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Munyaradzi D. Shekede Amon Murwira Mhosisi Masocha Fadzai M. Zengeya 《Austral ecology》2016,41(6):690-700
Bush encroachment can have profound effects on the ability of savanna ecosystems to provide goods and services to society. It is therefore crucial to understand the key drivers of bush encroachment in savannas. In this study, we test whether decadal changes in mean annual rainfall significantly explain changes in the dominant patch size as well as the density of bush patches at six protected savanna sites located along a rainfall gradient in Zimbabwe. We first performed Maximal Overlap Discrete Wavelet transform within the intensity‐dominant scale theoretical framework on multi‐temporal aerial photographs and high spatial resolution satellite imagery to objectively detect changes in the dominant patch dimension as well as the intensity of bush cover over a 40‐year period at six test sites. We then pooled the data and performed regression analysis relating changes in dominant scale and intensity to decadal changes in mean annual rainfall in order to deduce a possible connection between dynamics of bush encroachment and rainfall variability. Our results indicate a significant nonlinear relationship between changes in the dominant scale and decadal changes in mean annual rainfall (R2 = 0.85, F13 = 35.96, P < 0.01). In contrast, the relationship between decadal changes in mean annual rainfall and changes in intensity was weak and not significant (R2 = 0.29, F13 = 2.69, P = 0.106). These results imply the importance of annual rainfall in explaining long‐term changes in the dominant scale of woody patches. However, mechanisms other than rainfall probably explain changes in the intensity of bush cover, and this needs further investigation. 相似文献
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N. Baser O. Broutou V. Verrastro F. Porcelli C. Ioriatti G. Anfora V. Mazzoni M. V. Rossi Stacconi 《Journal of Applied Entomology》2018,142(5):465-472
Since 2008, Drosophila suzukii, the spotted wing drosophila, has colonized most of the American and European continents, being able to adapt to very different climates. In Italy, this pest has been captured from northern Alpine to southern Mediterranean regions where it can infest a broad range of fruits, including wine grapes. Studies have shown that oviposition levels and developmental rates of D. suzukii on wine grapes are lower than on other berries, although recent observations indicate that grapes may become a suitable host plant in particular conditions. Here, we report, for the first time, the results of a series of no‐choice oviposition experiments using berries of five table grape varieties sampled in the provinces of Taranto and Bari (Apulia region, south‐eastern Italy) during 2013 from both organic and conventional farming systems. The sugar content (SC) and skin hardness of each sample were analysed to assess the influence of these physiological parameters on the susceptibility of table grapes to D. suzukii infestation. A negative correlation was found between the number of eggs laid and berry skin penetration force, whereas there was a positive one between the number of eggs and Brix values, as well as sampling date. In organic grapes, SC and skin hardness of two varieties (“Crimson” and “Scarlotta”) were measured, respectively, higher and lower than in conventional grapes, thus making them more susceptible to pest infestation. The study hence shows that in laboratory conditions D. suzukii is able to heavily infest and develop on table grapes and that susceptibility to its infestation significantly depends on both variety and farming system. 相似文献
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P. Legua J.J. Martínez P. Melgarejo R. Martínez Fca. Hernández 《The Annals of applied biology》2013,163(1):135-141
Capparis spinosa is an evergreen perennial shrub known from ancient times. During the last years it has been intensively studied because of its multiple uses. The phenological growth stages of caper plant were described using the BBCH scale (Biologische Bundesanstalt, Bundessortenamt and CHemical industry). The decimal code established nine principal growth stages using a two‐digit numerical system, and every major stage was in turn subdivided into secondary growth stages. 相似文献
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细胞照射后可产生DNA链断裂、DNA-DNA交联、DNA-蛋白质交联等重要的DNA结构损伤,最终可导致DNA高级结构-DNA超螺旋结构状态的改变,而引发DNA复制、表达等一系列改变.参考国外报导,建立了单细胞电泳法(single cell gel electrophoresis assay),并辅以图象分析技术,可快速检测低达0.1Gy剂量所致DNA结构损伤,并得到了较好的剂量-效应关系,可望成为生物剂量计,用于环境低剂量辐射的监测. 相似文献
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通过对毛竹林(Bamboo forest,BF)与林缘旷地(Open area of forest edge,OAFE)两类生境蝴蝶花自然种群花部与果实(种子)特征及降雨干扰影响的研究,探讨不同生境中蝴蝶花花部特征适应性及有性各组分的差异。结果表明:(1)竹林生境相对于林缘旷地生境,蝴蝶花单花花冠的长、宽较大,子房、花部(除花柄)及单花总生物量较小,比花柄长较大;两类生境蝴蝶花花柄生物量与子房生物量呈正相关(P0.05),协方差分析表明,两类生境该直线回归的总体斜率间(F=18.420,P0.001)及总体截距间(F=3791.7,P0.001)均具有显著差异,竹林生境花柄生物量随子房生物量增大而增大的程度更强。竹林生境的蝴蝶花侧花花冠长与宽最高,竹林生境顶花次之,林缘旷地顶花与林缘旷地侧花最低;花部(除花柄)与全花重都表现为林缘旷地侧花最高,林缘旷地顶花次之,竹林侧花与竹林顶花最低。比花柄长随竹林侧花与竹林顶花-林缘旷地侧花-林缘旷地顶花依次降低;竹林顶花的花柄比率最高,竹林侧花与林缘旷地侧花最低。(2)林缘旷地生境中蝴蝶花的每花序花数、花序结果百分率、单花结果百分率、每结果花序果实数、每结果花序果实重与种子重及花期内每花序掉落花数都高于竹林生境。(3)林缘旷地生境大雨干扰的4个时段花朵掉落数显著高于竹林环境(P0.01)。不同生境花部形态结构特征表明其自身的生境适应性,林缘旷地生境蝴蝶花为抵御干扰及为获得有性繁殖成功,有性组分的投入更高。 相似文献
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NATHAN K. WONG JOSH DORROUGH JEFF R. HIRTH JOHN W. MORGAN ERIS O'BRIEN 《Austral ecology》2007,32(6):617-625
Abstract Native vegetation has been destroyed or dramatically modified throughout agricultural regions of southern Australia. Extensive restoration of native perennial vegetation is likely to be crucial in these areas for the persistence of native plant and animal species, to ameliorate dryland salinity and soil degradation, and to maintain long‐term agricultural production. The long‐term resilience of these systems will be dependent on the ability of key functional taxa, such as perennial shrubs, to recruit and persist. In this study, we examine the factors limiting establishment of two perennial shrubs in formerly cropped land, the rare Maireana rohrlachii and the common Maireana decalvans. Field and laboratory observations suggest that establishment of both species is not limited by life‐history traits following cultivation. Both species established and persisted under varying levels of plant competition. Similarities existed between species in their initial germination rates. Weak differences were found between species in the growth and survival rates under different levels of competition. The main difference between the two species was in the decline of germinability of fruits with increasing fruit age. From the data, it is difficult to determine what factors limit the establishment of perennial shrubs in these landscapes. The main hypothesis that can be advanced is that establishment of shrub species appears to be limited by propagule availability and this is likely to be a function of past and present grazing management rather than cultivation per se. Further investigation of these land‐use practices may give greater insight into the factors affecting the establishment of this life form across these landscapes. 相似文献
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本文首次记述我国为害荔技、龙眼叶片的一点木蛾Epimactis monodoxa Meyrick,是作者1983-1984年的研究成果。 相似文献
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Guillermo E. Bachmann Leonela Z. Carabajal Paladino Claudia A. Conte Francisco Devescovi Fabián H. Milla Jorge L. Cladera 《Biocontrol Science and Technology》2015,25(9):1092-1103
Diachasmimorpha longicaudata is a koinobiont larval parasitoid that is currently used to control fruit flies of the genera Anastrepha, Ceratitis and Bactrocera. In the rearing process, a fraction of the host larvae that are exposed to parasitoids escape from parasitism and develop into viable and fertile flies. This creates the need to eliminate emerging flies before the parasitoids are shipped for release, increasing costs due to additional handling steps. Exposure of fly eggs or larvae to gamma-irradiation before they are parasitised has been used to reproductively sterilise hosts, or even inhibit their emergence. Our aim was to determine whether X-ray radiation applied to Anastrepha fraterculus third instar larvae before they are exposed to parasitoids, inhibits fly emergence in non-parasitised larvae without affecting the performance of the parasitoids that emerge from parasitised larvae. Three X-ray doses: 6250.2 R, 8333.6 R and 10417 R (equivalent to 60, 80 and 100 Gy, respectively) and one γ-ray dose (100 Gy) were tested. Fly emergence decreased with increasing doses of radiation, showing null values for the higher X-ray dose and the dose of 100 Gy. Irradiation showed either no impact or a positive effect on parasitism rate and fecundity. Sex rate was biased towards females in almost every dose. We conclude that the two types of radiation evaluated here were equally effective in suppressing fly emergence with no detrimental effects on the biological quality of the produced parasitoids. X-rays offer an alternative method of irradiation than the conventional radiation source, i.e. γ-rays. These results represent a significant improvement in the development of a biological control programme against A. fraterculus. 相似文献
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以上海市中心城区典型排水区域为研究对象,基于SWMM模型连续模拟2009—2011年降雨径流,分析区域235场降雨及地表径流特征.结果表明: 该区域发生频率较高的降雨具有雨量小、强度低的特点,雨量为0~10 mm、平均降雨强度为0~5 mm·h-1、降雨峰值为0~10 mm·h-1的降雨发生频率最大,分别占所有研究降雨场次的66.4%、88.8%和79.6%,这对于该区域应用低影响开发措施削减小雨量或低强度降雨下的径流和面源污染具有重要意义;径流量总体随着降雨量增大而增大,区域降雨产流临界值不仅与降雨量有关,还与平均降雨强度和降雨历时有关,2 mm以下的降雨基本不产流;2~4 mm的降雨如降雨强度在1.6 mm·h-1以下,产流量不到1 mm,当降雨量在4 mm以上、平均降雨强度大于1.6 mm·h-1时,区域基本产流.基于SWMM径流模拟结果,建立适合该区域的径流量与降雨因子的回归方程,其调整R2均大于0.97,能较好反映该区域径流量与降雨因子的关系.研究结果可为该区域更好地规划低影响开发措施和削减排水系统溢流污染提供计算基础,并为类似区域的径流研究提供参考. 相似文献
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Vladimir I. Makarov 《Electromagnetic biology and medicine》2014,33(2):103-117
Oscillating Low Frequency Electro-Magnetic Fields action on eye retina restoration in Rattus Norvegicus was studied in the present work. A beneficial effect of 3-Dimention Oscillating Low Frequency Electro-Magnetic Field was found for the specific values of Electro-Magnetic Field parameters. We found that eye retina damaged by radiation of the fundamental frequency harmonic of a YAG laser has recovered earlier and rehabilitated to the original 3D-state in the presence of OLFEMF, with the parameters listed below in the text. The results obtained were explained by the action of oscillating sub-macro-motions in the cells upon the metabolic processes in these cells. 相似文献
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南太平洋长鳍金枪鱼渔场CPUE时空分布及其与关键海洋环境因子的关系 总被引:2,自引:0,他引:2
根据2009—2012年南太平洋长鳍金枪鱼(Thunnus alalunga)延绳钓生产统计数据及遥感获取的海表温度(sea surface temperature,SST)、叶绿素a浓度(chlorophyll a concentration,Chl-a)和海面高度距平(sea surface height anomaly,SSHA)等环境数据,分析了长鳍金枪鱼单位捕捞努力量渔获量(catch per unit of fishing effort,CPUE)的时空分布及其与环境因子的相关性。结果表明:长鳍金枪鱼作业渔场主要集中在4°S—28°S、158°E—176°E附近海域;长鳍金枪鱼渔场CPUE呈明显的季节性变化,1—3月CPUE值较低(12.5尾·千钩-1),随后逐渐增加,至7月达到最大值为18.1尾·千钩-1,而8—12月基本呈逐渐降低趋势;1月渔场重心位于16°S、168°E附近海域,2—3月向西北偏移,而在3—7月逐渐向东南方向转移,8月以后开始逐渐回撤至西北方向,在9—12月渔场重心变化幅度相对较小,主要位于15°S—16°S、168°E—169°E海域;总体来说,长鳍金枪鱼中心渔场最适SST为27.0~30.5℃,次适SST为20~24℃;最适叶绿素a浓度为0.02~0.08mg·m-3,最适海面高度距平为3~23 cm。 相似文献
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Genetic variation was assessed in the two bush mango species, Irvingia gabonensis and I. wombolu, valuable multipurpose fruit trees from central and west Africa that are currently undergoing domestication. A total of 130 individuals sampled from Cameroon, Nigeria and Gabon were analysed using 74 random amplified polymorphic DNAs (RAPDs). Significant genetic integrity was found in the two morphologically similar species (among-species analysis of molecular variance [AMOVA] variance component 25.8%, P < 0.001), with no evidence of hybridization, even between individuals from areas of sympatry where hybridization was considered probable. Results suggest that large-scale transplantation of either species into new habitats will probably not lead to genetic introgression from or into the other species. Therefore, subsequent cultivation of the two species should not be hindered by this consideration, although further studies on the potential for hybridization/introgression between these species would be prudent. Significant genetic differentiation of both species (among-countries within species, nested AMOVA variance component 9.8%, P < 0.001) was observed over the sampled regions, and genetic similarity of samples decreased significantly with increasing geographical distance, according to number of alleles in common (NAC) analysis. 'Hot spots' of genetic diversity were found clustered in southern Nigeria and southern Cameroon for I. wombolu, and in southern Nigeria, southern Cameroon and central Gabon for I. gabonensis. The possible reasons for this distribution of genetic variation are discussed, but it may reflect evolutionary history, as these populations occur in areas of postulated Pleistocene refugia. The application of these results to domestication programmes and, in the light of extensive deforestation in the region, conservation approaches, is discussed. 相似文献
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M. I. B. Efombagn J. P. Marelli M. Ducamp C. Cilas S. Nyassé D. Vefonge 《Journal of Phytopathology》2004,152(10):557-562
The effects of some traits of field resistance (precocity and duration of the fruiting cycle, age of diseased fruit and vertical pod distribution on the tree) to Phytophthora megakarya of four known cocoa clones were studied in an on‐station clonal plot planted in 1982 in the south‐west of Cameroon. Weekly observations of fruit set and development, black pod and rainfall were carried out during three growing seasons (1999, 2000 and 2001). The study confirmed the previous field and laboratory assessments of resistance of these clones based on the mean percentages of rotten pods obtained annually. The present study has permitted the identification of fruit aged 2–3 months as the highly susceptible stage of development in the most susceptible clone. In addition, precocity and pod cycle duration varied significantly among the clones. The earlier the pod cycle began, the more susceptible was the clone: the most resistant clone started flowering 1 month after the most susceptible clone and therefore escaped the peak of disease severity. Rainfall intensity greatly modified the incidence of the disease in 2001, with high yield losses occurring in all four clones (70–93%), but their ranking remained stable over the 3 years. The spatial distribution of pods on the trees showed that pods on the trunk were more likely to become diseased than those on the branches, but its effect as a clone resistance component is variable among the four clones; the resistant clone producing more pods on the trunk and the susceptible clone more in the canopy. 相似文献
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本文综述了低温和水分亏缺对常绿果树成花作用的最新研究结果,包括不同果树成花对胁迫过程中树体发生的生理变化,以及可能的作用机理等,提出了低温和水分亏缺对成花作用的模式图,展望了研究方向. 相似文献
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Langenkämper Georg McHale Ronnie Gardner Richard C. MacRae Elspeth 《Plant molecular biology》1998,36(6):857-869
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Daniel García 《Acta Oecologica》1998,19(6):517
The relationships between the fruit features of Juniperus communis and the presence of fruit pests were studied in Sierra Nevada, SE Spain. The abundance of two insect species — a pulp-sucking scale and a seed-predator wasp — was surveyed with respect both to fruit characteristics and to viability of seeds contained therein. Seed-predator pressure was not significantly related to any fruit characteristics; however, pulp suckers tended to be more abundant in plants with low pulp: seed ratios and high fruit-water content. In addition, fruits with high levels of pulp-sucker attack tended to have higher water content. A multi-factor ANOVA, considering the identity of the plant and the attack of the different pests as factors, showed that plant identity accounts for most of the variation in fruit characteristics. The viability of seeds tended to be lower in plants strongly attacked by both pests. Fruits attacked by seed predators showed significantly lower proportions of viable and unviable seeds than did unattacked fruits. Seed viability was also lower in those fruits heavily attacked by pulp suckers, but this pattern is strongly mediated by plant identity. Pest activity proved to be clearly associated with a direct decrease in juniper reproductive capacity. This loss involved a reduction of the viable-seed number, mainly related to the seed predator, as well as a reduction of fruit attractiveness to frugivorous dispersers, related to the pulp sucker. 相似文献
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Richard E. Durham Gloria A. Moore Dale Haskell Charles L. Guy 《Physiologia plantarum》1991,82(4):519-522
Cold-acclimation-induced changes in freezing tolerance and translatable RNA content were compared in seedlings of a relatively cold sensitive citrus species, Citrus grandis L. Osb. cv. Thong Dee (pummelo), and the cold-hardy citrus relative, Poncirus trifoliata L. Raf. cv. Pomeroy (trifoliate orange). Cold acclimation of pummelo (10 days at 15°C followed by 4 weeks at 10°/5°C, day/night) resulted in a decrease in LT50 from −6 to −8°C, while in trifoliate orange (acclimated for 7 weeks at 5°C), the LT50 decreased from −9 to −18°C. Qualitative changes in the in vitro translation profile, revealed by two-dimensional gel electrophoresis, were observed following cold acclimation in both species. An mRNA for a large polypeptide (ca 160 kDa) was detected following cold acclimation of trifoliate orange. A similar change was not observed in pummelo following cold acclimation. 相似文献
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Using electron microscopy, the ultrastructure of phloem unloading zone was examined in the Prunus persica L. var. nectarina Ait. fruit. Our study showed that, in the SE/CC (sieve element/companion cell) complexes, CC developing under low light had
a thin cytoplasm layer with few mitochondria and numerous small vacuoles, and not clearly seen nuclei. The cytoplasm vacuolation
indicated that the cytoskeleton was destroyed at low light. The effects of low light on CC development suggest that unloading
evidently linked to the low accumulation of soluble sugars by fruit. At the young fruit stage, flesh parenchyma around the
phloem tissue had no starch grains in the plastids in fruit developing under low light. This is a further indication that
less photoassimilates was translocated from source leaves to fruit sinks under low light during the young fruit developmental
stage. The activity of sucrose synthase (SuSy), the key enzyme of sucrose metabolism in fruit, increased dramatically during
fruit maturation. The highest SuSy activity during the rapid fruit growth phase suggests that sink strength could be correlated
with the SuSy activity. The high SuSy activity under normal light possibly indicates that fruit had a capacity to utilize
sucrose irrespective of their site of phloem unloading. Immunogold electron microscopy showed that SuSy was localized mainly
in the vacuole of flesh parenchyma cells. The vacuole-localized SuSy can hydrolyze sucrose imported from the phloem, which
may explain the apparent correlation between SuSy activity and phloem unloading. The double sieve element (SE/SE) complexes
occurred in a greater number and had thicker cell walls under normal light intensity than under low light intensity. These
data demonstrate clearly that low light decreased SuSy activity in the control of phloem unloading.
Published in Russian in Fiziologiya Rastenii, 2009, Vol. 56, No. 4, pp. 509–517.
This text was submitted by the authors in English. 相似文献