西双版纳不同海拔热带雨林凋落量变化研究

在3个海拔梯度(600、1 100和1 600 m)选取8块热带雨林样地,研究了印度季风环境下西双版纳热带季节雨林和山地雨林的凋落动态随海拔的变化及其与气候的关系。在3个梯度上,年平均温度分别为22.1、20.1和16.6 ℃,年平均温度递减率为-0.005 3 ℃·m^-1。随海拔增加,年平均降雨量增加(分别为1 532、1 659和2 011 mm),但旱季的降雨量基本相同(282~295 mm);年蒸发量变化较小(分别为1 369、1 374和1 330 mm);年平均空气相对湿度降低(分别为86%、81%和84%),旱季后期湿度降低更明显;样地土壤含水显著增加。热带季节雨林凋落量(1 072~1 285 g·m^-2·a^-1)显著高于热带山地雨林凋落量(718~1 014 g·m^-2·a^-1)。凋落量和凋落进程变异系数与海拔之间存在线性显著负相关,凋落量与温度线性显著正相关而与降雨量显著负相关。旱季凋落高峰受到空气相对湿度和土壤含水量影响,随海拔增加空气相对湿度降低使得海拔1 105~1 720 m的凋落高峰提前,但土壤含水量继续增加又会使凋落高峰推后。研究结果得出:1)热带季节雨林凋落量与东南亚热带潮湿雨林相近;2)旱季水分限制随海拔增加而变化,影响凋落高峰出现时间;3)随海拔增加,热带山地雨林凋落年进程由季节性向平稳过渡。     

西双版纳热带季节雨林集水区基流特征

利用西双版纳热带季节雨林集水区1996--2006年日径流序列资料,计算出逐年基流指数值(BFI);以二水源假设理论为依据,用基流指数值对日径流资料做基流分割,计算出热带季节雨林集水区基流量.结果表明:西双版纳热带季节雨林集水区年基流指数值在0.24～0.45,均值为0.322,年间变化较小;月基流指数值在0.31～0.34,干季大于雨季;径流总量与降雨量年内变化趋势较为一致.本文结果将为热带森林生态水文功能研究和热带区域水资源的规划管理提供基础数据.     

西双版纳热带季节雨林林冠层温度与大气温度特征

根据2005年西双版纳热带季节雨林群落冠层植物表面温度以及林冠上、林冠下的气温资料,对热带季节雨林冠层温度和冠层气温及其之间的温度差异在不同季节的变化进行了分析。结果表明：热带季节雨林冠层温度除雾凉季夜间稍低于同层大气温度外,其他时间林冠温度皆高于同层大气温度,在雾凉季和干热季,热带季节雨林林冠上气温在大多数时刻高于林冠下气温;在中午前后林冠上气温低于林冠下气温。在平均温度较高的雨季,林冠上气温一直高于林冠下大气的温度;林冠上、林冠下气温之间的差异,显示西双版纳热带季节雨林林冠的生态效应对森林小气候的反馈作用;在雾凉季夜晚,热带季节雨林林冠温度与冠层气温与其他时间不同,雾凉季夜间低温是热带季节雨林能否存在的关键性限制因子。     

砂仁种植对季节雨林土壤节肢动物群落结构影响的初步研究

为了探讨砂仁种植对热带季节雨林土壤节肢动物群落的影响,采用样地调查法对西双版纳勐仑自然保护区热带季节雨林及林下砂仁种植地土壤节肢动物群落进行了调查,2种生境、不同季节3次取样共获得土壤节肢动物3772个,隶属6纲23目,其中砂仁地中膜翅目(蚂蚁)、蜱螨目、半翅目为优势类群,占全捕获量的73．329％,而季节雨林中膜翅目(蚁类)、蜱螨目、鞘趔目和弹尾目为优势类群,占全捕量89．778％。2样地土壤节肢动物类群数、个体数和多样性指数的水平分布差异显示为季节雨林高于砂仁地,垂直分布显示季节雨林为土壤表层多于下层,表聚现象明显,砂仁地因受人为活动影响,其土壤节肢动物的垂直分布具有较大变化,出现下层高于表层的逆向分布;2样地土壤节肢动物群落季节变化趋势相近,均表现为干季高于雨季,其中砂仁地土壤节肢动物个体数在干热季最多,季节雨林个体数则在雾凉季最高。     

热带季节雨林和人工橡胶林林冠截留雾水的比较研究

利用 4a( 1 999～ 2 0 0 2 )的雾水截留观测资料 ,对西双版纳热带季节雨林和人工橡胶林林冠截留雾水进行了研究。热带季节雨林和人工橡胶林全年由林冠截留的雾水分别达 89.4± 1 3.5 mm和 1 8.6± 2 .5 mm(平均值±标准差 ) (雾季各占 62 .9%± 4.8%和 91 .9%± 6.3% ) ,分别占全年降水量的 4.9%± 1 .7%和1 .1 %± 0 .2 %。年雾水截留量与年降雨量呈负相关关系。月雾水截留量与月均最低气温呈显著的负相关 ,与月均相对湿度、月均 0∶ 0 0～ 1 0∶ 0 0风速呈显著的正相关。热带季节雨林全年 68%± 5 %、人工橡胶林40 %± 4%的有雾天气里可以收集到雾水 (分别为 0 .38± 0 .2 7mm/ d和 0 .2 4± 0 .1 2 mm/ d) ,且日雾水截留量与气温和风速呈显著的相关 ,即 :气温越低、风速越大 ,日雾水截留量越多。对本地区热带季节雨林生态系统的健康生长和维持而言 ,雾及雾水极大的弥补了降雨量的不足 ,雾的这种作用在降雨量少的年份似乎更为重要     

热带季节雨林凋落叶分解过程中的中小型土壤节肢动物的群落结构及动态

2000年5月-2001年4月,采用尼龙网袋法,以西双版纳热带季节雨林混合凋落叶作为分解基质,在3个季节雨林样地开展分解实验,对实验过程中分解袋内的中小型土壤节肢动物(meso—microarthropod)进行取样调查。根据所获数据探讨了中小型土壤节肢动物群落在分解过程中的结构和动态。结果显示：(1)在季节雨林凋落叶分解过程中,中小型土壤节肢动物群落组成始终以弹尾目和蜱螨目相对数量较高(均在30％以上),成为优势类群。(2)分解中期,土壤节肢动物群落多样性指数,类群、个体及重要类群的数量均处于整个分解过程中的较高水平,分解初期和后期相对较低,且波动性大,其中分解初期各多样性指标在波动过程中呈逐步增长趋势,而后期逐步降低,其变化过程受凋落叶数量和质量、林地降雨量变化的影响。土壤动物群落类群和个体相对密度(每克凋落叶干重的类群数和个体数)的变化可在一定程度上反映土壤动物与凋落物质量的动态关系。(3)不同样地间,土壤节肢动物群落结构及动态差异在分解前期不明显,而分解后期差异有所增加,但3样地凋落叶分解物质损失率没有明显差异。     

西双版纳热带季节雨林与橡胶林土壤呼吸

季节雨林和橡胶(Hevea brasiliensis)林是西双版纳热带森林生态系统中原始林和大面积种植人工林的两种代表类型。热带季节雨林层次结构复杂,多样性丰富,而橡胶林结构简单,乔木层只有橡胶树1种。应用碱吸收法,研究了这两种植被类型土壤呼吸速率、地下5 cm土壤温度、气温和土壤含水率的季节变化规律,以及土壤呼吸速率与地下5 cm土壤温度、气温和土壤含水率的关系。结果表明:1)季节雨林和橡胶林土壤呼吸速率、土壤温度、气温和土壤含水率都有明显的季节变化,而且两种林型的变化趋势基本一致;2)季节雨林和橡胶林土壤呼吸速率与地下5 cm土壤温度和气温之间具有显著的指数相关关系,显著水平达1%,与地下5 cm温度的相关性(r²分别为0.87和0.82)明显高于与气温的相关性(r²分别是0.80和0.72);3)季节雨林和橡胶林土壤呼吸速率与土壤含水率具有显著的线性相关(r²分别是0.73和0.63),显著水平达1%;4)橡胶林的土壤呼吸速率明显高于季节雨林,这与两种林型的结构有关;5)季节雨林和橡胶林土壤呼吸的Q₁₀分别为2.16和2.18,比文献报道的热带土壤的Q₁₀(1.96)稍高。     

西双版纳热带季节雨林优势植物热值

为探讨西双版纳热带季节雨林植物热值的变化规律,用SDACM-Ⅲa型量热值仪测定了该群落不同层次37种优势植物不同器官干湿季节的热值。结果表明:西双版纳热带季节雨林各层优势种的平均干质量热值在17.05～20.23kJ.g-1,乔木、层间藤本、灌木、草本干质量热值分别为18.86～20.23、17.97～19.76、17.71～18.83和17.05～17.45kJ.g-1。各层优势种平均干质量热值在干湿季节均表现为:乔木层>层间藤本>灌木层>草本层。所有层次相同各器官平均干质量热值在器官间存在差异,但只有叶与根、枝之间差异显著(P<0.05);不同层次中的同种植物干质量热值在干湿季节差异均不显著(P>0.05);各层优势植物的干质量热值在干湿季节之间差异不显著(P>0.05)。     

浓度的时空动态及其成因分析

为探讨西双版纳独特地方气候背景下,热带季节雨林CO₂浓度的时空变化特征和不同时间尺度上环境因素对森林CO₂浓度时间分布的作用,以及 为研究热带季节雨林的碳通量、净生态系统交换量(Net ecosystem exchange, NEE)等提供支持,我们利用热带季节雨林林冠上方和林内近地层 CO₂浓度连续监测资料,结合同步气象资料进行了统计分析。研究结果表明：在植被生理活动、土壤呼吸以及林内湍流的共同作用下,西双版纳 热带季节雨林CO₂浓度表现出明显的日变化、季节变化和林冠上下差异。在日尺度上,林冠上方的CO₂浓度时间变化曲线为“单峰型”,林内近 地层CO₂浓度时间变化曲线为“双峰型”,造成林内近地层傍晚第二个峰值的主要因子是地形因子作用下形成的局地环流。在季节尺度上,林冠 上方CO₂浓度主要受林冠代谢作用的影响,呈现雨季低、干季高的特点,而林内近地层的CO₂浓度则主要受地表呼吸过程所控制,季节变化趋势 与林冠上方相反。林冠上方CO₂浓度低于林内近地层CO₂浓度,且差异较大;在日尺度上,各月（除12月外）CO₂浓度的最大差值皆大于80 mg·m ^－3,且出现在傍晚;在季节尺度上,最大值为-62.9 mg·m^－3,出现在10月,最小值为-8.4 mg·m^－3,出现在12月。     

西双版纳热带季节雨林晴天CO2交换的日变化和季节变化特征

应用2003年11月-2004年10月晴好天气涡度相关通量观测资料,对西双版纳热带季节雨林CO2交换的日变化和季节变化进行分析。结果表明：雾凉季、干热季和雨季的净生态系统CO2交换（NEE）均呈现出单峰型曲线的日变化趋势,昼间其变化规律较强,夜间呈波动状态。昼间NEE（取绝对值）雾凉季和雨季均显著大于干热季;夜间NEE雨季显著大于干热季,而干热季显著大于雾凉季。光合有效辐射是影响NEE日变化的主要因素,但不是造成季节差异的主要因素;饱和水汽压差和气温对NEE的季节差异有较大贡献。另外,应用Michaelis-Menten模型对昼间不同饱和水汽压差和气温下NEE对光合有效辐射的响应进行分析,结果表明：各季节较高饱和水汽压差下的表观最大光合速率（Pmax）、表观暗呼吸速率（Re）比较低饱和水汽压差下的Pmax、Re大,而表观光量子产额（α）则相反。各季节较高气温下的Re比较低气温下的Re大;雾凉季气温的差异对Pmax和α的影响较小;干热季和雨季较高气温下的α较小。     

Role for dopamine in malonate-induced damage in vivo in striatum and in vitro in mesencephalic cultures

Defects in mitochondrial energy metabolism have been implicated in the pathology of several neurodegenerative disorders. In addition, the reactive metabolites generated from the metabolism and oxidation of the neurotransmitter dopamine (DA) are thought to contribute to the damage to neurons of the basal ganglia. We have previously demonstrated that infusions of the metabolic inhibitor malonate into the striata of mice or rats produce degeneration of DA nerve terminals. In the present studies, we demonstrate that an intrastriatal infusion of malonate induces a substantial increase in DA efflux in awake, behaving mice as measured by in vivo microdialysis. Furthermore, pretreatment of mice with tetrabenazine (TBZ) or the TBZ analogue Ro 4-1284 (Ro-4), compounds that reversibly inhibit the vesicular storage of DA, attenuates the malonate-induced DA efflux as well as the damage to DA nerve terminals. Consistent with these findings, the damage to both DA and GABA neurons in mesencephalic cultures by malonate exposure was attenuated by pretreatment with TBZ or Ro-4. Treatment with these compounds did not affect the formation of free radicals or the inhibition of oxidative phosphorylation resulting from malonate exposure alone. Our data suggest that DA plays an important role in the neurotoxicity produced by malonate. These findings provide direct evidence that inhibition of succinate dehydrogenase causes an increase in extracellular DA levels and indicate that bioenergetic defects may contribute to the pathogenesis of chronic neurodegenerative diseases through a mechanism involving DA.     

Scurvy in capybaras bred in captivity in Argentine

In order to determine if the absence of vitamin C in the diet of capybaras (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) causes scurvy, a group of seven young individuals were fed food pellets without ascorbic acid, while another group of eight individuals received the same food with 1 g of ascorbic acid per animal per day. Animals in the first group developed signs of scurvy-like gingivitis, breaking of the incisors and death of one animal. Clinical signs appeared between 25 and 104 days from the beginning of the trial in all individuals. Growth rates of individuals deprived of vitamin C was considerably less than those observed in the control group. Deficiency of ascorbic acid had a severe effect on reproduction of another population of captive capybaras. We found that the decrease in ascorbic acid content in the diet affected pregnancy, especially during the first stages. The results obtained suggest that it is necessary to supply a suitable quantity of vitamin C in the diet of this species in captivity.     

Changes in lactate dehydrogenase activity in chicken tissues in hyperthyreosis in ontogenesis

The lactate dehydrogenase activity in reactions of lactate oxidation and synthesis was studied in subfractions of the chicken brain, heart and liver at the embryonal, early postembryonal and adult stages of development after thyroxine administration. It has been shown that during embryogenesis thyroxine predominantly enhanced the rate of lactate oxidation in the mitochondrial tissues. A marked increase in the lactate synthesis was found in cytoplasm of the adult chicken tissues. Specificity of enzyme activity alterations was detected in the chicken brain during ontogenesis after thyroxine administration.     

SSTR5 ablation in islet results in alterations in glucose homeostasis in mice

Somatostatin (SST) peptide is a potent inhibitor of insulin secretion and its effect is mediated via somatostatin receptor 5 (SSTR5) in the endocrine pancreas. To investigate the consequences of gene ablation of SSTR5 in the mouse pancreas, we have generated a mouse model in which the SSTR5 gene was specifically knocked down in the pancreatic beta cells (betaSSTR5Kd) using the Cre-lox system. Immunohistochemistry analysis showed that SSTR5 gene expression was absent in beta cells at three months of age. At the time of gene ablation, betaSSTR5Kd mice demonstrated glucose intolerance with lack of insulin response and significantly reduced serum insulin levels. Insulin tolerance test demonstrated a significant increase of insulin clearance in vivo at the same age. In vitro studies demonstrated an absence of response to SST-28 stimulation in the betaSSTR5Kd mouse islet, which was associated with a significantly reduced SST expression level in betaSSTR5Kd mice pancreata. In addition, betaSSTR5Kd mice had significantly reduced serum glucose levels and increased serum insulin levels at 12 months of age. Glucose tolerance test at an older age also indicated a persistently higher insulin level in betaSSTR5Kd mice. Further studies of betaSSTR5Kd mice had revealed elevated serum C-peptide levels at both 3 and 12 months of age, suggesting that these mice are capable of producing and releasing insulin to the periphery. These results support the hypothesis that SSTR5 plays a pivotal role in the regulation of insulin secretion in the mouse pancreas.