松嫩平原碱化草甸星星草种群营养养繁殖及有性生殖的数量特征

根据对星星草单优群落独立株丛的大样本取样和对正常花序随机取样的调查与测定,分析了松嫩平原碱化草甸星星草种群的营养繁殖及有性生殖特征,结果表明,星星种群诸营养繁殖数量性状之间有明显的规律性,丛植株数、丛地上生物量、丛生殖株数及丛生殖株重分别随丛径呈指数形式增加,星星草种群的圆锥花大多为９－１６个,花序上各节位上的小穗数量呈γ密度函数分布,随着节位的增高,各节位上的小花６娄量呈Ｌｏｇｉｓｔｉｃ曲线形式     

松嫩平原碱化草甸天然翅碱蓬种群的密度制约模型

翅碱蓬是一年生藜科植物,耐碱性极强。本文根据在单—种群落随机取样的调查数据,从种群水平分析了松嫩平原碱化草甸天然翅碱蓬种群的密度制约特征。结果表明,翅碱蓬种群在不同生长期及不同数量性状的密度制约模型均可由多种函数形式同时较好地表达出来。但本文仅以相关性最好的拟合方程作为种群某一性状密度制约特征的模型。孕蕾期的平均植株重和单位面积籽实重的密度制约表现为变形双曲线函数y=a+b/x形式;籽实成熟期的平均植株重、平均植株籽实重、平均植株种子数和单位面积种子数均表现为幂函数y=ax-b形式;地上生物量在孕蕾期为变形双曲线函数y=1/(a+bx)形式,在籽实成熟期为对数函数y=a-blnx形式。     

松嫩平原碱化草甸天然碱地肤种群的密度制约规律

 本文以两个生长季的调查测定为基础,分析了松嫩平原碱化草甸天然碱地肤种群不同数量性状的密度制约规律及其数量调节机制。两个生长季取样合并拟合的幂函数模型,是碱地肤种群平均植株重、平均植株籽实重、单位面积籽实重、籽实重比率以及在籽实成熟期的地上生物量等性状密度制约的最好描述模型。综合分析的结果表明,环境容纳量随环境条件而变化,在环境容纳量和密度制约上,两个生长季均表现为籽实成熟期比开花期大。密度制约作用是一个连锁反应过程,碱地肤种群最终是以增减对生殖生长能量分配的生殖对策来实现其种群的数量调节。     

松嫩平原碱化草甸朝鲜碱茅种群有性生殖构件的数量特征

通过对朝鲜碱茅种群正常花序大样本取样的调查与测定,定量分析了松嫩平原朝鲜碱茅种群的有性生殖构件数量特性,结果表明：朝鲜碱茅种群的有性生殖构件各组成之间具有较强的变化规律,均受到生殖蘖高、花序长、花序节数3者不同程度的制约;花序各构件在空间上的分布也存在较强的规律性。     

松嫩平原碱化草甸星星草种群营养繁殖及有性生殖的数量特征

根据对星星草单优群落独立株丛的大样本取样和对正常花序随机取样的调查与测定,分析了松嫩平原碱化草甸星星草种群的营养繁殖及有性生殖特征．结果表明,星星草种群诸营养繁殖数量性状之间有明显的规律性,丛植株数、丛地上生物量、丛生殖株数及丛生殖株重分别随丛径呈指数形式增加．星星草种群的圆锥花序大多为９—１６个节,花序上各节位上的小穗数量呈γ密度函数分布．随着节位的增高,各节位上的小花数量呈Ｌｏｇｉｓｔｉｃ曲线形式减少．小穗数和小花数均随节位增高呈饱和型指数曲线形式累积增长．     

高寒草甸小嵩草种群繁殖生态学研究

研究从繁殖生态学的角度对高寒草甸小嵩草（Kobresia pygmaea)种群进行了初步研究。结果表明：小嵩草属寒冷中生密丛短根茎地下芽植物,在高寒生境中采用以营养繁殖为主、有性繁殖为辅的繁策略,具体体现在以下几个方面：虽然小嵩草种子产量达4553.8粒／m^2,但种子萌发率较低,室内和野外萌发率分别仅有4％和1％,经氢氧化钠溶液和赤霉素溶液处理后的种子萌发率分别为1％和2％,而削去种皮后种子萌发率达52．6％,种皮坚硬是造成种子萌发率低的主要原因;进入种子库、保留至返青期且具有活性的种子仅占种子总数的24．35％,其室内萌发率仅有3％,而在野外理论实生苗仅为11．09个／m^2,与此相反小嵩草营养繁殖所形成的新个体数为6256．25个／m^2,远远多于种子萌发所形成的实生苗数。此外,小嵩草营养繁殖效力也远高于有性繁殖效力,营养繁殖效力占总繁殖效力的90．92％。     

松嫩平原碱化草甸旱地生境芦苇种群的芽流和芽库动态

在松嫩平原碱化草甸,旱地生境芦苇种群的根茎分布在土层约1m的不同深度,一般可生活6个年度,个别根茎可存活7～9年,乃至更长的时间.通过芦苇根茎芽调查,创建了植物种群的芽流模型.提出了采用当年1龄级根茎芽的输入率与其它龄级休眠芽库存率之和估计芦苇种群芽库贮量动态的方法.结果表明,随着生长季的进程,芦苇种群芽库输入率呈不断增加趋势,而萌发输出率呈不断减少的趋势,死亡输出率则大体保持相同的较低水平.至休眠前期的9月底,芽库输入率已为输出率的2.04倍.在松嫩平原碱化草甸旱地生境,芦苇种群各龄级根茎的休眠芽有一个稳定的萌发输出过程.定量分析结果表明,芦苇种群不同龄级根茎的休眠芽每年都有11%的比率萌发形成1龄级新根茎.1龄级根茎顶端翌年发育为分蘖株后,可为直接相连接的老龄级根茎就近输送养分,从而实现老龄级根茎芽的活力.     

Allometry of territory size and metabolic rate as predictors of self-thinning in young-of-the-year Atlantic salmon

1. Self-thinning is a progressive decline in population density caused by competitively induced losses in a cohort of growing individuals and can be depicted as: log₁₀ (density) = c − β log₁₀ (body mass).
2. In mobile animals, two mechanisms for self-thinning have been proposed: (i) the space hypothesis predicts that maximum population density for a given body size is the inverse of territory size, and hence, the self-thinning slope is the negative of the slope of the allometric territory-size relationship; (ii) the energetic equivalence hypothesis predicts that the self-thinning slope is the negative of the slope of the allometric metabolic rate relationship, assuming a constant supply of energy for the cohort.
3. Both hypotheses were tested by monitoring body size, population density, food availability and habitat for young-of-the-year Atlantic salmon ( Salmo salar ) in Catamaran Brook, New Brunswick. The results were consistent with the predictions of the space hypothesis. Observed densities did not exceed the maximum densities predicted and the observed self-thinning slope of −1·16 was not significantly different from the slope of −1·12, predicted by the allometry of territory size for the population under study.
4. The observed self-thinning slope was significantly steeper than −0·87, predicted by the allometry of metabolic rate, perhaps because of a gradual decline in food abundance over the study period. The decline in density was more rapid in very shallow sites and may have been partly caused by a seasonal change in water depth and an ontogenetic habitat shift rather than solely by competition for food or space.
5. The allometry of territory size may be a useful predictor of self-thinning in populations of mobile animals competing for food and space.     

Is the shape of the density-growth relationship for stream salmonids evidence for exploitative rather than interference competition?

1. Empirical studies show that average growth of stream-dwelling salmon and trout often declines with increasing density in a characteristic concave relationship. However, the mechanisms that generate negative density-growth relationships in populations in natural streams are not certain. 2. In a recent study, Imre, Grant & Cunjak (2005; Journal of Animal Ecology, 74, 508-516) argue that density-dependent growth due to exploitative competition for prey causes the negative density-growth relationships for stream salmonids. They argue that the concave shape of empirical density-growth relationships is consistent with a simple model of exploitative competition and not consistent with interference competition for space. 3. We use a simple model to show that competition for space can yield concave density-growth relationships consistent with the empirical pattern when individuals compete for foraging sites that vary spatially in quality and lower-quality sites predominate. Thus, the predictions of the exploitative competition and spatial competition models overlap. 4. The shape of the density-growth relationship does not differentiate between candidate mechanisms underlying density-dependent growth for stream salmonids. Our results highlight the general problem with determining the mechanism driving an ecological process from patterns in observational data within the context of linking population demographics to habitat structure and animal behaviour.     

Limitations of methods to test density-dependent fecundity hypothesis

1. Two main hypotheses are usually invoked to explain density dependence in fecundity: the habitat heterogeneity hypothesis (HHH) and the individual adjustment hypothesis (IAH). Although simple methods have been proposed to discriminate between the two hypotheses, their adequacy was tested for only a limited set of real and model populations. 2. In a computer simulation study based on a stochastic territory-based approach, Ferrer, Newton & Casado (2006, Journal of Animal Ecology, 75, 111-117) argued that a strong negative relationship between mean fecundity and its skewness in stable or increasing populations provides critical support for HHH, as this relationship should be lacking under IAH. A negative relationship between mean fecundity and its coefficient of variation (CV) was predicted under both hypotheses, although with a lower slope under IAH. 3. We used a comparable simulation approach, with model populations parameterized from an increasing Bonelli's eagle Hieraaetus fasciatus population (1992-2006), to show that both HHH and IAH can produce indistinguishable relationships between mean fecundity and both its CV and its skewness. 4. Strong negative correlations between the mean and both its CV and its skewness can emerge as statistical artifacts under biologically plausible assumptions, and so they may be largely inadequate to infer mechanisms underlying density dependence in demographic parameters.     

不同倍性冬小麦种内竞争能力的比较研究

通过3个不同倍性冬小麦材料(两倍体栽培一粒、四倍体栽培两粒、六倍体现代品种长武134),在不同水分条件下进行密度实验,研究了不同材料的株高、生物量累积和分蘖动态的变化,以及产量对密度变化的反应。结果表明随着群体的增大,不同倍性材料个体间竞争明显加剧,相互抑制作用增强,种群内部个体大小等级差异增大;在不同群体下各倍性材料的个体生长存在差异,表现为四倍体栽培两粒竞争能力两倍体栽培一粒六倍体现代品种长武134,且长武134受种群大小影响最为显著,但长武134产量累积的投入比例最高,产量最高,低竞争能力的个体更适合生产上的需求,是群体高产的基础。研究结果为旱地小麦的高产栽培和育种提供了理论基础。     

Different growth responses of C3 and C4 grasses to seasonal water and nitrogen regimes and competition in a pot experiment

Understanding temporal niche separation between C₃ and C₄ species(e.g. C₃ species flourishing in a cool spring and autumn whileC₄ species being more active in a hot summer) is essential forexploring the mechanism for their co-existence. Two parallelpot experiments were conducted, with one focusing on water andthe other on nitrogen (N), to examine growth responses to wateror nitrogen (N) seasonality and competition of two co-existingspecies Leymus chinensis (C₃ grass) and Chloris virgata (C₄grass) in a grassland. The two species were planted in eithermonoculture (two individuals of one species per pot) or a mixture(two individuals including one L. chinensis and one C. virgataper pot) under three different water or N seasonality regimes,i.e. the average model (AM) with water or N evenly distributedover the growing season, the one-peak model (OPM) with morewater or N in the summer than in the spring and autumn, andthe two-peak model (TPM) with more water or N in the springand autumn than in the summer. Seasonal water regimes significantlyaffected biomass in L. chinensis but not in C. virgata, whileN seasonality impacted biomass and relative growth rate of bothspecies over the growing season. L. chinensis accumulated morebiomass under the AM and TPM than OPM water or N treatments.Final biomass of C. virgata was less impacted by water and Nseasonality than that of L. chinensis. Interspecific competitionsignificantly decreased final biomass in L. chinensis but notin C. virgata, suggesting an asymmetric competition betweenthe two species. The magnitude of interspecific competitionvaried with water and N seasonality. Changes in productivityand competition balance of L. chinensis and C. virgata undershifting seasonal water and N availabilities suggest a contributionof seasonal variability in precipitation and N to the temporalniche separation between C₃ and C₄ species. Key words: Chloris virgata, competition, growth, Leymus chinensis, nitrogen seasonality, water seasonality Received 19 November 2007; Revised 29 January 2008 Accepted 4 February 2008     

Experimental manipulation of breeding density and litter size: effects on reproductive success in the bank vole

1. Reproductive success of individual females may be determined by density-dependent effects, especially in species where territory provides the resources for a reproducing female and territory size is inversely density-dependent.
2. We manipulated simultaneously the reproductive effort (litter size manipulation: ± 0 and + 2 pups) and breeding density (low and high) of nursing female bank voles Clethrionomys glareolus in outdoor enclosures. We studied whether the reproductive success (number and quality of offspring) of individual females is density-dependent, and whether females can compensate for increased reproductive effort when not limited by saturated breeding density.
3. The females nursing their young in the low density weaned significantly more offspring than females in the high density, independent of litter manipulation.
4. Litter enlargements did not increase the number of weanlings per female, but offspring from enlarged litters had lower weight than control litters.
5. In the reduced density females increased the size of their home range, but litter manipulation had no significant effect on spacing behaviour of females. Increased home range size did not result in heavier weanlings.
6. Mother's failure to successfully wean any offspring was more common in the high density treatment, whereas litter manipulation or mother's weight did not affect weaning success.
7. We conclude that reproductive success of bank vole females is negatively density-dependent in terms of number, but not in the quality of weanlings.
8. The nursing effort of females (i.e. the ability to provide enough food for pups) seems not to be limited by density-dependent factors.