长江中游地区生态系统服务价值的地形梯度效应

采用长江中游地区1995、2005、2014年3期土地利用数据,基于修正后的长江中游地区生态系统服务价值系数表,估算各县域生态系统服务价值,并分析其时空变化特征及地形梯度效应.结果表明:长江中游地区生态系统服务价值在空间上总体呈山区高而平原低的分布格局,地形梯度分布特征明显.县域地形起伏度与生态系统服务价值呈现较为显著的对数关系,二者拟合优度为0.53;地均生态系统服务价值随地形起伏度上升而增加,2014年1~5级地形起伏度区从400.35万元·km^-2增至554.57万元·km^-2;研究期间随着地形起伏度增加,各级别内县域生态价值变化从下降型逐渐向稳定型转变.从不同生态系统服务价值看,受不同地形起伏度上土地利用结构改变及不同地类的主导生态系统服务差异的影响,随着地形起伏度的增加,食物生产、废物处理服务价值有所下降,其他生态系统服务(如原材料生产、气体调节等)的价值总体呈上升趋势.     

天童常绿阔叶林林窗的地形分布格局

为探究多维地形因素对林窗分布的影响,以天童20 hm²常绿阔叶林动态监测样地内的林窗为对象,结合地理信息系统软件,分析了林窗空隙率、林窗密度以及林窗面积在海拔、坡度、坡向、坡形、坡位5种地形因子下的分布格局.结果表明: 该样地林窗空隙率为13.1%,林窗密度为9.5个·hm^-2,林窗平均面积为137.82 m²;因高海拔台风干扰的强度较大,高海拔段(≥500 m)林窗的空隙率和密度显著大于中低海拔段(<500 m);台风带来的强降雨极易引起小范围滑坡,使得沟谷的林窗空隙率和密度显著大于侧坡,林窗平均面积显著大于侧坡和山脊.台风及其带来的强降雨是造成林窗在海拔及坡位梯度上具有显著性差异的主要原因.     

天童常绿阔叶林林窗的地形分布格局

为探究多维地形因素对林窗分布的影响,以天童20 hm²常绿阔叶林动态监测样地内的林窗为对象,结合地理信息系统软件,分析了林窗空隙率、林窗密度以及林窗面积在海拔、坡度、坡向、坡形、坡位5种地形因子下的分布格局.结果表明: 该样地林窗空隙率为13.1%,林窗密度为9.5个·hm^-2,林窗平均面积为137.82 m²;因高海拔台风干扰的强度较大,高海拔段(≥500 m)林窗的空隙率和密度显著大于中低海拔段(<500 m);台风带来的强降雨极易引起小范围滑坡,使得沟谷的林窗空隙率和密度显著大于侧坡,林窗平均面积显著大于侧坡和山脊.台风及其带来的强降雨是造成林窗在海拔及坡位梯度上具有显著性差异的主要原因.     

气候变化背景下我国东北三省农业气候资源变化特征

基于1961-2007年中国东北三省72个气象台站的气象资料,分析了东北三省全年及温度生长期内的平均气温、≥10 ℃积温、降水量、日照时数和参考作物蒸散量等农业气候资源的变化特征.结果表明：研究期间,东北三省年均气温总体呈升高趋势,其气候倾向率为0.38 ℃·10 a^-1;温度生长期内≥10 ℃积温同样呈上升趋势,且积温带逐渐北移东扩,全区高于3200 ℃·d积温带面积增加了2.2×10⁴ km²,2800～3200 ℃·d积温带北移0.85°、东移0.67°,2400～2800 ℃·d积温带北移1.1°;东北三省年日照时数显著下降,且以松嫩平原东部、吉林省中西部平原、辽河平原西部的减少尤为明显,全区年日照时数高于2800 h的区域面积由13.6×10⁴ km²缩小到4.1×10⁴ km²,2600～2800 h的区域向西推进了1.5°;全区温度生长期内日照时数平均为1174 h,与1961-1980年相比,1981-2007年温度生长期内的日照时数高值区明显减少,日照时数1200～1400 h的区域向西推进了0.9°;1961-2007年间,研究区年降水量及温度生长期内降水量均呈下降趋势;黑龙江省全年参考作物蒸散量整体呈增加趋势,吉林省中西部平原区有所减小、东部山区呈增加趋势,辽宁省均呈减小趋势,与1961-1980年的年均值相比,1981-2007年年参考作物蒸散量高于900 mm区域向西推移了约1°;黑龙江省和吉林省绝大部分区域温度生长期内参考作物蒸散量逐年增加,而辽宁省绝大部分区域以小于14 mm·10 a^-1的幅度在减少.     

1990—2010年淮河流域人类活动净氮输入

1990—2010年,淮河流域粮食产量由6414×10⁴ t增长到10121×10⁴ t(增幅为58%),城市化率由13%增长到35%(涨幅为22%),流域社会经济发生了显著变化.从流域整体定量评估人类活动所带来的生态环境影响将为区域生态环境管理提供科学依据.本文估算淮河流域1990—2010年人类活动净氮输入(NANI)的空间分布及变化趋势.结果表明: 研究期间,淮河流域氮输入量呈现出增加趋势;1990—2001年流域内氮输入量快速增加,2001年后氮输入增加趋势减缓.1990年氮输入量为17232 kg N·km^-2·a^-1,2003年氮输入量最高,为28771 kg N·km^-2·a^-1,2010年回落为26415 kg N·km^-2·a^-1.从氮输入的组成上来看,化肥和大气氮沉降仍然是最主要的输入来源,其次为食品/饲料和生物固氮的输入.化肥和大气沉降输入占总氮输入的比例持续增加,由1990年的64%和16%分别增长至2010年的77%和19%.单纯以增施化肥来实现粮食增产、化石燃料大量燃烧来推动经济发展的观念,应切实转变到改善农业耕种技术、实现新能源的发展轨道上来,进而推动社会经济的可持续发展.     

沿海河谷盆地城市热岛时空特征及驱动机制

针对以往热岛研究中缺少自然-人文多维因子组合作用的成因分析,基于landsat TM/OLI遥感影像反演福州市1991、2000及2013年河谷盆地亮温热场,并利用主成分多元回归方法探讨DMSP/OLS夜间灯光、交通密度、地表非渗透面、地面高程、地表植被、水体等多维因素对城市热岛的综合影响及联动关系。研究发现:11991—2013年盆地热岛辐射范围不断蔓延,老城区成为热岛核心区,呈中心向外辐射并沿江扩展态势,盆地"溢出"现象显著;2盆地内平原-山地温差达10—14℃,热岛面积出现两极分化,23年间热岛面积共增加226.9km~2,其中高温区面积增长四倍,年增长率最大(7.50%);3夜间灯光、交通路网密度、地表非渗透面、地表植被、地面高程及水体每变化1个单位,温度将分别变化0.430、0.418、0.103、-0.031、-0.469及-0.096;4人文促进作用大于自然抑制作用,综合作用下盆地升温0.35个单位;5相比地表非渗透面,夜间灯光与交通密度对热岛的增温贡献更为显著;地面高程主导降温作用,其次为水体与地表植被,后两者作用之和仅为地面高程的27%。福州盆地当前的生态环境并不足以缓解城市未来进一步发展而导致的热岛加剧,当保持城市现有发展规模且自然作用进一步增加60%时,降温抑制作用才会明显。     

乌江流域重要生态系统服务地形梯度分布特征分析

为探究流域尺度生态系统服务空间特点, 利用ArcGIS 软件和InVEST 模型, 从高程、坡度、地形起伏度和地形位指数等方面对乌江流域重要生态系统服务地形梯度分布特征进行了分析。结果表明: (1)水供给在各地形梯度上均呈小幅波动特点。碳储量、生境质量和水土保持随着坡度、地形起伏度和地形位指数的增加而增加, 随着高程增加呈波动起伏特点; (2)水土保持在各地形梯度上的变化突出, 生境质量和碳储量的变化居中, 而水供给变化较小; (3)碳储量、生境质量和水土保持在不同地形梯度上的差异明显, 而水供给在不同地形梯度上的差异较小。土地利用空间格局及流域地形特征是影响该区生态系统服务梯度差异的重要因素。以期为流域土地利用科学管理及生态环境保护提供科学依据。     

气候变化背景下中国农业气候资源变化Ⅰ.华南地区农业气候资源时空变化特征

基于华南地区1961-2007年66个气象台站的地面观测资料,对华南地区全年及温度生长期内热量、光照和水分的时空变化特征进行了分析.结果表明：1961-2007年,华南地区年均气温以0.20 ℃·（10 a）^-1的趋势上升,温度生长期内积温的气候倾向率［平均为98 ℃·d·（10 a）^-1］由北向南递增;1981-2007年,6200～7500 ℃·d和7500～8000 ℃·d积温带面积分别较1961-1980年增加了1.5×10⁴和4.7×10⁴ km².研究期间,华南地区全年和温度生长期日照时数分别以-57和-38 h·（10 a）^-1的速率递减;与1961-1980年相比,1981-2007年全年和温度生长期内≥1800 h日照时数的区域面积均呈减少趋势.全年和温度生长期降水量均呈略微增加趋势,但不同地区的增减幅度明显不同.全年及温度生长期分别有62%和52%站点参考作物蒸散量的气候倾向率为负值;与1961-1980年相比,1981-2007年全年和温度生长期参考作物蒸散量均表现为高值区缩小、低值区扩大.全年湿润指数的平均气候倾向率为0.01·（10 a）^-1,70%站点的年湿润指数呈上升趋势;与1961-1980年相比,1981-2007年温度生长期内湿润指数增加了0.02,53%站点的气候倾向率为正值.研究期间华南地区气候变化总体表现为暖湿趋势,这将对该地区作物种植制度、作物产量和农业结构等产生影响.     

黎钦铁路增建二线工程的水土流失影响程度分析

铁路建设工程中的路基修筑、隧道开凿、取土弃渣均会导致大量的水土流失,对铁路沿线生态环境造成不利影响。论文以广西黎钦铁路增建二线工程为例,通过水土流失影响指数评价模型来定量分析、评判该工程的水土流失影响程度。结果表明,该项目的水土流失影响指数值为0.11,不到全国铁路建设项目水土流失影响指数平均值的40%,这表明与新建铁路工程相比,增建二线工程造成的水土流失影响程度较小。其主要原因是工程占地(2.02hm²·km^-1)和影响面积(0.28hm²·km^-1)较小、工程总土石方量(3.86×10⁴m³·km^-1)和弃方量(0.28×10⁴m³·km^-1)较少、工程水土流失总量(211.61t·km^-1)不大。通过缩短施工期和增加水土流失治理面积,可进一步减弱该工程的水土流失影响,更好地保护项目沿线的生态环境。     

人类活动影响下科尔沁沙地沙漠化动态的敏感性分析及灰色预测

利用90年代1◊25万和1◊50万的TM遥感影像及GIS获得的数据,结合该区70、80年代遥感调查数据,分析了科尔沁地区6个县的土地覆盖类型和潜在沙漠化动态及敏感因子。结果表明,1980～1990年该区的沙化面积从53%扩大到70%,林地下降10.7%,草地增加8.38%,主要为低覆盖草地。由于10年来人口密度增加了10人·km^-2,耕地平均增加了7%,人口增加和活动是土地覆盖变化的敏感性因子。分析该区沙漠化的自然因素表明气候变化导致沙漠化的正逆过程,人类活动是近代该区沙漠化加剧的直接原因。灰色预测表明该地区2000年以后人口增加,而沙漠化呈增加和减少两种趋势.     

Land Use Change in India (1700–2000) as Examined through the Lens of Human Appropriation of Net Primary Productivity

Land use caused by human socioeconomic activities is a driver of change in the global environment. To understand and quantify land‐use change on Earth's natural systems, interdisciplinary approaches linking biophysical and socioeconomic parameters are required. One approach to understand the degree of terrestrial colonization of the biosphere is using the human appropriation of net primary productivity (HANPP). HANPP is defined as the difference between the net primary productivity (NPP) of potential vegetation and the actual NPP for a given area of land. Here, we use HANPP as a lens to examine land‐use change in India from 1700 to 2007 using a spatially explicit data set that extends over this period. We also used the nongridded, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) data set to calculate HANPP for India from 1961 to 2012 and compared our results. The average potential NPP for India was estimated to be 664 grams of carbon per square meter per year (g C/m²/year). Between 1700 and 2012, the fraction of pastureland and cropland increased from 20% to almost 60%. HANPP as a fraction of the potential NPP increased from 29% to 73% over this period. Calculations of HANPP using the FAO data set yielded an increase from 600 g C/m² to just over 700 g C/m² between 1961 and 2012. We also calculated the embodied HANPP of India by considering imports and exports, but the difference between the two is negligible in comparison to the HANPP of India. We further examined the variation of HANPP with socioeconomic parameters such as the Human Development Index (HDI) and population density. There was a roughly negative trend of HANPP with HDI. HANPP roughly increases with population density and then plateaus above a population density of roughly 200 persons per square kilometer.     

杉木成熟林细根形态与功能特征的海拔梯度变异特点

为探究植物对环境变化的适应策略,在安徽省金寨县天马国家自然保护区,以不同海拔高度(750、850、1000、1150 m)杉木(Cunninghamia lanceolata)成熟林为对象,采用土钻法获取土壤细根样品,分别测定了不同海拔不同土层(0—10 cm、10—20 cm、20—30 cm)土壤细根生物量、形态特征参数和碳氮含量。结果表明:(1)随海拔梯度增加,0—30 cm土层细根生物量、根长密度、比根长、表面积密度、体积密度均呈先减少后增加趋势,在海拔750 m生物量最大,其余指标在海拔1150 m最大;随土层深度增加,同一海拔细根生物量、根长密度、表面积密度、体积密度均呈减少趋势。(2)随海拔梯度增加,0—30 cm土层细根C和N含量呈先增加后减少趋势,C/N比呈先减少后增加再减少趋势;随土层深度增加,同一海拔细根C含量呈先减少后增加趋势,N含量呈降低趋势,C/N比呈上升趋势。(3)细根N含量与生物量、根长密度和体积密度显著正相关,C/N比与生物量、根长密度、表面积密度和体积密度极显著负相关。(4)土壤水分对细根生物量及其形态指标影响显著。     

Unmasking of GDP binding sites on hamster brown adipose tissue mitochondria and uncoupling protein.

1. A rapid unmasking of GDP binding sites on brown adipose tissue (BAT) mitochondria was observed when hamsters acclimatized to 28 degrees C were exposed to a temperature of 4 degrees C for 2 hr. 2. No rapid unmasking of GDP binding sites was observed when hamsters housed at 22 degrees C were briefly exposed to 4 degrees C. 3. The amount of GDP bound to BAT mitochondria from hamsters increased during 2 weeks of exposure to 4 degrees C, but did not change between 2 weeks and 30 days of cold exposure. 4. Incubation of mitochondria with 10 mM Mg2+ prior to the GDP binding assay increased the subsequent GDP binding to BAT mitochondria from hamsters housed at 28, 22 or 4 degrees C, albeit to different degrees. 5. The amount of GDP bound to uncoupling proteins isolated from untreated and Mg(2+)-treated mitochondria of hamsters and rats was measured. Scatchard analyses of the binding of GDP to purified uncoupling protein indicate that increases in the number of binding sites due to Mg2+ treatment of mitochondria do not change the affinity of the protein for GDP.     

The size of wild honeybee populations (<Emphasis Type="Italic">Apis mellifera</Emphasis>) and its implications for the conservation of honeybees

The density of wild honeybee colonies (Apis mellifera) in the African dry highland savannahs was estimated in three Nature Reserves in Gauteng, South Africa (Ezemvelo, Leeuwfontein, Suikerbosrand) based on the genotypes of drones which were caught at drone congregation areas. Densities were estimated to range between 12.4 and 17.6 colonies per square kilometer. In addition colony densities were estimated in two German National parks (Müritz and Hochharz) and a commercial mating apiary. The density of colonies was significantly lower at the German sampling sites with estimates of 2.4–3.2 colonies per square kilometer, which closely matches the nation-wide density of colonies kept by beekeepers. This shows that the densities of colonies observed in wild populations under the harsh conditions of the African dry savannahs exceeds that of Germany by far, in spite of intensive beekeeping. The intensity of apiculture in Europe is therefore unlikely to compensate for the loss of habitats suitable for wild honeybees due to agriculture, forestry and other cultivation of land.     

Impact of the Economic Structure of Cities on Urban Scaling Factors: Implications for Urban Material and Energy Flows in China

We explore the population‐scaling and gross domestic product (GDP)‐scaling relationships of material and energy flow (MEF) parameters in different city types based on economic structure. Using migration‐corrected population data, we classify 233 Chinese city propers (Shiqu) as “highly industrial” (share of secondary GDP exceeds 63.9%), “highly commercial” (share of tertiary GDP exceeds 52.6%), and “mixed‐economy” (the remaining cities). We find that, first, the GDP population‐scaling factors differ in the different city types. Highly commercial and mixed‐economy cities exhibit superlinear GDP population‐scaling factors greater than 1, whereas highly industrial cities are sublinear. Second, GDP scaling better correlates with city‐wide MEF parameters in Chinese cities; these scaling relationships also show differences by city typology. Third, highly commercial cities are significantly different from others in demonstrating greater average per capita household income creation relative to per capita GDP. Further, highly industrial cities show an apparent cap in population. This also translates to lower densities in highly industrial cities compared to other types, showing a size effect on urban population density. Finally, a multiple variable regression of total household electricity showed significant and positive correlation with population, income effect, and urban form effect. With such multivariate modeling, the apparent superlinearity of household electricity use with respect to population is no longer observed. Our study enhances understanding of MEFs associated with Chinese cities and provides new insights into the patterns of scaling observed in different city types by economic structure. Results recommend dual scaling by GDP and by population for MEF parameters and suggest caution in applying universal scaling factors to all cities in a country.     

Elevational Variation of Leaf Traits in Montane Rain Forest Tree Species at La Chinantla, Southern México1

Variation in leaf traits of dominant tree species in six montane rain forest communities was analyzed along an elevational gradient ranging from 1220 to 2560 m within a single basin at La Chinantla, Oaxaca, México. Three groups of characters were used: morphological (leaf shape, margin, blade configuration, and phyllotaxy), morphometric (leaf area, leaf mass per area, stomatal density, and blade length/width ratio), and anatomical (thicknesses of blade, palisade [PP], and spongy [SP] parenchymae, PP/SP ratio, and epidermis and cuticle thicknesses). The variation of morphological characteristics was only evident at the highest elevations; in contrast, thickness of leaf blade, PP, SP, as well as leaf mass per area clearly increased along the gradient, whereas leaf area was the only variable that significantly decreased with elevation. Thicknesses of epidermis and of the two cuticles were not significantly correlated with elevation. A classification analysis based on a leaf trait matrix led to the distinction between low and high elevation communities, with an approximate limit between them at ca 2300 to 2400 m. The results are discussed in light of environmental changes occurring along elevational gradients. Leaf characteristics of montane rain forest plants offer important insights about the complex roles of abiotic factors operating in these environments and supplement the traditional physiognomic classification schemes for these communities.     

Stability to the extreme influences and significance of internal pH of Saccharomyces cerevisiae depending on the density of cellular suspensions

The resistance of a Saccharomyces cerevisiae population against gamma-irradiation (400 krd), heating (60 degrees C), repeated freezing--thawing and rehydration of dehydrated cells was shown to depend on the density of a cell suspension. The percentage of damaged cells (stained with primulin) was found to increase in a suspension with decreasing cell concentrations. The effect was also exerted in an oxygen-free medium. The percentage of undamaged cells increased in populations with a lower cell concentration when a more viscous medium (0.2% agar) was used. The intracellular pH dropped down in a denser intact yeast suspension and rose with an increase in the concentration of dehydrated-rehydrated cells.     

Factors affecting capture of Cryptolestes ferrugineus (Coleoptera: Laemophloeidae) in traps placed in stored wheat

Cryptolestes ferrugineus (Stephens), the rusty grain beetle, infests grain externally and is a common pest of stored wheat throughout the world. Detection and population estimation of this insect are important in avoiding discounts at the point of sale. Laboratory experiments compared number of insect captures in the WNB II probe and PC trap in stored grain with a known insect density. Capture rates were strongly related to insect densities in wheat. In a simultaneous test of insect density, ranging from one to three insects per kilogram, and temperatures between 20 and 40 degrees C, insect captures in WB II probe traps increased linearly with insect density in the grain but had a quadratic response to temperature. Hole density, ranging from 40 to 120 holes along a 15-cm stretch of the trap body, was unrelated to number of insect captures. Probe trap diameters ranging from 26 to 60 mm were also unrelated to insect captures. Finally, dead rusty grain beetles were recovered in probe traps. The recovery of dead insects increased with insect density when insects were found in an aggregated dispersal pattern, such as would be found following phosphine fumigation of grain. Experiments discussed here will help grain managers understand how probe traps may be used in C. ferrugineus population estimation.     

Brown adipose tissue, liver, and diet-induced thermogenesis in cafeteria diet-fed rats

Diet-induced thermogenesis (DIT) in young rats overeating a "cafeteria" (CAF) diet of palatable human foods is characterized by a chronic, propranolol-inhibitable elevation in resting metabolic rate (VO2) and is associated with various changes in brown adipose tissue (BAT) that have been taken as evidence for BAT as the effector of DIT. But direct evidence for participation of BAT in DIT has been lacking. By employing a nonocclusive cannula to sample the venous effluent of interscapular BAT (IBAT) for analysis of its O2 content and measuring tissue blood flow with microspheres, we accomplished direct determination (Fick principle) of the O2 consumption of BAT in conscious CAF rats. In comparison with normophagic controls fed chow, the CAF rats exhibited a 43% increase in metabolizable energy intake, reduced food efficiency, a 22% elevation in resting VO2 at 28 degrees C (thermoneutrality) or 24 degrees C (housing temperature), and characteristic changes in the properties of their BAT (e.g., increased mass, protein content and mitochondrial GDP binding). They also exhibited the greater metabolic response to exogenous noradrenaline characteristic of CAF rats and the near elimination by propranolol of their elevation in VO2. By the criterion of their elevated VO2, the CAF rats were exhibiting DIT at the time of the measurements of BAT blood flow and blood O2 levels. However, BAT O2 consumption was found to be no greater in the CAF rats than in the controls at either 28 or 24 degrees C. At 28 degrees C it accounted for less than 1% of whole body VO2; at 24 degrees C it increased to about 10% of overall VO2 in both diet groups.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)