Environmental Perceptions and Social Relations in the Mapimí Biosphere Reserve

Biosphere reserves were developed in part to integrate conservation with regional development objectives and thereby to include protected areas within the resource management of inhabited areas. The Mapimí Biosphere Reserve of Durango, Mexico, provides an example of the difficulties confronted by protected-area managers in implementing the biosphere reserve concept, especially when groups with vested interests in the site perceive the same environment differently. The reserve supports a long-term research program on the ecology of the Chihuahuan Desert and has succeeded in protecting an endangered species of tortoise with the cooperation of the local residents. However, coexisting forms of land tenure and resource management, including extensive cattle grazing prevent complete protection of the core zone, and the gap between basic and applied research has hindered the reserve's managers and researchers from developing their good public relations into a plan for regional conservation.     

鼎湖山主要植被类型土壤微生物生物量研究

对鼎湖山国家级自然保护区3种主要植被类型：季风常绿阔叶林，针阔叶混交林和马尾松林土壤微生物生物量进行了研究。结果表明，土壤微生物生物量（mg.kg^-1）在季风常绿阔叶林、针阔叶混交林和马尾松林中分别为：822，588，530，季风常绿阔叶林显著高于针阔叶混交林和马尾松林（P〈0．01），而针阔叶混交林和马尾松林无显著差异（P〉0．05）；土壤中微生物量高的土壤中，有机碳含量也相应高，两者的比值可反应土壤碳的积累或损失，研究表明，鼎湖山3种主要植被类型土壤均处于碳积累过程；季风常绿阔叶林、针阔叶混交林和马尾松林土壤微生物碳周转量（t.hm^-2．a^-1）依次为：14．07，11．45，9，60，碳素的周转带动了其他营养元素的循环和能量的流动；土壤微生物代谢熵（mg.g^-1．h^-1）由低到高依次是季风常绿阔叶林（0．59）、针阔叶混交林（0．96）和马尾松林（1．33），表明土壤微生物对土壤碳的利用效率季风常绿阔叶林较高，马尾松林较低。     

论长白山自然保护区的综合功能效应

自然保护区除了具有保护自然环境和自然资源的功能,还具有开展科学研究、资源持续利用示范、开展宣传教育等多方面的功能效应。本文针对长白山国家级自然保护区的管理目标,阐述了该保护区为实现管理目标而进行的功能区划分,进而揭示了该保护区在现有功能区划分的基础上所发挥出的综合功能效应,可为全国同类自然保护区的管理提供借鉴     

鼎湖山锥栗种子特征及其对动物取食格局的影响

通过对鼎湖山自然保护区锥栗种子特征的分析及进行种子取食实验，研究探讨了锥栗种子特征对动物取食格局的影响。结果表明，锥栗作为鼎湖山季风常绿阔叶林中的重要建群种之一，其更新困难的主要原因就在于种子扩散前后面临巨大的取食压力。动物对种子取食偏爱同种子大小呈现出一定的相关性，随着种子尺寸增加，取食率有线性增加的趋势。但是，锥栗应对动物取食并非完全被动的，它也发展了一些特有的生活史策略。锥栗种子的颜色与环境凋落物及土壤色相似，可以减少被取食者发现的机率。更重要的是，锥栗种子带刺的总苞有良好的保护作用。具总苞的种子取食的强度，显著低于无总苞的种子（P〈0．01）。     

Fire Regime Changes in La Michilía Biosphere Reserve, Durango, Mexico

Abstract: The ability of reserves to maintain natural ecosystem processes such as fire disturbance regimes is central to long-term conservation. Fire-scarred tree samples were used to reconstruct fire regimes at five study sites totaling approximately 230 ha in pine (   Pinus spp.) and oak ( Quercus spp.) forests of La Michilía Biosphere Reserve on the dry east slope of the Sierra Madre Occidental, Durango, Mexico. Study sites covered a 20-km environmental gradient of elevation, topography, and human land uses. Plant communities ranged from oak-pine to mixed conifer forests. Fires were frequent at all sites prior to 1930, when large-scale grazing of domestic livestock was initiated. Widespread fires have been excluded from four of the five sites since 1945, with an essentially uninterrupted regime of frequent fires continuing only in the reserve core. Xeric sites had many, smaller fires, whereas mesic sites had fewer but larger fires. On a reserve-wide scale, a fire burned on at least one site nearly every year, usually in the dry spring or early summer season, but fire years were rarely synchronous among the sites. Fire occurrence was weakly related to the Southern Oscillation climate pattern; major reserve-wide fire years almost never coincided with wet Southern Oscillation extremes but only occasionally matched dry extremes. Maintenance of the long-term frequent-fire regime in the reserve core is one indicator that the biosphere reserve model has been successful in conserving natural processes, but the protected area is small ( 7000 ha). Because of the key role of frequent-fire regimes in regulating ecosystem structure and function, restoration of the ecological role of fire disturbance is a desirable conservation strategy.     

Vegetation pattern related tc grazing pressure in alpine meadows of Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve

The present study aims to analyze the interaction of prevailing biotic pressure on plant species diversity in Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve (NDBR) which lies in northern part of Uttaranchal hills between 79 degrees 40'E to 80 degrees 05'E longitude and 30 degrees 17' N to 30 degrees 41'N latitude and covers an area of 2236.7 km2. A total of 75 species has been found which included the herbaceous plants viz., grasses, sedges and forbs. Generally, the plants have a short life span of 3-4 months. However, few species persist throughout the growth period i.e. May-October. Phytosociological study performed in plots of varying slope and grazing pressure intensity revealed that the dominant grasses were Danthonia cachemyriana and Poa annua and dominant forbs were Trachydium roylei and Geum elatum in all the plots. Grasses were abundant on west facing slopes while forbs preferred the even topography of east facing meadows. The grasses and sedges together had optimum density during July and August. In general, short lived species exhibited more diversity for one or two months whilst the long lived species exhibited optimum diversity althrough the snow free period. The species diversity is maximum (100%) in moderately grazed bughiyals i.e. Pacchu and minimum in intensively grazed bughiyals i.e. Martoli. The species distribution among the plots was 60-90% contagious and 11.2-38.0% randomirrespective of grazing pressure, thus highlighting the significance of grazing pressure in management of alpine meadows.     

Designing Effective Marine Protected Areas in Seaflower Biosphere Reserve, Colombia, Based on Biological and Sociological Information

Abstract:   Ecologists have paid increasing attention to the design of marine protected areas (MPAs), and their design advice consistently recommends representing all habitat types within MPAs or MPA networks as a means to provide protection to all parts of the natural ocean system. Recent developments of new habitat-mapping techniques make this advice more achievable, but the success of such an approach depends largely on our ability to define habitat types in a way that is ecologically relevant. We devised and tested the ecological relevance of a set of habitat-type definitions through our participation in a stakeholder-driven process to design a network of MPAs, focusing on no-take marine reserves in the Seaflower Biosphere Reserve, San Andrés Archipelago, Colombia. A priori definitions of habitat types were ecologically relevant, in that our habitat-type definitions corresponded to identifiable and unique characteristics in the ecological communities found there. The identification of ecological pathways and connectivity among habitats also helped in designing ecologically relevant reserve boundaries. Our findings contributed to the overall design process, along with our summary of other general principles of marine reserve design. Extensive stakeholder input provided information concerning the resources and their patterns of use. These inputs also contributed to the reserve design process. We anticipate success for the Seaflower Biosphere Reserve at achieving conservation and social goals because its zoning process includes detailed yet flexible scientific advice and the participation of stakeholders at every step .     

智能型数字校园网的探讨

随着计算机网络技术的发展,数字化校园网的建设已经进入成熟的后期阶段,但是纵观现有的各高校的数字化校园网络,其智能型的数字校园网还处于初级发展阶段．因此。通过基于智能型的数字校园网从概念、实现目标、规划与设计等方面进行了初步探讨研究．图1,参5．     

鼎湖山自然保护区土壤有机碳、微生物生物量碳和土壤CO2浓度垂直分布

选取鼎湖山3种植被类型(季风常绿阔叶林,针阔叶混交林和马尾松林),按0～15,15～30,30～45cm土层取样,测量了各土层土壤有机碳(SOC)质量分数,熏蒸培养法测量了微生物生物量碳(Cmic),同时用气象色谱法测量了地表和土壤15、30、45、60cm处CO2体积分数,并用静态箱/碱石灰吸收法测量了土壤呼吸速率。结果如下:(1)随土层的加深,SOC质量分数降低,0～15cmSOC显著高于其他两层,季风常绿阔叶林SOC显著高于其他两种植被类型;(2)土壤碳密度和土壤有机碳含量垂直分布规律一致,0～15cm土壤碳密度显著高于其他两层;(3)0～30cm土层微生物生物量占总土壤微生物生物量的81%～92%,随土层加深微生物生物量迅速降低。微生物生物量和土壤有机碳的比值表明,三种植被类型土壤均处于土壤碳积累中,深层土壤碳积累程度高于表层;(4)土壤CO2浓度随土层的加深迅速升高,主要与土壤透气性有关。     

Trends in Deforestation and Forest Degradation after a Decade of Monitoring in the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve in Mexico

We used aerial photographs, satellite images, and field surveys to monitor forest cover in the core zones of the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve in Mexico from 2001 to 2012. We used our data to assess the effectiveness of conservation actions that involved local, state, and federal authorities and community members (e.g., local landowners and private and civil organizations) in one of the world's most iconic protected areas. From 2001 through 2012, 1254 ha were deforested (i.e., cleared areas had <10% canopy cover), 925 ha were degraded (i.e., areas for which canopy forest decreased), and 122 ha were affected by climatic conditions. Of the total 2179 ha of affected area, 2057 ha were affected by illegal logging: 1503 ha by large‐scale logging and 554 ha by small‐scale logging. Mexican authorities effectively enforced efforts to protect the monarch reserve, particularly from 2007 to 2012. Those efforts, together with the decade‐long financial support from Mexican and international philanthropists and businesses to create local alternative‐income generation and employment, resulted in the decrease of large‐scale illegal logging from 731 ha affected in 2005–2007 to none affected in 2012, although small‐scale logging is of growing concern. However, dire regional social and economic problems remain, and they must be addressed to ensure the reserve's long‐term conservation. The monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) overwintering colonies in Mexico—which engage in one of the longest known insect migrations—are threatened by deforestation, and a multistakeholder, regional, sustainable‐development strategy is needed to protect the reserve. Tendencias en la Deforestación y la Degradación de Forestal después de una Década de Monitoreo en la Reserva de la Biósfera de la Mariposa Monarca en México     

浅谈构建社会主义和谐校园

从加强大学生思想政治教育、加强学生日常管理工作、关注贫困大学生、加强校园文化建设和创新学生工作思路和方法等五个方面讨论了如何构建社会主义和谐校园。以求为构建和谐校园的工作提供实践参考．参5．     

Ecological Genetics of the Salamander Desmognathus guadramaculatus from Disturbed Watersheds in the Southern Appalachian Biosphere Reserve Cluster

Abstract: Ecological and genetic properties of the largely aquatic salamander, D. quadramaculatus, were assessed in paired control and logged watersheds in two forests of the Southern Appalachian Biosphere Reserve Cluster. Salamanders were larger but relatively less abundant in watersheds of the more extensive and more recently cut forest. Genetic diversity derived from electrophoretic analyses of 14 loci was lower in the forest where the time available for population recovery was least. Populations in relatively undisturbed watersheds in both forests, however, tended to exhibit lower heterozygosity levels than those in previously logged watersheds, but the differences were not as striking. Confounding effects from elevation differences among watersheds were also detected. An analysis of the six subpopulations using Wright's F statistics showed moderate levels of genetic differentiation among the subpopulations. The genetic and ecological differences among populations between the two reserves are interpreted in relation to recent ideas of bottleneck theory and genetic diversion, the history of disturbance and patch dynamics, and population viability and reserve structure.     

信息化建设--数字化校园的迫切要求

从分析目前高校信息化建设的现状入手,阐述了信息化建设涵义和高校发展信息建设的意义,并提出一些关于加快发展高校信息化建设的建议,希望能对高校的信息化建设起到一定的积极作用.     

Assessment of forest vegetation and conservation priorities of communities in part of Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve,West Himalaya. Part I

In most protected areas of the Indian Himalayan region site/habitat characteristics, community diversity and distribution pattern, vegetation composition (richness of native and endemic species), structural patterns, economic importance of forest communities and community priorities have rarely been studied. Therefore, the present study has focused on these in the buffer zone of Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve. Seventy-six woody species (trees: 24; shrubs: 52) and 13 forest communities have been recorded between 2300–3800 m asl. Tree density ranged from 533–1220 ind ha-¹, tree basal area from 14.68-80.28 m²ha-¹ and shrub density from 1490–6695 ind ha-¹. Mean density of trees was significantly lower in temperate forests in comparison to subalpine forests. Richness of trees ranged from 3–18 and shrubs from 5–29. Species diversity (H') of trees ranged from 0.45-2.08 and shrubs from 0.90-3.14. In the temperate zone, species richness and altitude had significant positive correlations whereas in the subalpine zone the two variables were negatively correlated. The native species were high in the area (> 65% species) and in communities (> 70% species), and was highest for the Picea smithiana-Pinus wallichiana mixed community, whereas the maximum numbers of natives and endemic species were recorded in the Pinus wallichiana community. The density and richness of non-natives were found to be significantly lower in comparison to the natives. Economic importance and conservation value of the communities were assessed and communities prioritized. Monitoring of the identified habitats, species, populations and communities, and development of appropriate strategies for their conservation and management are suggested.     

校园文化建设与大学生思想政治教育之我见

校园文化建设与大学生思想政治教育相互影响、相互促进．深入认识和谐校园文化和大学生思想政治教育的辩证关系,用和谐校园文化推动大学生思想政治教育的发展．本文通过解析和谐校园文化,试图探索一条促进大学生思想政治教育的新途径．参10．     

高校校园中水回用的研究与规划

在分析某高校校园中水回用的必要性的基础上,对校园中水回用方案进行了比较,提出最佳适合高校校园中水回用的方案;同时研究了中水回用系统工艺,并对本中水回用项目的经济效益、社会效益和环境效益进行了详细的分析研究。