LOCAL AND REGIONAL DIVERSITY IN SOME AEGEAN LAND SNAIL FAUNAS

Land snail faunas from maquis and phrygana sites on the islandsof Naxos and Crete, and from the eastern Peloponnese were sampledto determine the relationships between local (site) and regionaldiversities. Mean site diversities are similar in each region.In both the Peloponnese and Crete, however, these representa much lower proportion of total diversity than is the casefor forest faunas from more northerly parts of Europe. The smallisland of Naxos has more uniform faunas. Some of this between-sitediversity is a product of habitat heterogeneity, but most isa product of small-scale biogeographical differentiation. Despitethe short (c. 250km) distances between regions, the faunas ofeach region differ far more than do faunas from forests in northernEurope spread over much greater distances. Nearly 80% of speciesrecorded were found in only one region. These results are comparedwith those from elsewhere, and discussed in the context of thehigh diversity of snail faunas in the mediterranean area generally. (Received 5 May 1999; accepted 1 July 1999)     

宁夏香山荒漠草原区的昆虫多样性

采用典型样地捕网调查方法,对整个山地主要放牧地区昆虫物种和群落进行分析,结果表明:鞘翅目(Coleoptera)、直翅目(Orthoptera AxeDgb)、鳞翅目(Lepidoptera)、膜翅目(Hymmenoptera)是构成宁夏香山荒漠草原区的主要昆虫类群;该地区的天敌昆虫数量较少,环境十分适合蝗虫类(Acrididae)和拟步甲类(Tenebrionidae)生存.而蝗虫类和拟步甲类对植被的取食,造成植被破坏,使得环境进一步恶化.     

DISTRIBUTION AND DIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIAN MARINE FAUNAS RELATIVE TO WATER DEPTH AND DISTANCE FROM SHORE

Variability of marine faunas in Middle Pennsylvanian rocks in central Colorado, as generally of modern marine faunas, increases with increasing depth and distance from shore in shallow water. Less than 3 genera of brachiopods lived nearshore, whereas 10 were present in water computed to have been 22 meters deep, about 5 kilometers offshore. Foraminifers increase from 1 or 2 irregularly formed types nearshore, to 6–8 types in offshore areas, and foraminiferal density increases sharply 3^l/2 kilometers offshore at a depth of about 15 meters. Several genera of brachiopods, 3 types of foraminifers, and phylloid algae show a distribution closely related to depth of water and distance from shore. On the basis of significant changes in genera of brachiopods, types of foraminifers, general faunal diversity, and foraminiferal density, three distinct biotopes can be recognized. These biotopes were occupied by the euphemitid, dictyoclostid- Composita , and fusulinid fossil communities.     

昆虫抗药性和昆虫毒理动力学(英文)

不断地使用一种杀虫药剂防治昆虫,会导致昆虫产生抗药性。对昆虫抗药性资料进行广泛综述时,发现了仅单独的解毒作用不能被解释为家蝇对有机氯杀虫药剂产生高抗性原因。作为一个基因。家蝇可以对有机氯产生比对有机磷杀虫剂更高的抗药性,尽管有机磷杀虫剂一般在虫体内是不太稳定的。考虑到昆虫毒理的动力学,杀虫药剂的穿透作用更显示出其实际的重要性。根据穿透和解毒的速率,慢的穿透作用是解毒作用的一个限制因子。防治敏感和抗性昆虫的观察结果,可以划出物理和生物因子之间关系的几种相关曲线图解。这些相关性不仅能说明家蝇对有机磷和有机氯杀虫剂的抗性程度,而且也助于选择出新的杀虫毒剂。     

陕西蓝田地区第四纪哺乳动物群的划分

<正> 陕西蓝田地区的新生代地层保存得非常完好,各个时代的地层,几乎都有其代表,并发现了丰富的哺乳动物化石。在第四纪地层中,特别具有意义的是公王岭及陈家窝分别发现了蓝田人头盖骨及下颌骨,一些地区还发现了旧石器,更进一步证实这一地区在第四     

EVOLUTION OF HOST-PARASITE DIVERSITY

Hosts and parasites often have extensive genetic diversity for resistance and virulence (host range). Qualitative diversity occurs when the success of attack is an all-or-nothing response that varies according to the genotypes of the host and parasite. Quantitative diversity occurs when the success of attack is a graded response that depends on additive genetic variation in the host and parasite. Community diversity occurs when parasites vary in the success with which they can attack different host species, leading to a mixture of specialists and generalists. I developed a series of models that classify components of host-parasite interactions according to whether they cause stabilizing or disruptive selection for resistance and virulence. Stabilizing selection reduces diversity by favoring a single optimal phenotype. Disruptive selection creates diversity by favoring a mixture of widely separated phenotypes. The evolution of maximal resistance and virulence are opposed by one of three forces: metabolic costs, frequency dependence, or negative genetic correlations among beneficial traits. The models predict that qualitatively inherited resistance and virulence traits typically cause greater diversity than quantitatively inherited traits. However, each natural system is composed of many stabilizing factors that reduce diversity and disruptive factors that promote diversity. I advocate a style of modeling in which families of related assumptions are compared by their equilibrium properties, and general conclusions from equilibrium properties are tested by complete dynamical analysis. The comparison among models highlights the need for empirical studies that compare levels of diversity among related host-parasite systems.     

不同柽柳林地柽柳上植食性天敌昆虫群落多样性的比较研究

三个柽柳林地取食柽柳的植食性天敌昆虫优势类群组成相同,主要由瘿螨科(Eriophyidae)、瘿蚊科(Cecidomyiidae)、盾蚧科(Diaspididae)、杂斑木虱科(Aphalaridae)、叶蝉科(Cicadellidae)、盲蝽科(Miridae)、象甲科(Curculionidae)、叶甲科(Chrysomelidae)、麦蛾科(Gelechiidae)等类群组成.其中大部分科仅由某一种或某一属组成.位于温暖气候区的大河沿林地虽然面积最小,但植食性昆虫科的总数量、丰富度(中、后期)、多样性指数N1和N1(中、后期)等参数均高于寒冷区的其他两林地.同位于寒冷地区的阜康和呼图壁林地,面积较大的阜康林地的昆虫群落除均匀度在各季节时期显著高于呼图壁外,其他如总科数、Hill系列多样性参数、丰富度等与面积较小的呼图壁林地无显著差异.     

THE STRUCTURE OF INSECT VIRUS PARTICLES

Thin sections have been cut of the virus particles from four types of insect virus diseases: cytoplasmic polyhedroses of lepidopterous larvae, a nuclear polyhedrosis of Tipula paludosa (Diptera), a granulosis from Melanchra persicariae (Lepidoptera), and a new virus disease without polyhedra from T. paludosa. The cytoplasmic polyhedral viruses are thought to have composite particles in some cases. The shape and enveloping membranes of the different virus particles are compared. In the new virus disease of T. paludosa some of the virus particles appear to be empty; inclusion bodies surrounded by complicated membranes are also demonstrated.