云南新平哀牢山夜间捕获鸟类的多样性

2007-09-05—2007-11-05和2008-09-03—2008-11-07期间,在云南省新平县哀牢山金山丫口用灯光诱捕对秋季夜间迁徙鸟类组成进行了调查。共捕获鸟类129种,7943只,分属于14目23科。雀形目鸟类为网捕主要鸟类,占总网捕数量的58.9%。其中红尾伯劳(Lanius cristatus)、小杜鹃(Cuculus poliocephalus)和红喉歌鸲(Luscinia calliope)3种是该地夜间网捕优势种鸟类,三者数量皆超过网捕鸟类总数的5%。每天夜间20:00—22:00和次日凌晨04:00—06:00是捕获鸟类数量的高峰时段。网捕期间,早期Shannon-Wiener指数和Pielou指数最低,优势指数C最高;中期Shannon-Wiener指数和Pielou指数最高,优势度指数C最低。2008与2007年相比, 优势指数C和G-F指数较低, 但Shannon-Wiener指数和Pielou指数较高。云南省不同“打雀山”夜间捕获鸟类的种类和数量存在差异。地理和气候可能是造成这些差异的主要因素。     

云南南涧凤凰山秋季迁移鸟迁移时序与数量变化

2002年9月16日—11月28日和2003年9月9日—11月26日,在云南南涧凤凰山共网捕秋季迁移鸟176种6677只,分属13目29科。凤凰山鸟类夜间迁移时间开始于8月上旬,至11月中旬结束,可分为开始期、高峰期和结束期。高峰期出现于9月中旬—10月上旬,迁移波峰出现在10月初;高峰期间受圆月影响,中间出现2个网捕低谷。候鸟夜间迁移在日落后约1小时开始,在20:30—24:00出现第1个迁移高峰;随后鸟类迁移数量逐渐减少;到次日4:00左右又开始增多,出现当夜的第2个高峰;在凌晨5:30左右再度减少直到日出前为止。白天迁移主要出现在迁移后期,开始于10月中旬左右,10月下旬、11月中旬达到白天迁移高峰,随后逐渐减少,一直持续到11月下旬,1甚至到12月上旬。白昼迁移鸟在日出前约1小时开始迁过,8:30左右达到白昼迁移高峰,11:00后停止。凤凰山秋季迁移鸟的迁徙期持续约100天。夜间迁徙鸟在西南风无月有雾之夜在22:00过境高峰后,还会在午夜、凌晨和黎明前出现另外3个过境高峰,而其他天气仅在22:00出现1次过境高峰。     

2005～2009年广州南沙湿地鸟类的群落结构及数量动态

2005～2009年对南沙湿地鸟类群落开展了监测.2005年发现50种,隶属12目26科,全年记录到总数3548只;2006年发现57种,隶属12目28科,全年记录到总数5488只;2007年发现64种,隶属12目31科,全年记录到总数5063只;2008年发现69种,隶属12目32科,全年记录到总数4251只;2009年发现73种,属12目32科,全年记录到总数4776只.鸟类群落的数量不同月份有显著的变化,说明南沙湿地秋冬季是南迁北徙鸟类重要的觅食地和栖息地.鸟类群落的种类和数量每年有增加的趋势,2008年和2009年比2005年分别增加19种和23种.鸟类群落的多样性每年在增长,2005年为2.9608,2006年为2.9869,2007年为3.1624,2008年为3.2544,2009年为3.2776,2008年和2009年比2005年分别增长了9.91%和10.7%.从2005～2009年鸟类群落的种类和数量来看,目前南沙湿地开放旅游由于限制了游客数量还没有影响到鸟类种类、数量和栖息地.     

海南岛尖峰岭热带山地雨林林下鸟类群落研究

从 2 0 0 0年 5月到 2 0 0 2年 3月 ,用网捕法对海南岛尖峰岭热带山地雨林 (包括原始林和次生林 )林下鸟群落进行研究。共张网 3 992 .7网· h,捕到林下鸟 3 12只 40种 ,隶属于 6个目 11个科。林下鸟群落虽然以小于 2 5g重的雀形目鸟类占优势 ,但许多个体较大的非雀形目鸟类也到林下活动 ,最大个体重达 3 70 g,大于 10 0 g重的个体占整个林下鸟生物量的比例较大。尖峰岭热带山地雨林中的林下鸟以食虫鸟为主 ,食虫鸟占整个林下鸟种数的 70 .0 %、鸟数量的 77.56% ;食果鸟虽然占第 2位 ,但其所占比例较小。林下鸟的种类组成和密度存在季节变化。留鸟是林下鸟最重要的成分 ,留鸟占鸟类种类的比例超过 85% ,留鸟的捕获数量占整个捕获鸟类数量的比例超过 90 % ;迁徙鸟的种类和数量均较少 ,对林下鸟群落的季节变化影响不大。原始林与演替 40 a后的次生林林下鸟平均网捕率相近但林下鸟群落种类组成不同 ,其种的相似性仅为 0 .3 5。     

高原鼠兔不育控制对鸟类多样性影响（英文）

高原鼠兔种群数量过多被认为是青藏高原草地退化的主要原因之一。2007年4月,在青海省果洛州大武镇开展了高原鼠兔不育控制实验。为了解3种不育剂(炔雌醚、左炔诺孕酮和EP-1)对高原鼠兔和土著鸟类的影响,分别在2007年和2008年8-9月调查了高原鼠兔种群数量与鸟类多样性。结果表明,投药次年,炔雌醚能显著降低高原鼠兔各群数量,而对鸟类多样性和物种数均无显著影响;炔雌醚组白斑翅雪雀的数量显著低于对照组,棕颈雪雀的数量显著高于EP-1组。因此,炔雌醚能有效降低高原鼠兔种群数量,对土著鸟类多样性影响较小。使用炔雌醚开展不育控制是高原鼠兔种群管理的一种新途径。     

甘肃安西极旱荒漠国家级自然保护区鸟类群落结构的季节性变化

安西极旱荒漠国家级自然保护区位于甘肃河西走廊,为了解该保护区鸟类群落结构的季节性变化及其原因,于2002～2004年按季节采用样线法调查了保护区鸟类的种类和数量,共见到鸟类103种.秋季种类最多,达69种;冬季最少,仅29种.夏季和春季的相似性指数最高,为0.46;夏季和冬季的最低,为0.31.秋季的鸟类数量最高,为37.60只/km;春季最少,9.64只/km.夏季群落多样性最高,冬季最低.冬季优势度最高,夏季最低.四季的优势种各不相同,优势种的数量影响各季节鸟类数量.影响安西自然保护区鸟类群落结构季节性变化的主要因素是鸟类迁徙和人类活动.     

云南南涧凤凰山秋季迁移鸟迁移时序与数量变化

2002年9月16日—11月28日和2003年9月9日—11月26日，在云南南涧凤凰山共网捕秋季迁移鸟176种6 677只，分属13目29科。凤凰山鸟类夜间迁移时间开始于8月上旬，至11月中旬结束，可分为开始期、高峰期和结束期。高峰期出现于9月中旬—10月上旬，迁移波峰出现在10月初；高峰期间受圆月影响，中间出现2个网捕低谷。候鸟夜间迁移在日落后约1小时开始，在20：30—24：00出现第1个迁移高峰；随后鸟类迁移数量逐渐减少；到次日4：00左右又开始增多，出现当夜的第2个高峰；在凌晨5：30左右再度减少直到日出前为止。白天迁移主要出现在迁移后期，开始于10月中旬左右，10月下旬、11月中旬达到白天迁移高峰，随后逐渐减少，一直持续到11月下旬，1甚至到12月上旬。白昼迁移鸟在日出前约1小时开始迁过，8：30左右达到白昼迁移高峰，11：00后停止。凤凰山秋季迁移鸟的迁徙期持续约100天。夜间迁徙鸟在西南风无月有雾之夜在22：00过境高峰后，还会在午夜、凌晨和黎明前出现另外3个过境高峰，而其他天气仅在22：00出现1次过境高峰。     

绿洲城市——奎屯市春夏季鸟类群落特征

2007年及2009年3～8月期间,对绿洲城市代表——奎屯市的8类生境(依据其城市功能划分)的鸟类进行了调查。共记录鸟类61种,隶属于9目23科30属。留居型中夏候鸟29种、冬候鸟7种、留鸟24种、旅鸟1种。区系组成:广布型27种、古北型17种、全北型5种、中亚型12种。8类生境的鸟类多样性指数(H’)由大到小依次是:公园>苗圃果园>市区间农田>学校校园>工厂区>交通用地>居民区>商业区。公园的鸟类多样性指数最高,达1.421 2;而商业区的鸟类多样性最低,仅有0.413 7;公园的鸟类均匀度指数最高0.859 7,商业区的鸟类均匀度指数最低,仅0.319 0。以上数据显示:鸟类在城市中的分布极不均匀;在绿洲城市中,区域内鸟类种类数量与其林木覆盖率呈正相关关系。     

东洞庭湖湿地鸟类群落结构及其多样性

2004年5月—2007年2月对东洞庭湖湿地鸟类资源进行了调查,共记录鸟类297种,隶属17目52科150属,其中古北界鸟类144种(另新北界鸟类2种),东洋界鸟类92种,广布种鸟类59种。冬候鸟或旅鸟166种,留鸟81种,夏候鸟50种。该湿地有国家I级重点保护鸟类7种、II级重点保护鸟类40种,国际湿地公约名录中的鸟类34种。东洞庭湖水禽资源尤为丰富,其种类和数量具明显季节性变化,全年水鸟种类和数量均是冬季较多,夏季较少。东洞庭湖生境多样化程度较高,退田还湖后湖面扩大、食源充足,鸟类的多样性指数(4.40)较高,远高于省内陆地环境和国内的湿地;但均匀性指数(0.54)均较其低,这与湿地环境及东洞庭湖湿地鸟类受到人类因素的干扰有关。     

广东上川岛猕猴自然保护区鸟类群落多样性研究

2008-2010 年对广东上川岛猕猴自然保护区及周边进行鸟类资源调查, 研究海岛生态环境差异对生物多样性的影响。共记录鸟类11 目32 科79 种, 留鸟占55.7%, 陆鸟占70.9%; 优势种为白头鹎(Pycnonotus sinensis)和白鹭(Egretta garzetta)。总体鸟类多样性指数H’为3.210、均匀度指数J 为0.740。村落农田鸟类种类最多, 有51 种, 其次是陆生森林46 种, 海岸37 种。各生境H’排序为: 村落农田>陆生森林>海岸, 而J 则为村落农田>海岸>陆生森林。村落农田在大尺度上属于陆生森林和海岸之间的生态交错带, 多样化水平高; 而从陆生森林直接到海岸的生境梯度较陡,导致其多样性低, 鸟类种类数量差异大。     

云南南涧凤凰山秋季夜间迁移鸟类多样性分析

2002年9月16日至11月28日、2003年4月6日至26日、2003年9月9日至11月26日,对云南南涧凤凰山秋季夜间迁移鸟类进行了研究。共网捕迁移鸟176种6677只,分属13目29科,其中红喉姬、红点颏、蓝歌鸲等雀形目鸟类数量优势度十分显著,表明该地迁移鸟类以雀形目等中小型鸟类为主。对网捕迁移鸟进行多样性分析,Shannon-Weaner指数为3·89,G指数为4·13,总的F指数为25·56,表明该地迁移鸟在种、属、科等分类阶元的多样性均较丰富。2002和2003年迁移鸟类多样性t检验结果表明,年间、月份间的多样性差异明显,即凤凰山迁移鸟类动态变化明显。     

BREEDING SEASONS OF BIRDS IN DECIDUOUS WOODLAND AT ZIMBABWE,RHODESIA, FROM 1970 TO 1974

Vernon, C. J. 1978. Breeding seasons of birds in deciduous woodland at Zimbabwe, Rhodesia, from 1970 to 1974. Ostrich 49:102-115.

The birds in Brachystegia woodland bred in the spring and 98% of 1645 breeding records occurred between September and November. 90% of the records, and 43 of the 71 breeding species, were of insectivorous passerines. The breeding seasons of individual species lasted for between less than two months to more than three months, and their peak breeding periods varied between early September and the middle of October. The breeding season started earliest in 1974 and latest in 1973, and the start of two species was related to the timing of leaf emergence of the dominant tree in the woodland and to rainfall the previous rainy season. Food supply may be the proximal factor influencing the onset of breeding.     

Ecology of a bolas spider,Mastophora hutchinsoni: phenology,hunting tactics,and evidence for aggressive chemical mimicry

Summary Bolas spiders are relatively rare members of the large family known as orb weavers. Instead of using a typical web to capture prey, late-stadia and adult female bolas spiders swing a droplet of adhesive on a thread at flying insects. Mastophora hutchinsoni (Araneae: Araneidae) is one of five Mastophora species known from the United States and occurs over much of eastern North America. It is univoltine in Kentucky and overwinters in the egg stage. Spiderling emerged in May, the diminutive males matured in late June and early July, and females matured in early September. Eggs were produced from late September to late October or early November. This report is the first complete documentation of the population phenology of any bolas spider. Newly-emerged M. hutchinsoni spiderlings did not use a bolas, but instead hunted by positioning themselves on the underside of leaf margins where they ambushed small arthropods that crawled along the leaf margins. Subadult and adult female M. hutchinsoni used a bolas to capture moths. Only male moths were captured, specifically three species of Noctuidae (bristly cutworm, bronzed cutworm, and smoky tetanolita) and one species of Pyralidae (bluegrass webworm). Among 492 prey captured by more than twenty spiders at two sites during 1985 and 1986, smoky tetanolita moths and bristly cutworm moths accounted for 93% of the total. The flight behavior of approaching moths, the limited taxa caught from a large available moth fauna, and the fact that only males were caught support the hypothesis that the spider attracts its prey by producing chemicals which mimic the sex pheromones of these moth species. Adult female M. hutchinsoni frequently captured more than one moth species on a given night. The two most common prey species were active at different times of night, the bristly cutworm soon after nightfall and the smoky tetanolita generally between 11:00 p.m. and dawn. This pattern suggests that mating activity of these moth species may be temporally isolated, a common phenomenon when sympatric species have similar pheromones. If so, the spider could capture both species without producing different pheromone-mimicking compounds, simply by hunting during the activity period of each species.The investigation reported in this paper (No. 87-7-76) is in connection with a project of the Kentucky Agricultural Experiment Station and is published with the approval of the Director     

Epizootiology of a nuclear-polyhedrosis virus in European spruce sawfly,Gilpinia hercyniae: Birds as dispersal agents of the virus during winter

In Welsh spruce forest the relationship of birds to a nuclear polyhdedrosis virus (NPV) was studied outside the larval period of its sawfly host, Gilpinia hercyniae. Birds passed feces containing infective NPV throughout the nonlarval period (November–June). It is thought that birds acquired inoculum by feeding on the corpses of NPV-killed larvae adhering to spruce trees. The proportion of infective droppings declined in the 2 months (May and June) prior to the new larval period. Infective droppings were collected from all six species of birds netted in January. The infectivity of droppings of goldcrest was less and that of longtailed tit greater in January than in the previous September. Experimental evidence suggests that birds may carry NPV for at least 6 km.     

Migration and orientation of passerine night migrants in northeast England

Evening departures of passerine migrants were watched by radar in northeast England on 193 nights in the months of August to November 1961 to 1963. It was found that migrants were not departing each night on the same heading, from which they were drifted passively by the wind, but rather were departing on similar tracks night after night. On ten nights they maintained their tracks even when the upper-air wind changed during the night. This indicates that migrants can, at least sometimes, compensate completely for the effect of the wind and fly on a fixed track, but calculations show that there are certain wind conditions when this becomes impossible.
Movements were grouped according to the months in which they took place and the tracks which they followed, and then related to variousweather factors. Migration was seen most frequently with light winds favourable to the birds'track, after a marked drop in temperature (in October/November, but not August/September), and withabsence of cloud. However, it was also recorded on 17 nights when the cloud cover was complete.
The departures of small passerines from Britain in August and September follow tracks east of south, yet the same birds reach western Iberia later in their journey. It is suggested that the direction of departure from Britain has been evolved to take advantage of the prevailing (westerly) upper-air winds. Certain warblers leave their breeding areas in Northumberland without laying down much migratory fat, yet the same species make long flights non-stop (across the Mediterranean and Sahara) later in their migrations. These migrants change froman insect to a fruit diet in autumn, and can presumably IaKdown fat more quickly the further south they travel in Europe, as the soft fruit ripens earlier in southern areas.     

Partitioning of temporal activity among desert lizards in relation to prey availability and temperature

Partitioning of activity time within ecological communities potentially reduces interspecific competition and increases the number of species that can coexist. We investigated temporal activity in a highly diverse lizard assemblage in the Simpson Desert, central Australia, to determine the degree of partitioning that occurs. Three periods were defined, daytime (sunrise to sunset), early night (sunset to midnight) and late night (midnight to sunrise), and live captures of lizards were tallied for each period during two sampling months (September and November 2007). We also quantified the activity times of potential invertebrate prey and measured ambient temperatures during the different time periods to investigate any associations between these factors and lizard activity. Some 77% of captures of 13 lizard species were made by day, with Ctenotus pantherinus, Egernia inornata (Scincidae) and Nephrurus levis (Gekkonidae) the only species showing extended nocturnal activity. Activity of both species of skink was recorded at temperatures 4°C lower than those for agamid and varanid lizards early in the night, and at temperatures as low as 18–20°C. Surface‐active invertebrates differed in composition between time periods and were less abundant during the late night period in the drier of the two sample months (September), but were distributed equally over time in the other month. Termites were active in subterranean galleries at night in September and mostly by day in November, but available at all times on surface/subsurface baits. We conclude that activity is distributed unevenly within this lizard assemblage, with partitioning facilitated by the ready availability of invertebrate prey and by lizards having relatively broad temperature tolerances that, in some cases, permit opportunistic exploitation of resources beyond usual times of activity.     

长沙黄花国际机场鸟类群落物种多样性分析

为了获得长沙黄花国际机场鸟击防范工作所需的鸟类基础性资料,从2005年9月~2006年8月,通过对机场地区5种生境类型鸟类群落的调查与监测,记录到鸟类112种,属16目32科。其中46种属东洋界种类、45种属古北界种类、21种属广布种;留鸟46种、夏候鸟25种、冬候鸟29种、旅鸟12种。经RB频率指数测算,鸟类群落的优势种为白头鹎(Pycnonotus sinensis)、乌鸫(Turdus merula)和树麻雀(Passer montanus)。按鸟类生境分布系数划分,广布型的鸟类有44种,是该区鸟类群落组成的主体。鸟类群落的Shannon-Weiner物种多样性指数为1.607,均匀性指数为0.784。     

Bird ticks in an area of the Cerrado of Minas Gerais State, southeast Brazil

In the present study the tick prevalence, mean intensity of infestation and species were recorded on birds captured between January 2009 and December 2010 in the Ecological Station Pirapitinga-ESEC from Minas Gerais State, Brazil. A total of 967 birds, from 15 families and 40 species were captured and 165 (17.1 %) individuals were parasitized by ticks. Of these 160 (97 %) belonged to the order Passeriformes. Five tick species were identified: Amblyomma longirostre (n = 274) was the most common species followed by Amblyomma parvum (n = 43), Amblyomma nodosum (n = 39), Amblyomma ovale (n = 24) and Riphicephalus sanguineus (n = 7). None of 61 unengorged larvae molted to nymph. The mean intensity of infestation was 2.7 ± 2.4 ticks per bird (448 ticks/165 birds) ranging from 1 to 10. Only 19 (11.4 %) birds were infested with one species of tick. The remaining birds were infested by two, three or four species of ticks. Also new hosts for all five ticks were recorded. Only nymphs were recorded throughout the year with two similar peaks during autumn and winter 2009 and 2010.     

To what extent do environmental factors affect the long-distance nocturnal post-fledging movements of the Reed Warbler?

We studied the effects of weather and the lunar cycle on long-distance nocturnal pre-migratory flights of Reed Warblers (Acrocephalus scirpaceus). Noturnal tape luring was used to capture the birds, and the study was carried out in a habitat atypical of this species on the Courish Spit (southeastern Baltic) between1999 and 2002. A total of 443 juvenile Reed Warblers were captured during 120 nights of trapping. Based on data on the moult and body condition of the birds, it was possible to identify 163 individuals as being on post-fledging movements. More than half of the birds (54.0%) were captured at the end of night during the nautical and civil twilight period; the remaining individuals were caught during the astronomical twilight period and darkest periods of night. Many birds performed pre-migratory flights in the middle of the night, the period during which a large part of the moon was visible. We suggest that the increased visibility under the full moon may provide conditions in which Reed Warblers increase the distance or intensity of nocturnal post-fledging movements. During the entire course of the night, the birds generally preferred to fly under rainless conditions, limited cloud cover and/or in still air. The birds performed flights under winds stronger than 2 m s⁻¹ when the wind was blowing along the axis of the spit. We also suggest that the birds generally fly along the spit. We found a weak but significant relationship between the numbers of Reed Warblers captured during post-fledging movements and the individual weather parameters and their interaction. Our data suggest that endogenous stimuli rather than weather parameters or lunar cycle phase determine the decision of Reed Warblers to undertake pre-migratory long-distance flights at night.