漓江河岸带枫杨群落主要木本植物种间联结与相关分析

种间联结能够反映植物群落中物种间的关系和群落的稳定程度,对植被的恢复与重建、生物多样性保护等具有重要的意义和价值。为了解漓江河岸带枫杨群落的种间联结特征,基于2×2联列表,通过方差比率(VR)、χ~2检验、Pearson相关系数、Spearman秩相关系数检验及PCA排序等,对枫杨群落主要木本植物种间关联性进行定量分析和生态种组划分。结果表明:(1)乔木层、灌木层以及乔木和灌木层的总体种间关联性均呈不显著正联结,表明枫杨群落处于较稳定的阶段;(2)χ~2检验结果显示,绝大多数种对呈不显著关联,说明群落各种对间关联较弱,各物种间呈独立分布格局;(3)Pearson相关检验和Spearman秩相关检验发现各层次的显著率均较低,种间相关性不显著的种对占绝大部分,种间相关性不强;(4)χ~2检验、Pearson相关系数检验和Spearman秩相关系数检验结果虽具有一致性,但也存在一定的差异,Spearman秩相关系数检验更具灵敏性,结合3种方法使用效果更佳;(5)根据PCA排序和种间联结关系,将20个主要物种划分为4个生态种组。     

山西黄河湿地植被优势种群种间关系

在样方调查的基础上,应用2×2列联表的Fisher精确检验、Pearson相关系数和Spearman秩相关系数检验了山西黄河湿地植被优势种群的种间关系,分别测定了24个优势种,共73个种对的种间关联。结果表明:(1)2×2列联表的精确检验共有33个种对为正关联,4个种对为负关联;Pearson相关系数有16个种对呈正相关,没有种对出现负关联;Spearman秩相关系数有40个种对呈正相关,4个种对为负关联。(2)2×2列联表的精确检验不能精确反映种对间的数量变化关系,只能反映种对间关联与否;应用Pearson相关系数和Sperman秩相关检验可帮助刻划种对间的数量变化关系。(3)依Spearman秩相关系数的半矩阵图将24个优势种分为旱生、中生、湿生、水生4个生态种组,各生态种组内的种对具有相同的资源利用方式和生态要求。     

鹫峰国家森林公园低效人工林林下植物种间关联

种间关系能够反映植物群落的结构和功能、演替的类型和阶段以及群落的稳定程度,对保护生物多样性和促进植被恢复具有重要意义。为探明鹫峰国家森林公园低效人工林林下主要物种的种间关系,以样地中出现频度较高的植物为研究对象,在2×2联列表的基础上,通过χ2检验、种间联结系数AC和Spearman秩相关系数检验进行种间联结性分析。研究结果表明:灌木层在χ2检验中表现为显著(P0.05)和极显著(P0.01)的种对共有11个,在Spearman秩相关系数检验中共有23个;草木层在χ2检验中表现为显著(P0.05)和极显著(P0.01)的种对共有15个,在Spearman秩相关系数检验中共有27个;灌草两层大多数种对联结程度不显著。灌木层正关联种对数与负关联基本持平,草本层正负种对关联比接近1∶2;灌草两层皆处在动态变化之中。林下植被种间关系是上层乔木影响、群落演替进程、物种生态习性以及群落环境条件等因素共同作用的结果。根据PCA排序可把灌草两层主要植物分别划分为4个生态种组。     

中条山中段植物群落优势种群的种间关系研究

选取中条山中段植物群落的24个优势种,采用2×2列联表的χ2检验、Ochiai关联度指数、Pearson相关和Spearman秩相关分析进行种间关系研究.结果表明:1在所有种对中,呈极显著和显著相关的种对数所占比率较低,大部分种对呈负联结趋势;2χ2检验只有与Ochiai关联度指数结合,结论才比较合理;3Spearman秩相关分析灵敏度较高,优于Pearson相关分析;424个优势种可划分为5个生态种组,同一生态种组内,各种间具有较强的正联结,表明其资源利用方式和生态要求相似,而不同组间联结较为松散.槲栎、槲树、榛子、连翘等呈独立分布.     

紫柏山亚高山草甸群落的种间关联和相关分析

采用方差比率法、x2检验、Jaccard关联指数以及Pearson相关系数和Spearman秩相关系数研究了秦岭紫柏山亚高山草甸群落20个主要物种的种间关联与相关性.结果表明:种对间呈显著和极显著关联(相关)的种对较少,x2检验、Pearson相关系数检验和Spearman秩相关系数检验的正负关联(相关)比分别为0.85、0.61和1.02,群落总体上接近无关联,处于相对稳定状态;Spearman秩相关星座图将20个物种划分为4个生态种组,各生态种组内的物种具有相似的生态要求和资源利用方式,不同生态种组间呈现明显的演替转化趋势;种对间呈正关联或者正相关,主要是由于具有相近的生物学特性,对生境具有相似的生态适应性;种对间呈负关联或者负相关,主要由于彼此间具有不同的生物学特性,对生境具有不同的生态适应性和相互分离的生态位所致.     

秦岭金水河岸弃耕地草本植物种间关系

基于野外51个样方调查数据,运用2×2列联表的Fisher精确检验、Pearson相关系数和Spearman秩相关系数检验,并结合DCA排序,研究了秦岭金水河岸弃耕地40种草本植物的种间关系。结果表明,Spearman秩相关系数检验,有90个种对存在显著相关（p〈0．05或P〈0．01）,其中负相关9对,占所有种对数的1．15％,正相关81对,占所有种对数的10．38％;Pearson相关系数检验有55个种对呈显著正相关,2个种对呈显著负相关;Fisher精确检验表明28个种对呈显著正关联,5个种对呈显著负关联。根据DCA排序将40种草本植物划分为3个生态种组,代表着不同的演替阶段,反映了随着环境条件变化植物群落组成发生的相应变化。对资源和环境要求类似的种对倾向于表现出显著的正相关,负相关的种对多处于不同演替阶段。     

云丘山地区灌木群落优势种数量关系

以68个灌木样方的重要值矩阵和2×2列联表为基础,结合实地调查,应用方差比率法、χ2检验、Pearson相关系数及Spearman秩相关系数法,对云丘山地区灌木群落的20个优势种、190个种对的关联性进行了定量研究。方差比率法结果表明,20个优势种总体间关联为显著正相关,云丘山地区的灌木群落处于较稳定的状态;χ2检验、Pearson相关系数、Spearman秩相个关系数结果表明,大部分种对的种间关联未达到显著程度,种间联结较为松散,群落结构及其种类组成将逐渐趋于完善和稳定;根据这20个优势种对环境的适应方式和主导生态因素辅助以PCA排序,可将它们划分为两种生态种组。以上结果揭示了该地区主要优势物种与环境的相互关系。     

历山山地草甸优势种的种间关联和相关分析

选取山西历山山地草甸中的22个优势种,运用χ^2检验、3个关联指数以及Pearson相关和Spearman秩相关系数进行种间关联和种间相关分析．优势种对间大多呈正关联和正相关,但呈显着和极显着的种对不是很多,各种间相互依存,群落稳定发展。相关分析表明优势种对间大多呈正相关,Spearman秩相关要优于Pearson相关。Pearson相关星座图将22个优势种分为4个生态种组,各生态种组内的种有相同的资源利用方式和生态要求,各种组间有互相转化和演替的趋势。     

武陵山大木山自然保护区红豆杉群落优势乔木种群生态位和种间联结

应用Pearson相关系数和Spearman秩相关系数检验。对武陵山大木山自然保护区红豆杉群落内13个优势乔木种群的种间关联（或相关）性进行研究,并对13个优势乔木种群生态位宽度、生态位重叠进行分析。结果表明,红豆杉种群对资源的利用能力较强,生态位宽度值较大：红豆杉与其他物种生态特性差异较大,生态位重叠值较低;群落内各种群间关系的相对独立性较弱,红豆杉种群与其他物种大多呈正相关关系。生态位宽度值大的物种,与其他物种的生态位重叠值一般较大;生态位重叠值较大的物种对,其种间联结一般也较显著。     

珍稀濒危植物江南油杉群落乔木层主要树种种间关联性分析

基于2×2列联表,采用方差比率法(R_v)、x²检验、Pearson相关系数检验和Spearman秩相关系数检验等方法,对福建君子峰国家级自然保护区江南油杉(Keteleeria fortunei var. cyclolepis)群落乔木层主要树种进行种间关联性分析,并通过主成分分析(PCA)划分生态种组。结果表明,21种主要树种总体表现为不显著负关联,且江南油杉与其他物种多呈不显著相关。210个种对中,正相关的有110对,负相关的有81对,不相关的有19对,正负比1.36。绝大多数种对间呈不显著相关,显著率仅为0.48%,物种间相互独立。Pearson相关系数和Spearman秩相关系数检验结果具有一致性,负相关种对数大于正相关种对数,绝大多数种对不显著,显著率分别为6.19%和7.14%。与x²检验相比,Pearson相关系数和Spearman秩相关系数检验方式更加灵敏。运用PCA二维排序可将主要树种划分为4个生态种组,同一生态种组内物种的生态习性和资源需求相似,多呈正相关,种对间相互依赖共存;不同生态种组间物种多呈负...     

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.