内蒙古高原不同生境条件下甘蒙锦鸡儿水分调节特性和抗逆性的比较研究

对分布于内蒙古和林格尔（半干旱地区）和阿拉善（强干旱地区）地区的甘蒙锦鸡儿种群水分调节特性和抗逆性进行了比较研究.结果表明,阿拉善种群比和林格尔种群的叶片渗透调节物质含量高、渗透势低、渗透调节能力强,叶片含水量和自由水含量低、束缚水含量和束缚水/自由水比值高,叶水势和气孔导度低,表明阿拉善种群比和林格尔种群有更强的水分调节能力.阿拉善种群丙二醛(MDA)含量大于和林格尔种群,但细胞膜相对透性和超氧自由基含量小于和林格尔种群,表明阿拉善种群自由基清除能力强、细胞膜稳定性高.有效的水分调节能力和较强的抗逆性是甘蒙锦鸡儿适应干旱环境的重要生理基础.     

内蒙古高原甘蒙锦鸡儿光合作用和水分代谢的生态适应性研究

 对分布于内蒙古高原和林格尔和阿拉善的甘蒙锦鸡儿（Caragana opulens）种群的光合特性和水分代谢特性进行了比较研究。结果发现：和林格尔种群的光补偿点（500 μmol proton·m-2·s-1以下）、光饱和点（1 200 μmol proton·m-2·s-1）、光合最适温度（26 ℃）均低于阿拉善种群（光补偿点为700～800 μmol proton·m-2·s－1之间;光饱和点为1 500 μmol proton·m－2·s－1;光合最适温度为28～29 ℃）,在低温、低光强下表现出更高的光合速率;和林格尔种群比阿拉善种群需要更高的空气湿度来维持其光合速率;和林格尔种群表现高蒸腾、高光合和低水分利用效率的代谢特点,阿拉善种群采取低蒸腾、低光合和高水分利用效率的节水对策。这些生理特性与它们分布区的光、温、湿条件相适应。阿拉善种群的净光合速率、蒸腾速率和光能利用效率远低于和林格尔种群,而水分利用效率和叶水分亏缺明显高于和林格尔种群。这主要是由于两地区水分状况差异引起的。     

内蒙古高原小叶锦鸡儿与中间锦鸡儿遗传多样性的研究

利用ISSR分子标记,选取内蒙古高原自东向西共15个锦鸡儿种群(7个小叶锦鸡儿种群,8个中间锦鸡儿种群)进行遗传多样性分析。结果表明:(1)7个小叶锦鸡儿种群总的多态位点百分数为98.19%,Nei’s基因多样性指数与Shannon信息指数分别为0.289 7、0.444 0;居群间遗传分化系数Gst为0.119 0,表明小叶锦鸡儿种群存在中等程度的遗传分化;居群间基因交流频繁,基因流(Nm)为3.701 0。(2)8个中间锦鸡儿种群多态位点百分数为99.7%,Nei’s基因多样性指数为0.312 8,Shannon信息指数为0.478 4;居群间遗传分化系数(Gst)为0.188 1,表明中间锦鸡儿种群存在较大的遗传分化,基因流(Nm)为2.157 8。(3)中间锦鸡儿遗传多样性及遗传分化均高于小叶锦鸡儿,这是中间锦鸡儿替代小叶锦鸡儿适应不良环境扩展分布的遗传基础。(4)邻接聚类分析结果显示,15个锦鸡儿种群表现为从东到西逐渐聚类,体现了这2个种在分布上的地理渐变性及地理替代性;遗传多样性各指数与气象因子及土壤因子之间的相关性分析表明,平均气温对锦鸡儿种群的遗传分化起着重要的作用。     

内蒙古高原西部荒漠区锦鸡儿属(Caragana)优势种的形态适应特征

研究内蒙古高原西部荒漠区锦鸡儿属(Caragana)4种优势植物——柠条锦鸡儿、狭叶锦鸡儿、垫状锦鸡儿和荒漠锦鸡儿的地理分布和叶形态适应特征。通过地理分布和生长发育研究发现：4种锦鸡儿均能在阿拉善荒漠区分布和正常生长,它们能够适应阿拉善荒漠区环境。叶形态结构研究表明：狭叶锦鸡儿叶片呈瓦状,在一定程度上阻碍了水分散失和气体交换,缩小受光面积;垫状锦鸡儿叶片卷成筒状,水分散失和气体交换阻力更大,受光面积更小。柠条锦鸡儿密被伏帖绢毛、狭叶锦鸡儿多被灰白色柔毛、垫状锦鸡儿密被绢毛和荒漠锦鸡儿密被直立绢毛,对光线反射能力强,使叶温降低,减少蒸腾。狭叶锦鸡儿和垫状锦鸡儿具有的长条型叶,4种荒漠区锦鸡儿都具有更小的叶面积、更大的厚度/面积比值、更低的叶片生物量和更小的比叶面积(SLA), 减小了蒸腾和受光面积,提高了荒漠区锦鸡儿的保水能力。荒漠区锦鸡儿这些叶片形态特性有利于适应干旱、高温和强辐射的荒漠区环境。叶绿素含量测定和叶色研究结果表明：4种荒漠区锦鸡儿叶绿素含量低,更低的叶绿素含量和密被灰白色柔毛或绢毛导致叶色浅、反光性能好,有利于减少对辐射的吸收,避免强辐射对植物的伤害,同时也使叶温低,减轻高温伤害和水分蒸发,以适应环境。这是荒漠区锦鸡儿适应高光强、高气温、极干旱的荒漠区环境的特性。垫状锦鸡儿和柠条锦鸡儿叶绿素a/b高也是适应强辐射的特性。比较4种荒漠区锦鸡儿的叶形态特性发现,4种荒漠区锦鸡儿植物对荒漠环境的形态适应方式是不同的。     

云南桔小实蝇(Bactrocera dorsalis)季节性分布区4个地理种群遗传结构

对云南桔小实蝇季节分布区内六库、大理、昆明和曲靖4个典型地区桔小实蝇种群（Bactrocera dorsalis）,共52个个体的线粒体DNACOⅠ基因中的部分序列进行了测定分析。在获得的503bp序列中,共发现15个多态位点,定义了14种单倍型,其中种群间的共享单倍型有4个。通过对桔小实蝇4个地理种群的K2P遗传距离、Fst值,种群间和种群内遗传差异平均数的统计检测,以及4个种群之间基因流状况分析表明,研究的各种群间均存在不同程度的遗传分化。六库种群与其余3个种群间的遗传分化最大,遗传差异显著（p〈0.05）。大理种群与曲靖种群之间存在一定程度遗传分化（p〈0.10）,但与昆明种群间的分化程度较低。昆明种群与曲靖种群间的遗传分化程度最低。简言之,在桔小实蝇季节性分布区内,位于西部的种群遗传分化程度最高,由西向东,遗传分化程度渐次下降,位于东部的两个种群遗传结构相近。研究认为,地理隔离是导致六库种群与其余3个种群遗传分化的主要原因,而大理、昆明和曲靖种群之间遗传分化较低,可能是这些种群来自相近或相同的虫源地。研究结果对于在桔小实蝇季节性分布区的不同地点制定桔小实蝇治理方案具有重要的参考价值。     

小叶锦鸡儿、中间锦鸡儿和柠条锦鸡儿地理渐变性 I．生态学和RAPD证据

植物种群调查结果证实,小叶锦鸡儿(Caragana microphylla Lam．)、中间锦鸡儿(C.davazamcii Sancz．)和柠条锦鸡儿(C.korshinskii Kom．)在内蒙古高原形成地理替代分布。种群分布、分类、形态、生长发育和遗传结构研究结果表明,小叶锦鸡儿、中间锦鸡儿和柠条锦鸡儿地理替代分布是连续的、渐变的,三个种在内蒙古高原自东向西形成一个地理连续渐变群。分析内蒙古高原的气候变迁和小叶锦鸡儿、中间锦鸡儿及柠条锦鸡儿的地理替代分布状况认为,小叶锦鸡儿、中间锦鸡儿和柠条锦鸡儿地理替代分布是适应环境演化的结果。     

小叶锦鸡儿、中间锦鸡儿和柠条锦鸡儿地理渐变性 Ⅰ.生态学和RAPD证据(英文)

植物种群调查结果证实,小叶锦鸡儿(Caragana microphylla Lam.)、中间锦鸡儿(C.davazamcii Sancz.)和柠条锦鸡儿(C.korshinskii Kom.)在内蒙古高原形成地理替代分布。种群分布、分类、形态、生长发育和遗传结构研究结果表明,小叶锦鸡儿、中间锦鸡儿和柠条锦鸡儿地理替代分布是连续的、渐变的,三个种在内蒙古高原自东向西形成一个地理连续渐变群。分析内蒙古高原的气候变迁和小叶锦鸡儿、中间锦鸡儿及柠条锦鸡儿的地理替代分布状况认为,小叶锦鸡儿、中间锦鸡儿和柠条锦鸡儿地理替代分布是适应环境演化的结果。     

内蒙古高原西部荒漠区锦鸡儿属(Caragana)优势种的形态适应特征

研究内蒙古高原西部荒漠区锦鸡儿属（Caragana）4种优势植物——柠条锦鸡儿、狭叶锦鸡儿、垫状锦鸡儿和荒漠锦鸡儿的地理分布和叶形态适应特征.通过地理分布和生长发育研究发现：4种锦鸡儿均能在阿拉善荒漠区分布和正常生长,它们能够适应阿拉善荒漠区环境.叶形态结构研究表明：狭叶锦鸡儿叶片呈瓦状,在一定程度上阻碍了水分散失和气体交换,缩小受光面积;垫状锦鸡儿叶片卷成筒状,水分散失和气体交换阻力更大,受光面积更小.柠条锦鸡儿密被伏帖绢毛、狭叶锦鸡儿多被灰白色柔毛、垫状锦鸡儿密被绢毛和荒漠锦鸡儿密被直立绢毛,对光线反射能力强,使叶温降低,减少蒸腾.狭叶锦鸡儿和垫状锦鸡儿具有的长条型叶,4种荒漠区锦鸡儿都具有更小的叶面积、更大的厚度/面积比值、更低的叶片生物量和更小的比叶面积（SLA）,减小了蒸腾和受光面积,提高了荒漠区锦鸡儿的保水能力.荒漠区锦鸡儿这些叶片形态特性有利于适应干旱、高温和强辐射的荒漠区环境.叶绿素含量测定和叶色研究结果表明：4种荒漠区锦鸡儿叶绿素含量低,更低的叶绿素含量和密被灰白色柔毛或绢毛导致叶色浅、反光性能好,有利于减少对辐射的吸收,避免强辐射对植物的伤害,同时也使叶温低,减轻高温伤害和水分蒸发,以适应环境.这是荒漠区锦鸡儿适应高光强、高气温、极干旱的荒漠区环境的特性.垫状锦鸡儿和柠条锦鸡儿叶绿素a/b高也是适应强辐射的特性.比较4种荒漠区锦鸡儿的叶形态特性发现,4种荒漠区锦鸡儿植物对荒漠环境的形态适应方式是不同的.     

轮虫种群遗传结构及系统地理格局研究进展

轮虫是浮游动物中的重要类群,开展轮虫种群遗传结构及系统地理格局研究对更好地理解种群分化、物种形成、生态适应和历史气候变化等进程具有重要意义。关于轮虫种群的系统地理格局主要包括两种不同的观点:一种观点认为种群的快速增长及其建群效应使得轮虫种群表现出高度的遗传分化和显著的系统地理格局;另一种观点认为,由于浮游动物具有高度的拓殖能力和局域性适应,轮虫种群间不具有系统地理格局。轮虫的种群遗传结构存在着季节变化,这可能会干扰我们对浮游动物系统地理格局的正确认识。本文简述了轮虫种群遗传结构及系统地理格局的研究现状,并对轮虫种群遗传结构及系统地理格局研究进行了展望。     

小叶锦鸡儿、中间锦鸡儿和柠条锦鸡儿地理渐变性Ⅰ.生态学和RAPD证据

植物种群调查结果证实,小叶锦鸡儿(Caragana microphylla Lam.)、中间锦鸡儿(C.davazamcii Sancz.)和柠条锦鸡儿(C. korshinskii Kom.)在内蒙古高原形成地理替代分布.种群分布、分类、形态、生长发育和遗传结构研究结果表明,小叶锦鸡儿、中间锦鸡儿和柠条锦鸡儿地理替代分布是连续的、渐变的,三个种在内蒙古高原自东向西形成一个地理连续渐变群.分析内蒙古高原的气候变迁和小叶锦鸡儿、中间锦鸡儿及柠条锦鸡儿的地理替代分布状况认为,小叶锦鸡儿、中间锦鸡儿和柠条锦鸡儿地理替代分布是适应环境演化的结果.     

Water stress and light intensity effects on growth and nocturnal acid accumulation in a terrestrial CAM bromeliad (Bromelia humilis Jacq.) under natural conditions

Summary Seasonal variations in CAM performance of sunexposed and partially shaded populations of Bromelia humilis were measured under natural conditions in a semi-arid region in northern Venezuela. The sun population consisted of smaller plants, with lower chlorophyll and total nitrogen contents per unit leaf area compared with plants from the partial-shade population. During the dry season CAM activity, assessed as nocturnal acid accumulation, was higher in the partial-shade population. Acid accumulation was stimulated by irrigation in both populations within 24 h after treatment. Daily changes in concentration of soluble sugars were opposite to leaf acidity indicating their role as carbon source for acid synthesis during the night. The change in nocturnal sugar concentration was always more than the amount required for acid accumulation, suggesting other carbohydrate-consuming processes such as transportation of sugars out of the leaf. CAM activity was higher during the rainy season, and differences between populations were smaller. At the end of the rainy season reduction of CAM activity caused by drought was first detected in the sun population. Measured ratios of glucan/soluble sugar show a higher proportion of readily utilizable sugars during periods of active CAM and growth. Under conditions of continuous high light intensity and air temperature leading to all year round high potential evaporation in semiarid tropical regions, fully exposed populations of B. humilis show a pronounced reduction of metabolic activity. Partial shade favours growth and CAM activity in this constitutive CAM species. It is concluded that water stress, and not light intensity, is the predominant limiting factor for growth of this species under natural conditions.     

REACTION NORMS OF MORPHOLOGICAL AND LIFE-HISTORY TRAITS TO LIGHT AVAILABILITY IN IMPATIENS CAPENSIS

For plants, light availability is an important environmental factor that varies both within and between populations. Although the existence of sun and shade “ecotypes” is controversial, it is often assumed that trade-offs may exist between performance in sun and in shade. This study therefore investigated variation in reaction norms to light availability within and between two neighboring natural populations of the annual Impatiens capensis, one in full sun and the other in a forest understory. Seedlings were collected randomly from both populations and grown to maturity in a greenhouse under two light conditions: full light and 18% of full light. Selfed full-sib seed families were collected from plants from both populations grown in both parental light environments. To characterize family reaction norms, seedlings from each family were divided into the same two light treatments and individuals were scored for a variety of morphological and life-history traits. The maternal light environment had little impact on progeny reaction norms. However, the two study populations differed both qualitatively and quantitatively in plastic response to light availability (indicated by significant population x environment interactions in mixed-model ANCOVA). Much of this difference was attributable to population differences in light sensitivity of axillary meristem allocation patterns, which produced concurrent differences in reaction norms for a suite of developmentally linked traits. Within each population, different sets of traits displayed significant variation in plasticity (indicated by significant family x environment interactions). Thus, the genetic potential for evolutionary response to selection in heterogeneous light environments may differ dramatically between neighboring plant populations. Between-environment genetic correlations were largely positive in the woods population and positive or nonsignificant in the sun population; there was no evidence for performance trade-offs across environments or sun or shade “specialist” genotypes within either population. There was little evidence that population differences represented adaptive differentiation for sun or shade; rather, the results suggested the hypothesis of differential selection on patterns of meristem allocation caused by population differences in timing of mortality and intensity of competition.     

Elucidating the role of genetic drift and natural selection in cork oak differentiation regarding drought tolerance

Drought is the main selection agent in Mediterranean ecosystems and it has been suggested as an important evolutionary force responsible for population diversification in these types of environments. However, population divergence in quantitative traits can be driven by either natural selection, genetic drift or both. To investigate the roles of these forces on among-population divergence in ecophysiological traits related to drought tolerance (carbon isotope discrimination, specific leaf area, leaf size and leaf nitrogen content), we compared molecular and quantitative genetic differentiation in a common garden experiment including thirteen cork oak ( Quercus suber L.) populations across a gradient of rainfall and temperature. Population differentiation for height, specific leaf area, leaf size and nitrogen leaf content measured during a dry year far exceeded the molecular differentiation measured by six nuclear microsatellites. Populations from dry-cool sites showed the lowest nitrogen leaf content and the smallest and thickest leaves contrasting with those from humid-warm sites. These results suggest (i) these traits are subjected to divergence selection and (ii) the genetic differences among populations are partly due to climate adaptation. By contrast, the low among-population divergence found in basal diameter, annual growth and carbon isotopic discrimination (a surrogate for water use efficiency) suggests low or no divergence selection for these traits. Among-population differentiation for neutral markers was not a good predictor for differentiation regarding the quantitative traits studied here, except for leaf size. The correlation observed between the genetic differentiation for leaf size and that for molecular markers was exclusively due to the association between leaf size and the microsatellite Qp ZAG46, which suggests a possible linkage between Qp ZAG46 and genes encoding for leaf size.     

鄂尔多斯高原不同生境条件下中间锦鸡儿植物叶片表皮特征及遗传多样性变化分析

该研究在鄂尔多斯高原从东到西按照降雨量逐渐减少的梯度选取了5个地区,对中间锦鸡儿(Caragana davazamcii)叶片的表皮结构进行了比较观察,发现不同生境条件下的中间锦鸡儿由于环境的长期作用表皮表现出一定的差异性,主要表现在随着多年平均降雨量的减少叶片表皮毛密度、气孔密度、气孔指数均有所增加,气孔深陷程度逐渐加深,角质层由光滑变得粗糙,但并不是线性增加,因此本研究对不同生境的中间锦鸡儿植物叶片做了遗传多样性分析,发现随着生境由东向西的变化,中间锦鸡儿种群遗传多样性有增加的趋势,与表皮形态特征变化一致,说明中间锦鸡儿呈现明显的表现型可塑性,可塑性反应比较高。     

Dependence of photosynthetic rates on leaf density thickness in deciduous woody plants grown in sun and shade

Comparisons of photosynthetic rates were made on leaves of ten species of woody dicotyledons grown in the field under full sun or under a canopy which transmitted approximately 18% of full light. Photosynthesis and dark respiration were measured and compared on various bases: area, chlorophyll, fresh weight of lamina, density thickness (fresh weight per unit area), and protein.

Light-saturated photosynthesis per unit area or unit chlorophyll was about 1.5 times greater in the sun leaves than in the shade leaves and essentially equal per unit fresh weight or unit protein. Sun leaves were thicker but the enzymes per unit fresh weight remained constant as thickness varied. Chlorophyll per unit area remained about constant; chlorophyll per unit fresh weight varied inversely with changes in leaf thickness. Thus, density thickness variation is important in photosynthetic adaptation to sun and shade. This is also shown by the relationship between light-saturated photosynthesis per unit area and density thickness.

     

In situ marker‐based assessment of leaf trait evolutionary potential in a marginal European beech population

Evolutionary processes are expected to be crucial for the adaptation of natural populations to environmental changes. In particular, the capacity of rear edge populations to evolve in response to the species limiting conditions remains a major issue that requires to address their evolutionary potential. In situ quantitative genetic studies based on molecular markers offer the possibility to estimate evolutionary potentials manipulating neither the environment nor the individuals on which phenotypes are measured. The goal of this study was to estimate heritability and genetic correlations of a suite of leaf functional traits involved in climate adaptation for a natural population of the tree Fagus sylvatica, growing at the rear edge of the species range. Using two marker‐based quantitative genetics approaches, we obtained consistent and significant estimates of heritability for leaf phenological (phenology of leaf flush), morphological (mass, area, ratio mass/area) and physiological (δ¹³C, nitrogen content) traits. Moreover, we found only one significant positive genetic correlation between leaf area and leaf mass, which likely reflected mechanical constraints. We conclude first that the studied population has considerable genetic diversity for important ecophysiological traits regarding drought adaptation and, second, that genetic correlations are not likely to impose strong genetic constraints to future population evolution. Our results bring important insights into the question of the capacity of rear edge populations to evolve.     

Forests are not immune to plant invasions: phenotypic plasticity and local adaptation allow <Emphasis Type="Italic">Prunella vulgaris</Emphasis> to colonize a temperate evergreen rainforest

In the South American temperate evergreen rainforest (Valdivian forest), invasive plants are mainly restricted to open sites, being rare in the shaded understory. This is consistent with the notion of closed-canopy forests as communities relatively resistant to plant invasions. However, alien plants able to develop shade tolerance could be a threat to this unique forest. Phenotypic plasticity and local adaptation are two mechanisms enhancing invasiveness. Phenotypic plasticity can promote local adaptation by facilitating the establishment and persistence of invasive species in novel environments. We investigated the role of these processes in the recent colonization of Valdivian forest understory by the perennial alien herb Prunella vulgaris from nearby populations in open sites. Using reciprocal transplants, we found local adaptation between populations. Field data showed that the shade environment selected for taller plants and greater specific leaf areas. We found population differentiation and within-population genetic variation in both mean values and reaction norms to light variation of several ecophysiological traits in common gardens from seeds collected in sun and shade populations. The colonization of the forest resulted in a reduction of plastic responses to light variation, which is consistent with the occurrence of genetic assimilation and suggests that P. vulgaris individuals adapted to the shade have reduced probabilities to return to open sites. All results taken together confirm the potential for rapid evolution of shade tolerance in P. vulgaris and suggest that this alien species may pose a threat to the native understory flora of Valdivian forest.     

Variations in leaf morpho‐anatomy and photosynthetic traits between sun and shade populations of Eurya japonica (Pentaphylacaceae) whose seeds are dispersed by birds across habitats

Eurya japonica occurs in diverse light environments through seed dispersal by birds. As the seed size is extremely small, we hypothesized that newly germinated seedlings with restricted depth of roots and length of the hypocotyl would suffer high mortality due to increased transpiration in sunny habitats and low light in shady habitats. We also expected that surviving seedlings would differ in leaf traits between habitats as a result of selection. We aimed to determine how photosynthetic traits differ between habitats and how leaf structure is related to this difference. We examined photosynthesis and leaf morpho‐anatomy for plants cloned from cuttings collected from the forest understory (shade population) and neighboring roadsides and cut‐over areas (sun population) and then grown under two irradiances (18.5% and 100% sunlight) in an experimental garden. Under growth in 100% sunlight, cloned plants from the sun population exhibited significantly greater area‐based photosynthetic capacity compared to cloned plants from the shade population at a comparable stomatal conductance, which was attributable to a higher area‐based leaf nitrogen concentration. On the other hand, mean values of photosynthetic capacity did not significantly differ between the two populations. Cloned plants from the sun population had significantly thicker leaf laminas and spongy tissue and lower stomatal density compared to cloned plants from the shade population. Thickened leaf lamina might have increased leaf tolerance to physical stresses in open habitats. The variation in leaf morpho‐anatomy between the two populations can be explained in terms of the economy of leaf photosynthetic tissue.