濒危植物梵净山冷杉野生种群结构及动态特征

梵净山冷杉(Abies fanjingshanensis)是国家一级保护植物,是中国贵州特有的珍稀濒危植物.通过实地踏查在梵净山冷杉主要分布地选取2个斑块,调查分析其种群年龄结构特征,量化确定种群结构类型,并运用时间序列模型预测种群数量动态,对比不同生境下的异同点,以揭示梵净山冷杉的种群结构及动态特征.结果表明:(1)梵净山冷杉种群属于增长型,Vpt′=0.005 9,表明该种群趋近于稳定型;种群结构在发展过程中存在一定的波动性,种群生长前期个体数多于生长后期;存活曲线趋于Deevey-Ⅲ型;幼苗不足和幼树、小树的死亡率高是种群濒危的重要原因.(2)时间序列预测分析表明,梵净山冷杉种群具备一定的恢复能力,未来2、4和6个龄级时间后种群个体数均呈现小幅度的增加趋势.(3)不同生境条件下,种群结构差异不大,生境一的种群结构增长性略大于生境二.     

民勤绿洲荒漠过渡带人工梭梭种群年龄结构及动态

基于野外样地调查数据，通过分析静态生命表、存活曲线、动态指数等参数，结合时间序列模型，研究了人工梭梭种群年龄结构动态，旨在预测人工梭梭种群演替趋势，为退化人工梭梭种群恢复与重建提供理论依据。结果表明：(1)民勤绿洲荒漠过渡带人工梭梭种群的年龄结构近似于“金字塔”型，幼龄林个体占总物种数的90.1%;(2)人工梭梭种群存活曲线趋近于Deevey-Ⅱ型，为稳定型种群。不同区域人工梭梭种群的第Ⅰ、Ⅱ、Ⅲ龄级个体死亡率和消失率最高；(3)动态量化结果显示人工梭梭种群总体均表现为增长型，对外界干扰敏感性较强；(4)时间序列预测分析表明，在未来2、4个龄级时间后，种群Ⅱ、Ⅳ龄级个体数量大幅度增加，人工梭梭种群发展趋势较好。民勤绿洲荒漠过渡带人工梭梭种群为稳定增长型种群，种群具有一定的自然更新能力。针对该种群幼龄个体死亡率较高的问题，未来建议加强对第Ⅰ、Ⅱ、Ⅲ龄级幼株的精准抚育管理，通过人为辅助措施提高幼苗的保存率，促进人工梭梭林的可持续发展。     

海南吊罗山濒危植物山铜材种群结构与动态特征

为探究海南吊罗山山铜材（Chunia bucklandioides）种群结构与动态特征，以当地山铜材野生种群为研究对象，将种群集中分布区域设为典型样地并开展样地调查，以空间代替时间构建种群年龄结构，采用动态量化分析、绘制存活曲线、计算生存函数等方法分析现有种群结构特点和动态特征，并通过时间序列预测模型推测种群未来发展趋势。结果表明：（1）吊罗山山铜材种群年龄结构接近不规则金字塔型，动态量化分析显示该种群为增长型种群，但第Ⅰ～Ⅲ龄级间存在衰退现象，种群增长性弱，稳定性差，受外界干扰敏感度高，有向稳定型种群转变的趋势。（2）随龄级增加，山铜材标准化存活个体数量减少，生命期望降低，死亡率和消失率总体呈上升趋势，存活曲线趋近于Deevey-Ⅱ型。（3）生存分析显示吊罗山山铜材种群具有前期增长、中期稳定、后期衰退的特点。（4）经过未来2、4、6龄级时间后，Ⅰ～Ⅲ龄级个体数量将逐渐减少，Ⅳ～Ⅶ龄级个体数量少量增加，幼龄苗木自我更新能力不足，种群存在规模收缩和衰退的风险。研究表明，生境碎片化、分布范围小、植株结实量少和幼龄个体不足是导致吊罗山山铜材濒危的主要因素，建议通过设立自然保护小区、辅助种子入...     

荒漠绿洲过渡带沙拐枣种群结构及动态特征

沙拐枣(Calligonum mongolicum)作为黑河中游荒漠绿洲过渡带的一种主要固沙植物种,它对于维护荒漠绿洲过渡带生态系统的稳定性起到了至关重要的作用。通过样地调查和数据统计,绘制了沙拐枣种群的径级结构图,在此基础上编制了种群的特定时间生命表,分析了存活曲线、死亡率曲线等重要参数,并运用时间序列模型预测种群数量动态,以揭示荒漠绿洲过渡带沙拐枣种群的结构及动态特征。结果表明:沙拐枣种群属于增长型,Vpi'=0.0233,表明该种群趋近于稳定型,但沙拐枣种群Ⅰ、Ⅱ龄级个体数目少于Ⅲ龄级的个体数目;存活曲线趋于Deevey-Ⅱ,各龄级种群有相近的死亡率;时间序列预测分析表明,在未来2、4、6、8个龄级时间后沙拐枣老龄个体逐渐增多,幼龄株数则有所降低,种群稳定性长期维持困难,因此,适当的人工辅助恢复和现有植株及生境的保护是保持沙拐枣种群自然更新和种群恢复的关键。     

桂林岩溶石山阴香种群的年龄结构

研究了阴香(Cinnamomum burmannii)种群的年龄结构及其年龄与胸径的关系,绘制了阴香种群的存活曲线和年龄结构图。结果表明阴香种群的年龄与胸径呈明显的线性相关,种群幼龄个体较多,中老龄个体较少,年龄结构呈增长型和稳定型两类,存活曲线呈现出DeeveyⅢ型和DeeveyⅡ型。生境条件和人为干扰是影响阴香种群年龄结构和动态的重要因素。因此,对于阴香群落要加强保护、减少人为干扰和加强抚育管理。     

濒危植物海南龙血树的种群结构与动态

了解种群的生存现状与动态趋势对濒危植物的保护至关重要。为了更好地保护濒危海南龙血树种群,对海南岛不同生境的11个海南龙血树(Dracaena cambodiana)种群进行了调查;并利用个体基径数据建立各种群的年龄结构和静态生命表,得到种群年龄结构动态指数,绘制种群存活曲线和生存函数曲线,从而获得海南龙血树的种群结构与动态。结果表明:海南龙血树种群年龄结构与种群所处的生境关系密切,海边的NS和YL种群结构为衰退型,LN和CH居群为稳定型,而非海边种群为增长型,没有老龄个体;11个种群中,EXL种群显示出最高的增长趋势和最好的种群稳定性,NS和YL种群稳定性最差,种群抗干扰能力极低;11个种群的存活曲线均属于Deevey-Ⅰ型,但生存函数分析显示海南龙血树种群生活史早期和晚期脆弱,中期稳定,这表明海南龙血树种群所处的生境更适合成年个体生存,现有的生境对幼龄个体的环境筛作用较强。海南龙血树属于退偿物种,针对其种群的生存现状,应采取多种方法相结合的方式进行保护与复壮。     

黄山松种群结构与动态研究

以“空间代替时间”的方法,以种群径级结构代替年龄结构,采用静态生命表和生存分析的方法,探讨了天柱山国家森林公园黄山松种群结构和动态规律。结果表明,随海拔升高,黄山松种群密度增大,径级分布范围减小,种群存活曲线由Deevey-Ⅱ型之间过渡到Deevey—Ⅰ型,种群由稳定型过渡为增长型。表明由低海拔向高海拔,黄山松种群处于不同的演替和发展阶段。     

广东南澳岛中华楠种群结构及动态特征

通过对南澳岛中华楠次生林样地的调查,从种群年龄结构、静态生命表、生存分析和时间序列预测等方面分析了中华楠种群结构和数量动态,结果表明:种群年龄结构呈"倒J型",幼苗和小树阶段个体数量多,中树和大树阶段个体数量少,表现为增长型种群。存活曲线接近Deevey-Ⅲ型,幼苗阶段死亡率高,大树阶段死亡率较低,且相对稳定。种群死亡率和消失率曲线的变化趋势相似,均出现2个高峰,最高峰出现在幼苗的第Ⅰ龄级,第2个高峰出现在中树的第Ⅴ龄级。中树第Ⅵ龄级死亡率最低,生命期望值最高。种群的生存率单调下降,积累死亡率单调上升,种群从第Ⅷ龄级开始逐渐进入生理衰退期。种群的死亡密度和危险率曲线变化趋势与种群死亡率和消失率曲线基本一致,前期和中期震荡,后期趋于稳定。对种群未来2、5和8年的时间序列预测表明:中华楠种群呈增长趋势。     

濒危植物猪血木（Euryodendron excelsum H. T. Chang）自然种群结构及动态

猪血木(Euryodendron excelsum H. T. Chang)是中国特有的山茶科单型属猪血木属的珍稀濒危植物,目前只在广东省阳春县八甲镇有分布且种群数量不足200株.通过样地调查和数据统计,绘制了猪血木种群的高度结构和径级结构图,在此基础上编制了种群的特定时间生命表,分析了存活曲线、死亡率曲线和寿命期望等重要参数,并运用时间序列模型预测种群数量动态.结果表明:猪血木种群幼年个体丰富,中老年个体相对较少,受环境因素和人为干扰的影响,种群在第Ⅱ级出现死亡高峰,且只有少量幼年个体能进入成年阶段生长,个体平均生存能力的期望在第Ⅳ级最大,种群存活曲线属于Deevey-Ⅲ型,猪血木种群目前仍表现为稳定型种群.时间序列预测分析表明,猪血木种群具备一定的恢复潜能,故现有植株和生境斑块的保护是保持猪血木种群自然更新和进行种群恢复的关键因素.     

准噶尔盆地东南缘梭梭种群结构与动态研究

通过样地调查和数据统计分析,对准噶尔盆地东南缘梭梭种群现状绘制径级结构图,编制生命表、分析存活曲线、死亡率曲线和寿命期望等参数,并运用时间序列模型预测种群数量动态.结果表明:种群整体结构属于增长型,但梭梭种群幼苗个体少,Ⅰ、Ⅱ龄级个体数目少于Ⅲ龄级的个体数目.存活曲线基本接近DeeveyⅢ型,种群偏离典型存活曲线的程度与幼苗缺乏有关;环境因素和人为干扰的影响,梭梭在Ⅲ～V龄级死亡率较高,种群在第Ⅳ级出现死亡高峰,且只有少量幼年个体能进入成年阶段,个体平均生存能力的期望在第Ⅳ级最大;时间序列分析表明,在未来第Ⅱ、Ⅳ、Ⅵ、Ⅷ龄级的个体会呈现老龄个体增加的趋势,种群稳定性长期维持困难.适当的人工辅助恢复和现有植株及生境的保护是保持梭梭种群自然更新和种群恢复的关键.     

Astragalar morphology of late Eocene anthropoids from the Fayum Depression (Egypt) and the origin of catarrhine primates

The phylogenetic relationships of the late Eocene anthropoids Catopithecus browni and Proteopithecus sylviae are currently a matter of debate, with opinion divided as to whether these taxa are stem or crown anthropoids. The phylogenetic position of Catopithecus is of particular interest, for, unlike the highly generalized genus Proteopithecus, this taxon shares apomorphic dental and postcranial features with more derived undoubted catarrhines that appear in the same region 1-2 Ma later. If these apomorphies are homologous and Catopithecus is a stem catarrhine, the unique combination of plesiomorphic and apomorphic features preserved in this anthropoid would have important implications for our understanding of the crown anthropoid morphotype and the pattern of morphological character transformations that occurred during the early phases of stem catarrhine evolution.Well-preserved astragali referrable to Proteopithecus, Catopithecus, and the undoubted early Oligocene stem catarrhine Aegyptopithecus have provided additional morphological evidence that allows us to further evaluate competing hypotheses of interrelationships among Eocene-Oligocene Afro-Arabian anthropoids. Qualitative observations and multivariate morphometric analyses reveal that the astragalar morphology of Proteopithecus is very similar to that of early Oligocene parapithecids and living and extinct small-bodied platyrrhines, and strengthens the hypothesis that the morphological pattern shared by these taxa is primitive within crown Anthropoidea. In contrast, Catopithecus departs markedly from the predicted crown anthropoid astragalar morphotype and shares a number of apomorphic features (e.g., deep cotylar fossa, laterally projecting fibular facet, trochlear asymmetry, mediolaterally wide astragalar head) with Aegyptopithecus and Miocene-Recent catarrhines. The evidence from the astragalus complements other independent data from the dentition, humerus and femur of Catopithecus that support this taxon's stem catarrhine status, and we continue to maintain that oligopithecines are stem catarrhines that constitute the sister group of a clade containing propliopithecines and Miocene-Recent catarrhines.     

中国异极衣科地衣二新记录种

该文综合运用形态学、解剖学和化学等方法对山东大型地衣进行分类研究,发现了两个中国新记录种,即德氏蜂窝衣(Heppia despreauxii)和多孢小极衣(Lichinella myriospora)。德氏蜂窝衣隶属于蜂窝衣属(Heppia),生于光线充足且裸露的土壤上,主要识别特征为下皮层缺失、子实层IKI+蓝色;多孢小极衣隶属于小极衣属(Lichinella),生于干燥的钙质岩石上,主要识别特征为其子实层IKI+酒红色变为蓝色。该文对这两个中国新记录种进行了详细描述,与近似物种进行了对比讨论,并且提供了其地衣体、子囊盘及其解剖特征图片。同时,该文还补充报道了白棋盘蜂窝衣(Heppia solorinoides)的有性繁殖结构特征和数据。蜂窝衣属和小极衣属均为山东新记录属。以上研究结果为中国异极衣科(Lichinaceae)地衣研究提供基础资料。     

藏药多刺绿绒蒿种子萌发特性研究

多刺绿绒蒿(Meconopsis horridula)为罂粟科绿绒蒿属一年生草本植物,是一种极具观赏价值和药用价值的高山植物,目前处于濒危状态,因此研究多刺绿绒蒿种子的萌发特性对其种子育苗及人工栽培具有重要意义。为了提高多刺绿绒蒿的种子发芽率,该研究以多刺绿绒蒿的种子为材料,分析了不同消毒剂、浸种时间、温度和外源植物激素对种子萌发特性的影响。结果表明:(1)最适消毒方法为75%乙醇1 min+3%H2O25 min,最适浸种时间为24 h,最适温度和光照条件为20℃/10℃(光照12 h/黑暗12 h),用无菌水浸种后的种子发芽率为49.67%。(2) GA_3100～600 mg·L~(-1)和NAA 5～30 mg·L~(-1)可以提高种子的发芽率、发芽势和发芽指数,缩短发芽启动时间和发芽持续时间,对种子的萌发有促进作用。(3) 6-BA 5 mg·L~(-1)和10 mg·L~(-1)对种子的萌发有一定的促进作用,但不显著,6-BA浓度≥15 mg·L~(-1)则抑制种子的萌发。(4)用GA3500 mg·L~(-1)浸种后的种子发芽指标最好,发芽率、发芽势和发芽指数分别为69.67%、33.00%、4.51,种子的发芽起始时间和发芽持续时间分别为10.67 d、11.67 d。     

scabrous Modifies Epithelial Cell Adhesion and Extends the Range of Lateral Signalling during Development of the Spaced Bristle Pattern in Drosophila

The role of scabrous (sca) in the evenly spaced bristle pattern of Drosophila is explored. Loss-of-function of sca results in development of an excess of bristles. Segregation of alternately spaced bristle precursors and epidermal cells from a group of equipotential cells relies on lateral inhibition mediated by Notch and Delta (Dl). In this process, presumptive bristle precursors inhibit the neural fate of neighbouring cells, causing them to adopt the epidermal fate. We show that Dl, a membrane-bound ligand for Notch, can inhibit adjacent cells, in direct contact with the precursor, in the absence of Sca. In contrast, inhibition of cells not adjacent to the precursor requires, in addition, Sca, a secreted molecule with a fibrinogen-related domain. Over-expression of Sca in a wild-type background, leads to increased spacing between bristles, suggesting that the range of signalling has been increased. scabrous acts nonautonomously, and we present evidence that, during bristle precursor segregation, Sca is required to maintain the normal adhesive properties of epithelial cells. The possible effects of such changes on the range of signalling are discussed. We also show that the sensory organ precursors extend numerous fine cytoplasmic extensions bearing Dl molecules, and speculate on a possible role for these structures during signalling.     

中国兰科二新记录种

兰科植物资源调查是掌握地区兰科本底资料的基础,对研究兰科植物的地理分布和资源多样性具有重要意义。该文报道了分别产自中国西藏自治区墨脱县和巴宜区的石豆兰属(Bulbophyllum Thou.)中国分布新记录种——尼泊尔大苞兰(B.raskotii J.J.Verm.,Schuit.&de Vogel)和曲唇兰属[Panisea(Lindl.)Steud.]中国分布新记录种——林芝曲唇兰(P.panchaseensis Subedi)。此二新记录种均生长在海拔约2000 m的常绿阔叶林中的树干或岩壁上。此外,还提供了二新记录种的形态特征描述和彩色图片等信息,并附有国产曲唇兰属的分种检索表。该研究结果扩充了我国兰科植物的记录,为我国兰科植物多样性和保护研究提供了新资料。     

Stratigraphy, artefact industries and hominid associations for Sterkfontein, member 5

A revised stratigraphy for the early hominid site of Sterkfontein (Gauteng Province, South Africa) reveals a complex distribution of infills in the main excavation area between 2.8 and 1.4 m.y.a, as well as deposits dating to the mid to late Pleistocene. New research now shows that the Member 4 australopithecine breccia (2.8-2.6 Ma) extends further west than was previously thought, while a late phase of Member 4 is recognized in a southern area. The artefact-bearing breccias were defined sedimentologically as Member 5, but one supposed part of these younger breccias, the StW 53 infill, lacks in situ stone tools, although it does appear to post-date 2.6 Ma when artefacts first appear in the archaeological record. The StW 53 hominid, previously referred to Homo habilis, is here argued to be Australopithecus. The first artefact-bearing breccia of Member 5 is the Oldowan Infill, estimated at 2-1.7 Ma. It occupies a restricted distribution in Member 5 east and contains an expedient, flake-based tool industry associated with a few fossils of Paranthropos robustus. An enlarged cave opening subsequently admitted one or more Early Acheulean infills associated in Member 5 west with Homo ergaster. The artefacts attest to a larger site accumulation between ca. 1.7 and 1.4 Ma, with more intensive use of quartzite over quartz and a subtle but important shift to large flakes and heavier-duty tools. The available information on palaeoenvironments is summarized, showing an overall change from tropical to sub-tropical gallery forest, forest fringe and woodland conditions in Member 4 to more open woodland and grassland habitats in the later units, but with suggestions of a wet localized topography in the Paranthropus -bearing Oldowan Infill.     

Essential amino acids of starch synthase IIa differentiate amylopectin structure and starch quality between <Emphasis Type="Italic">japonica</Emphasis> and <Emphasis Type="Italic">indica</Emphasis> rice varieties

Four amino acids were variable between the ‘active’ indica-type and ‘inactive’ japonica-type soluble starch synthase IIa (SSIIa) of rice plants; Glu-88 and Gly-604 in SSIIa of indica-cultivars IR36 and Kasalath were replaced by Asp-88 and Ser-604, respectively, in both japonica cultivars Nipponbare and Kinmaze SSIIa, whereas Val-737 and Leu-781 in indica SSIIa were replaced by Met-737 in cv. Nipponbare and Phe-781 in cv. Kinmaze SSIIa, respectively. The SSIIa gene fragments shuffling experiments revealed that Val-737 and Leu-781 are essential not only for the optimal SSIIa activity, but also for the capacity to synthesize indica-type amylopectin. Surprisingly, however, a combination of Phe-781 and Gly-604 could restore about 44% of the SSIIa activity provided that Val-737 was conserved. The introduction of the ‘active’ indica-type SSIIa gene enabled the japonica-type cv. Kinmaze to synthesize indica-type amylopectin. The starch in the transformed japonica rice plants exhibited gelatinization-resistant properties that are characteristic of indica-rice starch. Transformed lines expressing different levels of the IR36 SSIIa protein produced a variety of starches with amylopectin chain-length distribution patterns that correlated well with their onset temperatures of gelatinization. The present study confirmed that the SSIIa activity determines the type of amylopectin structure of rice starch to be either the typical indica-type or japonica-type, by playing a specific role in the synthesis of the long B₁ chains by elongating short A and B₁ chains, notwithstanding the presence of functional two additional SSII genes, a single SSI gene, two SSIII genes, and two SSIV genes in rice plants.     

不同光质对白及组培苗生长及光合特性的影响

白及的自然繁殖率极低,组培育苗是其种苗繁殖的主要方式之一。为探索提高白及组培育苗质量及缩短育苗周期的高效人工光环境,该文以紫花白及(Bletilla striata)为试验材料,研究LED光质对白及组培苗的生长和光合特性的影响。结果表明:提高红蓝光组合中的蓝光占比,有利于促进白及组培苗的生长和生物量的积累,而白及的球茎大小与红光的占比呈正相关;在红蓝组光合中增加25%的绿光(2R1B1G),可显著提高白及叶片的叶绿素含量和净光合速率,促进组培苗根系和叶片的生长。综上结果表明,2R1B1G处理下的白及组培苗株高、茎粗、叶绿素含量、净光合速率和根系发育均表现出最佳优势,2R1B1G处理的LED光谱可推荐作为白及组培育苗的光质配方。     

茉莉酸甲酯对广藿香JA信号转导途径及倍半萜合成途径关键基因表达的影响

分析外源性茉莉酸甲酯对广藿香JA信号转导途径关键基因JAZ2、MYC2、COI1及倍半萜合成途径关键基因PTS、FPPS、SQLE表达的影响,为深入研究茉莉酸甲酯调控广藿香JA信号转导途径及倍半萜合成途径的分子机制奠定基础。该文分别用0.10和0.25 mmol·L~(-1)的MeJA喷施广藿香叶片,于处理后的0、2、6、12、24、48、72 h摘取叶片,运用实时荧光定量PCR对JAZ2、MYC2、COI1、PTS、FPPS、SQLE基因的表达量进行检测。结果表明:0.10和0.25 mmol·L~(-1)的MeJA对广藿香JA信号转导途径JAZ2、MYC2、COI1及倍半萜合成途径PTS、FPPS、SQLE基因表达均有不同程度的促进作用,其中对JAZ2基因表达影响最显著。0.10mmol·L~(-1)MeJA溶液处理2 h时,JAZ2表达量上调13.52倍; 0.25 mmol·L~(-1)MeJA溶液处理48 h时,JAZ2表达量上调19.09倍。JA信号转导途径关键基因JAZ2与倍半萜合成途径关键基因FPPS存在极显著正相关关系。综上结果表明MeJA溶液可诱导广藿香JAZ2、MYC2、COI1、PTS、FPPS、SQLE基因的表达,且不同浓度MeJA对基因表达有着不一样的影响; JAZ2是JA信号转导途径里响应MeJA诱导的主要基因,其可激活倍半萜合成途径FPPS基因的协同表达,进而影响广藿香醇等倍半萜合成。     

多裂骆驼蓬叶片转录组分析

多裂骆驼蓬为西北荒漠地区常见植物,具有抗风固沙、防止水土流失、抑菌杀虫和抗肿瘤等功效。为了增加骆驼蓬属植物开发利用的强度,弥补其基因功能、代谢通路等分子生物学研究层面的空缺,该文利用Illumina高通量测序平台对多裂骆驼蓬叶片进行转录组测序,根据测序结果进行转录组数据拼接、功能注释、序列水平和表达水平等分析。结果表明:共获得7 723 653 900 bp核苷酸序列信息,拼接组装得到78 641条Unigene,预测出55 535条CDS序列。与多个数据库对比后,获得33 184个NR数据库注释信息;31 835个GO数据库注释信息; 17 206个KOG数据库Unigene功能分类信息; 7 617个KEGG数据库代谢通路注释信息。对单核苷酸多态性位点和微卫星信息进行检测分析,共发现86 113个SNP位点,6 987个SSR信息。该研究首次获得并分析了多裂骆驼蓬的转录组数据,通过基因比对、CDS预测、通路注释、SNP检测和SSR检测等方法,对该植物的基因、通路以及分子标记等方面有了初步的认识,为本种植物后续研究及资源的开发利用奠定了基础。