干旱气候对白羊草群落地下部生长影响的初步观察

对大旱之后白羊草（Bothrichloa ischaemum）群落地下部的生长状况与1991平水年该群落地下部的生长关况进行比较,以反映干旱气候对白羊草群落地下部生长的影响,结果表明,极旱年下生物量的峰值达到1249g.m^-2,比平水年峰值586g.m^-2高1倍多,在极旱年或旱季根系主要集中分布的层次下移,而在平水年或雨季则上移,极旱年群落地下生物量的周转值为52．64％,显著高于平水年时的周转值18．36％,极旱年群落的地下生物量与地上生物量在生长中互为消长关系,而平水年两者在生长季同时增另,基本呈直线关系,极旱年群落的地下生物量与地上生物量比为11．19,显著高于水平年时的比值2．03,极旱年群落的地下净初级生产量为390．7g.m^-2.年^-1,比平水年时的生产量107．6g.m^-2.年^-1高2．63倍。     

太行山片麻岩山区造地边坡植被恢复过程中植物多样性与土壤特性的演变

为了探究太行山片麻岩山区造地后坡面植被的演变规律,以太行山片麻岩山区不同治理年限的坡面为研究对象,研究了坡面的植被状况与土壤理化性状。结果表明:随着治理年限的增加,坡面植被覆盖度、地上生物量和植物种类均显著增加,分别由第2年的18.00%、67.52 g/m~2、10种增加到了第7年的92.67%、379.91 g/m~2、19种。随治理年限的增加,坡面土壤的理化性质得到改善,土壤容重由第2年的1.40 g/cm~3降低到了第7年的1.29 g/cm~3,土壤有机质含量由第2年的4.91 g/kg增加到了第7年的7.18 g/kg;土壤总孔隙度、全氮、碱解氮、速效钾含量分别由第2年的47.15%、0.17 g/kg、16.10 mg/kg、26.58 mg/kg增加到了第6年的51.60%、0.61 g/kg、62.18 mg/kg、57.40 mg/kg,在第7年又分别降低为51.42%、0.50 g/kg、37.80 mg/kg、30.90 mg/kg。坡面植被多样性与土壤多项理化性状表现为显著相关。随着治理年限延长,造地后的坡面土壤的理化性质发生改变,土壤有效养分增多,持水能力增强,植被覆盖度与植物种类均显著增加,植物多样性稳步提高,生态环境得到有效改善。     

黄花杓兰的花芽发育

对黄花杓兰（Cypripedium flavum P.F.Hunt et Summerh.）成年植株做了一个生长季的研究,提出了一年芽、二年芽和多年休眠芽的概念。指出由芽形成到植株开花需两年时间,其具体发育路线是：第一年6－7月份,根状茎顶端二年芽基部外侧有两个新的小芽产生,即“一年芽”,至9－10月份发育出7－9片幼叶,然后随气温下降停止生长;第2年4月份复苏,即为“二年芽”,二年芽在本生长季内发育成混合芽,但一般情况下只有一个充分发育,另一个未能充分发育并且一般将来也不再有发育的机会,被称为“多年休眠芽”;第3年5月份充分发育的二年芽长出地面,形成植株,迅速开花、结果,至9月底植株枯萎。本文还讨论了黄花杓兰发育过程与环境的关系。     

四川西部蝇类物候的研究

四川西部蝇类物候的研究冯炎（四川省雅安地区卫生防疫站,６２５０００）ＳｔｕｄｉｅｓｏｆＰｈｅｎｏｌｏｇｙｏｆＣａｌｙｔｒａｔａｅＦｌｉｅｓｉｎＷｅｓｔｅｒｎＳｉｃｈｕａｎ,Ｃｈｉｎａ．ＦｅｎｇＹａｎ（ＨｙｇｉｅｎｉｃａｎｄＡｎｔｉｅｐｉｄｅｍｉｃ...     

基于地统计学的二化螟种群时间格局分析

对常德鼎城区1960～2001年二化螟各世代的越冬后幼虫高峰虫量的时间序列资料进行了地统计学分析.结果表明,年际间二化螟种群总虫量、第1代虫量、第2代虫量和冬后基数序列数据结构性较强,可预测性较好,特别是年际间总虫量其结构性占总变异的比例高达91.1％,可以前11年总虫量预测下年总虫量;世代间幼虫高峰虫量,年际间第1代虫量、第3代虫量和冬后基数序列数据的长期趋势较为明显,特别是冬后基数的长期趋势极为明显;世代间幼虫高峰虫量呈现3代（1年）的季节性周期.首次采用缺失某世代虫量或插入冬后基数的方法分析了各世代虫量和冬后基数对整个世代间虫量数据系列的重要程度,结果表明,各世代虫量和冬后基数单独对整个世代间虫量数据系列的影响均较小,二化螟发生量更多地受栽培制度、气候、食料和天敌等因子的影响.初步总结并建立了种群时间格局分析的地统计学方法.     

黄山景点封闭轮休期对黄山杜鹃生长的影响

选取封闭和开放5年同海拔的黄山杜鹃样树,调查了5年标准枝和受损枝每年的新梢生长量,研究开放期间受损枝受损情况和封闭期间受损枝恢复情况。结果表明,开放期间受损枝条新梢生长量逐年降低,开放第5年受损枝条新梢生长量只有标准枝的39%,开放第4年生长率下降最多。开放期间黄山杜鹃受损枝条的新梢生长量与开放年数的关系符合指数模型。封闭期间受损枝条新梢生长量逐年上升,封闭第5年受损枝条新梢生长量达到标准枝的86%,封闭第4年生长率上升最多。封闭期间黄山杜鹃的新梢生长量与封闭年数的关系为幂函数模型。     

The effect of needle age on the acceptability of Sitka spruce needles to the aphid,Elatobium abietinum (Walker)

Summary A comparison of the feeding behaviour of E. abietinum on current year needles and previous year needles of P. sitchensis revealed that during the summer months the aphids preferentially settled on previous year needles, this response not being evident in winter. Aphids on current year needles in summer took a much longer period of time to commence sap uptake than in winter, intake ceasing following a very short feeding period. On previous year needles sap uptake in December commenced after a shorter feeding period than in June. Analysis of total and soluble nitrogen levels in Sitka spruce needles showed that current year needles had initially higher levels during shoot elongation in May and early June, but that previous year needles had higher levels for most of the remainder of the year. Quantitative analyses of amino acids revealed that in current year needles the levels were generally lower than in previous year needles. Less marked proportional differences were observed between previous year needles in May and in July/August when the needles were unsuitable. Addition of amino acids in solution into cut current year shoots resulted in increased longevity on shoots containing introduced iso-leucine, histidine and methionine and revealed a general imbalance of the amino acids.     

The effects of food abundance on breeding performance and adult time budgets of Guillemots Uria aalge

The breeding performance, food fed to chicks and adult time budgets of Guillemots Uria aalge were examined in a year of high and a year of low food availabiIity. There was no difference between the 2 years in reproductive success, although the rate of chick feeding, chick weight and fledging success were greater in the year of high food availability. On average, chick prey items were larger in the poor food year, but this was insufficient to compensate for the lower feeding frequency. Chick feeding frequency did not differ between days in the good year but did increase later in the season in the poor food year. Compared with the high food availability year, adult Guillemots in the year of low food availability spent much less time resting at the breeding colony. and their foraging trips were twice as long. Foraging birds tended to make several successive trips before resuming brooding duties from their mates when food supplies were good, but in the low food availability year single trips were the norm. These results demonstrate that predators experiencing reduced food supply may mitigate the effects on their reproductive output by shifting their time allocation such that more time is available for foraging.     

Serotype distribution of invasive Streptococcus pneumoniae in Canada during the introduction of the 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine, 2010

A baseline serotype distribution was established by age and region for 2058 invasive Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates collected during the implementation period of the 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV13) program in many parts of Canada in 2010. Serotypes 19A, 7F, and 3 were the most prevalent in all age groups, accounting for 57% in <2 year olds, 62% in 2-4 year olds, 45% in 5-14?year olds, 44% in 15-49?year olds, 41% in 50-64?year olds, and 36% in ≥65?year olds. Serotype 19A was most predominant in Western and Central Canada representing 15% and 22%, respectively, of the isolates from those regions, whereas 7F was most common in Eastern Canada with 20% of the isolates. Other prevalent serotypes include 15A, 23B, 12F, 22F, and 6C. PCV13 serotypes represented 65% of the pneumococci isolated from?<2 year olds, 71% of 2-4 year olds, 61% of 5-14 year olds, 60% of 15-49 year olds, 53% of 50-64 year olds, and 49% of the?≥65?year olds. Continued monitoring of invasive pneumococcal serotypes in Canada is important to identify epidemiological trends and assess the impact of the newly introduced PCV13 vaccine on public health.     

Estimation and limitation of numbers of floaters in a Eurasian Sparrowhawk population

Over a 20‐year period, the numbers of Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus nests found in a 200 km² area in south Scotland remained relatively stable (mean 33.3 pairs, CV = 10.6%). Nest numbers fluctuated from year to year in a manner expected of a population subject to density‐dependent regulation. The numbers of non‐breeders (floaters) could not be counted directly, but the number of female floaters was estimated, using known mortality rates, from the numbers of females recruited to the breeding population each year at different ages. Female floater numbers were estimated by two methods: Method A assumed that birds bred for the first time in their first, second or third year, in the same ratio as they were found breeding for the first time in the study area; and Method B assumed that all third‐year birds found breeding for the first time in the study area had bred previously, unknown to us, outside the area. Under Method A, floaters consisted of some 1‐year and some 2‐year birds; while under Method B, floaters consisted only of some 1‐year birds. Under both methods, the estimated number of female floaters fluctuated greatly from year to year, but under Method A they averaged 0.90 per female breeder, and under Method B they averaged 0.28 per female breeder. The Method B estimate was most consistent with other data and with the finding that some birds found breeding in the study area were likely to have bred previously outside the area (because of territory changes). Moreover, the mean and variance in female floater numbers estimated by Method B were similar in magnitude to the values obtained in a simulation model. In this model, breeding density was given a fixed ceiling, while breeding success was allowed to vary from year to year within the limits observed in the study area. It was concluded that (a) recruitment of floaters to the breeding sector was density dependent with respect to breeder numbers, i.e. broadly speaking, floaters filled gaps in the territorial system left by the deaths and movements of established breeders; and (b) floater numbers themselves were probably not regulated in a density dependent manner, but depended on whatever was the balance between annual additions (from reproduction and immigration) and subtractions (from mortality, emigration and entry to the breeding sector).     

夏闲期轮耕对小麦田土壤水分及产量的影响

2007-2010年在宁南旱区研究了夏闲期免耕/深松/免耕(T1)、深松/免耕/深松(T2)、连年翻耕(CT)3种耕作方式对麦田土壤水分及产量的影响.结果表明:经过3年夏闲期T1和T2处理后,农田土壤蓄水效率平均分别较连年翻耕处理提高15.2％和26.5％;T1和T2处理的降水潜在利用率较高,分别达到37.8％和38.5％,降水生产效率平均分别较连年翻耕处理提高9.9％和10.7％.夏闲期轮耕能显著降低休闲期的土壤无效蒸发,有效保蓄小麦生长期的土壤水分.在冬小麦生长前期,T1和T2处理0～200 cm土层土壤水分平均分别较连年翻耕处理增加6.8％和9.4％;在拔节-抽穗-灌浆期,与连年翻耕处理相比,两处理可显著提高0 ～ 200 cm土层土壤蓄水量,对作物产量的贡献率较高.不同轮耕模式在增加作物耗水量的同时也提高了作物产量及水分利用效率,与CT处理相比,3年T1和T2处理作物耗水量平均分别提高5.2％和6.1％,产量分别增加9.9％和10.6％,作物水分生产效率分别提高4.5％和4.3％.相关分析表明,在干旱缺水的宁南地区,冬小麦播种期、拔节-抽穗-灌浆期的土壤蓄水量可显著影响产量,尤其抽穗期的土壤蓄水量对产量的影响更大.     

莽山不同海拔华南五针松径向生长对气候因子的响应

为了解全球升温背景下我国亚热带地区树木生长对气候变化的响应,基于树木年轮学方法,在湖南莽山建立不同海拔（1 400、1 200、1 000 m）华南五针松（Pinus kwangtungensis）标准年表,利用响应分析和单年分析研究其径向生长与气候因子的相关关系。结果表明,海拔1 400 m处华南五针松的径向生长与当年6月均温和最高温显著负相关,与当年4月的降水量呈显著正相关关系;海拔1 200 m处的径向生长与当年3月均温及上年和当年10月均温、最低温显著正相关,与当年7月的最低温显著负相关,与上年11月降水量呈显著正相关关系;海拔1 000 m处的径向生长与当年6月均温、最高温和当年1月的平均温、最低温以及上年10月的最低温显著负相关,与当年3月、上年10月和当年10月的降水呈显著正相关关系。温度和降水共同影响着该地区华南五针松的径向生长,生长季初期的温度和降水以及夏季温度是影响其生长的关键气候因子。     

Patterns of NPP,GPP, respiration,and NEP during boreal forest succession

We combined year‐round eddy covariance with biometry and biomass harvests along a chronosequence of boreal forest stands that were 1, 6, 15, 23, 40, ～74, and ～154 years old to understand how ecosystem production and carbon stocks change during recovery from stand‐replacing crown fire. Live biomass (C_live) was low in the 1‐ and 6‐year‐old stands, and increased following a logistic pattern to high levels in the 74‐ and 154‐year‐old stands. Carbon stocks in the forest floor (C_{forest floor}) and coarse woody debris (C_CWD) were comparatively high in the 1‐year‐old stand, reduced in the 6‐ through 40‐year‐old stands, and highest in the 74‐ and 154‐year‐old stands. Total net primary production (TNPP) was reduced in the 1‐ and 6‐year‐old stands, highest in the 23‐ through 74‐year‐old stands and somewhat reduced in the 154‐year‐old stand. The NPP decline at the 154‐year‐old stand was related to increased autotrophic respiration rather than decreased gross primary production (GPP). Net ecosystem production (NEP), calculated by integrated eddy covariance, indicated the 1‐ and 6‐year‐old stands were losing carbon, the 15‐year‐old stand was gaining a small amount of carbon, the 23‐ and 74‐year‐old stands were gaining considerable carbon, and the 40‐ and 154‐year‐old stands were gaining modest amounts of carbon. The recovery from fire was rapid; a linear fit through the NEP observations at the 6‐ and 15‐year‐old stands indicated the transition from carbon source to sink occurred within 11–12 years. The NEP decline at the 154‐year‐old stand appears related to increased losses from C_live by tree mortality and possibly from C_{forest floor} by decomposition. Our findings support the idea that NPP, carbon production efficiency (NPP/GPP), NEP, and carbon storage efficiency (NEP/TNPP) all decrease in old boreal stands.     

Development of partner preferences in Japanese Macaques (Macaca fuscata): Effects of gender and kinship during the second year of life

Quantitative data are presented on the effects of subject sex, partner sex,and kinship on the social interactions of 18 juveniles of the Oregon troop of Japanese macaques (Macaca fuscata).Data on these subjects as infants were also used to detail maturational changes in partner sex preferences. Nine males and nine females, whose multiparous mothers represented a cross section of dominance ranks, were observed using a focal-animal technique. Juveniles of both sexes engaged in more proximity, contact, grooming, mounting, aggression, and social play with kin than with nonkin partners. They initiated less contact with females and more contact with males during their second year. They initiated more grooming and aggression during their second year than their first year, with females displaying a strong preference for grooming females and males specifically aggressing males more during the second year. Aggression was higher between same-sexed partners than between opposite-sexed partners. Males engaged in more social interactions with males during the second year than the first year of life. Males played more than females during both years. Males played more with males during the second year than the first year, and males played with males more than did females during the second year. We conclude that sex differences in behavioral frequencies become evident during the first year of life, and sex differences in partner preferences emerge during the second year of life.     

种子特征和结实量对啮齿动物取食和扩散种子行为的影响

为了深入了解啮齿动物在不同种子丰富度条件下对不同大小和单宁含量种子的觅食行为策略及其与植物种群更新的关系,在宁夏六盘山区的华北落叶松人工林,研究了不同大小和单宁含量[0%Tannin(T)、2%T、8%T和15%T]的人工种子在模拟结实小年和结实大年对啮齿动物取食和扩散行为的影响.结果表明: 啮齿动物消耗种子速度在结实小年更快,结实大年的种子消耗速度相对缓慢. 种子就地取食率(ISPR)在不同结实年份间无显著差异,扩散后取食率(PRAD)在结实小年显著高于结实大年,但前者的扩散后贮藏率(HRAD)显著低于后者;种子扩散后的取食距离(PDAD)和贮藏距离(HDAD)在结实小年均显著大于结实大年.在结实小年,大种子的PDAD和HDAD均大于小种子,前者在不同大小种子间均差异显著,而后者仅在2%T和15%T的不同大小种子间差异显著;在结实大年,除0%T外的其他单宁含量种子的PDAD和HDAD在不同大小种子间均差异显著.ISPR在中等单宁含量种子最大,高单宁含量种子最小;PRAD分别在结实小年的高单宁含量种子和结实大年的无单宁种子最大;不论在结实大年还是结实小年,HRAD均在高单宁含量种子最大,中等单宁含量种子最小.这说明结实大年可延缓啮齿动物对种子的消耗速率,提高种子的HRAD,但种子扩散距离减小;啮齿动物在结实大年和小年均表现出对大种子的扩散偏好,且大种子被扩散的距离更远;啮齿动物在不同结实年份均偏好于就地取食中等单宁含量种子,而扩散高单宁含量种子.     

The macroinvertebrates and fish of a Colorado stream during a period of fluctuating discharge

SUMMARY. 1. During a 2-year study of the fish and macroinvertebrates of a third-order montane stream, a severe drought in the first year resulted in a temporary cessation of surface flow. Flow was continuous during the second year.
2. Some taxa (e.g. Ophiogomphus severus ) exhibited higher density during the drought year, others declined in abundance during low flow (e.g. Baetis spp.), whereas a few (e.g. Tricorythodes minutus ) appeared unaffected. Total macroinvertebrate density decreased by 50% during the low flow year compared to the normal flow year. Mayflies were most severely affected, but also exhibited the most dramatic recovery.
3. The collector-gatherer functional feeding group was abundant only during the normal flow year, whereas shredders and predators exhibited increased relative abundance during low flow.
4. Fish populations were severely reduced in the low flow year. However, fishes rapidly invaded the area following resumption of normal flow.     

Control of the Soybean Cyst Nematode by Crop Rotation in Combination with a Nematicide

An experiment to evaluate the control of soybean cyst nematodes compared 1-year, 2-year, and 3-year nonhost rotations with continuous soybeans (Glycine max) in 0.2-ha plots. In a second 1-year rotation, the plots were planted to soybean or corn (Zea mays) after fumigation in the spring with a split application of 1,3-dichloropropene (748.2 liters/ha). The effects of the nematicide were apparent the first year. Soybean yield was 1,482 kg/ha compared to 233 kg/ha in the untreated plots. In the second year, the highest yielding plants (2,035 kg/ha) were those following 1 year of corn that had been treated the previous year; plants in untreated plots yielded 288 kg/ha. Average yield of soybean following 1 year of corn was 957 kg/ha compared to 288 kg/ha for continuous soybean. In the third year, the effects of the nematicide were still evident. Soybean plants in plots treated the first year, followed by corn, then soybean, yielded 1,044 kg/ha compared to 761 kg/ ha for soybean following 1 year of corn and 991 kg/ha for soybean following 2 years of corn. Plots planted to soybean for 3 consecutive years yielded 337 kg/ha. Nematicidal effects were no longer evident during the fourth year. Yields were most improved by the greatest number of years in the nonhost crop; highest yields in descending order were from plants following 3 years of corn, 2 years of corn, and 1 year of corn. Plots planted to soybean for 4 consecutive years yielded 130 kg/ha. Highly significant negative correlations occurred each year between initial nematode population densities and seed yield.     

莫莫格国家级自然保护区地表水文连通性定量评估

水文连通性的定量评估是当前研究的热点和难点。本研究以欧盟联合研究中心发布的全球30 m分辨率逐月地表水遥感数据集为数据源,利用地统计学连通性、最大连通距离和季节性连通水体面积3个指标,定量评估了平水年的不同月份(2016年5—10月)、不同水文年(丰水年1998年、平水年2016年、枯水年2002年)的9月、不同方向(西-东、北-南)上莫莫格国家级自然保护区地表水文连通性。结果表明: 1)研究区平水年西-东方向的地统计学连通性优于北-南方向,8月和7月的地统计学连通性优于其他各月;各水文年西-东方向的地统计学连通性优劣次序为丰水年>枯水年>平水年,北-南方向的地统计学连通性优劣次序为丰水年>平水年>枯水年;平水年西-东方向6、7、9和10月的最大连通距离均集中在25.26 km,北-南方向最大连通距离则更为集中,所有月份均为10 km;平水年和枯水年的最大连通距离较为接近,但均远小于丰水年的相应值;2)研究区平水年月亮湖水库与嫩江之间、鹅头泡与其邻近湖泊之间频繁地发生季节性连通,其余绝大多数湖泊则始终保持孤立;不同水文年研究区的水文连通格局具有明显差异:丰水年形成了两个巨型连通体,平水年部分湖泊之间发生周期性连通,枯水年所有湖泊之间保持孤立;3)农田退水的承泄区鹅头泡连通体的地表水面积在春、夏、秋3个补水季节均发生了明显扩增。本研究从不同角度量化了多水源补给的莫莫格国家级自然保护区地表水文连通性,研究结果可为湿地保护修复和流域水资源综合管控提供科学依据。     

The possible contribution of pituitary hormones to the heterochronic development of gonads and external morphology in overwintered larvae of Hynobius retardatus.

In Hynobius retardatus, most larvae in regions of low elevation metamorphose by autumn of the same year. However, larvae of some populations found in cold, mountainous ponds cannot metamorphose within the year and become aged, overwintered larvae. Gonadal development in larvae under the age of 1 year (larvae developed from eggs spawned in the same year) and in aged, overwintered larvae (spawned and hatched in previous years) was examined at the same developmental stage (stage 63, full-grown larval stage). The number of germ cells and the cross-sectional areas of the gonads were much larger in 2-season-overwintered (third year) larvae than in larvae under the age of 1 year.To obtain reliable probes for investigating the possible contribution of TSH, FSH and LH to metamorphosis and gonadal development, cDNAs for Hynobius TSHbeta, FSHbeta and LHbeta genes were cloned. Their expressions were analyzed by means of semi-quantitative RT-PCR in larvae under the age of 1 year and in 2-season-overwintered larvae. No differences were observed in expression levels of either TSHbeta or LHbeta between larvae under the age of 1 year and the overwintered larvae. In contrast, expression of FSHbeta was much higher in the overwintered larvae than in larvae under the age of 1 year. These results suggest that gonadal development proceeds gradually with age even in the overwintered larvae, but that metamorphosis is retarded, probably due to the larvae's cold habitat. Heterochronic development of gonads and external morphology has been demonstrated in H. retardatus, suggesting a potency for neotenic reproduction in this species.     

Reversal of epigenetic aging and immunosenescent trends in humans

Epigenetic “clocks” can now surpass chronological age in accuracy for estimating biological age. Here, we use four such age estimators to show that epigenetic aging can be reversed in humans. Using a protocol intended to regenerate the thymus, we observed protective immunological changes, improved risk indices for many age‐related diseases, and a mean epigenetic age approximately 1.5 years less than baseline after 1 year of treatment (?2.5‐year change compared to no treatment at the end of the study). The rate of epigenetic aging reversal relative to chronological age accelerated from ?1.6 year/year from 0–9 month to ?6.5 year/year from 9–12 month. The GrimAge predictor of human morbidity and mortality showed a 2‐year decrease in epigenetic vs. chronological age that persisted six months after discontinuing treatment. This is to our knowledge the first report of an increase, based on an epigenetic age estimator, in predicted human lifespan by means of a currently accessible aging intervention.