Contributions of C3 and C4 plants to higher trophic levels in an Amazonian savanna

We studied the energy flow from C₃ and C₄ plants to higher trophic levels in a central Amazonian savanna by comparing the carbon stable-isotope ratios of potential food plants to the isotope ratios of species of different consumer groups. All C₄ plants encountered in our study area were grasses and all C₃ plants were bushes, shrubs or vines. Differences in δ¹³C ratios among bushes (xˉ = −30.8, SD = 1.2), vines (xˉ = −30.7, SD = 0.46) and trees (xˉ = −29.7, SD = 1.5) were small. However the mean δ¹³C ratio of dicotyledonous plants (xˉ = −30.4, SD = 1.3) was much more negative than that of the most common grasses (xˉ = −13.4, SD = 0.27). The insect primary consumers had δ¹³C ratios which ranged from a mean of −29.5 (SD = 0.47) for the grasshopper Tropidacris collaris to a mean of −14.7 (SD = 0.56) for a termite (Nasutitermes sp.), a range similar to that of the vegetation. However, the common insectivorous and omnivorous vertebrates had intermediate values for δ¹³C, indicating that carbon from different autotrophic sources mixes rapidly as it moves up the food chain. Despite this mixing, the frogs and lizards generally had higher values of δ¹³C (xˉ = −21.7, SD = 1.6; xˉ = −21.9, SD = 1.8, respectively) than the birds (xˉ = −24.8, SD = 1.8) and the only species of mammal resident in the savanna (xˉ = −25.4), indicating that they are generally more dependent on, or more able to utilise, food chains based on C₄ grasses. Received: 7 May 1998 / Accepted: 30 November 1998     

广西扶绥白头叶猴对栖息地的选择与利用

为了解白头叶猴（Trachypithecus leucocephalus）的栖息地利用规律及其影响因素,2016年2月至2017年1月,采用瞬时扫描取样法对广西崇左白头叶猴国家级自然保护区一群白头叶猴的栖息地利用进行了研究。结果表明,白头叶猴对山体不同部位的利用存在显著性差异（χ² =39.467,df=3,P<0.001）,其中,对崖壁（56.75±9.55）%的利用比例最大,其次是对山坡（39.42±10.93）%和山顶（2.98±2.54）%的利用,而对山脚（0.84±1.47）%的利用频率最低。白头叶猴对不同微生境类型的利用存在差异（χ²=27.709,df=3,P<0.001）,其中对乔木（49.37±12.31）%的利用比例最大,其次是裸岩（24.05±13.61）%,随后依次为藤本（15.48±8.01）%和灌木（10.87±5.45）%。白头叶猴主要在山坡上觅食,利用崖壁移动、休息,进行社会活动;主要利用裸岩进行社会活动,觅食、移动、休息主要发生在乔木上。从整体来看,白头叶猴在雨季对乔木的利用频率显著大于旱季（Z=-2.680,n=12,P=0.007）;雨季在山坡觅食频率显著大于旱季（Z=-2.517,n=12,P=0.012）,而在崖壁觅食频率刚好相反（Z=-2.842,n=12,P=0.004）;白头叶猴雨季在乔木休息的频率显著大于旱季（Z=-2.355,n=12,P=0.019）。白头叶猴对栖息地的利用受到温度的影响。白头叶猴对乔木的总体利用频率随着平均温度的升高而增加（r=0.664,n=12,P=0.018）;觅食时,对崖壁、裸岩的利用频率均与平均温度成负相关关系（崖壁：r=-0.685,n=12,P=0.014;裸岩：r=-0.600,n=12,P=0.039）;休息时,对乔木的利用频率与平均温度呈正相关关系（r=0.650,n=12,P=0.022）。不同季节,白头叶猴对栖息地的利用方式不同。白头叶猴的栖息地利用模式可能是在觅食利益和捕食风险之间作出的权衡,并受到环境温度的影响。     

基于红外相机监测数据分析安徽麝活动节律

安徽麝(Moschus anhuiensis)是我国特有种,被列为国家一级重点保护野生动物,狭窄地分布于安徽、河南及湖北三省交接的大别山区域。为明确安徽麝的活动节律及其与其他动物的相互关系,2021年1月至12月,在湖北大别山国家级自然保护区罗田县区域内布设43台红外相机,对安徽麝及其同域物种进行研究。根据红外相机拍摄的时间,统计安徽麝及其他物种的活动规律,并进行节律重叠分析。结果表明：(1)监测的43台红外相机,共10 142个工作日,拍摄野生动物照片1 042张,其中10台红外相机拍摄到安徽麝,共有效监测到安徽麝40次。安徽麝的相对多度(IRA)为3.84;(2)安徽麝主要分布于保护区的核心区范围,落叶阔叶林是安徽麝优先选择的生境(χ² = 98.99,df = 2,P < 0.001);日活动高峰为9:00 ~ 11:00时和21:00 ~ 23:00时,4月和12月是安徽麝的年活动高峰期,6至10月安徽麝的活动强度很低;昼夜节律分析发现,安徽麝具有较强的夜行性活动能力(INRA = 0.64);(3)安徽麝的活动节律与保护区内同属鲸偶蹄目的小麂(Muntiacus reevesi)及野猪(Sus scrofa)均存在显著差异,具有一定特异性。     

圈养林麝粪样类固醇激素水平与麝香分泌的关系

基于非损伤取样和放射免疫法（RIA）,于2018年9月1日-10月15日期间对四川马尔康林麝繁育场的36头雄性圈养林麝（Moschus berezovskii）的粪样类固醇激素水平进行了检测,结合麝香分泌数据采集,探究了林麝的粪样睾酮和皮质醇水平与其麝香分泌的关系,结果表明：四川马尔康圈养林麝的麝香分泌（12.53±0.76）g（n=36）与粪样睾酮水平（106.03±12.34）ng/g（n=36）呈显著正相关（r=0.436,P < 0.01）,泌香较多雄麝（16.50±0.61）g（n=17）的睾酮水平（141.51±21.86）ng/g（n=17）显著地高于泌香较少（8.98±0.59）g（n=19）雄麝（74.27±7.93）ng/g（n=19）（t=-3.252,df=34, P < 0.01）,方程y=0.021x+10.270（R²=0.120,P < 0.05）可较好地拟合二者间关系。麝香分泌与皮质醇浓度（47.49±1.53）ng/g（n=36）相关不显著（r=0.078,P > 0.05）,泌香较多雄麝的皮质醇浓度（48.98±2.28）ng/g（n=17）略高于泌香较少雄麝（46.17±2.14）ng/g（n=19）,差异不显著（P > 0.05）,方程y=0.038x+10.730（R²=0.023,P > 0.05）可近似拟合皮质醇与泌香量间的关系。此外,雄麝睾酮水平对泌香量有显著影响（P < 0.05）,睾酮水平较高林麝泌香量（14.97±1.17）g（n=12）显著高于睾酮水平较低个体的泌香量（11.32±0.90）g（n=24）（F=4.79,P < 0.05）,而睾酮、皮质醇和年龄对麝香分泌的综合效应及变量间的交互作用均不显著（P > 0.05）。研究确定了圈养林麝粪样睾酮和皮质醇水平与麝香分泌量间的关系,可用于麝类驯养实践的麝香产量预测及品系选育。     

专家门诊亚专科化及专病门诊优化的效果分析

目的 探讨专家门诊亚专科化及专病门诊优化对学科发展及患者就诊的影响。方法 2011年及2014年分别对老年医学科及普通外科专家门诊实行亚专科化并在2013年至2014年对专病门诊进行优化,比较调整前后门诊相关指标的变化。结果 亚专科化后,两个专科的专家门诊量分别增长了63.0%和5.6%,均高于医院同期平均水平（经χ²检验,P=0.000）。普通外科4级手术率达34.9%,高于2013年同期（经χ²检验,P=0.000）,挂号错误率也明显下降（经χ²检验, P=0.000）。2014年底专病门诊增至38个,其中联合专病门诊7个,门诊量增长了36.5%,高于同期专病门诊数量及医院门诊量的增长率（经χ²检验,P=0.000）。结论 专家门诊的亚专科化及充分发挥专病门诊的作用是促进学科建设、提升医院影响力、方便患者就诊的有效措施之一。     

西藏双须叶须鱼年龄与生长特点研究

双须叶须鱼（Ptychobarbus dipogon Regan）隶属裂腹鱼亚科（Schizothoracinae）叶须鱼属（Ptychobarbus）,是西藏特有经济鱼类,2016年被列入中国脊椎动物红色名录,必须加快推动该鱼的养护工作。2013年2~3月份及2014年2~6月份,在雅鲁藏布江谢通门段与支流拉萨河上游段采集1 030尾双须叶须鱼样本,以脊椎骨作为年龄鉴定材料进行年龄与生长特点研究,以期分析和评价该类群鱼类资源情况。研究结果如下：双须叶须鱼样本中最大年龄为49龄,最小年龄为4龄;体重与体长关系是样本总体W=4.4×10^-5?SL^2.7688、雌鱼W_♀=5.0×10^-4?SL^2.3474、雄鱼W_♂=2.8×10^-5?SL^2.8414;体长生长方程为雌鱼L_t（♀）=431.8［1-e^-0.19（t+1.19）］,渐进体长L∞_（♀）=431.8 mm,拐点年龄为3.3龄,雄鱼L_t（♂）=367.6［1-e^-0.42（t+3.37）］,渐进体长L∞_（♂）=367.7 mm;体重生长方程为雌鱼W_t（♀）=767.40［1-e^-0.19（t+1.19）］^2.3474,雄鱼W_t（♂）=545.02［1-e^-0.42（t+3.37）］^2.8414;群体异速生长指数b=2.768 8与匀速生长指数3存在显著性差异,即P<0.05。研究表明双须叶须鱼体趋向低龄化,应当予以充分关注。     

结构方程模型下医患关系质量测量模型的构建与验证

目的 采用探索性因子分析和验证性因子分析构建医患关系质量测量模型。方法 采用文献法收集测量指标并自拟设计问卷,采用SPSS和AMOS软件进行模型的构建。结果 测量模型包含积极医患关系质量和消极医患关系质量两个维度,二者具有显著的负向相关（r= -0.32）;积极医患关系质量的Cronbachs’ɑ 系数为0.93,消极医患关系质量的Cronbachs’ɑ 系数为0.72;χ²=70.481, χ²/ df=2.274, RMSEA=0.057, GFI =0.967, AGFI =0.941, CFI =0.983, NFI =0.970,模型拟合指标良好。结论 构建的医患关系质量二元模型具有良好的信度和效度,可以用来测量医患双方主体对医患关系质量的评价与认知情况。     

雅砻江中游厚唇裸重唇鱼种群结构与生长特性

于2020年10月至2021年3月在四川省甘孜藏族自治州雅砻江江段（雅江县至新龙县）采集厚唇裸重唇鱼（Gymnodiptychus pachycheilus）样本189尾,用以研究雅砻江中游厚唇裸重唇鱼的种群结构与生长特性,分析其野生资源现状、影响因素及保护对策。结果显示雅砻江中游厚唇裸重唇鱼调查种群由3-9龄组成,其中优势年龄组为4-6龄,占样本总数的87.83%;种群平均体长和体重分别为264.1 mm和250.5 g,雌雄性比为1.48：1,雌性和雄性最小性成熟个体年龄均为4龄,对应体长分别为202.0 mm和220.0 mm,对应体重分别为105.0 g和133.0 g;种群的平均肥满度为1.22,体长（L）与体重（W）关系式为W=5.00×10^-6L^3.146（R²=0.948,n=189）,属于匀速生长类型;种群体长和体重的Von Bertalanffy生长方程分别为L_t=727.5[1-e^{-0.097（t-0.508）}],W_t=5224.9[1-e^{-0.097（t-0.508）}]^3.146;生长拐点年龄为12.4龄,对应的体长和体重分别为505.2 mm和1568.3 g。研究表明目前雅砻江中游厚唇裸重唇鱼表现出年龄结构趋于低龄化,体型趋于小型化的种群结构特点,且具有自然寿命较长、生长缓慢、渐近体长较大等生长特性,加之雅砻江饵料基础和水文条件较差等因素,推测雅砻江中游厚唇裸重唇鱼所具备的种群增长潜力较低,其野生资源的自然恢复面临挑战。因此,应尽快开展雅砻江流域厚唇裸重唇鱼野生资源的保护工作。     

基于结构方程模型的医患互动关系二元评价模型构建

目的 构建基于医方视角下的支持性互动关系与抑制性互动关系的二元评价模型,并开发相应的测量量表。方法 问卷收集786份医护样本,采用探索性因子分析和验证性因子分析进行模型构建与测量工具开发。结果 医方视角下的医患互动关系模型包含支持性与抑制性互动二元维度;支持性互动关系Cronbachs’ɑ 系数为0.93,抑制性互动关系的Cronbachs’ɑ 系数为0.77;χ²=136.023,χ²/ df=1.679,RMSEA=0.042,GFI =0.956,AGFI =0.935,CFI =0.982,NFI =0.958,模型拟合指标良好。结论 测量模型具有良好的一致性信度和构建效度,医患互动关系是评价医方对医患关系质量认知的重要组成部分与影响因素,构建的二元模型与量表对于测量医患互动关系具有积极的理论意义与实践价值。     

利用LightCycler研究食管鳞状细胞癌与MTHFR C677T多态性的关系

亚甲基四氢叶酸还原酶(MTHFR)在叶酸代谢中起重要作用.MTHFR基因第677位核苷酸的多态性（C→T）能影响其酶活性并与肿瘤易感性有关.为比较中国北方人群MTHFR C677T多态性与食管鳞状细胞癌（ESCC）易感性之间的关系, 通过高速实时聚合酶链反应（real-time PCR）和解链曲线（melting curve）方法分析了189名ESCC患者和141名健康对照的MTHFR C677T多态性位点的基因型.结果显示,健康对照组的MTHFR C/C（纯合野生）、C/T和T/T（纯合突变）基因型的频率分别为17.7%、38.3%和44.0%.ESCC患者的T/T基因型频率（42.3%）与健康对照组无显著差异（χ²=0.089, P＞0.05）,其C/T基因型频率（49.2%）仅略高于对照组（χ²＝3.890, P＜0.05）,而患者组的C/C基因型频率(8.5%)显著低于健康对照组(17.7%) (χ²=6.37, P=0.012).与C/T和T/T基因型相比,C/C基因型可显著降低ESCC的发病风险(相对风险度的比值比（OR）=0.43, 95%可信区间（CI）=0.22～0.84),在吸烟者和有上消化道肿瘤家族史的患者中这一倾向更加明显.研究提示,在中国北方人群中, MTHFR C677T纯合野生基因型对ESCC的发病起保护作用.     

Systematic significance of mature embryo of bamboos

The mature embryo of seven species belonging to five genera of Indian bamboos is described. In all these the basic pattern of embryo organisation is same: the scutellar and coleoptilar bundles are not separated by an internode, the epiblast is absent, the lower portion of the scutellum and the coleorhiza are separated by a cleft and the margins of embryonic leaves overlap. The features unique to fleshy fruited bamboos are: presence of a massive scutellum, the juxtaposition of plumule and radicle and the occurrence of a bud in the axil of the coleoptile. The fleshy fruit bearing bamboos should be classified into one group, the tribeMelocanneae. Evidence is provided to recognise additional groups in the subfamilyBambusoideae.     

Taxonomic status of the species of the green algal genusNeochloris

Komárek has recently reviewed the various species assigned to the green algal genusNeochloris Starr (Chlorococcales, Chlorococcaceae) and removed those with uninucleate vegetative cells to a new genus,Ettlia. Watanabe & Floyd, unaware ofKomárek's work, also reviewed the species ofNeochloris and distributed them among three genera—Neochloris, Chlorococcopsis gen. nov., andParietochloris gen. nov.—on the basis of details of the covering of the zoospore and the arrangement of the basal bodies of the flagellar apparatus. This paper reconciles these two treatments and makes additional recommendations at the ranks of genus, family, order, and class.     

Phylogeny of cardinalfishes (Teleostei: Gobiiformes: Apogonidae) and the evolution of visceral bioluminescence

The cardinalfishes (Apogonidae) are a diverse clade of small, mostly reef-dwelling fishes, for which a variety of morphological data have not yielded a consistent phylogeny. We use DNA sequence to hypothesize phylogenetic relationships within Apogonidae and among apogonids and other acanthomorph families, to examine patterns of evolution including the distribution of a visceral bioluminescence system. In conformance with previous studies, Apogonidae is placed in a clade with Pempheridae, Kurtidae, Leiognathidae, and Gobioidei. The apogonid genus Pseudamia is recovered outside the remainder of the family, not as sister to the superficially similar genus Gymnapogon. Species sampled from the Caribbean and Western Atlantic (Phaeoptyx, Astrapogon, and some Apogon species) form a clade, as do the larger-bodied Glossamia and Cheilodipterus. Incidence of visceral bioluminescence is found scattered throughout the phylogeny, independently for each group in which it is present. Examination of the fine structure of the visceral bioluminescence system through histology shows that light organs exhibit a range of morphologies, with some composed of complex masses of tubules (Siphamia, Pempheris, Parapriacanthus) and others lacking tubules but containing chambers formed by folds of the visceral epithelium (Acropoma, Archamia, Jaydia, and Rhabdamia). Light organs in Siphamia, Acropoma, Pempheris and Parapriacanthus are distinct from but connected to the gut; those in Archamia, Jaydia, and Rhabdamia are simply portions of the intestinal tract, and are little differentiated from the surrounding tissues. The presence or absence of symbiotic luminescent bacteria does not correlate with light organ structure; the tubular light organs of Siphamia and chambered tubes of Acropoma house bacteria, those in Pempheridae and the other Apogonidae do not.     

Apoptotic Regulation of Caspase Activity

Intracellular cysteine aspartate-specific proteases (caspases) play both signaling and effector roles in realizing the program of cell death. Caspases function as proteolytic cascades unique for each cell type and signal triggering apoptosis. All parts of the proteolytic cascades are duplicated and controlled by feedback signals. Amplification cycles between pairs of caspases (the third and the sixth, the ninth and the third, the twelfth and the sixth, and others) help multiply the initial apoptotic signal. The presence of physiological inhibitors of apoptosis that directly interact with caspases creates a multilevel regulatory network of apoptosis in cell. The caspase proteolytic cascades are also regulated by sphingolipid secondary messengers, among them ceramide, sphingosine, and their phosphates. Moreover, an association of the caspase signaling with ubiquitin-dependent proteolysis is shown in cells. In particular, the use of extracellular activators and inhibitors of caspases allows irreversible activation of apoptosis in tumor cells or the prevention of apoptosis in cortical neurons under neurodegenerative diseases.     

Analysis of twin of eyeless regulation during early embryogenesis in Drosophila melanogaster

The Drosophila Pax6 homolog twin of eyeless (toy) is so far the first zygotically expressed gene involved in eye morphogenesis in Drosophila. The study of its expression during embryogenesis is therefore informative of the initial events of eye development in Drosophila. We have analyzed how the initial expression domain of toy at cellular blastoderm is regulated. We show that the three maternal patterning systems active in the cephalic region (the anterior, terminal and dorsal-ventral systems) cooperate with zygotically activated gap genes to shape the initial expression domain of toy. Whereas Bicoid, Dorsal and Torso signaling synergistically act as activators, Hunchback, Knirps and Decapentaplegic act as repressors.     

Host plants of someRhinanthoideae (Scrophulariaceae) of eastern North America

Twenty three species in 11 genera were examined in the field to determine hosts. OnlyStriga asiatica andSeymeria cassioides have a narrow host range being restricted to grasses and pines, respectively. These are the only species which cause pronounced and sometimes serious host damage. The other species attach to a great diversity of hosts.     

New species of Peruvian Orchidaceae III

Sixteen new species are proposed in the generaAckermania, Dressleria, Epidendrum, Maxillaria, Oncidium, Rodriguezia, Sigmatostalix, andTrigonidium. All new species are illustrated.Maxillaria vittariifolia L. O. Williams is newly recorded for Peru. A key is provided forTrigonidium of Peru.Trigonidium loretoense Schltr. andT. peruvianum Schltr. are lectotypified.     

A molecular phylogeny of Hebeloma species from Europe

In order to widen the scope of existing phylogenies of the ectomycorrhizal agaric genus Hebeloma a total of 53 new rDNA ITS sequences from that genus was generated, augmented by sequences retrieved from GenBank, and analysed using Bayesian, strict consensus and neighbour joining methods. The lignicolous Hebelomina neerlandica, Gymnopilus penetrans, and two species of Galerina served as outgroup taxa. Anamika indica, as well as representatives of the genera Hymenogaster and Naucoria, were included to test the monophyly of Hebeloma, which is confirmed by the results. Hebeloma, Naucoria, Hymenogaster and Anamika indica cluster in a strongly supported monophyletic hebelomatoid clade. All trees largely reflect the current infrageneric classification within Hebeloma, and divide the genus into mostly well-supported monophyletic groups surrounding H. crustuliniforme, H. velutipes, H. sacchariolens, H. sinapizans, and H. radicosum, with H. sarcophyllum being shown at an independent position; however this is not well supported. The section Indusiata divides with strong support into three groups, the position of the pleurocystidiate Hebeloma cistophilum suggests the possible existence of a third subsection within sect. Indusiata. Subsection Sacchariolentia is raised to the rank of section.     

Interaction of Synthetic Analogues of Natural Chalcones and Flavones with Guanidine

The reaction of chalcones and flavones with guanidine in ethanol results in 2-(2-aminopyrimidinyl-4)-phenols.     

广西青藓科分类学修订

通过对采自广西24个县(市)的1 147份青藓科植物标本的逐一鉴定及相关文献的查阅,确认有广西青藓科植物11属、44种,其中包括广西青藓科植物新记录属1属,即拟异叶藓属(Pseudokindbergia),新记录种7种,分别为匐枝青藓(Brachythecium procumbens)、阔叶尖喙藓(Oxyrrhynchium latifolium)、泛生尖喙藓(O. vagans)、拟异叶藓(Pseudokindbergia dumosa)、华东细喙藓(Rhynchostegiella sinensis)、长肋拟青藓(Sciurohypnum populeum)和弯叶拟青藓(S. reflexum)。该文提供了修订后的广西青藓科植物名录,并对其中的新记录属、种的主要形态学识别特征、生境和地理分布等进行了详细描述。