卧龙巴郎山川滇高山栎群落植物生活型海拔梯度特征

川滇高山栎林隶属于亚高山硬叶栎林类型,是一种广泛分布在横断山地区的特殊植被类型,研究同一群落生活型谱的海拔梯度特征,可以阐明控制群落的重要气候特征以及群落对其气候生境的反映,揭示川滇高山栎种群对空间的利用、群落内部种群间可能产生的竞争及其发展趋势。用环境梯度法,研究卧龙自然保护区巴朗山川滇高山栎群落植物生活型特性随海拔梯度(15个海拔梯度,海拔2200—3600 m)的变化。卧龙巴朗山川滇高山栎群落植物生活型以高位芽植物为主,占36.01%;地面芽和地下芽植物相当,分别为25.92%和29.36%,地上芽植物最少,占0.92%。高位芽生活型物种在各个海拔梯度都占重要地位,占巴朗山全部生活型物种的21.74%—50.00%,随海拔的升高逐渐下降;地面芽植物(H)具有随海拔升高先升高后降低的趋势;地下芽植物(G)生活型随海拔的升高而升高;一年生植物(Th)在整个海拔梯度内占10.00%以下,随海拔的升高波动不大,即在5.67%—8.94%之间。高位芽生活型植物主要以常绿高位芽植物为主,随海拔升高而下降,常绿高位芽植物丰富度呈现随海拔升高逐渐降低的趋势,而且其物种丰富度小于落叶高位芽植物丰富度;在卧龙巴郎山阳坡海拔3300 m以上范围内,大、中高位芽植物仅占3.09%—4.26%,说明森林植被特征在逐渐弱化。比较分析了不同类型植物群落植物生活型特征,阐明了川滇高山栎林是区别于其他常绿阔叶林的特殊类型。     

福建茫荡山黄枝润楠群落生活型特征研究

福建茫荡山黄枝润楠群落植物种类丰富,有维管植物69科102属133种。高位芽植物占绝对优势,共计103种,占总种数的77.4%,其中,小高位芽植物居首位,共37种,占总种数的27.8%;藤本植物25种,占总种数的18.8%。该群落植物叶的性质以常绿、小型叶、单叶、草质、非全缘为主,具有典型的中亚热带常绿阔叶林外貌特征。     

珍稀濒危植物长苞铁杉群落的植物生活型及叶特征分析

根据Raunkiaer的分类系统,对福建省天宝岩国家级自然保护区长苞铁杉(Tsuga longibracteata Cheng)群落的维管植物生活型及叶特征进行了分析,结果表明该群落以高位芽植物占优势,且以小、矮高位芽植物占优势,并有较大比例的藤本高位芽植物.叶级以中型叶植物所占比率最大,为51.5%,小型叶、大型叶、微型叶和细型叶分别占37.7%、5.4%、3.1%和2.3%;叶型以单叶为主,占92.9%;叶质以厚革质叶和革质叶所占比率最大,为66.4%,纸质叶占32.1%,薄叶占1.4%;全缘叶占43.6%.此外,对群落中植物生活型、叶型与层次结构、外貌的关系进行了分析.群落内阴性植物所占比例较大,为总种数的49.3%,并伴有一定数量的阳性植物.     

滇东南岩溶山地3种人工林群落林下植物群落学特征比较

通过样地法比较了川滇桤木(Alnusferdinandi-coburgii)、墨西哥柏(Cupressuslusitanica)、银荆(Acaciadealbata)3个人工林群落林下植物和次生灌丛的群落学特征。结果发现,3个群落都以高位芽植物为主,其次为地面芽植物;在高位芽植物中又都以小高位芽植物比例较高;其叶型谱以中型叶为主。生活型谱和叶型谱都与滇中亚热带常绿阔叶林的群落相似。从3种人工林的群落学特征看,以川滇桤木林的水热条件最好;川滇桤木林的物种多样性最高,说明川滇桤木林林下植物种类成分复杂,生境优越,群落破坏后恢复能力最强,最有利于向顶极演替发展。     

卧龙巴郎山川滇高山栎灌丛地上生物量及其模型

川滇高山栎广泛分布于横断山地区,属于亚高山硬叶栎林,是中国植被非常特殊的类型。采用标准地法和样方收获法,对卧龙自然保护区5个海拔梯度的川滇高山栎灌丛生物量进行调查。结果表明,用地径(D)、树高(H)估测单株林木器官生物量的适合模型均为指数模型和幂函数模型,且以指数模型为最佳,相关系数为0.941~0.988;而用D2H估测单株林木器官生物量的适合模型均为直线和指数模型,以直线模型为最佳,相关系数为0.982~0.996;川滇高山栎灌丛总生物量为3.3891×104kg.hm-2,各层生物量排序为川滇高山栎层>枯枝落叶层>伴生灌木层>苔藓层>草本层,其生物量占总生物量百分率分别为77.92%、17.64%、2.14%、1.23%和1.07%;川滇高山栎种群平均总生物量为2.6408×104kg.hm-2,各器官生物量大小排序为根>干>枝>叶>皮,其生物量占种群总生物量的百分率分别为31.03%、29.85%、18.54%、18.54%和6.91%。     

青藏高原东缘川滇高山栎和西南花楸叶片性状对海拔的响应

叶片作为响应环境变化最为敏感的植物器官,是反映植物生存策略的重要指示者。为明晰高山植物响应海拔变化的生态适应策略,本研究于青藏高原东缘选取不同海拔(2600、2800、3000、3200和3400 m)下常绿阔叶树种川滇高山栎和落叶阔叶树种西南花楸为对象,测量叶片形态、解剖性状、气体交换参数、叶绿素荧光参数等指标,研究二者响应海拔变化的异同及生态适应策略。结果表明：随着海拔的升高,川滇高山栎的叶片干物质含量显著降低,西南花楸显著增加,两者叶片均逐渐变小;川滇高山栎的栅栏系数呈下降趋势,西南花楸的栅栏系数呈上升趋势,二者的叶片、栅栏组织、海绵组织、上表皮和下表皮的厚度均显著增加,与海拔2600 m相比,海拔3400 m处分别增加22.4%、4.9%、45.1%、23.3%、19.6%和28.2%、46.9%、8.9%、25.9%、20.8%。西南花楸叶片气体交换参数和叶绿素荧光参数随着海拔升高显著增大,而川滇高山栎与之相反。两者叶片解剖性状、气体交换和叶绿素荧光参数均具有较强的可塑性,绝大多数叶片性状间以及叶片性状与海拔之间存在显著相关关系。川滇高山栎应对海拔变化的生存策略较为保守,西南...     

神农架南坡送子园珍稀植物群落的区系及生态特征研究

研究了分布于神农架南坡的珍稀植物群落的区系及生态学特征。结果表明：珍稀植物群落中有维管束植物１２６种,隶属于１０８属６４科。其中,第一批珍稀保护植物９种,占神农架地区珍稀植物总数的２７．３％,珍稀植物群落具温带特性。群落外貌以高位芽为主,占６５．９％;叶以中型叶占优势,达６２．７％;叶质以纸质为主,占８４．１％;叶型以单型叶为主,为８３．３％;叶缘以非全缘为主,占６９．８％。群落垂直分层明显,可分     

川滇高山栎种群不同海拔空间格局的尺度效应及个体间空间关联

川滇高山栎灌丛(Quercus aquifolioides)是我国西南高山典型的植被类型,研究其空间格局对于研究种群的生态学过程有重要意义。为了弄清川滇高山栎种群空间格局及其个体间空间关联对海拔,尺度和大小级等因素的响应情况,研究中应用点格局分析的方法,在巴郎山沿高山栎分布海拔范围设置4个海拔梯度,并根据体积大小将高山栎分为4个大小级等级,比较不同海拔、不同尺度、不同大小级间的高山栎种群空间格局及个体间空间关联。结果表明,川滇高山栎种群空间格局及其个体间关联与空间尺度、植株形体大小和海拔梯度密切相关:在小尺度上,种群趋向于聚集分布,个体间有较强的空间关联,随着空间尺度的增大,种群逐渐趋于随机分布,个体间空间关联减弱,区域无关联;个体间形体差异越小,个体间正关联就越强,个体间形体差异越大,正关联就越弱,负关联就越强;海拔因子对聚集分布的聚集规模和个体间关联的关联程度有较大影响。     

巴郎山刺叶高山栎叶片δ13C对海拔高度的响应

在卧龙自然保护区,按海拔梯度选择了三个刺叶高山栎分布地点(2600m、3050m和3500m),对各研究地点刺叶高山栎进行了叶片d¹³C、光合、CO2扩散导度、养分以及形态等参数的测量,以期揭示刺叶高山栎叶片d¹³C随着海拔的响应规律及原因。结果表明：首先,随着海拔的升高,目标树种叶片d¹³C随之增加,且海拔每升高1000m,d¹³C增加2.0‰;其次,随着海拔升高,大气压强降低,因而导致的叶片扩散导度(包括气孔导度(gs)和叶肉细胞导度(gm))的降低是叶片d¹³C随着海拔升高而升高的主要原因;同时,随着海拔升高而增加的叶片厚度(LMA)也在一定程度上促进了这种响应趋势;最后,叶片N含量随着海拔升高而更多被分配给非光合系统的趋势促进了羧化效率及光合速率的降低,进而对刺叶高山栎叶片d¹³C海拔响应起到了一定的抑制作用,但程度不大;此外,光合氮利用效率(PNUE)在反映植物叶片的氮含量与其吸收和固定大气CO2能力之间的关系方面及对d¹³C的指示作用方面较单位面积氮含量(Narea)和单位重量氮含量(Nmass)更鲜明和准确。     

木论喀斯特林区翠柏群落学特征的初步研究

广西木论喀斯特林区,位于我国中亚热带南缘。据６００ｍ２翠柏群落样方调查结果：有维管束植物７６种,隶５１科６９属,其中单种的属占８９．９％。植物区系以热带分布区类型为主,占总属数（不含世界分布）的７１．０％,温带分布占２５．８％,但群落的种类组成是以亚热带成分占优势,按Ｒａｒｎｋｉａｅｒ生活型分类系统,高位芽植物占８２．９％,地面芽植物占１５．８％,一年生植物占１．３％,缺少地上芽和地下芽植物;从生理角度分析,叶级以小型叶（包括微型和鳞型叶）为主,占５９．２％;叶型以单叶占的比例最大,为８６．８％,群落结构可分为乔、灌、草三层,其中乔木层又可分出二个亚层。对该群落各乔木种群的大小结构分析,显示出翠柏群落是相对稳定性较大的群落。     

Assessing burrowing, nest construction, and hoarding in mice

Deterioration in the ability to perform "Activities of daily living" (ADL) is an early sign of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Preclinical behavioural screening of possible treatments for AD currently largely focuses on cognitive testing, which frequently demands expensive equipment and lots of experimenter time. However, human episodic memory (the most severely affected aspect of memory in AD) is different to rodent memory, which seems to be largely non-episodic. Therefore the present ways of screening for new AD treatments for AD in rodents are intrinsically unlikely to succeed. A new approach to preclinical screening would be to characterise the ADL of mice. Fortuitously, several such assays have recently been developed at Oxford, and here the three most sensitive and well-characterised are presented. Burrowing was first developed in Oxford. It evolved from a need to develop a mouse hoarding paradigm. Most published rodent hoarding paradigms required a distant food source to be linked to the home cage by a connecting passage. This would involve modifying the home cage as well as making a mouse-proof connecting passage and food source. So it was considered whether it would be possible to put the food source inside the cage. It was found that if a container was placed on the floor it was emptied by the next morning., The food pellets were, however, simply deposited in a heap at the container entrance, rather than placed in a discrete place away from the container, as might be expected if the mice were truly hoarding them. Close inspection showed that the mice were performing digging ("burrowing") movements, not carrying the pellets in their mouths to a selected place as they would if truly hoarding them. Food pellets are not an essential substrate for burrowing; mice will empty tubes filled with sand, gravel, even soiled bedding from their own cage. Moreover, they will empty a full tube even if an empty one is placed next to it. Several nesting protocols exist in the literature. The present Oxford one simplifies the procedure and has a well-defined scoring system for nest quality. A hoarding paradigm was later developed in which the mice, rather than hoarding back to the real home cage, were adapted to living in the "home base" of a hoarding apparatus. This home base was connected to a tube made of wire mesh, the distal end of which contained the food source. This arrangement proved to yield good hoarding behaviour, as long as the mice were adapted to living in the "home base" during the day and only allowed to enter the hoarding tube at night.     

Magnesium,calcium, copper,and zinc in meals

Meals of 12 diets were prepared from conventional foods with precautions against contamination by metallic elements because of epidemiologic associations between ischemic heart disease and the metabolism of magnesium, calcium, copper, and zinc. Magnesium, calcium, copper, and zinc were measured by atomic absorption spectrometry with satisfactory accuracy and precision. The mean daily amount of copper in the diets was less than the apparent adult requirement. Mean amounts of magnesium and zinc were close to apparent requirements; however, adults consuming amounts less than one standard deviation below these means may be depleting body stores and be at risk of pathology. Magnesium and copper were highly correlated (r=0.849,P=0.0001) in meals. This and other significant correlations probably will prevent the relationships of these elements to ischemic heart disease from being elucidated by epidemiology. Metabolic experiments will be necessary to differentiate among several hypotheses.     

Reference values for the concentrations of As,Cd, Co,Cr, Cu,Fe, I,Hg, Mn,Mo, Ni,Pb, Se,and Zn in selected human tissues and body fluids

This report attempts to formulate reference ranges of elemental concentrations for 15 trace elements in selected human tissues and body fluids. A set of samples consisting of whole blood, blood serum, urine, milk, liver, and hair were chosen and considered for 15 elements of biological significance: As, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, F, Fe, I, Hg, Mn, Mo, Ni, Pb, Se, and Zn. The results represent wholly or partially data received from 40 countries of the global regions of Africa, Asia, Europe, North, South, and Central America, Australia, and New Zealand. This survey, even if qualitative, has been useful in demonstrating certain trends of trace-element scenarios around the world. It is of course recognized that both diet and environment exert a strong influence on the distribution pattern of several elements, such as As, Cd, Mn, Pb, Se, and Zn. A limited comparison of the available information on soil status of different countries reflected some interesting associations for elements, such as Mn and Zn. Importantly, this study revealed that only a few countries were in a position to identify a reasonable amount of data on samples requested for this project. Regretably, for a number of countries, any dependable data for even such essential elements as Cu, Fe, and Zn were not available. In view of the nutritional importance of many elements, the time is ripe for concerted efforts by intergovernmental agencies to initiate investigations or commission task forces/projects to generate reliable reference data for selected global regions, which sadly lack data of any kind at present.     

Proximate composition, fatty acids, cholesterol, minerals in frozen red porgy

The proximate composition of frozen red porgy (Pagrus pagrus) was determined. The moisture, ash, protein and total lipids (45.5+/-1.4% PL of which 90.4+/-2.0% PhL) were found to be 71.7+/-1.0%, 1.73+/-0.12%, 21.5+/-0.8% and 0.81+/-0.09% of the wet muscle tissue, respectively. 16:0 and 18:0 were the main SFA, 18:1 (omega-9 and omega-7) the main MUFA while DHA, EPA and arachidonic acid were the main polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA). The SFA/PUFA ratio was 1.5 and the omega-3/omega-6 ratio was 3.02. The cholesterol content was found to be 8.18+/-0.34 mg/100 g of the wet muscle tissue. Ni, Cr, Mn, Cu, Zn, Fe and Mg were determined in the muscles, skin, hepatopancreas and head of the fish. The covering percentage of the recommended daily allowance/intake (RDA/RDI) for each mineral, in the muscle tissue, has been calculated to 14.2% (males) and 7.89% (females) for Fe, 2.87% for Cu, 4.07% for Zn 0.4% for Mn, 13.9% for Ni, 20.2% for Cr and 10.4% for Mg.     

The parasitic chytrid, Zygorhizidium, facilitates the growth of the cladoceran zooplankter, Daphnia, in cultures of the inedible alga, Asterionella

In food-web studies, parasites are often ignored owing to their insignificant biomass. We provide evidence that parasites may affect trophic transfer in aquatic food webs. Many phytoplankton species are susceptible to parasitic fungi (chytrids). Chytrid infections of diatoms in lakes may reach epidemic proportions during diatom spring blooms, so that numerous free-swimming fungal zoospores (2-3 microm in diameter) are produced. Analysis shows that these zoospores are rich in polyunsaturated fatty acids and sterols (particularly cholesterol), which indicates that they provide excellent food for zooplankters such as Daphnia. In life-table experiments using the large diatom Asterionella formosa as food, Daphnia growth increased significantly in treatments where a parasite was present. By grazing on the zoospores, Daphnia acquired important supplementary nutrients and were able to grow. When large inedible algae are infected by parasites, nutrients within the algal cells are consumed by these chytrids, some of which, in turn, are grazed by Daphnia. Thus, chytrids transfer energy and nutrients from their hosts to zooplankton. This study suggests that parasitic fungi alter trophic relationships in freshwater ecosystems and may be the important components in shaping the community and the food-web dynamics of lakes.     

Cardiac copper,magnesium, and zinc in recent and old myocardial infarction

X-ray fluorescence spectrometry and atomic absorption spectrometry were used in a quantitative study of zinc, copper, and magnesium in 71 postmortal human hearts. Samples were obtained from individuals who had demonstrated no previous clinical or subsequent pathological findings of myocardial infarction and from victims of a recent or an old infarction. A significant difference (p<0.001) in the elemental levels was observed between the noninfarct and the recent infarct groups. The noninfarct group had higher cardiac levels of all three elements. However, the difference in elemental concentrations between the noninfarct and the old-infarct groups was not significant. Cardiac levels of zinc (p<0.001) and copper (p<0.01) were significantly greater in the old-infarct group than in the recent-infarct group. Magnesium levels were higher in the recent-and-old-infarct group than in the recent infarct group (p<0.01). It is possible that the elements are redistributed during myocardial infarction, and that uptake of these elements (from the serum pool) by the heart may be important in maintaining myocardial integrity and function.     

Osmolyte Allocation in Response to Tylenchulus semipenetrans Infection,Stem Girdling,and Root Pruning in Citrus

Previous studies indicated that Tylenchulus semipenetrans infection reduced concentrations of inorganic osmolytes, (Na⁺, Cl⁻, K⁺), in roots, along with leaf K⁺ in citrus. However, infection increased leaf Na⁺ and Cl⁻, along with carbohydrates in roots. Pruning of roots also increased carbohydrates in intact roots, whereas shoot pruning increased carbohydrates in shoots. Carbohydrates are translocated as reducing sugars, which collectively form organic osmolytes. Because changes in concentrations of osmolytes regulate osmotic potential in plant cells, we hypothesize that increasing concentrations of organic osmolytes in an organ displaces inorganic osmolytes. We measured the osmotic potentials of young citrus trees under nematode infection, stem girdling, and root pruning at two salinity levels. All treatments reduced leaf osmotic potentials at four sampling times. At harvest, 16 days after pruning and girdling treatments, organs with higher carbohydrates had lower inorganic osmolytes and vice versa, regardless of the treatment. Pruning simulated effects of nematode infection, whereas girdling reduced the effects of nematodes. Results suggested that high organic osmolytes in roots displace inorganic osmolytes, thereby avoiding very low osmotic potentials.     

The role of heavy-metal ATPases,HMAs, in zinc and cadmium transport in rice

The P_1B-type heavy metal ATPases (HMAs) are diverse in terms of tissue distribution, subcellular localization, and metal specificity. Functional studies of HMAs have shown that these transporters can be divided into two subgroups based on their metal-substrate specificity: a copper (Cu)/silver (Ag) group and a zinc (Zn)/cobalt (Co)/cadmium (Cd)/lead (Pb) group. Studies on Arabidopsis thaliana and metal hyperaccumulator plants indicate that HMAs play an important role in the translocation or detoxification of Zn and Cd in plants. Rice possesses nine HMA genes, of which OsHMA1–OsHMA3 belong to the Zn/Co/Cd/Pb subgroup. OsHMA2 plays an important role in root-to-shoot translocation of Zn and Cd, and participates in Zn and Cd transport to developing seeds in rice. OsHMA3 transports Cd and plays a role in the sequestration of Cd into vacuoles in root cells. Modification of the expression of these genes might be an effective approach for reducing the Cd concentration in rice grains.     

Epidemiologic characteristics of malaria in non-malarious area, Jeollabuk-do, Korea in 2000

In South Korea, the north border area has been under vivax malaria epidemic since 1993. However, Jeollabuk-do, which is about 300 kms from the border, has not experienced the same epidemic. I investigated a total of 58 notified cases of malaria in Jeollabuk-do in the year 2000. All of the cases had an exposure history in the epidemic area. Among them were 49 ex-soldiers, 3 soldiers who served near the border area and 6 civilians who traveled there. The causal agent of all cases was Plasmodium vivax. Except the civilians, the soldiers and ex-soldiers were aged in their twenties. In the present study, the incubation period was from 6 to 520 days with a median of 157 days, and the latent onset type (92%) was more prevalent than the early onset type. Illness onset of most cases (86%) peaked during the summer season (June to September) despite of variable incubation periods. The time lag for diagnosis ranged from 2 to 42 days with a median of 11 days. Jeollabuk-do has not been an area of epidemic until now, but incidences have been increasing annually since 1996. In Jeollabuk-do, early diagnosis and treatment can be a feasible disease control measure to prevent spreading from the epidemic area.