濒危植物大花黄牡丹（Paeonia ludlowii）种群数量动态

运用种群静态生命表、存活曲线、生殖力表和Leslie矩阵模型,研究了西藏特有的濒危植物大花黄牡丹种群数量动态过程。静态生命表和种群存活曲线反映出大花黄牡丹在树龄10a之前和20～25a之间分别经历了强烈的环境筛和竞争自疏,20a左右为其生理寿命,35a左右为极限寿命;大花黄牡丹种群的净增长率、内禀增长率和周限增长率较低,表现为衰退型种群;Leslie矩阵模型的模拟结果表明,在20a内种群幼苗数量和总数量呈现出下降趋势,下降了大约30%;大花黄牡丹种群存活表现为Deevey-Ⅰ型,早期个体死亡极高,幼龄苗木严重不足;现行种群数量主要是靠自身的萌蘖繁殖来维持。导致大花黄牡丹濒危的可能原因是大花黄牡丹的生物学特性以及人为干扰。     

濒危植物大花黄牡丹(Paeonia ludlowii)种群数量动态

运用种群静态生命表、存活曲线、生殖力表和Leslie矩阵模型,研究了西藏特有的濒危植物大花黄牡丹种群数量动态过程。静态生命表和种群存活曲线反映出大花黄牡丹在树龄10a之前和20~25a之间分别经历了强烈的环境筛和竞争自疏,20a左右为其生理寿命,35a左右为极限寿命;大花黄牡丹种群的净增长率、内禀增长率和周限增长率较低,表现为衰退型种群;Leslie矩阵模型的模拟结果表明,在20a内种群幼苗数量和总数量呈现出下降趋势,下降了大约30%;大花黄牡丹种群存活表现为Deevey-Ⅰ型,早期个体死亡极高,幼龄苗木严重不足;现行种群数量主要是靠自身的萌蘖繁殖来维持。导致大花黄牡丹濒危的可能原因是大花黄牡丹的生物学特性以及人为干扰。     

根茎型木本克隆植物准噶尔无叶豆的种群数量动态

 根据根茎型木本克隆植物的特征, 不以种群的分株数量代表种群大小, 而尝试以不同茎级的根茎长度代表种群大小, 运用种群静态生命表、存活曲线、生殖力表和Leslie矩阵模型, 研究了准噶尔无叶豆(Eremosparton songoricum)的两个种群——A种群(46°31.09′ N, 88°33.06′ E, 紧邻乌伦古湖)和B种群(46°28.07′ N, 88°33.07′ E, 位于沙漠腹地)的种群数量动态。结果表明: 种群存活表现为Deevey-I型。A种群在中龄阶段受到的人为干扰较大, 死亡率出现高峰, 种群的净增长率(R₀)、内禀增长率(r_m)和周限增长率(λ)较低, 表现为衰退型种群, Leslie矩阵模型的模拟结果表明, 15 a内种群呈现下降趋势; B种群所受到的压力主要是干旱贫瘠的荒漠环境所导致的系统压力, 种群的R₀、r_m和λ值适中, 表现为缓慢增长型种群, Leslie矩阵模型的模拟结果表明, 15 a内种群呈现先下降、再上升的趋势。此外, 研究结果验证了Leslie矩阵模型可以扩展应用到根茎型木本克隆植物这类特殊生活型植物的种群数量动态研究上。     

濒危植物南川升麻种群数量动态的分析

运用种群静态生命表、生殖力表和Leslie矩阵模型,研究了中国特有的濒危植物南川升麻种群数量动态过程。结果表明,南川升麻种群为衰退型种群,种群的净增殖率、内禀增长率和周限增长率较低,种群世代周期偏长,在25a内种群幼苗数量和总数量呈现出持续下降的趋势。南川升麻种群经历了两次死亡高峰期,受到了环境筛的强烈过滤作用。     

南京方山朴树种群结构与分布格局研究

采用相邻格子样方法对南京方山国家地质公园朴树种群结构和分布格局进行了研究。结果表明：（1）各样地朴树种群的年龄结构基本相似,Ⅰ、Ⅱ级幼苗普遍较少,幼苗贮备严重不足。种群个体分布多集中在Ⅲ级,Ⅳ级以上种群个体分布渐趋减少。（2）从静态生命表可以看出,由于Ⅰ、Ⅱ级幼苗、幼树数量偏少,导致种群Ⅰ、Ⅱ龄级的死亡率为负值,而Ⅶ、Ⅷ龄级的死亡率最大。部分龄级存在着不同程度的个体缺失,存活曲线呈明显下凹和断点波折,种群整体呈衰退趋势。（3）利用负二项参数（K）、扩散系数（C）、扩散型指数（I_δ）、Cassie指标（C_a）、丛生指数（I）、平均拥挤度指数（m^*）和聚块性指标（m^*/m）等参数对种群的空间格局进行了研究,表明朴树种群的空间分布格局为集群分布,但不同样地种群的集聚程度存在一定差异。     

）种群结构与动态

为了阐明秦岭巴山冷杉（Abies fargesii）种群的结构特征和动态规律,对位于秦岭中段南坡佛坪保护区内不同海拔分布的巴山冷杉种群的年龄结构、生命表以及存活曲线等进行了研究。结果表明: 在海拔2350、2500和2700 m,巴山冷杉种群都表现为衰退型,种群个体主要聚集在中龄级,幼龄级的个体都极度缺乏。在各海拔巴山冷杉种群生命表中,死亡量（d_x）、死亡率（q_x）和消失率（K_x）都为负值,反映了种群幼龄个体的缺乏程度。随着海拔的升高,幼龄级个体数量增加而大龄级个体数量减少。巴山冷杉种群生命表和存活曲线的分析表明,巴山冷杉种群个体存活量最多的年龄级和出现最大死亡率的年龄级都随着海拔的降低而依次后推。随着海拔的升高,巴山冷杉种群的分布格局由随机分布类型过渡为聚集分布类型。     

滇牡丹自然种群数量动态

运用种群静态生命表、存活曲线、生殖力表和Leslie矩阵模型研究了中国西南特有濒危植物滇牡丹(Paeonia delavayi)种群数量动态过程。静态生命表和种群存活曲线表明: 滇牡丹在株龄3-6 a之间经历了较强的环境筛, 其单株生理寿命为15 a左右, 平均周期为8 a, 种群的净增殖率(R₀ = 0.985 7)、内禀增长率(r_m = -0.001 7)和周限增长率(λ = 0.998 3)表明其为衰退型种群; 滇牡丹种群存活表现为台阶型曲线(B1型), 分别在6 a和12 a阶段种群消亡率(K_x)较高。Leslie矩阵模型的模拟结果表明, 在未来30 a内种群数量呈现出下降趋势, 大约下降了50%, 其种群数量靠自身根系的萌蘖和种子繁殖共同维持。野生滇牡丹种群数量下降与其自身繁殖特性有关, 但主要原因是人为采挖和生态环境的破坏。     

沙地云杉种群增长预测模型研究

 本文以沙地云杉种群的静态生命表、生殖力表为基础,运用Leslie种群增长模型,预测了小腾格里沙地白音敖包地区有代表性的藓类云杉林中云杉种群的动态增长过程,揭示了沙地云杉各龄级植株的动态规律。结果表明：沙地云杉为缓慢增长型种群;种群的净增殖率、内禀增长率及周限增长率较高,而种群的世代周期及加倍时间偏低;在50年内种群1年生幼苗的数量及种群的总数量表现出持续递增的趋势,且种群总数目的变化幅度较小。     

十种濒危植物的种群生态学特征及致危因素分析

从保护生态学的观点出发,对10个濒危植物的地理分布、生境条件、种群数量动态、空间分布格局、种间关系、种群的生命表、生殖力表、有性生殖、无性繁殖等种群生态学特征进行了综合分析。论述了濒危植物以光合、蒸腾、呼吸为主的生理生态学规律;预测种群数量动态的Leslie矩阵、刻画种群空间分布格局的模型、刻画种群生长和数量增长的Logistic方程和多元回归模型所反映出的生态学特征。分析了濒危植物种群动态、发展趋势以及在内外因素作用下的生态学特征和过程。针对濒危植物保护研究存在的问题,从生态学角度对我国未来濒危植物保护研究应注意的问题提出了建议。     

濒危植物长柄双花木自然种群数量动态

 运用种群生命表、生殖力表、Leslie矩阵模型和时间序列预测分析方法,研究了濒危植物长柄双花木(Disanthus cercidifolius var. longipes)种群的动态变化过程,揭示了长柄双花木各龄级植株的数量动态规律。结果表明：长柄双花木为缓慢负增长型种群;种群的净增殖率、内禀增长率以及周限增长率都较低,世代平均周期较长;Leslie矩阵模型和时间序列预测分析均表明在未来50年内长柄双花木各年龄级种群数量会出现波动性的消长,但其种群总数将逐步下降。导致种群下降的主要原因可能是人为砍伐及由此造成的生境破碎化等。     

濒危植物缙云卫矛群落种间联结分析

采用方差比率法（VR）、X^2检验、无中心指数等方法对缙云卫矛（Euonymus chloranthoides）3个群落进行了群落物种间关联性分析。结果表明,3个群落内物种的总体关联均表现为不显著的负关联性;北温泉群落6个主要物种的15个种对中有7个正关联,8个负关联;鸡公山群落8个主要物种的28个种对中有11个正关联,16个负关联,1个相对独立的关系;东温泉群落4个主要物种的6个种对中2个正关联,4个负关联。这反映了整个群落处于不稳定状态,这与生境片断化是密切相关的。种对间的关联性表明缙云卫矛与慈竹间显示出较强的正关联性,这表明缙云卫矛的生长需要慈竹为其提供适宜的生境。     

濒危植物长柄双花木自然种群年龄结构及其生态对策

通过对濒危植物长柄双花木自然种群的年龄结构、图解生命表以及生殖价分析等途径,研究了其种群结构动态及生态对策,结果表明:长柄双花木种群为衰退型种群,虽然种群中也存在一定数量的幼龄个体,但个体死亡率较高。长柄双花木种群表现出r～K对策的混合生态适应策略。该种群数量在下降过程中还存在波动,仍具有一定的实现生殖和恢复的可能,但依靠有性生殖途径实现恢复的能力有限。     

独叶草种群年龄结构及动态分析

对太白山不同生境条件下的独叶草种群年龄结构、生命表及存活曲线进行了研究,结果表明,不同生境的独叶草种群在3～6年生阶段个体数量最多。幼年个体和老年个体数量较少,生命表中。幼龄级的dx、qx、Kx等为负数,可以反映种群幼龄个体缺乏程度．以无性繁殖独叶草不同与以有性生殖为主的植物,它可产生不同龄级的无性系分株,幼龄个体少的年龄结构并不代表种群必然衰退．随海拔升高,种群密度增加,个体寿命延长,反映了种群在适应性方面的调整．独叶草种群根状茎生存于腐殖质层中,仅有叶片露出地面;种群所在的牛皮桦、巴山冷杉和太白红杉群落人为干扰较少。生境相对稳定,种群可以长期维持．对种群保护应注重所处的环境及森林群落保护。     

ESTIMATION OF PARAMETERS OF INBREEDING AND GENETIC DRIFT IN POPULATIONS WITH OVERLAPPING GENERATIONS

Many long‐lived plant and animal species have nondiscrete overlapping generations. Although numerous models have been developed to predict the effective sizes (N_e) of populations with overlapping generations, they are extremely difficult to apply to natural populations because of the large array of unknown and elusive life‐table parameters involved. Unfortunately, little work has been done to estimate the N_e of populations with overlapping generations from marker data, in sharp contrast to the situation of populations with discrete generations for which quite a few estimators are available. In this study, we propose an estimator (EPA, estimator by parentage assignments) of the current N_e of populations with overlapping generations, using the sex, age, and multilocus genotype information of a single sample of individuals taken at random from the population. Simulations show that EPA provides unbiased and accurate estimates of N_e under realistic sampling and genotyping effort. Additionally, it yields estimates of other interesting parameters such as generation interval, the variances and covariances of lifetime family size, effective number of breeders of each age class, and life‐table variables. Data from wild populations of baboons and hihi (stitchbird) were analyzed by EPA to demonstrate the use of the estimator in practical sampling and genotyping situations.     

濒危树种庙台槭种群数量特征及动态分析

庙台槭(Acer miaotaiense Tsoong)为我国三级保护植物,是秦岭特有的濒危树种,具有重要的经济价值和观赏价值。通过对庙台槭主要分布区野生资源进行调查,研究其种群的年龄结构、静态生命表、存活曲线和死亡曲线,用动态指数(Vpi、Vpi')和时间序列模型预测其种群发展趋势。结果显示,庙台槭种群幼龄个体多,中龄和老龄个体少,其生存曲线呈Deevey-Ⅲ型;静态生命表及相关曲线分析显示,庙台槭种群的存活率与径级表现出显著负相关,而种群死亡率曲线总体呈先下降后增加的趋势;种群数量动态分析显示,庙台槭种群整体结构处于增长型,在缺乏成年个体的情况下,种群对外部环境的抗干扰能力下降;时间序列预测发现,经过幼苗、幼树阶段,同一时间曲线的庙台槭种群数量在高径级所占比例略有增加,但高龄级个体相对较少;庙台槭分布地区的主要植被类型为落叶阔叶林和常绿阔叶林,但庙台槭个体受保护较少,人为活动及病虫害影响较大,天然更新困难,生存和保护状况不容乐观。     

Suitability of physic nut (Jatropha curcas L.) as single host plant for the leaf-footed bug Leptoglossus zonatus Dallas (Het., Coreidae)

The leaf-footed bug Leptoglossus zonatus (Dallas) (Het., Coreidae) was reared in Nicaragua on a diet consisting of unripe physic nut ( Jatropha curcas L., Euphorbiaceae) fruit only. The suitability of this host plant is described by the mortalities in the developmental stages from egg to adult, which are presented in a life table, and the durations of the different stages. Pre-oviposition time, number of ovipositions and total number of eggs per female are given. Biometric measurements of all instars were made. Protein, oil and water content of fresh physic nut fruit were measured throughout a whole year. The results show that physic nut is a highly suitable host plant, which can maintain populations of this insect pest throughout the whole year as fruit are constantly present with only little fluctuation in their nutritional quality.     

Population dynamics of the swallowtail butterfly,Papilio xuthus L., in a deforested area

The long-term population dynamics of the swallowtail butterfly, Papilio xuthus, were studied by means of life table analysis in a deforested area, where the host tree, Zanthoxylum ailanthoides, was growing. The number of eggs laid on host trees in the deforested area decreases as secondary succession progresses. When the trees were classified into three groups, i. e. tall, medium and short, according to their height relative to the surrounding vegetation, less eggs were laid on tall than on short host trees. Life tables for the natural populations in each generation were developed on the basis of mean values for 6 years. Eggs and larvae in early stages were attacked chiefly by small- and middle-sized predators, such as ants, spiders, bugs and orthopterids, while later stage larvae were attacked chiefly by birds or Polistes wasps. An inchneumonid wasp was the most important mortality factor in the pupal stage. Key-factor analysis was tested on the life table data of each immature stage. The late larval stage was a key stage, and most mortality factors were considered to operate independently. The test for density dependency did not show any tendencies. The analysis of variance in two-way classifications was carried out for the difference of survival rate among the tree groups. It was suggested that tall host trees were unsuitable for P. xuthus. The construction of life tables for artificially inoculated populations on large host trees showed that high physiological death rate were characteristic of such trees in comparison with natural populations on smaller trees. The characteristics of the population dynamics of P. xuthus in the deforested area are compared among some kinds of the habitat, and the interrelationship between P. xuthus and its host plant are discussed.     

Reinstatement of traditional mowing regimes counteracts population senescence in the rare perennial Primula vulgaris

Question: Traditional management of grassland verges or ditch banks included mowing as a way to provide additional harvesting of hay. Nowadays, such sites are often left unmanaged, as mowing verges is no longer profitable in modern agricultural systems. Are vulnerable plant species able to withstand competition with the surrounding vegetation and maintain viable populations under these circumstances? How do they respond to reinstatement of traditional mowing regimes? Location: Oedelem, northwestern Belgium. Methods: To investigate the effect of reinstatement of the rare perennial Primula vulgaris, demography and adult plant performance were monitored in a grassland verge between 1999 and 2003 under different mowing regimes. Year transitions between life stages were analysed with matrix population models. To disentangle the contributions of the deviations in different life stage transitions to the variation in overall population growth rate, life table response experiments were used. Results: Both management and year had a strong impact on demographic traits of P. vulgaris. If plots were left unmanaged, lower plant performance and declining population growth rates were observed. While population growth rates differed significantly between mowing regimes, mowing of plots only in July did not differ from mowing in July and October in terms of vegetative and reproductive output of adults. Mowing twice a year appeared to be most efficient in increasing population growth rate both by raising recruitment and growth of individuals into large reproductive adults. Conclusions: Large P. vulgaris populations show a good ability to recover from recent abandonment of traditional management regimes. By mowing twice a year, managers are able to target vital rates that are most influential: growth and flowering of adult individuals.     

A general theory of life table construction and a precise abridged life table method

"In this paper we lay the foundation of life table construction by unifying the existing life table methods. We also present a new method of constructing current (period) abridged life tables.... The development includes (1) a careful formulation and computation of age-specific death rates, (2) derivation of a new set of formulas for computing the survivorship function from the observed age-specific death rates and populations, (3) estimation of the main life table functions by spline interpolation, integration and differentiation, and (4) use of a quadratic and a Gompertz function to close the life table.... The method is illustrated with construction of abridged life tables using Canadian data."     

Different feeding behaviors in a single predatory mite species. 1. Comparative life histories of three populations of Phytoseiulus longipes (Acari: Phytoseiidae) depending on prey species and plant substrate

The spider mites Tetranychus evansi and T. urticae are key pests of tomato crops, for which no sustainable practical control strategy is available yet. A Brazilian (B) and an Argentinean (A) population of a phytoseiid predatory mite species, Phytoseiulus longipes, are able to develop and reproduce on T. evansi on tomato, whereas a Chilean (C) population is not. In order to better characterize the two distinct feeding behaviours of these three populations, life table data were assessed when the predator was offered T. evansi or T. urticae as prey on bean or tomato leaves. No effect of the prey offered nor the plant substrate was demonstrated on development durations of the three populations. However, immature mortality was low for the Argentinean and the Brazilian populations whatever the prey or plant substrate, whereas 89 % of P. longipes from Chile died before reaching adulthood when fed T. evansi on tomato. No difference in effect on female longevity was detected among the three populations. Finally, the demographic parameters of all populations were lower in presence of tomato compared to beans. Possible explanations for these results are discussed.