边缘效应及其对森林生态系统影响的研究进展

边缘效应是生态学和生物保护的重要概念之一,它在研究生态系统尺度和景观生态系统尺度的能量流和物质流等生态过程中具有重要作用.本文对边缘效应的内涵、特征、定量评价(包括定量分析基础、强度、影响区、模型等)、应用研究等方面进行阐述,分析了边缘效应研究中存在的不足,总结了边缘效应对森林生态系统的影响及其研究方向,以期为森林经营、保护区管理等生产实践提供借鉴.     

农田-荒地边缘地带中蝗虫边缘反应分析

探讨了中华蚱蜢等10种蝗总科昆虫对农田－荒地的边缘反应。研究发现,就同一边缘而言,有些物种的多度在靠近边缘时上升,而有些物种则下降。从科的水平上分析的结果与物种水平上的分析有差异。为了更精确地了解边缘对蝗虫的分布格局的影响,从物种水平上对其进行分析是 很有必要的。     

Down by the riverside: Riparian edge effects on three monkey species in a fragmented Costa Rican forest

Rivers represent natural edges in forests, serving as transition zones between landscapes. Natural edge effects are important to study to understand how intrinsic habitat variations affect wildlife as well as the impact of human-induced forest fragmentation. We examined the influence of riparian and anthropogenic edge on mantled howler, white-faced capuchin, Central American spider monkeys, and vegetation structure at La Suerte Biological Research Station (abbreviated as LSBRS), Costa Rica. We predicted lower monkey encounter rate, tree species richness, and median dbh at both edge types compared to interior and that monkeys would show species-specific responses to edge based on size and diet. We expected large, folivorous–frugivorous howler monkeys and small, generalist capuchins would be found at increased density in forest edge, while large, frugivorous spider monkeys would be found at decreased density in forest edge. We conducted population and vegetation surveys along interior, riparian, and anthropogenic edge transects at LSBRS and used GLMM to compare vegetation and monkey encounter rate. Tree species richness and median dbh were higher in forest interior than anthropogenic edge zones. Although spider monkey encounter rate did not vary between forest edges and interior, howler monkeys were encountered at highest density in riparian edge, while capuchins were encountered at highest density in anthropogenic edge. Our results indicate that diverse forest edges have varying effects on biota. Vegetation was negatively affected by forest edges, while monkey species showed species-specific edge preferences. Our findings suggest that riparian zones should be prioritized for conservation in Neotropical forests.     

浑善达克沙地中部斑块格局影响植物多样性及功能性状

景观格局与植物多样性之间的关系已被广泛研究,然而,斑块格局如何影响植物多样性,以及这些影响的边缘类型差异尚不清楚。为从植物功能性状角度揭示斑块格局影响植物多样性的机制,该研究采用不同边缘类型的斑块,利用两年调查的705个样方数据,结合遥感卫星图像解译和空间信息分析,根据植物群落的空间位置和斑块格局,按照向内、向外、向内成核和向外成核4种边缘类型将浑善达克沙地中部的斑块进行分类,采用Duncan新复极差法比较了4种边缘类型斑块格局与植物功能性状多样性关系的差异,应用Pearson相关系数和冗余分析(RDA)法量化了斑块格局对植物多样性的影响。结果发现,植物丰富度和多样性指数与斑块格局密切相关,这些关系存在着边缘类型的显著差异,表现出不同的功能性状。对于向内边缘,边缘指数与丰富度负相关,和C₄植物比例正相关;对于向外边缘,边缘指数与C₄植物比例正相关;对于向内成核边缘,边缘密度与多年生植物和虫媒植物比例正相关;对于向外成核边缘,边缘角度和指数与物种Shannon-Wiener指数和Simpson指数正相关,与Pielou指数、丰富度和动物传播植物...     

Effect of prism orientation and loading direction on contact stresses in prismatic enamel of primates: implications for interpreting wear patterns

The ability of prisms to effectively dissipate contact stress at the surface will influence wear rates in teeth. The aim of this investigation was to begin to quantify the effect of prism orientation on surface stresses. Seven finite element models of enamel microstructure were created, each model differing in the angulation of prism orientation with regard to the wear surface. For validation purposes, the mechanical behavior of the model was compared with published experimental data. In order to test the enamel under lateral loads, a compressed food particle was dragged across the surface from the dentino-enamel junction (DEJ) towards the outer enamel surface (OES). Under these conditions, tensile stresses in the enamel model increased with increases in the coefficient of friction. More importantly, stresses were found to be lowest in models in which the prisms approach the surface at lower angles (i.e., more obliquely cut prisms), and highest when the prisms approached the surface at 60 degrees (i.e., less obliquely cut). Finally, the direction of travel of the simulated food particle was reversed, allowing comparison of the difference in behavior between trailing and leading edge enamels (i.e., when the food particle was dragged either towards or away from the DEJ). Stresses at the trailing edge were usually lower than stresses at the leading edge. Taken together with what is known about prism orientation in primate teeth, such findings imply greater wear resistance at the intercuspal region and less wear resistance at the lateral enamel at midcrown. Such findings appear to be supported by archeological evidence.     

用菌紫质薄膜传感器进行图像边缘检测的研究

应用菌紫质人工沉淀膜所具有的与动物视网膜类似的微分光电响应特性,以该人工膜为传感器构建了一个可检测图像边缘的原理系统,并成功地检测到了简单图像的边缘。本文的结果除进一步说明了菌紫质分子在图像技术中的应用前途外,还说明了这种分子在视觉功能模拟和人工视觉等方面的良好应用前景 。     

Edge influence on plant litter biomass in forest and savanna in the Brazilian cerrado

Edge influence, characterized by differences in ecosystem characteristics between the edge and the interior of remnants in fragmented landscapes, affects a variety of organisms and ecosystem processes. An important feature that may be affected by edges is the amount of plant litter, which provides important habitat for a large variety of organisms and influences ecological processes such as fire dynamics. We studied edge influence on plant litter and fine woody debris in the cerrado of São Paulo state, south‐eastern Brazil. We collected, sorted, dried and weighed plant litter along 180 m‐long transects perpendicular to three savanna and eleven forest edges adjacent to different anthropogenic land uses, with four to five transect per edge. There tended to be less biomass of the finer portions of fine woody debris at both savanna and forest edges. Graminoid litter at savanna edges was greater than in the corresponding interior areas, whereas other litter portions were either unaffected by edges or did not show consistent patterns in either savanna or forest. Edge influence was usually restricted to the first 20 m from the edge, was not influenced by edge characteristics and exhibited no clear differences between savanna and forest areas. Several mechanisms may have led to the variable patterns observed including variation in the plant community, plant architecture, and invasive species. The edge‐related variation in plant litter may putatively lead to, for example, increased fire frequency and intensity at the savanna edges and altered trophic dynamics at forest edges; the mechanisms and consequences of this edge influence should be addressed in future studies.     

An investigation on the effect of photoperiod and temperature on vertebral band deposition in little skate Leucoraja erinacea

An investigation was undertaken to determine whether photoperiod or temperature have an effect on the timing of vertebral opaque–transluscent band‐pair deposition in captive young‐of‐the‐year (YOY) little skate Leucoraja erinacea. The experimental design consisted of a randomized complete block split plot design with two factors: temperature and light. Temperature was nested within light and therefore four variables were tested: 1) constant light, 2) constant temperature, 3) seasonal light and 4) seasonal temperature. For 18 months, L. erinacea experienced accelerated seasonal conditions of temperature and light to mimic 3 years of growth. This study provides primary and supporting evidence that seasonal photoperiod and temperature, respectively, have no effect on timing of vertebral band‐pair deposition in captive L. erinacea. Vertebral analysis of surviving L. erinacea (n = 6, time = 18 months) showed that all produced 1–1·5 band pairs, while centrum edge analysis (n = 56) showed timing of winter and summer band deposition were similar regardless of treatment. The winter band (translucent) appeared in February 2007 and January 2008 while the summer band (opaque) showed up in July for both 2007 and 2008 and mimicked patterns observed in the wild. While temperature and photoperiod appear to have no effect on timing of band‐pair deposition in YOY L. erinacea, other mechanisms which may influence band deposition should be investigated including the effect of food ration and the presence of a circa‐annual rhythm and hormone secretion.     

边缘效应的空间尺度与测度

综述了边缘效应的空间尺度类型以及在不同尺度上的测度方法.基于大量的研究整合,认为边缘效应空间尺度的划分,可以根据空间尺度的不同以及边缘效应形成和维持因素,分为大中小3个尺度类型,即大尺度的生物群区交错带、中尺度的景观类型之间的生态交错带和小尺度的斑块(生态系统)之间的群落交错区.大尺度主要是以植被气候带为标志的生物群区间的边缘效应,这种地带性的交错区主要受大气环境条件的影响.中尺度类型主要包括城乡交错带、林草交错带、农牧交错带等类型,是不同生态系统要素的空间交接地带,在物质能量等相互流动的作用下变得更为复杂.小尺度水平上是指斑块之间的交错所形成的边缘效应,受小地形等微环境条件及生物非生物等因子的制约,研究主要集中在群落边缘、林窗边缘和林线交错带等方面.对边缘效应测度的定量化研究有助于更加深入理解边缘效应.在大尺度水平上,边缘效应测度的研究主要是应用数量生态学等方法,研究不同气候带之间界线的划分及其物种分布的梯度规律性.中尺度水平上应用景观生态学的3S技术等方法,侧重于研究交错带的动态变化趋势及位置宽度的判定.小尺度水平上通过对距离边缘的长度,各群落中种群的数量、结构、多样性等定量指标的测定来构建测度公式,从而对边缘效应的强度进行量化,并反映边缘对群落的正负效应.总体上看,主要集中于中小尺度上,未来应该强化大尺度边缘效应测度的研究.     

Spatial scale types and measurement of edge effects in ecology

Classification of spatial scales and measurement of edge effects in ecology were reviewed. The spatial scales can be classified into large scale (biome ecotone), meso-scale (ecological ecotone) and small scale (community ecotone) through the formation and maintenance of edge effects in ecology based on the synthetic analysis of published literatures. The biome ecotone is influenced by climate, regional dominant vegetation and terrain environment. The ecological ecotone is usually distributed in the transitional region with remarkable habitat heterogeneity. It connects adjacent ecosystems and affects the flow of energy and nutrient. Nowadays, study on edge effects in ecology mainly focuses on boundary sensitivity which associates with urban-rural ecotone, forest-grassland ecotone, agro-pastoral ecotone, forest-farmland ecotone, water-land ecotone and forest-swamp ecotone. As to the community ecotone which links with different patches to the interior of the community, previous studies focused on community edge, gap edge and treelines. The borderlines of different biome ecotones and the gradients of species distribution in the biome ecotones have been investigated through the method of quantitative ecology. The dynamic change, location and width of the ecological ecotone have been studied using the Geographic Information System (GIS), Remote Sensing (RS) and Global Positioning System (GPS) technologies and the landscape ecology theory. As important indicators, distance from edge, population, structure and diversity determined for establishing models can be applied to measure the intensity of edge effects and decide the positive or negative impact on communities. Although study on the edge effects in ecology was mostly reported at the meso-scale and small scale, study at large scale should be paid more attention as it is the potential value in ecology and global change fields.     

四川卧龙三江保护区珙桐群落边缘效应的研究

通过对珙桐(Davidia involucrata)群落中心及边缘的调查研究,采用Margalef丰富度指数、Simpson物种多样性指数、Shannon-Weiner物种多样性指数、Pielou均匀度指数等多样性指数及物种数个体数分析了群落乔木层、灌木层、草本层及总体的物种多样性。得出以下结果:样地1,从几个指标看除Simpson指数中心<南边缘<北边缘外,其余都各指标均是南边缘<北边缘<中心。样地2,珙桐群落多样性变化,从计算的几个多样性指数看物种丰富度和均匀度的变化趋势相同,都是东边缘<中心<南边缘。而物种的多样性指数是东边缘<南边缘<中心。南边缘在各个指数上都比东边缘高。     

Poly(dA-dT)•Poly(dA-dT) in Low Salt Appears to be a Left-Handed B-Helix Combined Use of Chemical Theory,Fiber Diffraction and NMR Spectroscopy

Abstract

Poly(dA-dT)?poly(dA-dT) can adopt the B- and D- forms in the fibrous state. Theoretical energy calculations and fiber diffraction analyses suggest that there can be three structural models of poly(dA-dT)?poly(dA-dT) in each of these two forms viz right and left-handed Watson Crick models and left-handed Hoogsteen—a total of six possible models. Fiber data for the polymer in the B- or the D-form or energy calculations cannot distinguish any one model from the other. However, a comparison of observed proton chemical shifts with the theoretically computed ones and the NOE studies on exchangeable and nonexchangeable protons suggest that poly(dA-dT)?poly(dA-dT) in low salt solution exists predominantly in the left-handed B-conformation.     

景观生态界面边界判定与动态模拟研究进展

栖息地边界对景观结构和功能具深远影响,既影响局部又作用于更大尺度区域的生态过程,同时界面的动态特征通过反馈机制影响着不同种群、群落以及生态系统。因此,在景观生态界面研究中,界面尺度依赖性和时空动态性的定量化研究已成为模型和统计学者的研究热点。鉴于此,通过介绍生态界面描述、界面监测及相关边界动态变化特征研究,阐述统计学和数学方法在不同生态系统、生态过程及尺度下界面研究中的应用,同时指出两者结合研究在生态界面定量的研究中仍面临着概念和方法上的挑战,为进一步提高景观生态界面综合研究水平提供参考。     

Genes on the edge: A framework to detect genetic diversity imperiled by climate change

Ongoing global warming is disrupting several ecological and evolutionary processes, spanning different levels of biological organization. Species are expected to shift their ranges as a response to climate change, with relevant implications to peripheral populations at the trailing and leading edges. Several studies have analyzed the exposure of species to climate change but few have explored exposure at the intraspecific level. We introduce a framework to forecast exposure to climate change at the intraspecific level. We build on existing methods by combining correlative species distribution models, a model of species range dynamics, and a model of phylogeographic interpolation. We demonstrate the framework by applying it to 20 Iberian amphibian and reptile species. Our aims were to: (a) identify which species and intraspecific lineages will be most exposed to future climate change; (b) test if nucleotide diversity at the edges of species ranges are significantly higher or lower than on the overall range; and (c) analyze if areas of higher species gain, loss, and turnover coincide with those predicted for lineages richness and nucleotide diversity. We found that about 80% of the studied species are predicted to contract their range. Within each species, some lineages were predicted to contract their range, while others were predicted to maintain or expand it. Therefore, estimating the impacts of climate change at the species level only can underestimate losses at the intraspecific level. Some species had significant high amount of nucleotide at the trailing or leading edge, or both, but we did not find a consistent pattern across species. Spatial patterns of species richness, gain, loss, and turnover were fairly concurrent with lineages richness and nucleotide diversity. Our results support the need for increased attention to intraspecific diversity regarding monitoring and conservation strategies under climate change.     

次生林不同类型森林边缘的鸟类物种丰富度及个体多度比较

边缘效应对动物的分布及行为会产生一定的影响,在鸟类生态学研究中已证实某些鸟类在森林内部和森林边缘区域存在着物种丰富度和个体多度的差异。于1999至2001年的春夏季,在吉林省左家自然保护区对阔叶林/农田边缘、阔叶林/灌丛边缘及阔叶林/针叶林边缘3种不同类型边缘地带的鸟类物种丰富度及个体多度进行了比较研究。结果表明,不同年间鸟类物种丰富度无显著变化,但个体多度存在着一定的波动。不同类型森林边缘的鸟类物种丰富度存在着一定的差异,阔叶林/灌丛边缘的鸟类物种丰富度最高,而阔叶林/针叶林边缘的鸟类物种丰富度最低。鸟类个体多度的总体趋势在3种不同类型的边缘差异不显著,但存在种间差异,灰椋鸟、灰头啄木鸟和喜鹊在阔叶林/农田边缘的个体多度最高,斑啄木鸟、黄胸、三道眉草和日本树莺在阔叶林/灌丛边缘的个体多度最高,而沼泽山雀、冕柳莺和山在阔叶林/针叶林边缘的个体多度最高。     

蒙古栎群落叶型的分析

1　引　　言叶的大小即叶型是群落的重要外貌特征之一 ,与群落的生产率有关 ;叶子的形态与气候有密切的关系 ,一个扩展着的叶片所能达到的最大程度 ,受温度和湿度有效性的影响 ;大的叶片经常地出现于热带温暖而潮湿的气候中 ,而小的叶片则是十分干燥和寒冷地区植物的特征[1] .对于不同的群落的叶型分析 ,前人已做了一些研究 ,如对常绿阔叶林和季雨林的群落学研究[2～ 4 ] 及北方落叶林的群落学研究[5,6] .另一个与气候相关联的叶子特征是叶子的叶缘 ,有关方面的研究资料比较少 .据研究 ,在一个植物区系的双子叶乔木中全缘叶植物种的百分率 ,…