天津八仙山国家级自然保护区野生勺鸡集群模式和时空活动规律

2017年6月至2021年8月,基于红外相机技术在天津八仙山国家级自然保护区对野生勺鸡(Pucrasia macrolopha)开展集群模式和时空活动规律研究,研究期间共筛选出野生勺鸡独立有效照片218张,从中辨认出野生勺鸡266只次。研究发现：野生勺鸡呈现7种集群模式,以一雄一雌模式为主(χ² = 29.722,df = 6,P < 0.001);野生勺鸡呈昼行性活动,冬季核密度曲线为单峰型,其余3个季节均为双峰型,其活动高峰时间为,春季07:00 ~ 09:00时和14:00 ~ 16:00时,夏季08:00 ~ 10:00时和12:00 ~ 14:00时,秋季07:00 ~ 09:00时和15:00 ~ 17:00时,冬季10:00 ~ 12:00时;勺鸡的日活动节律存在性别差异,其活动特点呈明显错峰现象,其中,秋季的日活动强度存在显著性别差异(日活动曲线的重叠面积比Δ = 0.665 5,P < 0.001);勺鸡在春、夏、秋3个季节的活动均偏向集中在10 ~ 20 ℃温度区段和600 ~ 799 m海拔区段,而冬季的活动偏向集中在﹣9 ~ 0 ℃温度区段和800 ~ 999 m海拔区段,不同温度区段的活动强度(Friedman：χ² = 0.231,df = 3,P > 0.05)和不同海拔区段的活动强度(Friedman：χ² = 5.615,df = 3,P > 0.05)均无显著季节差异。本研究为今后野生勺鸡的生态监测和保护管理提供了科学参考。     

历山自然保护区勺鸡的生态观察

历山自然保护区勺鸡的生态观察樊龙锁,李孔瑞,薛红忠山西历山国家级自然保护区沁水０４８２１１勺鸡（Ｐｕｃｒａｓｉａｍａｃｒｏｌｏｐｈａ）为国家二级保护鸟类。１９９２年和１９９３年的４－７月,在山西历山国家级自然保护区对勺鸡的生态进行了调查,现报道如下。...     

历山自然保护区勺鸡栖息地调查

历山自然保护区勺鸡栖息地调查＠王毅琴＠薛印平￥山西历山国家级自然保护区￥山西省机械施工公司勺鸡,栖息地,繁殖期,越冬期历山自然保护区勺鸡栖息地调查王毅琴薛印平（山西历山国家级自然保护区沁水０４８２１１）关键词勺鸡栖息地繁殖期越冬期勺鸡（Ｐｕｃｒａｓｉａｍ...     

秦岭西麓勺鸡巢及卵的初步观察

2006年在秦岭西麓林区,观察到4个勺鸡巢呈典型的深碗形,开口向上,圆形或近圆形,巢深8.60±0.33cm,巢口外径为21.50±0.41cm,巢口内径为14.75±0.96cm,巢材厚度为2.5～4.0cm。巢材质主要由枯叶、枯草及勺鸡自身掉落的羽毛构成。勺鸡卵近似椭球体,卵壳呈淡黄色,并伴有紫褐色斑点,平均长径为49.85±2.48mm;平均短径为36.00±1.41mm;窝卵数4～6枚。在秦岭西部山区,勺鸡喜欢选择栖息于1861～2100m之间的阔叶林或针阔混交林生境。由于森林的过度开发与人为捕猎,勺鸡野外生存状况不容乐观,亟需制定有效的措施加以保护。     

冬春季矮岩羊集群特征比较

2007年10月至12月、2008年11月中旬至2009年1月中旬和2009年3月至5月,采用样线法对四川竹巴笼自然保护区矮岩羊冬春季的集群特征进行了研究,春季共观察到73群451只矮岩羊,冬季共观察到170群1036只矮岩羊。发现春季平均群大小为6.18±5.186,最大群34只;冬季平均集群大小为6.65±4.564,最大群24只;春冬两季矮岩羊集群大小季节性变化不显著(P0.05)。在观察到的矮岩羊中,冬春两季矮岩羊集群都以混合群为主,分别占57.20%和45.20%;与春季相比,冬季混合群和独羊出现频率增高,而春季雌性群和母仔群增多;2-8只的集群冬季109群,春季56群,分别占总群数的64.12%和76.71%;9只以上的集群冬季46群,春季15群,分别占总群数的20.06%和20.55%。说明矮岩羊主要以2-8只的小群为主。冬季雌雄比为1∶0.64;雌幼比为1∶0.77;春季雌雄比为1∶0.72;雌幼比为1∶0.81。     

雉鸡的冬季集群行为观察

有关雉鸡 (Ｐｈａｓｉａｕｎｓｃｏｌｃｈｉｃｕｓ)冬季集群行为研究 ,Ｗｅｓｔｅｒｋｏｕ (1 956)在新西兰发现大多数雉鸡不集群 ;而Ｒｉｄｌｅｙ (1 983 )则认为雉鸡不仅在冬季集群 ,且群体是由同一性别的个体所组成。王建平等[3]报道 ,在山西庞泉沟国家级自然保护区观察 ,雉鸡在冬季有明显的集群行为 ,且有性别隔离现象。于1 997～ 1 999年的 1 0～ 1 2月和 1 998～ 2 0 0 0年的 1～ 2月 ,我们在山西历山国家级自然保护区对雉鸡冬季的集群行为进行了研究 ,现将有关资料报告如下。1　工作区自然概况历山国家级自然保护区位于本省中条山东…     

勺鸡的生态研究

1984－1990年作者在安徽大别山北坡对勺鸡安徽亚种进行了系统观察,本文就其栖息地,垂直分布,活动规律,食性,繁殖习性及数量等报道于下。     

勺鸡的生态观察

勺鸡是一种分布较广的高山鸟类,安徽有二个亚种,在西部金寨、霍山一带的为大别山亚种Pucrasia macrolopha joretiana,在皖南山区的为东南亚种P.m.darwini;前者背羽黑纹粗阔,只有2条,尾下复羽两侧边缘略带栗色;后者背羽有4条黑纹,尾下复羽两侧的栗色较为浓著。关于勺鸡的生态,国内所见之专题研究甚少,大别山亚种的则未见报道。我们自1976年3月至1980年5月,在金寨县长岭公社和霍山县漫水河公社,对勺鸡大别山亚种的生态进行了初步研究,现将结果整理报道如下。     

山地次生林冬季鸟类集群的初步研究

通过山地次生林两冬季鸟类集群的研究表明,集群的鸟类主要是由大山雀、沼泽山雀和普通Ｓｈｉ组成;每群个体数为７．４１－１０．６３只;据群的行为（单种群、多种集群和单独个体）分析,大多数种类是单独个体活动,冬季鸟类集群大小和组成有空间的变化。气候因子影响群的形成和行为。     

基于自动录音技术研究三种雉类 鸣叫特征和节律

自动录音机是一种低成本、高效、可以在较长时间和较大空间范围内对物种的活动进行有效监测的设备。2019年4至6月,在北京小龙门地区（40°00′ N,115°26′ E）褐马鸡（Crossoptilon mantchuricum）、勺鸡（Pucrasia macrolopha）和环颈雉（Phasianus colchicus）的栖息地内布设了songmeter自动录音机,对三种雉类的鸣声进行为期2个月的连续收集。利用Kaleidoscope软件（Wildlife Acoustics公司,美国）,对不同雉类鸣声进行了人工辅助的机器学习和自动识别,从录制的22 536 h录音数据中提取了褐马鸡、勺鸡和环颈雉的鸣声。优化鸣声提取的时频参数后,勺鸡鸣声提取的正确率为73.32%,探测率为52.91%;环颈雉鸣声提取的正确率为89.32%,探测率为67.36%;褐马鸡鸣声提取的正确率较低,仅为8.69%,探测率为58.54%。结合三种雉类的繁殖资料,揭示了三种雉类的鸣声节律：褐马鸡和环颈雉有早晚两个鸣叫高峰期,但高峰时段不尽相同,勺鸡只存在鸣叫早高峰;褐马鸡、勺鸡和环颈雉在交配期、孵卵前期具有一个鸣叫高峰。     

秦岭北坡雉类种群密度和群落结构的初步研究

本研究将秦岭北坡周至自然保护区划分为4个生态地理类型带,在以Gates截线法调查雉类种群密度的基础上,对不同生态地理类型雉类群落结构进行了研究。结果表明,秦岭北坡雉类的物种多样性与植被和海拔有一定关系,环境的稳定性对雉类物种多样性有着一定影响。调查中还发现红腹锦鸡已分布到海拔2700 m的山坡上。     

Snow and land use alter pheasant survival in South Dakota

We examined survival of ring-necked pheasants (Phasianus colchicus) occupying fragmented landscapes within the Prairie Pothole Region in South Dakota, USA, where severe winter weather events historically limited pheasant population growth through increased mortality. Recent landscape transformations could further affect overwinter adult female survival by reducing critical winter resources. Assessing the influence of time-dependent landscape features on survival at small focal scales may reveal spatially important relationships. We captured and monitored 321 adult female pheasants from 2017–2019 and recorded 110 pheasant winter mortalities. Female pheasant winter survival was 0.66 (85% CI = 0.62–0.70) and was inversely correlated to snow depth. We generated Cox proportional hazard models to determine risk of mortality associated with landscape features. Pheasants using landscapes other than perennial cover (i.e., emergent wetland, tall vegetation, woody, food plots) experienced a 2.22 times greater risk of raptor predation than pheasants using perennial cover. Additionally, pheasants experienced a 58% reduced risk of weather mortality when using emergent wetlands. We analyzed resource selection ratios to understand how perceived landscape risks at the population level scaled down to land use selection at the individual level. Female pheasants selected for emergent wetlands, showed no selection for woody features, and avoided tall vegetation (non-aquatic herbaceous vegetation >75 cm) during severe winters. Pheasants would greatly benefit from conservation of emergent wetlands and integrating perennial cover into harvested cropland.     

官山白颈长尾雉活动区域海拔高度的季节变化及其影响因素

2005年7月至2006年12月,采用无线电遥测的方法在江西官山国家级自然保护区内对5只白颈长尾雉（Syrmaticus ellioti）的活动区域进行了跟踪监测,结合GIS技术和样方法分析其活动区域的海拔高度随季节变化的影响因素。结果表明：海拔400-600m为白颈长尾雉全年最适活动带,其主要活动区域的海拔高度呈现明显的季节变化：夏秋季最高,春季次之,冬季最低。水源是其冬季喜欢在低海拔区域活动的最主要原因;而距林缘距离、灌木数量、灌木种数、灌木盖度等与增加食物丰富度和隐蔽度相关的因子是促使它们在春季和夏秋季倾向于在高海拔区域活动的主要因素。     

两种锦鸡和环颈雉线粒体DNA(mtDNA)的比较研究

本文以10种限制性内切酶分析雉科中环颈雉,红腹锦鸡和白腹锦鸡线粒体DNA（mtDNA）。雉属与锦鸡属之间的遗传距离P为0.076（0.067-0.085）,红腹锦鸡与白腹锦鸡的P为0.012。推算雉属和锦鸡属的分化大约发生在3.8×10[6]年以前,红腹锦鸡与白腹锦鸡的分化大约在6×10[5]年以前。这些结果表明：1.在雉科系统发生中,雉属与锦鸡属是近缘的属;2.红腹锦鸡和白腹锦鸡的分化较晚,关系密切,可能只是两个亚种。     

古田山国家级自然保护区白颈长尾雉的分布格局及其季节变化

为了解浙江省古田山国家级自然保护区内白颈长尾雉(Syrmaticus ellioti)的分布格局和季节变化, 2014年5月至2016年4月, 我们对其进行了为期2年的网格化监测。共有44个公里网格拍摄到白颈长尾雉, 独立探测数量为211次, 雌雄性比为1 : 1.64。白颈长尾雉主要分布在实验区和缓冲区, 其探测率在常绿落叶阔叶混交林、杉木(Cunninghamia lanceolata)林、针阔叶混交林、人工油茶(Camellia oleifera)林和常绿阔叶林中依次递减, 主要分布在海拔600-800 m。冬、春两季, 白颈长尾雉活动强度和区域相对较小, 而夏、秋两季活动强度和区域相对增加, 其分布在海拔段(F_4,12 = 3.76, P < 0.05)和季节间(F_3,12 = 3.34, P < 0.05)都存在显著差异。对海拔和气候因子进行回归分析发现, 日平均气温和海拔对白颈长尾雉是否出现均有极显著影响(P < 0.01); 白颈长尾雉月探测率和探测到白颈长尾雉位点的海拔均与月平均气温呈极显著正相关(P < 0.001), 而与月平均降水量无显著线性关系(P > 0.05)。这表明白颈长尾雉的活动在很大程度上受海拔和气温影响, 随月平均气温的升高有向高海拔迁移的趋势。模型选择和多模型推断显示, 最优模型仅保留“100 m内水源”这一个变量, 次优模型是“100 m内水源 × 海拔”, 最优和次优模型的权重分别为0.18和0.14, “100 m内水源”和“海拔”是影响白颈长尾雉在保护区内分布的重要因子, 重要值分别为0.82和0.51。因此, 白颈长尾雉的分布并非仅由某一个或几个环境变量决定, 而是由多个环境变量共同决定。气温的变化和对不同海拔段的选择是导致白颈长尾雉形成不同季节分布格局的原因。     

Phylogenetic relationships of the phasianidae reveals possible non-pheasant taxa

The phylogenetic relationships of 21 pheasant and 6 non-pheasant species were determined using nucleotide sequences from the mitochondrial cytochrome b gene. Maximum parsimony and maximum likelihood analysis were used to try to resolve the phylogenetic relationships within Phasianidae. Both the degree of resolution and strength of support are improved over previous studies due to the testing of a number of species from multiple pheasant genera, but several major ambiguities persist. Polyplectron bicalcaratum (grey peacock pheasant) is shown not to be a pheasant. Alternatively, it appears ancestral to either the partridges or peafowl. Pucrasia macrolopha macrolopha (koklass) and Gallus gallus (red jungle fowl) both emerge as non-pheasant genera. Monophyly of the pheasant group is challenged if Pucrasia macrolopha macrolopha and Gallus gallus are considered to be pheasants. The placement of Catreus wallichii (cheer) within the pheasants also remains undetermined, as does the cause for the great sequence divergence in Chrysolophus pictus obscurus (black-throated golden). These results suggest that alterations in taxonomic classifications may be required for some pheasant species and genera.     

Light and electron microscopy observations in the thyroid gland of the pheasant (Phasianus colchicus L.)

In the summer, the pheasant thyroid presents as a relatively quiescent organ with reduced secretory activity; the follicular epithelium is very low and mostly of the pavement type, while the follicles are unwontedly large and contain an increased amount of colloid. The follicular cell cytoplasm contains numerous characteristic spherical vacuolar structures. In the winter, however, the thyroid displays remarkable reconstruction and raised activity of the follicular cells, which are much higher and columnar; the small follicles contain less colloid. Peculiar rod-like or fusiform structures, some measuring up to 6,5 microgram, were observed in the cytoplasm of the follicular cells of both hen and cock pheasants in November and March. At the beginning of the winter (November), specific dark cells with pycnotic nuclei, evidently in process of degeneration, appeared in the follicular epithelium. In March, specific granulated cells (probably parafollicular cells) were found sporadically in the immediate vicinity of the wall of subcapsular follicles in cock pheasant.     

The effect of an indirect anthelmintic treatment on parasites and breeding success of free-living pheasants Phasianus colchicus

In Great Britain free-living common pheasants Phasianus colchicus are often managed at high densities owing to their popularity as a quarry species. They are prone to infection by a range of parasite species including Heterakis gallinarum, Capillaria spp. and Syngamus trachea. In 1995 the efficacy of an indirect anthelmintic technique for controlling parasitic worm burdens of pheasants was determined in a pilot study on a shooting estate in the south of England. Between 2000 and 2003 a large-scale field experiment was conducted on nine estates in eastern England to determine the effect of the technique on parasite burden and pheasant breeding success. In the absence of anthelmintic treatment worm burdens increased rapidly through March and April, whereas birds given anthelmintic-treated grain had lower worm burdens during the same period. The breeding success of pheasants was significantly higher on plots provided with anthelmintic treatment, although no long-term increases in population densities were observed. The burdens of the most common parasite H. gallinarum were significantly lower in pheasants from treatment plots six weeks after the anthelmintic treatment had ceased, but spring treatment did not influence parasite burden in the following winter.     

A molecular phylogeny of the pheasants and partridges suggests that these lineages are not monophyletic

Cytochrome b and D-loop nucleotide sequences were used to study patterns of molecular evolution and phylogenetic relationships between the pheasants and the partridges, which are thought to form two closely related monophyletic galliform lineages. Our analyses used 34 complete cytochrome b and 22 partial D-loop sequences from the hypervariable domain I of the D-loop, representing 20 pheasant species (15 genera) and 12 partridge species (5 genera). We performed parsimony, maximum likelihood, and distance analyses to resolve these phylogenetic relationships. In this data set, transversion analyses gave results similar to those of global analyses. All of our molecular phylogenetic analyses indicated that the pheasants and partridges arose through a rapid radiation, making it difficult to establish higher level relationships. However, we were able to establish six major lineages containing pheasant and partridge taxa, including one lineage containing both pheasants and partridges (Gallus, Bambusicola and Francolinus). This result, supported by maximum likelihood tests, indicated that the pheasants and partridges do not form independent monophyletic lineages.     

Influence of keeping pheasants in captivity vs. nature on the biological value of meat and its use in human nutrition

The life of game birds (pheasants) in nature is coupled with a number of difficulties in all seasons of the year. This refers to finding food, breeding, laying eggs, raising the young, fleeing from their natural enemies and lack of protection from unfavorable climatic conditions. The pheasants that live in captivity--aviaries for pheasants--do not have such difficulties--they are fed regularly by quality feed for pheasants, they are protected from bad weather and natural enemies. Our research was aimed at determining the biological value of meat of pheasants grown in the two different settings--in captivity and in nature. The highest weight achieved wild pheasant males (1232.4 +/- 147.36 g). The differences between tested pheasant groups were statistically very high significant (P < 0.001). The differences between groups related to breast weight and tights with drumsticks weight were statistically very high significant (P < 0.001). Between breast parts (%) and legs parts (%) were notified very high (P < 0.001) i.e. high (P = 0.002) differences. The highest weight breast muscles and tights with drumsticks had wild pheasants (282.6 +/- 63.53 g i.e. 206.2 +/- 37.88g). Wilde pheasants had lower part (%) and lighter (g) skin with subcutaneous fatty tissue on breasts. Female pheasants cultivated on both ways had higher skin part (%) and subcutaneous fatty tissue in tights with drumsticks. Related to chemical composition of breast muscles is established statistically significant differences (P < 0.001 i.s. P = 0.040)) in part of Ca (%) and P (%). In wild pheasant tights with drumsticks muscles established statistically very significant (P < 0.001) higher part of moisture, protein and Ca, i.e. statistically very high significant (P < 0.001) lower part of fat and energetic value. Research results indicate that the quality of meat of pheasants grown in nature has higher biological value than the meat of pheasants kept in aviaries, which means it has advantages in human nutrition.