卡拉麦里山保护区鹅喉羚卧息地特征的季节变化

于2007年对卡拉麦里山有蹄类保护区不同季节的鹅喉羚卧息地特征进行了研究。Mann-WhitneyU检验表明:春季鹅喉羚卧息地植物高度明显高于对照地(Z=2.27,P<0.05),驼绒藜密度、灌木盖度和地上生物量极显著高于对照地(Z=2.85,Z=3.29,Z=2.98,P<0.01);夏季鹅喉羚卧息地植物高度和单位面积地上生物量明显高于对照地(Z=2.06,Z=2.97,P<0.05);秋季鹅喉羚卧息地植物种数明显高于对照地(Z=2.52,P<0.05),灌木盖度和植物高度极显著高于对照地(Z=5.22,Z=4.58,P<0.01)。主成分分析表明,春夏秋3季影响鹅喉羚卧息地选择的主要环境因子是食物、隐蔽条件和环境温度。单因素方差分析表明,鹅喉羚卧息地特征在季节间有显著差异,以春季和夏季、春季和秋季最为明显。食物资源和环境温度的变化是导致鹅喉羚卧息地特征季节性变化的主要因素。鹅喉羚卧息地选择与其自身的体温调节有一定关系。     

新疆准噶尔盆地东部波斑鸨炫耀栖息地选择

2000年4－7月,通过野餐直接观察采样的方法,对准噶尔盆地东部波斑鸨炫耀栖息地进行了研究。结果表明：条块状高灌丛随机散布在视野开阔、地势平坦的小半灌木群落中是波斑鸨炫耀栖息地的景观特征;影响波斑鸨炫耀栖息地选择的主要环境因子是植物种数、植被盖度、密度和蹁高灌丛距离;炫耀地内的植物种数、植被盖度、植被密度和草本植物种数显著低于对照样方内的相应成分;绝大多数炫耀地位于低矮稀疏的半灌木群落中,同时又总是靠近条块状高灌丛。这种灌嵌景观的炫耀地植物群落结构为波斑鸨的生存、炫耀提供了理想场所。     

新疆北部鹅喉羚的食性分析

2006年10月至2007年8月,作者采用粪便显微分析法研究了新疆卡拉麦里山有蹄类保护区鹅喉羚的四季食性以及冬季绵羊的食性.结果发现:鹅喉羚共采食16科47种植物;不同季节间鹅喉羚食性有明显变化,秋季采食7科24种植物,冬季采食6科17种植物,春季采食16科41种植物,夏季采食12科30种植物;藜科、禾本科植物是鹅喉羚全年的主要食物来源,占鹅喉羚总采食量的38.8～85.1%,非禾本科草本植物也在鹅喉羚食物组成中占有重要地位;春季短命和类短命植物对鹅喉羚有重要意义,占春季采食量的27%.针茅在四季都是鹅喉羚采食的主要植物;春季和夏季鹅喉羚采食较多的驼绒藜,秋季和冬季梭梭被较多采食.由于干旱胁迫,春季、夏季和秋季鹅喉羚喜食含水量较高的多根葱、骆驼蹄瓣、粗枝猪毛菜等非禾本科草本植物.冬季鹅喉羚与绵羊间的生态位宽度相近,食物重叠指数高达76.6%,绵羊与鹅喉羚之间食物竞争明显.     

蒙古野驴、鹅喉羚和家畜的食物重叠

采用粪样显微分析技术研究了新疆卡拉麦里山有蹄类自然保护区及周边区域蒙古野驴、鹅喉羚及家羊、家马和家骆驼3种家养有蹄类春季、秋季和冬季食性组成及食物生态位。结果发现：（1）蒙古野驴、鹅喉羚和家畜主要采食针茅、驼绒藜、蒿和梭梭,但是,它们采食的植物科数和种数都不相同,各植物种类在食谱中所占的比例不同;（2）各个季节有蹄类动物两两之间的食物生态位重叠均在0．8以上,最低为0．832（冬季鹅喉羚和家马）,最高达到0．986（秋季蒙古野驴和家羊;秋季家马和家羊）,五种有蹄类之间的食物生态位重叠度也达到了0．3以上。表明在卡拉麦里山有蹄类自然保护区,上述野生动物及季节性进入该自然保护区的家畜之间均存在食物竞争;冬季积雪深,食物短缺,荒漠有蹄类易因冻饿及疾病等造成死亡。因此,应采取限制秋冬季进入该自然保护区,家畜数量及调整放牧区域等保护管理措施,对该区域荒漠有蹄类动物实施有效保护[动物学报54（6）：941-954,2008]。     

乌兰布和沙漠-西鄂尔多斯荒漠草原过渡带灌木群落对生长季降水的响应

降水是影响荒漠植物群落结构和多样性的主要因子。研究乌兰布和沙漠-西鄂尔多斯荒漠草原过渡带植物群落特征及多样性对生长季内降水波动的响应，对该区的植物保护和生态环境建设具有重要意义。结合2020年生长季对驼绒藜、霸王、四合木和沙冬青群落固定样地的植被调查数据与同期降水量资料，分析了该区典型灌木群落特征及多样性随降水的变化趋势。7～9月，随着降水增加，驼绒藜群落内的多年生草本种类显著增加；4个灌木群落内的一年生草本种类显著增加。驼绒藜群落的密度显著增加；霸王和四合木群落的盖度显著增加。四合木群落草本层的Patrick丰富度指数显著增加；霸王群落草本层的Patrick丰富度指数显著增加，Simpson指数和Pielow指数显著降低；沙冬青群落草本层的4个多样性指数均显著增加。乌兰布和沙漠-西鄂尔多斯荒漠草原过渡带不同灌木群落特征及多样性对降水变化响应差异较大，灌木层受降水影响较小，草本层对降水增加响应比较敏感。     

鹅喉羚夏季和冬季卧息地选择

2007年夏季(6—8月)及冬季(11—2008年1月),在卡拉麦里山有蹄类自然保护区研究了鹅喉羚(Gazella subgutturosa sairensis)的卧息生境选择。夏季测定了49个卧迹样方,36个对照样方;冬季测定了75个卧迹样方,75个对照样方。卡拉麦里山有蹄类自然保护区的鹅喉羚夏季主要选择平滩、下坡位,海拔910 m以上、与水源距离较远、远离道路、远离居民点、高隐蔽级、中低植被密度和中高草本密度的区域作为卧息地; 而冬季鹅喉羚主要选择山坡、阳坡和半阴半阳坡、中上坡位和下坡位、900—1 000 m的高度范围、离道路501—1 000 m以及大于2 000 m的距离、靠近居民点、中低隐蔽级、中等雪深(1.1—3 cm)、中高植被密度和中高草本密度的区域作为卧息地。主成分分析表明,鹅喉羚夏季卧息样方前4个主成分的累积贡献率达到86.57%,第1主成分主要反映卧迹样方的植物密度、草本密度、针茅(Stipa spp.)密度、至最近居民点距离、至永久水源最近距离和海拔的影响。冬季鹅喉羚卧息样方前4个主成分的累积贡献率达到73.88%,第1主成分主要反映卧迹样方的植物密度、草本密度、针茅密度和坡度的影响。     

天山中部地区盘羊冬季采食地和卧息地的生境分离

采用样线法及直接观察法研究天山中部古仁郭楞地区盘羊天山亚种(Ovis ammon karelini)冬季采食地和卧息地的生境分离。2009年12月—2010年1月累计调查5条沟系的12条样线,测量盘羊采食地和卧息地样方分别为120个和114个。记录了样方所在地的海拔、植物种数、植被盖度、植被高度及距道路距离等13项生态因子。结果表明,天山盘羊冬季采食地与卧息地在植被高度、植被盖度、隐蔽级等生态因子差异不显著(P0.05);在海拔、坡度、坡位、距道路距离、距居民点距离、植物种数和雪深等生态因子差异极显著(P0.01),雪盖、坡向和地貌类型生态因子差异显著(P0.05)。逐步判别分析表明,由5个生态因子变量构成的方程能够区分盘羊冬季采食地与卧息地生境,正确率达到95.1%,按照其贡献值的大小排序依次为:雪深、距道路距离、海拔、坡度和植被高度。研究结果支持盘羊冬季采食地和卧息地之间存在明显的生境分离。     

高原兔夏季卧栖地生境利用关键因子分析

研究阿尔金山国家级自然保护区高山草甸和高山荒漠区高原兔Lepus oiostolus夏季生境卧息地利用的主要影响因子,为高原兔的科学管理提供依据。2011—2013年夏季,累计调查高原兔卧息地5 m×5 m样方32个,另外在附近相同生境类型中设置对照样方33个。记录样方所在地的植物种数、植被盖度、植被高度、土壤硬度以及距道路的距离等指标。结果表明,卧息地和对照样方在植物种数、土壤硬度等方面差异有统计学意义(P<0.05),而在隐蔽级、植被高度、植被密度等方面差异有高度统计学意义(P<0.01)。Vanderloeg和Scavia选择指数Ei、选择系数Wi分析显示高原兔卧栖地偏好选择高度在30 cm以上、植被盖度大于30%且密度小于80株/m2,隐蔽级在10 cm以上,土质较软(6~9 kg/cm2)的小生境。主成分分析表明影响高原兔卧息地利用的主要因子依次是:植被密度(-0.898),植被盖度(-0.812)和隐蔽级(0.764)。高原兔偏爱植被高度更高、植物密度更低、隐蔽级更高、土壤较软的小生境。我们的结果为高原兔的科学管理提供了重要依据。     

风成沙丘固定程度的定量分析

用因子分析的方法确定影响沙丘固定程度的主导因素,并根据其共同度在总方差中所占比例来确定各主导因素的权重,然后对原始数据进行无量纲化处理,通过加权平均的方法计算出各样地沙丘固定程度的综合指数α。结果表明：（1）流动沙丘的α值一般低于0.6,半固定沙丘的α值介于0.6-0.7之间。固定沙丘的α值大于0.7;（2）单纯以植被盖度或特定植物种作为判断依据是片面的;（3）灌丛和土壤对沙丘的固定和演化起着非常重要的多重积极作用,应当加强对其保护和人工抚育工作。     

不同发情阶段雄性鹅喉羚的时间分配特征

以往研究表明受发情交配行为制约,一些雄性反刍动物在发情期食物摄入量明显降低。已有两个相关假说解释该现象:能量摄入最大化假说和能量保存假说。作者于2009 ～ 2010 年在卡拉麦里山有蹄类自然保护区研究了雄性鹅喉羚不同发情阶段的时间分配。结果表明雄羚发情期采食时间比例明显下降(37. 9% ),低于发情前期(63. 6% )和发情后期(65. 8% );发情期卧息时间比例(6. 0% )与发情后期相近(5. 4% ),明显低于发情前期(23.2% );发情前期至发情后期采食卧息时间比(分别为2. 7、6. 3、12. 1)显著增加;发情期雄羚站立和移动时间比例明显升高,采食行为时间占非发情行为时间主要部分(86. 4% ),且采食行为与发情行为显著相关。相比之下,雌羚不同发情阶段采食行为时间分配比例相似。总之,除必需投入的发情行为外,发情期雄羚最大化其能量摄入;发情行为的投入是导致发情期雄羚食物摄入量下降的主导因子,雄性能量摄入最大化假说更好地解释了发情期鹅喉羚所采取的能量策略。     

Investigation of the mechanism of temperature sensitivity of the electroreceptors of ampullae of lorenzini

In experiments on Black Sea skates (Raja clavata), the potential of the receptor epithelium of the ampullae of Lorenzini and spike activity of single nerve fibers connected to them were investigated during electrical and temperature stimulation. Usually the potential within the canal was between 0 and –2 mV, and the input resistance of the ampulla 250–400 k. Heating of the region of the receptor epithelium was accompanied by a negative wave of potential, an increase in input resistance, and inhibition of spike activity. With worsening of the animal's condition the transepithelial potential became positive (up to +10 mV) but the input resistance of the ampulla during stimulation with a positive current was nonlinear in some cases: a regenerative spike of positive polarity appeared in the channel. During heating, the spike response was sometimes reversed in sign. It is suggested that fluctuations of the transepithelial potential and spike responses to temperature stimulation reflect changes in the potential difference on the basal membrane of the receptor cells, which is described by a relationship of the Nernst's or Goldman's equation type.I. P. Pavlov Institute of Physiology, Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Leningrad. I. M. Sechenov, Institute of Evolutionary Physiology and Biochemistry, Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Leningrad. Pacific Institute of Oceanology, Far Eastern Scientific Center, Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Vladivostok. Translated from Neirofiziologiya, Vol. 12, No. 1, pp. 67–74, January–February, 1980.     

Shapes of curves of pH-dependence of reactions

A simple case is considered in which the rate of a two-step reaction depends on pH because the intermediate formed in the first step has to gain (or lose) a proton before it can react in the second step, and in which the rate-determining step therefore changes with pH. The curves of reaction rate against pH are shown to be symmetrical, and the sharpest peak possible has a width at half its height of 1.53pH units, i.e. of 2log(3+2 radical2). Any particular curve for this situation proves to be identical with a curve that could be generated for the pH-dependence of a single-step reaction in which the rate is proportional to the concentration of a particular ionic form of a reactant. Curves for the latter situation, however, can have forms impossible for the former case in which the rate-determining step changes, but only if the protonations that activate and deactivate the reactant are co-operative. The peak can then become even sharper, and its width at half its height can fall to 1.14pH units, i.e. to 2log(2+ radical3).     

Overview of mechanisms of action of lycopene

Dietary intakes of tomatoes and tomato products containing lycopene have been shown to be associated with decreased risk of chronic diseases such as cancer and cardiovascular diseases in numerous studies. Serum and tissue lycopene levels have also been inversely related to the risk of lung and prostate cancers. Lycopene functions as a very potent antioxidant, and this is clearly a major important mechanism of lycopene action. In this regard, lycopene can trap singlet oxygen and reduce mutagenesis in the Ames test. However, evidence is accumulating for other mechanisms as well. Lycopene at physiological concentrations can inhibit human cancer cell growth by interfering with growth factor receptor signaling and cell cycle progression specifically in prostate cancer cells without evidence of toxic effects or apoptosis of cells. Studies using human and animal cells have identified a gene, connexin 43, whose expression is upregulated by lycopene and which allows direct intercellular gap junctional communication (GJC). GJC is deficient in many human tumors and its restoration or upregulation is associated with decreased proliferation. The combination of low concentrations of lycopene with 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 exhibits a synergistic effect on cell proliferation and differentiation and an additive effect on cell cycle progression in the HL-60 promyelocytic leukemia cell line, suggesting some interaction at a nuclear or subcellular level. The combination of lycopene and lutein synergistically interact as antioxidants, and this may relate to specific positioning of different carotenoids in membranes. This review will focus on the growing body of evidence that carotenoids have unexpected biologic effects in experimental systems, some of which may contribute to their cancer preventive properties in models of carcinogenesis. Consideration of solubility in vitro, comparison with doses achieved in humans by dietary means, interactions with other phytochemicals, and other potential mechanisms such as stimulation of xenobiotic metabolism, inhibition of cholesterogenesis, modulation of cyclooxygenase pathways, and inhibition of inflammation will be considered. This review will point out areas for future research where more evidence is needed on the effects of lycopene on the etiology of chronic disease.