Association of extinction risk of saproxylic beetles with ecological degradation of forests in Europe

To reduce future loss of biodiversity and to allocate conservation funds effectively, the major drivers behind large‐scale extinction processes must be identified. A promising approach is to link the red‐list status of species and specific traits that connect species of functionally important taxa or guilds to resources they rely on. Such traits can be used to detect the influence of anthropogenic ecosystem changes and conservation efforts on species, which allows for practical recommendations for conservation. We modeled the German Red List categories as an ordinal index of extinction risk of 1025 saproxylic beetles with a proportional‐odds linear mixed‐effects model for ordered categorical responses. In this model, we estimated fixed effects for intrinsic traits characterizing species biology, required resources, and distribution with phylogenetically correlated random intercepts. The model also allowed predictions of extinction risk for species with no red‐list category. Our model revealed a higher extinction risk for lowland and large species as well as for species that rely on wood of large diameter, broad‐leaved trees, or open canopy. These results mirror well the ecological degradation of European forests over the last centuries caused by modern forestry, that is the conversion of natural broad‐leaved forests to dense conifer‐dominated forests and the loss of old growth and dead wood. Therefore, conservation activities aimed at saproxylic beetles in all types of forests in Central and Western Europe should focus on lowlands, and habitat management of forest stands should aim at increasing the amount of dead wood of large diameter, dead wood of broad‐leaved trees, and dead wood in sunny areas.     

慢生根瘤菌交叉结瘤及其系统发育关系的研究

选用包括6株花往根瘤菌[Bradyrhizobium sp.(Arachis)]在内的13株慢生根瘤菌，进行了6种豆科植物结瘤试验及共系统发育分析。研究结果表明，慢生根瘤菌与试验的豆科宿主植物间普遍存在交叉结瘤，还发现有些菌株在原宿主外的豆科植物根部形成类根瘤的现象。16S rDNA和23S rDNA的PCR－RFLP分析揭示出这些菌株rDNA基因的差异性，不同宿主来源的慢生根瘤菌株可以同属一个rDNA类型，而从同一宿主中分离的根瘤菌菌株可分属多种不同的rDNA类型，研究结果表明，采用rDNA PCR-RFLP等遗传背景分析的手段，可能筛选出广谱的根瘤菌力株，表4参8。     

慢生型花生根瘤菌16S rRNA分析

以２１株分离自四川,云南不同花生产区的慢性型花生根瘤菌和６株参比菌株为材料,进行了１６ＳｒＤＮＡＰＣＲ－ＲＦＬＰ,结果除证实了慢性型花生根瘤菌同慢生型大豆根瘤菌（Ｂｒａｄｙｒｈｉｚｏｂｉｕｍｊａｐｏｎｉｃｕｍ）高度的遗传相似性外,还发现了一些菌株同Ｂｒａｄｙｒｈｉｚｏｉｂｉｕｍｌｉａｏｎｉｎｇｅｎｓｉｓ和Ｂｒａｄｙｒｈｉｚｏｂｉｕｍｅｌｋａｎｉｉ有较高的遗传相似性,菌株Ｓｐｒ１－２的１６ＳｒＲＮＡ     

Chemistry of the postpharyngeal gland secretion and its implication for the phylogeny of IberianCataglyphis species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Summary A comparative morphological and chemical study of six endemic species ofCataglyphis from the Iberian Peninsula:C. ibericus, C. rosenhaueri, C. hispanicus, C. humeya, C. velox andC. floricola and the Moroccan speciesC. bombycinus is described. The morphological study relied primarily on genitalia characteristics, whereas the chemical study concentrated on the postpharyngeal gland constituents. Cladograms based on the morphological and chemical data were performed using Ward's method. The dendrogram based on morphological features revealed that the IberianCataglyphis can be classified into three species groupsalbicans, altisquamis andemmae. The same pattern occurred when the dimethylalkanes constituents of the postpharyngeal gland were utilised as character states, with a slight displacement of species within thealtisquamis group. However, when the complete hydrocarbon blend was utilised major discrepancies in the dendrograms occurred.Cataglyphis velox proved to be very similar toC. bombycinus, whereasC. floricola clustered with the other two species of thealtisquamis group. Based on the geographical distribution and paleontological data (Tinaut 1993) it is assumed thatC. floricola recently invaded the Iberian Peninsula. Based on the chemical findings we postulate that chemical character displacement occurred inC. floricola as a result of its sympatry withC. velox after the former colonized the Iberian Peninsula. We further discuss the possible reason for the different dendrograms obtained when only the dimethylalkanes are considered and its implication for the communicative role of the postpharyngeal gland secretion in these ants.     

北运河沉积物中氨氧化微生物的群落特征

采用T-RFLP、RT-q PCR和克隆测序等分子生物学技术,以氨单加氧酶基因(amo A)为分子标记,研究了北运河表层沉积物中氨氧化古菌(AOA)和氨氧化细菌(AOB)的群落多样性、丰度、系统发育及其与环境因子的响应关系.结果表明,沉积物中AOB的群落多样性和丰度均高于AOA,是北运河沉积物中氨氧化过程的主要功能微生物.沉积物中氨氧化微生物群落结构沿干流和支流存在明显的空间分异,而AOA的种类组成空间差异较小;沉积物的氨氮(NH4+)和硝态氮(NO3﹣+NO2﹣)是影响氨氧化微生物群落特征的主要因子,AOB对环境变化的敏感性更高;AOA和AOB的amo A基因拷贝数分别为1.32×105~1.91×106copies/g、5.39×105~8.3×106copies/g.闸坝下游沉积物的氨氧化微生物丰度最高.系统发育分析表明,amo A基因序列多属于土壤/沉积物分支,较多AOB的克隆序列与土壤亚硝化螺菌属(Nitrosospira)的类群相似性可达98%.受污水处理厂退水的影响,部分amo A基因序列与污水处理厂废水和活性污泥中发现的类群同源性高.污染物质来源、支流汇入和闸坝拦截对河流沉积物氨氧化微生物的群落特征影响显著.     

不同时期条纹环沟藻可培养藻际细菌研究

通过梯度稀释法分离出条纹环沟藻5个生长时期的可培养藻际细菌,利用基于单菌落16S rDNA V3区序列测定对细菌进行了分子分类鉴定,与GenBank上的相似菌株序列构建了邻接系统发育树并计算遗传距离,同时对不同时期的细菌进行了定量分析.结果表明,在分离培养出的32株细菌中,有12株不同种属细菌.12株细菌分属于a-变形菌纲(Alphaproteobacteria)、g-变形菌纲(Gammaproteobacteria)、拟杆菌门(Bacteroidetes)和放线菌门(Actinobacteria)4大细菌类群,在种类和数量上均以α-变形菌纲为主,其次为g-变形菌纲和拟杆菌门.每个生长时期可培养藻际细菌的种类数为5~8种,其中稳定生长期细菌种类数较为丰富,而在迟滞期和衰亡后期细菌种类较少.从各时期的细菌总数来看,对数生长期细菌数量最低,仅为2.83×106CFU/mL;在衰亡前期细菌数量最高,达到1.72×109CFU/mL;衰亡后期虽然细菌数量有所降低,但仍达到1.37×108CFU/mL.聚类分析和多维尺度分析结果显示,衰亡前期细菌群落结构与其它时期差异较大,而藻细胞快速生长阶段的对数生长期和稳定生长期菌落结构相近.衰亡前期特异性菌株鲍氏不动杆菌(Acinetobacter baumannii)的大量出现,可能与藻类迅速进入衰亡阶段有关;而各个时期均出现的一株麦氏交替单胞菌(Alteromonas macleodii)可能对条纹环沟藻的种群竞争起作用.在条纹环沟藻不同生长时期藻际细菌的种类与数量有所差异,藻际细菌的群落结构可能对条纹环沟藻的生长、种群竞争以及赤潮的生消具有重要作用.     

基于rpoC1基因的微囊藻属分子系统学研究

测定了广东省9个水库4株铜绿微囊藻Microcystis aeruginosa、5株水华微囊藻M.flos-aquae和4株未定种微囊藻rpoC1基因部分序列,结合GenBank下载的日本5个水体11株铜绿微囊藻、5株绿色微囊藻M.viridis和5株惠氏微囊藻M.wesenbergii间源序列,进行序列分析.结果显示,34株微囊藻存在21种基因型,序列相似性达97.6%～100%.在邻接树上不同形态种和不同地理来源的藻株混杂在一起,没有形成明显的谱系结构和地理结构:同一形态种藻株可能具有不同的基因型,而相同基因型的藻株可能是不同的形态种;从同一水体中分离的微囊藻具有不同的形态种和不同的基因型,而不同水体分离的微囊藻有时又具有相同基因型,表明rpoC1基因序列无法区分形态种和地理株,支持Kondo和Otsuka提出的暂将铜绿微囊藻、水华微囊藻、惠氏微囊藻和绿色微囊藻等归为铜绿微囊藻复合种的分类处理.     

Sex pheromones and attractants in the Eucosmini and Grapholitini (Lepidoptera,Tortricidae)

Summary The geometric isomers (E,E)-, (E,Z)-, (Z,E)-, and (Z,Z)-8,10-dodecadien-1-yl acetate were identified as sex pheromone components or sex attractants in the tribes Eucosmini and Grapholitini of the tortricid subfamily Olethreutinae. Species belonging to the more ancestral Tortricinae were not attracted. Each one isomer was behaviourally active in males ofCydia andGrapholita (Grapholitini), either as main pheromone compound, attraction synergist or attraction inhibitor. Their reciprocal attractive/antagonistic activity in a number of species enables specific communication with these four compounds.Pammene, as well as otherGrapholita andCydia responded to the monoenic 8- or 10-dodecen-1-yl acetates. Of the tribes Olethreutini and Eucosmini,Hedya, Epiblema, Eucosma, andNotocelia trimaculana were also attracted to 8,10-dodecadien-1-yl acetates, but several otherNotocelia to 10,12-tetradecadien-1-yl acetates. The female sex pheromones ofC. fagiglandana, C. pyrivora, C. splendana, Epiblema foenella andNotocelia roborana were identified. (E,E)- and (E,Z)-8,10-dodecadien-1-yl acetate are producedvia a commonE9 desaturation pathway inC. splendana. CallingC. nigricana andC. fagiglandana females are attracted to wingfanning males.     

人类活动对河流沉积物中反硝化厌氧甲烷氧化菌群落特征的影响

河流生态系统是陆地生态系统输出营养盐和有机质的主要接收器,是水-气界面CO2和CH4全球碳循环的重要环节.人类活动导致大量未经处理的硝酸盐和有机物质汇入河流,影响了N-DAMO(N-DAMO,Nitrate/nitrite-dependent anaerobic methane oxidation,反硝化厌氧甲烷氧化菌)细菌的群落特征.本文选取北运河作为研究区域,通过对比分析北运河中游和下游沉积物理化参数和N-DAMO细菌群落特征的差异性,探究由于人类活动的影响,河流沉积物中N-DAMO细菌的群落组成结构特征,及其与沉积物中NH+4-N、NO-3-N的响应关系.结果表明,北运河沉积物中NH+4-N为中游和下游氮素的主要形态,且下游NH+4-N浓度显著高于中游;人类活动对N-DAMO细菌16S rRNA和pmo A功能基因群落分布有影响,16S rRNA和pmo A功能基因均分别聚为中游和下游两类;系统发育树分析显示,人类活动影响北运河N-DAMO细菌高同源性菌群的来源,其高同源性菌群来源与北运河主要污染物氨氮的来源一致;RDA分析显示,人类活动影响N-DAMO细菌相关环境因子,沉积物中高浓度的NH+4-N、NO-3-N与16S rRNA和pmo A功能基因有显著的响应关系.沉积物N-DAMO细菌16S rRNA和pmo A功能基因的共生关系分析显示,北运河下游沉积物中N-DAMO细菌彼此之间的共存关系更强,细菌群落形成的模块化程度较高,其对环境变化的敏感程度更高,受人类活动的影响更大.     

金泽水库库区细菌群落构建过程与关键驱动因子分析

为探究微污染水生态系统中细菌群落对人为干扰响应所依赖的生态机制,基于生态零模型(ecological null model),应用拟合分析(fitting analysis)研究了环境因子与金泽水库来水及库区不同区域间细菌群落构建过程的关系.结果表明,细菌群落在系统发育上的聚类比预期要分散得多(SES.MNTD的单样本t检验95%置信下限为9.79).温度是影响群落系统发育的重要因子.随机性过程(stochastic processes)和确定性过程(deterministic processes)在不同样品细菌群落演替中的相对重要性呈明显的季节性特征.春、夏和秋季样品细菌群落演替由随机性过程主导,冬季则由随机性过程和确定性过程共同主导.NH~+_4-N是影响随机性过程和确定性过程相对重要性的主要环境因子.NH~+_4-N浓度为0.06～0.40 mg·L~(-1)时,由随机性过程主导;NH~+_4-N浓度为0.40～0.80 mg·L~(-1)时,则由随机性过程和确定性过程共同主导.分散限制(61.68%)和异质选择(26.65%)在研究区域中不同采样点之间细菌群落变化中起到重要作用.