农业区城市化对植物多样性的影响:遵化的研究

选择河北省遵化市(39°55'～40°22'N,117°34'～118°14'E),调查了城郊和乡村在东南西北4个方向上以及市区的植物多样性,同时考察了不同取样点土壤养分的差异结果表明,西部和北部接近,而东部和南部的土壤养分特殊,城郊与乡村明显差异;西部物种丰富度低于其它方向,而南部最高,这种差异由草本造成;城市与东南西北4个方向的生物多样性差异明显;城市植物多样性与城郊和乡村呈现梯度变化;本研究统计的物种总数只有126种,而与之同纬度的北京东灵山区却有高等植物997种.城市化的影响是引进了一些观赏物种,区域地形和土壤养分等自然特征的影响微弱.     

西北地区降水稳定同位素的云下二次蒸发效应

利用GNIP提供的我国西北地区的8个站点和本研究的2个站点的降水同位素数据以及相应的气象数据,结合HYSPLIT模型和水滴蒸发模型,分析了我国西北地区降水δ¹⁸O和d的时空分布,对该区二次蒸发效应进行了存在性判定与定量讨论,并探讨了二次蒸发效应的敏感因子.结果表明: 夏季风期间,新疆地区δ¹⁸O和d值由南向北均走低,陕甘宁地区由南向北,由东向西δ¹⁸O值整体上升,d值呈现下降趋势;冬季风期间,西北地区由南到北,由东向西δ¹⁸O值整体上逐渐减小,新疆地区d值由南向北升高,陕甘宁地区由南向北d值呈现下降趋势,由东向西有微弱的增大.我国西北地区夏季风时期的大气降水线的斜率、截距(6.80,-0.07)显著低于研究区全年的大气降水线方程的斜率、截距(7.27,3.37)和冬季风时期的大气降水线的斜率、截距(7.46,6.07),表明夏季风期间二次蒸发作用较强.研究区夏季风时期的蒸发比率均值为4.49%,高于冬季风时的3.65%,而黄土高原周边站点冬季风时期的蒸发比率高于夏季风时期,这与黄土高原近年来干旱加剧密不可分.另外,二次蒸发作用的强度随相对湿度、降水量和水汽压的增大而减弱,随温度(大于0 ℃)的升高而增强,但各因子在不同范围时对二次蒸发作用的影响有差异.     

Identifying hotspots of endemic woody seed plant diversity in China

Aim This study aimed to detect distribution patterns and identify diversity hotspots for Chinese endemic woody seed plant species (CEWSPS). Location China. Methods Presence of 6885 CEWSPS throughout China was mapped by taking the Chinese administrative county as the basic spatial analysis unit. The diversity was measured with five indices: endemic richness (ER), weighted endemism (WE), phylogenetic diversity (PD), phylogenetic endemism (PE) and biogeographically weighted evolutionary distinctiveness (BED). Three levels of area (i.e. 1, 5 and 10% of China’s total land area) were used to identify hotspots, but the 5% level was preferred when both the total area of the hotspots identified and the diversity of CEWSPS reached by the hotspots were considered. Results Distribution patterns of CEWSPS calculated with the five indices are consistent with each other over the national extent. However, the hotspots do not show a high degree of consistency among the results derived from the five indices. Those identified with ER and PD are very similar, and so are those with WE and BED. In total, 20 hotspots covering 7.9% of China’s total land area were identified, among which 11 were identified with all the five indices, including the Hengduan Mountains, Xishuangbanna Region, Hainan Island, and eight mountainous areas located in east Chongqing and west Hubei, in east Yunnan and west Guangxi, in north Guangxi, south‐east Guizhou and south‐west Hunan, in north Guangdong and south Hunan, in south‐east Tibet, and in south‐east Hubei and north‐west Jiangxi. Taiwan Island was also identified as a major hotspot with WE, PE and BED. Main conclusions Hotspots of CEWSPS were identified with five indices considering both distributional and phylogenetic information. They cover most of the key areas of biodiversity defined by previous researchers using other approaches. This further verifies the importance of these areas for China’s biodiversity conservation.     

Magnetic Compass Orientation in Larval Iberian Green Frogs, Pelophylax Perezi

Experiments were carried out to investigate whether Iberian green frog tadpoles Pelophylax perezi (formerly Rana perezi) are able of using the geomagnetic field for y‐axis orientation (i.e. orientation toward and away from shore). Tadpoles were trained outdoor for 5 d, in two different training configurations: (i) a training tank aligned along the magnetic north–south axis, with shore facing south, and (ii) a training tank aligned along the magnetic east–west axis, with shore located east, and similar to the shore–deep water axis (‘y‐axis’) found in their home stream, which flows from south to north. After training, tadpoles were individually tested for magnetic orientation in a water‐filled circular outdoor arena surrounded by a pair of orthogonally aligned cube‐surface‐coils used to alter the alignment of the earth's magnetic field. Tadpoles held in the east–west training tank oriented towards shore, indicating that they were able to distinguish between the shoreward and waterward direction along the y‐axis. Tadpoles trained in the tank that was aligned along the north–south axis showed bimodal magnetic compass orientation along the shore–deep water magnetic axis. These findings provide evidence for the use of magnetic compass cues for y‐axis orientation by P. perezi tadpoles.     

丛栽茶树树冠小气候及其对新梢生育和生化成分的影响

1 引言 为了获得优质高产的茶叶,需通过修剪养蓬等方法,使茶树形成宽广而整齐的树冠。丛栽茶树的树冠多呈馒头形,由于方位不同,形成了树冠内光、温、湿、风等因子的差异,因而影响了茶树的物候期及生理生化变化。因此,探讨树冠小气候特征及其对茶树新梢生育和生化成分的影响,在理论和生产实践上均有意义。有关这方面研究已有一些报道,但对茶树树冠小气候特征及其茶树新梢生育和品质成分的影响尚未见报     

气候变化背景下贵州省倒春寒灾害时空演变特征

基于1959-2007年贵州省19个气象台站的逐日平均气温资料,结合倒春寒强度指数指标和灾害等级划分标准,从倒春寒发生频率、站次比、年代际变化、气候突变、周期变化等方面,分析了贵州省倒春寒的时空演变特征.结果表明:1959--2007年,研究区无倒春寒发生的频率最大,其次为重级以上倒春寒,中级和轻级倒春寒的发生频率接近;在全球变暖背景下,研究期间贵州省发生中级倒春寒的站次比变化最明显,其气候倾向率达1.4%·(10a)-1,而无倒春寒、轻级和重级以上倒春寒的站次比则略微减少;贵州省倒春寒强度在20世纪90年代最强,20世纪80年代次强,2000-2007年最弱,20世纪70年代次弱,20世纪60年代居中;研究期间贵州省西部和西北部高海拔地区、中部和北部地区的倒春寒强度呈增强趋势,而东部、南部地区的倒春寒强度呈略微降低的趋势;贵州省西部、西北部、中部和北部地区的倒春寒强度在1975年发生由低值向高值的突变;贵州省倒春寒存在明显的周期波动特征,年际周期以2～4年为主,年代际周期以13～15年和27～29年为主.     

黄土山地苹果树树体不同方位液流速率分析

精准确定果园蒸腾耗水规律是进行果园水肥管理的基础.论文采用热扩散式边材液流茎流探针和微型自动气象站组成的测定系统,对陕北黄土山地苹果树树干液流及相关指标进行了连续观测,分析了不同方位探针树干液流速率的测定结果.结果表明:果树不同生长阶段,液流速率变化较大,白天蒸腾速率较大,蒸腾量占全天蒸腾量均在86.29％以上;不同方位探针测定结果差异明显,东、西向探针测定结果较为接近,南、北向测定结果差异较大;不同方位探针测定边材液流量与参考作物蒸散量的线性模型表明,东、西向探针测定液流量与参考作物蒸散量关系密切,决定系数分别达0.74和0.83,方差分析均方比分别为78.21和137.85,其相关性明显优于南、北方向;比较以水量平衡计算得出的苹果树耗水量,东、西向探针测定的苹果树蒸腾量与水量平衡计算结果较为接近,均方比分别达到14.11和14.57,显著性水平分别达到0.020和0.019,明显高于南北方向探针测定结果.测定苹果树液流量时,选择东面或西面安装液流计探针,可有效减小试验误差.     

绿盲蝽成虫的田间活动规律

本文通过粘虫板诱捕试验,研究了绿盲蝽Apolygus lucorum(Meyer-Dür)成虫在田间的活动规律。结果发现,绿盲蝽成虫主要在棉花顶部附近飞行,在高于棉花顶部20 cm处诱捕到的绿盲蝽显著多于50 cm和80 cm处(P<0.05)。在田间飞行时,绿盲蝽成虫没有明确的偏好方向,在东西南北各方位上的成虫诱捕量没有显著差异(P>0.05)。在昼夜节律上,绿盲蝽成虫集中在傍晚至凌晨时分活动,其中16:00至翌日4:00之间雌雄成虫的诱捕量分别占全天的100%和92.6%。     

Exploring the association between Trypanosoma cruzi infection in rural communities and environmental changes in the southern Gran Chaco

The association between land use and land cover changes between 1979-2004 in a 2.26-million-hectare area south of the Gran Chaco region and Trypanosoma cruzi infection in rural communities was analysed. The extent of cultural land, open and closed forests and shrubland up to 3,000 m around rural communities in the north, northwest and west of the province of Córdoba was estimated using Landsat satellite imagery. The T. cruzi prevalence was estimated with a cross-sectional serological survey conducted in the rural communities. The land cover showed the same patterns in the 1979, 1999 and 2004 satellite imagery in both the northwest and west regions, with shrinking regions of cultured land and expanding closed forests away from the community. The closed forests and agricultural land coverage in the north region showed the same trend as in the northwest and west regions in 1979 but not in 1999 or 2004. In the latter two years, the coverage remote from the communities was either constant or changed in opposite ways from that of the northwest and west regions. The changes in closed forests and cultured vegetation alone did not have a significant, direct relationship with the occurrence of rural communities with at least one person infected by T. cruzi. This study suggests that the overall decrease in the prevalence of T. cruzi is a consequence of a combined effect of vector control activities and changes in land use and land cover.     

Territorial spatial vulnerability assessment based on PSO-BP neural network: A case study in Shenzhen,China

Studies on vulnerability, a fairly new research paradigm inspired by global environmental change, are expanding to support scientific decision-making for developing sustainable, resilient territorial space at the regional level. The goal of this research is to reveal the vulnerability of a human-environment coupled system and its interaction mechanisms amidst a changing environment. This study started with the vulnerability scoping diagram (VSD) conceptual model and built up a research framework of territorial spatial vulnerability according to the three structural elements of ecological protection, agricultural production and urban construction. Following the requirements for intelligent computing, we introduced particle swarm optimization and BP neural network learning algorithms to evaluate the vulnerability of Shenzhen's territory. We also introduced flow cytometry to analyze the mechanism of Shenzhen's territorial spatial vulnerability driven by human and natural forces. The results showed that the territorial spatial vulnerability of Shenzhen was low under various functional orientations. Among them, ecological protection-oriented territorial spatial vulnerability was high in the west and low in the east and followed an inverted U-shaped trend in the north-south direction. Agricultural production-oriented territorial spatial vulnerability was high in the east and low in the west, high in the north and low in the south. Urban construction-oriented territorial spatial vulnerability was high in the west and low in the east, high in the north and low in the south. Under the complex orientation of the gigantic human-environment coupled system, the vulnerability of territory was symmetrical and balanced in the north-south direction and fluctuated with an overall declining trend in the east-west direction. In vulnerability, ecological protection, agricultural production and urban construction systems independently accounted for 35.642%, 38.209%, and 26.149% of the territorial spatial vulnerability, respectively.     

Distribution and status of bustards in China

This article presents the distribution and status of bustards, which are listed as first-category protected animals according to the survey results during 1990-2002 in China. The Chinese populations of Otis tarda dybowskii are breeding in south-west of Heilongjiang Province, west-ern Jilin Province, east and middle Inner Mongolia, north Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, and Gansu Province. A few can winter in the south breeding-range. Its winter-range lies from the south to the Yellow River, as far as to Guizhou Province and Jiangxi Province. Its population number is about 200-300 or 500-800. The Chinese popula-tions of O. t. tarda are breeding in the north and west of Xinjiang. It is unclear about its winter-range, which is pre-sumed to be in south Asia. Recently we found individuals wintering in Chabuchaer and west Xinjiang. The popu-lation number is about 2000-3000. The habitat in breeding range includes steppe, grassland, desert grassland, and farmland. The habitat in winter range is the beach of rivers and lakes, meadows, meadow-grassland, and wheatland. The Chinese populations of Chlamydotis undulata mac-queeni are breeding in the fringe of the Jungar Basin, the banks of the Ulungur River, Balikun and south Turpan Basin in Xinjiang, west Inner Mongolia, and west Gansu. Northeast Mulei in eastern Jungar Basin of Xinjiang is the main breeding-range in the world. The bird uses desert and desert grassland as its habitat. Its winter-range is west Asia and south Asia. Its population number is about 2000. The Chinese populations of Tetrax tetrax are breeding in north Xinjiang, and China is located on the east border of its breeding-range. Its habitat is grassland and semi-desert, and its winter-range lies in south Asia. Its population in China is very scarce. In addition, we analyzed the causes of their endangerment and put forward protection tactics of Chinese Bustards.     

Trade-off relationship between root forks and branch angle of Reaumuria songarica on different aspects of slopes

Aims Root architecture is a major determinant in root spatial distribution and soil searching efficiency, may reflect plant strategies to adapt to the environments. Our objective was to examine the relationship between root forks and branch angle of Reaumuria songarica in response to slope aspects in the northwest of China.Methods The study site was located in desert grasslands on the northern slope of Qilian Mountains, Gansu Province, China. Survey and sampling were carried out along 20 belt transects. It were set up on sites of four different slope aspects at intervals of 30 m vertically from elevation 1940 m of the study area moving upward, 6 plots were set up flatly on site of each belt transect at intervals of 20 m. A handheld GPS was used to record longitude, latitude and altitude of each plot. ArcGIS was used to set up digital elevation model to extract the information of elevation, aspect, and slope for each plot. The traits of plant communities were investigated and 1 individual’s samplings of R. songarica were used to measure the root forks, root length and root branch angle in laboratory in each plot, and biomass of different organs was measured after being dried at 80 °C in an oven. The 120 plots were categorized into groups of south, west, east, and north aspects of slopes, and the linear regression analysis was then used to examine the trade-off relationship between root forks and branch angle in various groups.Important findings The results showed that with the slope aspect turned from south, west, east to north, the density, cover, height, above biomass and soil moisture content of the plant community displayed a pattern of initial increase, while the height, root-shoot ratio, root branch angle of R. songarica displayed a pattern of initial decrease, and the density, specific root length, root forks increase. The number of root forks was negatively associated with the branch angle, but the relationship varied along the aspect gradient (p < 0.05). There was a highly significant negative correlation (p < 0.01) between the root forks and branch angle on north slope and south slope, whereas less significant (p < 0.05) on the east slope and west slope. There is a trade-off relationship between the root forks and link length. In addition, when the slope aspect changed from south to west, east and north, the standardized major axis slope of regression equation in the scaling relationships between root forks and branch angle decrease (p < 0.05), indicating that the root architecture model of R. songarica by diffusion to gather. Consequently, the patterns of resource allocation between root forks and branch angle in different slope habitats reflected the mechanism of environment adaptation under conditions of multiple competitions for resources in plant populations.     

红砂根系分叉数和分支角度权衡关系的坡向差异

根系构型是决定根系分布及其对土体搜索效率的重要因素, 是植物与资源环境异质性相互适应的结果。利用ArcGIS建立研究区域的数字高程模型(digital elevation model), 采用全根系挖掘法, 研究了祁连山北坡荒漠草原不同坡向红砂(Reaumuria songarica)根系分叉数和分支角度的关系。结果表明: 不同坡向梯度草地群落的盖度、密度、高度和土壤含水量呈不同的变化趋势(p < 0.05), 红砂种群的密度、高度和根冠比等生物学特征的变化规律存在差异(p < 0.05); 不同坡向红砂根系分叉数和分支角度的相关性存在差异(p < 0.05), 在南坡和北坡红砂根系分叉数和分支角度之间存在极显著的负相关关系(p < 0.01), 在东坡和西坡根系分叉数和分支角度之间存在显著的负相关关系(p < 0.05), 红砂根系分配给根系分叉数和分支角度的资源存在着“此消彼长”的权衡关系; 随着坡向由南坡向西坡、东坡、北坡转变, 红砂根系分叉数和分支角度回归方程的标准化主轴斜率逐渐减小(p < 0.05), 红砂根系构型模式由扩散型转向聚集型。不同坡向红砂根系合理权衡连接长度和分支角度的资源配置模式, 反映了异质生境中植物种群应对资源多重竞争的环境生态适应机制。     

Shifting nonbreeding distributions of migratory fauna in relation to climatic change

The distributions of eight out of nine common species of waders (Charadrii) overwintering on UK estuaries have changed in association with recent climate change. These birds represent a high proportion of various populations from breeding grounds as far apart as Greenland to the west to high‐arctic Russia to the east. During warmer winters, smaller proportions of seven species wintered in south‐west Britain. The distributions of the smaller species show the greatest temperature dependence. The opposite was found for the largest species and no relationship was found for a particularly site‐faithful species. In north‐west Europe, the winter isotherms have a broadly north to south alignment, with the east being colder than the west. The average minimum winter temperatures across the UK having increased by about 1.5°C since the mid‐1980s, the temperatures on the east coast during recent winters have been similar to those of the west coast during the mid‐1980s. On average, estuaries on the east and south coasts of Britain have muddier sediments than those on the west coast and thus support a higher biomass of the invertebrate prey of waders. We suggest that, with global climatic change, the advantage gained by waders wintering in the milder west to avoid cold weather‐induced mortality is diminished. Consequently, more choose to winter in the east and thus benefit from better foraging opportunities. The implications of these results are considered in terms of a site‐based approach to wildlife protection used in Europe and elsewhere.     

Epiphytes of Sitka spruce (<Emphasis Type="Italic">Picea sitchensis</Emphasis>) plantations in Ireland and the effects of open spaces

The epiphytes of the trunks and branches of mature Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis) trees were studied in twelve plantations containing open spaces (glades, rides and roads) in the east and southwest of Ireland. A pair of trees was studied at each site: one tree at the south-facing edge of an open space and one in the forest interior. Spruce trees were found to support a moderately diverse range of bryophytes and lichens, including two relatively rare bryophyte species. Clear patterns in vertical distribution were identified, with bryophyte richness and cover decreasing and lichen richness and cover increasing from the tree base to the upper trunk. The open spaces themselves did not appear to affect overall epiphyte diversity, with no significant differences in any of the diversity measures between edge and interior trees. The main effect of open spaces was on the epiphyte cover of the edge trees. This was related to increased light levels combined with the presence of live branches from close to ground level on the south sides of the edge trees, which produced optimum conditions for bryophytes at the tree base and lichens in the upper plots. However, this dense side-canopy negatively affected epiphyte diversity on the north sides of the edge trees. Further research is required to assess the effects of open spaces within forestry plantations on epiphyte diversity.     

Epiphytes of Sitka spruce (<Emphasis Type="Italic">Picea sitchensis</Emphasis>) plantations in Ireland and the effects of open spaces

The epiphytes of the trunks and branches of mature Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis) trees were studied in twelve plantations containing open spaces (glades, rides and roads) in the east and southwest of Ireland. A pair of trees was studied at each site: one tree at the south-facing edge of an open space and one in the forest interior. Spruce trees were found to support a moderately diverse range of bryophytes and lichens, including two relatively rare bryophyte species. Clear patterns in vertical distribution were identified, with bryophyte richness and cover decreasing and lichen richness and cover increasing from the tree base to the upper trunk. The open spaces themselves did not appear to affect overall epiphyte diversity, with no significant differences in any of the diversity measures between edge and interior trees. The main effect of open spaces was on the epiphyte cover of the edge trees. This was related to increased light levels combined with the presence of live branches from close to ground level on the south sides of the edge trees, which produced optimum conditions for bryophytes at the tree base and lichens in the upper plots. However, this dense side-canopy negatively affected epiphyte diversity on the north sides of the edge trees. Further research is required to assess the effects of open spaces within forestry plantations on epiphyte diversity.     

MORPHOLOGICAL VARIATION AND DEVELOPMENT IN RAMALINA MENZIESII TAYL.

The common west coast lichen Ramalina menziesii Tayl. has been studied in an attempt to determine the extent of morphological variation and to understand the factors that determine its form. An analysis of a typical population near Santa Barbara, CA, suggested that intrapopulation variation in form was controlled primarily by size increase during growth. Test populations obtained from latitudes as far north as 54°N and as far south as 28°N had values for various morphological characters that were very similar to the Santa Barbara population. It is concluded that variation in form may be the result of differential rates of growth and possibly varying frequency of environmental stresses which disintegrate the thallus.     

棕榈蓟马(Thripspalmi)对不同颜色粘卡的嗜好及其蓝色粘卡诱虫量的研究

The test on the preference of Thrips palmi to eight color sticky cards was carried out in an eggplant field. The thrip had the strongest preference to blue sticky card (P<0.01), and its preference order to the other 7 color cards was as follows: blue, turguoise, yellow, deep blue, green, orange, red and black. Results on the trapping effect of blue sticky card from east, south, west and north directions show that most thrips were trapped from the north,which existed a significant difference with those from the other three directions (P<0.05). Five blue sticky cards were set up at the heights of 73.9,101.7,129.5,157.3 and 185.1 cm above the ground to trap thrips, when the average height of eggplant was approximately 70 cm. More thrips were trapped of 73.9 and 101.7 cm height, which existed significant difference with those at the other three heights. During 5 continuous 3 hour spans from 5 am to 8 pm, the numbers of female, male and total adult thrips trapped were not significantly different.     

Vegetation survey of the Wasgomuwa National Park: reconnaissance

Wasgomuwa National Park is situated south of Polonnaruwa and north of Mahiyangana in Sri Lanka and is bordered by two rivers Mahaweli Ganga and Amban Ganga. Bioclimatically most of the park lies in the dry zone of the country but the south west embraces the intermediate zone. The vegetation is broadly a dry monsoonal forest but forms an interesting mosaic of vegetation types from Semi evergreen forest to abandoned paddy fields, on a finer scale.The vegetation of the park was studied in detail on ground and also using aerial photographs. It was possible to classify the vegetation into many distinct types or phytosociological units, based on their cover, site characteristics, physiognomy and species composition.