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从云衫针层孔菌Ｐｈｅｌｌｉｎｕｓ ｙａｍａｎｏｉ（Ｔａｍｚ．）ｓｈａｗ分离得到１２个化合物,借助光谱分析鉴定为：８,１１,１３－ａｂｉｅｔａｄｉｅｎ－１８－ｏｉｃ ａｃｉｄ（１）,１,２－ｂｅｎｚｅｎｅｄｉ－ｃａｒｂｏｘｙｌｉｃ ａｃｉｄｂｉｓ（２－ｅｔｈｙｌ－ｈｅｘｙｌ）ｅｓｔｅｒ（２）,ｅｒｇｏｓｔｅｒｏｌ ｐｅｒｏｘｉｄｅ（３）,ｅｒｇｏｓｔａ ７,２２（Ｅ）－ｉｄｅｎ－３－ｏｌ（４）,ｅｒｇｏｓｔａ ７,２２（Ｚ）－ｄｉｅｎ－３－ｏｌ（５）,ｏｃｔａｄｅｃａｎｏｉｃ ａｃｉｄ－１,３－ｐｒｏｐａｎｅｄｉｙｌ ｅｓｔｅｒ（６）,ｏｃｔａｄｅｃａｎｏｉｃ ａｃｉｄ（７）,８（１９）,１４－ｌａｂｄａｄｉｅｎ－１３－ｏｌ（８）,ｅｒｇｏｓｔａ－４,６,８（１４）,２２－ｔｅｔｒａｅｎ－３－ｏｎｅ（９）,化合     

辽宁省灾害区划初探

辽宁省灾害区划初探尹功成,梁文举（辽宁省农业区划研究所,沈阳１１００３１）（中国科学院沈阳应用生态研究所,１１００１５）ＡｎＡｐｐｒｏａｃｈｔｏＣａｌａｍｉｔｙＤｉｖｉｓｉｏｎｉｎｇｏｆＬｉａｏｎｉｎｇＰｒｏｖｉｎｃｅ￥．ＹｉｎＧｏｎｇｃｈｅｎｇ（ＬｉａｏｎｉｎｇＩｎｓｌｉｔｕｔｅｏｆＡｇｒｉ－ｃｕｌｔｕｒａｌＤｉｖｉｓｉｏｎｉｎｇ,Ｓｈｅｎｙａｎｇ１１００３１）,ＬｉａｎｇＷｅｎｊｕ（ＩｎｓｌｉｌｕｔｅｏｆＡｐｐｌｉｅｄＥｃｏｌｏｇｙ,ＡｃａｄｅｍｉａＳｉｎｉｃａ,Ｓｈｅｎｙａｎｇ１１００１５）．ＣｈｉｎｅｓｅＪｏｕｒｎａｌｏｆＥｃｏｌｏｇｙ,１９９３,１２（４）：６１－６５．ＮａｔｕｒａｌｃａｌａｍｉｔｉｅｓｏｃｃｕｒｗｈｅｎｖａｒｉＯｕｓｎａｔｕｒａｌｐｈｅｎｏｍｎａｅｎｄａｎｇｅｒｌｉｆｅ,ｍｉｎｄｓａｎｄｐｒｏｐｅｒｔｉｅｓ,ｂｕｔｓｏｍｅｐｏｔｅｎｔｉａｌｅｎｖｉｒｏｎｍｅｎｔａｌｄｉｓａｓｔｅｒｓｓｕｃｈａｓｒｎａｎ－ｍａｄｅａｎｄａｎｔｈｒｏｐｏｇｅｎｏｕｓｎａｔｕｒａｌｄｉｓａｓｔｅｒｓｄｅｖｅｌｏｐｓｌｏｗ－ｌｙａｎｄｐｒｏｆｏｕｎｄｌｙ,ｗｈｌｃｈａｒｅｕｎｏｂｖｉｏｕｓａｎｄｎｏｔｒ     

Effects of Grazing and Precipitation on Herbage Biomass,Herbage Nutritive Value,and Yak Performance in an Alpine Meadow on the Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau

The Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau is a very large land unit and an important terrestrial ecosystem within the Eurasian continent. Because of the harsh climate associated with the high altitude, alpine meadows on the plateau are susceptible to degradation from overgrazing. For this region, and for other alpine meadow pastures internationally, there is a need to define the sustainable stocking rate, to develop sound policy pertaining to future land use. Here we report biomass and liveweight gain per animal and per ha for pastures grazed by yaks at high, medium, or low stocking rates over 4 growing seasons from 2010 to 2013. Measures of herbage nutritive value are reported. The influence of inter-year variation in precipitation on standing herbage biomass was also evaluated. Higher precipitation increased standing herbage biomass and herbage nutritive value, indicating that vegetation suffered summer water deficit even in this environment. The sustainable stocking rate in this environment was determined to be approximately 1 yak ha^-1 (grown from 80 kg to 120 kg liveweight in 90 d). At this stocking rate, yak weight gain per ha was 88% of that achieved at higher stocking rates typically used by farmers, but with little or no evidence of land degradation.     

Scrotal circumference of Australian beef bulls

Normal range for scrotal circumference in Australian beef bulls was established using more than 300,000 measurements of breed, management group, age, liveweight, and scrotal circumference. The data used were derived from Australian bull breeders and two large research projects in northern Australia. Most bulls were within 250 to 750 kg liveweight and 300 to 750 days of age. The differences between breeds and variances within breeds were higher when scrotal circumference was predicted from age rather than liveweight, because of variance in growth rates. The average standard deviation for predicted scrotal circumference from liveweight and age was 25 and 30 mm, respectively. Scrotal circumference by liveweight relationships have a similar pattern across all breeds, except in Waygu, with a 50 to 70 mm range in average scrotal circumference at liveweights between 250 and 750 kg. Temperate breed bulls tended to have higher scrotal circumference at the same liveweight than tropically adapted breeds. Five groupings of common beef breeds in Australian were identified, within which there were similar predictions of scrotal circumference from liveweight. It was concluded that liveweight and breed are required to identify whether scrotal circumference is within normal range for Australian beef bulls that experience a wide range of nutritional conditions.     

Gastrointestinal nematode parasites of sheep: a dynamic model for their effect on liveweight gain

This paper presents an individual-based model for gastrointestinal nematode parasites of sheep and includes the effect of these parasites on the liveweight performance of young sheep. Parasitism is known to affect the host animal in at least two ways. The first induces a loss of appetite in the host, which reduces pasture consumption compared with the parasite-free animal. This effect is examined in the first part of the study. The second major effect of parasitism is a reduction in the metabolic efficiency of the host which decreases nutrients available for maintenance and growth. The latter part of the paper examines the consequences of incorporating this effect on the liveweight changes in individuals in a group of sheep. Previous models addressing this issue have only given mean liveweight and worm burden changes.     

The development of puberty and sexual maturity in the Australian Swamp buffalo bull

Testes from 47 juvenile Swamp buffalo bulls were examined for puberty and sexual maturity histologically and daily sperm production per gram of testis parenchyma was determined by enumeration of elongated spermatids in homogenates of testis parenchyma. Puberty was defined as the attainment of a daily sperm production per gram of testis parenchyma >0.5 x 10(6). In most bulls, puberty is attained by 24 mo of age, when scrotal circumference (SC) is approximately 16 cm, and liveweight exceeds 135 kg. Sexual maturity was defined as the attainment of adult levels of daily sperm production per gram of testis parenchyma (14 x 10(6)). In most bulls, this occurs at 30 to 33 mo of age, when SC is in the 17-to 20-cm range, and liveweight generally exceeds 250 kg. There was marked individual variation in age, liveweight and SC at both puberty and sexual maturity.     

Effect of litter size on blood haematocrit and liveweight in Booroola Merino and Merino ewes during pregnancy and the post-partum period

Blood haematocrit and liveweight were determined throughout pregnancy and the post-partum period in 217 Booroola Merino and Merino ewes in order to relate these parameters to litter size at birth. In pregnant ewes, haematocrit declined from three until five months gestation, rose immediately after parturition then declined until two months post-partum. During the third to fifth month of gestation, haematocrit decreased in proportion to litter size. Nonpregnant ewes, measured at similar intervals, did not show the same pattern. Haematocrit of nonpregnant animals was higher than that of triplet-bearing ewes at three, four and five months gestation, but was only significantly different to single- and twin-bearing ewes at five months. The liveweight of pregnant ewes increased up to parturition and then declined until two months post-partum. The liveweight of nonpregnant ewes increased over the experimental period. It was concluded that the number of foetuses a ewe carried had significant effects on the decline in haematocrit during pregnancy. Haematocrit was not a precise indicator of litter size in sheep. Haematocrit, ewe liveweight and ovulation rate together in a multiple regression only accounted for 37% of the variation in litter size.     

Effect of nutritionally induced liveweight differences on ovulation rates and the population of ovarian follicles in ewes

Differential feeding prior to the onset of the breeding season resulted in mean liveweight differences of 12 kg in two groups of Romney ewes. This difference was maintained while ovulation rates and the population of externally visible ovarian follicles were measured. The ovulation rate at first oestrus was significantly higher in the high liveweight group but there was no difference between groups thereafter. High liveweight ewes had consistently higher mean follicle scores at all stages of the oestrous cycle. Mean follicle score was lower following the third oestrus than following first oestrus (P < 0.01).     

Fertility in South Australian commercial Merino flocks: relationships between reproductive traits and environmental cues

High levels of reproductive loss have been reported in commercial Merino flocks (n=68) from the cereal/livestock and high rainfall zones in South Australia (Kleemann DO, Walker SK. Fertility in South Australian commercial Merino flocks: sources of reproductive wastage. Theriogenology 2005;63:2075-88). Relationships between reproductive traits (estrus, ovulation, fertility, fecundity, lamb survival) and environmental end points (liveweight, condition score, temperature at mating, chill index at lambing) are reported in this paper. They were analysed within season of mating (October to December; January to March) and age of ewe (maiden as 1.5-year-old, mature as older). Incidence of estrus was positively related (P<0.05) to condition score in the October to November interval. Return rate to service was positively (P<0.05) influenced and fertility was negatively (P<0.05) influenced by the number of days ambient temperatures were > or =32.0 degrees C during mating, indicating that high ambient temperatures may reduce embryo survival. Liveweight and, to a lesser extent, condition score, accounted for significant proportions of variation associated with ovulation rate (39.3 and 12.7%, respectively). Ovulations per 100 ewes increased by 1.8 per kg increase in liveweight over all flocks. Ovulatory response to liveweight increased (P<0.01) from the October to December to the January to March period of mating (1.5 versus 3.4 ovulations per kg, respectively). Overall, a flock's fertility and fecundity increased by 0.27 and 1.42% per kg increase in liveweight, respectively. Reproductive wastage from partial failure of multiple ovulations (PFMO) was positively related to liveweight (P<0.01) and ovulation rate (P<0.001). Survival of single lambs was positively and curvilinearly related to maternal liveweight and condition score measured in late pregnancy (P<0.05). Linear relationship of these variables for twin lamb survival was significant for condition score only. Single and twin lamb survival were also positively related to liveweight and condition score at mating (P<0.05). We concluded that nutritional cues have a major impact on reproductive traits in commercial Merino flocks in South Australia; it sets the potential number of lambs (ovulation rate) and influences survival of lambs as early as at mating. Indications are that high ambient temperatures may influence embryo survival. It is recommended that future research efforts focus on: (a) prenatal nutritional influences on the physiology of mother-offspring behaviours at birth; and (b) possible peri-conceptional dietary factors controlling embryo loss resulting from partial failure of twin ovulations, to improve reproductive efficiency in the Merino.     

降水量变化对藏北高寒草地养分限制的影响

生态系统净初级生产养分限制的模式是现代生态学关注的重要问题。养分的可利用性是草原生态系统生产力动态变化的关键决定因素, 但土壤养分可利用性与整个生态系统中养分限制之间的关系尚不清楚。该研究通过在藏北降水梯度上4种类型高寒草地(从东到西依次是高寒草甸、高寒草甸草原、高寒草原和高寒荒漠草原)设置氮磷养分添加试验, 系统研究氮磷养分添加对不同类型高寒草地的影响, 并探讨降水梯度上高寒草地的氮磷限制模式。结果表明: (1)氮磷添加对不同高寒草地的影响存在差异: 氮添加显著提高了高寒草甸和高寒草甸草原地上生产力, 而对高寒草原和高寒荒漠草原无影响; 单独磷添加对4种高寒草地均无显著影响, 而氮磷添加对4种高寒草地地上生产力均有促进作用。(2)通过计算氮磷共同限制指数发现: 随着降水量减少, 高寒草地氮限制指数从1.18逐渐降低到0.52-0.64, 养分限制模式从氮限制过渡到氮磷共同限制; 磷限制指数在高寒草甸草原和高寒草原为负值, 说明单独磷添加对高寒草甸的生产力有负向作用, 高寒草甸主要受氮限制; 高寒草甸草原介于氮限制与氮磷限制之间, 受到氮磷共同限制, 单独磷添加有负向作用; 高寒荒漠草原受到氮磷共同限制。研究表明, 高寒草地氮磷限制模式存在环境梯度上的递变规律, 随着降水量减少, 高寒草地养分限制模式从氮限制逐渐过渡到氮磷共同限制。由此推断, 未来气候变化条件下氮沉降增加对不同类型高寒草地的影响可能存在差异。同时, 利用养分添加恢复不同类型退化高寒草地时也应将氮磷限制模式的差异考虑进去。     

Methods of improving the utilization of cereal straw by ruminants. III. A note on the effect of ensiling straw treated with urea

Straw treated with urea was offered to lambs either freshly prepared (EN₀) or after ensiling with urea for 30 days (EN₃₀). The lambs also received 10 g dry matter (DM) of shredded, artificially dried grass per day per kg of metabolic liveweight. Ensiling straw significantly increased its intake from 32 to 41 g DM per day per kg of metabolic liveweight, and its DM digestibility from 375 to 450 g per kg.     

Nitrogen economy of alpine plants on the north Tibetan Plateau: Nitrogen conservation by resorption rather than open sources through biological symbiotic fixation

Nitrogen (N) is one of the most important factors limiting plant productivity, and N fixation by legume species is an important source of N input into ecosystems. Meanwhile, N resorption from senescent plant tissues conserves nutrients taken up in the current season, which may alleviate ecosystem N limitation. N fixation was assessed by the ¹⁵N dilution technique in four types of alpine grasslands along the precipitation and soil nutrient gradients. The N resorption efficiency (NRE) was also measured in these alpine grasslands. The aboveground biomass in the alpine meadow was 4–6 times higher than in the alpine meadow steppe, alpine steppe, and alpine desert steppe. However, the proportion of legume species to community biomass in the alpine steppe and the alpine desert steppe was significantly higher than the proportion in the alpine meadow. N fixation by the legume plants in the alpine meadow was 0.236 g N/m², which was significantly higher than N fixation in other alpine grasslands (0.041 to 0.089 g N/m²). The NRE in the alpine meadows was lower than in the other three alpine grasslands. Both the aboveground biomass and N fixation of the legume plants showed decreasing trends with the decline of precipitation and soil N gradients from east to west, while the NRE of alpine plants showed increasing trends along the gradients, which indicates that alpine plants enhance the NRE to adapt to the increasing droughts and nutrient‐poor environments. The opposite trends of N fixation and NRE along the precipitation and soil nutrient gradients indicate that alpine plants adapt to precipitation and soil nutrient limitation by promoting NRE (conservative nutrient use by alpine plants) rather than biological N fixation (open sources by legume plants) on the north Tibetan Plateau.