黄土高原子午岭大披针苔草能量与养分特征

森林地表死可燃物是引起森林火灾的重要原因,掌握森林地表死可燃物载量的分布,对预防火灾和可燃物管理有重要意义.依据1 h、10 h和100 h分类标准,对呼中林区的不同林型内的地表死可燃物载量进行了对比分析.结果表明:樟子松林内死可燃物总载量最高,偃松林内的最低;对不同类型兴安落叶松林群落的地表死可燃物进行比较,发现笃斯越桔-兴安落叶松林内死可燃物总载量最高,而泥炭藓-杜香-兴安落叶松林的最低;此外,相关分析表明,兴安落叶松死可燃物总载量与平均胸径、平均树高、草本盖度、凋落物厚度呈显著的正相关,与坡向、腐殖质厚度等因子呈显著负相关;多元线性回归分析表明,用兴安落叶松林的凋落物厚度、草本盖度、平均树高因子可较好地估算地表死可燃物总载量,进而为森林可燃物的管理和指导森林防火提供科学的依据.     

大兴安岭呼中林区粗木质残体贮量及其环境梯度

对大兴安岭呼中林区主要植被类型、兴安落叶松不同林型内粗木质残体贮量进行对比研究,并利用除趋势典范对应分析对其环境梯度进行定量分析.结果表明：云杉林粗木质残体贮量较高,为0.20 m³·hm^-2,且不同植被类型之间呈显著性差异;兴安落叶松不同林型粗木质残体贮量在0～0.28 m³·hm^-2,其中偃松群落最高,为0.28 m³·hm^-2,泥炭藓-杜香-落叶松林最低（0）,且各林型之间差异不显著.粗木质残体贮量分布格局较复杂,受多因素交叉影响;海拔、坡位等地形因子和林分年龄、郁闭度等林分条件是影响森林粗木质残体贮量的主要环境因子,二者综合作用表达了该地区森林粗木质残体贮量的空间生态梯度.     

赣南地区森林地表死可燃物载量与环境因子的关系

森林可燃物载量分布格局是植被与地形等环境因子之间相互作用的结果。本研究通过野外实测赣南地区主要7种森林类型地表死可燃物载量数据,依据时滞可燃物分类标准,构建了地表可燃物载量与地形、植被等环境因子间的结构方程模型,并分析了各因子的影响路径及其直接、间接和总效应。结果表明: 7种不同森林类型中,1、10和100 h时滞可燃物载量均是针阔混交林内最高,毛竹林内最低。对1 h时滞载量影响最大的变量依次为:坡度(影响系数为0.40)＞树冠高度(0.07)＞树种(-0.03)＞郁闭度(0.01);对10 h时滞载量影响最大的变量依次为:胸径(0.15)＞树种(-0.09)＞坡向(-0.08)＞郁闭度(-0.06);对100 h时滞载量影响最大的变量依次为:坡向(0.25)＞胸径(0.19)＞郁闭度(-0.08)＞树种(0.02);对可燃物总载量影响最大的变量依次为:坡度(0.22)＞树种(-0.04)、郁闭度(-0.04)＞树冠高度(-0.01)。     

云南松林可燃物的垂直分布及影响因子

为研究可燃物负荷量空间分布对林火种类和火行为的影响,以川西南地区不同类型云南松林的冠层可燃物和地表可燃物、4个地形因子(海拔、坡度、坡位和坡向)和4个林分因子(郁闭度、胸径、树高和林龄)为对象,比较不同林分相同垂直层面和不同空间层次上的可燃物负荷量及分布特征,分析不同林分的林火行为趋势;并运用典型相关分析(CCA)分析可燃物负荷量与环境因子的关系.结果表明:不同林分组成中,可燃物垂直分布呈显著性差异.云南松-栎类-丁香林、云南松-栎类林和云南松纯林容易发生地表火,但不易发生树冠火;云南松-侧柏林、云南松-油杉林和油杉-云南松林易发生地表火,而且易转化为树冠火.冠层可燃物主要受林龄、海拔、胸径和树高的影响,林下可燃物主要受郁闭度、坡度、树高和林龄的影响.     

大兴安岭典型林分地表死可燃物含水率动态变化及预测模型

对春季和秋季大兴安岭地区西林吉林业局山杨-白桦混交林、落叶松林、樟子松林、落叶松-白桦混交林、白桦林5种典型林分不同坡位地表细小死可燃物含水率动态进行研究,构建了不同季节防火期、不同林分地表死可燃物含水率的预测模型,并分析了其预测误差.结果表明: 相同林分地表可燃物含水率在春季和秋季差异显著;在相同季节相同林分下不同坡位可燃物含水率存在差异.采用Nelson模型对地表死可燃物含水率预测的平均绝对误差(MAE)的平均值为0.13,略低于Simard模型(0.14),明显低于气象要素回归模型(0.25).Nelson和Simard模型的预测效果好于气象要素回归模型.秋季模型对地表死可燃物含水率的预测精度好于春季模型和春季秋季混合模型.     

丰林自然保护区森林可燃物模型的建立

从潜在林火行为的角度出发,依据可燃物的关键参数,利用系统聚类方法在丰林自然保护区建立标准森林可燃物模型.结果表明:丰林自然保护区可建立3个标准可燃物模型,代表性植被类型分别为阔叶红松林(模型FL-Ⅰ)、云冷杉林(模型FL-Ⅱ)和杨桦林(模型FL-Ⅲ).依据可燃物的林分结构与组成、地表覆盖类型、水平与垂直连续性等,本研究建立的FL-Ⅰ、FL-Ⅱ和FL-Ⅲ模型与加拿大CFBPS可燃物分类系统中的C-5、C-2和D-1模型相似.3个标准可燃物模型的地表和垂直结构特征,可为野外工作者判定可燃物模型提供帮助.     

不同烈度林火对油松林潜在地表火行为的影响

油松是我国华北地区代表性树种之一,含有丰富油脂,容易引发大面积高烈度森林火灾。阐明不同烈度林火对油松林地表可燃物负荷量和潜在地表火行为的影响,对于油松林林火管理具有重要意义。以辽河源自然保护区2014年不同烈度林火干扰后油松林分为研究对象,根据不同烈度(重度、中度、轻度)和对照(未过火)分别设置3块20 m×20 m样地,共12块样地,调查地表可燃物和林分结构指标,结合室内实验,利用BehavePlus 5.0软件进行潜在火行为模拟,探讨不同烈度林火5年后油松林地表可燃物负荷量和潜在地表火行为特点,并分析影响潜在地表火行为的主要因素。研究结果表明：(1)不同烈度林火之间,细小可燃物负荷量和地表可燃物总负荷量均不存在显著性差异(P>0.05)。(2)不同烈度林火后,在不同风速和可燃物含水率条件下,油松林潜在地表火蔓延速度、火线强度不存在显著性差异(P>0.05),单位面积发热量、火焰高度、反应强度存在显著性差异(P<0.05)。(3)不同烈度林火后油松林潜在地表火行为主要受油松更新幼苗基径、灌木负荷量、油松平均冠幅、上层枯叶负荷量、油松更新幼苗密度的影响。研究结果表明不...     

卧龙自然保护区亚高山草甸的数量分类与排序

在野外植被调查的基础上,采用植被数量分析方法对岷江流域卧龙自然保护区亚高山草甸进行TWINSPAN分类和DCA排序,研究了植物种、植物群落与环境之间的关系.结果表明,该地区亚高山草甸共有植物139种,隶属于31科88属.应用数量分类方法将114个样方分为12个群落类型.在分析不同环境因子间的关系基础上,从定量的角度揭示了影响群落分布的主要因素是海拔梯度和土壤含水量.DCA排序图反映出排序轴的生态意义,第1轴反映了各群落类型所在环境的海拔梯度,从上到下,随着海拔的升高,植物群落或植物种的耐寒性越来越强;第2轴基本上反映了各群落类型所在环境的土壤含水量.排序结果与分类结果比较吻合,反映出植物群落类型和物种分布随环境因子梯度变化的趋势.     

山西灵空山小蛇沟林下草本层植物群落梯度分析及环境解释

通过对山西灵空山小蛇沟集水区的林下草本层植物群落进行调查和多元分析——TWINSPAN分类、典范对应分析(CCA)与生境、生物因素变量分离, 探讨林分水平上草本层物种分布与环境因子之间的关系。结果如下: 1) TWINSPAN将26个调查样方划分为6种群落类型: 以辽东栎(Quercus wutaishanica)为主的辽东栎-油松(Pinus tabulaeformis)林型、辽东栎杂木林型、辽东栎林型、华北落叶松(Larix principis-rupprechtii)林型、油松林和阔叶油松林型、油松-辽东栎均匀混交林型, 体现了该地区地带性植被类型为暖温带森林的特点。2)群落类型的划分与CCA的结果相吻合, 主要反映了CCA排序第一、二轴的环境梯度, CCA排序轴第一轴突出反映了林分类型与土壤养分梯度, 第二排序轴与坡度、坡位显著相关。Monte Carlo检验结果表明, 林分类型、土壤养分和坡度是影响小蛇沟集水区内林下草本物种分异的最主要的环境因子。3)生境因子与生物因子解释了物种格局变化的42.9%, 其中生境因子占31.8%, 生物因子占7.9%, 生境因子与生物因子交互作用解释部分占3.2%。良好的环境解释反映了调查取样和环境因子选取的合理性。对于50%以上未能被解释的变异部分, 可能归咎于未被选取的因子如干扰或者随机过程。4)在海拔梯度较小的山区, 坡向等小地形因子能较好地指示局部生境的小气候条件, 对林下植物的分布有较好的解释力。     

基于CENTURY模型模拟火烧对大兴安岭兴安落叶松林碳动态的影响

火作为森林生态系统重要的自然干扰因子之一,对森林的碳动态有着不可忽视的影响.本研究使用CENTURY模型模拟了大兴安岭呼中林区兴安落叶松林的碳收支对不同强度火烧的响应.结果表明:在不同强度火烧后,土壤总碳库呈先升后降再逐渐恢复的变化趋势,而林分生物碳库则先降后升,其中,林分细小组分碳库的恢复速度明显快于大组分,各碳库的波动程度随火烧强度的增大而增大.森林植被的净初级生产力(NPP)和土壤异养呼吸在火后均先降后升,但NPP的恢复快于土壤异养呼吸,二者的动态变化改变了林分的碳源/汇作用.轻微火烧后,兴安落叶松林仍表现为弱碳汇,并很快恢复到火前水平;其他强度的火烧使兴安落叶松林在短期内(9～12年)表现为碳源,随后逐渐转为碳汇.较低强度的林火不仅可以促进落叶松林的更新、减少死可燃物,也不会对林分的碳汇功能造成太大影响;高强度的严重林火对土壤和林木碳库造成严重损失,延缓森林的恢复,并可使林分表现为较长时间的碳源.     

A Unique Protease Cleavage Site Predicted in the Spike Protein of the Novel Pneumonia Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Potentially Related to Viral Transmissibility

正Dear Editor,In December 2019, a novel human coronavirus caused an epidemic of severe pneumonia(Coronavirus Disease 2019,COVID-19) in Wuhan, Hubei, China(Wu et al. 2020; Zhu et al. 2020). So far, this virus has spread to all areas of China and even to other countries. The epidemic has caused 67,102 confirmed infections with 1526 fatal cases     

Curcuminoids as inhibitors of thioredoxin reductase: A receptor based pharmacophore study with distance mapping of the active site

Curcumin is the yellow pigment of turmeric that interacts irreversibly forming an adduct with thioredoxin reductase (TrxR), an enzyme responsible for redox control of cell and defence against oxidative stress. Docking at both the active sites of TrxR was performed to compare the potency of three naturally occurring curcuminoids, namely curcumin, demethoxy curcumin and bis-demethoxy curcumin. Results show that active sites of TrxR occur at the junction of E and F chains. Volume and area of both cavities is predicted. It has been concluded by distance mapping of the most active conformations that Se atom of catalytic residue SeCYS498, is at a distance of 3.56 from C13 of demethoxy curcumin at the E chain active site, whereas C13 carbon atom forms adduct with Se atom of SeCys 498. We report that at least one methoxy group in curcuminoids is necessary for interation with catalytic residues of thioredoxin. Pharmacophore of both active sites of the TrxR receptor for curcumin and demethoxy curcumin molecules has been drawn and proposed for design and synthesis of most probable potent antiproliferative synthetic drugs.     

Comparative morphology of the carpel in the Liliaceae: Hewardieae, Petrosavieae, and Tricyrteae

The young pistils in the melanthioid tribes, Hewardieae, Petrosavieae and Tricyrteae, are uniformly tricarpellate and syncarpous. They lack raphide idioblasts. All are multiovulate, with bitegmic ovules. The Petrosavieae are marked by the presence of septal glands and incomplete syncarpy. Tepals and stamens adhere to the ovary in the Hewardieae and the Petrosavieae but not in the Tricyrteae. Two vascular bundles occur in the stamens of the Hewartlieae and Tricyrtis latifolia. Ventral bundles in the upper part of the ovary of the Hewardieae are continuous with compound septal bundles and placental bundles in the lower part. Putative ventral bundles occur in the alternate position in the Tricyrteae and putative placental bundles in the opposite. position in the Petrosavieae. The dichtomously branched stigma in each carpel of the Tricyrteae is supplied by a bifurcated dorsal bundle.     

Enterovirus 71 3C proteolytically processes the histone H3 N-terminal tail during infection

Highlights
1. The N-terminal tail of histone H3 is specifically cleaved during EV71 infection.
2. Viral protease 3C is identified as a protease responsible for proteolytically processing the N-terminal H3 tail.
3. Our finding reveals a new epigenetic regulatory mechanism for Enterovirus 71 in virus-host interactions.     

Detection of EBV and HHV6 in the Brain Tissue of Patients with Rasmussen’s Encephalitis

Rasmussen’s encephalitis (RE) is a rare pediatric neurological disorder, and the exact etiology is not clear. Viral infection may be involved in the pathogenesis of RE, but conflicting results have reported. In this study, we evaluated the expression of both Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) and human herpes virus (HHV) 6 antigens in brain sections from 30 patients with RE and 16 control individuals by immunohistochemistry. In the RE group, EBV and HHV6 antigens were detected in 56.7% (17/30) and 50% (15/30) of individuals, respectively. In contrast, no detectable EBV and HHV6 antigen expression was found in brain tissues of the control group. The co-expression of EBV and HHV6 was detected in 20.0% (6/30) of individuals. In particular, a 4-year-old boy had a typical clinical course, including a medical history of viral encephalitis, intractable epilepsy, and hemispheric atrophy. The co-expression of EBV and HHV6 was detected in neurons and astrocytes in the brain tissue, accompanied by a high frequency of CD8⁺ T cells. Our results suggest that EBV and HHV6 infection and the activation of CD8⁺ T cells are involved in the pathogenesis of RE.     

Perinatal Vertical Transmission of Chikungunya Virus in Ruili,a Town on the Border between China and Myanmar

正Dear Editor,Chikungunya virus (CHIKV), an arbovirus in the family of Togaviridae, genus Alphavirus, is transmitted by the A.aegyptii or A. albopictus mosquito, and causes disease in humans characterized by fever, rash, and arthralgia (Silva and Dermody 2017; Suhrbier 2019). It was first reported in 1953 in Tanzania, and caused only a few outbreaks and sporadic cases in Africa and Asia in last century. However, in the epidemic in 2004, CHIKV acquired mutations that conferred enhanced transmission by the A. albopictus mosquito(Schuffenecker et al. 2006). Since then, it has successively caused outbreaks in Africa, the Indian Ocean, South East Asia, the South America, and Europe (Zeller et al. 2016).     

Development of a Novel Reverse Transcription Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification Method for Rapid Detection of SARS-CoV-2

In conclusion, the novel visual RT-LAMP assay is a simple, rapid, and sensitive approach for detection of SARS-CoV-2, and it is ready for application in primary care and community hospitals or health care centers, and even patients' own houses in response to the current SARS-CoV-2 epidemic because the assay does not require sophisticated equipment and skilled personnel. Furthermore, it is also ready to be used in fields for screening samples from wild animals and environments to facilitate the identification of potential intermediate hosts that mediate the cross-species transmission of SARS-CoV-2 from bats to humans.