内蒙古典型草原地上净初级生产力对气候变化响应的模拟

利用内蒙古锡林浩特国家气候观象台1994～2009年牧草生长季逐月实测资料,对CENTURY模型进行检验,模拟内蒙古典型草原1953～2010年间地上净初级生产力(ANPP)动态,并与26个气象因子进行相关性分析。模型检验结果显示,模拟值与观测值之间的相关系数为R2=0.66,斜率b=0.95,误差平方根值为50.51g.m-2,平均绝对百分比误差为44.19%。结果表明:(1)CENTURY模型能比较准确地模拟这类草原的季节动态和年际变化;在过去的58年中,内蒙古典型草原温度增加,降水减少,ANPP下降;ANPP变化趋势与降水量相似。(2)用实际气象观测资料模拟获得的ANPP随气温和降水的变化呈现出明显的变化规律,生长季内地上生物量对降水和温度的季节性分布也非常敏感;相关分析进一步表明,ANPP对生长季内降水量和极端高温非常敏感,而与年极端最低气温、平均地面温度、日照时数、平均风速和最大积雪深度无显著相关关系;过去58年研究区ANPP下降是降水减少、温度升高以及干旱事件频发共同作用的结果。(3)根据预测,在SRES B2情景下,未来50～100年内蒙古典型草原生长季平均最高气温和最低气温都将呈升高趋势,2080s分别升高4.01℃、4.35℃,每10年增加速率分别为0.35℃和0.38℃;降水量略呈增加,2020s、2050s和2080s研究区生长季将分别增加3.17%、5.13%和7.03%,每10年增加速率为0.09mm;ANPP呈下降趋势年际间波动较大,2020s、2050s和2080s研究区将分别下降5.76%、7.52%和11.42%,每10年下降速率为0.76g.m-2。     

<Emphasis Type="Italic">Agrobacterium</Emphasis>-mediated transformation of meadow fescue (<Emphasis Type="Italic">Festuca pratensis</Emphasis> Huds.)

Meadow fescue (Festuca pratensis Huds.) is an important cool-season forage grass in Europe and Asia. We developed a protocol for producing meadow fescue transgenic plants mediated by Agrobacterium tumefaciens transformation. Embryogenic calli derived from mature embryos were transformed with A. tumefaciens strain AGL1 carrying the binary vector pDM805, coding for the phosphinothricin acetyltransferase (bar) and β-glucuronidase (uidA) genes. Bialaphos was used as the selective agent throughout all phases of tissue culture. In total, 40 independent transgenic plants were recovered from 45 bialaphos-resistant callus lines and an average transformation efficiency of 2% was achieved. The time frame from infection of embryogenic calli with Agrobacterium to transferring the transgenic plants to the greenhouse was 18 weeks. In a study of 11 BASTA-resistant transgenic lines, the uidA gene was expressed in 82% of the transgenic lines. Southern blot analysis revealed that 82% of the tested lines integrated one or two copies of the uidA gene. C. Gao and J. Liu contributed equally to the work.     

Classification of epigeic spiders (Araneae) at the western part of the Carpathians (Slovakia)

The epigeic spider communities of the Western Carpathians are characterised by a high number of species. The great influence of Pannonian elements on the coenoses of the Carpathian hills is evident. The habitats of the Western Carpathians differ from each other, and several types of microclimatic conditions are there. These facts affect the spider fauna. The epigeic spider communities of the western part of the Carpathians, represented by the Devínska Kobyla hill, were characterized by the constant presence of four species at all study sites — Dysdera erythrina, Agroeca cuprea, Pardosa lugubris and Trochosa terricola. Principal components analysis confirmed the high proportion of Trochosa terricola, Eresus moravicus and Scotina celans in the epigeic spider community of the steppe. In contrast, the presence of Coelotes inermis, Histopona torpida and Haplodrassus silvestris was important in the oak forest. Bray-Curtis analyses confirmed that the spider community of the oak forest differed. The migration and penetration of the species with high vagility was an important fact that affected the spider community in the ecotones. Based on the analysis of the araneocoenoses in the Western Carpathians, spiders were grouped into four categories — leaders, typical spiders, specific spiders and tourist species.     

Dependence of carbon sequestration on the differential responses of ecosystem photosynthesis and respiration to rain pulses in a semiarid steppe

Precipitation pulses play an important role in regulating ecosystem carbon exchange and balance of semiarid steppe ecosystems. It has been predicted that the frequency of extreme rain events will increase in the future, especially in the arid and semiarid regions. We hypothesize that large rain pulses favor carbon sequestration, while small ones cause more carbon release in the semiarid steppes. To understand the potential response in carbon sequestration capacity of semiarid steppes to the changes in rain pulse size, we conducted a manipulative experiment with five simulated rain pulse sizes (0, 5, 10, 25, and 75 mm) in Inner Mongolia steppe. Our results showed that both gross ecosystem productivity (GEP) and ecosystem respiration (R_e) responded rapidly (within 24 h) to rain pulses and the initial response time was independent of pulse size. However, the time of peak GEP was 1–3 days later than that of R_e, which depended on pulse size. Larger pulses caused greater magnitude and longer duration of variations in GEP and R_e. Differences in the response time of microbes and plants to wetting events constrained the response pattern of heterotrophic (R_h) and autotrophic (R_a) components of R_e following a rain event. R_h contributed more to the increase of R_e in the early stage of rain pulse response, while R_a played an more important role later, and determined the duration of pulse response, especially for large rain events of >10 mm. The distinct responses of ecosystem photosynthesis and respiration to increasing pulse sizes led to a threshold in rain pulse size between 10 and 25 mm, above which post wetting responses favored carbon sequestration. The disproportionate increase of the primary productivity of higher plants, compared with those in the activities of microbial decomposers to larger pulse events suggests that the carbon sequestration capacity of Inner Mongolia steppes will be sensitive to changes in precipitation size distribution rather than just precipitation amount.     

Whinchat Saxicola rubetra reproductive success according to hay cutting schedule and meadow passerine density in alluvial and upland meadows in France

In France, whinchat Saxicola rubetra populations now rarely breed at altitudes below 1,000 m except in flooded alluvial plains. Whinchat reproductive success, the timing of haymaking and meadow bird density were assessed in 2003 in six areas selected in three different flooded plains, in five areas from two massifs at altitudes ranging from 990 to 1,250 m, and in 2004 in six areas of three flooded plains, in seven areas from three massifs at altitudes ranging from 1,200 to 2,000 m. The percentage of whinchat territories in which juveniles were observed was negatively correlated with mown areas at the time when 80% of hatched broods (observation of prey carryings by adults) would theoretically be fledged. Additionally, assessed hatching success was negatively correlated with early haymaking in 2003 and with meadow passerine territory density in 2004. In upland meadows, whinchat populations exhibited either low reproductive success and low density (1,200 m) or high reproductive success and high density (1,200 m). In lowland flooded meadow however, high density could match low reproductive success and whinchat population then acts as a sink population. We conclude that adequate agri-environmental policy should not focus only on lowland meadows, even if the highest meadow bird diversity is often found there.     

Adaptation at specific loci. VII. Natural selection,dispersal and the diversity of molecular-functional variation patterns among butterfly species complexes (Colias: Lepidoptera,Pieridae)

Natural genetic variants at the phosphoglucose isomerase, PGI, gene differ in spatial patterning of their polymorphism among species complexes of Colias butterflies in North America. In both lowland and alpine complexes, molecular-functional properties of the polymorphic genotypes can be used to predict genotype-specific adult flight performances and resulting large genotypic differences in adult fitness components. In the lowland species complex, there is striking uniformity of PGI polymorph frequencies at a number of sites across the American West; this fits with earlier findings of strong, similar differences in fitness components over this range. In an alpine complex, Colias meadii shows similar uniformity of PGI frequencies within habitat types, either montane steppe or alpine tundra, over several hundred kilometres in the absence of dispersal. At the same time, large shifts (10-20%) in frequency of the most common alleles occur between steppe and tundra populations, whether these are isolated or, as in some cases, are in contact and exchange many dispersing adults each generation. Data on male mating success of common C. meadii PGI genotypes in steppe and tundra show heterozygote advantage in both habitat types, with shifts in relative homozygote disadvantage between habitats which are consistent with observed frequency differences. Nonadaptive explanations for this situation are rejected, and alternative, thermal-ecology-based adaptive hypotheses are proposed for later experimental test. These findings show that strong local selection may dominate dispersal as an evolutionary agent, whether or not dispersal is present, and that selection may often be the major force promoting 'cohesion' of species over long distances. This case offers new opportunities for integrating studies of molecular structure and function with ecological aspects of natural selection in the wild, both within and among species.     

长期不同放牧强度下荒漠草原建群种短花针茅(Stipa breviflora)叶片解剖结构变化

植物叶片解剖结构随放牧强度的变化而发生变化。以短花针茅荒漠草原长期(19年)固定监测放牧样地为研究区,以建群种短花针茅叶片作为实验材料,测量不同放牧强度(对照(CK)、轻度放牧(LG)、中度放牧(MG)、重度放牧(HG))下短花针茅叶片保护组织、输导组织、机械组织、同化组织有关的14个解剖结构指标,分析短花针茅叶片解剖结构随长期不同放牧强度的变化,从生理角度探讨荒漠草原植物对长期放牧的适应及响应。研究结果表明：(1)叶片层次上,短花针茅通过增加其叶片横切面面积和叶厚度去适应放牧干扰;(2)保护组织方面,与对照区相比,重度放牧区角质层厚度增加,但未达到差异显著性(P>0.05),角质层厚度占叶厚度比例随放牧强度的增加整体呈增加趋势;(3)输导组织方面,木质部面积随放牧强度的增加呈下降趋势,而韧皮部面积、主导管面积、维管束面积等指标均随放牧强度的增加呈增加趋势,但没有达到显著性(P>0.05);(4)机械组织方面,厚壁组织面积和厚壁组织占叶面积比例均随放牧强度的增加呈增加趋势;(5)同化组织方面,随着放牧强度的增加,短花针茅叶片叶肉组织面积显著增加(P<0.05)。可见,...     

农业生态学资助项目分析及今后研究方向初探

农业生态学资助项目分析及今后研究方向初探陆仲康（国家自然科学基金委员会生命科学部,北京１０００８３）１引言农业生态学是研究农业生态系统中生物与环境相互关系的科学,是一门多学科的交叉学科,内容涉及生态学、农学、地学、动物学、植物学、微生物学以及为理学、...     

大针茅草原地上生物量形成的规律与特点

大针茅草原能进行光合作用的时间为160—170天。地上生物量的季节生长曲线呈单峰型,适宜的收获期在8月份。地上生物量的增长与群落的高度增长呈明显相关(R=0.959)。立枯量于6月份开始出现,其增长规律与绿色量呈相反的趋势。刈割后的再生草量以春季(5月份)刈割后的产量最高。仲夏(7月份)刈割对草场生产力的威胁最大。群落产量结构的研究表明：5己于人cm以上可供牲畜采食的部分约占总产量的70—80％。     

呼伦贝尔草地风蚀沙化土壤动物对环境退化的响应

为揭示草地沙化过程中土壤动物与土壤环境要素的相互关系,采用野外调查和实验室检测相结合的方法,对呼伦贝尔沙化草地不同沙化阶段土壤有机质、水解氮、速效磷、土壤水分含量、pH值,以及土壤动物群落结构、种群密度、多样性等进行了比较研究.共获得土壤动物4门6纲12目,优势类群中小型土壤动物仅线虫目1类,占总捕获量的94.3%;大型土壤动物为鞘翅目和半翅目2类,占总捕获量的79.7%.随草地沙化程度的不断加剧,土壤动物类群数量、种群密度、多样性和均匀性均呈明显递减趋势,严重沙化草地土壤中的土壤动物完全消失.回归分析表明,呼伦贝尔不同沙化阶段草地0～20cm土层土壤动物密度与土壤养分含量、土壤含水量、pH值及地表枯落物量呈显著线性相关,说明土壤动物群落对沙化草地土壤环境的改变较敏感.