气候变暖对中国栓皮栎地理分布格局影响的预测

利用DIVA-GIS软件对中国栓皮栎的地理分布及气候特征进行研究,并用该软件中的Bioclim和Domain两个模型评估未来潜在分布区对气候变暖的响应.结果表明: 中国栓皮栎分布区可分为横断山脉区、云贵高原区、华北山地区、华东山丘区、辽鲁半岛区、台湾海岛区和秦岭巴山区7个亚区,跨越7个温度带、2个干湿区、17个气候区,包括8种气候类型.秦岭-大巴山-伏牛山为栓皮栎的现代多度中心.适合栓皮栎生长的年平均温度为7.5～19.8 ℃,年降雨量为471～1511 mm.Domain和Bioclim模型的受试者工作特征曲线下的面积(AUC值)分别为0.910、0.779,前者预测的高度适生区为秦岭、大巴山、伏牛山、桐柏山、大别山、云贵高原东部和西部、苏皖南部丘陵和华北部分山地.气候变暖趋势下栓皮栎潜在分布区可能向北回缩,面积减小.     

浙闽樱桃地理分布模拟及气候限制因子分析

为了解浙闽樱桃(Cerasus schneideriana)地理分布特征及与气候限制因子之间的关系,基于DIVA-GIS平台获取实际地理分布点的气候资料,利用BIOCLIM模型预测当下适生区范围以及预测其未来潜在分布。结果表明,浙闽樱桃实际分布区覆盖浙江、福建、安徽、江西、广西及湖南6省,浙闽交界的山区是自然分布的核心区,浙皖交界是其分布的北界。未来气候变化情境(CCM3)下,浙闽樱桃的潜在分布区概率将增大,且有北扩的趋势。主成分分析(PCA)表明,年降水量(bio12)、最湿季降雨量(bio16)、最暖季降雨量(bio18)、温度季节变化方差(bio4)是影响浙闽樱桃当下适生区的气候限制因子,频率直方图进一步确定他们的适宜范围分别为1503~2003 mm、604~951 mm、528~791 mm和601~872(标准差*100)。ROC曲线检验表明BIOCLIM对浙闽樱桃分布预测的精度很高(AUC=0.998),结果是可信的。因此,浙闽樱桃适合生长在我国北亚热带温暖湿润区,水热因子是造成其分布格局的主导气候限制因子。     

基于DIVA-GIS的紫玉兰地理分布及适生性分析

基于39个地理分布信息和19个生物气候因子,利用BIOCLIM生态位模型对紫玉兰(Yulania liliiflora(Desr.) D. L. Fu)潜在适生区进行预测。结果显示,紫玉兰自然分布于云南、四川、贵州、湖北、甘肃、重庆、福建等地海拔300～1600 m的中低山区。当前气候条件下,贵州苗岭是其主要适生区;随着全球气候变暖(CO2浓度倍增情况下),紫玉兰的适生区有向高海拔地区收缩的趋势,而在分布区的东北界,其潜在分布范围将扩散至湖南中部和浙江东部地区。影响紫玉兰地理分布格局的重要因素是水热条件的综合效应。ROC曲线检验的AUC值(0.998)表明,采用BIOCLIM模型对紫玉兰潜在分布区的预测结果准确性较高。本研究在气候变暖的大环境下分析紫玉兰的适生性,可为紫玉兰种质资源的保护利用提供依据。     

应用GIS和最大熵模型分析秦岭冷杉潜在地理分布

秦岭冷杉(Abies chensiensis)为松科常绿针叶乔木,属国家濒危野生物种。本文利用获取的秦岭冷杉地理分布记录和14个气候指标、3个土壤指标和3个地形指标,通过最大熵模型(Max Ent)和Arc GIS空间分析构建秦岭冷杉潜在分布区。结果表明,影响秦岭冷杉潜在生境适宜性的主要环境指标为6个气候指标(年平均气温、年极端最高气温、1月平均气温、≥0℃积温、年干燥度指数和年日照时数)、1个土壤指标(p H)和1个地形指标(海拔)。研究区秦岭冷杉生长的最适宜区面积为19498.87 km2,适宜区面积为32219.61 km2,边缘适宜区面积为51874.76 km2,不适宜区面积为106307.97 km2,秦岭冷杉适宜生长区域狭窄,其中最适宜区和适宜区主要集中在甘肃东南部、陕西中南部、四川东北部,湖北西北部和河南西北部,适宜区内次生植被丰富、地形复杂。研究表明,基于最大熵模型与GIS空间分析构建的秦岭冷杉潜在地理分布,可以对我国秦岭冷杉适宜生长区做出科学的区划,为秦岭冷杉资源的保护和管理提供科学依据。     

基于Maxent生态位模型的互花米草在我国沿海的潜在分布

以分布在我国沿海滩涂的96个互花米草分布记录点及覆盖东部沿海区域的海洋环境数据和气候环境数据为材料,利用Maxent生态位模型,研究外来物种互花米草在我国沿海的潜在分布情况.结果表明:互花米草适宜分布区占我国沿海区域的85%,其中高度适宜分布区占18%,中度适宜分布区占34%,低度适宜分布区占33%,不适宜分布区仅为15%.互花米草在我国沿海的地理分布主要受到年均最低海水温度、年均海水温度、年平均气温和1月最低气温4个环境因素的影响,而年均降水量、年均日较差、海水盐度、最高海水温度、7月最高气温及海流速度对互花米草地理分布的影响较小.互花米草高度适宜分布区的最低海水温度为0.62~24.81℃,平均海水温度为10.46~27.29℃,年均气温为9~25℃,1月最低气温为-13.5~16.7℃.互花米草地理分布概率在我国北部沿海区域达到20%以上,互花米草存在向我国北部进一步入侵的趋势,特别是在渤海湾地区,互花米草入侵潜力较大.互花米草在我国不适宜分布区主要集中在海南中部和南部海岸,以及台湾省大部分区域,依据当前我国分布记录及气候数据,这些区域互花米草入侵风险较小,但不排除未来入侵的可能性.     

中国三种濒危葡萄属(Vitis L.)植物的地理分布模拟

收集云南葡萄、庐山葡萄和温州葡萄3个濒危种的地理分布资料,利用地理信息系统软件ArcGIS绘制其现状分布图,在分布信息数据矢量化的基础上研究了影响其分布的主要环境因子,同时采用BIOCLIM模型对3种野葡萄的生态位进行了模拟,预测了其在当前和未来的可能潜在分布区。结果表明:3种野葡萄主要集中分布于我国的长江以南地区,江西北部和浙江东南部分别是庐山葡萄和温州葡萄最为集中的地区,云南葡萄分布比较分散;最干季的均温、年均温差和年降雨量是影响云南葡萄地理分布的主要环境因子;年均温、降雨量的季节性变化、最湿季均温和平均月温差是影响庐山葡萄地理分布的主要环境因子;极端最低温、年降雨量、最干月降雨量是影响温州葡萄地理分布的主要环境因子;3种野葡萄当前的潜在分布区与实际分布区有很好的一致性,说明BIOCLIM模型模拟的精确度较高,3种野葡萄当前和未来可能潜在分布中心依然位于我国的南部地区,在未来气候变化情景下,3种野葡萄适宜区面积变化范围不明显,但适宜区向北部移动。     

中国北方温带地区5种锦鸡儿植物的分布模拟

全面收集中国北方温带干旱–半干旱地区5种主要锦鸡儿植物的地理分布资料, 利用ArcGIS 9.0软件绘制现状分布图, 发现小叶锦鸡儿(Caragana microphylla)、中间锦鸡儿(C. intermedia)和柠条锦鸡儿(C. korshinskii)在空间上呈现出从东到西的地理替代分布格局, 继续向西南方向则分布有藏锦鸡儿(C. tibetica), 向西北方向分布有狭叶锦鸡儿(C. stenophylla), 但它们的分布范围又有一定的重叠。整理5种锦鸡儿分布区内的气象台站长期记录, 选择计算15个具有重要生物学意义的水热指标值; 进而用方差分析、多重比较和因子分析相结合的方法, 研究控制这5种锦鸡儿地理分布的主导驱动因子。结果表明: 控制小叶锦鸡儿和中间锦鸡儿间地理分布差异的主导因子是水分因子, 特别是湿度; 水分因子同样是控制中间锦鸡儿和柠条锦鸡儿间地理分布差异的主导因子, 特别是生长季及年降水量; 控制柠条锦鸡儿和藏锦鸡儿间地理分布差异的主导因子是夏季高温, 控制柠条锦鸡儿和狭叶锦鸡儿地理分布差异的是冬季低温。运用耦合BIOCLIM模型的软件包“DIVA-GIS”模拟预测这5种锦鸡儿的现状潜在分布区及未来气候变化的影响, 结果表明: 现状潜在分布区与实际分布区均有很好的一致性; 在CO₂浓度加倍的未来气候情景下, 5种锦鸡儿植物都会向北大幅度迁移, 在我国的分布范围均缩小, 分布格局发生显著变化。用ROC曲线和Kappa统计值法验证模型表明, BIOCLIM的模拟精度较高。     

美味猕猴桃地理分布模拟与气候变化影响分析

为了解气候变化对美味猕猴桃(Actinidia deliciosa)地理分布的影响,结合气候情景,采用Maxent预测美味猕猴桃的适生区的变化趋势。结果表明,基准气候和未来情景下构建的美味猕猴桃分布模型的AUC值均达到极好的标准。基准气候条件下,美味猕猴桃在中国的适生区为22°~38°N,96°~122°E,总面积为3.367 9×106 km2,高适生区位于秦岭-巴山、四川盆地东部、云贵高原东部、武陵山-巫山、武夷山脉。RCP4.5和RCP8.5情景下,美味猕猴桃在中国的高适生区面积将显著减少,中适生区面积则呈增加趋势,两种情景下高、中质心均向偏南或低纬度方向移动,RCP8.5情景下质心的迁移轨迹最长,变动范围最大。Maxent模型的准确预测对于优化猕猴桃产业结构具有重要指导意义。     

中国珍稀药用植物白及的潜在分布与其气候特征

基于白及（Bletillastriata）地理分布信息和影响白及分布的主导气象因子,利用最大熵模型和地理信息系统预测了中国白及的潜在分布与其气候特征。结果表明：所建模型经ROC曲线验证,预测效果非常好（AUC〉0．9）：中国白及潜在分布区主要位于秦岭、淮河以南大部分地区,白及主要适生省份为云南、湖北、四川、湖南、江西、浙江;刀切法测试表明,4月和10月最低气温、年温度变化范围、11月平均降水量为影响白及潜在分布的最主要气象因子。研究结果可为白及资源的调查、保护与人工种植产业的发展提供理论指导。     

海南龙血树野生资源分布及其与水热关系的分析

在全面调查海南龙血树(Dracaena cambodiana)野生资源地理分布的基础上,用温度指数、湿度指数等气候指标分析了海南龙血树野生资源地理分布与气候因子间的关系。结果表明,海南龙血树野生资源在中国仅分布于海南岛西南部山区及南部沿海地区,水平分布于108°42′40.9″~110°27′36.8″E,18°14′27″~19°20′28.5″N,垂直分布范围为0~900 m,仅发现10个现存分布点;海南龙血树属于热带雨林、季雨林小乔木状植物,具有强耐旱、喜阳和喜钙等生态习性,其分布区的绝大部分水热因子是其分布的主要限制因子。主成分分析表明,影响海南龙血树地理分布的主要水热指标的排序为热量因子>降水因子>湿度因子。根据野生居群的生境特点,我们推测水分和光照强度可能是影响海南龙血树种子萌发率或幼苗成活率的重要因子。     

Systematic significance of mature embryo of bamboos

The mature embryo of seven species belonging to five genera of Indian bamboos is described. In all these the basic pattern of embryo organisation is same: the scutellar and coleoptilar bundles are not separated by an internode, the epiblast is absent, the lower portion of the scutellum and the coleorhiza are separated by a cleft and the margins of embryonic leaves overlap. The features unique to fleshy fruited bamboos are: presence of a massive scutellum, the juxtaposition of plumule and radicle and the occurrence of a bud in the axil of the coleoptile. The fleshy fruit bearing bamboos should be classified into one group, the tribeMelocanneae. Evidence is provided to recognise additional groups in the subfamilyBambusoideae.     

Taxonomic status of the species of the green algal genusNeochloris

Komárek has recently reviewed the various species assigned to the green algal genusNeochloris Starr (Chlorococcales, Chlorococcaceae) and removed those with uninucleate vegetative cells to a new genus,Ettlia. Watanabe & Floyd, unaware ofKomárek's work, also reviewed the species ofNeochloris and distributed them among three genera—Neochloris, Chlorococcopsis gen. nov., andParietochloris gen. nov.—on the basis of details of the covering of the zoospore and the arrangement of the basal bodies of the flagellar apparatus. This paper reconciles these two treatments and makes additional recommendations at the ranks of genus, family, order, and class.     

Analysis of twin of eyeless regulation during early embryogenesis in Drosophila melanogaster

The Drosophila Pax6 homolog twin of eyeless (toy) is so far the first zygotically expressed gene involved in eye morphogenesis in Drosophila. The study of its expression during embryogenesis is therefore informative of the initial events of eye development in Drosophila. We have analyzed how the initial expression domain of toy at cellular blastoderm is regulated. We show that the three maternal patterning systems active in the cephalic region (the anterior, terminal and dorsal-ventral systems) cooperate with zygotically activated gap genes to shape the initial expression domain of toy. Whereas Bicoid, Dorsal and Torso signaling synergistically act as activators, Hunchback, Knirps and Decapentaplegic act as repressors.     

广西青藓科分类学修订

通过对采自广西24个县(市)的1 147份青藓科植物标本的逐一鉴定及相关文献的查阅,确认有广西青藓科植物11属、44种,其中包括广西青藓科植物新记录属1属,即拟异叶藓属(Pseudokindbergia),新记录种7种,分别为匐枝青藓(Brachythecium procumbens)、阔叶尖喙藓(Oxyrrhynchium latifolium)、泛生尖喙藓(O. vagans)、拟异叶藓(Pseudokindbergia dumosa)、华东细喙藓(Rhynchostegiella sinensis)、长肋拟青藓(Sciurohypnum populeum)和弯叶拟青藓(S. reflexum)。该文提供了修订后的广西青藓科植物名录,并对其中的新记录属、种的主要形态学识别特征、生境和地理分布等进行了详细描述。     

The effect of cyanobacteria and azolla on the performance of rice under different levels of fertilizer nitrogen

Cyanobacteria and/or azolla were inoculated, with urea at 0, 72 or 144 kg N/ha, in plots in which azolla-free Indica rice var. IR 28 was grown. Productive tillers, yield and nitrogen contents of grain and straw positively responded to inoculation with cyanobacteria or azolla, even with fertilizer-N up to 144 kg N/ha. Inoculation improved colonization by cyanobacteria. Azolla were superior to the asymbiotic cyanobacteria in enhancing rice performance. Urea at a rate of 72 kg N/ha was found to support the best colonizations when applied with cyanobacteria or azolla or, to give maximum rice yields, both inoculants.     

Evaluation of antiprotozoal and antimycobacterial activities of the resin glycosides and the other metabolites of Scrophularia cryptophila

Resin glycosides are secondary metabolites exclusive to the convolvulaceous plants. In this study, crypthophilic acids A–C (1–3), the first resin glycosides occurring in another family (Scrophulariaceae), and the other constituents of Scrophularia cryptophila were examined for in vitro antiprotozoal and antimycobacterial potentials. Except for crypthophilic acid B (2), all tested compounds exhibited growth-inhibitory effect against Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense, with l-tryptophan (6) and buddlejasaponin III (7) being the most potent ones (IC₅₀'s 4.1 and 9.7 μg/ml). In contrast, the activity towards Trypanosoma cruzi was poor, and only crypthophilic acid C (3), 6 and 7 were trypanocidal at concentrations above 40 μg/ml. With the exception of 2 and 6, all compounds were active against Leishmania donovani. Harpagide (4) and 3 emerged as the best leishmanicidal agents (IC₅₀'s 2.0 and 5.8 μg/ml). Only compounds 3, 6 and 7 showed antimalarial activity against Plasmodium falciparum with IC₅₀ values of 4.2, 16.6 and 22.4 μg/ml. Overall the best and broadest spectrum activity was presented by compounds 3 and 7, as they inhibited all four parasitic protozoa. None of the isolates had significant activity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MICs >100 μg/ml) or were toxic towards mammalian (L6) cells. This is the first report of antiprotozoal activity for natural resin glycosides, as well as for harpagide (4), acetylharpagide (5), tryptophan (6) and buddlejasaponin III (7).     

Apoptotic Regulation of Caspase Activity

Intracellular cysteine aspartate-specific proteases (caspases) play both signaling and effector roles in realizing the program of cell death. Caspases function as proteolytic cascades unique for each cell type and signal triggering apoptosis. All parts of the proteolytic cascades are duplicated and controlled by feedback signals. Amplification cycles between pairs of caspases (the third and the sixth, the ninth and the third, the twelfth and the sixth, and others) help multiply the initial apoptotic signal. The presence of physiological inhibitors of apoptosis that directly interact with caspases creates a multilevel regulatory network of apoptosis in cell. The caspase proteolytic cascades are also regulated by sphingolipid secondary messengers, among them ceramide, sphingosine, and their phosphates. Moreover, an association of the caspase signaling with ubiquitin-dependent proteolysis is shown in cells. In particular, the use of extracellular activators and inhibitors of caspases allows irreversible activation of apoptosis in tumor cells or the prevention of apoptosis in cortical neurons under neurodegenerative diseases.     

Phylogeny of cardinalfishes (Teleostei: Gobiiformes: Apogonidae) and the evolution of visceral bioluminescence

The cardinalfishes (Apogonidae) are a diverse clade of small, mostly reef-dwelling fishes, for which a variety of morphological data have not yielded a consistent phylogeny. We use DNA sequence to hypothesize phylogenetic relationships within Apogonidae and among apogonids and other acanthomorph families, to examine patterns of evolution including the distribution of a visceral bioluminescence system. In conformance with previous studies, Apogonidae is placed in a clade with Pempheridae, Kurtidae, Leiognathidae, and Gobioidei. The apogonid genus Pseudamia is recovered outside the remainder of the family, not as sister to the superficially similar genus Gymnapogon. Species sampled from the Caribbean and Western Atlantic (Phaeoptyx, Astrapogon, and some Apogon species) form a clade, as do the larger-bodied Glossamia and Cheilodipterus. Incidence of visceral bioluminescence is found scattered throughout the phylogeny, independently for each group in which it is present. Examination of the fine structure of the visceral bioluminescence system through histology shows that light organs exhibit a range of morphologies, with some composed of complex masses of tubules (Siphamia, Pempheris, Parapriacanthus) and others lacking tubules but containing chambers formed by folds of the visceral epithelium (Acropoma, Archamia, Jaydia, and Rhabdamia). Light organs in Siphamia, Acropoma, Pempheris and Parapriacanthus are distinct from but connected to the gut; those in Archamia, Jaydia, and Rhabdamia are simply portions of the intestinal tract, and are little differentiated from the surrounding tissues. The presence or absence of symbiotic luminescent bacteria does not correlate with light organ structure; the tubular light organs of Siphamia and chambered tubes of Acropoma house bacteria, those in Pempheridae and the other Apogonidae do not.     

Anti-fungal effects of phenolic amides isolated from the root bark of Lycium chinense

Four phenolic amides, dihydro-N-caffeoyltyramine (1), trans-N-feruloyloctopamine (2), trans-N -caffeoyltyramine (3), and cis-N-caffeoyltyramine (4), were isolated from an ethyl acetate extract of the root bark of Lycium chinense Miller. All had an anti-fungal effect; compounds 1-3 were potent at 5-10 microg ml(-1) and were without hemolytic activity against human erythrocyte cells. Compound 4 was active at 40 microg ml(-1). All four compounds impeded the dimorphic transition of pathogen, Candida albicans.