Prescribed burning reduces species richness of wood-decay fungi in the forests of northwest Arkansas

The present study, which was carried out at three localities in the Ozark Mountains of northwest Arkansas, investigated the effects of prescribed burning on wood-decomposing fungi using samples of decaying woody debris (DWD) placed in plastic incubation chambers. One of the localities had not been subjected to recent prescribed burning, whereas the other localities contained both an unburned area as well as an area recently subjected to burning. In all three localities, small pieces of decaying woody debris (DWD) were collected, placed in the incubation chambers and the latter kept moist for any extended period of time. Pieces of DWD collected in the areas subjected to burning typically displayed evidence of considerable charring. Fruiting bodies appearing in the incubation chambers were removed and identified by sequencing of ribosomal DNA region. A total of 101 specimens representing 80 different taxa were recorded in the entire investigation, but the numbers of both specimens and taxa were appreciably higher for the unburned collecting sites. As such, the data obtained indicate that prescribed burning lowers the species richness of the wood-decomposing fungi associated with DWD at a particular locality. The unique aspect of the present study was the use of incubation chambers to characterize the taxa of fungi associated with CWD.     

豫南鸡公山自然保护区种子植物区系的研究

鸡公山是大别山西部余脉,位于豫、鄂两省的交界线上,为国家级自然保护区和风景区。本文根据该区现代植物分布的科、属、种,作了详细的统计分析,并与其它地区的植物区系成分作了对比研究。其结果表明:①植物种类组成丰富,共计有132科、544属、1161种。②鸡公山(大别山)是华东、华中、华北植物区系的交汇之地,各种成分兼容并存。③该区(大别山)是秦岭以东南北植物分布的天然界线,以此为北界的植物有34属、72种,以此为南界的植物有5属16种。④大别山是中国西南成分、华中成分向华东地区扩展散布的北部通道,鸡公山是这条通道上的一个连接点。     

The diversification of Nearctic mammals in the Mexican transition zone

The boundary between the Nearctic and Neotropical regions has been delineated using different approaches, methods and taxa. Using a panbiogeographical approach, identification of nodes can help understand the dynamics and evolution of the boundary. We analysed the distribution patterns of 46 Mexican land mammal species belonging to the Nearctic biotic component and delineated generalized tracks and nodes, in order to determine the southernmost boundary of the Nearctic region in Mexico. We found six generalized tracks and nine nodes; the latter located largely in the Sierra Madre Oriental, Transmexican Volcanic Belt, Sierra Madre del Sur and Chiapas biogeographical provinces. The highlands of Chiapas were found to represent the southernmost area inhabited by Nearctic taxa. The other biogeographical provinces, together with the Sierra Madre Occidental and Balsas Basin provinces, represent the Mexican transition zone in the strict sense. Instead of a classic static boundary, this transition zone represents an evolutionarily 'active' zone, where several speciation events have taken place in the past.  © 2004 The Linnean Society of London, Biological Journal of the Linnean Society , 2004, 83 , 327–339.     

中国东北地区植物特有性研究

为了更好地理解植物区系的起源、种系分化及演化进程,推进特有植物保护工作,本文对东北地区内分布的中国特有植物、东北地区特有植物和植物区系地区特有植物的物种组成、科属结构、生活型组成、区系特征和地理分布情况进行了系统研究。结果表明：①研究区域内共有中国特有植物289种、东北地区特有植物109种、长白植物区系地区特有植物154种、大兴安岭植物区系地区特有植物16种、蒙古草原植物区系地区特有植物10种、华北植物区系地区特有植物20种。②各类特有植物中均以草本植物种数最多,其中多年生草本植物占绝对优势,乔木、灌木和藤本相对较少。③中国特有植物集中分布在东北地区大兴安岭山脉和长白山山脉。④东北地区特有植物集中分布地区与东北地区主要山脉走向一致,说明东北地区特有植物以山地起源植物为主。⑤长白植物区系地区植物特有性较强,表现出区系较为成熟的性质。大兴安岭植物区系地区、蒙古草原植物区系地区和华北植物区系地区特有性较弱,表现出区系较年轻的性质。⑥长白植物区系地区特有植物集中分布在吉林长白山山脉和长白山山脉向南延伸的余脉上。大兴安岭植物区系地区特有植物在区内分布较均匀,华北植物区系地区和蒙古草原植物区系地区特有植物在区内分布较零散。     

罗霄山脉种子植物区系及其南北分化特征

本文基于野外调查和文献资料整理, 对罗霄山脉种子植物区系及其自北向南5条中型山脉之间的区系过渡性特征进行了系统分析。结果表明: (1)该区域内野生种子植物有179科1,107属4,314种; 区系表征科主要以亚热带山地为现代分布中心。科的区系组成为: 单型科25科, 寡种科61科, 单型属465属, 寡种属432属, 呈现出区系特征上的孑遗性, 也显示出本地区系成分与典型热带成分及典型温带成分间存在密切交流。(2)科的地理成分共分为10个类型, 以热带性成分占明显优势, 热带性科83科及温带性科40科分别占非世界性科总数的67.48%和32.52%; 属的地理成分包括15个分布区类型, 以温带成分占优势, 温带性属534属及热带性属484属分别占非世界性属总数的52.46%和47.54%。属分布区类型以泛热带分布、热带亚洲分布、北温带分布、东亚分布为主, 体现出本地区与古热带植物区系及温带第三纪植物区系的紧密联系。(3)罗霄山脉5条山脉间区系组成呈现出明显的南北分异特征, 自北向南热带属与温带属比值逐渐增大, 北段幕阜山脉温带性成分明显占优势, 与华中区系关联密切, 而南段万洋山脉、诸广山脉热带性属较占优势, 分布有丰富的华南区系成分。罗霄山脉地区是重要的区系交流通道, 历史时期的气候波动是本地区现代区系分布格局形成的主要原因。     

Flora of the Kazanian–Urzhumian boundary in the middle Permian of the Russian Platform

Rich fossil plant localities in the upper Guadalupian and the lowermost Lopingian of the Russian Platform are confined to several discrete “levels” or “horizons” divided by intervals that are almost devoid of plant remains. One such “horizon” is located at the boundary between the Upper Kazanian and the Urzhumian of the regional stratigraphic scale. Numerous localities of this level can be grouped into two geographical clusters, the northern one being confined to the Kama River Basin, and the southern one to the Orenburg Region and Southern Bashkortostan. Regarding the southern localities, three floras that are seemingly successive in time can be distinguished. Against a common background of articulates (Paracalamites and Equisetites), the lowermost flora is characterized by the dominance of leaves of Rufloria (Cordaitanthales) with very rare conifers. Conifers (Quadrocladus, Sashinia, Dvinostrobus) and leaves of Phylladoderma (Peltaspermales) are the most abundant elements of the middle assemblage, whereas Rufloria leaves are very seldom found together with the peltasperm Ginkgophyllum and the conifer-like Steirophyllum. The uppermost flora is dominated by Odontopteridium and Ustyugia, two closely related genera of peltasperms, whereas cordaitaleans are totally absent. Comparison with the northern localities, which can be linked to the type sections of the Upper Kazanian and the Urzhumian, enables the dating of these assemblages in terms of the regional stratigraphic scale. All three floras prove to be confined to the uppermost Kazanian, and only the youngest one could also occur in the lowermost Urzhumian. As the stratigraphic ranges of all observed plant taxa exceed the total stratigraphic interval under study, the sequence of the floras seems to be caused by ecological (most likely climatic) factors rather than the actual evolution of plants. In particular, the observed gradual elimination of cordaitaleans confirms the general view on the extinction of this group on the Russian Platform. The southwestern boundary of the occurrence of cordaitaleans on the Russian Platform stretched from the southwest to the northeast, approximately parallel to the palaeolatitudes reconstructed on the basis of palaeomagnetic data. During the Guadalupian it moved to the northeast, which is to the north considering the position of the North Pole of that time. Cordaitaleans were the main peat-forming plants in the Late Palaeozoic of northern Pangea (in the Kuznetsk, Tunguska and Pechora Basins). So their retreat to the north was most likely a consequence and a reflection of the warming and drying of the climate.     

高黎贡山北段种子植物区系研究

高黎贡山北段种子植物种类十分丰富,共记载野生种子植物172科,778属,2514种及302变种(亚种),是植物多样性最为丰富的地区之一。区系成分分析表明:1)本区种子植物区系的性质具有鲜明的温带性,并深受热带植物区系的影响,区系地理成分复杂、联系广泛;2)现代种子植物区系是在古南大陆热带亚洲植物区系的基础上,由古南大陆成分及古北大陆成分在漫长的地质历史过程中融合发展而来,许多源于印度-马来、北温带(特别是东亚)的成分在此都产生了较为丰富的特有类群,它们共同演变成今天的植物区系外貌;3)种子植物区系具有明显的水平和垂直替代现象,间断现象也较为显著,主要表现为滇西北-滇东南间断分布或在此线西南侧连续分布;4)种子植物区系的特有现象十分丰富,物种分化强烈,新老兼备,而以新生的进化成分为主,由此表明高黎贡山北段在保存古老成分的同时,又分化出许多新生成分,它是一个孕育新特有现象的重要舞台。     

高黎贡山兰花的多样性

对高黎贡山兰科植物的生物地理学和多样性进行了研究。1.兰科是高黎贡山种子植物中最大的科,包括75属265种。2.高黎贡山兰花起源于新、旧世界的热带和温带, 热带属占60%(45属),温带属占38.67%(29属),包括2个云南特有属。但是,高黎贡山兰科植物与地中海地区和中亚地区的联系十分微弱。3.高黎贡山的兰花以地生兰为主。这里,57.33%(43属)为地生兰,而附生兰和腐生兰仅分别为31属和3属。4.兰花物种的分布区式样表明高黎贡山兰花以温带兰为主 温带兰占总种数的69.43%(184种),包括东亚成分即滇西高黎贡山-东喜马拉雅分布的种和中国西南部特有种,它们是高黎贡山兰花区系的核心。5.高黎贡山兰科的特有现象在于1)具有云南二个特有属蜂腰兰Bulleyia和反唇兰Smithorchis;2)有高黎贡山特有种21个,如泸水兜兰Paphiopedilum markianum,贡山风兰Cymbidium gongshanense,贡山贝母兰Coelogyne gongshanense,热带附生兰——万带兰亚科在高黎贡山没有形成特有种;3)高黎贡山北段的特有种比南段丰富贡山有14种,腾冲仅有4种; 海拔1800～2100 m的梯度带特有种最多(13种);4)高黎贡山有云南特有种10种,其中小花槽舌兰Holcoglossum junceum是一个热带种,因为板块位移而来到了亚热带地域;5)高黎贡山的兰科植物中有19.25%(51种)是中国特有种,它们出现在高黎贡山,分布在云南其他地区和西南的一些省区。高黎贡山特有种,分布到高黎贡山的云南特有种和分布到高黎贡山的中国特有种一共为82种,占高黎贡山兰科总种数的30.91%, 兰科在高黎贡山是一个特有化程度很高的类群。     

广西特有植物的研究(续完)

<正> 二、广西特有植物区系的特征和地理分布 (一)广西特有植物的科、属、种构成 就迄今我们收集到的资料,广西有维管束植物7217种(包括种下等级),隶属于288科,1778属。其中特有属10个,它们是:辛木属(Sinia,含1种,金莲木科),异裂菊属(Heteroplexis,含3种,菊科),和属于苦苣苔科的单卒苣苔属(Metebriggsia,含2种),圆果苣苔属(Gyrogyne,含1种),瑶山苣苔属(Dayaoshania,含1种),密叶苣苔属(Buxiphyllum,1种),异片苣苔属(Allostigma,含1种),裂檐苣苔属     

Current biogeographical roles of the Kunlun Mountains

Large‐scale patterns of biodiversity and formation have garnered increasing attention in biogeography and macroecology. The Qinghai‐Tibet Plateau (QTP) is an ideal area for exploring these issues. However, the QTP consists of multiple geographic subunits, which are understudied. The Kunlun Mountains is a geographical subunit situated in the northern edge of the QTP, in northwest China. The diversity pattern, community phylogenetic structures, and biogeographical roles of the current flora of the Kunlun Mountains were analyzed by collecting and integrating plant distribution, regional geological evolution, and phylogeography. A total of 1911 species, 397 genera, and 75 families present on the Kunlun Mountains, of which 29.8% of the seed plants were endemic to China. The mean divergence time (MDT) of the Kunlun Mountains flora was in the early Miocene (19.40 Ma). Analysis of plant diversity and MDT indicated that the eastern regions of the Kunlun Mountains were the center of species richness, endemic taxa, and ancient taxa. Geographical origins analysis showed that the Kunlun Mountains flora was diverse and that numerous clades were from East Asia and Tethyan. Analysis of geographical origins and geological history together highlighted that the extant biodiversity on the Kunlun Mountains appeared through species recolonization after climatic fluctuations and glaciations during the Quaternary. The nearest taxon index speculated that habitat filtering was the most important driving force for biodiversity patterns. These results suggest that the biogeographical roles of the Kunlun Mountains are corridor and sink, and the corresponding key processes are species extinction and immigration. The Kunlun Mountains also form a barrier, representing a boundary among multiple floras, and convert the Qinghai‐Tibet Plateau into a relatively closed geographical unit.     

新疆兽类分布格局及动物地理区划探讨

通过整理文献资料,依据Wilson 和Reeder (2005)兽类分类系统,共收集到新疆兽类138 种,分别隶属8目22 科。根据兽类在各个特定分布区的分布特点,采用Ward 的方法对各特定分布区进行聚类,依据特定分布区的相似性聚类结果,并结合自然地理条件,对新疆兽类动物地理分布格局进行了探讨,并将全疆兽类动物地理区划划分到第Ⅲ级。结果表明,物种丰富度与分布区的环境异质性密切相关,同时,区域环境一致性较高的地区,其兽类区系成份相似度亦较高,聚类结果的一致性较强;新疆兽类的分布受地形因素的影响较显著,天山和塔克拉玛干沙漠等明显的地理界限对兽类的交流、扩散起到明显的阻隔作用。     

梵净山种子植物区系特征及植物地理学意义

梵净山为地处云贵高原向湘西丘陵过渡斜坡区,是武陵山脉的最高主峰,面积约为77 514 hm~2。该研究针对当地野生种子植物区系的问题,主要通过对种子植物科属种水平的地理成分、区系古老性、区系过渡性等区系特征进行了统计和分析。结果表明:(1)该区物种丰富、地理成分复杂,共有野生种子植物163科843属2 584种,中国特有种1 010种(含梵净山特有种46种),其中属的热带、温带地理成分比例相当,热带成分略占优势。(2)该区植物起源古老,保存有梵净山特有裸子植物梵净山冷杉、长苞铁杉、粗榧、水青树、伯乐树、领春木等大量古老树种。(3)该区与临近区系交汇、渗透现象明显、过渡性质突出,经初步确定以梵净山为典型分布边界点的植物共有120科197属288种,分别有103种、62种、87种、36种以梵净山地区为分布的北界、南界、东界和西界,即梵净山更多的阻碍了热带、亚热带植物的北迁和中国—喜马拉雅成分的东扩。(4)该区常绿树种与落叶树种并茂发育,热带成分与温带成分竞争激烈。因此,梵净山在中国植物区系甚至东亚植物区系中具有非常重要的意义。     

Effects of a range expansion on adaptive and neutral genetic diversity in dispersal limited Hazel grouse (<Emphasis Type="Italic">Bonasa bonasia</Emphasis>) in the French Alps

Biogeographic range expansions, when related to dispersal limitation, may have counter intuitive effects on genetic diversity. At range margins the relative roles of demographic changes, connectivity and genetic diversity need to be integrated for a successful assessment of population viability. Historically the Hazel grouse (Bonasa bonasia) in France was found in the north of the French Alps and also in a disjunct population in the nearby Jura Mountains. The species has recently undergone a range expansion in a north to south axis in the Alps. Local population size estimates and migration patterns during expansion have previously been studied. In this study, we performed genotyping at neutral (microsatellite) and adaptive (MHC) genetic markers in Hazel grouse. We compared diversity and differentiation (F_ST and D_EST) at three sampling localities along the expansion axis in the French Alps and Jura, as well as at two sampling localities in Sweden, where the population has had a long-term continuous and stable distribution. Strong serial founder effects were found between the French localities, resulting in stronger isolation further south, with a relatively high neutral differentiation (pair-wise F_ST = 0.117). However, the loss of adaptive diversity MHC was slight. No adaptive differentiation (MHC D_EST = ?0.015) was observed, thus, the French localities can be considered uniform units with regard to MHC diversity, a criterion to treat populations in these localities as a management unit.     

Floristic composition and endemism pattern of vascular plants in Ethiopia and Eritrea

Traditional attempts to delineate floristic regions are typically based on the qualitative analysis of species distribution, often ignoring the phylogenetic relationships among their taxa. Ethiopia and Eritrea are in the Horn of Africa, known as one of the world's biodiversity hotspots. We quantitatively classified the flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea into meaningful geographical units by analyzing the taxonomic and phylogenetic β‐diversity at genera, total species, and endemic species levels at a scale of 0.5° × 0.5° grid cells. Hierarchical clustering was used to quantitatively delimitate the flora and analysis of similarities was used to test the significant difference between the derived groups in taxonomic composition and phylogenetic relatedness. In total, two floristic subprovinces, five floristic districts, and 13 floristic subdistricts, as well as three centers of species endemism associated with three floristic subdistricts were identified. Our results also showed that the species diversity, endemism, and turnover of the highlands in Ethiopia and Eritrea were much higher than the lowlands, indicating that the floristic differences are closely related to the topography of the East African Rift. In this study, we provided a scientific framework for the composition and relationships of the floristic units in the Horn of Africa, and similarly provided a scientific basis for better conservation of the diversity in this region.     

Taphonomy of Sheridan College Quarry 1, Buffalo, Wyoming: Implications for reconstructing historic dinosaur localities including Utterback's 1902-1910 Morrison dinosaur expeditions

The Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation has yielded some of the most important, voluminous and diverse dinosaur bonebeds in western North America, yet many of its historic sites were excavated during the celebrated period of vertebrate paleontology in western North America referred to as the first and second “Great Dinosaur Rush” (1870-1910s). Because of the large quantity of fossils collected during this era, a considerable amount of data pertaining to patterns of sedimentation, preservation, and paleoecology across broad portions of the Morrison Formation (and indeed many other Mesozoic and Cenozoic units) is still poorly understood. This paper critically re-evaluates the Sheridan College Quarry 1 dinosaur bonebed which lies along the western rim of the Powder River Basin in the region of localities excavated during Utterback's expeditions in the 1900s. Sedimentologically, the bonebed is interpreted as having been formed by episodic flooding events affecting the proximal floodplain depocenter of a meandering river system. Limited evidence of bone abrasion or rounding and progressive upsection changes in bone orientations suggest that minimal transport occurred, but that at least four episodes of overbank flooding resulted in the concentration and burial of attritional, time averaged vertebrate skeletal material that accumulated in topographic lows on the floodplain. Taphonomic analysis indicates that multiple unassociated to partially associated fossil elements excavated represent at least three taxa of sauropod dinosaurs, whereas isolated elements from the site indicate the presence of several other small vertebrate taxa. This work provides significant new information not only about the Sheridan College Quarry 1, but also about local sedimentary and taphonomic conditions that were likely influential to burial and preservation of other nearby Morrison dinosaur localities in the Big Horn Mountains, most notably those excavated during the famous Utterback expeditions. This study highlights the research potential in reconstructing lost data for historic dinosaur localities.     

A contribution to the bryophyte flora of southern Turkey

An initial investigation has been undertaken into the bryophyte flora in the region of southern Turkey that includes the Bolkar and Amanus Mountains and Mersin villages (square C13 on the grid-map of Henderson & Prentice, 1969). Some 29 moss taxa and 3 species of hepatics are recorded for this bryologically under-explored area.     

中国萨吾尔-塔尔巴哈台山地种的地理成分分析

划分出萨吾尔 -塔尔巴哈台山地植物种一级的分布区类型共 1 2种类型及 3种亚型。分析结果表明 ,南北向格局分布区类型中的种类数目占总种数的三分之一多 ,说明本区在近代与南北植物区系的交流较多 ,成为南北植物区系物种交流的重要通道及由于该地的低海拔成为一些山地物种的分布边界 ,但中低山及平原中旱生性质的种类的分布未受到本区地形的影响。     

The non-native vascular flora of Campania (southern Italy)

We discuss several aspects of the alien flora of Campania (southern Italy), on the basis of an updated and annotated checklist. The non-native flora includes at present 346 taxa in 231 genera, representing 82 families. However, other 55 taxa were not found later than 1950. Trends in alien plants invasion throughout the investigated area are discussed. Results are therefore compared with similar data from other Italian regions and other European countries. In the Appendix, taxa are listed with essential synonymy, local and general distribution, status, biological form, habitat, diffusion mechanisms, potential threats, literature data, voucher specimens, and miscellaneous ethnobotanical, chronological and taxonomical notes. In addition, 49 escaped taxa are known only for Botanical and private gardens, while 66 taxa are regarded as doubtful aliens. By including also these two categories, the non-native flora of Campania reaches 516 taxa. In addition, numerous doubtful and erroneous indications were discussed. Finally, a reference list for the exotic regional flora from 1500 C.E. to present is proposed.     

华东天目山脉、黄山山脉、大别山脉竹类植物区系分析,兼论区系的起源与扩散

华东天目山脉、黄山山脉、大别山脉竹类植物较为丰富,分别有10属/75种(含种下等级)、8/49、7/30.通过对属、种的分布型分析,前二者竹类植物区系属于典型的华东区系,起源的时间不迟于早第三纪的始新世;而大别山脉虽仍属华东区系的范畴,因渗入了不少华中区系的成分,已具有某些经向过渡性特征,且起源的时间较晚.这3个山脉的竹类植物区系均具有显著的亚热带性质.天目山脉不仅是刚竹属Phyllostachys和短穗竹属Brachystachyum的分化变异中心,也极有可能就是它们的起源中心,但它们自此地起源后的散布方式有所不同,刚竹属在我国亚热带为四周放射状顺序渐进,扩散的范围颇广;短穗竹属存在东西南北4条散布路线,但向各方扩散的距离相差甚远.这些山脉与华东其他地区竹类植物区系联系密切,与华中竹类植物区系也有一定的联系,但与华南、西南等地竹类植物区系联系微弱.从地理位置和区系组成来看,黄山山脉的竹类植物区系来源于天目山脉,大别山脉的竹类植物区系又来源于黄山山脉,前者都是在后者扩展的基础上融合了其他区系的一些成分后发展而成,大别山脉又是北方秦岭以东广大丘陵平原地区竹类植物区系的发祥地.     

乌鲁木齐河上游大西沟地区种子植物区系特征分析

本文研究了乌鲁木齐河上游大西沟地区的种子植物区系特征。调查表明,该地区现有种子植物406种,隶属198属, 46科。种子植物科的组成以世界分布型科为主;属的组成以北温带分布型为主;种的组成以温带亚洲分布为主。区系成分的分析结果说明,该地区植物区系是东天山植物区系的组成部分,具有典型的北温带植物区系特征。该地区植物区系具有山地植物区系和垂直变化的特点,大部分种类集中分布于山地中部。与周围地区的共有程度分析表明,尽管东亚分布型在植物区系组成中占有的份额很小,但是在植物区系的形成和起源上,与我国北方森林和草原区系有很大的历史渊源性,明显不同于中亚荒漠植物区系。