Changes of traditional agrarian landscapes and their conservation implications: a case study of butterflies in Romania

Global biodiversity is decreasing as a result of human activities. In many parts of the world, this decrease is due to the destruction of natural habitats. The European perspective is different. Here, traditional agricultural landscapes developed into species-rich habitats. However, the European biodiversity heritage is strongly endangered. One of the countries where this biodiversity is best preserved is Romania. We analyse the possible changes in Romania's land-use patterns and their possible benefits and hazards with respect to biodiversity. As model group, we used butterflies, whose habitat requirements are well understood. We determined the ecological importance of different land-use types for the conservation of butterflies, underlining the special importance of Romania's semi-natural grasslands for nature conservation. We found that increasing modern agriculture and abandonment of less productive sites both affect biodiversity negatively — the former immediately and the latter after a lag phase of several years. These perspectives are discussed in the light of the integration of Romania into the European Union.     

Path tortuosity of Eurasian badgers (<Emphasis Type="Italic">Meles meles</Emphasis>) in a heterogeneous Mediterranean landscape

Movement is the process by which individual organisms are displaced over time to eat, reproduce and defend resources. Fractal analysis is a technique used to study animal movement that measures spatial complexity of path tortuosity; here, we apply it to characterize the movement patterns of the Eurasian badger (Meles meles) in a Mediterranean landscape. We calculated path tortuosity overall and seasonally, and for individuals of different sexes and social groups. The influence of variables related to badgers’ resources (food, shelter, water), human infra-structures and weather conditions were analysed with respect to the tortuosity of each badger’s path. A total of 55 search paths from six badgers were considered for this study. Although badgers generally displayed convoluted movement, there were two exceptions: (a) males overall and (b) all badgers in summer; for both, movements had a lower fractal value, i.e. were less tortuous. The convoluted movement pattern generally observed is probably adapted to the clumped distribution of food in the study area. Nevertheless, our results suggest that the use of dens and latrines were the principal determinants of tortuosity of badgers’ paths while foraging.     

不同饵料对匙吻鲟仔鱼生长发育和消化酶活性的影响

本文研究了不同强化饵料对匙吻鲟(Polyodon spathala)仔鱼生长和发育的影响,实验采用蛋黄或鱼油强化卤虫无节幼体或桡足幼体为饵料的共6个实验组,即未强化卤虫组、蛋黄强化卤虫组、鱼油强化卤虫组和未强化桡足幼体组、蛋黄强化桡足幼体组、鱼油强化桡足幼体组,对匙吻鲟仔鱼开口驯化14 d,动态监测和统计不同饵料组匙吻鲟仔鱼的生长和存活情况,并对消化酶活性进行相关性分析。体重、体长、日增重和存活率4个指标,均为桡足幼体组显著高于卤虫组(P0.05),尤其在存活率方面,鱼油强化卤虫组不足50%,而未强化桡足幼体组最高可达86.59%;不同饵料组生长模式方程都获得较好的拟合,从体重和体长生长曲线看,桡足幼体组从饲喂8天起体长和体重进入快速生长期,而卤虫组生长一直相对缓慢;胃蛋白酶活性在未强化桡足幼体组显著高于其他组(P0.05),不同饵料组对仔鱼的淀粉酶活性无显著性影响。结果表明,在匙吻鲟仔鱼开口期以桡足幼体开口饵料驯化效果较好,特别是未强化桡足幼体组仔鱼的存活率高,鱼油强化桡足幼体组仔鱼生长速度较快,而以卤虫饲喂效果相对较差。     

滇龙胆不同部位裂环烯醚萜类物质含量比较分析

采用高效液相色谱法,对云南临沧云县滇龙胆不同部位龙胆苦苷、獐牙菜苦苷、当药苷含量进行分析.结果显示:(1)龙胆苦苷、獐牙菜苦苷、当药苷在滇龙胆根、茎、叶、花中均有分布;龙胆苦苷、獐牙菜苦苷在根部含量较高,分别为(35.88±5.89)mg/g和(1.35±0.33)mg/g;当药苷在花部含量最高,为(0.97±0.24)mg/g.(2)不同部位有效成分间具有显著(P<0.05)或极显著(P<0.01)的相关性.(3)相同海拔条件下,不同栽培方式下滇龙胆根部龙胆苦苷含量差异不显著(P>0.05),但茎部、叶部獐牙菜苦苷含量差异显著(P<0.05).     

不同产地玉竹黄酮提取物体外抗氧化活性研究

以芦丁为参照,利用DPPH比色法和总还原能力测定法,对不同产地玉竹药材总黄酮体外抗氧化能力进行比较研究.结果表明:(1)不同产地玉竹总黄酮提取物对DPPH自由基均有较好的清除作用,但各样品间存在一定差异,在浓度为0.5 g·L-1时,山东泰安、安徽六安产玉竹黄酮DPPH清除作用达到最强,与芦丁相比无显著差异;(2)不同...     

三白草不同部位及鱼腥草挥发油成分的GC-MS比较分析

采用水蒸气蒸馏法提取,气相色谱-质谱联用技术(GC-MS)对三白草不同部位及鱼腥草挥发油化学成分进行定性和定量分析。共分离鉴定出88个化合物,从三白草地上部分鉴定出36个,根茎中鉴定出31个,分别占挥发油总量的73.38%和95.53%,其中仅13个共有成分;从鱼腥草中鉴定出50个化合物,占挥发油总量的74.59%。三白草地上部分与根茎挥发油中化学成分含量和组成有明显差异,且均不含有甲基正壬酮。     

沙地生境和平茬年限对沙柳叶功能特征的影响

研究了毛乌素沙地南缘水滨边丘间地和干旱丘顶两种生境下沙柳平茬后不同年限(1、2、3～4和5～6年)对沙柳叶片光合气体交换、水分利用效率、结构特性及氮、磷养分含量等叶功能特征的影响.结果表明:水滨边丘间地沙柳叶片的净光合速率、气孔导度、瞬时和长期水分利用效率均高于丘顶,但N、P养分含量低于丘顶;两种生境下沙柳的叶结构性状无显著差异.干旱生境下沙柳主要通过增加养分含量、降低光合和水分利用来生存.随平茬年限增加,叶片净光合速率和气孔导度显著下降,氮含量和瞬时水分利用效率亦呈下降趋势,且二者之间呈显著正相关;平茬后1年的叶面积最高,比叶质量和叶干物质含量最低,此后比叶质量增加,叶面积和干物质含量不变;叶结构性状与光合及养分特性之间无显著相关性.叶光合活性和氮含量的下降是沙柳随平茬年限增加而衰败的重要原因.     

不同生境中猴腿蹄盖蕨种群调查

猴腿蹄盖蕨〔Athyrium multidentatum(Dol.)Ch ing〕是一种食药兼用型植物,为了合理的开发利用,在吉林省东南部山区临江市境内,调查分析了其分布的5个典型群落,并测量株高、冠幅、密度和含水率。结果表明:猴腿蹄盖蕨的生态适宜性较广,不同群落条件下株高、冠幅、密度差异较大,水分和光照强度是影响其生长发育和繁殖的主要生态因子,适当的强光照和高湿度条件有利于猴腿蹄盖蕨的有性繁殖和生长发育,针阔混交林林缘和白桦次生林林窗群落条件最适宜猴腿蹄盖蕨种群的发展。环境条件的差异对含水率的影响较小。通过探讨适合种群生长发育的环境条件,为引种驯化提供科学依据。     

伯乐树种子不同条件贮藏下前后生理比较

对3个不同地区（浙江省遂昌县、福建省浦城县和浙江江山市）的伯乐树种子形态指标进行了测定。并分别设置3种贮藏方式（A为室内湿沙环境下贮藏;B为低温（4℃）湿沙下贮藏;C为低温（4℃）封口袋中贮藏）,对贮藏前后种子的发芽率、发芽势、含水量等生理指标进行了比较研究。结果表明,浦城县地区较另外二个地区的种子狭长而扁平,且质量较小。经130d的贮藏后,3个地区的种子内淀粉含量显著下降（P〈0．05）,含水量、蛋白酶活性、淀粉酶活性、蛋白含量和可溶性糖含量则均显著升高（P〈0．05）,从而使休眠得以解除。贮藏后的发芽率和发芽势显著提高（P〈0．05）,以湿沙低温下的发芽率和发芽势为最高。     

淮南八公山区不同生境条件下的土壤动物类群比较

2010年3月—4月对淮南市八公山区4种生境土壤动物进行了调查,获得各类土壤动物1965只,隶属4门12纲27目。其中优势类群为膜翅目和近孔寡毛目,常见类群为等足目、鞘翅目幼虫、鞘翅目成虫、柄眼目、鳞翅目幼虫、蜘蛛目和山蛩目,其余类群为稀有类群。研究结果表明:植被类型对土壤动物群落的结构特征有一定影响,不同植被条件下土壤动物个体及群落类群数存在差异。土壤动物多样性与均匀度指数呈正相关,与优势度呈负相关。4种生境的土壤动物群落之间都达到了中等相似水平。从土壤动物群落数量的垂直分布来看,0 cm~5 cm土壤层数量最大,有明显的表聚现象。