弄岗熊猴的活动节律和活动时间分配

2005年9月至2006年9月,采用瞬时扫描取样法,在弄岗国家级自然保护区对野生熊猴(Macaca assamensis)进行了连续跟踪观察,收集相关的活动节律和活动时间分配的数据,通过分析其与气候及食物组成的关系,从中探讨影响熊猴活动节律及活动时间分配的因素。研究结果发现:在熊猴的日活动节律中,觅食活动表现为逐渐增强的趋势,最高峰值出现在下午15:00,休息活动在中午出现一个小的高峰;其日活动节律表现出明显的季节性差异,主要表现为旱季大部分时间段的觅食强度均高于雨季,且早上7:00-10:00出现一段长时间的休息,而雨季里长时间的休息则发生在中午12:00-14:00;在活动时间分配上,熊猴平均花费39.6%时间用于休息,33.2%用于移动,18.3%用于摄食,5.1%用于理毛,2.4%用于玩耍,1.4%用于其他行为,其活动时间分配也表现出明显的季节性差异;与雨季相比,在旱季熊猴明显增加用于觅食的时间,而相应地减少用于休息的时间,活动时间分配的季节性变化明显与食物组成的变化有关;在不同年龄组个体间,青少年猴花费更多的时间用于玩耍,而用于休息和理毛的时间明显少于成年猴。     

黑叶猴活动时间季节性变化

为全面了解黑叶猴(Trachypithecus francoisi)的生态习性和活动规律,从中探讨其对喀斯特石山生境的适应策略,从2001年3~12月,在广西扶绥珍贵动物保护区对一群黑叶猴进行了连续的跟踪观察,采用连续记录法收集相关的行为数据。结果表明,黑叶猴的日活动节律表现为上午和下午的觅食高峰,中午进入长时间的休息期。这可能与白天的温度和日照强度的变化有关。它们的活动节律具有明显的季节性变化,主要表现为雨季活动节律中的觅食高峰与旱季相比推迟1h出现;旱季觅食高峰中用于觅食的时间明显增加,且中午出现一个小的觅食高峰。在黑叶猴的活动时间分配中,平均65.4%的时间用于休息,19.6%用于觅食,9.9%用于移动,用于社会活动的时间平均仅占5.1%。它们的活动时间分配表现出明显的季节性变化。在旱季,用于觅食的时间明显多于雨季,而休息时间相应地减少。     

环境和社会因素对喀斯特石山猕猴日活动节律和活动时间分配的影响

2007年9月至2008年8月,以广西弄岗国家级自然保护区内的一大群野生猕猴为研究对象进行连续的跟踪观察,采用瞬时扫描取样法收集其食物组成、活动节律和活动时间分配的数据,旨在探讨影响石山猕猴活动节律及活动时间分配的环境和社会因素。结果表明：研究猴群的日活动节律表现为上午和下午的觅食高峰以及中午的休息高峰,这与白天温度和日照强度的变化有关。日活动时间分配中,休息42.1%,移动34.5%,觅食15.1%,玩耍2.0%,理毛5.2%,其他行为1.3%。猴群依据食物的变化调整活动时间分配,其中用于移动的时间与食物中果实的比例成显著的正相关性。不同性别年龄组个体的活动时间分配表现出显著差异,主要表现为成年雄性花费更多的时间休息,而成年雌性花费更多的时间觅食和社会性理毛,未成年个体则花费更多的时间玩耍。与同域分布的小群猕猴相比,本研究群花费更多的时间休息,较少的时间觅食。这些差异可能与盗食农作物有关。     

栖息地质量对黑叶猴活动时间分配的影响

2005 年9 月至2006 年8 月,在广西弄岗国家级自然保护区和扶绥珍贵动物保护区各选择一群黑叶猴作为研究对象,采用瞬时扫描取样法收集相关的行为数据。通过比较两个地理种群活动时间分配的数据来探讨栖息地质量对黑叶猴活动时间分配的影响。结果表明:生活在低质量栖息生境的黑叶猴猴群较生活在高质量栖息生境的猴群花费更多的时间休息和觅食,而用于移动和社会活动的时间相应减少。分析表明,栖息地质量的差异所造成的食物可获得性以及食物组成的差异可能是影响黑叶猴群活动时间分配差异的重要因素。虽然不同活动的峰值在日活动节律中出现的时间存在差异,但总的日活动节律在不同地理种群中表现出相同的趋势,即早晨和下午出现两个明显的觅食高峰,而中午则是长时间的休息;移动的高峰通常发生在觅食高峰之前。     

邦亮东黑冠长臂猿日食性与活动节律的季节性变化

日食性变化和活动节律是动物行为的重要方面,通过对日食性变化与活动节律的研究,可以了解食物、温度和光照时间等环境因素的变化对动物行为的影响,以及动物在行为上的应对策略。2009 年1 -12 月,在广西靖西县邦亮东部黑冠长臂猿自治区级自然保护区内,采用瞬时扫描取样法对2 群东黑冠长臂猿觅食行为和活动节律进行了研究。结果显示,东黑冠长臂猿的活动和食性在旱季和雨季都具有明显的节律。鸣叫只发生在12:00之前,但旱季的鸣叫时间偏晚。在日节律上,东黑冠长臂猿在离开过夜树后和进入过夜树前各有一个取食高峰,07:00 喜欢取食果实和无花果,16:00 也选择更多的果实,但无花果较少,13:00 - 15:00 取食更多的叶和芽。在10:00 - 12:00,其用于休息和社会活动的时间增加。在雨季,东黑冠长臂猿以果实和无花果为主要食物,并且花大量时间觅食无脊椎动物;但在旱季,其食物以叶和芽为主。与之相适应,东黑冠长臂猿在旱季通过减少移动增加休息来节约能量开支和应对低温,同时它们增加取食的时间以获得等价的能量和营养。雨季时社会行为的比例明显高于旱季,而且其高峰出现在08:00 - 10:00,但旱季社会行为主要出现在11:00 - 14:00。在雨季东黑冠长臂猿没有出现休息高峰,相反在旱季10:00 左右出现一个明显的休息高峰。上述行为节律体现了东黑冠长臂猿对环境季节性变化的良好适应,使其能够在寒冷并且退化的喀斯特森林中生存繁衍。     

广西扶绥黑叶猴活动节律和日活动时间分配

2002 年8 月至2003 年7 月,对生活在完全被周围农田隔离的石山中的一群黑叶猴的昼夜活动节律和日活动时间分配进行研究。采用以群为单位的焦点动物观察法和连续记录法,每月对猴群连续10 d 跟踪观察。结果表明:3 月至10 月,黑叶猴的昼夜活动节律由8 个环节组成,11 月至2 月由9 个环节组成,移动、觅食和休息在活动节律中重复出现,晒太阳仅出现在11 月至翌年2 月。休息占黑叶猴日活动时间的比例最大,其次是觅食、移动、晒太阳和理毛。黑叶猴的日活动时间分配具有明显的月变化规律,相关性分析表明,环境温度、栖息地的食物丰富度和光照强度是影响黑叶猴日活动时间分配的主要因素。进一步分析认为,黑叶猴的活动时间分配体现了叶食性灵长类的特点,更体现了黑叶猴对北热带喀斯特石山环境的适应特点。     

同域分布黑叶猴和熊猴的活动时间分配比较

2005年9月至2006年8月,在广西弄岗国家级自然保护区选择一群黑叶猴和两群熊猴作为观察对象,采用瞬时扫描取样法收集相关的行为数据.通过比较两种灵长类活动时间分配的数据来探讨食物资源在时间和空间分布上的差异对两种灵长类动物活动时间分配的影响.结果表明:休息在黑叶猴的活动时间分配中所占比例明显高于熊猴; 熊猴用于移动的时间比例明显高于黑叶猴.两种灵长类采取不同的策略以应对喜食食物的季节性短缺.当旱季嫩叶和果实的可获得性降低时,黑叶猴明显增加用于移动和觅食的时间比例,相应减少用于休息的时间.与此相反,熊猴明显减少用于移动的时间比例,相应地增加用于社会性理毛的时间比例.分析表明,食物的可获得性以及食物组成的差异可能是影响同域黑叶猴和熊猴活动时间分配差异的重要因素.     

黑叶猴在喀斯特石山生境的觅食活动

2002 年 8 月至2003 年 7 月,对一群生活在广西扶绥珍稀动物保护区内孤立石山中的黑叶猴进行观察,通过收集有关栖息地利用的数据,从中探讨栖息地的破碎化对其生态习性的影响.研究结果表明：猴群的觅食活动在石山各个部位的分布存在着显著差异,它们更偏好在山腰觅食（66.1%）,而较少利用山脚（18.6%）和山顶（15.3%）.从横向水平来看,猴群的觅食活动主要集中在6个觅食斑块,总面积为7.94 hm^2,约占栖息地面积的18.9%.觅食斑快中黑叶猴喜食食物的植株密度明显高于非觅食斑块.虽然树叶在黑叶猴食物组成中占绝大部分,但其食物组成具有明显的季节性变化.与之相对应,猴群对觅食斑块的利用也表现出明显的季节性差异.     

圈养阿拉伯狒狒日活动时间格局及季节差异

动物个体行为的生态效应主要反映在它们的活动节律和时间分配上.2012年11月至2013年10月,在杭州野生动物园,用瞬时扫描取样法对1群圈养阿拉伯狒狒的日活动节律和活动时间分配进行了调查研究.结果表明: 1)在活动时间分配中,主要活动(频次百分率≥5%)包括休息(42.5%)、游动(16.2%)、玩耍(10.0%)、摄食(9.8%)、理毛(9.4%)和观望(7.3%);频次百分率低于5%的称为次要活动,共4.8%.2)阿拉伯狒狒的活动时间分配具有明显的季节性变化,冬季摄食和观望时间增加,玩耍和理毛时间减少,但休息和游动行为没有显著季节差异.3)阿拉伯狒狒通常在上午和下午分别出现摄食高峰,并随着气温逐渐转冷,摄食活动逐渐增加,出现3个摄食高峰;这可能是动物在寒冷季节为抵御寒冷而采取的补充能量的一种策略.4)在温暖季节,阿拉伯狒狒只有中午一个休息高峰和一个理毛高峰,更多时间用于游动和玩耍,表现为多峰特征;在寒冷的冬季,休息行为也体现了多峰特征,但其游动、玩耍和张望时间节律并不与温暖季节有明显差异.因此,杭州地区圈养阿拉伯狒狒的冬季日活动节律与许多灵长类(如黑冠长臂猿、维氏冕狐猴和绒毛猴等)不一样,采取摄食增加能量,而非休息减少能量消耗的策略.总之,阿拉伯狒狒的行为体现出明显的节律性,且其活动节律具有季节性差异,这些可能是阿拉伯狒狒适应于圈养环境特有的食物资源和温度变化的影响而形成的.     

重庆金佛山国家级自然保护区黑叶猴春季食物选择

2008年3～5月,采用焦点猴群连续跟踪观察和记录法对金佛山黑叶猴的食性进行了研究.黑叶猴春季采食的植物主要有18种,分属8科17属.黑叶猴嗜食灯台树、香叶树、毛叶木姜子、山梨、构树和木姜子,喜食山樱桃、山桃、山桑和野桐.取食部位有叶、芽、嫩枝、花和果实.在日活动节律中,觅食行为有两个高峰期,分别是7:30～9:30和17:00～18:30.在黑叶猴每天的时间分配中,觅食所占的时间比例为21.56%±8.13%.     

Comparative studies of phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase from c(3) and c(4) plants

Phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase (PEPC) from several C₃ plants was compared to maize PEPC by immunoblotting using an antibody against maize PEPC and by peptide mapping. In C₃ gramineous plants, PEPCs of slightly different monomeric sizes were detected as two bands for wheat and barley leaves, as three bands for etiolated maize leaves and as four bands for rice leaves by SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and immunoblotting, whereas only one PEPC band was detected for maize leaves, a C₄ plant, or tobacco leaves, a dicotyledonous C₃ plant. The peptide fragment patterns of the lower molecular weight PEPC (major band in immunoblotting) in wheat leaves was similar to that of maize PEPC in peptide mapping by protein staining or by immunological detection, but the upper one (minor band) had a different pattern from the lower one in peptide mapping by immunological detection and few peptide fragments from this were recognized by the anti-(maize) PEPC antibody. These results suggest that there are multiple forms of PEPC subunits in the gramineous plants tested, and the major PEPC has a primary structure similar to that of maize PEPC. To obtain information about the expression of PEPCs in C₃ plants, changes in the amount of PEPC protein were investigated during the greening of rice and wheat seedlings. Judging from the regulation by light, there were two types of PEPCs in greening rice seedlings, one induced by light and the other reduced by it. Greening wheat seedlings also show a PEPC band induced by light. These findings indicate that some PEPCs in C₃ gramineous plants not only have structures similar to that of maize PEPC, but also are regulated by light in a similar manner.     

Kinetic properties of phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase from c(3), c(4), and c(3)-c(4) intermediate species of flaveria (asteraceae)

Flaveria cronquistii (C₃), F. chloraefolia (C₃-C₄), F. floridana (C₃-C₄), F. pubescens (C₃-C₄), F. anomala (C₃-C₄), F. linearis (C₃-C₄), F. brownii (C₄), F. palmeri (C₄), F. trinervia (C₄) and F. australasica (C₄), comprising 10 out of the 21 known species of the genus Flaveria (Asteraceae), were included in a comparative study of the kinetic and regulatory properties of green leaf phosphoenolpyruvate (PEP) carboxylase. At least three kinetically distinct enzyme-forms were identified on the basis of their affinities for PEP and the degree of allosterism with respect to this substrate. The kinetic properties of PEP carboxylase of most of the species seemingly were modified in vivo depending on the growth conditions of the plants. K_m(PEP_free)-values of the enzyme from the five C₃-C₄ intermediate species ranged from 6 micromolar (F. chloraefolia, low light-grown) to 38 micromolar (F. pubescens, high light-grown). In contrast, the K_m for PEP of PEP carboxylase from the C₃ species F. cronquistii (13 micromolar) apparently was not influenced by growth conditions. The response of the enzyme from the C₃ and C₃-C₄ species was hyperbolic in all cases. A second isoform with a lower affinity for PEP (88-100 micromolar), but also hyperbolic kinetics was found in the C₄ species F. brownii, whereas in the three other C₄ species examined a PEP carboxylase with a still lower affinity for PEP (187-221 micromolar) and sigmoidal kinetics was present. These isozyme-related kinetic data were supported by analyses of the elution behavior of the enzyme during anion-exchange chromatography on DEAE-Trisacryl M. The results are discussed with respect to the evolution of C₄ photosynthesis in the Flaveria genus.     

Comparative characterization of phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase in c(3), c(4), and c(3)-c(4) intermediate panicum species

Various properties of phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylases were compared in leaf preparations from C₃-C₄ intermediate, C₃, and C₄Panicum species. Values of V_max in micromoles per milligram chlorophyll per hour at pH 8.3 were 57 to 75 for the enzyme from Panicum milioides, Panicum schenckii, and Panicum decipiens (all C₃-C₄). The values for Panicum laxum (C₃) and Panicum prionitis (C₄) were 20 to 40 and 952 to 1374, respectively. The V_max values did not change at pH 7.3 except for the C₄ value, which increased about 24%. At pH 8.3, the phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylases from C₃ and C₃-C₄ species had slightly higher K_m HCO₃⁻ and lower K^′ phosphoenolpyruvate values than did the C₄ enzyme. With each species at pH 7.3, all K^′ phosphoenolpyruvate values were 2- to 4-fold greater.     

Photosynthesis in c(4) plant tissue cultures: significance of kranz anatomy to c(4) Acid metabolism in c(4) plants

The pattern of photosynthetic carbon metabolism was determined in tissue cultures of Portulaca oleracea. Four-carbon acids are the most heavily labeled photosynthetic products during short term exposure to ¹⁴CO₂, containing greater than 40% of the total radioactivity incorporated. Phosphoglyceric acid and sugars account for only 10% of the label after equal exposure times. Other features of the CO₂ assimilation pattern in Portulaca callus tissue include a relatively large percentage of label located in various minor products throughout the time course studied, and a greater incorporation of ¹⁴C into sugars in tissue cultures than occurs in leaves. Ultrastructurally, the chloroplasts and cells of the callus are like those in the mesophyll cells of Portulaca leaves. The requirement for Kranz anatomy for operation of functional C₄ physiology is discussed.     

Differential uptake of mercury vapor by gramineous c(3) and c(4) plants

The uptake of mercury vapor by six gramineous plant species was compared under uniform conditions using a whole-plant chamber and ²⁰³Hg-labeled mercury at a low atmospheric concentration. Mean Hg uptake by leaves of the C₃ species oats (Avena sativa), barley (Hordeum vulgare), and wheat (Triticum aestivum) was 5 times greater than that by leaves of the C₄ species corn (Zea mays), sorghum (Sorghum bicolor), and crabgrass (Digitaria sanguinalis). Although there was a difference in resistances associated with vapor entry into the leaves, as shown by estimates of gas exchange, the differential uptake by C₃ and C₄ species was largely attributable to internal resistances to Hg vapor binding. The nature of the internal resistances and the site or sites of Hg vapor binding remain unspecified.     

Activation of the c(1) to c(14) monocarboxylic acids by a yeast

Cell extracts of a yeast grown on hexadecane contained a (C₇ to C₁₄) acyl-coenzyme A synthetase, acetyl-coenzyme A synthetase, and acetokinase.     

Photorespiration in c(3) and c(4) plant tissue cultures: significance of kranz anatomy to low photorespiration in c(4) plants

Photorespiration rates in tissue cultures of a C₄ plant, Portulaca oleracea, were compared to those in tissue cultures of a C₃ plant, Streptanthus tortuosus. The C₄ plant tissue cultures have one-half to one-third the photorespiration rate of the C₃ plant tissue cultures and respond to varying O₂ concentrations in a manner typical of C₄ plants. The results suggest that the lack of detectable photorespiration in C₄ plants is not related to leaf anatomy.     

Leaf anatomy of c(3)-c(4) species as related to evolution of c(4) photosynthesis

This study was undertaken to examine the degree of Kranz anatomy development in the species intermediate to C₃ and C₄ types (C₃-C₄) in Panicum, Neurachne, Flaveria, and Moricandia. In each genus, C₃ and/or C₄ species were used for comparison. Leaf transections from each species were examined by light and transmission electron microscopy. The percentages of leaf photosynthetic cell profiles partitioned to bundle sheaths were higher in C₄ than in C₃ species, while C₃-C₄ species tended to be in between. However, percentages for C₃-C₄ species in Moricandia and some C₃-C₄Flaveria species were not greater than C₃. When expressed on a cell profile area basis, C₃-C₄ species partitioned more photosynthetic tissue to bundle sheaths than C₃ species in Moricandia, but not in Flaveria. Neurachne minor S. T. Blake (C₃-C₄) partitioned a very small portion of cell profile area to the inner bundle sheaths (5%) compared to Neurachne munroi F. Muell (C₄) (21%). The percentage of organelles partitioned to bundle sheaths was much greater in C₃-C₄ than in C₃ species. The average C₃ percentages for mitochondria plus peroxisomes were 19, 8, and 19.5% for Neurachne, Flaveria, and Moricandia, respectively, compared to 41, 29, and 46.5% for the C₃-C₄ species. The CO₂ compensation concentration was negatively related to the partitioning of tissue to bundle sheaths and to the percentage of organelles in bundle sheaths. It is concluded that all of the C₃-C₄ species examined have developed some degree of Kranz anatomy and that this altered anatomy is involved in their reduced apparent photorespiration.     

Microbody enzymes and carboxylases in sequential extracts from c(4) and c(3) leaves

A seven-step sequential grinding procedure was applied to leaves of Atriplex rosea, Sorghum sudanense, and Spinacia oleracea to study the distribution of carboxylases and microbody enzymes. In the extracts from C₄ species there were 7- to 10-fold reciprocal changes in specific activities of ribulose-1, 5-diphosphate carboxylase and phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase. No such changes occurred in sequential extracts from spinach. No inhibitors of ribulose-1, 5-diphosphate carboxylase were detected when the mesophyll extracts of Sorghum were assayed together with spinach extracts. These results reaffirm the conclusion of others that phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase is largely confined to the mesophyll in these species and ribulose-1, 5-diphosphate carboxylase to the bundle sheath. The specific activities of glycolate oxidase and hydroxypyruvate reductase in bundle sheath extracts were two to three times those in mesophyll fractions. Catalase behaved similarly in Atriplex rosea but in Sorghum the specific activity was virtually the same in all fractions. From the relative amounts of these enzymes present, and comparison with the data obtained from spinach, it is concluded that typical leaf peroxisomes are present in the bundle sheaths of both C₄ species and in the mesophyll of Atriplex rosea. The relative enzyme activities in the mesophyll of Sorghum suggest that the microbodies there are of the non-specialized type found in many nongreen tissues. The activities of the microbody enzymes in the bundle sheath of Sorghum seem quite inadequate to support photorespiration.     

Carbon isotope ratios demonstrate carbon flux from c(4) host to c(3) parasite

Carbon isotope ratios of mature leaves from the C₃ angiosperm root hemiparasites Striga hermonthica (Del.) Benth (−26.7‰) and S. asiatica (L.) Kuntze (−25.6‰) were more negative than their C₄ host, sorghum (Sorghum bicolor [L.] Moench cv CSH1), (−13.5‰). However, in young photosynthetically incompetent plants of S. hermonthica this difference was reduced to less than 1‰. Differences between the carbon isotope ratios of two C₃-C₃ associations, S. gesnerioides (Willd.) Vatke—Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp. and Oryza sativa L.—Rhamphicarpa fistulosa (Hochst.) Benth differed by less than 1‰. Theoretical carbon isotope ratios for mature leaves of S. hermonthica and S. asiatica, calculated from foliar gas exchange measurements, were −31.8 and −32.0‰, respectively. This difference between the measured and theoretical δ¹³C-values of 5 to 6‰ suggests that even in mature, photosynthetically active plants, there is substantial input of carbon from the C₄ host. We estimate this to be approximately 28% of the total carbon in S. hermonthica and 35% in S. asiatica. This level of carbon transfer contributes to the host's growth reductions observed in Striga-infected sorghum.