洞庭湖区退田还湖过程中小型兽类的生态位特征

为了解退田还湖工程实施后的小兽群落状况,2003~2010年对洞庭湖区退田还湖后9种不同类型生境中小型兽类的生态位特征进行了调查.共布放64 432夹日,捕获小型兽3 066只,总的捕获率为4.76%,包括啮齿目10种和食虫目2种.小型兽类各种群的生态位宽度以褐家鼠和黑线姬鼠最高,分别为0.819 8和0.765 6,为广生态位的种类;随后依次是臭鼩、东方田鼠、刺猬、巢鼠、黄胸鼠、小家鼠、黄毛鼠、针毛鼠,分别为0.689 0、0.573 7、0.527 3、0.482 8、0.394 8、0.289 7、0.265 1、0.098 5;社鼠和大足鼠最低,仅在1种生境中有捕获.从生态位宽度指数的季节变化看,黑线姬鼠、褐家鼠、东方田鼠和臭鼩在四季的生态位宽度指数均较高.从空间生态位宽度和生态位重叠指数看,除黑线姬鼠和褐家鼠利用生境较广外,洞庭湖小兽群落可分为3个类群:栖息于环湖丘岗林地生境的社鼠、针毛鼠和黄毛鼠类群,以湖滩生境为主的东方田鼠、巢鼠和臭鼩类群,以及以村庄周围的农田生态系统为主的家鼠类群.从生态位指标和捕获数量看,黑线姬鼠、东方田鼠和褐家鼠是当地需要重点关注的种类.东方田鼠种群数量高峰年份与低谷年份比,其生态位宽度以及与其它种类的生态位重叠指数均较高,高峰年份东方田鼠冬季在双退垸出现,说明退田还湖已扩大了东方田鼠的繁殖基地,对东方田鼠种群发展有利,在种群暴发年份,易形成更加严重的危害.     

洞庭湖地区不同生态类型区鼠类群落组成及其演替趋势

2001年对洞庭湖地区3种生态类型区鼠类群落结构的取样调查结果表明，黑线姬鼠和社鼠是洞庭湖地区3种生态类型区的主要优势鼠种。黑线姬鼠以农田为主要栖息地，在不同作物地间进行季节性迁移，并侵入到丘陵山林之中；社鼠是林地内的优势种；山区和丘陵的林缘农田生境则以这2种鼠为优势种。从洞庭湖区鼠类群落的历史资料看，曾经为农田生态系统优势鼠种之一的褐家鼠的比例已大大降低，形成了以黑线姬鼠占绝对地位的格局。在房舍，褐家鼠的优势地位已被小家鼠取代。     

洞庭湖地区不同生态类型区鼠类群落组成及其演替趋势

20 0 1年对洞庭湖地区 3种生态类型区鼠类群落结构的取样调查结果表明 ,黑线姬鼠和社鼠是洞庭湖地区 3种生态类型区的主要优势鼠种。黑线姬鼠以农田为主要栖息地 ,在不同作物地间进行季节性迁移 ,并侵入到丘陵山林之中 ;社鼠是林地内的优势种 ;山区和丘陵的林缘农田生境则以这 2种鼠为优势种。从洞庭湖区鼠类群落的历史资料看 ,曾经为农田生态系统优势鼠种之一的褐家鼠的比例已大大降低 ,形成了以黑线姬鼠占绝对地位的格局。在房舍 ,褐家鼠的优势地位已被小家鼠取代     

腺叶香茶菜的化学成分研究

从腺叶香茶菜［Rabdosiaadenoloma（Hand．－Mazz．）Hara］地上部分的乙醇提取物中共分离出10个化合物．经EIMS、1HNMR和13CNMR等波谱和化学方法分别鉴定为：effusaninA（1）、effusaninE（2）、洋芹素－4＇，7－二甲醚（3）、β－谷甾醇（4）、柳杉二醇（5）、Uvaol（6）、白桦酸（7）、齐墩果酸（8），乌苏酸（9），齐墩果酸－3－O－α－L－鼠李吡喃糖基（1→2）［β－D－葡萄吡喃糖基－（1→4）］－α－L－阿拉伯吡喃糖甙（10）．其中8的含量高达1％以上．上述化学成分均为首次从该植物中分离得到．     

梅江流域鸟类群落结构及其多样性

采用固定样带法和样点法对梅江流域的鸟类群落进行了研究,共记录到201种,隶属16目49科127属,其中留鸟81种、冬候鸟67种、夏候鸟40种、旅鸟13种,分别占40．1％、33．3％、19．9％、6．7％;古北界种类95种（占47．3％）,东洋界种类64种（占31．8％）,广布型种类42种（占20．9％）;国家I级保护种类1种,国家II级保护种类21种（占10％）;《国际湿地公约》指定种类24种（占12％）,《中澳候鸟保护协议》指定种类22种（占11％）,《中日候鸟保护协议》指定种类76种（占38％）,《濒危野生动植物种国际贸易公约》（CITES）指定种类19种（占9％）,有益的、有重要经济价值的、有重要科学研究价值的物种155种（占77％）。该流域的鸟类群落多样性指数3．7617,均匀度指数0．7093。     

土壤温度和湿度对鲁东南杨树人工林土壤呼吸的协同影响

利用GXH．3051红外C02气体分析仪结合自制密闭箱对鲁东南中龄杨树人工林（MAP）和成熟杨树人工林（MP）土壤呼吸、自养呼吸和异氧呼吸进行了为期2a的定位研究,分析土壤温度和湿度与土壤呼吸的关系及动态变化,探讨土壤温度和湿度对土壤呼吸的协同影响。结果表明,（1）MAP和MP土壤呼吸具明显的季节特征,均呈单峰变化,7月达到高峰,分别为4．43和3．55μm01·m-2．s-1,1月处于低谷,分别为0．72和0．54tmaol·m-2．S-1。（2）土壤温度与土壤呼吸的关系可用指数模型R=ae加’进行拟合,土壤湿度与土壤呼吸的关系可用线性模型R=aW＋b进行拟合。（3）土壤温度和湿度与土壤呼吸的综合关系可用非线性模型R=aebrWc较好地拟合,共同解释了MAP和MP不同年份土壤呼吸、自养呼吸和异氧呼吸的83．3％－85．1％、71％－79．2％、58．6％－76．5％和82．4％－88．3％、68．9％－78．2％、50．2％－78．2％,双因素模型明显优于仅考虑土壤温度或土壤湿度的单因素模型,表明鲁东南杨树人工林土壤呼吸主要受土壤温度和土壤湿度的协同影响。     

古廖涌黑臭水体生物修复及维护试验

利用生物氧化塘、底泥生物氧化、水体生物修复和河道生态恢复等技术，对广州市古廖涌黑臭水体进行治理．结果表明，在进水流量5000～8000m^3／d的高负荷工业废水和生活污水冲量下，通过生物治理，消除了水体黑臭现象，从上游到下游，水色由暗黄逐步转为黄、黄绿；在上游不断流入污水情况下，CODcr除去率达50％以上，NH3-N除去率为70％，H2S除去率达80％以上．从2003年8月到2004年3月，河道生物多样性逐步增加，先后出现枝角类、桡足类动物和鱼类．表明对于暂时无法截污的城郊河道，可以利用废弃的鱼塘、空地等对污水进行预处理，再通过上述措施和技术进行生物治理，可取得良好治理效果．本研究为城市黑臭河道，特别是暂时无法截污的城郊河道的治理和养护提供了一套切实可行的方法．图3参18     

仙人掌多糖的提取分离与性质测定

仙人掌多糖具有降血糖、抗炎、免疫、抗溃疡等作用．经热水提取、乙醇沉淀、DEAE Sepharose fastflow离子交换色谱和SephadexG系列凝胶滤过色谱纯化得到5种仙人掌多糖纽分．采用醋酸纤维薄膜电泳检测多糖纯度,凝胶色谱测定相对分子质量,高效液相色谱测定糖的组成．经测定,它们的相对分子质量依次为2．0×10^3、1．0×10^6、4．0×10^3、9．2×10^5、5．0×10^3．ODP1由鼠李糖组成,ODP2可能由鼠李缚和葡萄糖组成,ODP4可能由鼠李糖和D-半乳糖组成．ODP3和ODP5分别由鼠李糖和一未知糖组分组成．表3,参12．     

初秋季节毛竹林小气候及其人体舒适度的日变化

以无锡市惠山森林公园毛竹林和青山公园毛竹林为研究对象,对其林内和林缘的小气候日变化情况进行了定量化研究。结果表明：1）惠山森林公园与青山公园的相对湿度日变化皆呈先减后增趋势,均在13：00达到极值。林内相对湿度分别为67．6％、65．6％,林缘相对湿度分别为61．8％、63．4％;温度和综合舒适指数日变化皆呈先增后减趋势,也均在13：00达到极值,林内温度分别为28．2℃、27．5℃,林缘分别为29．8℃、28．9℃;林内综合舒适指数分别3．5、3．2,林缘综合舒适指数分别4．8、4．1。2）08：00～17：00林内人体舒适度高于林缘,其他时刻人体舒适度低于林缘。3）与密度较大的惠山森林公园竹林相比,青山公园竹林综合舒适指数降低了0．1～0．7,平均值为0．3,即密度较小的青山公园竹林调节城市小气候的功能最佳,为秋初时节人们户外活动提供了一个良好的选择。     

树状多节孢原生质体的制备和再生

研究了酶系组成、酶解时间、酶解温度、渗透压稳定剂、PH值,培养基成分、培养方式,预处理、保护剂等因素对紫杉醇产生菌树状多孔孢原生质体制备和再生的影响。结果表明：将树状多节孢在PDA液体培养其中静止培养2－3d,离心收集菌体,用PH5．5－6．0的0．7mol/L的NaCl配制成的含有3％纤维素酶、2％蜗牛酶和1％溶菌酶的复合酶,30℃恒温酶解9h,原生质体制备率最高。但是考虑到原生质体的再生,参酶解7h左右为宜,获得的原生质体经过纯化,用0.7mol/LNaCl配制的PDA再生培养基进行双层平板培养法再生,原生质体的再生率最高。本研究为以后通过原生质体诱变、转化、融合构建紫杉醇工程菌株奠定了基础,图3表9参16     

Potential Impact of Mammalian Nest Predators on Endemic Forest Birds of Western Mauna Kea, Hawaii

I used dummy nest experiments to investigate the role of nest predation by introduced mammals asa significant limiting factor for the endangered Palila ( Loxioides bailleui ) and other endemic birds on the western slope of Mauna Kea. Overall predation rates on dummy nests were extremely low. Rates were comparable to those on actual Palila nests, indicating that dummy nests give a valid representation of the dynamics of nest predation. The black rat ( Rattus rattus ) was the only important predator. Feral cats ( Felis catus ) played only a minor role, and there was no evidence to implicate house mice ( Mus musculus ) as nest predators. Four factors appear to be responsible for the low nest predation rates: (1) only a single species of predator (black rat) is involved; (2) rat densities are extremely low on Mauna Kea; (3) low prey (nest)densities preclude density-dependent predation, and (4) rats have alternative foods that are more abundant and accessible than arboreal bird nests. Since mammalian predation appears unlikely to have a significant impact on the Palila, other factors must be limiting the abundance of this endangered species.     

Effects of Spatially Extensive Control of Invasive Rats on Abundance of Native Invertebrates in Mainland New Zealand Forests

Predation on native fauna by non‐native invasive mammals is widely documented, but effects of predation at the population level are rarely measured. Eradication of invasive mammals from islands has led to recovery of native biota, but the benefits of controlling invasive mammal populations in settings where eradication is not feasible are less understood. We used various combinations of aerially delivered toxic bait and control measures on the ground to reduce abundances of invasive rats (Rattus rattus) to low levels over large areas on mainland New Zealand and then monitored the abundance of invertebrates on replicated treatment sites to compare with abundances on similar nontreatment sites. We also assessed rat diet by examining stomach contents. Abundance of the rats’ most‐consumed invertebrate prey item, the large‐bodied Auckland tree weta (Hemideina thoracica), increased 3‐fold on treatment sites where we maintained rats at <4/ha for approximately 3 years, compared with the nontreatment sites. Auckland tree weta also increased in abundance on sites where rats were controlled with a single aerial‐poisoning operation, but rat abundance subsequently increased on these sites and tree weta abundance then declined. Nevertheless, our data suggest that biennial reduction of rat abundances may be sufficient to allow increases in tree weta populations. Other invertebrates that were consumed less often (cave weta [Rhaphidophoridae], spiders [Araneae], and cockroaches [Blattodea]) showed no systematic changes in abundance following rat control. Our results suggest that the significant threat to recruitment and individual survival that predation by rats poses for tree weta can be mitigated by wide‐scale aerial pest control. Efectos del Control Extensivo Espacial de Ratas Invasoras sobre la Abundancia de Invertebrados Nativos en Bosques de Nueva Zelanda     

A Generic Impact-Scoring System Applied to Alien Mammals in Europe

Abstract: We present a generic scoring system that compares the impact of alien species among members of large taxonomic groups. This scoring can be used to identify the most harmful alien species so that conservation measures to ameliorate their negative effects can be prioritized. For all alien mammals in Europe, we assessed impact reports as completely as possible. Impact was classified as either environmental or economic. We subdivided each of these categories into five subcategories (environmental: impact through competition, predation, hybridization, transmission of disease, and herbivory; economic: impact on agriculture, livestock, forestry, human health, and infrastructure). We assigned all impact reports to one of these 10 categories. All categories had impact scores that ranged from zero (minimal) to five (maximal possible impact at a location). We summed all impact scores for a species to calculate "potential impact" scores. We obtained "actual impact" scores by multiplying potential impact scores by the percentage of area occupied by the respective species in Europe. Finally, we correlated species’ ecological traits with the derived impact scores. Alien mammals from the orders Rodentia, Artiodactyla, and Carnivora caused the highest impact. In particular, the brown rat (Rattus norvegicus), muskrat (Ondathra zibethicus), and sika deer (Cervus nippon) had the highest overall scores. Species with a high potential environmental impact also had a strong potential economic impact. Potential impact also correlated with the distribution of a species in Europe. Ecological flexibility (measured as number of different habitats a species occupies) was strongly related to impact. The scoring system was robust to uncertainty in knowledge of impact and could be adjusted with weight scores to account for specific value systems of particular stakeholder groups (e.g., agronomists or environmentalists). Finally, the scoring system is easily applicable and adaptable to other taxonomic groups.     

Alignment between values of dryland pastoralists and conservation needs for small mammals

Policies for conservation outside protected areas, such as those designed to address the decline in Australian mammals, will not result in net improvements unless they address barriers to proenvironmental behavior. We used a mixed‐methods approach to explore potential value‐action gaps (disconnects between values and subsequent action) for small mammal conservation behaviors among pastoralists in dryland Australia. Using semistructured surveys and open‐ended interviews (n = 43), we explored values toward small mammals; uptake of a range of current and intended actions that may provide benefit to small mammals; and potential perceived barriers to their uptake. Pastoralists assigned great conservation value to small mammals; over 80% (n = 36) agreed to strongly agreed that small mammals on their property were important. These values did not translate into stated willingness to engage in voluntary cessation of wild‐dog control (r² = 0.187, p = 0.142, n = 43). However, assigning great conservation value to small mammals was strongly related to stated voluntary willingness to engage in the proenvironmental behavior most likely to result in benefits to small mammals: cat and fox control (r² = 0.558, p = 0.000, n = 43). There was no significant difference between stated voluntarily and incentivized willingness to engage in cat and fox control (p = 0.862, n = 43). The high levels of willingness to engage in voluntary cat and fox control highlight a potential entry point for addressing Australia's mammal declines because the engagement of pastoralists in conservation programs targeting cat and fox control is unlikely to be prevented by attitudinal constraints. Qualitative data suggest there is likely a subpopulation of pastoralists who value small mammals but do not wish to engage in formal conservation programs due to relational barriers with potential implementers. A long‐term commitment to engagement with pastoralists by implementers will thus be necessary for conservation success. On‐property cat and fox control programs that build and leverage trust, shared goals, collaboration, and shared learning experiences between stakeholders and that explicitly recognize the complexity of small mammal dynamics and the property‐level ecological knowledge of pastoralists are more likely to gain traction.     

Conservation Implications of the Natural Loss of Lineages in Wild Mammals and Birds

Because populations in zoological parks and nature reserves often are derived from only a few individuals, conservationists have attempted to minimize founder effects by equalizing family group sizes and increasing the reproductive contributions of all individuals. Although such programs reduce potential losses of genetic diversity, information is rarely available about the actual persistence of family groups or genetic lineages in natural populations. In the absence of such data, it can be difficult to weigh the importance of human intervention in the conservation of small populations. Separate long-term studies of two mammals, the North American bison (Bison bison) and the white-nosed coati (Nasua narica), and a bird, the Acorn Woodpecker (Melanerpes formicivorus), demonstrate differential extinction of genetic lineages. Irrespective of the mechanisms affecting population structure, which may range from stochastic environmental events to such behavioral phenomena as poor intrasexual competitive abilities, our results show that lineages can be lost at rapid rates from natural populations. A survey of comparable studies from the literature indicates that the loss of matrilines over the course of the study varies from 3% to 87% in wild mammals and from 30% to 80% in birds, with several small mammals losing approximately 20% of matrilines per year of study. These lineage extinctions were not an artifact of the length of the study or the generation time of the species. Such rapid losses of lineages in less than 20-year periods in natural populations suggest that efforts to maintain maximal genetic diversity within populations may not always reflect processes that occur in the wild. Conservation biologists need to give further thought to the extent to which parity among genetic lines should be a primary goal of management of captive and small wild populations.     

典型海滨和内陆城市PM10中的碳成分初步研究

为了分析碳成分在海滨和内陆城市的浓度现状、季节变化和日变化特征,于2009-11-2—2009-11-4(秋季)、2009-12-21—2009-12-23(冬季)、2010-4-27—2010-4-30(春季)和2010-8-26—2010-8-29(夏季)连续同步密集采集了厦门和成都大气可吸入颗粒物(PM10)样品,并采用IMPROVE热光分析法分析了PM10中有机碳(OC)和元素碳(EC),采用燃烧氧化-非分散红外吸收法测定了样品中的水溶性有机碳(WSOC),采用乙基紫-分光光度法测定样品中阴离子表面活性物质(EVAS)的浓度.结果显示,海滨和内陆城市PM10中碳成分含量季节分布明显,冬春季含量较高,夏秋季含量较低.各季碳成分含量日变化趋势不完全相同.WSOC与OC和EC相关分析结果显示,WSOCs主要来源于光化学反应形成的二次污染物.     

Inferring extinction of mammals from sighting records, threats, and biological traits

For species with five or more sightings, quantitative techniques exist to test whether a species is extinct on the basis of distribution of sightings. However, 70% of purportedly extinct mammals are known from fewer than five sightings, and such models do not include some important indicators of the likelihood of extinction such as threats, biological traits, search effort, and demography. Previously, we developed a quantitative method that we based on species' traits in which we used Cox proportional hazards regression to calculate the probability of rediscovery of species regarded as extinct. Here, we used two versions of the Cox regression model to determine the probability of extinction in purportedly extinct mammals and compared the results of these two models with those of stationary Poisson, nonparametric, and Weibull sighting-distribution models. For mammals with five or more sightings, the stationary Poisson model categorized all but two critically endangered (flagged as possibly extinct) species in our data set as extinct, and results with this model were consistent with current categories of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature. The scores of probability of rediscovery for individual species in one version of our Cox regression model were correlated with scores assigned by the stationary Poisson model. Thus, we used this Cox regression model to determine the probability of extinction of mammals with sparse records. On the basis of the Cox regression model, the most likely mammals to be rediscovered were the Montane monkey-faced bat (Pteralopex pulchra), Armenian myotis (Myotis hajastanicus), Alcorn's pocket gopher (Pappogeomys alcorni), and Wimmer's shrew (Crocidura wimmeri). The Cox model categorized two species that have recently disappeared as extinct: the baiji (Lipotes vexillifer) and the Christmas Island pipistrelle (Pipistrellus murrayi). Our new method can be used to test whether species with few records or recent last-sighting dates are likely to be extinct.     

A Case for Using Plethodontid Salamanders for Monitoring Biodiversity and Ecosystem Integrity of North American Forests

Abstract: Terrestrial salamanders of the family Plethodontidae have unique attributes that make them excellent indicators of biodiversity and ecosystem integrity in forested habitats. Their longevity, small territory size, site fidelity, sensitivity to natural and anthropogenic perturbations, tendency to occur in high densities, and low sampling costs mean that counts of plethodontid salamanders provide numerous advantages over counts of other North American forest organisms for indicating environmental change. Furthermore, they are tightly linked physiologically to microclimatic and successional processes that influence the distribution and abundance of numerous other hydrophilic but difficult-to-study forest-dwelling plants and animals. Ecosystem processes such as moisture cycling, food-web dynamics, and succession, with their related structural and microclimatic variability, all affect forest biodiversity and have been shown to affect salamander populations as well. We determined the variability associated with sampling for plethodontid salamanders by estimating the coefficient of variation (CV ) from available time-series data. The median coefficient of variation indicated that variation in counts of individuals among studies was much lower in plethodontids (27%) than in lepidoptera (93%), passerine birds (57%), small mammals (69%), or other amphibians (37–46%), which means plethodontid salamanders provide an important statistical advantage over other species for monitoring long-term forest health.     

Effects of different management strategies on long-term trends of Australian threatened and near-threatened mammals

Monitoring is critical to assess management effectiveness, but broadscale systematic assessments of monitoring to evaluate and improve recovery efforts are lacking. We compiled 1808 time series from 71 threatened and near-threatened terrestrial and volant mammal species and subspecies in Australia (48% of all threatened mammal taxa) to compare relative trends of populations subject to different management strategies. We adapted the Living Planet Index to develop the Threatened Species Index for Australian Mammals and track aggregate trends for all sampled threatened mammal populations and for small (<35 g), medium (35–5500 g), and large mammals (>5500 g) from 2000 to 2017. Unmanaged populations (42 taxa) declined by 63% on average; unmanaged small mammals exhibited the greatest declines (96%). Populations of 17 taxa in havens (islands and fenced areas that excluded or eliminated introduced red foxes [Vulpes vulpes] and domestic cats [Felis catus]) increased by 680%. Outside havens, populations undergoing sustained predator baiting initially declined by 75% but subsequently increased to 47% of their abundance in 2000. At sites where predators were not excluded or baited but other actions (e.g., fire management, introduced herbivore control) occurred, populations of small and medium mammals declined faster, but large mammals declined more slowly, than unmanaged populations. Only 13% of taxa had data for both unmanaged and managed populations; index comparisons for this subset showed that taxa with populations increasing inside havens declined outside havens but taxa with populations subject to predator baiting outside havens declined more slowly than populations with no management and then increased, whereas unmanaged populations continued to decline. More comprehensive and improved monitoring (particularly encompassing poorly represented management actions and taxonomic groups like bats and small mammals) is required to understand whether and where management has worked. Improved implementation of management for threats other than predation is critical to recover Australia's threatened mammals.