Demography in stochastic environments. I. Exact distributions of age structure

The steady state distribution of age structure is studied for populations with two age classes and stochastic vital rates. For a serially uncorrelated dichotomic vital rate the distribution of age structure is found analytically to be a singular steplike function; outside a specific region of vital rate values the singular function crosses a threshold to a smooth function. For a vital rate following a correlated two state Markov process the joint distributions of age structure and environment are found analytically to be singular steplike functions; again a threshold marks a transition to a smooth function. For fecundities which are serially uncorrelated but continuously distributed the age structure distribution is obtained as a smooth analytic function for all parameter values. These explicit results have applications to studies of age structure and average growth rate.     

Age structure in predator-prey systems. I. A general model and a specific example

To study the effects of age structure in predator-prey systems, a general, analytically tractable model is formulated and solved. We demonstrate the usefulness of the model in a study of a specific system of two mites. We show that to maintain stable equilibrium between the herbaceous (pest) mite and the predacious mite, the nonintuitive strategy of reducing the growth rate of the predator may be necessary. The modelling technique allows a determination of the magnitude of the effect of age structure on stability.     

Estimation of age structure in anthropological demography.

The past decade has produced considerable debate over the feasibility of paleodemographic research, with much attention focusing on the question of reliability of age estimates. We show here that in cases where age is estimated rather than known, the traditional method of assigning individuals to age classes will produce biased estimates of age structure. We demonstrate the effect of this bias both mathematically and by computer simulation, and show how a more appropriate method from the fisheries literature (the "iterated age length key") can be used to estimate age structure. Because it is often the case that ages are also estimated for extant groups, we suggest that our results are relevant to the general field of anthropological demography, and that it is time for us to improve the statistical basis for age structure estimation. We further suggest that the oft noted paucity of older individuals in skeletal collections is a simple result of the use of inappropriate methods of age estimation, and that this problem can be rectified in the future by using maximum likelihood estimates of life table or hazard functions incorporating the uncertainty of age estimates.     

贵州青岩油杉种群年龄结构和动态的研究

研究了青岩油杉种群年龄结构的类型,动态规律及其与群落演替和环境之间的相互关系。结果表明,青岩油杉种群年龄结构有增长型,稳定型,始衰型和中衰型4类,存活曲线呈现凹型,凸型,间断型和散点型,随着群落的发育和演替,青岩油杉种群年龄结构的变化趋势为增长型→稳定型→衰退型→残留型。青岩油杉本身的生物生态学特性,群落内阔叶树的发展,地理隔离,人为干扰等是影响青岩油杉种群年龄结构及其动态变化的重要因素。     

松嫩平原杂类草草甸阿尔泰狗哇花无性系种群构件年龄结构

阿尔泰狗哇花为根蘖型菊科多年生无性系草本植物.采用主根芽区的繁殖世代数划分分株和芽龄级的方法,研究了松嫩平原杂类草草甸阿尔泰狗哇花无性系种群不同构件的年龄结构.结果表明:分株构件和芽构件均由4个龄级组成.在孕蕾期,分株构件中1龄级占22.6%、2龄级44.8%、3龄级28.8%、4龄级3.8%,呈稳定型年龄结构.在乳熟期,生殖分株构件以2龄级比重最大,占45.6%,4龄级最小,占0.8%,为稳定型年龄结构;而营养分株构件以1龄级比重最大,占47.5%,4龄级最小,占1.1%,为增长型年龄结构.分株主根的生活年限最多为5年.不同生育期分株构件的生产力均以2龄级最高.在乳熟期,1龄级分株具有较大的生产潜力,4龄级分株的生产力已普遍减弱.芽库中潜在种群呈增长型年龄结构.     

Genetic Analysis of a Population of Tribolium. VI. Polymorphism and Demographic Equilibrium

Demographic and genetic data of continuously growing populations of Tribolium castaneum initiated with identical age structures but with different frequencies of the unsaturated fatty acid-sensitive allele were collected for 68 weeks.—The life history data provided the following insights: Genotypic differences for total number of offspring were due primarily to larval viability. The total lifetime offspring production of the genotypes predicted a stable polymorphic genetic equilibrium. The genotypic reproductive functions forecast that a stable age structure was not a prerequisite for genetic equilibrium.—Those cultures initially segregating for the unsaturated fatty acid-sensitive allele converged to an equilibrium allele frequency of 0.25 and a genotypic array composed of equal numbers of +/+ and +/cos individuals.—The numbers of larvae, pupae and adults during the first six weeks were quadratic functions of the initial frequency of the sensitive allele. Qualitative age structure changes that followed were similar in all cultures and demographic equilibrium was realized at week 50. The overall demographic pattern during the 68-week study was interpreted in terms of the interactions among the numbers of small larvae, large larvae plus pupae, and adults.     

沙地云杉种群结构与动态的研究

本文用种群大小结构代替年龄结构研究了沙地云杉种群的大小结构、分布格局和动态规律。结果表明,样地1、2、3、5的沙地云杉种群属于增长型,样地4的沙地云杉种群为稳定型,将样地1、2、3作为一块样地,其分布格局为集群型,但从幼树到大树,则由集群分布变为随机分布。     

德保苏铁居群特征及保护措施

报道了德保苏铁(CycasdebaoensisY.C.ZhongetC.J.Chen)的居群结构调查情况,并与百色地区林业局1998年的调查结果进行比较。结果表明,德保苏铁分布区狭窄,仅产于广西壮族自治区德保县扶平乡约15.3hm2的石灰岩山坡;由于人为原因,其数量已从1998年的2000多株锐减到2001年的1085株,尤其是成年植株数量剧减,由此导致年龄结构趋于幼年化,呈现正金字塔的假象;雌雄比从1∶10变为1∶5,这些现状表明德保苏铁的保护刻不容缓。     

Memory,language, and ageing.

This overview provides both theoretical and empirical reasons for emphasizing practice and familiar skills as a practical strategy for enhancing cognitive functioning in old age. Our review of empirical research on age-related changes in memory and language reveals a consistent pattern of spared and impaired abilities in normal old age. Relatively preserved in old age is memory performance involving highly practised skills and familiar information, including factual, semantic and autobiographical information. Relatively impaired in old age is memory performance that requires the formation of new connections, for example, recall of recent autobiographical experiences, new facts or the source of newly acquired facts. This pattern of impaired new learning versus preserved old learning cuts across distinctions between semantic memory, episodic memory, explicit memory and perhaps also implicit memory. However, familiar verbal information is not completely preserved when accessed on the output side rather than the input side: aspects of language production, namely word finding and spelling, exhibit significant age-related declines. This emerging pattern of preserved and impaired abilities presents a fundamental challenge for theories of cognitive ageing, which must explain why some aspects of language and memory are more vulnerable to the effects of ageing than others. Information-universal theories, involving mechanisms such as general slowing that are independent of the type or structure of the information being processed, require additional mechanisms to account for this pattern of cognitive aging. Information-specific theories, where the type or structure of the postulated memory units can influence the effects of cognitive ageing, are able to account for this emerging pattern, but in some cases require further development to account for comprehensive cognitive changes such as general slowing.     

The ageing brain: normal and abnormal memory.

With advancing age, the majority of individuals experience declines in their ability to learn and remember. An examination of brain structure and function in healthy older persons across the age range indicates that there are substantial changes in the brain that appear to be related to alterations in memory. The nature of the cognitive and neurobiological alterations associated with age-related change is substantially different from that seen in the early stages of a dementing illness, such as Alzheimer''s disease. These differences have implications for potential intervention strategies.     

南岭大东山长柄双花木群落物种组成与种群结构特征分析

采用样方法以及用基径结构代替年龄结构的方法,对位于南岭大东山不同海拔的3个长柄双花木(Disanthus cercidifolius var.longipes Chang)样带(包括小洞、大洞和鸡子场样带,海拔分别为1 010、1 170和1 260 m)进行了调查,并编制了种群静态生命表和生存曲线,对其群落物种组成、种群年龄结构和生殖力现状进行了分析。结果显示:3个样带群落乔木层优势种数量及种类组成差异明显,共包含26个种类,但共有种仅3种,除长柄双花木外还有多花杜鹃(Rhododendron cavaleriei Lévl.)和两广杨桐(Adinandra glischroloma Hand.-Mazz.)2种;小洞样带长柄双花木种群的重要值(46.116%)明显高于另2个样带。根据基径可将长柄双花木种群分为68个龄级,3个样带的种群年龄结构基本一致,但小洞样带个体数量更多且基径31.0 mm以下的幼体所占比例最高;总体上长柄双花木种群中5 a以下的幼苗数量偏少,其他龄级的个体数量呈现随株龄增大波动但整体下降的趋势。种群的个体死亡率在5~10 a和10~15 a龄级较高(分别为20.30%和20.50%),并随年龄增长总体呈逐渐下降的趋势;且不同龄级个体生命期望值为4.49~0.50,总体偏低。种群生存曲线为Ⅰ型,种群净增殖率、内禀增长率、周限增长率和世代平均周期分别为0.504、-0.018、0.982和38.351 a,显示该种群在当前状态下自我更新不良,属缓慢的负增长型种群。根据研究结果,对该区域长柄双花木种群提出了相应的保护对策和建议。     

Age-related characteristics of the infestation of populations of the littoral periwinkles Littorina obtusata and L. saxatilis by trematode parthenitae

Analysis of the age structure of parthenitae of trematodes of sympatric populations of L. obtusata and L. saxatilis was conducted in 1983 for 6 localities in Kandalaksha Bay of the White Sea. 10 species of trematodes were found. The main populational differences in the level of infection are caused by Microphallus piriformes. Species with secondary dispersion in the life cycle are characterized by the increase in the extent of infection in populations with age. In Microphallidae species of "pygmaeus" group the age structure of infection depends on the overage infection of populations: the increase in the parasitic press leads to the maximum turning towards the young part of the snail's population. The establishment of the age structure of infection is considered to be one of the regulation mechanisms in parasite--host relations on the populational level.     

The Allelic Correlation Structure of Gainj-and Kalam-Speaking People. I. the Estimation and Interpretation of Wright''s F-Statistics

The internal patterning of allelic correlations in the Gainj and Kalam swidden horticulturalists of highland Papua New Guinea is examined within the context of Sewall Wright's F-statistic model. A multiallelic extension of the model is given first, and multivariate variance-component estimators for the parameters are suggested. Then, it is shown that the expectation of the F-statistic set depends on the age structure of the population and that knowledge of the population and sample age structure is critical for meaningful analysis. The array of F-statistics estimated jointly over five polymorphic enzyme loci reveals the following features of Gainj and Kalam population structure: (1) significant departures from panmictic expectations and (2) characteristics of a continuously distributed breeding population, rather than those expected for populations subdivided into demes with discrete boundaries. Finally, the F-statistics estimated for the Gainj and Kalam are briefly compared to estimates obtained from other tribal populations. It is seen that the level of differentiation observed in the Gainj and Kalam is only about one-third that observed in South American swidden horticulturalists. Consequently, some conventional wisdom regarding the interrelationship of socioecological settings and genetic structures may require reevaluation.     

浙江天台山七子花群落优势种群结构及物种多样性研究

七子花 (Ｈｅｐｔａｃｏｄｉｕｍｍｉｃｏｎｉｏｉｄｅｓ)为我国特产的落叶小乔木 ,属忍冬科的单种属植物 ,现资源极少。在浙江省天台山分布着一小片以七子花为优势的群落 ,作者曾对该群落特征和种群结构作了初步的研究[4 ,5] 。本文通过对该群落优势种群的年龄结构和物种多样性进行分析 ,探讨该群落优势种群的年龄动态和物种多样性特征 ,为七子花群落的保护与持续利用提供科学依据。1　研究地和方法1 1　研究地自然概况研究地区位于浙江省天台山主峰华顶山北侧狮子岩坑处 ,地理位置为 2 9°15′Ｎ、12 1°0 6′Ｅ。有关其自然概况报道较多…     

古尔班通古特沙漠半固定沙丘植物群落物种组成和种群结构

通过野外调查,研究古尔班通古特沙漠半固定沙丘植物群落的物种组成,采用株高、冠幅、体积大小级代替年龄结构,分析了典型灌木种群的生长状态及发展趋势.结果表明:在古尔班通古特沙漠半固定沙丘共调查到23种植物,出现最多的是藜科,6属8种,其次是菊科,5属6种,该沙漠植被组成数目少,群落结构简单.白梭梭主要分布在丘顶,为稳定增长型种群,而梭梭数量少.油蒿是当地工程建设后进行植被恢复而引入的物种,主要分布在迎风坡和丘顶,为增长型年龄结构,有很大的增长潜力,已经影响到原有的物种组成.白皮沙拐枣和蛇麻黄幼苗缺失,幼龄个体少,形成衰退型年龄结构,且白皮沙拐枣的空间分布区域与油蒿重合,未来可能被油蒿替代.     

秦岭水灾迹地油松和华山松更新种群数量特征

 不同植物种群种间比较研究利于揭示种群的形成机制和影响因素。该文研究了秦岭地区蔡玉河流域范家庄段水灾迹地恢复17年后群落优势种油松(Pinus tabulaeformis) 和华山松(P. armandii)的种群数量特征。水灾灾后第一年（1989年）就有油松和华山松个体进入迹地,由于较大的高生长速度和侧生长速度,油松种群的平均高度和地径高于华山松,占据了较大的垂直和水平空间。相对来说, 油松和华山松高度结构和径级结构模式不同,二者均是小个体数量居多,大个体数量极少,但油松中等大小个体多于华山松。油松和华山松种群的年龄结构模式不同,油松的为单峰右偏曲线,华山松的则近似于正态分布。坡向对油松的年龄结构模式没有影响,但对华山松种 群有影响。油松和华山松种群不同高度级、径级和年龄级之间存在显著正或负相关关系,缺少一致性,表明种群大小结构不一定反映年龄结构。油松和华山松种群的密度动态和存活曲线类型一致,均为Ⅱ型,表明二者具有相同的种群动态。总体上说,油松和华山松具有不同的树种生物学特性,使得种群的大小结构和年龄结构不同,但对种群更新存活动态没有影响。     

Os penis of the rat. V. The distal cartilage process

The morphogenesis and morphology of the distally positioned cartilage of the os penis, the processus cartilagineus, are described in rats aged from 1 to 100 days. Based on observations of metachromacy of the process stained with toluidine blue it was found that a processus cartilagineus only exists in the period between 35 and 50 days of age. Before 35 days, the structure consists of connective tissue proper, and after 50 days the cartilage starts to calcify partially. The present paper also initiates studies of experimentally caused alterations of the normal development of the processus cartilagineus by subjecting 35-day-old rats to castration, with subsequent sacrifice at 100 days. Castration at that age causes a complete interruption of normal development of the processus cartilagineus as the structure in 100-day-old castrated rats has distinct morphological characteristics in common with those of 35-day-old normal rats. The present paper, thus, confirms that normal development of the processus cartilagineus seems to be male-hormone-dependent.     

长白山区濒危植物朝鲜崖柏种群数量特征及动态

朝鲜崖柏为国家二级重点保护植物,是长白山区特有的濒危树种,具有重要的经济价值和观赏价值.在对朝鲜崖柏主要分布区野生资源进行调查基础上,首次利用个体基径和年龄数据建立不同群落朝鲜崖柏种群的龄级结构、静态生命表和生存函数,用动态指数和时间序列分析预测其种群发展趋势.结果表明: 朝鲜崖柏种群的龄级结构呈“∩”型,属衰退型;分布于暗针叶林下的朝鲜崖柏种群存活曲线趋向于Deevey-Ⅲ型,纯林群落种群趋向于Deevey-Ⅱ型;种群生存分析显示,暗针叶林下朝鲜崖柏种群的生存函数呈现不规则的波动状态,种群分布表现为早期锐减、中期稳定、后期衰退的动态特征,纯林群落中,种群分布表现为早期稳定、中期增长、后期缓慢衰退的特点;动态指数和时间序列分析显示,暗针叶林下朝鲜崖柏种群的衰退速度略高于纯林群落.综合分析表明,朝鲜崖柏种群具有一定的恢复能力,应适当采取人工抚育,促进其种群正常更新.     

Multifactorial inheritance with cultural transmission and assortative mating. III. Family structure and the analysis of separation experiments.

Demographic data about family composition or structure in the United States is reviewed. About 25% of white children and a majority of black children are reared in either broken or extended families, and this must be taken into consideration for valid studies of cultural inheritance. Atypical family structures are described including those in which parents include: biological parents, stepparents, grandparents, uncles, aunts, sibs, foster parents, and their spouses. General formulae for a wide variety of kinship correlations are derived using path analysis. The multifactorial model presented allows for cultural inheritance, polygenic inheritance, correlated sibling environments, and phenotypic assortative mating (as previously described for intact families) plus extensions necessary for the analysis of separation experiments. These extensions allow for variable family structure and differences in parental influence due to separation, age or stage of development of the child, birth order, or type of relationship. Family structure is observed to have a marked effect on familial resemblance. Computer simulation studies demonstrate marked heterogeneity among phenotypic correlations for kinships of the same degree of genetic relationship arising in different family structures. Analyses of multiple types of sibs and other relatives in variable family structures offer great promise for the study of cultural inheritance.     

Summer zooplankton communities of selected borrow-pit ponds in Northern Illinois,U.S.A.

Zooplankton samples were collected from 7 borrow-pit ponds during the summer months of 1975 in northern Illinois. Species diversity indices and evenness values were used to characterize the ponds zooplankton community structure. Thirty-one plankton species are reported. Older borrow-pit ponds contained more species and had higher mean densities than did the newer ponds. The number of dominant species reported per pond varied from 1 to 4. Species diversity indices are higher in older ponds, and there was a general tendency for species diversity to increase with pond age. No correlations between physicochemical measurements and the structure of the zooplankton communities were found. Factors possibly governing zooplankton community structure in borrow-pits are speculated upon.