A CHECK-LIST OF THE BIRDS OF SABAH, BORNEO

A short account of the geography of Sabah, North Borneo, is followed by a survey of the main habitats and bird communities. The greater part of the paper is devoted to a check-list of the birds of Sabah, which incorporates information collected since the standard work on Borneo by Smythies (1960). 504 species belonging to 65 families have been recorded.     

中国狗寄生虫名录

1.本文将中国已发现之狗寄生虫,列成名录。 2.迄目前止,中国已知之狗寄生虫自然感染者有原虫12种、线虫18种、吸虫34种、絛虫17种、蛭1种,蜱25种、螨4种、舌形虫2种、昆虫18种,计131种;实验感染者有线虫2种、棘头虫1种、吸虫13种,计16种,共147种。 3.上海发现的马氏斜睾吸虫Plagiorchis(M.)massino Petrov and Tichonov,1927及Alaria sp.均为国内狗寄生虫之新纪录。     

DYNAMICS OF ARBUSCULE DEVELOPMENT AND DEGENERATION IN A ZEA MAYS MYCORRHIZA

A quantitative light and electron microscope study of developing and degenerating mycorrhizal arbuscules of Glomus fasciculatum in Zea mays was carried out in order to estimate three parameters during the colonization cycle. These were: 1) V_v(f,c), the fraction of the host cell volume occupied by a volume of fungus; 2) V_v(cy,c), the fraction of the host cell volume occupied by host cytoplasm; 3) S_v(pr,c), the surface-area-to-volume ratio of the host protoplast to the whole host cell. Uninfected cortical cells had an S_v(pr,c) of 0.13 μm²/μm³. As the fungus penetrates the cell wall, the protoplast invaginates, causing a decrease in protoplast volume and an increase in protoplast S_v. The S_v(pr,c) of a cell containing a mature arbuscule is 1.275 μm²/μm³. Because of the shrinkage of the protoplast, the S_v of the protoplast to its own volume rather than the original cell volume is 2.55 μm²/μm³, or almost a 20-fold increase. Total cell size is unaffected. When the arbuscule is mature, the fungus occupies 42% of the cell, with 24% as 1-μm-diam branches, and 18% as trunk. Arbuscular branch formation progresses at a linear rate and is the most important factor in causing the increased host S_v. The correlation coefficient for V_v(br,c) the volume fraction for arbuscular branches, vs. Sv(pr,c) is r = 0.932 (P < 0.001). Degeneration of the arbuscule is marked by a rapid decrease in branches, host S_v, and host cytoplasm. The trunk develops and degenerates at a slower rate than the branches.