马尾松毛虫种群消长与寄主受害程度的关系

研究不同受害程度松林与马尾松毛虫Dedrolimuspunctatus(Walker)种群发育阶段的关系。结果表明,松毛虫大面积发生时松林的受害程度可以很好地标示着松毛虫种群的发生阶段。松林点片受害显示松毛虫种群进入上升开始阶段;松林受害程度中等时,松毛虫仍处于上升种群阶段;当松林的针叶被吃光,表明松毛虫已处暴发阶段。松毛虫暴发种群在自然情况下,将出现典型的蛹期和下一代卵期的寄生率大幅度升高、雌性比、蛹重和产卵量等种群参数大幅度下降等特征;其后代会自然转入下降种群或进入低虫口期。但这些暴发种群的卵转入在保证充足饲料的可控条件下饲养时,其后代的生长发育、存活率、性比、蛹重等主要种群参数没有明显差异。即没显示出上升种群和暴发种群的特征差异,说明暴发种群的终止主要是受外界环境的限制而不是松毛虫本身的内因所致。     

不同松林内马尾松毛虫种群动态的特征

通过对1992-2001年5种不同混交林型的马尾松林内各代幼虫发生量,受害面积和有虫株率的系统调查,研究了各种不同林型的松林对马尾松毛虫种群动态的影响。结果表明,不同树种混交的马尾松林对马尾松毛虫的种群动态有较大的影响。马尾松毛虫在马尾松纯林中发生量多,为害最严重。暴发周期最短;在与杉木等混交的马尾松林中发生次之;而在与阔叶树混交的马尾松林中平均每株虫口数少,发生与危害率及有虫株率均较其它林型小,不易引起松毛虫暴发为害。     

不同松林马尾松毛虫蛹及其寄生天敌群子的空间格局分析

应用地学统计学的原理和方法研究了３种松柯马尾松毛虫越冬工蛹及其寄生天敌群子的窨结构和空间相关性。结果表明,湿地松－马尾松－火炬松混交松林中蛹的半变异函数曲线为球形,其空间格局为聚集型,受害程度高的马尾松纯林中,蛹的半变异函数曲线为指数形,空间格局为聚集型,受害程度低的纯马尾松林中,蛹的半变异函数曲线是一条截距为０．４２３,斜率为０．００３８１４的直线,表明为随机或均匀型的空间格局。３种松林中蛹的寄     

火烧对黔中喀斯特山地马尾松林分的影响

采用样地比较法在黔中喀斯特山地上覆第四纪粘土的马尾松人工次生林内,研究了林火对马尾松林分的影响,结果表明过火马尾松林不同部位的受害率为树皮(95.51%)＞树枝(71.49%)＞树冠(62.95%),不同层片的植物死亡率为草本层(100.00%)＞灌木层(30.43%)＞乔木层(29.09%)。马尾松树皮受害率不因径级而变化、树枝和树冠受害率及植株死亡率随径级增高而降低,灌木层物种或全部死亡、或部分死亡、或全部存活,草本层物种或死亡、或萌生。过火马尾松林地生物量的潜在损失量(68.7755 t/hm²)＞直接损失量(12.1818 t/hm²)、直接损失率22.41%,直接损失量中乔木层(6.9382 t/hm²)＞枯物层(3.3441 t/hm²)＞灌木层(2.4964 t/hm²)＞草本层(0.8861 t/hm²),直接损失率中草本层或枯物层(100.00%)＞灌木层(33.36%)＞乔木层(23.59%)。过火马尾松林不同层片的Patrick指数、Gleason指数、Simpson指数和Hurlbert指数损失量为草本层＞灌木层＞乔木层、潜在损失量＞直接损失量,直接损失率中乔木层的相应值为14.29%、14.29%、17.85%、-11.29%,灌木层的相应值为26.76%、26.76%、37.63%、-18.53%,草本层为100.00%。     

马尾松诱导抗性对马尾松毛虫幼虫生长发育的影响

利用不同受害方式和受害程度的马尾松 (PinusmassonianaLamb.)针饲养马尾松毛DendrolimuspunctarusWalker虫幼虫 ,研究受害松针对幼虫生长发育的影响。结果表明 :马尾松毛虫取食受害松针后 ,幼虫的取食量下降 ,排粪量减少 ,对食物的消耗和利用指数降低 ,幼虫发育速率缓慢 ,死亡率增加 ,从而影响马尾松毛虫的种群动态     

马尾松受害诱导的化学物质滞后变化

通过接种马尾松毛虫Dendrolimus punctatus和人工剪叶,分析比较了不同受害方式对马尾松针叶内化学物质的影响。结果表明,害虫取食松针诱导的次生代谢物质(单宁、酚类物质)比人工剪叶处理略有增加,而营养物质-可溶性糖变化不大。对马尾松进行害虫取食为害、人工剪叶受害、未受害三种处理后,连续3年跟踪测定了松针叶内化学物质含量的变化。结果发现,无论是害虫取食为害,还是人工剪叶受害,针叶内次生代谢物质含量都减少,可溶性糖含量降低,直至一年后才恢复到原有的水平;蛋白质变化的趋势则始终是受害处理的含量比未受害处理的含量高,表明马尾松受害后诱导的化学物质变化具有滞后特性。     

松毛虫在重复发生的松林里种群动态的研究

本对松毛虫在重复发生的松林里种群数量的消长及其原因进行了研究。结果表明,在重复发生的松林里,轮毛虫的虫口密度会自然地下降到最低状态。其原因主要是天敌和被害松林综合作用的结果。天敌对抑制松毛虫种群数量的消长起了重要作用,被害松林对松毛虫的生长发育和繁殖有着明显的影响,这就为松毛虫的综合治理提供了依据。     

松材线虫入侵后不同伐倒干扰强度对马尾松林植物多样性的影响

以松材线虫入侵马尾松林后经过不同伐倒干扰强度经营形成的不同群落类型作为研究对象,对9个群落类型的物种多样性进行了研究.结果表明,乔木层物种多样性指数大小排列顺序为: 马尾松纯林受害皆伐后形成的阔叶林(富阳)＞轻度受害的马尾松 木荷混交林(富阳)＞对照＞轻度受害的马尾松 纯林(富阳)＞马尾松 栓皮栎混交林受害择伐后形成的栓皮栎林(舟山)＞马尾松纯林受害皆伐后形成的马尾松幼龄林(富阳)＞马尾松纯林受害择伐后形成的枫香林(舟山)＞受害的黑松 马尾松混交林(舟山)＞受害的马尾松纯林(舟山).灌木层舟山马尾松纯林的3种多样性指数均最低,其余各地相差不大.草本层马尾松幼树纯林、栓皮栎林和枫香林的3个指数较高.不同地理位置和不同受害程度的马尾松林植物多样性差异显著;不同干扰程度、不同恢复方式下马尾松林内的植物多样性差异也显著.建立了伐倒干扰强度指数,发现物种多样性指数随伐倒干扰强度指数的变化规律符合“中间高度膨胀”理论.协方差分析结果表明,所建的指数能有效地反映松材线虫入侵及病木伐除后马尾松林植物多样性的变化.     

松树受害后一些化学物质含量的变化及其对马尾松毛虫种群参数的影响

通过探讨松树受害后松针的一些化学物质变化与马尾松毛虫Dendrolimus punctatus 种群参数的相互作用关系。结果表明：松针被马尾松毛虫为害后,针叶的氨基酸含量减少、单宁和总酚含量增加;马尾松毛虫取食被害松针后,体内的2种解毒酶(过氧化氢酶、羧酸酯酶)活性增加,其种群参数表现出发育历期延长、体重减轻、死亡率增加、生殖力下降的变 化。     

马尾松林节肢动物群落的稳定性

依据广西大青山马尾松林区马尾松毛虫一个暴发周期中食叶、捕食、寄生、刺吸四大类群多样性指数(H′)、丰富度指数(MD)、均匀度指数(J)和害虫与天敌的数量比例的数据,建立突变模型对马尾松林节肢动物群落的稳定性进行研究,并利用湖南桂阳数据对模型进行了检验.结果表明:在马尾松毛虫的整个暴发过程中,暴发区在暴发年的昆虫生物群落处于明显的不稳定状态,而在非暴发年时,群落则处于亚稳定的状态;非暴发区在暴发年处于亚稳定的状态,非暴发年时处于稳定状态.在松毛虫各个发生阶段,当上升期处于不稳定状态时,有可能导致松毛虫的大发生;松毛虫暴发后,节肢动物群落依旧处于不稳定状态,有可能会造成松毛虫的连续暴发,这主要依赖于各种因子的影响.马尾松毛虫暴发呈现非线性、突变性等特点,食叶类群的影响为马尾松毛虫暴发的关键因子,各类群作用均衡的系统比较稳定,虫害暴发是群落结构趋稳调节过程中的强烈外部表现.研究表明,突变模型在检测群落结构稳定性和预测松毛虫发生上有很好的应用前景.     

Influence of induced water stress in ponderosa pine on pine sawflies

Summary Three levels of water stress were induced on pole-size ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa) to determine the influence of plant moisture stress on oviposition, survival, and growth of two species of pine sawfly (Neodiprion fulviceps and N. autumnalis). It was found that water stress affected oviposition and subsequent egg survival but not larval development or survival. Stress had a negative effect on early season oviposition (N. fulviceps) and a positive effect on late season oviposition (N. autumnalis). Egg hatch was different between species and years and among treatment levels. Larval development, feeding, and survival were not affected by water stress. Overall, the effect of stress was not sufficient to explain population outbreaks of sawflies. Several hypotheses are presented as possible explanations for the observed experimental results.     

A dispersal-aggregation model for mountain pine beetle in lodgepole pine stands

In this paper a dispersal-attack theory for bark beetle attacking trees is developed from a set of simple assumptions, and the resulting theoretical model is fit to data from four epidemic studies. Implications of the theory are discussed in relation to the dynamics of lodgepole pine-mountain pine beetle interactions.     

Influence of watering and trenching ponderosa pine on a pine sawfly

Summary Neodiprion autumnalis (Smith) larvae were caged for two successive years on root-trenched, watered, and untreated ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa Doug. ex Laws.) to determine effects of host moisture stress on larval feeding. Levels of moisture stress (as measured by the Scholander pressure chamber) differed significantly among treatment levels during 1984 and 1985 larval feeding periods. Differences in larval feeding success were not detected in 1984. In 1985, however, larvae on trenched (stressed) trees clipped and rejected more foliage, consumed more needles, had lower pupal weights, lower survival, and a longer feeding period than larvae on watered or untreated trees. Frass production did not differ among treatment levels. The length of the feeding period was shorter for larvae on watered trees than for larvae on untreated trees, but other measures of feeding success did not significantly differ between watered and untreated trees.     

Development of secondary pine forests after pine wilt disease in western Japan

Abstract. The development of secondary Pinus densiflora (Japanese red pine) forests after pine wilt disease was studied through phytosociological analysis, estimation of forest structure before disease and size-structure, tree ring and stem analyses. Following the end of the disease, the growth of previously suppressed small oak trees was accelerated. This is quite different from the development of forests following fire, which starts with the establishment of pine seedlings. Pine wilt disease shifted the dominance of secondary forests from Pinus densiflora to Quercus serrata oak forest. In pine forests, disturbance by fire is important for forest maintenance. In contrast, disturbance by pine wilt disease leads to an acceleration of succession from pine forest to oak forest.     

Effects of spring-killed pine trees on the epidemics of pine wilt disease

Pine wilt disease (PWD) is caused by the pinewood nematode (PWN), Bursaphelenchus xylophilus (Steiner et Buhrer) Nickle, and is transmitted by cerambycid beetles. In some pine trees infected with the PWNs in Japan, foliage changes from green to brown in summer to autumn of a nematode infection year (summer- autumn-killed trees) and the others in the following spring of a nematode infection year (spring-killed trees). The vector beetles require 1 or 2?years for development in cool summer areas and 1?year in warm summer areas. To evaluate the effects of the spring-killed trees and vectors with a long developmental time on the PWD epidemics, we presented simple mechanistic mathematical models. The models showed that it was possible for spring-killed trees to cause PWD epidemics when the transmission rate was high, and the efficacy of spring-killed trees as infection source was similar to that of summer?C autumn-killed trees. Spring-killed trees and vector beetles with a developmental time of 2?years harbored in summer- autumn-killed trees delayed epidemic timing by 3?C10?years or actually suppressed epidemics.     

Acid-Fastness of pine pollen

This is a study of the acid-fast staining characteristics of pine pollen and an investigation of factors causing loss of acid-fastness after pine pollen has been in contact with tisues or mucous membranes. Intact loblolly pine pollen was readily stained with cold carbol-fuchsin, and retained its acid-fastness after decolorization with 3% HC1 in 95% ethyl alcohol for 2 min, followed by methylene blue counterstain. Pine pollen resembles spermatozoa in ease of staining and resistance to decolorization. Acid-fastness was destroyed by crushing or by germination of the pollen grain, and by contact for several hours with serum or saline solutions, but was unchanged by exposure to 0.1% solution of streptomycin in water. Nonviable pine pollen did not lose acid-fastness after suspension for several days in serum or water. When counterstain was omitted, crushed or germinated pollen appeared red to pink after staining with carbol-fuchsin and decolorization with acid alcohol, thus indicating that lipids of an acid-fast nature were still present. The large size and biologic properties of pine pollen provide a unique means of studying the chemical and physical aspects of the acid-fast phenomenon.     

Modeling the dynamics of mountain pine beetle aggregation in a lodgepole pine stand

Summary At least once a year the mountain pine beetle searches for lodgepole pines that provide a suitable habitat for a new brood. After attacking females feed, they produce an attractant pheromone that causes beetles to aggregate and, during outbreaks, to usually mass attack the focus tree. Near the completion of mass attack, incoming beetles are repelled and initiate attacks on adjacent recipient trees. An understanding of this switching process is useful for prescribing measures that minimize beetle damage.A mathematical model was developed to (1) describe beetle aggregation, (2) predict the relation of tree susceptibility and switching to changes in beetle density, (3) provide a structure for current knowledge, and (4) pose questions for further research. The model indicates that a high population density ensures mass aggregation and consequently successful tree colonization and switching. The model also indicates that the number of beetles attracted per attacking beetle differs from tree to tree, possibly depending on resin quality and production and/or the local flying density of beetles. Field and model results indicate that tree size appears to affect the repellence of beetles, suggesting that the attack density or the visual attractiveness of large trees is a factor. Further research could be directed at our assumptions on host resistance, repellence, pheromone emission rates, threshold concentrations, navigation, and pheromone dispersion. Return Address: Center for Quantitative Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, 98195, USA     

Loblolly pine grown under elevated CO2 affects early instar pine sawfly performance

Seedlings of loblolly pine Pinus taeda (L.), were grown in open-topped field chambers under three CO₂ regimes: ambient, 150 l l^–1 CO₂ above ambient, and 300 l l^–1 CO₂ above ambient. A fourth, non-chambered ambient treatment was included to assess chamber effects. Needles were used in 96 h feeding trials to determine the performance of young, second instar larvae of loblolly pine's principal leaf herbivore, red-headed pine sawfly, Neodiprion lecontei (Fitch). The relative consumption rate of larvae significantly increased on plants grown under elevated CO₂, and needles grown in the highest CO₂ regime were consumed 21% more rapidly than needles grown in ambient CO₂. Both the significant decline in leaf nitrogen content and the substantial increase in leaf starch content contributed to a significant increase in the starch:nitrogen ratio in plants grown in elevated CO₂. Insect consumption rate was negatively related to leaf nitrogen content and positively related to the starch:nitrogen ratio. Of the four volatile leaf monoterpenes measured, only -pinene exhibited a significant CO₂ effect and declined in plants grown in elevated CO₂. Although consumption changed, the relative growth rates of larvae were not different among CO₂ treatments. Despite lower nitrogen consumption rates by larvae feeding on the plants grown in elevated CO₂, nitrogen accumulation rates were the same for all treatments due to a significant increase in nitrogen utilization efficiency. The ability of this insect to respond at an early, potentially susceptible larval stage to poorer food quality and declining levels of a leaf monoterpene suggest that changes in needle quality within pines in future elevated-CO₂ atmospheres may not especially affect young insects and that tree-feeding sawflies may respond in a manner similar to herb-feeding lepidopterans.