与杨树木材密度、纤维性状相关的SSR分子标记

通过对美洲黑杨 (Populusdeltoides)×青杨 (P .cathayana)的 68个F2 、双亲及其 4个F1无性系田间随机区组设计 ,5次重复 ,分析了与木材材性有关的木材密度、纤维长、纤维宽以及微纤丝角等性状。结果表明 :纤维长有明显的杂种优势 ,控制该性状表现的基因之间具有正效应的互作 ;控制木材基本密度的基因之间具有负效应的互作。结合SSR分子标记结果 ,采用单因素方差分析法进行标记与性状的相关分析 ,共找到与木材密度、纤维长、纤维宽以及微纤丝角相关联的标记分别为 5、7、4、2个 ;青杨在这 4个材性性状方面也具有对性状起贡献的标记 ,如与木材密度相关的PMGC2 873 1(贡献率 4 88% )标记 ,与纤维长相关的PMGC456 3 (贡献率 2 2 96% )、PMGC2 70 2 2 (贡献率9 17% )标记 ,与纤维宽相关的PMGC2 40 8 1(贡献率 7 18% )标记 ,与微纤丝角相关PMGC2 52 5 1(贡献率 16 59% )标记 ,在育种中如果能正确加以利用 ,也可起到一定的材性改良作用     

同龄纯林密度效应新模型的研究

根据植物种群生物量增长模式和最终产量恒定理论,提出一种新的同龄纯林密度效应模型：V^-β=AN^β B。这里N和V分别为林分密度和平均单株材积;A、B、β分别是随生长阶段而变化的参数。采用杉木人工林密度试验材料进行验证,表明该模型能很好地拟合实际的观测资料,明显优于目前常用的密度效应倒数模型和二次效应模型,显示了较大的优越性和较高的准确性。在新的密度效应模型中,取β=1可得密度效应倒数模型,即密度效应倒数模型仅为本文新模型的一个特例。     

浙江天童木本植物Corner法则的检验:个体密度的影响

Corner法则反映了植物枝叶大小和数量配置的构型策略,但是,对于个体密度如何影响枝叶关系的理解仍不够深入。该研究选择浙江天童的25个植物群落,通过比较枝大小(横截面积)-叶大小(总叶面积)关系和枝大小(横截面积)-枝数量(分梢密度)关系,分析个体竞争对植物Corner法则的影响。结果显示:1)在不同密度区间,枝横截面积和总叶面积均显著异速正相关。2)个体水平上,枝大小-叶大小回归方程的截距在低密度区间显著小于高密度区间,表明在枝大小一定的条件下,高密度群落的植物当年生枝条会支撑更大的总叶面积;而物种水平上,枝大小-叶大小回归方程的截距在不同密度区间没有显著性差异。3)枝横截面积与分梢密度显著负相关,且各密度区间也存在显著小于–1的共斜率。4)个体水平和物种水平的分析结果都显示,枝横截面积与分梢密度回归方程的截距在不同密度区间无显著差异,表明高密度植物并没有比低密度植物在单位大小枝条上配置更多的分枝。总之,植物枝大小-叶大小关系和枝大小-枝数量关系各自在不同的密度区间具有共同的变化斜率,反映了天童地区植物Corner法则不随个体密度变化而改变。但是,枝叶关系回归方程截距的改变表明,个体竞争的加大会使得植物在枝叶大小的配置策略上进行调整,从而可能通过生态位分化促进物种共存。     

盐分胁迫对杨树苗期生长和土壤酶活性的影响

通过盐分胁迫下杨树2个无性系的盆栽试验,发现盐分对苗木的生长有一定的抑制作用.随着盐分浓度的提高,苗高、地上与地下部分生物量都呈下降趋势;当盐分浓度为0.2%、0.4%、0.6%和0.8%时,P₁、P₂的新稍生长量分别比对照下降23.24%、48.56%、70.76%、83.33%和71.77%、83.25%、86.28%、91.39%;P₂地上生物量分别比对照下降72.44%、82.92%、92.82%和94.41%.回归分析发现,盐分浓度与叶片叶绿素含量之间存在线性相关关系,与脯氨酸含量之间存在抛物线形相关关系.土壤中盐分的增加不仅影响到植物的生长发育,而且对土壤自身的物理、化学性状也产生不良效应.同时测定了盆栽土壤中葡萄糖苷酶和左旋天门冬酰胺酶活性的变化.结果表明,两种酶活性都随土壤中盐分浓度的提高而下降.当盐分浓度为0.2%、0.4%、0.6%和0.8%时,P₁土壤中葡萄糖苷酶活性分别比对照下降了10.96%、20.07%、30.96%和37.44%;而P₂土壤中葡萄糖苷酶活性分别比对照下降11.21%、18.94%、34.89%和41.31%,说明盐分对土壤的理化性状和肥力状况都产生了不良影响.参试的2个无性系中,P₁的耐盐能力强于P₂.     

不同水分处理和密度配置对牛鞭草与狗牙根生长与种间竞争的影响

为合理利用三峡库区消落带优良草本植物进行退化植被恢复,并探索恢复过程中草本植物的最佳混植比例,选取三峡库区消落带适生先锋草本植物牛鞭草(Hemarthria compressa)(H)和狗牙根(Cynodon dactylon)(C)为研究材料,于2016年4月29日在盆栽控制条件下设置3种不同水分条件(对照组——CK组、浅淹组——SF组、全淹组——TF组)、7种配置比例,每盆牛鞭草与狗牙根株数分别按2株进行递增与递减,具体的配比分别为H0C12,H2C10,H4C8,H6C6,H8C4,H10C2、H12C0,比较研究混植条件下牛鞭草与狗牙根在水淹环境中的生长及二者的竞争作用。研究发现:(1)无论在单植还是二者混植条件下,水分胁迫均显著降低狗牙根与牛鞭草生物量,且牛鞭草对水淹胁迫的响应更敏感;(2)狗牙根和牛鞭草的生长均具有明显的密度制约效应,但狗牙根的反应更为强烈;(3)不同水分与密度条件下,混植体系总相对生物量均大于1。在CK组,狗牙根与牛鞭草表现出竞争关系;在SF组和TF组,二者之间的竞争作用减小,表现出一定的促进作用。综合分析本试验不同水分与密度条件下牛鞭草与狗牙根的总生物量、根冠比、竞争系数(相对总生物量),发现常规供水处理下牛鞭草和狗牙根的最佳配置比例为H2C10,而浅水淹和深水淹处理下最佳配置比例为H8C4。研究结果可以为三峡库区消落带不同海拔位草本植被的恢复及管理提供依据,也为生态类型相同或相似地区人工恢复草本植被提供理论参考。     

树种相互作用、林分密度和树木大小对华北落叶松生产力的影响

本研究以塞罕坝地区华北落叶松纯林、白桦纯林和华北落叶松与白桦混交林为对象,每种林分类型设置2个林分密度(200～340和880～ 1100株·hm-2).基于树木大小分层取样,采集树芯样本668条.运用线性混合模型,分析了树种相互作用、林分密度和树木大小对华北落叶松生产力的影响.结果 表明:华北落叶松断面积生长量不同程...     

毛竹的无性系与立竹密度和叶龄结构的关系

毛竹为单轴型散生竹,属典型的无怀系植物,原产我国亚热带地区,由于其个体高大,生长迅速,产量高、材质好、分布广、长期以来,一直是我国最为重要的经济竹种。本文应用无性生长生理整合的理论,从种群统计学的角度,探讨了毛竹林立竹密度与叶龄结构对其无性系生长潜力的影响,结果表明：由于毛竹叶的生活期为两年,１龄新叶的光合能力比２龄老高,每样地的出笋数,活笋数与带１的龄新叶的立竹数呈正相关,而与带２龄第的立竹数相     

海三棱蔗草种群的密度与生物量动态

本文研究了上海市南汇县东海农场海堤外侧滩涂上海三棱藨草种群的密度动态,高度生长动态、生物量动态以及它们之间及其与环境之间的相互关系。研究结果表明：在环境条件相对稳定的地带A和B内,海三棱藨草种群的高度、高度生长和生物量在生长期内符合Logisfic增长。种群生物量动态与密度动态可分为3个阶段,其中阶段Ⅱ符合Yoda等提出的-3/2自疏定律。地带B为海三棱藨草种群生长的最适地带。地带C内生境条件极不稳定,种群的数量动态变化亦相当剧烈。在不同环境条件下,密度制约因素和非密度制约因素对种群数量动态的相对作用是不同的。在环境条件较稳定的生境中(地带A和B),密度制约因素是决定种群数量动态的主要因素;在环境条件变化剧烈的生境中(地带C),非密度制约因素是决定种群数量动态的主要因素。     

不同密度的山杜英幼苗生长分析

为了评价密度对幼苗生长和生物量的影响, 以山杜英(Elaeocarpus sylvestris)实生苗为试验材料, 设置4 个种植密度, 即在美植袋中分别种植1、2、4、8 株幼苗(以下简称密度I、II、III 和IV)。2013 年3 月至12 月逐月测定不同密度下山杜英幼苗的地径和苗高生长, 并于2013 年12 月测定幼苗的各器官干重。研究结果表明, 密度I、II、III 和IV 的地径净生长量分别为7.5、6.9、6.0 和5.5 mm, 苗高净生长量分别为13.7、16.8、16.1 和14.7 cm, 单株幼苗的平均干重33、31、29 和21 g。幼苗的平均地径随着密度增大而减小, 平均苗高为密度II>密度III>密度IV>密度I。幼苗平均单株各器官干重(根、干、枝、叶)和幼苗单株干重均随密度增加而减少, 每盆幼苗的总干重随密度增大而增加。各密度的干重为根>干>叶>枝。山杜英苗的冠根比小于1。密度显著影响一年生山杜英幼苗的地径和生物量, 但是对苗高没有显著影响。     

Larval growth dynamics ofHemipyrellia ligurriens (Calliphoridae) andBoettcherisca formosensis (Sarcophagidae) in crowded and uncrowded cultures

Larval growth patterns of Hemipyrellia ligurriens (Calliphoridae) and Boettcherisca formosensis (Sacophagidae) in crowded and uncrowded cultures were compared. Growth of the larvae followed a sigmoid curve. The highest larval growth rates were 0.33 and 0.36 mg h⁻¹ for uncrowded and crowded H. ligurriens respectively. The corresponding figures were 2.38 and 1.23 mg h⁻¹ for B. formosensis. Larvae of both species attained maximum weight earlier in crowded cultures than in uncrowded cultures, although the final weights attained in crowded cultures were less. The earlier period of most rapid growth in both species was interpreted as a result of intraspecific facilitation at higher larval densities. Uncrowded B. formosensis had a shorter larval to pupal development and an earlier period of most rapid growth than uncrowded H. ligurriens, suggesting the former may be superior in exploiting carcasses with limiting food.     

Aggregation pattern of individuals and the outcomes of competition within and between species: Differential equation models

The influence of spatial distribution pattern on the outcomes of intra- and interspecific competition is studied theoretically. The models developed are the generalized logistic andVolterra equations, whereLloyd 's indices of intra- and interspecies mean crowding were incorporated with their assumed linear relationship to mean density in order to express the intensity of crowding which is really effective to the existing individuals. It is shown that while the increasing patchiness of distribution has a pronounced effect of promoting the intraspecific competition and lowering the equilibrium density for individual populations, it generally relaxes the interspecific competition, making it easy for different species sharing the same niche, which would otherwise be incompatible, to coexist stably. These models thus provide a simplest theoretical basis to explain why many insect populations in nature are kept relatively rare in number and why a number of allied species often coexist freely sharing the same resource, against the “competitive exclusion principle” deduced from the originalVolterra equations.     

Mathematical models of microbial growth and competition in the chemostat regulated by cell-bound extracellular enzymes

A mathematical model of growth and competitive interaction of microorganisms in the chemostat is analyzed. The growth-limiting nutrient is not in a form that can be directly assimilated by the microorganisms, and must first be transformed into an intermediate product by cell-bound extracellular enzymes. General monotone functions, including Michaelis-Menten and sigmoidal response functions, are used to describe nutrient conversion and growth due to consumption of the intermediate product. It is shown that the initial concentration of the species is an important determining factor for survival or washout. When there are two species whose growth is limited by the same nutrient, three different modes of competition are described. Competitive coexistence steady states are shown to be possible in two of them, but they are always unstable. In all of our numerical simulations, the system approaches a steady state corresponding to the washout of one or both of the species from the chemostat.Research supported by NSF grant DMS-90-96279Research supported by NSERC grant A-9358     

The effects of plant density upon pollination success, reproductive effort and fruit parasitism in Cistus ladanifer L. (Cistaceae)

Human activity often causes a decline in the local density of plant populations. Below some critical lower density, populations may suffer a progressive decline in reproductive success because of the difficulties associated with finding suitable mates. Therefore, to conserve endangered plant species it is necessary to understand in greater detail how changes in population density affect different determinants of plant reproductive success. We simultaneously recorded individual plant pollination success, reproductive effort and fruit parasitism in three populations of Cistus ladanifer L. in eastern Portugal. Pollination success declined significantly as distance to the nearest conspecific increased (p<0.001). However, reproductive effort and fruit parasitism showed the opposite pattern (both p<0.001). On average, plants farther than 1 m from their nearest conspecific suffered from three times more fruit parasitism compared to plants closer to a conspecific. Overall, net female reproductive output decreased as nearest neighbor distance rose (p<0.001). Thus, isolated plants were able to compensate only partially for reduced pollination success through increased reproductive effort. We conclude that management plans for plant populations should recognize that reproductive success is the accumulated result of several different processes, which may each respond to plant density in different ways.     

Population dynamics ofTelenomus fariai (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae), a parasite of Chagas' disease vectors IX. Larval competition and population size regulation under laboratory conditions

A series of experiments were carried out with the endophagous egg parasite Telenomus fariai on its host Triatoma phyllosoma pallidipennis to determine the possible role of intraspecific competition by the parasite progeny in population regulation of the parasite. Eight parasite densities (1, 3, 5, 10, 20, 30, 40, and 50 individuals per vial) were used, and the design of sequentially sacrificed replicates applied. Survivorship curves for each density indicated smaller number of progeny per host at higher densities, and the shapes of the curves suggested a relatively early mortality process.Morris' linear regression technique for determining within-generation density-dependence was used, and the results showed that only larval mortality could be identified as density dependent. The same technique applied within the larval stage proved that only mortality of larvae in their second, third, and fourth day of development were responsible for population regulation. The applicability of the technique, as well as the relevance of the results for natural population, is discussed.     

Ecology of survival in some gadoid larvae of the northern North Sea

Synopsis The development of the larvae of five gadoid species in the northern North Sea was examined in May 1978 and May 1979. Mortality varied with larval size and period of sampling about high average rates. The limits on survival were due primarily to prey density and prey size. Competition for food did not appear to be a critical survival factor. The growth rates of larvae in the northern North Sea were higher than the growth rates of larvae reared on high densities of prey in the laboratory. Without involving the hypothesis of patchiness, it is suggested that sufficient quantities of prey were available in the field to sustain the high growth rates observed. On the other hand, competitive grazing in the laboratory reduced the amount of prey which fell to the share of each larva. Scarcity of large prey during the first half of May did not favour the survival of late larvae. The significance of spawning in relation to the characteristics of the prey production cycle is discussed.     

Density effects on organs in self-thinning <Emphasis Type="Italic">Pinus densiflora</Emphasis> Sieb. et Zucc. stands

Although much research on the density effect in nonself-thinning populations has been conducted, there has been very little research on density effects in self-thinning populations. Furthermore, the density effect of plant organs in self-thinning populations is little reported. The present study analyzed the yield–density (Y–D) effects on organs, such as stem, branch and leaf, together with that on stands of self-thinning Pinus densiflora Sieb. et Zucc.. The stand yield- and organ Y–D effects were well described by reciprocal and parabolic equations, respectively, throughout the experiment. The value of coefficient B in the reciprocal equation decreased monotonically with increasing stand age and became significantly closer to zero at the end of experiment (33-year-old stand), indicating that the constant final stand yield was established regardless of the density realized. The value of the relative growth coefficient h in the allometric equation between mean organ weight and mean aboveground weight was significantly smaller than 1.0 for stem, indicating that stem yield increases monotonically with increasing realized density. The h-value was significantly larger than 1.0 for branch throughout the experiment, and for leaf except at 33 years old, indicating that optimum densities exist. The h-value for leaf was not significantly different from 1.0 at 33 years old, indicating that the leaf yield reached a constant level regardless of realized density. The constant final leaf yield was established at almost the same growth stage as the establishment of constant final stand yield.     

Interactions between C3 and C4 salt marsh plant species during four years of exposure to elevated atmospheric CO2

Elevated atmospheric CO2 is known to stimulate photosynthesis and growth of plants with the C₃ pathway but less of plants with the C₄ pathway. An increase in the CO₂ concentration can therefore be expected to change the competitive interactions between C₃ and C₄ species. The effect of long term exposure to elevated CO₂ (ambient CO₂ concentration +340 µmol CO₂ mol^-1) on a salt marsh vegetation with both C₃ and C₄ species was investigated. Elevated CO₂ increased the biomass of the C₃ sedgeScirpus olneyi growing in a pure stand, while the biomass of the C₄ grassSpartina patens in a monospecific community was not affected. In the mixed C₃/C₄ community the C₃ sedge showed a very large relative increase in biomass in elevated CO₂ while the biomass of the C₄ species declined.The C₄ grassSpartina patens dominated the higher areas of the salt marsh, while the C₃ sedgeScirpus olneyi was most abundant at the lower elevations, and the mixed community occupied intermediate elevations.Scirpus growth may have been restricted by drought and salt stress at the higher elevations, whileSpartina growth at the lower elevations may be affected by the higher frequency of flooding. Elevated CO₂ may affect the species distribution in the salt marsh if it allowsScirpus to grow at higher elevations where it in turn may affect the growth ofSpartina.