沙漠化过程中四个共有种的生长和抗氧化系统酶类变化

探讨了自然条件下沙质草原沙漠化过程中4个共有植物种群的形态、生长和抗氧化系统酶类变化规律.结果表明,沙漠化过程中共有种种群株高、密度、密度百分比总体上呈降低趋势,其中扁蓿豆中度沙漠化阶段前生长渐趋旺盛,中度沙漠化阶段后生长受到限制,未达到显著水平(P＞0.05).羊草受损最重,中度沙漠化阶段株高下降至原生植被阶段的57.19%,密度和密度百分比仅为原生植被阶段的2.50%和6.22%.糙隐子草和冷蒿在潜在沙漠化、轻度沙漠化或中度沙漠化阶段株高的增加与种群所处的阶段性优势地位及其抗逆性增强有关.共有种群SOD、POD活性普遍在潜在沙漠化、中度沙漠化阶段增加,轻度沙漠化、重度沙漠化阶段降低.羊草过氧化氢酶(CAT)活性较高,对沙漠化的响应不显著(P＞0.05);扁蓿豆CAT活性在潜在沙漠化、重度沙漠化阶段明显升高(P≤0.01).在重度沙漠化阶段,共有种3种酶活性普遍下降,只有扁蓿豆CAT活性上升.共有种群丙二醛含量从原生植被到中度沙漠化阶段均呈"先升后降再升"的变化,不同阶段之间差异显著(P≤0.05).综合分析表明,4个共有种中,羊草对沙漠化较敏感,扁蓿豆则生命力最强.     

沙漠化过程中四个共有种的生长和抗氧化系统酶类变化

探讨了自然条件下沙质草原沙漠化过程中4个共有植物种群的形态、生长和抗氧化系统酶类变化规律．结果表明,沙漠化过程中共有种种群株高、密度、密度百分比总体上呈降低趋势,其中扁蓿豆中度沙漠化阶段前生长渐趋旺盛,中度沙漠化阶段后生长受到限制,未达到显著水平(P>0．05)．羊草受损最重,中度沙漠化阶段株高下降至原生植被阶段的57．19％,密度和密度百分比仅为原生植被阶段的2．50％和6．22％．糙隐子草和冷蒿在潜在沙漠化、轻度沙漠化或中度沙漠化阶段株高的增加与种群所处的阶段性优势地位及其抗逆性增强有关．共有种群SOD、POD活性普遍在潜在沙漠化、中度沙漠化阶段增加,轻度沙漠化、重度沙漠化阶段降低．羊草过氧化氢酶(CAT)活性较高,对沙漠化的响应不显著(P>0．05);扁蓿豆CAT活性在潜在沙漠化、重度沙漠化阶段明显升高(P≤0．01)．在重度沙漠化阶段,共有种3种酶活性普遍下降,只有扁蓿豆CAT活性上升．共有种群丙二醛含量从原生植被到中度沙漠化阶段均呈“先升后降再升”的变化,不同阶段之间差异显著(P≤0．05)．综合分析表明,4个共有种中,羊草对沙漠化较敏感,扁蓿豆则生命力最强。     

草原沙漠化过程中植物叶面积的变化及其与土壤因子的关系

在自然状态下,对沙质草原沙漠化过程中主要植物叶面积变化及其与土壤因子的关系进行了研究。结果表明:随着沙漠化加剧,羊草和糙隐子草的比叶面积在沙漠化初期(梯度Ⅰ)下降显著(P0.01),菊叶萎陵菜和冰草的比叶面积在沙漠化后期(梯度Ⅲ)下降显著(P0.05),寸草苔比叶面积下降不显著(P0.05),冷蒿比叶面积从沙漠化中、后期开始显著增加(P0.05),扁蓿豆比叶面积从沙漠化初期开始显著增大(P0.01);羊草、糙隐子草和冷蒿的叶面积指数总体上呈显著下降趋势(P0.01),扁蓿豆叶面积指数显著增加(P0.01);羊草、糙隐子草叶面积指数与土壤粘粒、C、N含量、土壤含水量呈显著正相关(P0.01),与土壤C/N比呈显著负相关(P0.01);冷蒿和扁蓿豆叶面积指数与土壤因子的相关性和上述二者正好相反(P0.05);在叶面积指数与土壤因子线性拟合中,糙隐子草叶面积指数与土壤C/N拟合最高(R2=1),其次是羊草叶面积指数与土壤含水量的拟合(R2=0.992),扁蓿豆叶面积指数与土壤C/N拟合最低(R2=0.268)。土壤C/N是影响草原沙漠化过程中共有种叶面积的关键因子(P0.05),其影响大小为糙隐子草羊草冷蒿扁蓿豆。     

不同放牧率对内蒙古典型草原植物叶片解剖结构的影响

以内蒙古草原生态系统定位研究站15a长期放牧样地的7种主要植物(扁蓿豆、冰草、糙隐子草、冷蒿、小叶锦鸡儿、星毛委陵菜、羊草)为材料,通过对不同放牧率(无牧、轻牧、中牧、重牧)下植物叶片解剖结构(角质层厚度、表皮细胞面积、叶肉细胞面积、栅栏/海绵组织厚度、叶片厚度、中脉厚度)特征以及化学成分变化的研究,探讨不同植物对长期放牧的适应策略,从而为典型草原放牧演替规律提供理论依据.结果表明:总体上,植物角质层厚度随放牧率的增加而增加;而表皮细胞面积、叶肉细胞面积、叶片厚度等指标不同植物的反应不同.植物叶片化学成分(全N、全C、纤维素含量、叶绿素a+b及a/b)随放牧率的变化较小.放牧率对冰草、冷蒿、羊草的全C、全N、叶绿素和纤维素含量均没有显著影响(P＞0.05),但却显著降低了糙隐子草的比叶面积及星毛委陵菜和小叶锦鸡儿的叶绿素含量,提高了糙隐子草的纤维素含量及扁蓿豆叶片的全N含量(P<0.05).因此,不同植物对放牧的反应存在着明显的种间差异,其中植物角质层厚度、表皮细胞面积、叶片厚度和中脉厚度是植物对放牧响应最为敏感的指标.     

草原沙漠化过程中土壤因素分析及其植物的生理响应

基于2001～2003年内蒙古锡林郭勒盟多伦县草原沙漠化过程中土壤因子（5个指标）与不同耐胁迫类型植物的生理响应（7个指标）的相关分析,得到的结果是：①羊草（敏感型）各生理指标与土壤含水量及土壤C／N比的相关水平较高（P〈0．01）,其中以MDA和ABA与土壤因子的相关性较高（P〈0．01）。②糙隐子草和冷蒿（积极忍耐型）MDA只与土壤C／N比关系均极显著相关（P〈0．01）．同时ABA与反映土壤的5个指标的关系亦极显著相关（P〈0．01）。③扁蓿豆（迟钝型）对土壤物理性质的敏感性要高于土壤的化学性质,土壤营养元素的衰减并没有成为制约其生长发育的主导因子。另外在扁蓿豆的7个生理指标中MDA与土壤的相关性最高（P〈0．01）,而ABA与土壤因子均不相关（P〉0。05）。④综合植物生理指标与土壤因子的相关分析,多数植物的MDA和ABA在沙漠化胁迫环境下反应较强。⑤不同类型植物在沙漠化过程中对土壤因子的响应机制不同,其中敏感型对土壤水分、C／N比响应较强,而积极忍耐型对土壤反应的主导因素不突出,总体上土壤因子中C／N比与植物的生理响应关系密切。     

冷蒿对三种禾本科植物种子萌发和幼苗生长的化感作用

研究了冷蒿茎叶水浸提液及冷蒿斑块土壤对羊草草原3种禾本科植物(羊草、克氏针茅和糙隐子草)种子萌发及幼苗生长的影响.结果表明:冷蒿茎叶水浸提液使受试植物种子的发芽指数降低,平均发芽时间延长.羊草、克氏针茅和糙隐子草幼苗苗高及克氏针茅幼苗根长均受冷蒿茎叶水浸提液抑制;浸提液浓度≥0.075g.ml-1时显著抑制羊草幼苗根长生长,≤0.05g.ml-1时则无显著影响;而茎叶水浸提液对糙隐子草幼苗根长有"低促高抑"的作用.冷蒿斑块土壤抑制受试植物幼苗生长;3种植物对冷蒿化感效应的敏感性依次为克氏针茅羊草糙隐子草,且幼苗根长的敏感性均大于苗高.     

浑善达克沙地14种植物热值特征

通过对浑善达克沙地14种主要野生植物根、茎、叶、果实等器官进行取样,测定其热值、灰分、矿质元素,同时对各项指标的相关性进行分析,来探讨浑善达克沙地主要植物作为生物燃料供给料的潜力及植物热值对灰分和矿质元素含量的响应。结果表明:14种野生植物全株热值范围为16.18 MJ·kg-1(猪毛菜)~20.23 MJ·kg-1(小叶锦鸡儿),平均值为18.80 MJ·kg-1,该值高于全球陆生植物平均热值;14种沙生植物的全株热值顺序为:小叶锦鸡儿沙蒿地烧瓜冷蒿木岩黄芪扁蓿豆糙隐子草沙鞭沙芦草叉分蓼冰草细叶鸢尾木地肤猪毛菜;14种植物灰分范围3.98%(沙鞭)~12.18%(猪毛菜),全株灰分含量顺序为猪毛菜木地肤地烧瓜细叶鸢尾叉分蓼小叶锦鸡儿沙蒿冰草扁蓿豆沙芦草冷蒿木岩黄芪糙隐子沙鞭;热值与灰分呈极显著负相关(P0.01),与碳、氮含量呈极显著正相关(P0.01),热值与金属矿质元素呈负相关,与非金属矿质元素呈正相关,但均不显著。浑善达克沙地主要野生植物热值均高于当前主要生物质原材料(柳枝稷、玉米秸秆、王草等),说明该地区植物具有作为能源植物的潜力。     

放牧对大针茅草原建群种与优势种空间分布关系的影响

为探讨放牧下大针茅草原建群种大针茅(Stipa grandis)和优势种羊草(Leymus chinensis)及糙隐子草(Cleistogenes squarrosa)种群空间分布特点及关系,本实验以内蒙古自治区锡林郭勒盟毛登牧场大针茅草原建群种大针茅、优势种羊草和糙隐子草为研究对象,通过野外试验,以地统计学为基础,采用半方差函数、分形维数及克里格插值法,分析了围封(CK)和放牧(G)样地大针茅、羊草及糙隐子草种群小尺度空间分布关系。结果表明:围封样地大针茅、羊草及糙隐子草植株密度分别为10.94株/m~(2 )、12.95株/m~(2 )、13.60株/m~(2 ),放牧样地植株密度分别为16.84株/m~(2 )、48.28株/m~(2 )、28.63株/m~(2 ),放牧显著增加大针茅、羊草及糙隐子草种群密度(P0.05);半方差函数进行模型拟合发现,大针茅、羊草及糙隐子草种群空间分布函数关系均符合高斯模型;通过对空间分布函数关系分析,围封和放牧样地结构比为G (93.3%) CK(60.4%),表明放牧样地大针茅种群空间分布主要受结构性因素影响,而围封大针茅种群则受随机性因素影响较大;围封和放牧样地分形维数值为CK(1.796) G(1.361),表明放牧样地大针茅、羊草和糙隐子草所形成的空间分布格局相比围封样地较为复杂,大针茅空间分布对羊草和糙隐子草空间分布的依赖性较弱;通过立体图分析,在放牧利用过程中,羊草处于中低密度时,及糙隐子草处于高密度时,均与大针茅种群间的关系从围封中的竞争关系变为放牧过程中的亲和关系,可见放牧导致种间关系改变。     

施肥与刈割对内蒙古草地生态化学计量特征的影响

为明确施肥和刈割对蒙古半干旱草地四种植物化学计量特征的影响,该文于2014年8月以内蒙古半干旱草地的四种植物冷蒿(Artimesia frigida)、菊叶委陵菜(Potentilla tanacetifolia)、羊草(Aneurotepidimu chinense)、扁蓿豆(Melissitus ruthenica)为研究对象,利用方差分析及多重比较分析对照、施氮肥、割草、割草和施氮肥处理下的植物碳、氮、磷含量的差异以及不同处理下碳氮比和氮磷比的变化。结果表明:施氮肥与割草均未影响植物碳含量。施氮肥显著提高了植物氮含量(P<0.05),进而降低了碳氮比(P<0.05),提高了氮磷比(P<0.05)。割草处理后扁蓿豆的氮含量显著提高了0.18%(P<0.05),羊草的氮含量显著降低了0.13%(P<0.05),冷蒿与菊叶委陵菜的氮含量无显著变化。割草显著提高了冷蒿和菊叶委陵菜的磷含量(P<0.05),但是未影响羊草和扁蓿豆的磷含量。该研究证实了氮添加或割草会影响部分草地物种的化学计量特征,但是氮添加或割草对植物化学计量特征的影响存在种间差异。     

内蒙古锡林河流域不同植物群落中羊草和糙隐子草水分利用效率的变异

用稳定性同位素技术,研究了锡林河流域不同群落和生境下羊草(Leymus chinensis ( Trin.) Tzvel.)和糙隐子草(Cleistogenes squarrosa (Trin.) Keng.)叶片δ13C值及其水分利用效率的变化.结果表明,在不同生境下,羊草和糙隐子草叶片δ13C 值随土壤水分含量的降低而增大,并与不同土层土壤水分含量均表现出极显著的线性负相关关系;而二者的叶片水分含量与土壤水分含量无显著的相关关系.这一结果说明,羊草和糙隐子草的水分利用效率均随土壤水分含量的降低而提高,而叶片水分含量保持相对稳定.这两种植物可能通过调节气孔导度、提高水分利用效率和增强渗透调节能力等生理生态机制适应水分状况不同的生境,从而使它们能够在锡林河流域不同植物群落中广泛分布并成为建群种或优势种.     

Ectogenesis and the case against the right to the death of the foetus

Ectogenesis, or the use of an artificial womb to allow a foetus to develop, will likely become a reality within a few decades, and could significantly affect the abortion debate. We first examine the implications for Judith Jarvis Thomson’s violinist analogy, which argues for a woman’s right to withdraw life support from the foetus and so terminate her pregnancy, even if the foetus is granted full moral status. We show that on Thomson’s reasoning, there is no right to the death of the foetus, and abortion is not permissible if ectogenesis is available, provided it is safe and inexpensive. This raises the question of whether there are persuasive reasons for the right to the death of the foetus that could be exercised in the context of ectogenesis. Eric Mathison and Jeremy Davis have examined several arguments for this right, doubting that it exists, while Joona Räsänen has recently criticized their reasoning. We respond to Räsänen’s analysis, concluding that his arguments are unsuccessful, and that there is no right to the death of the foetus in these circumstances.     

On the diversity of the Cladocera in the tropics

The mythical concept of an impoverished tropical cladoceran fauna is refuted. On a planetary scale, around half of the cladoceran species presently known occur exclusively in the tropics-subtropics, often with considerable restriction to particular geographical subzones. On a regional (political) scale, the situation is often unclear because of the continued fragmentary nature of studies, and because political units are not a good basis for biogeographical comparisons. At the finest level of resolution (lake-perlake comparisons), there appears to be an upper limit of c. 50 cladoceran species per individual lake. No significant difference between lakes in the temperate zone and in the tropics could be established here. Daphnia is largely absent from the tropics, but is replaced by more Sidids, Moinids, and Bosminids, such that the average cladoceran community in the limnetic zone of a tropical lake is not characterized by less species but rather by lower population densities. This, in turn, is considered a consequence of higher prevalent predation levels in the tropics.     

Tubular networks in the terminal endings of the visual receptor cells in the human,the monkey,the cat and the dog

Summary A tubular network was found in the terminal endings of the visual receptor cells in the human, the monkey (Macaca mulatta), the cat and the dog. These tubules are arranged in close groups in the vicinity of the synaptic lamellae and the invaginated dendrites. According to the form, diameter, density of the tubules and to the consistence of the network formed by them one can distinguish at these places an initial type (type I), a transitory (type II) and a vesicular one (type III). In the the type III branching, bizarre forms are frequent. The diameter of all the tubules reaches 500–600 Å, their density and walls being the same as in the synaptic vesicles.Similar networks also occur in the axons of the visual receptor cells of the monkey.

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Zusammenfassung In den Endigungen der Photorezeptorzellen von Mensch, Affe (Macaca mulatta), Katze und Hund kommen aus Tubuli bestehende Komplexe vor. Organellenartig in geschlossenen Gruppen angeordnet, liegen sie in Nähe der synaptischen Lamellen und der invaginierten Dendriten. An diesen Stellen kann man nach Form, Durchmesser, Dichte und Konsistenz der von den Tubuli gebildeten Komplexe drei Typen unterscheiden: 1. einen initialen (Typus I), 2. einen Übergangstypus (Typus II) und 3. einen vesiculären Typus (Typus III). In letzterem kommen häufig verzweigte, bizarre Formen vor. Der Durchmesser sämtlicher Tubuli erreicht 500–600 Å. Ihre Dichte und ihre Wand gleicht denen der synaptischen Vesikel.Ähnliche Komplexe fanden wir auch in den Axonen der Photorezeptorzellen vom Affen.

     

Assessing the Physiological State of the Fucoids from the Barents Sea Littoral by the End of the Polar Night

Methods of amperometry and potentiometric titration were used to follow dark respiration (DR) and apparent photosynthesis (AP) in the fucoids Ascophyllum nodosum (L.) Le Jol, Fucus vesiculosus L., and F. serratus L. from the Barents Sea littoral by the end of the 40-day-long polar night. The macroalgae were shown to manifest species-specific low rates of photosynthesis and respiration. However, in spite of their low photosynthetic status due to the effects of subzero temperature and prolonged low or zero illumination, the macroalgae have been able to restore DR and AP to the initial level already by the day 9; the ability to restore AP depended on the level of illumination. The study of the changes in the carbonate–bicarbonate system in the light and darkness demonstrated that the macroalgae grown in darkness, in contrast to those grown in twilight, could absorb bicarbonate in darkness; however, they lost this capacity after two-day-long illumination at an irradiance of 7 mol/(m² s). Bicarbonate uptake in darkness and the capacity to restore the systems of photosynthesis and respiration in fucoid cells are discussed in the context of algal energy metabolism under the polar night conditions.     

Arranging the elements of the potassium channel: the T1 domain occludes the cytoplasmic face of the channel

The voltage-gated potassium channel is currently one of the few membrane proteins where functional roles have been mapped onto specific segments of sequence. Although high-resolution structures of the transmembrane portions of three bacterial potassium channels, the tetramerization domain and the cytoplasmic ball are available, their relative spatial arrangement in mammalian channels remains a matter of ongoing debate. Cryo-electron microscopic images of the six transmembrane voltage-gated Kv channel have been reconstructed at up to 18 Å resolution, revealing that the T1 domain tetramerizes and is suspended below the transmembrane segments. However, the resolution of these images is insufficient to reveal the location of the third piece of the puzzle, the inactivating ball domain. We have used the aberrant interactions observed in a series of chimæric channels to establish that an assembled T1 domain restricts access to the cytoplasmic face of the channel, suggesting that the N-terminal ball and chain may be confined in the space between the T1 domain and the transmembrane portion of the channel.     

Separation of the pineal vesicle from the wall of the third ventricle during the post-hatching development of the chicken

Summary According to light- and electron-microscopic observations the pineal organ of the 3-day-old chicken consists of a prominent end vesicle and a tapering parenchymal stalk. During this stage the pineal lumen is in open communication with the third ventricle. However, in the 40-day-old chicken, which still possesses a well-developed end vesicle, the proximal portion of the pineal stalk displays regressive changes leading to local fragmentation. At this stage the pineal stalk is reduced, and the pineal lumen is missing. In 1-year-old chickens the parenchyma of the proximal portion of the stalk is further diminished, and in 3-year-old domestic fowl is completely displaced by bundles of collagenous fibers, only some nerve fibers being present. This post-hatching pineal development may reflect the sequence of changes leading from pineal sense organs to pineal glands.This work was supported by a grant-in-aid for Scientific Research from the Ministry of Education, Science and Culture of Japan     

On the Dependence of the Quadratic Risk of the Classical Predictor and the Prediction-Horizon

When constructing predictors on the basis of the linear model of time series of various indicators often the question arises on the dependence of forecasting accuracy and the changing prediction horizon. The dependency of the quadratic risk of the classical predictor and the time horizon is considered.     

中国植物区系与其它地区区系的联系及其在世界区系中的地位和作用

基于吴征镒将中国全部种子植物３２３８个属的分布区划分为１５个大类型和３４个变型的基础上,简要地讨论了中国植物区系与其它地区区系的联系,以及它在被子植物起源方面的作用。主要论点如下：（１）与热带亚洲区系的联系。这种联系主要通过第７类型（热带亚洲分布）及其５个变型来体现的。本文列举了１０个科,龙脑香料、狭义隐翼科、交让木科、五隔草科、五列木科、肉实树科、心翼果科、八宝树科、兰花蕉科和四数木科,来说明这