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Opportunity and recognition isolation can lead directly to reproductive isolation, the former via divergence in the location
and timing of breeding, and the latter via differential mate preferences. We describe the potential significance of these
factors in the maintenance of reproductive isolation in a clade of triplefin fishes that occur sympatrically around coastal
New Zealand. Specifically, we investigate the roles of spawning time and nesting habitat in promoting opportunity isolation,
and of interspecific variation in male body length and breeding colouration in promoting recognition isolation. The triplefin
species investigated are reproductively active over several months and show high overlap in breeding times, thus rejecting
temporal isolation as a mechanism. Differences in nesting habitats resulted in a reduced probability of encounter between
some species, especially between sister-species pairs. Interspecific colour differences generally decreased during the reproductive
period, and males of sister-species pairs showed no interspecific colour differences in the ultraviolet light spectrum, thus
mate selection based on male colour patterns is unlikely to lead to premating isolation. Finally, males of closely related
triplefin species differed in body length, a secondary sexual trait often involved in assortative mating. Thus, spatial differences
in nesting habitats reduce the chances of encountering allospecific mates, which may facilitate opportunity isolation and
differences in male length, possibly related to species-specific female selection on male body size, may lead to recognition
isolation. The combination of limited spatial overlap in nesting habitat and differences in male body size may facilitate
species assortative mating in sympatry or parapatry. 相似文献
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Maren?HuckEmail author Eduardo?Fernandez-Duque 《Behavioral ecology and sociobiology》2012,66(3):505-517
According to the Evolutionary Theory of the Family, the replacement of one pair-member by an intruder may have profound consequences
for the existing offspring. Step-parents are expected to provide less care towards unrelated immatures than to genetic offspring,
unless caring also serves as a mating strategy. Furthermore, because an intruder will be a potential mate for opposite-sexed
offspring, relationships between offspring and same-sex parents are predicted to deteriorate. To test these predictions, we
studied an Azara’s owl monkey (Aotus azarai) population in Argentina exhibiting serial monogamy and bi-parental care. Since 1997, we have collected demographic data
from ca. 25 groups and inter-individual distance data from ca. 150 marked individuals. First, we compared survival and dispersal
age of immatures in groups with and without replacements to investigate whether parental care serves as a mating strategy.
Second, we compared sex-specific age at dispersal for groups with replacement of opposite-sex parents, same-sex parents, or
in stable groups in order to test whether relationships between offspring and same-sex parents deteriorated after the replacement
of the other parent. Survival and dispersal ages were not negatively associated with replacements, suggesting that male care
might serve, at least partly, as a mating strategy. The time lag between a replacement and the subsequent dispersal of female
offspring was greater if the intruder was a male, while the offspring and same-sex parents were less often nearest neighbors
after replacements than before. Our results suggest that family disruption through the replacement of a parent is not associated
with decreased offspring survival or early dispersion of juveniles, but deteriorates parent–offspring relationships. 相似文献
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The factors that determine species' range limits are of central interest to biologists. One particularly interesting group comprises odonates (dragonflies and damselflies), which show large differences in secondary sexual traits and respond quickly to climatic factors, but often have minor interspecific niche differences, challenging models of niche-based species coexistence. We quantified the environmental niches at two geographic scales to understand the ecological causes of northern range limits and the coexistence of two congeneric damselflies (Calopteryx splendens and C. virgo). Using environmental niche modeling, we quantified niche divergence first across the whole geographic range in Fennoscandia, and second only in the sympatric part of this range. We found evidence for interspecific divergence along the environmental axes of temperature and precipitation across the northern range in Fennoscandia, suggesting that adaptation to colder and wetter climate might have allowed C. virgo to expand farther north than C. splendens. However, in the sympatric zone in southern Fennoscandia we found only negligible and nonsignificant niche differences. Minor niche differences in sympatry lead to frequent encounters and intense interspecific sexual interactions at the local scale of populations. Nevertheless, niche differences across Fennoscandia suggest that species differences in physiological tolerances limit range expansions northward, and that current and future climate could have large effects on the distributional ranges of these and ecologically similar insects. 相似文献
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Ulrich Struck Maren Voss Bodo von Bodungen Nicolai Mumm 《Die Naturwissenschaften》1998,85(12):597-603
15 N of bulk sediment, organic carbon concentrations, and abundances of exoskeletons of Bosmina
longispina
maritima in the sediment, the data are used to evaluate significant sources of nitrogen in the food web over the past century. Nitrogen
isotopic composition of bulk sediments ranges from 2.5 to 4.5?, that of exokeletons varies between 0.4 and 6.2?. The two are
positively correlated. A marked increase in the abundance of Bosmina since 1965 (from less than 500 specimen to more than 5000 specimen cm3 of sediment) is correlated with a significant increase in sedimentary organic carbon concentrations (from 4% to more than
10%). The isotopic data do not identify increased land-derived nitrate as the dominant nitrogen source fuelling the increase.
Instead, we postulate that nitrogen fixation by diazotrophic bacteria has been one of the larger sources of nitrogen in the
Baltic Sea, as it is today.
Received: 29 April 1998 / Accepted in revised form: 13 August 1998 相似文献
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Gregor Schlüter Maren Steckel Holger Schiffmann Karsten Harms Volker Viereck Günter Emons Peter Burfeind Hans-Ulrich Pauer 《黑龙江环境通报》2005,25(7):574-576
Prenatal molecular genetic diagnosis for Noonan syndrome I is reported. Noonan syndrome was suspected because of large cystic hygroma colli, massive pleural effusion and ascites at 23 weeks of gestation and normal karyotype (46,XX). DNA was prepared from amnion cells and screened for mutations in the PTPN11 gene. In exon 8, a missense mutation (S285F) was found. Delivery was induced at 33 weeks of gestation because of silent cardiotocography (CTG). Despite immediate drainage of the hydrothorax, mechanical ventilation was insufficient and the child died 9 h after birth due to severe pulmonary hypoplasia. Pleural punctate was enriched for small lymphocytes and thus was characterized as chylus. Prenatal ultrasound findings in Noonan syndrome usually are unspecific and rarely lead to a diagnosis. However, with the combination of cystic hygroma, pleural effusion, ascites and normal karyotype Noonan syndrome should be considered and DNA testing for PTPN11 mutations may be appropriate. Malformations of lymphatic vessels and/or chylothorax in Noonan syndrome seem to be more frequent than usually anticipated. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. 相似文献
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Chencho Norbu Prof. Timothy J. Downs Edward Yeboah Dr. L.J.R. Scholtens Dr. Jyotsna Bapat Maren Oelbermann Ph.D. Sayyed Ahang Kowsar Jaime Alexandra Webbe Bram Govaerts Ph.D. Nele Verhulst M. Sc. Goodspeed Kopolo Maria Rosário Partidário Mr. N’guessan Alphonse Kouassi John All Ph.D. JD Narcisa Pricope Leslie Lipper 《Natural resources forum》2008,32(3):252-256
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Desirée Schmuck Jörg Matthes Brigitte Naderer Maren Beaufort 《Environmental Communication: A Journal of Nature and Culture》2018,12(3):414-429
Following Hartmann and Apaolaza-Ibáñez’ [(2009). Green advertising revisited. Conditioning virtual nature experiences. International Journal of Advertising, 28(4), 715–739] approach, this experimental study compares the effects of three types of green print ads: a non-green ad, a functional green ad promoting environmental product attributes, and a combined nature ad featuring a pleasant nature image in addition to functional attributes. We extend prior research by simultaneously testing moderating and mediating mechanisms to explain brand attitudes and purchase intention. Using a quota sample of 456 consumers, findings suggest that the functional ad enhances perceptions of environmental brand benefits, which positively affect purchase intention partially mediated by brand attitudes. The combined nature ad, by contrast, activates an additional emotional process of virtually experiencing nature which positively influences brand attitudes and purchase intention beyond perceptions of environmental brand benefits. The effects of the combined nature ad are even stronger for highly involved consumers. 相似文献
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Monitoring of the microbial community composition in saline aquifers during CO2 storage by fluorescence in situ hybridisation 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Daria Morozova Maren Wandrey Mashal Alawi Martin Zimmer Andrea Vieth Michael Zettlitzer Hilke Würdemann the COSINK Group 《International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control》2010,4(6):981-989
This study reveals the first analyses of the composition and activity of the microbial community of a saline CO2 storage aquifer. Microbial monitoring during CO2 injection has been reported. By using fluorescence in situ hybridisation (FISH), we have shown that the microbial community was strongly influenced by the CO2 injection. Before CO2 arrival, up to 6 × 106 cells ml−1 were detected by DAPI staining at a depth of 647 m below the surface. The microbial community was dominated by the domain Bacteria that represented approximately 60% to 90% of the total cell number, with Proteobacteria and Firmicutes as the most abundant phyla comprising up to 47% and 45% of the entire population, respectively. Both the total cell counts as well as the counts of the specific physiological groups revealed quantitative and qualitative changes after CO2 arrival. Our study revealed temporal outcompetition of sulphate-reducing bacteria by methanogenic archaea. In addition, an enhanced activity of the microbial population after five months CO2 storage indicated that the bacterial community was able to adapt to the extreme conditions of the deep biosphere and to the extreme changes of these atypical conditions. 相似文献