捕食风险的种群动态效应及其作用机理研究进展

捕食者不但可以通过直接捕杀猎物而控制猎物的种群数量,还可以通过捕食风险效应影响猎物种群的繁殖和动态,并且在某些情况下,捕食风险效应对猎物种群动态的控制作用甚至大于捕食者的直接捕杀.关于捕食风险效应对猎物动物繁殖产出和种群动态变化的作用及其机理方面的野外研究越来越受到国内外学者重视.本文介绍了近年来捕食风险效应的研究进展,重点关注了美国黄石国家公园中捕食者对马鹿(Cervus elephus)、加拿大育空地区的捕食者对白靴兔(Lepus americanus)的捕食风险效应等案例研究,以阐明捕食风险效应对猎物种群动态影响的重要性,以及关于捕食风险效应影响猎物种群繁殖和动态机理的两个假说(捕食者敏感食物假说、捕食应激假说).并结合我国在捕食者与猎物之间关系的研究现状,提出了进一步在野外开展捕食风险效应对濒危有蹄类猎物种群动态影响研究的建议,阐释了开展这些研究的重要意义.     

稀疏效应下周期系数捕食-被捕食系统的全局渐近稳定性

研究一类稀疏效应下周期系数捕食-被捕食系统,得到了该系统存在唯一全局渐近稳定的正周期解的充分条件．     

稻田主要捕食性天敌的栖境生态位与捕食作用分析

本文进行了稻田捕食性天敌与稻飞虱的栖境生态位调查,并应用正交试验设计、添加试验法和排除试验法研究了?物种的栖境生态位与各天敌捕食作用的关系,结果表明：在5种灭敌与2种害虫共存系统中,天敌对褐飞虱Nilaparvata lugens Stal捕食量的正主效应大小依次为： 粽管巢蛛 Clubiona aponicola、青翅蚁形隐翅虫Paederus fuscipes、前齿肖蛸Tetragnatha praedonia、食虫沟瘤蛛 Ummeliata insecticeps,拟水狼蛛Pirata subpiraticus的负主效应值最大(随狼蛛密度增大捕食量下降);对稻纵卷叶螟Cnaphlocrcis medinalis Guenee捕食量正主效应大小依次为： 粽管巢蛛、肖蛸、青翅蚁形隐翊虫。多物种共存系统中,狼蛛、微蛛、跳蛛主要捕食飞虱;肖蛸主要捕食稻纵卷叶螟;管巢蛛对两种害虫均具有较好的控制作用。这与各物种的生态位宽度值相一致。当飞虱密度在每穴10一30头时,多物种共存系统优良的生物序是拟水狼蛛、食虫瘤胸蛛、青翅蚁形隐翅虫各为l头,棕管巢蛛2头,此时天敌的控制作用最大。添加法和排除法试验结果表明在具-定数量的多物种共存系统中,再增加天敌密度不一定能增加猎物的被捕食数,其直接的生物学原因是种间种内干扰(包括种间种内残杀)     

一类稀疏效应下捕食—被捕食系统极限环的唯一性

捕食与被捕食种群增长可以Lotka-Votterra模型x=ax(1-kx)-bxy y=y(-a+βx)描述,其中a,k,b,a,β皆为非负常数,其生物意义见[1],但是人们在长期的研究     

具有捕食正效应的捕食-食饵系统

在经典的捕食食饵系统中考虑到由于捕食效应对食饵种群带来的正向调节作用后,提出了具有捕食正效应的捕食-食饵系统.通过对模型的动力学行为的分析,从理论上说明了正向调节作用对系统的影响,并就第一象限内平衡点存在时的相图解释了捕食正效应的作用.结果表明:(1)捕食系统中适当的正向调节作用会增加系统的稳定性;(2)当捕食正效应达到一定的程度后系统拥有一个不稳定的极限环;(3)当捕食正效应过大时会使系统的稳定性发生变化,使捕食者种群与食饵种群同时趋向无穷,出现了调节放纵现象.这些结果在保护生物学中具有重要的意义.     

具有比率依赖和密度制约的周期捕食-被捕食系统的一致持久性(英文)

系统的讨论了具有比率依赖和密度制约的周期捕食-被捕食系统的持久性问题,不仅得到了系统一致持久的充分条件,还得到了必要条件,并且持久性条件在模型中得到验证.     

水生动物性信息素的研究进展

性信息素作为生物间化学通讯的核心媒介,对调控物种行为与生态关系具有重要意义。尤其在繁殖阶段,这类物质可通过诱导同种异性个体的定向趋近与特定行为反应,直接作用于种群繁衍过程。当前水生动物性信息素研究仍面临显著技术瓶颈——受限于检测方法的灵敏度与特异性,多数物种的性信息素组成及其作用机制尚未明确。鉴于水生环境介质对化学信号的传输特性,深入解析性信息素与动物感知系统、繁殖策略的互作关系,将有助于揭示其适应机制。本文厘清了性信息素的概念,阐述了水生动物性信息素的来源与释放途径、化学成分及适用对象、在繁殖期的作用以及受非生物环境因子的影响,并展望了未来性信息素研究的潜在应用前景,以期从新的视角为水生动物多样性保护、生态修复和管理等提供参考。     

异色瓢虫对与本土蚜虫共存的外来扶桑绵粉蚧的搜寻和捕食行为

[目的]外来入侵物种作为猎物可能影响本土广谱捕食者的搜寻和捕食行为.本研究旨在揭示异色瓢虫Harmonia axyridis对与本土豌豆修尾蚜Megoura japonica混合发生的外来入侵扶桑绵粉蚧Phenacoccus solenopsis的搜寻和捕食行为.[方法]试验前对异色瓢虫设两个饲喂猎物种类处理:用扶桑绵...     

捕食者—猎物功能响应模型研究

本文通过分析在捕食的情况下猎物种群的平均绝对增长速率与捕食效应的关系以及捕食者的捕食平均绝对速率与猎物密度的关系,建立了捕食者-猎物功能响应的一般模型: 其中,A为捕食者与猎物行为常数,f(H_t)为待定函数。 在上述模型的基础上讨论了在捕食速率与猎物密度无关和有关时的功能响应行为。 通过对上面模型的分析,笔者认为功能响应模型按Holling的Ⅰ、Ⅱ、Ⅲ型响应曲线相应划分很不方便。建议按“捕食速率与猎物密度无关或有关”两个类型划分。并认为Ⅲ型模型在昆虫中也能得到较广泛的应用。     

具有Beddington-DeAngelis功能反应函数和密度制约的捕食-被捕食系统的殆周期解（英文）

研究了具有Beddington-DeAngelis功能反应函数和密度制约的捕食-被捕食系统的殆周期解.得到正不变性和持久性的充分条件,还通过构造李雅普诺夫函数得到惟一正殆周期解存在和全局渐近稳定的充分条件.     

Influence of predator and dietary chemical cues on the behaviour and shredding efficiency of Gammarus pulex

In two laboratory experiments, we examined short- and long-term responses of the detritivorous amphipod Gammarus pulex to chemical cues from potential predators fed various diets. In the first experiment we studied the short-term effect on G. pulex (locomotory activity) when exposed to chemical cues from three co-existing predators; sculpin (Cottus gobio), trout (Salmo trutta), and signal crayfish (Pacifastacus leniusculus). Chemicals from sculpins and trout induced a short-term decrease in locomotory activity in G. pulex, whereas crayfish did not. There was no difference in activity between G. pulex exposed to water scented by trout or sculpin, and these responses were independent of predator diet (G. pulex, Asellus aquaticus and starved). In the second experiment we examined whether longer-term exposure (4 week) to chemical cues from sculpins affects rates of leaf processing by G. pulex. During the first week, G. pulex consumed significantly more leaves in the control (i.e., no fish cue) than in the fish cue treatment. After 4 weeks, however, there was no difference in total leaf processing rate between treatments indicating an adaptation to the cue.     

The relative importance of lethal and non-lethal effects of fish on insect colonisation of ponds

1. We hypothesised that adult insects actively monitor potential habitats for the presence of fish by means of chemical cues and avoid sites that pose significant risks. This was examined by quantifying colonisation of insects in outdoor pools with no fish (controls), fish (direct predation effect) or caged fish (chemical predator cues).
2. A significant direct effect of predation was found, but no indirect effect (avoidance of chemical cue pools), on the total biomass of colonising insects. However, predatory insects avoided fish-cue pools, thus releasing non-predatory insects from predation. This resulted in significantly greater biomass of non-predatory insects in fish-cue pools than control pools.
3. Fish reduced the number of species of colonising insects in pools through predation. This negative influence of fish implies that caution is necessary when stocking wetlands and ponds with fish if the goal is to maximise biodiversity.
4. Our data suggest that although predatory aquatic insects may use chemical signals to assess the quality of potential habitats with respect to predation risk, direct predation is the main method by which fish affect insect assemblages in ponds. Because fish and invertebrate predators may both have strong effects on prey mortality, behavioural adjustment by insects to the actual predator regime within a habitat should be more important than avoiding colonisation of habitats with fish.     

Are behavioural traits in prey sensitive to the risk imposed by predatory fish?

1. Behavioural differences among prey species may result from evolutionary adaptations that facilitate coexistence with different predators and influence vulnerability to predators. It has been hypothesised that prey species modify their behaviour in relation to the risk posed by particular predators. 2. We examined the relationship between anti‐predator behaviour and predation risk in five species of larval odonates in combination with three predatory fish species (perch, gudgeon and rudd) that differ in foraging behaviour. The odonates, Platycnemis pennipes, Coenagrion puella, Lestes sponsa, Sympetrum striolatum and Libellula depressa, differ with regard to their life cycle and habitat, including water depth, occurrence in temporary ponds and co‐existence with fish. 3. The odonate species differed in their response to fish: (i) Two species showed a flexible response. Larval C. puella reduced activity in the presence of fish, regardless of species, whereas L. depressa altered their activity only in the presence of gudgeon. (ii) Independent of fish species, all odonates except L. depressa exhibited spatial avoidance of fish. This was interpreted as a more general anti‐predator response. (iii) In some cases the odonates showed no response to predators and their behaviour was thus independent of predation risk. 4. Our results confirm that all odonates responded to the presence of at least some predatory fish, and that some odonate species discriminated between fish species. However, we found no significant correlation between behavioural modifications and predation risk, indicating that anti‐predator responses and predation risk depend on the particular predator and the species being preyed on.     

受损水域生态系统恢复与重建研究

生态系统受到人为因素干扰和损害的后果已成为目前全球面临的日益突出的重大问题和人类神经共同关注的焦点,因而受损害生态系统的恢复与重建理论研究与技术应用愈加受于人们的重视。生态学理论在恢复与重建工作中应该而且可以发挥重要作用并且在实践过程中将得到检验和进一步发展。     

火烧信号对种子萌发影响的研究进展

火作为一个基础的生态因子, 对森林、草地等陆地生态系统的结构和功能有着重要的影响。种子萌发是种子植物的重要生活史阶段, 也是火后植被更新和恢复的主要途径。植被燃烧产生了烟、热以及与烟相关的一系列火烧信号, 在打破种子休眠, 促进种子萌发方面发挥重要作用。该文将火烧信号分为物理信号和化学信号, 物理信号主要是伴随火烧产生的高温, 化学信号主要包括气态烟以及近年来从烟水中提取的影响种子萌发的关键化学物质karrikins和glyceronitrile。该文围绕火烧的基本信息, 火烧信号对种子萌发的影响, 火烧信号在实践中的应用3个方面进行系统综述, 重点探讨了不同类别的火烧信号及其交互作用对种子萌发的影响。在系统总结火烧信号对种子萌发影响的研究进展的基础上, 提出未来的研究应与烟信号作用机理的探究以及全球变化等方面相结合, 旨在充分发挥火的生态服务功能, 为火的科学管理应用和退化生态系统恢复提供理论支撑。