R~3中的一类拟齐次向量场的性质

利用三维拟齐次向量场和三维齐次向量场之间的等价关系并借鉴对齐次向量场的研究方法,把齐次向量场的一些结论推广到拟齐次向量场.并运用这些理论分析了具有不同增长率的三种群竞争模型的动力学性质和生物意义,得到增长率最大的种群在此竞争系统中占优,增长率最小的种群在此竞争系统中灭绝的结论.     

关于生态场的几点评述

依据植物生态场的系统研究资料,对生态场的概念、场的特征函数、生态场的图形以及生态场对植物相互作用的解释进行了评述.阐明了生态场的最基本属性是物质性,目前的研究水平尚不能确定生态场是否是有别于一般物理场的特殊形式的场.对生态场的基本特征函数-生态势模型给予了形式与模型参数估测方面的评述,表明两种生态势模型各有一定的特点与优越性.作者强调,生态场更具生态学的方法论意义,应用生态场对植物相互作用形式与过程的分析描述,具有定量化、综合性与直观化特点.生态场的绘图为生态学研究开辟了新的途径,特别是应用生态场理论分析群体植物的动态变化过程(由互利共存到干涉竞争)会有合理的定量解释.     

Evaluation of changes in diatom mobility after exposure to 16-Hz electromagnetic fields

The effect of a 16-Hz electromagnetic field on the mobility of the diatom Amphora coffeaformis was examined on agar plates that contained no added calcium and also on agar plates containing 0.25 or 2.5 mM exogenous Ca2+. Exposure conditions consisted of an ac field of 16 Hz with an amplitude of 20.9 microT parallel to the horizontal component of the dc field (BH = 20.9 microT, where BV = 0). To assess results, the percentage of diatoms that moved a distance greater than their body length was determined. We observed the field-associated increase in diatom motion at 0.25 mM Ca++, which was previously reported in the literature. Although the magnitude of the effect at 16 Hz was significant, the percentage of cells that moved was not sufficiently reproducible to allow examination for frequency dependence.     

关于生态场的几点评述

依据植物生态场的系统研究资料,对生态场的概念、场和特征函数、生态场折图形以及生态场对植物相互作用的解释进行了评述。阐明了生态场的最基本属性是物质性,目前的研究水平尚不能确定生态场是还是有别于一稻物理场的特殊形式在场,对生态场的基本特征函数－生态热模型给予了形式与模型参数体测方面的评述,表明两种生态势模型各有一定的特点与优越性。作者强调,生态场更具生态学的方法论意义,应用生态场对植物相互作用形式与过     

Distribution of sound pressure around a singing cricket: radiation pattern and asymmetry in the sound field

Male field crickets generate calls to attract distant females through tegminal stridulation: the rubbing together of the overlying right wing which bears a file of cuticular teeth against the underlying left wing which carries a sclerotized scraper. During stridulation, specialized areas of membrane on both wings are set into oscillating vibrations to produce acoustic radiation. The location of females is unknown to the calling males and thus increasing effective signal range in all directions will maximize transmission effectiveness. However, producing an omnidirectional sound field of high sound pressure levels may be problematic due to the mechanical asymmetry found in this sound generation system. Mechanical asymmetry occurs by the right wing coming to partially cover the left wing during the closing stroke phase of stridulation. As such, it is hypothesized that the sound field on the left-wing side of the animal will contain lower sound pressure components than on the right-wing side as a result of this coverage. This hypothesis was tested using a novel method to accurately record a high-resolution, three dimensional mapping of sound pressure levels around restrained Gryllus bimaculatus field crickets singing under pharmacological stimulation. The results indicate that a bilateral asymmetry is present across individuals, with greater amplitude components present in the right-wing side of the animal. Individual variation in sound pressure to either the right- or left-wing side is also observed. However, statistically significant differences in bilateral sound field asymmetry as presented here may not affect signalling in the field.     

Possible Mechanism for Synchronized Detection of Weak Magnetic Fields by Nerve Cells

We propose that biological systems may detect static and slowly varying magnetic fields by the modification of the timing of firing of adjacent nerve cells through the local influence of the magnetic field generated by current from one cell's firing on its nearest neighbors. The time delay of an adjacent nerve cell pulse with respect to the initial clock nerve cell pulse could serve as a signal for sensing the magnitude and direction of the magnetic field in a direction perpendicular to the current flows in the cells. It has been shown that changes in static magnetic fields modify concentrations of reactive oxygen species, calcium, pH, the growth rates of fibrosarcoma cells, and membrane potentials. These are linked to changes in membrane potentials that can either inhibit or accelerate the firing rate of pacemaker or clock cells. This mechanism may have applications to animals' use of magnetic fields for navigation or other purposes, possibly in conjunction with other mechanisms. Bioelectromagnetics. © 2020 Bioelectromagnetics Society.     

A dosimeter for assessment of exposures to ELF fields

There are currently no biological indicators of electromagnetic field exposure to aid investigation of the biological effects of ELF fields, but this hiatus is partly compensated for by the ease with which the external fields can be measured. The subject of this report is a small electronic instrument that can log electric-, magnetic-, and transient-field intensities of individual subjects for a duration of two weeks, thus allowing exposure to be assessed in considerable detail. A preliminary survey conducted with the instrument has shown clear differences in domestic and occupational exposures of specific groups. Simple analytical models can be fitted to the field-exposure data by adjusting a few parameters such as current, intensity, and distance. Such modeling may be increasingly useful as the data base on exposures expands.     

Investigating short-term exposure to electromagnetic fields on reproductive capacity of invertebrates in the field situation

Organisms are exposed to electromagnetic fields from the introduction of wireless networks that send information all over the world. In this study we examined the impact of exposure to the fields from mobile phone base stations (GSM 900?MHz) on the reproductive capacity of small, virgin, invertebrates. A field experiment was performed exposing four different invertebrate species at different distances from a radiofrequency electromagnetic fields (RF EMF) transmitter for a 48-h period. The control groups were isolated from EMF exposure by use of Faraday cages. The response variables as measured in the laboratory were fecundity and number of offspring. Results showed that distance was not an adequate proxy to explain dose-response regressions. No significant impact of the exposure matrices, measures of central tendency and temporal variability of EMF, on reproductive endpoints was found. Finding no impact on reproductive capacity does not fully exclude the existence of EMF impact, since mechanistically models hypothesizing non-thermal-induced biological effects from RF exposure are still to be developed. The exposure to RF EMF is ubiquitous and is still increasing rapidly over large areas. We plea for more attention toward the possible impacts of EMF on biodiversity.