The meanings of weaning: Growth,lactation, and life history

Hooded seal pups are suckled for a total of four days; chimpanzees and elephants sometimes are suckled for as long as eight years. This enormous range suggests considerable diversity in reproductive strategies. Lactation represents early maternal effort, whereas weaning is the infant's transition to nutritional independence. Weaning behavior is thus important from two interconnected perspectives: that of the infant during this transition and that of the mother with the cessation of lactation and the resumption of her reproductive capacity. What controls such diversity in the duration of lactation? What are the consequences of this diversity for mothers in terms of reproduction and for infants in terms of their growth and survival? How are differences in lactation reflected in behavioral interactions? The answers to these questions involve consideration of weaning and growth, and have implications for life histories.     

浙江稻田稻秆潜蝇为害损失与防治指标研究

2000-2004在浙江较系统地研究了山区和半山区稻田稻秆潜蝇的种群动态与为害损失的关系,组建了田间自然种群生命表。结果表明：自然条件下,1、2代稻秆潜蝇的卵、幼虫、蛹、成虫死亡率分别为42.7%、14.5%、4.4%、12.6%和32.8%、16.5%、18.9%、15.6%。水稻秧苗期、大田期稻秆潜蝇卵（虫）量与株为害率、为害损失率的关系分析表明,随着卵（虫）量增加,株为害率上升,产量损失率加大,两者呈显著正相关。成虫盛发至卵孵盛期为防治适期,稻秆潜蝇防治指标为秧苗期平均每百株有卵10粒,株为害率1%以上;大田期平均每丛水稻有卵1粒,株为害率3%～5%。     

Temperature Threshold and Preservation of Signaling for Mitochondrial Membrane Proteins during Ischemia in Rabbit Heart

Temperature modulates both myocardial energy requirements and production. We have previously demonstrated that myocardial protection induced by hypothermic adaptation preserves expression of genes regulating heat shock protein and the nuclear-encoded mitochondrial proteins, the adenine nucleotide translocator isoform 1 (ANT₁), and the β subunit of F₁-ATPase (βF₁-ATPase). This preservation is associated with a reduction in ATP depletion similar to that noted in cardioplegic arrested hearts preserved at a critical temperature (30°C) or below. We tested the hypothesis that expression of these genes may also be subject to this temperature threshold phenomenon. Isolated perfused rabbit hearts were subjected to ischemic cardioplegic arrest at 4, 30, or 34°C for 120 min. Cardiac function indices and steady-state mRNA levels for ANT₁, βF₁-ATPase, and HSP70-1 were measured prior to ischemia (B) and after 45 min of reperfusion. Cardiac function was significantly depressed in the 34°C group. Ischemia at 34°C reduced steady-state mRNA levels for ANT₁and βF₁-ATPase from B, but these levels were similarly preserved at 4 and 30°C. HSP70-1 levels were mildly elevated (fourfold) above B to similar levels at all three temperatures. These results indicate that mRNA expression for ANT₁and βF₁-ATPase is specifically preserved in a pattern consistent with the temperature threshold phenomenon. HSP70-1 expression is not influenced by ischemic temperature. Preservation of gene expression for these mitochondrial proteins implies that signaling for mitochondrial biogenesis or resynthesis is maintained after ischemic insult.     

白蜡虫阔柄跳小蜂生物学特性的研究

白蜡虫阔柄跳小蜂Metaphycus ericeri Xu et Jiang在昆明地区一年发生5代,以3、4、5龄幼虫和蛹在白蜡虫雌成虫体内越冬。该蜂的发育起点温度和有效积温分别为11.45℃和552.93日度。18 ℃、21℃、24℃、27℃和30℃恒温条件下的平均世代历期分别为 66.87天、42.27天、35.56天 、30.84天和27.81天。成虫需取食蜜露或白蜡虫雌虫体液作补充营养。性比为1.75～2.88:1(平均2.25:1)。产卵前期2～3天。开始产卵后的2～5天产卵量占总产卵量的62.21%。 27℃的产卵量和产卵率分别为19.31粒和89.81%。18℃时仅4.37粒和18.56%。15℃时不产卵。补充营养、性别和产卵与否对成虫寿命有显著影响。幼虫共5龄。1～4龄以寄主体液和组织为食。5龄幼虫不取食,3～4天后化蛹。     

下呼吸道重开的生物流体力学研究:实验模拟

实验模拟了受阻塞肺下呼吸道重开的生物力学问题。呼吸是玻璃直圆管,以具有生物流体性质的机油作为阻塞液。实验给同了在压强差作用下阻塞液柱前陈面以及主粘液柱气泡前阵面的位置和速度曲线。结果表明,它们受外加压强,管直径,阻塞液以及初始阻塞液长度的影响。较高的外加中、阻塞液粘度较你攻管径较粗有利于呼吸道的重开。     

The isolation of wall-bound proteins regulating yield threshold tension in glycerinated hollow cylinders of cowpea hypocotyl

To isolate and purify the factor regulating the yield threshold tension (y) through acidification of the cell wall, proteins were extracted from hypocotyls of Vigna unguiculata L. Their effects on the pH‐dependencies of the wall extensibility (φ) and y were examined with reconstitution experiments by incorporating them into the heat‐denatured glycerinated hollow cylinders (GHCs). The wall mechanical properties of the reconstituted GHCs were determined using stress–strain experiments. Only the proteins extracted with 1 kmol m^–3 of NaCl from the wall of elongation region restored the pH‐dependencies of φ and y once extinguished with heat‐denaturation, but proteins extracted from the other cell constituents or from the mature region of hypocotyl affect neither properties. Fractionation of the wall‐bound proteins by a hydrophobic column chromatography showed that the two different fractions affected φ or y independently. The sodium dodecyl sulphate‐polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis showed that the active fraction which restored the pH‐dependency of y still consists of two proteins of 30 and 32 kDa after purification by the sequential fractionation with cation‐exchange and gel filtration. These two proteins were named as ‘yieldin 30’ and ‘32’. Western blotting analysis using the rabbit‐antiserum against the cucumber expansin indicated that the yieldins are independent of cucumber expansin.     

基于MODIS/NDVI时间序列的森林灾害快速评估方法——以贵州省为例

以2005—2008年中分辨率成像光谱仪(MODIS)的归一化植被指数(NDVI)数据集为主要数据源构建研究区时间序列,结合统计学分析方法设计一套快速有效的森林灾害评估体系,用以探测森林资源损失的空间分布范围与灾害等级,并利用森林资源雪凝灾害损失的实际调查数据对评估结果进行一致性检验。结果表明:通过计算2005—2007年研究区所有森林像元的平均值R珔2005-2007和平均绝对偏差δall,确定森林灾害阈值DT为0.048;利用该阈值,获取2008年受灾较重的森林空间分布,主要密集分布在贵州省东南部和东北部,包括了黔南自治州、黔东南自治州和铜仁市等地区;受灾森林像元数占总森林像元数的28.6%,高于凝冻灾害森林资源损失实际调查结果(17.7%);在县域尺度上,根据MODIS/NDVI关键期影像获取的森林资源损失区域和灾害等级,确定德江、沿河和都匀等11个重度受灾县(市、区)和湄潭、榕江和桐梓等10个中度受灾县(市、区),与小班调查结果具有较高的一致性,其Kappa系数为0.86。方法为大区域尺度的森林灾害快速评估提供了一种新思路。     

我国烟粉虱早春发生与秋季消退

系统观测了B型烟粉虱在4个不同恒温条件下的发育历期,得出了卵,1龄、2龄,3龄、伪蛹和世代的发育起点温度分别为13.80、15.66、15.99、15.66、8.47、12.92℃,有效积温分别为99.29、51.84、30.42、33.83、97.40、331.55 d℃.在此基础上,通过结合收集的气象资料,利用ArcGis软件,预测了烟粉虱在我国早春发生与秋季消退时间分布.这些研究结果将为未来全球变化条件下烟粉虱的预测、预报和治理提供了重要参考.     

黑河下游土壤水盐对生态输水的响应及其与植被生长的关系

生态输水作为一项改善黑河下游生态环境的人工输水工程,研究土壤水盐与地表植被对输水的响应对于下游植被的恢复与重建具有重要的理论和实践意义。以2001年和2010年野外土壤和植物样方调查资料为基础,探讨了黑河下游土壤水盐对生态输水的响应及其与植被生长的关系,结果表明:(1)输水后不同深度土壤含水率的增加幅度依次为:胡杨林＞柽柳林＞草地;(2)不同群落土壤含盐量的增加幅度依次为:苦豆子＞柽柳＞梭梭＞胡杨;同时,土壤盐分主要以HCO₃^-和Na⁺为主的轻度盐化土向以SO₄^2-、Cl^-及Ca²⁺等为主的中度和强度盐化土转化;(3)以胡杨为例,土壤含水率小于6%时,密度和冠幅与土壤含水率呈正相关,但大于6%时,冠幅和密度分别介于40-70 m²和0.5-5株/100m²之间;同样,土壤水溶性盐含量小于1%时,密度和冠幅与土壤含水率呈正相关,但大于1%时,密度在0.5-5株/100m²之间,造成上述结果的原因更多是群落的一种"自然稀疏"现象。     

干旱地区生态-生产-生活承载力变化情势与演变情景分析

干旱地区实现可持续发展的重要途径在于协调生态系统、生产系统和生活系统三者之间的关系,提高生态承载力、生产承载力和生活承载力,促进三大系统和谐高效运行。以干旱地区塔里木河下游尉犁地区为例,探讨了生态-生产-生活系统承载力的基本内涵及其相互作用的基本特点,选取生态-生产-生活系统承载力的综合测度指标,采用状态空间的理想点法求解出生态-生产-生活系统承载力的理想状态值和实际指数值,综合评估了生态-生产-生活系统承载力的现状情势,进而采用多模型互补对接支持下的系统动力学模型预测未来30a塔里木河下游尉犁地区生态-生产-生活承载力变化的总体变化情景。结果认为,在不同生活水平下的塔里木河下游生态-生产-生活承载力目前均处于超载状态,干旱脆弱的生态环境严重制约着生态承载力的提高,经济发展水平低下限制着生产系统承载力的提升,人口素质和生活质量低下成为制约生活承载力提高的长期因素,但未来30a生态-生产-生活承载力的整体超载状况将趋于缓解,自2009年起的整体承载力将处于可载状态,居民生活水平有望达到小康标准,到2054年以后在可载状态下居民生活水平有望达到富裕和现代化标准,但尚须做数百年的长期努力。