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Hidden treatments in ecological experiments: re-evaluating the ecosystem function of biodiversity 总被引:68,自引:0,他引:68
Michael A. Huston 《Oecologia》1997,110(4):449-460
Interactions between biotic and abiotic processes complicate the design and interpretation of ecological experiments. Separating
causality from simple correlation requires distinguishing among experimental treatments, experimental responses, and the many
processes and properties that are correlated with either the treatments or the responses, or both. When an experimental manipulation
has multiple components, but only one of them is identified as the experimental treatment, erroneous conclusions about cause
and effect relationships are likely because the actual cause of any observed response may be ignored in the interpretation
of the experimental results. This unrecognized cause of an observed response can be considered a “hidden treatment.” Three
types of hidden treatments are potential problems in biodiversity experiments: (1) abiotic conditions, such as resource levels,
or biotic conditions, such as predation, which are intentionally or unintentionally altered in order to create differences
in species numbers for “diversity” treatments; (2) non-random selection of species with particular attributes that produce
treatment differences that exceed those due to “diversity” alone; and (3) the increased statistical probability of including
a species with a dominant negative or positive effect (e.g., dense shade, or nitrogen fixation) in randomly selected groups
of species of increasing number or “diversity.” In each of these cases, treatment responses that are actually the result of
the “hidden treatment” may be inadvertently attributed to variation in species diversity. Case studies re-evaluating three
different types of biodiversity experiments demonstrate that the increases found in such ecosystem properties as productivity,
nutrient use efficiency, and stability (all of which were attributed to higher levels of species diversity) were actually
caused by “hidden treatments” that altered plant biomass and productivity.
Received: 16 December 1996 / Accepted: 2 March 1997 相似文献
2.
George Karreman 《Bulletin of mathematical biology》1964,26(2):139-146
A study is made of the adsorption of one kind of monovalent positive ion at a long chain of alternating monovalent negative
fixed charged (“lattice”) and uncharged (“interstitial”) sites both of one type in an electric field. Considering only nearest
neighbor interactions an expression is obtained for the grand partition function. The fractions of sites of both types which
are occupied and unoccupied are determined. It is shown that an equilibrium constant can be defined for the adsorption of
ions at oppositely charged sites. 相似文献
3.
Masazumi Mitani 《Primates; journal of primatology》1986,27(4):397-412
Japanese monkeys often exchange the particular vocal sound, “coo,” especially when they feed or move as a group. It was considered
that the “coo” sound had no positive social meaning, perhaps because the “coo” sound network and its function were hidden
behind other behavioral observations. For identification of the vocalizer only from hearing the “coo” sound, three phonetic
values, i.e., the “fundamental,” “duration,” and “formants,” plus other characteristics were used as indices of voiceprints. The results indicated that these were effective for identifying
the vocalizer in two-thirds of the adults in the study troop which was composed of 12 adults and 16 immature members. The
“coo” sound exchange network among the troop members (adults) was drawn on the basis of the voiceprint identification. The
network showed three characteristics as follows: (1) matriarchs of the kin-groups frequently exchanged “coo” sounds with each
other; (2) the other females exchanged “coo” sounds mostly within their own kin-groups; and (3) males seldom participated
in the “coo” sound exchange. This suggests that “coo” sound exchange plays a central role for the matriarch of kin-groups
in binding each kin-group and, ultimately, in binding all members together into an organized troop. 相似文献
4.
M. R. Duvall 《Plant Systematics and Evolution》2001,228(3-4):143-152
Critical morphological synapomorphies have not been found in support of the Acoranan hypothesis, the molecular phylogenetic
discovery that Acoranae are the basal monocots. The previously undetermined pattern of anther wall development in Acorus has been suggested to be one such character. Two main types of anther wall development have been recognized: 1) the “monocotyledonous”
type, which characterizes both monocots and dicots, and 2) the “dicotyledonous” type, which is almost exclusively found among
dicots. An anatomical study of anther wall development in Acorus was here undertaken using the electron microscope. Development of the anther wall in Acorus was found to be somewhat irregular or perhaps even intermediate between the two types although largely consistent with the
“monocotyledonous” type. The presumed significance of anther wall development and other critical morphological characters
to the Acoranan hypothesis in the absence of knowledge about the sister group to the monocots is evaluated.
Received August 28, 2000 Accepted February 19, 2001 相似文献
5.
Dagmar von Helversen Otto von Helversen 《Journal of comparative physiology. A, Neuroethology, sensory, neural, and behavioral physiology》1997,180(4):373-386
Many gomphocerine grasshoppers communicate acoustically: a male's calling song is answered by a female which is approached
phonotactically by the male. Signals and recognition mechanisms were investigated in Chorthippus biguttulus with regard to the cues which allow sex discrimination. (1) The stridulatory files on the hindfemur of both sexes are homologous
in that they are derived from the same row of bristles, but convergent with respect to the “pegs”. In males the pegs are derived
from the bristles, and in females from the wall of the bristle's cup. (2) Male and female songs are generated by similar,
probably homologous motor programs, but differ in the duration, intensity, “gappyness” of syllables, risetime of pulses, and
the frequency spectra. The hindleg co-ordination during stridulation and the resulting temporal song patterns are less variable
in males than in females. (3) For both sexes, recognition of a mate's signal depends on species-specific syllable structure.
For males it is essential that the female syllables consist of distinct short pulses, whereas females reject “gappy” syllables.
Males strongly prefer “ramped” pulses, females respond to syllables irrespective of steeply or slowly rising ramps. Males
react only to the low-frequency component, whereas females prefer spectra containing both, low and high frequency components.
Accepted: 20 November 1996 相似文献
6.
Relationships among three Japanese Laetiporus taxa (“L. sulphureus var. sulphureus” auct. jap., L. sulphureus var. miniatus, and L. versisporus) were assessed with phylogenetic analysis and incompatibility tests. Gene phylogenies inferred from the internal transcribed
spacer region of nuclear ribosomal DNA, elongation factor 1α, and β-tubulin gene regions suggested that Japanese Laetiporus was divided into four groups: the yellow pore form of L. sulphureus var. miniatus, the white pore form of L. sulphureus var. miniatus, and two “L. sulphureus var. sulphureus”/ L. versisporus groups. A morphologically distinct species, Laetiporus versisporus, sharing a clade with “L. sulphureus var. sulphureus” auct. jap., was proved to be an anamorphic form of “L. sulphureus var. sulphureus” auct. jap. The “sulphureus/versisporus” isolates showed two divergent sequence types in each region. Some isolates had intraindividual polymorphism assigned to
both sequence types. This finding suggests that speciation via hybridization is ongoing in the “sulphureus/versisporus” group. Single spore isolates from the “sulphureus/versisporus” group, white pore group, and yellow pore group were incompatible with each other. Our results provided strong support for
the new recognition of three Laetiporus taxa in Japan. 相似文献
7.
James K. Wamsley 《Molecular neurobiology》1992,6(2-3):313-321
The axonal transport of neurotransmitter receptors is thought to be a common phenomenon in many neuronal systems. The “machinery”
for receptor (protein) “assembly” is found in the cell bodies of neurons and the “manufacture” of receptors takes place there.
These receptors are then “shipped” to their ultimate destinations by a transport process. This is an axonal transport mechanism
in the case of presynaptic receptors. Some form of transport process may also exist to send receptors out into the dendritic
arborizations of neurons, although the latter is more difficult to verify. Axonal transport has been demonstrated, in the
peripheral nervous systems, for many different neurotransmitter receptors. In the central nervous system, the results are
less clear, but indicate the presence of a transport mechanism for catecholamine, acetylcholine, and opiate sites. One important
component then, in the development of receptors, is the transportation to terminal membrane sites where they are ultimately
incorporated and available for interaction with neurotransmitters and drugs. 相似文献
8.
This paper examines certain colonial and contemporary texts for their representations of Amerindian cannibalism during the
Columbian period. Colonial texts from this period describe cannibalism as one of the Amerindians’ major “offences” against
humanity. Some contemporary studies criticize this depiction of Amerindian cannibalism as a “myth” perpetrated by colonizers
and their apologists to justify the enslavement and genocide of Amerindians. On the one hand colonial texts fall prey to an
ethnocentric view of cannibalism; on the other hand contemporary texts explain away this amply documented cultural phenomenon.
While the two positions appear to be at variance with each other, it is suggested that what they hold in common is a schema
of analyzing culture that does not easily admit the existence of a phenomenon that is “Other” without explaining it as a totalized
alterity or without explaining it away. Both positions thus help reinscribe the Wild Savage-Noble Savage stereotypes.
...each man calls barbarism, whatever is not his own practice ... Michel De Montaigne 相似文献
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Kenichi Ohara Momoko Hotta Daisuke Takahashi Takashi Asahida Hitoshi Ida Tetsuya Umino 《Ichthyological Research》2009,56(4):373-379
The genetic diversity and relationship among four morphotypes of Rhinogobius sp. OR, Gobiidae (“Tōshoku,” “Shinjiko,” “Gi-tōshoku,” and “Shimahire”) were investigated with seven microsatellite DNA loci,
and amphidromy of these morphotypes was verified by strontium (Sr) and calcium (Ca) deposition in the otolith. Samples of
“Tōshoku,” “Shinjiko,” “Gi-tōshoku,” and “Shimahire” were collected from, respectively, three, three, two, and four locations
in Japan. Microsatellite analysis detected high genetic diversity (based on the number of alleles, allelic richness, and average
observed heterozygosity) in the “Tōshoku” and “Shinjiko” morphotypes relative to the “Shimahire” morphotype; the “Gi-tōshoku”
morphotype had an intermediate level of variation. Almost all pairwise F
ST values were significantly different from zero (P < 0.001), except between two populations of “Tōshoku.” Clear genetic independence was observed between the “Shinjiko” and
“Shimahire” morphotypes in the Maruyama River. A principle component analysis based on microsatellite data indicated that
the “Tōshoku,” “Shinjiko,” and “Gi-tōshoku” morphotypes were genetically similar. Furthermore, the three populations of “Tōshoku”
were closely related each other, and two of those collected from the Lake Biwa system were a single population. There was,
however, a high degree of genetic differentiation between “Shimahire” and the other morphotypes; moreover, there was high
genetic divergence among four populations of the “Shimahire” morphotype. Amphidromous migratory histories were indicated by
Sr:Ca ratios in two of three populations of the “Shinjiko” morphotype and in one of two “Gi-tōshoku” morphotypes, whereas
all populations of the “Shimahire” morphotype were freshwater residents. The large genetic divergence and low genetic diversity
in “Shimahire” are likely related to migration history. 相似文献
10.
Source-sink landscape theory and its ecological significance 总被引:2,自引:0,他引:2
Exploring the relationships between landscape pattern and ecological processes is the key topic of landscape ecology, for
which, a large number of indices as well as landscape pattern analysis model were developed. However, one problem faced by
landscape ecologists is that it is hard to link the landscape indices with a specific ecological process. Linking landscape
pattern and ecological processes has become a challenge for landscape ecologists. “Source” and “sink” are common concepts
used in air pollution research, by which the movement direction and pattern of different pollutants in air can be clearly
identified. In fact, for any ecological process, the research can be considered as a balance between the source and the sink
in space. Thus, the concepts of “source” and “sink” could be implemented to the research of landscape pattern and ecological
processes. In this paper, a theory of sourcesink landscape was proposed, which include: (1) In the research of landscape pattern
and ecological process, all landscape types can be divided into two groups, “source” landscape and “sink” landscape. “Source”
landscape contributes positively to the ecological process, while “sink” landscape is unhelpful to the ecological process.
(2) Both landscapes are recognized with regard to the specific ecological process. “Source” landscape in a target ecological
process may change into a “sink” landscape as in another ecological process. Therefore, the ecological process should be determined
before “source” or “sink” landscape were defined. (3) The key point to distinguish “source” landscape from “sink” landscape
is to quantify the effect of landscape on ecological process. The positive effect is made by “source” landscape, and the negative
effect by “sink” landscape. (4) For the same ecological process, the contribution of “source” landscapes may vary, and it
is the same to the “sink” landscapes. It is required to determine the weight of each landscape type on ecological processes.
(5) The sourcesink principle can be applied to non-point source pollution control, biologic diversity protection, urban heat
island effect mitigation, etc. However, the landscape evaluation models need to be calibrated respectively, because different
ecological processes correspond with different source-sink landscapes and evaluation models for the different study areas.
This theory is helpful to further study landscape pattern and ecological process, and offers a basis for new landscape index
design.
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Translated from Acta Ecologica Sinica, 2006, 26(5): 1444–1449 [译自: 生态学报] 相似文献
11.
Dynamic role of “illite-like” clay minerals in temperate soils: facts and hypotheses 总被引:2,自引:0,他引:2
Analysis of new data and reinterpretation of published information for clay minerals found in temperate climate soil profiles
indicates that there is often a gradient of “illite-like” clay minerals with depth. We used the term “illite-like” because
these observations are based on X-Ray Diffractogram patterns and not on layer charge measurements which allow to define properly
illite. It appears that “illite-like” layers are concentrated in the upper, organic - rich portion of the soil profile both
under grassland and forest vegetation. “Illite-like” layer quantity seems directly related to soil potassium status. Indeed,
intensive agriculture practises without potassium fertilization reduce “illite-like” content in surface soils, whereas several
years of potassic fertilization without plant growth can increase “illite-like” content. The potassic soil clay mineral, illite,
is particularly important in that it can be the major source of readily available potassium for plants. Spatial and temporal
dynamics of clay minerals should be related to the potassium cycle. We propose that the frequently observed general trend
of increasing exchangeable potassium in the top soil can be correlated with an increase in “illite-like” in the clays and
that the decrease of potassium caused by intensive agricultural practices leads to “illite-like” layer destabilization. This
vision of “illite-like” layer as a potassium reservoir refueled by plants and emptied by intensive cropping renews the concept
of potassium availability and indicates a need to be discussed as well in natural ecosystems as in cultivated ecosystems. 相似文献
12.
D. E. Tyler 《Human Evolution》2003,18(3-4):229-241
There are now eleven known mandibular remains from the Lower and Middle Pleistocene of Java, all but one being from the Sangiran
site. All of these have been assigned toHomo erectus by most workers, while others have suggested as many as four different hominoid taxa. The author finds that the jaws cannot
be a homogeneous sample. Morphologically, they are a mixture of undoubtedH. erectus, “H. meganthropus,” and possibly a pongid. If the jaws are allH. erectus then they have a sexual dimorphism exceeding that of modern gorillas. The case of“Pithecanthropus dubius” (Sangiran 5) is even less certain; even its hominid status is disputed. If it is indeedHomo it must be placed with the other“H. meganthropus” specimens. Its size and morphology are well beyond the known range anyH. erectus. 相似文献
13.
C. A. Abella X. P. Cristina A. Martinez I. Pibernat X. Vila 《Archives of microbiology》1998,169(5):452-459
Two new phototrophic consortia, “Chlorochromatium lunatum” and “Pelochromatium selenoides”, were observed and collected in the hypolimnion of several dimictic lakes in Wisconsin and Michigan (USA). The two consortia
had the same morphology but different pigment composition. The cells of the photosynthetic components of the consortia were
half-moon-shaped. This morphology was used to differentiate them from the previously described motile phototrophic consortia
“Chlorochromatium aggregatum” and “Pelochromatium roseum”. These phototrophic cells did not resemble any described unicellular green sulfur bacteria. The predominant pigments detected
were bacteriochlorophyll d and chlorobactene for the green-colored “Clc. lunatum”, and bacteriochlorophyll e and isorenieratene for the brown-colored “Plc. selenoides”. Their pigment compositions and the presence of chlorosomes attached to the inner face of the cytoplasmic membrane in both
kinds of photosynthetic cells confirmed this new half-moon-shaped morphotype as a green sulfur bacterium. Both consortia were
found thriving in lakes with low concentrations of sulfide (< 60 μM), below the layers of “Clc. aggregatum” and “Plc. roseum”. The green consortia were observed in lakes where the oxic-anoxic interface was located at shallow depths (2–7 m), while
the brown consortia were found at greater depths (8–16 m). The two newly described consortia were never detected together
at the same depth in any lake.
Received: 30 April 1997 / Accepted: 17 January 1998 相似文献
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The sensory weighting model is a general model of sensory integration that consists of three processing layers. First, each
sensor provides the central nervous system (CNS) with information regarding a specific physical variable. Due to sensor dynamics,
this measure is only reliable for the frequency range over which the sensor is accurate. Therefore, we hypothesize that the
CNS improves on the reliability of the individual sensor outside this frequency range by using information from other sensors,
a process referred to as “frequency completion.” Frequency completion uses internal models of sensory dynamics. This “improved”
sensory signal is designated as the “sensory estimate” of the physical variable. Second, before being combined, information
with different physical meanings is first transformed into a common representation; sensory estimates are converted to intermediate
estimates. This conversion uses internal models of body dynamics and physical relationships. Third, several sensory systems
may provide information about the same physical variable (e.g., semicircular canals and vision both measure self-rotation).
Therefore, we hypothesize that the “central estimate” of a physical variable is computed as a weighted sum of all available
intermediate estimates of this physical variable, a process referred to as “multicue weighted averaging.” The resulting central
estimate is fed back to the first two layers. The sensory weighting model is applied to three-dimensional (3D) visual–vestibular
interactions and their associated eye movements and perceptual responses. The model inputs are 3D angular and translational
stimuli. The sensory inputs are the 3D sensory signals coming from the semicircular canals, otolith organs, and the visual
system. The angular and translational components of visual movement are assumed to be available as separate stimuli measured
by the visual system using retinal slip and image deformation. In addition, both tonic (“regular”) and phasic (“irregular”)
otolithic afferents are implemented. Whereas neither tonic nor phasic otolithic afferents distinguish gravity from linear
acceleration, the model uses tonic afferents to estimate gravity and phasic afferents to estimate linear acceleration. The
model outputs are the internal estimates of physical motion variables and 3D slow-phase eye movements. The model also includes
a smooth pursuit module. The model matches eye responses and perceptual effects measured during various motion paradigms in
darkness (e.g., centered and eccentric yaw rotation about an earth-vertical axis, yaw rotation about an earth-horizontal axis)
and with visual cues (e.g., stabilized visual stimulation or optokinetic stimulation).
Received: 20 September 2000 / Accepted in revised form: 28 September 2001 相似文献
15.
Willson SJ 《Bulletin of mathematical biology》2007,69(8):2561-2590
Suppose G is a phylogenetic network given as a rooted acyclic directed graph. Let X be a subset of the vertex set containing the root, all leaves, and all vertices of outdegree 1. A vertex is “regular” if
it has a unique parent, and “hybrid” if it has two parents. Consider the case where each gene is binary. Assume an idealized
system of inheritance in which no homoplasies occur at regular vertices, but homoplasies can occur at hybrid vertices. Under
our model, the distances between taxa are shown to be described using a system of numbers called “originating weights” and
“homoplasy weights.” Assume that the distances are known between all members of X. Sufficient conditions are given such that the graph G and all the originating and homoplasy weights can be reconstructed from the given distances. 相似文献
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D. E. Tyler 《Human Evolution》2001,16(2):81-101
There are now twelve significant hominid cranial fossils from the Lower and Middle Pleistocene of Java, all but two being
from the Sangiran site. Most of this material is well-known in the literature, but three skulls, possibly representing “Meganthropus” are here described in detail for the first time. Most scholars have assigned them all toHomo erectus, while others have suggested that they represent as many as four different hominoid taxa. The author argues that they represent
two possible species of hominids. “Meganthropus” I, II, and III are more massive than any of the knownH. erectus specimens. They are also relatively higher vaulted, apparently smaller brained, and have unusually thick lower occipital
planes. “Meganthropus” may represent a species that separated fromH. erectus upon its arrival to Java. 相似文献
17.
I. Opatowski 《Bulletin of mathematical biology》1945,7(4):161-180
A mathematical theory applicable to the biological effects of radiations as chain processes is developed. The theory may be
interpreted substantially as a “hit theory” involving the concepts of “sensitive volume” or “target area”. The variability
of the sensitivity of the organism to the radiation and its capacity of recovery between single hits is taken into account.
It is shown that in a continuous irradiation of a biological aggregate in which the effect of each single hit cannot be observed,
recovery and variation of sensitivity are formally equivalent to each other so that a discrimination between these two phenomena
is possible only by discontinuous irradiation or by using different radiation intensities. Methods for the calculation of
the “number of hits” and for the determination of the kinetics of the processes from “survival curves” or similar experimental
data are given. The relation between the recovery and the Bunsen-Roscoe law is discussed. The case in which the injury of
the organism is dependent on the destruction of more than one “sensitive volume” is also considered. 相似文献
18.
Masayoshi Maehata 《Ichthyological Research》2002,49(2):202-205
Mating behavior of the Far Eastern catfish, Silurus
asotus (Siluriformes: Siluridae), was observed in a ricefield system facing the shore of Lake Biwa in mid-May to early June in 1990–1997.
A set behavioral sequence similar to those of two other silurid fishes, S. biwaensis and S. lithophilus, both endemic to the Lake Biwa system, was observed: “chasing,”“clinging,”“enfolding” while “squeezing” by the male, and
“circling” by the spawning pair. This form of mating behavior is quite different from that of S. asotus reported from the Ooi River system in Kyoto Prefecture, which mainly spawns in running water in ditches.
Received: April 10, 2001 / Revised: November 5, 2001 / Accetped: November 20, 2001 相似文献
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Recently, Batabyal and Nijkamp (2005, Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment 19: 340–347) have shown that in
an inspection cycle, regardless of whether the inspection policy choice is made on the basis of an optimization exercise or
on the basis of a rule of thumb, the “container policy” dominates the “temporal policy” because the former results in lower
long run expected net cost (LRENC) from inspections. In this paper, we continue this line of inquiry and analyze container policies in three scenarios. In
the first scenario the time taken to conduct inspections is negligible. In the second scenario, this inspection time is deterministic
and in the third scenario this inspection time is stochastic. Specifically, we compare and contrast the LRENC and the optimal container policy in each of these three scenarios.
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20.
Jun-Ichi Kojima 《The Botanical review》2003,69(1):44-58
Acceptable methods of defining taxon (or clade) names in the draft PhyloCode, or so-called phylogenetic nomenclature, are
“node based,” “stem based,” and “apomorphy based.” All of them define a clade name by pinpointing a node; whereas node-based
and stem-based definitions require two or more taxon “specifiers” to define names, an apomorphy-based definition requires
two specifiers of different types; namely, a single-taxon specifier and a character specifier. The taxon specifier in an apomorphy-based
definition is completely different from the “type” in the Linnaean system. Taxon (or clade) names in the PhyloCode are characterized
in two entirely different manners: One is a name that does not change, either in its orthography or in the contents of the
taxon referred to by it (or its meaning) over time; the other is a name that is just like a pure mark and thus has no meaning.
Communication through such PhyloCode names is very ineffective or impossible. 相似文献