新疆叶尔羌河流域胡杨林时空格局特征

叶尔羌河流域胡杨林对保障我国新疆南疆地区生态安全有着重要的功能,到目前对该区胡杨林时空格局特征规律的研究极少。基于1995—2015年Landsat TM/OLI长时间序列遥感监测数据,通过土地利用程度变化指数、转移矩阵以及景观指数对叶尔羌河流域胡杨林时空格局变化进行动态监测与分析。结果表明:(1)胡杨林面积从1995年的1916.15 km~2减少到2015年的1652.25 km~2,面积减少了263.90 km~2。永安坝至夏河林场段,耕地向河道扩张,胡杨林转为耕地;而夏河林场至三河口段,水资源匮乏,胡杨林被迫向河道收缩,转为未利用地。(2)胡杨林动态度和空间动态度降低,而胡杨林变化状态指数、斑块密度、最大斑块指数和散布与并列指数增加,斑块结合度指数高,胡杨林空间分布逐渐集中、破碎度降低、连通性增加。流域景观要素连接性逐渐减弱,破碎化程度较高,优势度斑块类型比例逐渐下降,景观类型向复杂化方向发展。(3)1995—2005年胡杨林受气候变化和人类活动的干扰,胡杨林面积减少较快,景观格局变化剧烈,而2005—2015年胡杨林保护措施的实施、区域产业结构的调整以及生态安全输水区域的扩大等,胡杨林面积减少速度减缓,但形势仍较为严峻。在叶尔羌河流域合理利用水资源,统筹协调生活、生产和生态用水、强化水资源管理力度,以及调整产业结构、控制人口增长速度等是该区胡杨林生态系统恢复的有效手段和途径。研究可以为叶尔羌河流域生态系统恢复以及胡杨林保护提供参考。     

新疆荒漠中的梭梭和白梭梭（下）

生态地位和利用价值 梭梭和白梭梭适应干旱环境的能力很强,是荒漠地区防风固 沙和维护生态安全不可多得的优良树种。在实施西部大开发战略的生态环境保护和建设中,具有不可替代的生态地位和重要利用价值。它们所形成的天然植被,为许多荒漠动物提供了栖息环境,也是荒     

赤水河流域森林生态补偿标准核算

以贵州省境内赤水河流域为例, 基于成本投入法、机会成本法、生态效益法衡量社会经济发展水平各阶段的流域森林生态补偿标准, 并以意愿调查法作为各时期补偿标准参考值, 为生态补偿标准的科学合理核算提供参考。结果表明: 以直接投入成本为依据的第一阶段赤水河流域森林生态补偿标准核算结果为639.95 元·hm-2。以损失的发展机会成本为依据的第二阶段赤水河流域森林生态补偿标准核算结果为2750.28 元·hm-2。以生态服务功能价值为依据的第三阶段赤水河流域森林生态补偿标准核算结果为11877.31 元·hm-2。流域上下游受访者的平均意愿为442.80 元·hm-2, 则现阶段赤水河流域森林生态补偿标准的合理范围可在442.80 元·hm-2—639.95 元·hm-2。     

塔里木河流域生态系统健康评价

通过收集2000 年以来塔里木河流域的生态、经济和社会状况资料,分析影响该流域生态系统健康的因素,采用指标体系分析法和专家咨询法,确立塔里木河流域生态系统健康评价指标体系和评价标准,计算得出流域生态健康评价指标权重,并对流域生态健康状况进行了评价.结果表明:塔里木河源流的阿克苏河、叶尔羌河和开都河-孔雀河流域的山区生态系统的健康状态处于"中等"级别,和田河流域的山区生态处于"优"级别;阿克苏河、叶尔羌河和和田河流域的平原绿洲区生态处于"优"级别,开都河-孔雀河流域的平原绿洲区生态处于"中等"级别;四源流的荒漠区生态处于"差"级别;塔里木河干流上游生态处于"优"级别,中游生态处于"中等"级别,下游生态处于"差"级别.评价结果基本与实际相符,说明使用的评价方法是切实可行的.该研究结论将为流域生态环境的综合治理提供科学依据.     

荒漠生物结皮中藻类和苔藓植物研究进展

藻类和苔藓植物是荒漠植被演替过程中常见的两类先锋植物,同时也是生物结皮中生物量最大的2个类群。该文综述了近年来干旱半干旱荒漠地区生物结皮中藻类和苔藓两大类植物区系及其生态作用的研究进展,重点介绍藻类结皮、苔藓结皮的生态作用以及二者之间存在的生态学关系。在此基础上对荒漠生物结皮中藻类与苔藓植物的研究前景进行了展望,指出荒漠生物结皮中藻类与苔藓共生机理的探讨是未来的研究重点,这对进一步探明生物结皮中藻类和苔藓植物之间的相互作用,揭示它们的生态学关系具有重要的理论意义和实践价值。     

荒漠生物结皮中藻类和苔藓植物研究进展

藻类和苔藓植物是荒漠植被演替过程中常见的两类先锋植物, 同时也是生物结皮中生物量最大的2个类群。该文综述了近年来干旱半干旱荒漠地区生物结皮中藻类和苔藓两大类植物区系及其生态作用的研究进展, 重点介绍藻类结皮、苔藓结皮的生态作用以及二者之间存在的生态学关系。在此基础上对荒漠生物结皮中藻类与苔藓植物的研究前景进行了展望, 指出荒漠生物结皮中藻类与苔藓共生机理的探讨是未来的研究重点, 这对进一步探明生物结皮中藻类和苔藓植物之间的相互作用, 揭示它们的生态学关系具有重要的理论意义和实践价值。     

城市化流域生态系统服务价值时空分异特征及其对土地利用程度的响应

以南京市九乡河流域为研究区域,以2003与2009年2景QuickBird影像数据为基本信息源,应用空间自相关模型,结合GIS空间分析技术,定量探讨了城市化流域生态系统服务价值时空分异特征,以及土地利用程度对生态服务价值空间分异的影响.结果表明:2003-2009年,九乡河流域生态系统服务总价值减少了2.59％,而流域生态系统服务价值的空间聚集性增强;生态服务价值的高-高区域主要集中在流域上游,低-低区域主要集中在流域下游的仙林大学城一带;九乡河流域生态系统服务价值空间分异发生了明显变化,下游仙林大学城一带低-低分布区快速扩张,而高-高分布区仅在九乡河源头及下游的局部区域有所增加;流域生态服务价值空间自相关表现出明显的尺度效应,随着研究尺度增大,生态服务价值的空间自相关性逐渐增强;九乡河流域生态服务价值的空间分异及其变化主要是由土地开发利用引起,流域土地利用程度对生态服务价值存在明显的负效应.     

塔里木兔的核型分析

塔里木兔是兔科(Leporidae)动物适应干旱荒漠生境形成的一特殊物种,无论在形态结构或生理-生态适应等方面,均表明其为典型的荒漠栖居者。本种广布于塔里木盆地内的农垦绿洲、胡杨林、柽柳灌丛、盐生草甸、戈壁和沙漠边缘的固定与半固定沙丘等多种自然景观中,为盆地特有种。 Hsu,T.C.等(1967,1970,1971)曾报道Lepus americanus等6种兔科动物的核型,Chiarell,A.G.和I.Capana(1973)汇集了学者们早期研究该科Lepus alleni等14种的核型资料,而塔里木兔的核型至今未见报道。本文对其作了观察分析,结果如下。     

新疆玛纳斯河流域冰川生态系统服务功能价值评估

冰川在干旱区内陆河流域中具有极其重要的生态作用,为流域发展提供着巨大的服务功能.然而,在全球气候变暖的影响下,冰川退缩将导致冰川生态系统服务功能降低.应用GIS空间分析技术分析了玛纳斯河流域从1964年至2006年冰川面积变化,并评估其生态系统服务功能价值变化.结果表明,在全球变暖的影响下,流域冰川生态系统服务功能总价值急剧下降.流域冰川面积从1964年557.1km2退缩到2006年的464.1km2,面积减少了16.7%.冰川生态系统服务功能价值从1964年的1228.5×108元下降到2006年的960.1×108元.冰川退缩改变了流域的水资源分布特征,导致冰川生态系统服务功能价值下降.在未来的流域发展规划中,应高度重视冰川变化产生的生态效应.     

1975-2020年疏勒河流域绿洲时空变化研究

掌握内陆河流域绿洲时空动态是内陆河流域实现水资源优化配置和动态管理的基本前提。基于Landsat系列数据,结合面向对象随机森林和目视解译方法,分析了1975-2020年疏勒河流域绿洲的时空格局、结构变化及其成因,并探讨了人工/天然绿洲比例变化对生态环境的影响。结果表明：（1）2020年疏勒河流域绿洲面积为5790.24km²,占流域面积比例的4.65%,其中人工绿洲、自然绿洲和过渡带分别占绿洲总面积比例为45.29%、51.07%和3.64%;（2）疏勒河流域绿洲分布模式主要为内陆河沙漠区模式和干流模式;（3）1975-2020年疏勒河流域绿洲面积整体上呈扩张趋势,且绿洲变化以人工绿洲扩张、天然绿洲和荒漠-绿洲过渡带减少为主要特征,土地类型的主要变化为草地和荒漠被开垦,绿洲变化可分为1975-2000年缓慢扩张和2000-2020年迅速扩张2个阶段,主要原因为流域径流量增加和外来移民输入;（4）随着人工与天然绿洲面积之比由3：7（1975年）增加到5：5（2020年）,流域绿洲生态环境质量呈现先上升后下降趋势,2005年达到最高。研究可为疏勒河流域绿洲生态系统稳定发展提供数据支撑和科学依据。     

A Unique Protease Cleavage Site Predicted in the Spike Protein of the Novel Pneumonia Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Potentially Related to Viral Transmissibility

正Dear Editor,In December 2019, a novel human coronavirus caused an epidemic of severe pneumonia(Coronavirus Disease 2019,COVID-19) in Wuhan, Hubei, China(Wu et al. 2020; Zhu et al. 2020). So far, this virus has spread to all areas of China and even to other countries. The epidemic has caused 67,102 confirmed infections with 1526 fatal cases     

Curcuminoids as inhibitors of thioredoxin reductase: A receptor based pharmacophore study with distance mapping of the active site

Curcumin is the yellow pigment of turmeric that interacts irreversibly forming an adduct with thioredoxin reductase (TrxR), an enzyme responsible for redox control of cell and defence against oxidative stress. Docking at both the active sites of TrxR was performed to compare the potency of three naturally occurring curcuminoids, namely curcumin, demethoxy curcumin and bis-demethoxy curcumin. Results show that active sites of TrxR occur at the junction of E and F chains. Volume and area of both cavities is predicted. It has been concluded by distance mapping of the most active conformations that Se atom of catalytic residue SeCYS498, is at a distance of 3.56 from C13 of demethoxy curcumin at the E chain active site, whereas C13 carbon atom forms adduct with Se atom of SeCys 498. We report that at least one methoxy group in curcuminoids is necessary for interation with catalytic residues of thioredoxin. Pharmacophore of both active sites of the TrxR receptor for curcumin and demethoxy curcumin molecules has been drawn and proposed for design and synthesis of most probable potent antiproliferative synthetic drugs.     

Comparative morphology of the carpel in the Liliaceae: Hewardieae, Petrosavieae, and Tricyrteae

The young pistils in the melanthioid tribes, Hewardieae, Petrosavieae and Tricyrteae, are uniformly tricarpellate and syncarpous. They lack raphide idioblasts. All are multiovulate, with bitegmic ovules. The Petrosavieae are marked by the presence of septal glands and incomplete syncarpy. Tepals and stamens adhere to the ovary in the Hewardieae and the Petrosavieae but not in the Tricyrteae. Two vascular bundles occur in the stamens of the Hewartlieae and Tricyrtis latifolia. Ventral bundles in the upper part of the ovary of the Hewardieae are continuous with compound septal bundles and placental bundles in the lower part. Putative ventral bundles occur in the alternate position in the Tricyrteae and putative placental bundles in the opposite. position in the Petrosavieae. The dichtomously branched stigma in each carpel of the Tricyrteae is supplied by a bifurcated dorsal bundle.     

Enterovirus 71 3C proteolytically processes the histone H3 N-terminal tail during infection

Highlights
1. The N-terminal tail of histone H3 is specifically cleaved during EV71 infection.
2. Viral protease 3C is identified as a protease responsible for proteolytically processing the N-terminal H3 tail.
3. Our finding reveals a new epigenetic regulatory mechanism for Enterovirus 71 in virus-host interactions.     

Detection of EBV and HHV6 in the Brain Tissue of Patients with Rasmussen’s Encephalitis

Rasmussen’s encephalitis (RE) is a rare pediatric neurological disorder, and the exact etiology is not clear. Viral infection may be involved in the pathogenesis of RE, but conflicting results have reported. In this study, we evaluated the expression of both Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) and human herpes virus (HHV) 6 antigens in brain sections from 30 patients with RE and 16 control individuals by immunohistochemistry. In the RE group, EBV and HHV6 antigens were detected in 56.7% (17/30) and 50% (15/30) of individuals, respectively. In contrast, no detectable EBV and HHV6 antigen expression was found in brain tissues of the control group. The co-expression of EBV and HHV6 was detected in 20.0% (6/30) of individuals. In particular, a 4-year-old boy had a typical clinical course, including a medical history of viral encephalitis, intractable epilepsy, and hemispheric atrophy. The co-expression of EBV and HHV6 was detected in neurons and astrocytes in the brain tissue, accompanied by a high frequency of CD8⁺ T cells. Our results suggest that EBV and HHV6 infection and the activation of CD8⁺ T cells are involved in the pathogenesis of RE.     

Perinatal Vertical Transmission of Chikungunya Virus in Ruili,a Town on the Border between China and Myanmar

正Dear Editor,Chikungunya virus (CHIKV), an arbovirus in the family of Togaviridae, genus Alphavirus, is transmitted by the A.aegyptii or A. albopictus mosquito, and causes disease in humans characterized by fever, rash, and arthralgia (Silva and Dermody 2017; Suhrbier 2019). It was first reported in 1953 in Tanzania, and caused only a few outbreaks and sporadic cases in Africa and Asia in last century. However, in the epidemic in 2004, CHIKV acquired mutations that conferred enhanced transmission by the A. albopictus mosquito(Schuffenecker et al. 2006). Since then, it has successively caused outbreaks in Africa, the Indian Ocean, South East Asia, the South America, and Europe (Zeller et al. 2016).     

Development of a Novel Reverse Transcription Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification Method for Rapid Detection of SARS-CoV-2

In conclusion, the novel visual RT-LAMP assay is a simple, rapid, and sensitive approach for detection of SARS-CoV-2, and it is ready for application in primary care and community hospitals or health care centers, and even patients' own houses in response to the current SARS-CoV-2 epidemic because the assay does not require sophisticated equipment and skilled personnel. Furthermore, it is also ready to be used in fields for screening samples from wild animals and environments to facilitate the identification of potential intermediate hosts that mediate the cross-species transmission of SARS-CoV-2 from bats to humans.