无尾两栖类性腺发育研究进展

脊椎动物的性腺发育一直是生物学领域研究的热点,无尾两栖动物因其胚胎发育的独立性和易观察性而成为发育生物学研究领域的良好材料,并取得了许多成果.本文综述了无尾两栖类原始性腺形成、性腺分化、精巢和卵巢的发育,以及配子发生等方面的研究进展.无尾两栖类原始性腺形成主要发生在鳃盖褶和后肢芽形成时期,不同物种略有不同;性腺分化通常...     

无尾两栖类的简易标记法

在动物学、动物生理学和生态学等学科的研究中 ,常常需要对所研究的动物个体进行标记 ,以便于对其个体活动的追踪研究观察。在有关研究工作中 ,目前使用多种标记法 ,如烙印法、同位素示踪法等。在对蛙类的研究实践过程中 ,我们找到了针对蛙类研究的一种简单易行的标记法——划蹼法和切趾 (指 )法。由于蛙类个体小 ,较为脆弱。烙印等方法容易对其造成伤害 ,影响其生存 ,同时也不易进行操作。尤其是在蝌蚪变态期不易进行有效的标记 ,给追踪观察造成极大的困难。我们经过对中国林蛙的标记试验探索 ,找到了一种简单易行的标记方法。即采用划去蛙…     

四川无尾两栖类的繁殖模式

依据Duellman和Trueb(1986)的定义,对四川无尾两栖动物的繁殖模式多样性进行了研究。研究结果如下:(1)73种四川无尾类可以划分为2类共5种繁殖模式。水内产卵是比较原始的一类繁殖模式,又分2种:静水产卵(模式1)和流水产卵(模式2),68种(93%)是在水内产卵;水外产卵是较进化的一类繁殖模式,又分3种:卵产在近水塘的泥窝中(模式12),卵泡产在近水域的土穴中(模式21)和卵泡产在近水域的树上或灌丛上(模式23),仅5种(7%)在水外产卵。(2)模式1、12、21、23的两栖动物,雌雄性的体型较模式2的物种为小,产卵的数量大,但卵径较小;蝌蚪的生态表型均可归入静水型,共同特点是蝌蚪体型小,在静水中觅食,生长发育快。模式2的两栖动物,雌雄性的体型较大,产卵的数量少,而卵径较大;蝌蚪的生态表型可归入流水型,特点是蝌蚪体型大,在流水中觅食,生长发育慢。(3)水内产卵的两栖动物的窝卵能量投入方式可以分为两种:静水产卵(模式1)的物种通过增加卵的数量来增加投入,接近于r-选择物种;流水产卵(模式2)的物种通过增大卵径来增加投入,接近于k-选择物种;是两种适应不同环境条件的的繁殖策略。     

四种无尾两栖类SCE分析

本文应用腹腔注射活性炭吸附1dUR的方法制成骨髓细胞SCE标本,测定出泽蛙、虎纹蛙、黑斑蛙和中华大蟾蛛的SCE值（雄雌）分别为7.81士0.42,8.02土0.45,4.76士0.28,4.54士0.32,8.79士0.34,8.38士0.42和7.42士0.48、7.91士0.46,表明无尾两栖类体细胞的SCE值是比较高的。本文还观察了SCE在染色体上的分布,结果表明SCE的分布与染色体的长度有一定的关系。     

甘肃无尾两栖动物的资源与保护

甘肃无尾两栖类动物共有6科、16属、32种和亚种,在两栖动物中占绝对优势.随着经济的发展,人类活动直接威胁着无尾两栖类的生存环境,也造成其种群数量大幅度减少.本文在对甘肃无尾两栖类动物资源状况及存在的问题进行分析的基础上,提出了加强无尾两栖类动物生境和物种多样性保护,从而合理利用无尾两栖类动物资源的建议.     

十一种无尾两栖类分带核型的比较研究

本文比较研究11种无尾两栖类的c带型和人Ag-NORs,并报道三种核型（淡肩角蟾,秦岭雨蛙和湖北金线蛙）,结果：（1） 弹琴蛙仅大型染色体着丝点区C带正染,其余10个物种的所有染色体均有明显的着丝点C带,并分别具有数目不等的端部C带或插入型C带。其中天台蛙的C带尤为发达。（2） 中华大蟾蛛有3对Ag-NORs,大树蛙两对,其余9个种均显示1对。（3）新报三种核型中,淡肩角蟾租湖北金线蛙2n=26,N．F=52。淡肩角蟾由6对大型的和7对小型的染色休组成,湖北金线蛙大小型染色体分别为5对和8对。秦岭雨蛙2n=24,含大小型染色休各6对,其N．F=48。三个物种均未见有异型性染色体。     

应用无尾两栖类蝌蚪进行污染物毒理实验设计的常见问题

无尾两栖类的幼体蝌蚪是很好的水体污染指示物种,近年来,国内这方面的研究也越来越多.本文总结了研究生论文和部分已发表论文中本类研究的常见错误,指出实验设计中需要注意的重要问题.在实验动物的选择上可以尽量选择发育迅速的常见种蝌蚪以缩短实验周期、减少实验成本.为保证各个处理组之间结果的可比较性和实验的可重复性,需要选择发育期相近、体型大小相似的个体进行实验.我们建议使用Gosner于1960年提出的发育分期方法描述蝌蚪发育期;在试剂选用上,建议根据农药成分购买相应化学试剂进行针对性实验,以掌握各种药物对蝌蚪的影响;在对实验材料描述时必须采用通用名,并说明组成成分及浓度,而且对于主要成分应该用化学名描述;实验设计中应该注意设置合理的对照;数据分析上需要注意参数与非参数统计方法的选择,对于重复测量的符合假设数据应该使用重复测量的方差分析.     

雄激素对无尾两栖类鸣叫行为的调控及机制

鸣叫行为是无尾两栖类常见的行为,对其生存和繁殖具有重要意义.虽然目前没有一致的证据,但研究结果暗示了很多无尾两栖类动物的广告和攻击鸣叫行为与其体内雄激素水平密切相关.已有的研究表明,雄激素对无尾类发声器官的肌肉以及运动神经元有重要影响.另外,在无尾类脑部与发声的相关核团中发现雄激素受体的表达.注射精氨酸加压素(AVT)也可以增加蛙类的广告鸣叫及降低释放鸣叫.这些都暗示了激素对无尾类鸣叫行为具有重要作用,但其确切机制尚不清楚.本文通过对已做相关研究的所有物种进行系统发育分析,发现中枢神经与鸣叫行为相关的精氨酸加压素系统具有高度的进化保守性,而与鸣叫相关的性激素作用系统可能是多次独立起源的.     

中国无尾两栖类寄生肠肾虫的考种依据及其讨论

寄生蛙类肠道的肠肾虫)Nyctotheran),国外报道较多,特别是印度和亚洲其他国家的研究较多 ,记述了近 100种1-5.       

海南国家公园霸王岭片区无尾两栖类鸣声多样性:基于自动录音技术

海南热带雨林国家公园霸王岭片区属于我国生物多样性热点地区,其自然环境非常适合两栖类生存,但该区域的无尾两栖类多样性情况尚不清楚。本研究利用新兴的生物声学方法,调查该地区无尾两栖动物的多样性,并了解蛙类鸣叫与环境的关系。我们在国家公园霸王岭片区选择5个生境不同的区域,每个区域设置一条样线,每条样线上布设3台录音设备,于2021年6月、8-9月和12月以及2022年1-3月分别收集至少半个月的声音数据。本次调查共记录到蛙类17种,隶属6科11属。四季的物种组成存在差异,其中冬季(12月)出现的物种最少。不同区域的物种组成也存在差异,其中飞列地区发现的物种最多。记录到的17种蛙中,有12种仅在夜晚鸣叫,有3种主要在夜晚鸣叫,偶尔也在白天鸣叫,有2种全天都活跃鸣叫。不同生境蛙类对降雨的响应也存在差异。永久水体中的小湍蛙(Amolops torrentis)和沼水蛙(Hylarana guentheri),以及栖息环境多样的饰纹姬蛙(Microhyla fissipes),鸣叫活性不受降雨影响,但浅水溪流中的脆皮大头蛙(Limnonectes fragilis)和地面上的海南拟髭蟾(Leptob...     

毛木耳种质资源的RAPD分析

利用22个随机引物对来源不同的56个木耳菌株进行了RAPD分析。结果表明,所有引物的扩增产物DNA片段均表现出明显的多态性,供试菌株总共扩增出164条多态性片段,占总扩增片段的99%;供试菌株两两间的遗传相似系数变化较大(平均GS值0.2143￣0.8764)。采用系统聚类法中的类平均法,对供试的所有菌株两两间相似系数进行聚类,可将它们分为四大类,各大类的类间和类内菌株的遗传变异程度较大,以IV类内各菌株间的最高(平均GS值0.3891),II和III类间的最低(平均GS值0.5887),表明遗传变异也较丰富(总平均GS值0.4918)。将RAPD技术应用于不同菌株间遗传差异的研究,具有反应迅速、不受外界环境条件影响、能从DNA分子水平上揭示菌株间遗传差异等优点,是一种快速准确评估木耳种质资源的有效方法。     

昆明昭觉林蛙可利用食物资源季节变化

对昆明呼马山昭觉林蛙可利用食物资源研究表明:环境中可利用食物资源以节肢动物门昆虫纲和蛛形纲动物为主,其中昆虫纲主要由双翅目、直翅目、鞘翅目、同翅目、半翅目、膜翅目和鳞翅目等组成。可利用食物资源组成和数量都有着明显的季节变化。影响可利用食物资源季节变化的主要因素是气候。选择种类丰富和满足其生理需求适宜性较大的食物是昭觉林蛙利用资源的两种方式。     

《粮食和农业植物遗传资源国际条约》实施进展

简要叙述了《粮食和农业植物遗传资源国际条约》的目标和内容以及自生效以来取得的新进展,包括供资战略的实施、履约进展、方便获得和利益分享多边系统建设以及促进履约的计划和措施等,以期为我国植物遗传资源工作者和政府有关部门提供参考。     

Functional traits reveal environmental constraints on amphibian community assembly in a subtropical dry forest

The relationships between functional traits and environmental gradients are useful to identify different community assembly processes. In this work, we used an approach based on functional traits to analyse if changes in hydroperiod and tree covers of ponds are relevant for local amphibian community assembly processes. Ephemeral ponds with low vegetation cover are expected to impose constraints on different species with particular trait combinations and, therefore, to exhibit communities with lower functional diversity than more stable ponds with greater tree cover. Sampling was conducted in 39 temporary ponds located along vegetation and hydroperiod gradients in the most arid portion of the Chaco ecoregion. Seven functional traits were measured in each species present in the regional pool. Associations between these traits and environmental gradients were detected using multivariate ordination techniques and permutation test (RLQ and fourth‐corner analyses respectively). Functional diversity indices were then calculated and related to variations in the environmental gradients. The results obtained allowed us to identify different sets of traits associated with hydroperiod and tree cover, suggesting that these environmental variables are relevant for structuring amphibian communities according to interspecific variations in functional traits from both, larval and adult stages. Contrary to our expectations, communities associated with more stable ponds and with greater tree cover exhibited lower functional diversity than expected by chance (and were the ponds with highest species richness). This result indicates that the reduction in relative importance of environmental restrictions imposed by a very short hydroperiod and the lack of tree cover, favours different species of the regional pool that are similar in several functional traits. Accordingly, communities associated with stable ponds with high tree cover exhibited high functional redundancy.     

The Effect of Hurricane Iris on the Food Supply of Black Howlers (Alouatta pigra) in Southern Belize1

Hurricanes frequently affect the forests of South and Central America; however, few studies have quantified their effects to forest structure, especially when concentrating on the food supply of an animal population. Hurricane Iris made landfall in Southern Belize on 8 October 2001, severely damaging a 52 hectare site where the behavioral ecology of a population of Central American Black Howlers (Alouatta pigra) had been under study for 2.5 yr. The hurricane resulted in a mortality rate of 35 percent for major food trees, which was primarily attributed to uprooting, snapping, and major delimbing. This damage accounted for 97 percent of the food tree loss between the two sample periods. Tree species differences were found in both the percentage loss and category of damage to food trees. Trees of different heights also experienced different percentage loss and levels of damage; subcanopy and emergent trees experienced higher loss than canopy trees, and subcanopy trees were frequently uprooted. This was partially attributed to a lack of buttressing on these subcanopy trees. Buttressing was found to decrease the frequency of uprooting. Tree size was the only factor that did not influence either damage or death. Trees from which fruit were eaten by black howlers died more than twice as often as did trees eaten for leaves.     

群落食物网间的相似性测度

群落是指一定地段或生境里各种生物种群构成的结构单元。群落内各物种不是孤立存在的,它们之间存在着极为复杂的营养联系。一种植物常有多种害虫取食,一种害虫可取食多种植物,同时又被多种天敌捕食或寄     

Food segregation in three species of portunid crabs

Gastric mills of 2,619 specimens of portunid crabs(Portunus pelagicus, P. sanguinolentus andCharybdis feriatus) in Tolo Harbour, Hong Kongwere examined. Of these, 1,498 containedrecognizable food items. A total of 34 food items wereidentified, 10 of which (29.4%) were common to thethree crab species. The principal food items werebivalves, decapods, fish and algae. However, thepercent frequency of occurrence of these food itemsdiffered significantly (ANOVA, p < 0.001) among thecrabs. In addition to these principalfood items, differences were noted in other dietarycategories: P. pelagicusand P. sanguinolentus fed on the brittle starOphiura kinbergi, whereas P.sanguinolentus and C. feriatus fed on detritusand gastropods. The diet of P. sanguinolentuswas found to be more similar to C. feriatus thanto P. pelagicus. Exploitation of different fooditems and selective feeding on common prey may reduceinter-specific competition for natural food resourcesand allow the three portunid crabs to co-exist in thesame habitat. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Predicting resource utilization: the utility of optimal foraging models

Predicting how predation changes communities is an important challenge for ecologists. One view assumes that predictions can be made in terms of behavioural phenomena. Static optimality methods have been used to devise models of prey choice and are thought to have performed well. Two examples from the literature show that models of diet choice have either been applied without first testing them at the individual level, or have been tested in a way that does not fulfil all their assumptions. A discussion of the nature of mathematical models shows why it is dangerous to translate theories into natural language and how important it is to appreciate the limitations on the mathematical functions describing behaviour. A final section discusses behavioural phenomena such as satiation and learning, which are likely to limit the predictive capacities of static optimization models. It is likely that dynamic models are the way forward although they may be harder to apply at the ecological level.     

Food utilization of aphidophagous hoverfly larvae (Diptera: Syrphidae, Chamaemyiidae) on herbaceous plants in an urban habitat

We examined food utilization in a community of aphidophagous hoverfly larvae (Diptera: Syrphidae and Chamaemyiidae) in open lands in an urban habitat in central Japan for 3 years. The community consisted of 17 hoverfly species feeding on 20 aphid species occurring on 14 species of dominant herbaceous plants. In terms of larval prey preference, the dominant eight species of hoverfly were categorized into three groups: a polyphagous ‘generalist’ group consisting of four species,Episyrphus balteatus, Betasyrphus serarius, Syrphus vitripennis andSphaerophoria sp.; an oligophagous ‘specialist’ group consisting of three species,Metasyrphus hakiensis, Dideoides latus andParagus hemorrhous; andLeucopis puncticornis, which showed a preference for two aphid species on the plantTorilis scabra. The prey aphids of the second group have behavioral or morphological defense mechanisms that are effective for preventing attacks by generalist hoverflies; two prey aphids are aggressive toward generalist predators and the others are protected by ant-attendance. The specialist hoverflies seem to be adapted to overcome these defense mechanisms. The prey ranges overlapped little between the generalist and the specialist groups, while those within the generalist group overlapped greatly.     

Effects of Lowering Food Intake by High Phosphorus Diet on Parathyroid Hormone Actions and Kidney Mineral Concentration in Rats

We investigated whether lowering food intake by high phosphorus (P) diet influenced parathyroid hormone (PTH) actions, bone turnover markers, and kidney mineral concentration in rats. Rats in two of the three groups were respectively given free access to a control diet (C group) and a high P diet (HP group) for 21 days. Rats in another group (PF group) were pair-fed the control diet with the HP group. Compared to the C and PF groups, serum PTH concentration, urinary C-terminal telopeptide of type I collagen excretion, and kidney calcium and P concentrations were significantly higher in the HP group. Urinary excretion of cAMP was significantly lower in the HP group than in the C and PF groups. These results suggested that high P diet decreased PTH action in the kidney and increased bone resorption and kidney mineral concentrations independently of lowering food intake.