] and trans-[PtCl2{HN=C(NMe2)Ph}2] (7, 8). The reactions with dimethyl sulfoxide were studied for complexes 5-8; the formation of cationic species containing coordinated dimethyl sulfoxide was demonstrated by NMR experiments and electrospray ionization mass spectrometry. In this work, the amidine platinum(II) complexes were tested for their in vitro cytotoxicity on a panel of various human cancer cell lines. The results indicate that the benzamidine complex 8 was the most effective derivative also circumventing acquired cisplatin resistance as demonstrated by chemosensitivity tests performed on cisplatin-sensitive and cisplatin-resistant cell lines. The studies concerning the cellular DNA damage on both parental chemosensitive and resistant sublines suggest for the new trans-amidine complex a different mechanism of action compared with that exhibited by cisplatin.