虫害诱导的植物挥发物:植物与植食性昆虫及其天敌相互作用的进化产物

综述了植物、植食性昆虫及其天敌相互作用的进化过程。虫害诱导的植物挥发物的特征和功能是植物-植食性昆虫-天敌之间长期进化的结果。在植物、植食性昆虫与天敌相互作用的进化过程中,3个不同营养级,包括植物、植食性昆虫和天敌有着各自的调节和利用虫害诱导的植物挥发物的策略。但有一些问题,如通过实验研究得出的诱导防御在田间是否真正能起到保护作用等需进一步研究、阐明。     

Effects of plant species richness on invasion dynamics, disease outbreaks, insect abundances and diversity

Declining biodiversity represents one of the most dramatic and irreversible aspects of anthropogenic global change, yet the ecological implications of this change are poorly understood. Recent studies have shown that biodiversity loss of basal species, such as autotrophs or plants, affects fundamental ecosystem processes such as nutrient dynamics and autotrophic production. Ecological theory predicts that changes induced by the loss of biodiversity at the base of an ecosystem should impact the entire system. Here we show that experimental reductions in grassland plant richness increase ecosystem vulnerability to invasions by plant species, enhance the spread of plant fungal diseases, and alter the richness and structure of insect communities. These results suggest that the loss of basal species may have profound effects on the integrity and functioning of ecosystems.     

不同农业景观背景下传粉昆虫群落的分布差异

农业景观中的自然、半自然生境等非农生境可为传粉昆虫提供丰富的食物来源、栖息地、繁殖地、避难所等,对维持生物多样性的稳定起着不可替代的作用。以巩义典型的山地-丘陵-河川混杂的复杂景观和民权的平原农业简单景观为研究区,分析不同景观背景下传粉昆虫群落的物种组成及其在不同生境中的分布特征。结果表明:(1)巩义研究区内累计捕获传粉昆虫18582头,民权研究区内累计捕获传粉昆虫18518头,优势传粉昆虫功能群为双翅目、膜翅目、鞘翅目和鳞翅目等;(2)景观复杂度更高的巩义研究区的传粉昆虫多样性、丰富度以及均匀度均显著高于民权研究区;存在大面积农田斑块的平原景观中则有更多的优势传粉昆虫个体;(3)农田斑块中具有更高的物种丰富度,但林地物种的多样性和均匀度则相对稍高些。农田斑块在作物花期能有效的提高传粉者种群密度,但林地等自然、半自然生境对于维持传粉者多样性和食物缺乏期种群的稳定具有重要作用。因此在未来为确保农业景观中传粉者的多样性与传粉服务的稳定,一方面要关注自然、半自然生境的作用,同时也要考虑不同景观背景下异质性特征对不同生物类群的影响差异。     

Convergent succession of plant communities is linked to species’ functional traits

Functional traits reflecting the resource economy and growth strategy of plants vary widely both within and among ecosystems. Theory suggests that trait variation within a community may determine the relative abundance of species, though this idea requires more empirical support.We set up a long-term succession experiment in a nutrient-poor wetland, planting seedlings of twelve fenland species in different relative abundances and absolute densities, thereby creating 24 communities. The biomass of these species and the soil water and nutrient status of the system were monitored over ten years. Using these data, we could relate the changing relative abundance of species to five traits – leaf dry matter content (LDMC), leaf nitrogen concentration (LNC), specific leaf area (SLA), relative growth rate (RGR), and seed mass (SM).The initial communities converged after ten years to a common dominance–diversity structure, with two species accounting for 82% of total biomass. Soil water and nutrient conditions remained largely constant. By the end of the experiment, community trait structure had changed so that species functional traits were significantly related to their relative abundance. The most abundant species had high LDMC and SM, but low RGR and SLA, and varied little in LNC, suggesting that investment in leaf structure and retention of nutrients were most important for species dominance under low nutrient conditions. Our results provide experimental evidence that dominance–subdominance structures in plant communities are governed by functional traits.     

荒漠草原植物多样性和微生物多样性对降水变化的响应

降水和生物多样性是维持干旱区荒漠草原生态系统平衡和稳定的关键因素, 研究降水变化背景下荒漠草原植物多样性、微生物多样性以及二者相互关系具有重要的理论和实践意义。本文以宁夏盐池荒漠草原为研究对象, 采用遮雨棚和滴灌技术模拟了5个降水梯度, 分别为正常降雨量的33%、66%、100% (CK)、133%和166% (记为R33, R66, RCK, R133, R166), 全面分析了降水变化对荒漠草原植物多样性和微生物多样性的影响。结果表明: (1)降水减少(R66)会显著降低植物群落的多样性和均匀度, 降水增加(R133)会使植物群落丰富度显著增加(P < 0.05); (2)细菌群落的Shannon-Wiener指数、Simpson指数、Ace指数以及真菌群落的Ace指数随降雨量的增加显著增加, 降水变化对真菌群落的Shannon-Wiener指数和Simpson指数影响显著(P < 0.05); (3)增水处理对土壤微生物群落β多样性有显著影响; (4)细菌与土壤碳氮比、碳磷比之间存在显著正相关关系(P < 0.05), 真菌与土壤碳氮比、碳磷比及氮磷比之间均存在极显著正相关关系(P < 0.01); (5)植物群落多样性与细菌Shannon-Wiener指数显著正相关, 与细菌Simpson指数、Ace指数及真菌Ace指数显著负相关(P < 0.05)。因此, 降水变化对荒漠草原植物多样性和微生物多样性产生了显著影响, 且二者之间存在紧密关联, 这不仅为模拟和预测荒漠草原生态系统对气候变化的响应和反馈提供借鉴, 也为该地区的生态保护和恢复提供了科学依据。     

浙江天童常绿阔叶林中11种常绿乔灌木叶片虫食状分析

为探讨昆虫对植物叶片的取食行为和伤害方式,作者选择浙江天童常绿阔叶林内的11种常绿乔灌木为对象,对叶片虫食状类型和格局进行分析。结果如下:(1)共发现16种虫食状类型,每种植物叶片虫食状类型数在10–13种之间,每种虫食状出现频率在0.5–28.7%之间。缘食状出现频率最高(28.7%),虫瘿和泡状出现频率最低(0.5%)。(2)叶片虫食状分布格局可分为3种类型,即一种虫食状占绝对优势的单优格局,如马银花(Rhododendronovatum)和檵木(Loropetalumchinense);两种虫食状(缘食状和顶食状)共占优势的双优格局,仅有木荷(Schimasu-perba);3种及3种以上虫食状占优势的多优格局(其余8种植物)。(3)叶片虫食状多样性指数变化在1.57–2.23之间,最高为苦槠(Castanopsissclerophylla),最低为马银花;乔木的多样性指数(2.040)高于灌木(1.882),优势种多样性指数高于伴生种,但差异均不显著;多样性指数反映了虫食状类型和出现频率的综合差异。(4)16种虫食状类型中有8对显著正相关,4对显著负相关,可能反映出不同类型昆虫取食植物的趋同和差异。     

昆虫植食对植物有性生殖的影响

植物在个体发育的各个阶段都与不同的群落成员相互作用,如竞争的植物、有益的传粉者和敌对的植食动物。昆虫植食在各类生态系统中普遍存在,并可能对植物有性生殖产生各种影响。植食昆虫可通过对植物有性生殖结构的消耗直接对植物生殖产生影响,也可通过影响植物资源分配和花性状等改变传粉者服务,从而间接对植物有性生殖带来正面、负面或中性的影响。同一植物的植食昆虫和传粉者往往对植物的吸引性状 （如花大小、气味、颜色等）有相同的偏好,因此植食者与传粉者均能对植物有性生殖性状施加选择压力。本文从昆虫植食对植物有性生殖的直接影响、间接影响以及植食昆虫对植物有性生殖性状选择的影响三个方面进行综述,以期为昆虫植食和生物资源多样性保护相关研究提供参考。     

邛崃山系水鹿的冬季食性

水鹿(Rusa unicolor)为珍稀濒危动物, 属国家II级重点保护野生动物, 其食物匮乏季的食性研究对其保护至关重要。本文以四川邛崃山系鞍子河保护地的水鹿为研究对象, 采用高通量测序(high-throughput sequencing, HTS)技术对其冬季18份有效粪便样品中的摄食植物进行了分析。结果表明: (1)水鹿摄食植物有50科94属; (2)水鹿冬季偏好食物为悬钩子属(Rubus)、山茱萸属(Cornus)、青荚叶属(Helwingia)、马蓝属(Strobilanthes)、荚蒾属(Viburnum)、清风藤属(Sabia)、旌节花属(Stachyurus)、菝葜属(Smilax)、槭属(Acer)和绣球属(Hydrangea)植物, 且蔷薇科悬钩子属植物为最重要的食物来源; (3)水鹿在冬季摄食植物多样性高、食物生态位宽; (4)水鹿具有强的环境适应性和资源利用能力, 在冬季会通过摄食更多的植物类型和适当调整生态位而适应环境变化。本研究结论将有利于水鹿及其同域生活的偶蹄目动物的管理策略制定。     

Does host‐plant diversity explain species richness in insects? A test using Coccidae (Hemiptera)

1. The megadiverse herbivores and their host plants are a major component of biodiversity, and their interactions have been hypothesised to drive the diversification of both. 2. If plant diversity influences the diversity of insects, there is an expectation that insect species richness will be strongly correlated with host‐plant species richness. This should be observable at two levels (i) more diverse host‐plant groups should harbour more species of insects, and (ii) the species richness of a group of insects should correlate with the richness of the host groups it uses. However, such a correlation is also consistent with a hypothesis of random host use, in which insects encounter and use hosts in proportion to the diversity of host plants. Neither of these expectations has been widely tested. 3. These expectations were tested using data from a species‐rich group of insects – the Coccidae (Hemiptera). 4. Significant positive correlations were found between the species richness of coccid clades (genera) and the species richness of the host‐plant family or families upon which the clades occur. On a global scale, more closely related plant families have more similar communities of coccid genera but the correlation is weak. 5. Random host use could not be rejected for many coccids but randomisation tests and similarity of coccid communities on closely related plant families show that there is non‐random host use in some taxa. Overall, our results support the idea that plant diversity is a driver of species richness of herbivorous insects, probably via escape‐and‐radiate or oscillation‐type processes.     

模拟昆虫取食对牛膝菊防御特征的影响

为了解入侵植物牛膝菊的入侵机理,研究其应对昆虫取食的响应,在开花前喷洒不同浓度(5、10、20 mmol·L-1)的茉莉酸甲酯(MeJA)来模拟不同程度的昆虫取食,试验结束时测定其株高、叶片数、花序数、生物量、比叶面积、叶上表皮毛密度,以及叶和花序中的缩合单宁、总酚、黄酮含量.结果表明:5 mmol·L-1 MeJA处...