中国鸟类一新纪录(鸟纲:红鹳目:红鹳科)

1997年 9月和 11月在参加新疆野生动物考察期间 ,从哈密林业局和乌鲁木齐机场得到大红鹳的照片、资料和标本。当时认为是偶然逸出的个体。通过 1998年深入调查 ,又在不同地点获得了 2号大红鹳标本 ,由此证实为我国鸟类 1新纪录。全球红鹳科鸟类共 5种 ,亚洲仅 2种。其归属一直有争议 ,曾归入鹳形目Ｃｉｃｏｎｉｉｆｏｒｍｅｓ(郑作新 ,1982 ;高玮 ,1992 ;郑光美 ,1997等 )。因其完整的蹼足、喙具栉缘、肉质巨舌、防水羽毛、鸣声似雁 ,甚至包括习性、幼鸟早成性及羽虱等方面的特性 ,现多单另立为红鹳目Ｐｈｏｅｎｉｃｏｐｔｅｒｉｆｏｒｍｅ…     

加拿大北极地区黄昏鸟化石

加拿大北极地区Ｂｙｌｏｔ岛晚白垩世陆相沉积中发现一黄昏鸟化石。这是首次在极地地区发现这类不会飞行的已绝灭的潜水鸟类,该地点也是白垩纪最晚期的黄昏鸟产地。新材料的形态构造与Ｈｅａｐｅｒｏｒｎｉｓ ｒｅｇａｌｉｓ比较接近,但它个体大,颈椎椎体后部特别向两侧扩展,椎体侧凹亦特别大而深等,具特化的性状,因而建一新属新种：Ｃａｎａｄａｇａ ａｒｃｔｉｃａ ｇｅｎ．ｅｔ．ｓｐ． ｎｏｖ．。     

鸡形目鸟类系统发生研究现状

综合形态学、行为学、分子系统发生等方面研究成果,对世界鸡形目鸟类科的系统关系以及属、种间系统发生的研究进展进行了阐述,侧重介绍与我国鸡形目鸟类相关类群的系统发生研究现状。与传统的系统关系比较,新的研究结果主要有:凤冠雉科和冢雉科不再是互为姊妹群;传统分类中的雉族和鹑族被证明并非单源而是多源的;雉族的原鸡属与鹑族的竹鸡属有很近的亲缘关系;灰山鹑、火鸡和松鸡类的系统发生关系可能很近。分子进化的研究表明雉科各属的起源主要集中在上新世。     

HISTORICAL EXAMINATION OF DELAYED PLUMAGE MATURATION IN THE SHOREBIRDS (AVES: CHARADRIIFORMES)

Delayed plumage maturation refers to the presence of nonadultlike immature plumages (juvenal plumage excluded). It is usually considered the result of selection for distinctive first-winter or first-summer appearance. In the present study, evolution of delayed plumage maturation is examined in the shorebirds: the sandpipers, plovers, gulls, and their allies. Nine plumage-maturation characters were identified, and their states were superimposed onto topologies generated during two recent investigations of shorebird relationships (Sibley and Ahlquist; revised Strauch). The characters were then optimized so as to assign character states to interior nodes of the trees in the most parsimonious way. Reconstructions of character evolution on six of the shortest revised Strauch trees were ambiguous with respect to delayed plumage maturation in the hypothetical ancestral shorebird. If plumage maturation was not delayed in the shorebird ancestor, optimization indicated that delay appeared when nonadultlike juvenal feathers were acquired. In contrast, on the single Sibley and Ahlquist tree, absence of delayed plumage maturation in the shorebird ancestor was indicated unambiguously, with three evolutionary novelties (nonadultlike juvenal feathers, seasonal plumage change, and a reduced first-spring molt) implicated in its acquisition. Optimization indicated that delayed plumage maturation in shorebirds can be explained plausibly without invoking selection for distinctive first-winter or first-summer appearance. Two of the novel conditions generating delayed plumage maturation (modified juvenal feathers and seasonal plumage change) did so only because they were acquired in a taxon possessing restricted first-year molts, which are primitive. Given these observations, it seems simplest to explain the delay in plumage maturation as an incidental consequence of the phylogenetic inertia of shorebird molts. The third novelty that generates delayed plumage maturation, a reduced first-spring molt, may have been acquired to reduce molt-associated energetic demands in young birds.     

PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS OF THE EVOLUTION OF ALTERNATIVE SOCIAL BEHAVIOR IN THE MANAKINS (AVES: PIPRIDAE)

Phylogenetic analyses of lekking, lek spatial organization, and cooperative and coordinated lek display in the manakins (Aves: Pipridae) demonstrate that variation in social behavior in the group has a strong, phylogenetic component. Two of the three classes of social behavior examined also show significant phylogenetic constraints. Current adaptive plasticity models are insufficient to explain the phylogenetic variation in these behaviors in the manakins. These findings support the conclusion that vertebrate reproductive social behavior has an evolutionary history, and that it is not determined solely by adaptive individual plasticity to current conditions. The evolution of social behavior, particularly through sexual selection, can have historical consequences that can limit subsequent behavioral adaptation.     

对长趾辽宁鸟的重新认识(英文)

早期发现于中国东北热河群的今鸟类化石多呈高度零散保存,本文对于惟一已知的长趾辽宁鸟( Liaoningornis longidigitrus) 标本的研究表明,该分类单元实际上是反鸟类的成员。虽然材料保存较差且破碎,但缺失发达的胸骨、胫骨脊和退化的脚爪,显示其应该被排除于更为进步的鸟胸类( ornithothoracines) 之外。辽宁鸟与所有已知的反鸟均有显著不同,但显示了与西班牙发现的 Eoalulavis hoyasi 的相似性: 它们相似的胸骨特征表明二者可能存在较密切的关系,尽管与其他反鸟类的不同表明,这可能是个体发育造成的假相。由于辽宁鸟标本过于零碎,因此目前难以确定其在反鸟类系统发育中的位置。     

对长趾辽宁鸟的重新认识(英文)

早期发现于中国东北热河群的今鸟类化石多呈高度零散保存,本文对于惟一已知的长趾辽宁鸟( Liaoningornis longidigitrus) 标本的研究表明,该分类单元实际上是反鸟类的成员。虽然材料保存较差且破碎,但缺失发达的胸骨、胫骨脊和退化的脚爪,显示其应该被排除于更为进步的鸟胸类( ornithothoracines) 之外。辽宁鸟与所有已知的反鸟均有显著不同,但显示了与西班牙发现的 Eoalulavis hoyasi 的相似性: 它们相似的胸骨特征表明二者可能存在较密切的关系,尽管与其他反鸟类的不同表明,这可能是个体发育造成的假相。由于辽宁鸟标本过于零碎,因此目前难以确定其在反鸟类系统发育中的位置。     

REVISION OF THE PHASIANIDS (AVES: GALLIFORMES) FROM THE LOWER MIOCENE OF SAINT-GÉRAND-LE-PUY (ALLIER, FRANCE)

Abstract:  A revision of the phasianids (Aves, Galliformes) from the Lower Miocene of St-Gérand-le-Puy (Allier, France) has been carried out. Palaeortyx brevipes Milne-Edwards, 1869, Palaeortyx gallica Milne-Edwards, 1869, Palaeortyx phasianoides Milne-Edwards, 1869, and Palaeortyx intermedia Ballmann, 1969 have been known before from this locality. St-Gérand-le-Puy is the type locality of the first three species. The four species of Palaeortyx represented at St-Gérand-le-Puy are distinguished by their size. Their separation and validity have recently been doubted with serious consequences for the systematics of Palaeortyx . Our investigation confirmed the separation and validity of the four species, whereby Palaeortyx intermedia was recognized to be a junior synonym of Palaeortyx prisca and is synonymized with the latter here. These results are supported by investigations on variability statistics on some recent quails and partridges ( Coturnix, Perdix, Alectoris ). Comparisons with fossil phasianids from Quercy, Sansan, and La Grive (all France) and Wintershof-West (Germany) are made. New morphological and size differences between Palaeortyx and some species of Palaeocryptonyx are described.     

鸟类核型研究：Ⅴ.攀禽类20种（Climbers,Aves）

本文报道了攀禽类8科20种的核型,并对已报道过的16科96种攀禽类鸟类的核型进行了比较研究。攀禽类通常依据表型差异被划分为对趾型,并趾型和异趾型三个类群。Sibley(1988)等则依据DNA差异(通过DNA-DNA分子杂交测定)分为三个小纲:啄木鸟小纲,佛法僧小纲和雀小纲。这两种划分是截然不同的。核型比较的结果支持了Sibley对攀禽类的划分。     

鸟类核型研究Ⅸ，画眉亚科17种

本文报道了雀形目（翁＋鸟）科画眉亚科17种类核型,臂间倒位和小染色体缺失在该亚科进化中起重要作用。在核型比较基础上结合古地理以及生态资料对该类群的起源和进化作了初步探讨。     

鸟类核型研究——Ⅻ.非雀形目10科5种鸟类

本文报道了非雀形目鸟类10科15种的核型,并对鸟类中某些核型分类与传统形态学分类不一致之处作了初步的分析。     

隼形目鹰科四种鸟类线粒体DNA研究

本实验采用ＡｐａＩ,ｆＢａｍＨＩ,ＢｇｉＩＩ,ＥｃｏＲＩ,ＥｃｏＲＶ,ＨｉｎｄⅢＨｐａＩ,ＫｐｎＩ,ＰｓｔＩ,ＰｒｕＩＩ,ＳａｌＩ,ＳｃａＩ,ＸｂａＩ和ＸｈｏＩ１４种限制性内切酶,对鹰科４种鸟类即雀鹰（Ａｃｃｉｐｉｔｅｒｎｉｓｕｓ）,松雀鹰（Ａ．ｖｉｒｇａｔｕｓ）苍鹰（Ａ．ｇｅｎｔｉｌｉｓ）和灰险鹰（Ｂｕｆｔａｔｕｒｉｎｄｉｃｕｓ）ｍｔＤＮＡ限制性片段长度多态分析。结果表明,４种鸟类中雀鹰和松１主     

江苏泗洪下草湾中中新世脊椎动物群——2.兀鹫亚科(鸟纲、隼形目)

本文记述了产自江苏泗洪的一鹫类(Vultures)跗跡骨化石——顾氏中新鹫Mioaegypius gui gen.et sp.nov.填补了欧亚大陆中新世大型食肉鸟类的空白。     

鸟类核型研究XⅣ.鸻形目14种

本文报道了(行鸟)形目14种鸟的核型,并发现该目种类间染色体数目变异很大,由石(行鸟)的2n=40至沙锥的2n=98不等。这种变异是由原始的2n=80核型通过两种方式形成的:在(行鸟)小目中,小染色体相互融合而造成染色体数目的减少;在鹬小目中,大染色体的着丝点分离而造成染色体数目的增加。     

DIVERSITY‐DEPENDENT CLADOGENESIS AND TRAIT EVOLUTION IN THE ADAPTIVE RADIATION OF THE AUKS (AVES: ALCIDAE)

Through the course of an adaptive radiation, the evolutionary speed of cladogenesis and ecologically relevant trait evolution are expected to slow as species diversity increases, niches become occupied, and ecological opportunity declines. We develop new likelihood‐based models to test diversity‐dependent evolution in the auks, one of only a few families of seabirds adapted to underwater “flight,” and which exhibit a large variety of bill sizes and shapes. Consistent with the expectations of adaptive radiation, we find both a decline in rates of cladogenesis (a sixfold decline) and bill shape (a 64‐fold decline) evolution as diversity increased. Bill shape diverged into two clades at the basal cladogenesis event with one clade possessing mostly long, narrow bills used to forage primarily on fish, and the other with short thick bills used to forage primarily on plankton. Following this initial divergence in bill shape, size, a known correlate of both prey size and maximum diving depth, diverged rapidly within each of these clades. These results suggest that adaptive radiation in foraging traits underwent initial divergence in bill shape to occupy different food resources, followed by size differentiation to subdivide each niche along the depth axis of the water column.