四川米仓山自然保护区台湾水青冈种群生命表及动态分析

台湾水青冈(Fagus hayatae)为水青冈属植物,仅分布于中国,且是国家Ⅱ级保护植物。了解台湾水青冈的种群的龄级结构及数量对于揭示种群动态和生活史特征有重要意义。本文通过对四川米仓山自然保护区老林沟北坡台湾水青冈种群样地进行调查,根据树木径级大小划分龄级,采用匀滑技术,编制其种群生命表,并进行生存分析和谱分析。结果表明:台湾水青冈种群幼苗、幼树和小树占总数的52%,中龄级个体占总数的46%,老树较少,种群年龄结构为稳定型,种群处于成熟阶段,种群更替无障碍。死亡率在第1龄级呈最大值,在第17龄级呈峰值。生存率下降趋势总体较平滑但中间出现2次大的降幅,累计死亡率则相反。谱分析结果显示,台湾水青冈种群更新过程存在着明显的周期性。振幅A_k最大的2个值分别位于基波A_1和谐波A_2处,显示了台湾水青冈个体生命周期的时间长度。台湾水青冈种群数量动态除受基波A_1和谐波A_2影响外,还表现出特别明显的小周期波动,如A_3和A_7。A_3处的波动与台湾水青冈的高生长有关,而A_7的波动与径向生长期的激烈竞争有关。我们的研究揭示了该地台湾水青冈种群数量动态变化趋势符合DeeveyⅢ型,种群动态具有前期锐减、中期稳定和后期衰退的特点。     

迁地栽培坡垒的种群结构与幼苗更新研究

本研究在中国科学院西双版纳植物园设置的500 m²样地中对迁地栽培植物坡垒(Hopea hainanensis Merr.&Chun)种群进行调查,采用径级结构代替龄级结构分析坡垒种群的结构特征,同时编制了静态生命表,分析种群的存活率、死亡率及消失率。结果显示,迁地栽培的坡垒种群更新的苗木尚无大径级的个体;但栽培的坡垒大部分个体能开花结果及自然更新,且幼苗数量较多,幼苗密度为19 550株/hm²,,占种群个体数的86.00%。静态生命表分析结果表明,坡垒种群Ⅱ龄级的个体死亡率最低,Ⅲ龄级的个体死亡率最高,种群存活曲线趋向于Deevey-Ⅲ型;死亡率和消失率变化趋势一致。研究结果表明,坡垒迁地保护取得了初步成功。此外,迁地栽培中应加强对幼苗、幼树的管理,有助于提高其成活率,更多的进入下一龄级的生长和种群的扩大。     

画稿溪国家级自然保护区珍稀植物桫椤种群结构与更新

根据四川画稿溪国家级自然保护区桫椤(Alsophila spinulosa)种群分布特点,设立4个样地1个样带共44个样方(20 m×20 m),从种群密度、生命表和生境关联(草本层郁闭度和林分受干扰强度)等方面研究了保护区桫椤种群的结构特征。结果表明,每个桫椤种群样方的平均密度为0.088株/m2,幼苗密度为0.049株/m2;桫椤种群的死亡率和消失率曲线变化基本一致,发育过程中出现3个死亡高峰值,分别在第1龄级(H0.01 m)、第7龄级(3.90 m≤H4.80 m)和第10龄级(H≥6.60 m)阶段;种群生存率单调下降,累计死亡率单调上升,第7龄级以后,种群生存率小于1%;根据种群生存率函数Si、累计死亡率函数Fti、死亡密度函数fti和危险率函数λti4个生存函数曲线表明,画稿溪桫椤种群具有前期锐减、中期稳定、后期衰退的特点。桫椤各龄级阶段密度与草本层郁闭度均无显著相关(p≥0.18),然而桫椤幼苗(第1龄级)以上的个体密度、第7龄级密度与干扰度之间呈显著负相关(p0.05)。综合分析表明,画稿溪桫椤种群具有一定的自然更新能力,但人为活动的干扰可能是限制桫椤种群的因素之一。     

川黔地区濒危植物红豆树种群结构与数量动态特征

红豆树(Ormosia hosiei)是我国南方特有珍稀濒危植物,具有极高的经济价值和人文价值。为了解红豆树种群在川黔山区的生存现状及制约种群发展的原因,该文以川黔4个区域红豆树自然种群为调查对象,采用典型样地调查的方法,根据不同种群的分布特征,每个种群分别设置2个面积为20 m×20 m的具有代表性的样地进行调查,通过编制种群静态生命表、绘制存活曲线、计算数量动态指数、利用生存函数及时间序列模型分析了川黔山区不同红豆树种群的结构与动态特征。结果表明：(1)河株村和干耳盘村种群龄级结构呈倒“J”型结构,陈家湾村和绒春村种群呈不规则“哑铃”型结构,红豆树种群自然更新能力强,但中龄级个体容易缺失。(2)4个种群均为增长型,存活曲线接近于Deevey-Ⅱ型,其中河株村、陈家湾村和绒春村种群消失率和死亡率呈“多峰型”,种群在生长中期容易受到外界干扰。(3)红豆树种群数量动态变化表现为幼龄级个体死亡率高,成熟龄级个体数量动态稳定的特点,其形成原因与山区地形特点和红豆树种子传播特性有关。(4)RDA排序结果显示,海拔和坡度是影响幼龄个体数量结构的主导因子,干扰强度是影响种群中高龄个体数量结构的主要...     

准噶尔盆地东南缘梭梭种群结构与动态研究

通过样地调查和数据统计分析,对准噶尔盆地东南缘梭梭种群现状绘制径级结构图,编制生命表、分析存活曲线、死亡率曲线和寿命期望等参数,并运用时间序列模型预测种群数量动态.结果表明:种群整体结构属于增长型,但梭梭种群幼苗个体少,Ⅰ、Ⅱ龄级个体数目少于Ⅲ龄级的个体数目.存活曲线基本接近DeeveyⅢ型,种群偏离典型存活曲线的程度与幼苗缺乏有关;环境因素和人为干扰的影响,梭梭在Ⅲ～V龄级死亡率较高,种群在第Ⅳ级出现死亡高峰,且只有少量幼年个体能进入成年阶段,个体平均生存能力的期望在第Ⅳ级最大;时间序列分析表明,在未来第Ⅱ、Ⅳ、Ⅵ、Ⅷ龄级的个体会呈现老龄个体增加的趋势,种群稳定性长期维持困难.适当的人工辅助恢复和现有植株及生境的保护是保持梭梭种群自然更新和种群恢复的关键.     

湖南珍稀濒危植物——珙桐种群数量动态

在湖南省珙桐(Davidia involucrata)主要分布区八大公山和壶瓶山自然保护区设置了7个具有代表性的样地,采用样方法对珙桐群落的组成进行调查,研究珙桐种群的年龄结构、静态生命表和生存规律.结果表明:(1)两个保护区珙桐种群的径级结构和高度结构都近似于倒金字塔型,并且珙桐种群幼树死亡率高,珙桐种群有衰退迹象.(2)珙桐种群结构存在波动性,幼年阶段的个体数量少,并且多为萌生苗,实生苗很少;成年个体数量相对也较少,种群趋于Deevey的Ⅱ型和Ⅲ型曲线之间.(3)珙桐种群死亡率和消失率曲线变化趋势基本一致,均在第5龄级阶段出现一个高峰;珙桐种群的生存率单调上升,累计死亡率单调下降,生存率上升趋势前期低于后期,累计死亡率则相反.(4)珙桐种群具有前期稳定、中期锐减和后期衰退的特点.     

民勤绿洲荒漠过渡带人工梭梭种群年龄结构及动态

基于野外样地调查数据,通过分析静态生命表、存活曲线、动态指数等参数,结合时间序列模型,研究了人工梭梭种群年龄结构动态,旨在预测人工梭梭种群演替趋势,为退化人工梭梭种群恢复与重建提供理论依据。结果表明：(1)民勤绿洲荒漠过渡带人工梭梭种群的年龄结构近似于“金字塔”型,幼龄林个体占总物种数的90.1%;(2)人工梭梭种群存活曲线趋近于Deevey-Ⅱ型,为稳定型种群。不同区域人工梭梭种群的第Ⅰ、Ⅱ、Ⅲ龄级个体死亡率和消失率最高;(3)动态量化结果显示人工梭梭种群总体均表现为增长型,对外界干扰敏感性较强;(4)时间序列预测分析表明,在未来2、4个龄级时间后,种群Ⅱ、Ⅳ龄级个体数量大幅度增加,人工梭梭种群发展趋势较好。民勤绿洲荒漠过渡带人工梭梭种群为稳定增长型种群,种群具有一定的自然更新能力。针对该种群幼龄个体死亡率较高的问题,未来建议加强对第Ⅰ、Ⅱ、Ⅲ龄级幼株的精准抚育管理,通过人为辅助措施提高幼苗的保存率,促进人工梭梭林的可持续发展。     

塔里木河上游灰胡杨种群生活史特征与空间分布格局

灰胡杨是荒漠地区特有的珍稀渐危植物,主要分布在塔里木河流域,是塔里木荒漠生态系统的关键种之一。在塔里木河上游选择具有代表性群落设立5 hm²研究样地,应用相邻格子法进行每木调查,从年龄结构、生命表特征、存活曲线、生存分析以及种群不同发育阶段个体空间分布格局等方面研究了灰胡杨种群生活史动态特征与空间分布规律。结果表明:塔里木河上游灰胡杨种群结构整体上呈钟型,幼树个体较少,成年个体较多,属暂时稳定型种群;不同生境种群结构不同,随河流走向种群结构由稳定型转为衰退型。种群存活曲线趋于DeeveyⅡ,生存率呈单调下降趋势,中期(Ⅵ-Ⅸ)降幅较高;危险率呈上升趋势,于Ⅸ龄级出现危险率与死亡率、消失率高峰,生命期望单调下降,反映种群生存力下降的趋势。灰胡杨种群空间分布格局总体上为聚集分布,因生境不同空间格局发生变化,这是种群适应环境压力及与环境协同进化的结果;种群空间格局随发育进程而变化,从幼龄到中、大龄,种群分布格局的聚集强度减弱并逐渐转变为随机分布,这是种内竞争强度变化的结果。环境因子与种群分布多度的相关与逐步回归分析表明地下水位是影响种群分布的主要因素。可见,塔里木河上游灰胡杨种群结构与空间分布格局随生境和时间发生变化,环境因素和生物因素是影响灰胡杨种群生态特征的两个主要原因。     

历山自然保护区秃山白树天然种群生命表

秃山白树是中国特有单种属植物山白树的变种,为国家二级保护植物,仅分布于山西历山自然保护区.为更好地了解其种群数量动态,保护该种群持续稳定发展,在历山自然保护区,采用样地与样方调查相结合的方法,调查了秃山白树的种群结构,编制了秃山白树静态生命表,绘制了其年龄结构图、存活曲线、死亡曲线、消失率曲线、生存函数曲线、累积死亡率函数曲线、危险率函数曲线和死亡密度函数曲线.结果表明:秃山白树种群幼龄级个体数量较多,老龄个体数量较少,表明现阶段秃山白树整体为增长型种群;种群死亡率生长前期高于后期,在Ⅱ和Ⅳ龄级的年龄阶段出现死亡率高峰,种群存活曲线趋于Deevey-Ⅱ型;生存率曲线单调下降,累积死亡率曲线单调上升,其下降或增加的幅度是前期高于后期;种群死亡密度函数曲线较为平缓,在Ⅲ龄级死亡密度较大;危险率函数随着龄级的增加不断增大.     

荒漠绿洲过渡带沙拐枣种群结构及动态特征

沙拐枣(Calligonum mongolicum)作为黑河中游荒漠绿洲过渡带的一种主要固沙植物种,它对于维护荒漠绿洲过渡带生态系统的稳定性起到了至关重要的作用。通过样地调查和数据统计,绘制了沙拐枣种群的径级结构图,在此基础上编制了种群的特定时间生命表,分析了存活曲线、死亡率曲线等重要参数,并运用时间序列模型预测种群数量动态,以揭示荒漠绿洲过渡带沙拐枣种群的结构及动态特征。结果表明:沙拐枣种群属于增长型,Vpi'=0.0233,表明该种群趋近于稳定型,但沙拐枣种群Ⅰ、Ⅱ龄级个体数目少于Ⅲ龄级的个体数目;存活曲线趋于Deevey-Ⅱ,各龄级种群有相近的死亡率;时间序列预测分析表明,在未来2、4、6、8个龄级时间后沙拐枣老龄个体逐渐增多,幼龄株数则有所降低,种群稳定性长期维持困难,因此,适当的人工辅助恢复和现有植株及生境的保护是保持沙拐枣种群自然更新和种群恢复的关键。     

Foreign exploration for Scirtothrips perseae Nakahara (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) and associated natural enemies on avocado (Persea americana Miller)

Scirtothrips perseae Nakahara was discovered attacking avocados in California, USA, in 1996. Host plant surveys in California indicated that S. perseae has a highly restricted host range with larvae being found only on avocados, while adults were collected from 11 different plant species. As part of a management program for this pest, a “classical” biological control program was initiated and foreign exploration was conducted to delineate the home range of S. perseae, to survey for associated natural enemies and inventory other species of phytophagous thrips on avocados grown in Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Trinidad, and Brazil. Foreign exploration efforts indicate that S. perseae occurs on avocados grown at high altitudes (>1500 m) from Uruapan in Mexico south to areas around Guatemala City in Guatemala. In Costa Rica, S. perseae is replaced by an undescribed congener as the dominant phytophagous thrips on avocados grown at high altitudes (>1300 m). No species of Scirtothrips were found on avocados in the Dominican Republic, Trinidad, or Brazil. In total, 2136 phytophagous thrips were collected and identified, representing over 47 identified species from at least 19 genera. The significance of these species records is discussed. Of collected material 4% were potential thrips biological control agents. Natural enemies were dominated by six genera of predatory thrips (Aeolothrips, Aleurodothrips, Franklinothrips, Leptothrips, Scolothrips, and Karnyothrips). One genus each of parasitoid (Ceranisus) and predatory mite (Balaustium) were found. Based on the results of our sampling techniques, prospects for the importation of thrips natural enemies for use in a “classical” biological control program in California against S. perseae are not promising.     

Taxonomic status of the species of the green algal genusNeochloris

Komárek has recently reviewed the various species assigned to the green algal genusNeochloris Starr (Chlorococcales, Chlorococcaceae) and removed those with uninucleate vegetative cells to a new genus,Ettlia. Watanabe & Floyd, unaware ofKomárek's work, also reviewed the species ofNeochloris and distributed them among three genera—Neochloris, Chlorococcopsis gen. nov., andParietochloris gen. nov.—on the basis of details of the covering of the zoospore and the arrangement of the basal bodies of the flagellar apparatus. This paper reconciles these two treatments and makes additional recommendations at the ranks of genus, family, order, and class.     

Phylogeny of cardinalfishes (Teleostei: Gobiiformes: Apogonidae) and the evolution of visceral bioluminescence

The cardinalfishes (Apogonidae) are a diverse clade of small, mostly reef-dwelling fishes, for which a variety of morphological data have not yielded a consistent phylogeny. We use DNA sequence to hypothesize phylogenetic relationships within Apogonidae and among apogonids and other acanthomorph families, to examine patterns of evolution including the distribution of a visceral bioluminescence system. In conformance with previous studies, Apogonidae is placed in a clade with Pempheridae, Kurtidae, Leiognathidae, and Gobioidei. The apogonid genus Pseudamia is recovered outside the remainder of the family, not as sister to the superficially similar genus Gymnapogon. Species sampled from the Caribbean and Western Atlantic (Phaeoptyx, Astrapogon, and some Apogon species) form a clade, as do the larger-bodied Glossamia and Cheilodipterus. Incidence of visceral bioluminescence is found scattered throughout the phylogeny, independently for each group in which it is present. Examination of the fine structure of the visceral bioluminescence system through histology shows that light organs exhibit a range of morphologies, with some composed of complex masses of tubules (Siphamia, Pempheris, Parapriacanthus) and others lacking tubules but containing chambers formed by folds of the visceral epithelium (Acropoma, Archamia, Jaydia, and Rhabdamia). Light organs in Siphamia, Acropoma, Pempheris and Parapriacanthus are distinct from but connected to the gut; those in Archamia, Jaydia, and Rhabdamia are simply portions of the intestinal tract, and are little differentiated from the surrounding tissues. The presence or absence of symbiotic luminescent bacteria does not correlate with light organ structure; the tubular light organs of Siphamia and chambered tubes of Acropoma house bacteria, those in Pempheridae and the other Apogonidae do not.     

Biological control of three floating water weeds,<Emphasis Type="Italic">Eichhornia crassipes,Pistia stratiotes</Emphasis>, and <Emphasis Type="Italic">Salviniamolesta</Emphasis> in the Republic of Congo

Since 1999, four specific weevils (Coleoptera, Curculionidae) were released in the Republic of Congo against three exotic floating water weeds: Neochetina eichhorniae Warner and N. bruchi Hustache against water hyacinth, Neohydronomus affinis Hustache against water lettuce, and Cyrtobagous salviniae Calder and Sands against water fern. Recoveries of exotic weevils were made from all 24 release sites except one, and all four species have established and spread (up to 800 km for water hyacinth weevils). Within a few years of releases, control of water fern and water lettuce was such that fishing and navigation could be resumed, while reductions of water hyacinth populations were only beginning.     

Die GattungKarschia — Bindeglied zwischen bitunicaten Ascomyceten und lecanoralen Flechtenpilzen?

The genusKarschia, in the earlier sense, including saprophytes and parasites on lichens, has been thought to be a non-lichenized parallel genus of the lichen genusBuellia. Modern workers included it on the one hand inBuellia, on the other hand combined it with bitunicate ascomycetes. It is now proved thatKarschia is heterogeneous and contains but superficially similar members both of the genusBuellia of theLecanorales and of typical or masked bitunicateAscomycetes. Therefore, it can not be regarded as a link betweenLecanorales andDothideales. The type species ofKarschia belongs to theDothideales.

     

A molecular phylogeny of Hebeloma species from Europe

In order to widen the scope of existing phylogenies of the ectomycorrhizal agaric genus Hebeloma a total of 53 new rDNA ITS sequences from that genus was generated, augmented by sequences retrieved from GenBank, and analysed using Bayesian, strict consensus and neighbour joining methods. The lignicolous Hebelomina neerlandica, Gymnopilus penetrans, and two species of Galerina served as outgroup taxa. Anamika indica, as well as representatives of the genera Hymenogaster and Naucoria, were included to test the monophyly of Hebeloma, which is confirmed by the results. Hebeloma, Naucoria, Hymenogaster and Anamika indica cluster in a strongly supported monophyletic hebelomatoid clade. All trees largely reflect the current infrageneric classification within Hebeloma, and divide the genus into mostly well-supported monophyletic groups surrounding H. crustuliniforme, H. velutipes, H. sacchariolens, H. sinapizans, and H. radicosum, with H. sarcophyllum being shown at an independent position; however this is not well supported. The section Indusiata divides with strong support into three groups, the position of the pleurocystidiate Hebeloma cistophilum suggests the possible existence of a third subsection within sect. Indusiata. Subsection Sacchariolentia is raised to the rank of section.     

Demographic characteristics of an intertidal bay goby (Lepidogobius lepidus)

Synopsis In a fourteen month study (May 1976 – June 1977) I examined the following characteristics of an intertidal bay goby (Lepidogobius lepidus) in Morro Bay, California, U.S.A.: annual and seasonal patterns of abundance, age composition and growth rates, survivorship and mortality patterns, and the reproductive cycle for female gobies. Fishes were collected with the aid of quinaldine and otoliths and ovaries removed. Age and growth rates were estimated from otolith annuli using a back calculation formula and a Brody-Bertalanffy growth curve. Mortality rates were derived using the methods of Heincke (1913), Robson & Chapman (1960), mean age, and a catch curve (Ricker 1975). A gonad index was used to describe the annual reproductive cycle. Results indicated that abundance fluctuated seasonally and that these fluctuations appeared to be caused by reproductive emigrations. Bay gobies reached an age of 7+ and a standard length of 87 mm. Growth was relatively constant (6 mm yr⁻¹) until age 5, at which point it began to decline. The mean rates of survivorship, mortality, and instantaneous mortality were 0.75, 0.25, and 0.29 respectively. Mortality rates for individual age classes ranged from 0.13 to 0.51 and increased with age. This stock appears to reproduce mainly during the winter.     

Systematic significance of mature embryo of bamboos

The mature embryo of seven species belonging to five genera of Indian bamboos is described. In all these the basic pattern of embryo organisation is same: the scutellar and coleoptilar bundles are not separated by an internode, the epiblast is absent, the lower portion of the scutellum and the coleorhiza are separated by a cleft and the margins of embryonic leaves overlap. The features unique to fleshy fruited bamboos are: presence of a massive scutellum, the juxtaposition of plumule and radicle and the occurrence of a bud in the axil of the coleoptile. The fleshy fruit bearing bamboos should be classified into one group, the tribeMelocanneae. Evidence is provided to recognise additional groups in the subfamilyBambusoideae.