滇金丝猴——世界珍稀灵长类动物

滇金丝猴是我国特有的三种金丝猴之一。仅分布于云南省西北部及西藏东部。栖息于海拔3200—4200米的针阔混交林及暗高山针叶林带,过群居游走觅食的生活方式。数量稀少,也是很少为人所知的珍稀濒危物种。 经近几年的野外考察,已初步掌握了滇金丝猴的数量分布、种群结构、日活动及迁移习性、野生食性、生殖季节及栖息环境等。现已转入驯养繁殖及有关起源、分类进化地位、行为学,细胞遗传学等方面的研究工作。     

白马雪山自然保护区滇金丝猴数量分布及种群结构的初步观察

滇金丝猴(Rhinopithecus bieti)属于世界珍稀灵长类动物,对它的研究报道仅限于分类地位(彭鸿绶等,1962;彭燕章等,1985;陈服官等,1981)、形态解剖(陈宜峰,1981;彭燕章等,1983;张耀平等,1983)、地理分布及生活习性(李致祥等,1981;木文伟等,1982)等。其分布、数量以及进化地位、生态学等方面的资料甚少。1985年笔者在白马雪山自然保护区对滇金丝猴的数量、分布及种群结构进行了观察。     

滇金丝猴(Rhinopithecus bieti)的分布和习性

远在1871年,珍贵的滇金丝猴(Rhinopithecus bieti)就已被人们发现了。当时法人R.P.Soulie到云南采到的标本,经送到巴黎博物馆后,直到1879年才由Milne-Edwards正式报导(Allen 1938)。该作者在发表新种时还报导了关于这种灵长类动物的部份生物学资料(Elliot 1913)。时隔近百年,直到彭鸿绶等(1962)在云南德钦收集到8张这种动物的不完全皮张,从而第二次报导了滇金丝猴的存在。由于该种灵长类动物的分布区域狭窄,并且生活在交通异常不便的狭谷山区,人们不仅对它的生物学确实很少了解,甚至有人认为滇金丝猴可能已经绝灭了。     

云南白马雪山自然保护区猕猴和滇金丝猴的生态位分离(英文)

原则上,食叶的滇金丝猴(Rhinopithecus bieti)和杂食的猕猴(Macaca mulatta)是可以同地共栖的,但这两种灵长类究竟是如何同地共存却一直是一个鲜见涉足的问题。该文初步通过分析它们的食性和生境需求来阐明两者共存的可能性。在猕猴取食约22种植物中,有16种也是滇金丝猴的取食对象。两种灵长类都显示出喜食果实。人们尚未发现滇金丝猴涉足人类作物等相关资源,但发现猕猴经常侵食庄稼。这与其生活海拔不同有关:滇金丝猴一般生活在平均海拔为3218m的山林中,而猕猴活动在平均海拔为2995m的林地。猕猴也会涉足牧场,而滇金丝猴回避这种场地。对于这两个种,混合的落叶阔叶/针叶林是最频繁使用的森林类型;滇金丝猴很少进入常绿阔叶林(青冈属群落,利用率仅3%),而猕猴相对进入这类林型的机会远比滇金丝猴高(36%)。两个物种的群体间常相互远离(2.4km)。当其相遇时,常是猕猴主动回避。上述结果提示滇金丝猴和猕猴是通过大生境分化利用和空间避让来共存的。尽管不同的生境利用策略一定程度上会反映种间竞争的存在,但这种不同更可能反映着它们不同的生理/生态需求。     

白马雪山自然保护区南部塔城地区滇金丝猴食性及食物资源调查

自滇金丝猴(Rhinopithecus bieti)在野外重新被发现以来,国内外学者就对其食性进行研究,因受到各种因素的制约,目前尚未形成一个完整的食谱.本研究以对白马雪山自然保护区响古箐和格化箐两个滇金丝猴猴群进行7～8年的食性观察为基础,形成滇金丝猴在研究地区的一个比较完整的食谱.同时通过实地采集、辨认滇金丝猴采食物种及其在不同的海拔、不同植被类型中的分布状况,汇总了滇金丝猴的食物资源分布情况.在调查地区猴群采食的种类有113种,其中菌类1种,地衣2种,种子植物110种,其采食的种类数远多于以往的记录.这种差异可能源于这两个猴群因长期与人接触,降低了对人的警惕性,下到低海拔杂木林以及频繁下地活动所致,并非是它们的食性发生了改变.滇金丝猴的食物组成表现出明显的季节性,提示该物种的食物供应的波动性很强.猴群周边社区居民对滇金丝猴食物有不同程度的利用,主要表现为伐薪烧柴、择木建房、采集食用和入药等.     

滇金丝猴(Rhinopithecus bieti)活动特征的初步研究

作者曾于1981年4-7月到滇金丝猴产区之一的白马雪山东坡,研究滇金丝猴的生态习性,对这种珍贵动物的夏季日周活动规律及活动特征作了初步的探讨。 夏季日活动规律 对滇金丝猴的野外生态观察研究是在发现猴群后,整日跟踪观察记录,历时4个月,共观察到猴群11次。其中1次一瞬即逝,没有获得本文有用的资料;2次因人行动被猴群发现,猴群逃移;另1次刚看到猴群,因大雾笼罩了森林,待雾散后,猴群已消失于茫茫林海之中。     

滇金丝猴现状及研究进展

野外滇金丝猴目前仅存于金沙江和澜沧江间云岭山脉的一个狭小区域,种群大小约1 700只左右.面临着栖息地高度破碎化、较为猖狂的盗猎活动和日益严重的放牧干扰等问题.分子遗传学和形态学数据都充分证明,滇金丝猴是独立的种.生态学研究表明,滇金丝猴的食性存在季节性差异,其某种程度上的海拔迁移是食物的空间分布和温度相互作用的结果.种群遗传学研究进一步表明,滇金丝猴的遗传多样性比较贫乏,个体间的遗传距离P平均仅为 0.052.建议保护区管理部门根据实际情况尽快建立生态走廊,以促进滇金丝猴的遗传稳定性和多样性.     

滇金丝猴、藏酋猴和猕猴咀嚼装置骨学特征的比较

本文对滇金丝猴、藏酋猴和猕猴毛耳亚种中与咀嚼有关的48项骨学特征作了比较,试图探讨它们在功能与形态及行为方面的相关关系。对所得变量进行了多变量统计分析、齿弓对称性分析及咀嚼能力分析。结果表明：滇金丝猴与猕猴属具有不同的下颌形状。前者齿弓对称性比后者好,且具有更强的咀嚼能力;藏酋猴的咀嚼能力远较毛耳猴接近滇金丝猴;咬啐坚果的能力与咀嚼能力大小相反。在下颌发育中有异速生长现象。据此对食性的推测与已有的野外观察资料相符。     

云南龙马山滇金丝猴(Rhinopithecus bieti)冬季食性分析

2006年11月-2007年12月,对云南云龙县龙马山滇金丝猴(Rhinopithecus bieti)冬季食性进行了研究.采用粪便显微组织学分析技术分析龙马山滇金丝猴冬季采食植物的种类组成和比例,并测定了该猴群主要取食的15种植物(包括两种松萝科植物)(取食食物百分比>1%)和次要取食的10种植物(取食食物百分比<1%)的化学成分.研究结果表明,龙马山滇金丝猴冬季取食的植物共计26科45种,其中云龙箭竹、长松萝、花松萝、实竹、空心箭竹分别占19.78%、10.28%、8.37%、4.93%、4.46%,是滇金丝猴冬季主要取食的植物种类,占取食植物的47.99%.木本植物和草本植物的叶是滇金丝猴的主要食物,在冬季食物中所占百分比最高,达75%.冬季滇金丝猴比较喜欢采食P/F值较高、单宁含量较低的食物,其主要食物比次要食物含有较高的P/F值和较低的单宁(P<0.05).     

金丝猴属物种高海拔适应遗传机制

正金丝猴属(Rhinopithecus)属于灵长目、猴科、疣猴亚科,是亚洲疣猴亚科中特化程度最高的一个类群。金丝猴属包括5个近缘物种:滇金丝猴(R.bieti)、怒江金丝猴(R.strykeri)、川金丝猴(R.roxellana)、黔金丝猴(R.brelichia)和越南金丝猴(R.avunculus)。所有物种均被列为红色物种名录濒危物种。除了重要保护生物学价值,金丝猴属物种还发展出以树叶为食的特化食性,而且占据了从低海拔到高海拔的生境类型(800~4500 m)。黔金丝猴和越南金丝猴     

灰鲸在中国近海的分布

灰鲸(Eschrichtius gibbosus Erxleben 1777)现仅存于北太平洋,曾因各捕鲸国滥捕而几近绝灭,是最早受到保护的鲸种之一。东太平洋群体,经数十年的保护,资源量已恢复到一万头左右。但沿亚洲侧洄游的西太平洋群体,资源仍未有恢复迹象,尚亟待保护。对中国近海的灰鲸只有过少量报道。本文根据作者在海上的实际观察和对南、北方重点渔区的数次调查,就灰鲸在中国近海的分布及洄游探讨如下。     

THE BREEDING SEASONS OF AFRICAN BIRDS—2. SEA BIRDS.

1. All the available data, largely unpublished, are assembled for sea-birds breeding in African waters, about 36° N.-36° S.
2. An ill-defined breeding season by any species at any station is exceptional.
3. North of the Equator practically all sea-birds breed in spring or summer.
4. South of the Equator there is much more variation. Round the Cape there is a good deal of mid-winter breeding, mainly in stations affected by the warm Agulhas current.
5. On the east coast most of the breeding takes place in the period June–August from the Gulf of Suez (27° N.) to the mouth of the Zambesi (19° S.) and beyond, i.e. in the hottest months north of the Equator and the coolest months south of it.     

THE ASSESSMENT OF THE BACTERIOLOGICAL CONDITION OF MILK BOTTLES

SUMMARY: A study of the relative values of a number of bacteriological tests for assessing the condition of milk bottles indicated that the colony count of the bottle rinse solution on yeastrel milk agar incubated for 4 days at 30°, combined with a clot-on-boiling test applied to 1 ml. of rinse in 9 ml. of sterile milk after incubation for 72 hr. at 19–20°, gave the most useful results.
The mean of the ratios of colony counts at 30° to those at 37° was 15·1, while it was as high as 22·9 for rinses with 37° of over 600 for an unsatisfactory bottle should be retained when the test is done at 30°. The thermoduric colony count of rinses of milk bottles, even when laboratory pasteurized in milk, did not provide any additional information to that given by the colony count at 30° made without pasteurization. A high proportion of the organisms in bottle rinses survived laboratory pasteurization in milk, the survival rate being highest in efficiently treated bottles.
The clot-on-boiling test gave results in general agreement with colony counts and served to indicate the potential influence of badly contaminated bottles on the keeping quality of milk placed in them. A substantial proportion of rinses with satisfactory colony counts reduced methylene blue within 48 hr. at 19–20°.
Colony counts at 37° were on the average much lower for bottles treated with steam than for bottles submitted to detergent treatment in various types of bottle washing machines. Treatment of bottles by steam or hypochlorite was more efficiently done on the farms than at the dairies.     

THE INFLUENCE OF TEMPERATURE ON THE SURVIVAL OF SEVERAL SPECIES OF FISH IN LOW TENSIONS OF DISSOLVED OXYGEN

The resistance to low tensions of dissolved oxygen over periods ranging from less than a day to a week was determined for rainbow trout ( Salmo gairdnerii Richardson), perch ( Perca fluviatilis L.), roach ( Rutilus rutilus (L.)), and mirror carp, a domestic form of the common carp ( Cyprinus carpio L.) at 10°, 16° and 20°C., tench ( Tinea tinea (L.)) at 10° and 16°C., dace ( Leuciscus leuciscus (L.)) at 16° and 20°C., chub ( Squalius cephalus (L.)) at 20°C., and bleak ( Alburnus alburnus (L.)) at 16°C.
At each temperature period of survival decreased with fall in oxygen tension.
Rise in temperature between 10° and 20°C. reduced resistance to lack of oxygen of all species except rainbow trout, in which there was no significant difference between resistance at 16° and 20°C. Rise in temperature between 10° and 16°C. did, however, lower resistance considerably.
Tench were the most resistant to lack of oxygen and, in general, trout were the most susceptible. At 20°C. mirror carp required a higher tension of oxygen to enable them to survive for a week than did rainbow trout, but for shorter periods could withstand much lower tensions than rainbow trout; at 10° and 16°C. their resistance was intermediate between that of tench and rainbow trout.     

THE EFFECTS OF TEMPERATURE AND HUMIDITY ON THE RATE OF DEVELOPMENT AND THE MORTALITY OF TRIBOLIUM CONFUSUM DUVAL (COLEOPTERA, TENEBRIONIDAE)

The speed of development and the developmental mortality of Tribolium confusum were studied over a series of constant temperatures between 15° and 40° C. at 10, 30, 70 and 90% R.H. using wheatfeed as food.
Eggs did not hatch at 15° or 40° C. at any humidity. At 37.5° C. about 60% of eggs hatched and at all other conditions about 90% hatched. The effect of temperature on the duration of the egg period is shown graphically, the shortest period being at 35° C. Humidity does not affect the egg period.
Larvae failed to develop to pupae at 17.5° C., at 10% R.H. at 20° C, and at 10 and 90% R.H. at 37.5° C. The rate of larval development was affected by both temperature and humidity being quickest at the higher humidities and at about 32.5° C. Larval mortality was less than 16% except at 37.5° C., at 10% R.H. or less, and at 20°C., 90% R.H.
The duration of the pupal period was not affected by humidity and was shortest at 37.5°C. The total developmental period is compared with that of T. castaneum over the range of temperature and humidity conditions in which both species can grow. The optimum for developmental speed and the maximum and the minimum temperatures at which development is possible were all about 2.5°C. lower for T. confusum than for T. castaneum. The developmental periods for the two species were equal at temperatures between 23 and 27°C., depending on humidity. At lower temperatures, T. confusum developed the more quickly and at higher temperatures the more slowly.     

AERIAL CENSUS OF PACIFIC WALRUSES IN THE CHUKCHI SEA, 1985

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service conducted a survey of the walruses in the pack ice of the Chukchi Sea between 16 September and 2 October 1985, as part of a joint effort with the Soviet Union to estimate the size of the Pacific walrus population. American observers conducted censuses from two aircraft along randomly selected north–south lines over the pack ice. The observers counted walruses within a constant viewing angle that corresponded to a total strip width of 1.38 km at an altitude of 152 m.
In nine days of flying, 15,312 walruses were observed, of which 10,140 were on 5,764 km² of census strips. Few walruses were observed east of 161°W longitude or west of 170°W longitude, hence the census effort was stratified. Walrus concentrations between 161° and 170° shifted slightly westward during the 2-wk duration of the censuses. The differences among days in observed walrus density were due to changes in the numbers of walruses on the ice within 37 km of the ice edge. The number of observable walruses in pack ice of the eastern Chukchi Sea was estimated to be 62,177 (SD = 19,480), based on censuses conducted on 29 and 30 September and 1 October. At that time there were also at least 15,238 in Bristol Bay, Bering Sea. The Soviets counted 39,572 on the shores of the western Chukchi and Bering seas and estimated 115,531 in pack ice of the western Chukchi Sea. Summing U.S. and Soviet estimates, the total population of Pacific walruses in 1985 was 232,518. This number was comparable with earlier estimates from censuses conducted jointly by the U.S. and the Soviets. However, information on fraction hauled out, segregation, and movements is needed for more precise estimates.     

STUDIES OF THE DETERMINATION OF THE BACTERIUM COLI TYPE I CONTENT OF FARM WATER SUPPLIES

SUMMARY: A – comparison of the suitability of brilliant green bile broth and MacConkey's broth at 44° for the detection of Bacterium coli type I in farm water supplies, showed that 83.1% of the samples had no difference in the number of positive tubes at 44°, and only 5 samples (1.7%) had a significantly higher number of positive tubes in MacConkey's broth.
Of 707 strains of coli-aerogenes bacteria isolated from 44° positive tubes of both media, 94.5% were Bact. coli type I. Strains of Bact. coli type II and Bact. aerogenes type I which were 44° positive constituted 3.7% and 0.4% respectively, all of which were indole negative at 44°. In addition there were 10 strains (1.4%) of 44° positive Intermediate type II, 9 of which were indole positive at 44°.
An appreciable number (6.6%) of Bact. coli type I strains failed to give a positive indole reaction in 24 hr at 44°.     

THE EFFECT OF TEMPERATURE AND HUMIDITY ON THE RATE OF DEVELOPMENT AND MORTALITY OF TRIBOLIUM CASTANEUM (HERBST) (COLEOPTERA, TENEBRIONIDAE)

The speed of development and the developmental mortality of Tribolium castaneum were studied over a series of temperatures between 15 and 40°C. at 10, 30, 70 and 90% R.H. using wheatfeed as food.
Eggs did not hatch at any humidity at 17·5°C. or less, nor at 10% R.H. at 40°C. At all other conditions about 80% of eggs hatched. Humidity does not affect the duration of the egg period. The effect of temperature on the egg period is shown graphically, the shortest period occurring at 37·5°C.
Larvae fail to develop into normal adults at 20°C. and also fail at 90 and 30% R.H. at 40°C. At 20°C. and 70% R.H. pupae may be formed but they do not become normal adults. The rate of larval development is affected by both temperature and humidity. Development is quickest at the highest humidity used at any temperature and at 35°C. for each humidity. Larval mortality is less than 20% except at 40°C. and at combinations of low humidity and low temperature. The results correspond with published results using similar foodstuffs.
Groundnuts were used as a food in a series of experiments at 30°C. and another series at 70% R.H. Larvae on this food were much more susceptible to the effects of humidity and were unable to develop at 20 or 40°C. at 70% R.H. In all conditions development was slower and mortality higher than on wheatfeed.
The pupal period is not affected by humidity and is shortest at 37·5°C.
The conditions in which Park found that cultures of T. castaneum became extinct, 24°C. and 30% R.H., lie inside the zone in which development is possible. The possible causes for this discrepancy are discussed.     

SUMMER DISTRIBUTION OF PELAGIC BIRDS OFF THE COAST OF ARGENTINA

Eighteen species of sea–birds were observed from CSS 'Hudson' in the South Atlantic between the Rio de la Plata and Tierra del Fuego in late January and late February 1970. Major feeding areas were noted off Mar del Plata, the Valdes Peninsula and Tierra del Fuego, Argentina, the first two in rich modified or unmodified water of the subantarctic Falkland Current, associated with upwelling. The southernmost area had most birds, the northernmost fewest. A temperate–latitude assemblage including Yellow–nosed Albatross and Cory's Shearwater occurred off Mar del Plata in warmed water of subantarctic (Falkland Current) origin. South of 39°S these two species were replaced by Black–browed Albatross and Great Shearwater in cold offshore water of the Falkland Current. Off the Valdes Peninsula Black–browed Albatross, Great and Sooty Shearwaters, White–chinned Petrels and family groups of Magellanic Penguins occurred near the edge of highly–productive water of the Falkland Current. The largest feeding area, east of Tierra del Fuego, had Magellanic and Rockhopper Penguins, Great Shearwaters, King Cormorants, South American Terns and jaegers, but no oceanographic information is available. At 50°S prions and diving petrels appeared for the first time, marking a possible oceanographic discontinuity or proximity to colonies on the Falkland Islands. Several common species of the South Atlantic were not seen on the transect including Cape Pigeon, Southern Fulmar, Soft–plumaged Petrel, Schlegel's Petrel and Pediunker. Kelp Gull, South American Tern, Manx Shearwater and jaegers were rare or absent far from land. New southern limits for the western South Atlantic Ocean were established for Cory's and Manx Shearwaters, and the Great Shearwater was observed for the first time in Chilean waters.     

THE CONTROL OF DISEASES OF LETTUCE BY THE USE OF ANTAGONISTIC ORGANISMS I. THE CONTROL OF BOTRYTIS CINEREA PERS.

The antagonism of a number of bacteria, actinomycetes and fungi to Botrytis cinerea in pure culture on lettuce extract agar has been investigated. A considerable number were antagonistic at 25° C., a few showed antagonism at 15° C. and a limited number grew and were active at 5° C.
Certain of these organisms were able to control rot of detached lettuce leaves when inoculated before or simultaneously with B. cinerea. The latter is unable to penetrate areas of dead tissue colonized by selected antagonists.
Control of rot was also obtained when leaves of growing plants were similarly inoculated.
Substantial control of disease occurred when young potted plants in frames were sprayed with suspensions of selected antagonists in 1.0 % glucose solution.
The practicability of this method of control is discussed.