夏季丽斑麻蜥种群结构的分析

本文分析了丽班麻蜥1989—1990年两年夏季不包括当年幼体的种群结构的资料。共捕获麻蜥197尾。种群密度为672尾/公顷。性比为1:1.05,雄性多于雌性。将体长、体重作指标,参照对性腺的观察,把种群分为亚成体组,体长39.20±5.31mm,体重2.93±0.70g;成体组,体长52.91±3.21mm,体重5.40±0.74g。成体多于亚成体。     

温度对八斑鞘腹蛛实验种群生长的影响

八斑鞘腹蛛(Coleosoma octomaculatum)是农田害虫的主要天敌之一。它分布范围广、数量大,可捕食棉蚜(Aphis gossypii)、豆蚜(A.craccivora)、柳蚜(A.saliceti)、菜缢管蚜(Lipaphis erysimi)、麦长管蚜(Macrosi-     

粤北南岭无斑肥螈的种群结构及食性

南岭山区的无斑肥螈 (Pachytritonlabiatus)主要分布于海拔 85 0m以上的山区溪流中 ,当雌性头体长 >5 5mm ,雄性头体长 >4 5mm时 ,卵巢和精巢分别开始明显发育 ;生殖时期为每年 9～ 1 0月份 ;数量呈明显下降趋势 ;主要食饵为环节、软体、节肢动物类。     

斑苦竹无性系种群克隆生长格局动态的研究

采用“例逐龄级累加法”（ＲＡＡ）研究了缙云山斑苦竹无性系种群的克隆生长格局动态,以及无性系分株克隆生长型的动态趋势．结果表明,作为复轴型的斑苦竹,其无性系种群随时间进程表现为聚集程度逐渐降低的集群分布格局．在自然条件下,斑苦竹更多地表现出单轴型的繁殖趋势．应用ＲＡＡ分析植物种群,尤其是竹类植物种群前期的克隆生长格局的动态,结果可靠,具有重要的应用价值．     

山东赤松种群的个体生长规律

利用Logistic增长模型对山东赤松 (PinusdensifloraSieb .etZucc .)种群个体生长规律进行了初步研究。结果表明 ,赤松个体生长密切符合Logistic方程 ;人工林个体生长好于天然次生林 ;人工林与次生林个体生长规律一致 ;树高成熟龄和连年生长量最大时年龄出现最早 ,胸径成熟龄和连年生长量最大时年龄出现较晚 ,材积成熟龄和连年生长量最大时年龄出现最迟     

丽斑麻蜥的种群结构与自截断尾再生的初步观察

丽斑麻蜥(Eremias argus)是我国华北地区的普通蜥种。有关其种群结构的研究．已有姜雅风、郭砺分别对秋季和夏季的种群结构进行过报道。笔者于1984—1993年对丽斑麻蜥的断尾再生现象进行了观察,本文就其种群结构和自截断尾再生进行初步分析。     

基于线粒体全基因组揭示斑鳠的种群遗传结构与演化历史

斑鳠(Hemibagrus guttatus)被誉为“珠江四大名鱼”之首,然而在梯级开发、水体污染、过度捕捞等多种因素的影响下,其野外资源量严重衰退,并于2021年2月被列为国家二级重点保护野生动物。为了能够有效支撑斑鳠种群的科学管理与保护工作,本研究在珠江水系和韩江水系19个站位收集了111尾斑鳠样本,基于线粒体全基因组数据,综合系统发育、分化时间估算、种群遗传学等多种研究方法开展了遗传多样性、遗传结构与种群历史动态的研究。种群遗传学分析结果显示,珠江和韩江水系的斑鳠种群均呈现较低水平的核苷酸多样性,表明斑鳠种群的保护刻不容缓。系统发育分析和单倍型网络图发现,珠江水系和韩江水系的斑鳠种群分别形成独立的进化谱系,其中珠江水系的斑鳠种群形成了两个共域分布的亚谱系。分化时间估算发现珠江和韩江两个水系斑鳠种群的分化时间介于0.284–0.401百万年前(Ma),珠江水系两个亚谱系的分化时间介于0.092–0.132Ma,暗示华南地区更新世气候变化可能是斑鳠种群谱系分化的重要驱动因素。种群动态历史分析发现,斑鳠种群分别在0.072–0.101Ma和0.024–0.033Ma期间经历了明显的种群收缩和种群扩张事件,并支持珠江水系斑鳠种群在0.024–0.032Ma之间经历了显著的种群扩张,表明后更新世期间的冰期与间冰期循环引起的海平面波动及末次盛冰期可能对斑鳠种群的分布与有效种群大小造成了显著影响。基于上述研究结果,建议加强渔政监管力度或者划立保护区,提升韩江水系斑鳠种群的关注度,并指出放流前需明晰放流样本的(亚)谱系来源,避免非本地谱系亲本或者苗种的盲目投放。     

基于耳石微结构的南海春季鸢乌贼日龄、生长与种群结构的研究

2015年春季在南海开展灯光罩网渔船鸢乌贼(Sthenoteuthis oualaniensis)采样, 样品胴长为10.22—199.01 mm, 体质量为1.3—328.8 g。研究根据鸢乌贼耳石微结构对其日龄、生长和种群结构进行研究, 结果显示:南海存在2个鸢乌贼群体, 中型群体(有发光器, 占59.38%)和微型群体(无发光器, 占40.62%), 无胴长大于500 mm的大型群体; 样品日龄范围为38—126d, 优势日龄组为51—80d, 占其总数的81.33%。分别计算不同海域和群体间5种生长模型的AIC权重值, 发现南海北部海域和南沙附近海域都以指数生长模型最适合描述鸢乌贼的生长关系, 中型群体以指数模型最为适合, 微型群体则以幂函数生长模型最适合; 南海北部海域的鸢乌贼个体生长速率略低于南沙附近海域鸢乌贼个体; 微型群体呈现急剧生长到逐渐缓慢生长的趋势, 中型群体的生长趋势与微型群体正好相反。同类相食现象表明微型群体的生长受到中型群体的影响而被抑制。     

宁陕齿突蟾蝌蚪的生物学特性

齿突蟾属(ScutigerTheobald,1868)包括齿突蟾亚属(ScutigerDubois,1980)和猫眼蟾亚属(AelurophryneFei,Ye and Li,1989),前者已知有10种,后者7种(费梁等,2005)。在我国有8种齿突蟾亚属物种分布于我国西南和青藏高原及周边地区,其中发现于陕西省宁陕县平河梁的宁陕齿突蟾(S·ningshanensis)是分布最东北的特有珍稀物种。尽管经过20多年来的多次采集,至今仅获得模式和配模标本,对其生物学特性了解甚少(方荣盛,1985;梁刚等,1989;费梁,1999),为这一珍稀齿突蟾的保护带来很大困难。蝌蚪是无尾两栖动物生命史中的一个重要时期,大约有四分之三…     

关于封闭系统中微生物种群生长的动力学建模

关于封闭系统中微生物种群生长的动力学建模刘多森,李振高,汪枞生,潘映华（中国科学院南京土壤研究所,南京,２１０００８）ＫＩＮＥＴＩＣＭＯＤＥＬＬＩＮＧＦＯＲＴＨＥＧＲＯＷＴＨＯＦＭＩＣＲＯＢＩＡＬＰＯＰＵＬＡＴＩＯＮＳＩＮＡＣＬＯＳＥＤＳＹＳＴＥＭ￥...     

繁殖盛期雄性普通东方小蛙的个体大小不影响交配成功率

通过比较抱对和非抱对普通东方小蛙(Crinia signifera) 的吻尾干骨长(体长) 和检测个体较大或状态较好的雄体是否为成功繁殖个体, 检测雌蛙体长与交配成功的雄蛙的体长和相对状态(体重/体长) 之间是否存在线形关系, 评估交配与个体大小之间的关系。在实验室内, 令未交配雌体选择随机选出的雄体, 观测雌体是否与最大的雄体交配; 将抱对的蛙暴露于其它雄蛙, 观测其它较大或较小的雄蛙是否取代已抱对的雄蛙。结果表明: 抱对雄蛙和雌蛙的个体大小无显著的关系, 成功交配的雄蛙并不比未交配的雄蛙大, 其它雄蛙不能取代已抱对的雄蛙。在这一C. signifera种群中, 繁殖盛期雄性个体的大小似乎不影响交配成功率, 在此期间即便存在配偶选择, 亦决定于与雄性个体大小无关的其它因素。在更长的繁殖期内, 雄性个体大小则与交配成功率有关, 这是该种的典型特征。     

Population structure and survival in a solitary wasp (Microbembex cubana: Hymenoptera,Sphecidae, Nyssoninae)

Summary This paper documents population structure in a solitary wasp, Microbembex cubana (Hymenoptera, Sphecidae, Nyssoninae), on a small (15 km²) Bahamian island. A relatively isolated portion of this population was studied April–June 1985. The population comprised small aggregations of territorial males and nesting females. Individuals of both sexes were with rare exceptions faithful to a home aggregation during their one- to two-month adult lifespans, conducting all reproductive activities there. Individuals from different aggregations, however, mixed daily during these activities: feeding on nectar, hunting for provisions and retiring to clustered sleeping burrows. Significant variation occurred among the nine breeding aggregations in size, density, sex-ratio (which was on average 2:1 in favor of males) and survival (which was 0.93–0.99 per individual/per day and which was not higher for females than for males). Aggregations retained the same characteristics for longer than the life expectancies of individuals in them.Factors affecting reproductive success and survivorship in M. cubana are complex: they are apparently only partially overlapping between males and females and subject to spatial variation. Patterns in the data suggest several hypotheses about how behavior, morphology and habitat interact to shape population processes. I propose that aggregations arise and are characterized by considerable behavioral inertia because individual M. cubana use conspecifics as sources of information on resource quality. Because M. cubana occurs in secondary habitats, individuals retain flexibility in responding to better opportunities for reproduction, but this population exhibits more viscosity than reported for other ground-nesting solitary Hymenoptera.     

Population structure and dynamics of Pinus taiwanensis Hayata at Songyang county,Zhejiang Province,China

Pinus taiwanensis is a widely distributed species in the southeastern China (Zhejiang, Anhui, Hubei, Human, Jiangxi, Fujian, Taiwan provinces) at an elevation of 700–2000 m. This pine is a pioneer in forest succession and is often used as a species for afforestation in this region at an elevation above 700 m. This study was carried out at Guanshanyuan, Zhejiang province, at a latitude of N 28° 18, a longitude of E 119° 16 and an altitude of 800–1502 m above sea level. On the basis of a census of all individuals of Pinus taiwanensis at different successional stages and various habitats, age structure, spatial pattern, density, biomass of population and their dynamics were described. Considering the population dynamics throughout the successional process, three phases could be recognized. Until about 9–10 years after Pinus taiwanensis invaded the stands, the density of population was increased by the recruitments along with increase of the mean tree weight and population biomass (phase I). Thereafter, the population was in full density state, the biomass of population and the mean tree weight increased exponentially, while the density was decreased drastically by the self-thinning and the invasion of other broad-leaved trees (phase II). The –3/2 power law of natural thinning was applicable to the populations in this phase. When the broad-leaved trees reached the canopy, although the mean tree weight increased slowly, the density and biomass of Pinus taiwanensis population decreased gradually (phase III) until the population senesced and retreated from the successional series completely. The population dynamics of Pinus taiwanensis during the successional process was in common with pioneer species in forest succession. At some special habitats such as rocky steep slopes and ridges, however, Pinus taiwanensis population could form such an edaphic climax community that the population density, biomass and the mean tree weight in phase III could be in a stable state for very long period.     

Population growth and structure in a variable environment

When a population experiences temporal changes in the vital rates due to environmental or biotic variation, change is not only expected in the rate of population growth but also in the structure of the population. In this study we present a method for transforming observed patterns (notably how vital rates change with temperature) into functions that can be used in population growth models and analysis of population structure. The method is exemplified by applying it to cohort studies in different constant temperatures of four species of aphids, Lipaphis erysimi (K.), Metopolophium dirhodum (Wlk.), Rhopaliosiphum padi and Macrosiphum avenae (F.). We use piece-wise linear functions to transform the vital rates of the cohort studies. The lifespans are divided into phases, each phase having linear rates. A projection matrix is formulated, where the elements are temperature dependent fecundities, survivorships and developmental rates. The major result is, contrary to what theory predicts as reasonable (Caswell 1989), that population structure of these aphid species will become almost fixed although the temperature varies. This result is consistent with findings of earlier field studies (Wiktelius 1982). A fixed population structure implies that it is possible to calculate the population growth rate on the basis of intrinsic rates of increase. By simulating different temperature regimes we also show that initial oscillations in the population structure dampen out after a few days. After initial oscillations, calculations of population growth using intrinsic rates of increase are consistent with calculations made by a matrix model.     

Impact of Plio-Pleistocene arid cycling on the population history of a southwestern Australian frog

Southwestern Australia is regarded as a global biodiversity hotspot. The region contains a high number of endemic species, ranging from Gondwanan relicts to much more recently evolved plant and animal species. Myobatrachid frogs are diverse in southwestern Australia, and while we know they have speciated in situ in the southwest, we know little about the temporal and geographical patterning of speciation events. Crinia georgiana is an ideal subject to test hypotheses concerning the effect of climatic history on southwestern Australian anurans, as it is an old lineage with a broad distribution covering the entire region. We compiled an extensive phylogeographical data set based on 1085 bp of the mitochondrial gene ND2 for 68 individuals from 18 sites across the species' range. Two major genetic clades were identified which were largely confined to the high rainfall and southeast coastal biogeographical zones, respectively. The clades appear to have diverged around the Plio-Pleistocene border (1.26-1.72 million years ago), concordant with increasing intensity and frequency of arid climate cycles. Subsequent phylogeographical structure appears to have developed primarily during the Pleistocene climatic fluctuations that also have been integral in generating species diversity in the endemic southwestern Australian flora. Phylogeographical analyses identified several dispersal routes, possible refugial areas within the range of the species and also regions of secondary contact. Dispersal routes identified may now be closed to the species because of habitat destruction and salinity problems in inland regions, posing concerns about the evolutionary potential of the species in light of predicted climate change.     

Population growth and stabilizing age structure of the tughlaqabad rhesus

The rhesus population at Tughlaqabad is characterized by (1) moderately high natality, (2) a changing and perhaps stabilizing age structure, and (3) a declining growth rate. Although natality at this site has been high and relatively invariant over a 7-year period, the proportion of nonreproducing juveniles has increased, necessitating a lower rate of growth. The trapping of rhesus for export, which was practiced in India as recently as 1978, may be largely responsible for the changing nature of the Tughlaqabad age structure but this conclusion remains only conjectural.     

Molecular phylogeny of the Australian frog genera Crinia, Geocrinia, and allied taxa (Anura: Myobatrachidae).

We present a mitochondrial gene tree for representative species of all the genera in the subfamily Myobatrachinae, with special emphasis on Crinia and Geocrinia. This group has been the subject of a number of long-standing taxonomic and phylogenetic debates. Our phylogeny is based on data from approximately 780 bp of 12S rRNA and 676 bp of ND2, and resolves a number of these problems. We confirm that the morphologically highly derived monotypic genera Metacrinia, Myobatrachus, and Arenophryne are closely related, and that Pseudophryne forms the sister group to these genera. Uperoleia and the recently described genus Spicospina are also part of this clade. Our data show that Assa and Geocrinia are reciprocally monophyletic and together they form a well-supported clade. Geocrinia is monophyletic and the phylogenetic relationships with the genus are fully resolved with two major species groups identified: G. leai, G. victoriana, and G. laevis; and G. rosea, G. alba, and G. vitellina (we were unable to sample G. lutea). We confirm that Taudactylus forms the sister group to the other myobatrachine genera, but our data are equivocal on the phylogenetic position of Paracrinia. The phylogenetic relationships among Crinia species are well resolved with strong support for a number of distinct monophyletic clades, but more data are required to resolve relationships among these major Crinia clades. Crinia tasmaniensis and Bryobatrachus nimbus form the sister clade to the rest of Crinia. Due to the lack of generic level synapomorphies for a Bryobatrachus that includes C. tasmaniensis, we synonymize Bryobatrachus with Crinia. Crinia georgiana does not form a clade distinct from other Crinia species and so our data do not support recognition of the genus Ranidella for other Crinia species. Crinia subinsignifera, C. pseudinsignifera, and C. insignifera are extremely closely related despite differences in male advertisement call. A preliminary investigation of phylogeographic substructure within C. signifera revealed significant divergence between samples from across the range of this species.     

Life and death beneath macrophyte canopies: effects of understory kelps on growth rates and survival of marine,benthic suspension feeders

Summary Experiments conducted on rocky bottoms at 7–11 m depth in the San Juan Archipelago, Washington assessed effects of canopies of understory kelps on growth of benthic suspension feeders, determined the mechanisms responsible for effects, and assessed the influence of kelp canopies on survivorship of benthic fauna. Kelp canopics influenced growth rates of diverse suspension feeders. At several sites the musselMytilus edulis, the barnacleBalanus glandula, and the serpulid polychaetePseudochitinopoma occidentalis grew faster on the bottom beneath kelp canopies than on nearby exposed substrata. The cheilostome bryozoanMembranipora membranacea showed a mixed response to kelp canopies, growing faster in exposed regions at one site, but faster beneath canopies at another. There were no differences in growth of 2 other species (the cheilostome bryozoanCheilopora praelonga and the spongeMyxilla incrustans) between kelp and no-kelp treatments; however, some processes influenced by plant canopies affected their growth. Specific mechanisms responsible for kelp effects on growth were assessed in a series of field experiments usingPseudochitinopoma, Membranipora, Cheilopora andMyxilla. Particulate deposition on the bottom, which is more intense beneath canopies, negatively affected growth of all 4 species. Kelps also reduced rates of flow and prevented devented development of microalgal turfs beneath the canopy.Pseudochitinopoma grew faster in the weaker flows below canopies and bothCheilopora andMyxilla grew faster where there were no microalgal turfs. These other effects of kelp canopies were at least as important to growth (in the cases ofCheilopora andMyxilla) or more important to growth (in the case ofPseudochitinopoma) than were the general, deleterious effects of higher sedimentation beneath canopies. The lower growth rates caused by higher sedimentation beneath kelp canopies did not result in higher rates of animal mortality. Surprisingly, kelp canopies typically did not influence mortality due to predation. For 7 of 12 taxa, mortality rates did not differ between kelp-covered and exposed treatments. Significantly higher mortality occurred outside canopies for only 4 of 12 taxa, and for at least 2 of these 4 differences probably were not related to predation.Mytilus, a species rare at these depths, exhibited higher mortality beneath kelp canopies due to predation by crabs. Other macrophytes in fresh and salt water, as well as some benthic animals that create complex, 3-dimensional habitats, should influence benthic organisms and assemblages in ways analogous to the kelps acting through their effects on flow, particle transport, and shading.     

An analytical model of stand dynamics as a function of tree growth, mortality and recruitment: the shade tolerance-stand structure hypothesis revisited

Light competition and interspecific differences in shade tolerance are considered key determinants of forest stand structure and dynamics. Specifically two main stand diameter distribution types as a function of shade tolerance have been proposed based on empirical observations. All-aged stands of shade tolerant species tend to have steeply descending, monotonic diameter distributions (inverse J-shaped curves). Shade intolerant species in contrast typically exhibit normal (unimodal) tree diameter distributions due to high mortality rates of smaller suppressed trees. In this study we explore the generality of this hypothesis which implies a causal relationship between light competition or shade tolerance and stand structure. For this purpose we formulate a partial differential equation system of stand dynamics as a function of individual tree growth, recruitment and mortality which allows us to explore possible individual-based mechanisms--e.g. light competition-underlying observed patterns of stand structure--e.g. unimodal or inverse J-shaped equilibrium diameter curves. We find that contrary to expectations interspecific differences in growth patterns can result alone in any of the two diameter distributions types observed in the field. In particular, slow growing species can present unimodal equilibrium curves even in the absence of light competition. Moreover, light competition and shade intolerance evaluated both at the tree growth and mortality stages did not have a significant impact on stand structure that tended to converge systematically towards an inverse J-shaped curves for most tree growth scenarios. Realistic transient stand dynamics for even aged stands of shade intolerant species (unimodal curves) were only obtained when recruitment was completely suppressed, providing further evidence on the critical role played by juvenile stages of tree development (e.g. the sampling stage) on final forest structure and composition. The results also point out the relevance of partial differential equations systems as a tool for exploring the individual-level mechanisms underpinning forest structure, particularly in relation to more complex forest simulation models that are more difficult to analyze and to interpret from a biological point of view.     

Population divergence in growth rate and antipredator defences in Rana arvalis

Growth and development rates often differ among populations of the same species, yet the factors maintaining this differentiation are not well understood. We investigated the antipredator defences and their efficiency in two moor frog Rana arvalis populations differing in growth and development rates by raising tadpoles in outdoor containers in the nonlethal presence and absence of three different predators (newt, fish, dragonfly larva), and by estimating tadpole survival in the presence of free-ranging predators in a laboratory experiment. Young tadpoles in both populations reduced activity in the presence of predators and increased hiding behaviour in the presence of newt and fish. Older tadpoles from the slow-growing Gotland population (G) had stronger hiding behaviour and lower activity in all treatments than tadpoles from the fast-growing Uppland population (U). However, both populations showed a plastic behavioural response in terms of reduced activity. The populations differed in induced morphological defences especially in response to fish. G tadpoles responded with relatively long and deep body, short tail and shallow tail muscle, whereas the responses in U tadpoles were often the opposite and closer to the responses induced by the other predators. U tadpoles metamorphosed earlier, but at a similar size to G tadpoles. There was no evidence that growth rate was affected by predator treatments, but tadpoles metamorphosed later and at larger size in the predator treatments. G tadpoles survived better in the presence of free-ranging predators than U tadpoles. These results suggest that in these two populations, low growth rate was linked with low activity and increased hiding, whereas high growth rate was linked with high activity and less hiding. The differences in behaviour may explain the difference in survival between the populations, but other mechanisms (i.e. differences in swimming speed) may also be involved. There appears to be considerable differentiation in antipredator responses between these two R. arvalis populations, as well as with respect to different predators.