区域生态风险评价——以呼和浩特市区为例

区域生态风险具有大尺度、多因素、多风险受体的特点,难以直接定量;从生态风险的定义出发,构建景观破碎度和面积加权生态价值指数评价区域生态风险,并以ArcGIS和Fragstats软件为研究平台,通过空间采样和插值方法得到区域生态风险的空间分布规律。以2006年Spot卫星遥感数据解译的呼和浩特市区土地利用图为例,研究结果表明生态风险值范围在0.04-0.26之间,空间梯度差异明显,风险较高区域为东北部的大青山山区以及西南角的平原农业区,北部风险驱动力主要来自土壤侵蚀、地下水源地水位下降、水质恶化以及林地的退化;南部则是快速工业化导致林地、草地、特别是耕地景观转换为居民与工矿用地景观。案例研究结果表明所建方法直观、简便,可定量描述区域景观生态风险的相对大小和空间分布规律。     

Solution NMR Studies of Chlorella Virus DNA Ligase-adenylate

DNA ligases are essential guardians of genome integrity by virtue of their ability to recognize and seal 3′-OH/5′-phosphate nicks in duplex DNA. The substrate binding and three chemical steps of the ligation pathway are coupled to global and local changes in ligase structure, involving both massive protein domain movements and subtle remodeling of atomic contacts in the active site. Here we applied solution NMR spectroscopy to study the conformational dynamics of the Chlorella virus DNA ligase (ChVLig), a minimized eukaryal ATP-dependent ligase consisting of nucleotidyltransferase, OB, and latch domains. Our analysis of backbone ¹⁵N spin relaxation and ¹⁵N,¹H residual dipolar couplings of the covalent ChVLig-AMP intermediate revealed conformational sampling on fast (picosecond to nanosecond) and slow timescales (microsecond to millisecond), indicative of interdomain and intradomain flexibility. We identified local and global changes in ChVLig-AMP structure and dynamics induced by phosphate. In particular, the chemical shift perturbations elicited by phosphate were clustered in the peptide motifs that comprise the active site. We hypothesize that phosphate anion mimics some of the conformational transitions that occur when ligase-adenylate interacts with the nick 5′-phosphate.     

Can Functional Traits Predict Ecological Interactions? A Case Study Using Rain forest Frugivores and Plants in Australia

In rain forest, the large numbers of species of fleshy-fruited plants and frugivorous animals result in a large number of potential fruit–frugivore interactions, which are challenging to survey in the field. Yet, knowledge of these relationships is needed to predict consequences of changes in the frugivore assemblage for seed dispersal. In the absence of comprehensive dietary information, it may be possible to delineate between frugivores that disperse different plants using ‘functional traits,’ or morphological and behavioral attributes of frugivores that interact with differences in salient characteristics of plant species. Here we use data on the consumption of 244 Australian rain forest plant species by 38 bird species to test for associations between patterns of frugivory and birds': (1) degree of frugivory, (2) gape width, and (3) seed treatment (seed crushing or seed dispersing). Degree of frugivory and gape width explain 74 percent of the variation in the sizes of fruits consumed by frugivorous birds. Among birds that consume a substantial dietary proportion of fruit, birds with wider gapes consume larger fruits. In contrast, this relationship was not shown by birds for which fruit is only a minor dietary component. Degree of frugivory and gape width, together with seed treatment, also strongly predict the overall taxonomic composition and diversity of plants consumed by bird species. Functional classifications of frugivore species may prove useful in developing a predictive understanding of fruit–frugivore interactions in other rain forest regions where detailed dietary information is not available for most frugivores.     

The influence of temperature and precipitation on spring dispersal of Frankliniella fusca changes as the season progresses

Effects of temperature and precipitation on spring dispersal patterns of Frankliniella fusca (Hinds) (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) caught on yellow sticky traps were estimated in central and eastern North Carolina and eastern Virginia, USA, from 1997 to 2001, and in 2004 and 2007. Data were collected from 44 sites within 14 locations over 7 years, resulting in 30 location‐year data combinations. The following independent variables were examined to determine their relationship to the number of F. fusca caught on sticky traps during specified time intervals: cumulative degree days (base 10.5 °C) from 1 November to the start of each trapping interval (DD), number of days with temperatures favorable for flight during each trapping interval (DTFF), and an index of rainfall during specific intervals prior to and during the trapping interval (RI). Regression models that contained various combinations of these variables explained 62, 79, 74, and 68% of the variation in the number of dispersing F. fusca captured during 1–15 April, 16–30 April, 1–15 May, and 16–31 May, respectively. The results provide strong evidence that the suppressive effects of precipitation on growth of local populations developing during late winter and early spring are subsequently manifest at the landscape scale as reductions in the populations of dispersing adults that may persist for as long as 5–6 weeks after the precipitation occurs.     

Effect of nucleotides on the oligomeric state of human lactoferrin

Lactoferrin (LF) is a multifunctional acute-phase protein involved in nonspecific defense against bacteria, viruses, and cancer diseases and is present in human barrier fluids, blood, and milk. Small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) and light scattering (LS) demonstrated for the first time that LF occurs in the form of oligomers, with a high monomer unit number in the solution. The degree of LF oligomerization depends on the LF concentration and the storage period of non-frozen neutral LF solutions. The average inertial radius of scattering particles (R _g) reaches 100–450 Å at LF concentrations comparable with those in human milk, while R _g of LF monomers is 26.7 Å. LF forms complexes with various nucleotides and hydrolyzes them. The addition of ATP or AMP to LF solutions accelerates LF oligomerization and increases R _g to 600–700 Å, regardless of the initial degree of LF oligomerization. According to the different models (sphere, plate, and cylinder) of LF aggregates, its complexes with such R _g presumably contain several tens to thousands of LF monomers. The possible role of oligomeric complexes in multiple biological functions of LF is discussed.     

不同老化程度的不结球白菜种子活力指标变化及其相关分析

以不结球白菜品种‘高梗白’种子为材料,采用高温(42℃)高湿(相对湿度100%)人工加速老化处理,研究不同老化程度下种子活力指标的变化及其相关性。结果显示:(1)发芽指标(除不正常苗率)和出苗指标均随种子老化程度的加深而显著下降,不正常苗率显著上升。(2)随老化程度的加深,种子中超氧化物歧化酶(SOD)、过氧化物酶(POD)、过氧化氢酶(CAT)活性显著下降;种子的超氧阴离子(O2.-)产生速率先增高后降低,过氧化氢(H2O2)含量逐渐增加,丙二醛(MDA)含量下降,种子浸出液相对电导率升高;种子的可溶性糖含量、可溶性蛋白含量和脱氢酶活性下降,α-淀粉酶活性先升高后降低。(3)老化种子的发芽势、发芽率、SOD活性、H2O2含量、相对电导率和可溶性糖含量与出苗指标间均存在极显著相关性。研究表明,不结球白菜种子的发芽势、发芽率、SOD活性、H2O2含量和可溶性糖含量随老化程度加深的变化规律一致,且指标间以及与出苗指标均有极显著相关性,可以作为检验不结球白菜种子活力的候选指标。     

纳板河流域土地利用变化对土壤有机碳及微生物生物量碳和氮的影响

与其他地区相比,热带森林的土地利用变化对碳循环的影响尤其显著。本文采用野外调查取样和室内分析相结合的方法,研究了纳板河流域自然林转变为旱地、水稻田、橡胶林、茶园后土壤有机碳(SOC)、土壤微生物生物量碳(SMBC)和微生物生物量氮(SMBN)的变化。结果表明:自然林转变为其他土地利用类型后,SOC、SMBC、SMBN均显著下降,水稻田的SOC和SMBC下降幅度最大。赤红壤的SOC和SMBC、SMBN均显著高于砖红壤。相关性分析表明:SOC与SMBC、SMBN、土壤含水量呈显著或极显著正相关,与土壤容重、pH呈极显著负相关;SMBN与SOC、SMBC呈极显著正相关,与土壤容重呈显著负相关;微生物商与pH呈极显著正相关。     

贵州省城镇建设用地扩展的时空演变特征

选择贵州省的85个城镇为研究区,运用1973年1∶5万地形图,1986、1995、2000和2007年4期高分辨率遥感影像,选取城镇扩展动态度指数、城镇扩展贡献率指数和城镇扩展强度指数3个指标,构建城镇综合扩展程度指数模型,定量分析了1973—2007年4个时期贵州省城镇建设用地扩展的总体特征和时空分异特征。结果表明:从1973—2007年,贵州省城镇建设用地呈持续增长态势,城镇建设用地面积共增加17550.8915hm2,其中2000—2007年贵州省城镇建设用地扩展面积最大,动态度、贡献率和强度指数均最大;研究区建设用地扩展具有明显的空间分异特征,1973—1986年,城镇建设用地扩展主要集中在省会城市贵阳市,1986—1995年,地级城市所在城镇扩展面积和强度快速提高,1995—2000年,交通沿线城镇扩展速度加快,2000—2007年,贵州省城镇扩展强度和综合扩展程度不仅在贵阳市和地级城市较快,而且在区位和自然条件良好的县级城镇也迅速提高。