The effect of octopamine on behavioral responses of free-foraging bumblebees to a change in food source profitability

The invertebrate neuromodulator octopamine is known to be involved in bees' associative learning, enhancing the responsiveness of a bee to a conditioned stimulus. In this study, we tested the effect of octopamine on the choice behavior of free-flying bumblebees using a two-phase experiment in an array of artificial flowers. During the first phase of the experiment, the bee was allowed to collect octopamine-laden sugar water from two types of equally rewarding flowers (yellow versus blue). In the second phase, one type of flower was set to be unrewarding. The behavior of the bee (proportion of visits to the unrewarding flowers) over the two phases was fitted to a sigmoid regression model. Our results show that octopamine had no significant effect on the bees' equilibrium choice or on the overall rate of the behavioral change in response to the change in reward. Rather, octopamine significantly affected the time interval between the change in reward status and the initiation of behavioral change in the bee.     

中国旅游资源分区的初步研究

本文是在8000个旅游资源实体数据的基础上,对旅游资源的区域特征和旅游环境的区域差异性进行定性和定量分析。形成了一个三级分区体系并得到一张中国旅游资源分区图。第一级区,有八个资源区。第二级区,有41个资源区。在每个二级区内有或多或少的三级区,然而,每个三级区必须是根据旅游资源数量、质量和交通条件得出的五类三级区中的某一类。分区程序采用从低级区向高级区归并的方式。本结果对管理旅游资源和发展中国旅游业有重要参考价值。     

The Value Of Public Participation During a Hazard,Impact, Risk And Vulnerability (HIRV) Analysis

The first part of this paper discusses the links between hazard, risk and vulnerability (HRV) analysis and the development of mitigative strategies. The second part discusses the need to include public participation when completing an HRV analysis. Two current HRV models are used to illustrate the general failure of HRV analysis to include public participation. The third part of this paper provides a brief overview of the Hazard, Impact, Risk and Vulnerability (HIRV) model and its use of public participation. The paper concludes by offering a synopsis of a case study in the town and regional area surrounding Barriere, British Columbia, Canada. This case study demonstrates a positive outcome when public participation is incorporated into an HIRV analysis.     

Effects of atmospheric mercury pollution on terrestrial ecosystem in Chongqing, China

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重庆市城市污水厂污泥的处理与处置

分析了目前重庆市城市污水厂污泥的处理与处置现状 ,对今后重庆市城市污水厂污泥的管理进行了探讨 ,提出了几个应注意的问题。     

层状云清除气溶胶的数值模拟

建立了一个一维层状云系的气溶胶清除模式,模式旨在模拟云发展过程中云、雨水中气溶胶浓度的时空演变规律,研究气溶胶粒子的云内清除和云下清除的相对贡献大小及其湿沉降速率等.模拟结果在一定程度上与实测结果相符.     

神府东胜矿区生态环境问题及对策

在调查研究分析的基础上，从分析矿区生态环境影响的特点入手，针对矿区开发建设中存在的主要生态问题，提出了保护生态环境的对策和措施，对于矿区的生态环境保护和可持续发展具有一定的参考价值。     

环保"民声热线"聚焦五大热点

8月8日，广东省环保局局长李清第一次坐在了广东省电台的直播大厅，围绕百姓关心的环境问题接受咨询与投诉。8月22日，他再次上线，集中解答了珠江整治与水环境的有关问题。此外，8月15日和8月29日，副局长王子葵、陈光荣也相继出现在直播间。     

Predatory spider mimics acquire colony-specific cuticular hydrocarbons from their ant model prey

The integrity of social insect colonies is maintained by members recognising and responding to the chemical cues present on the cuticle of any intruder. Nevertheless, myrmecophiles use chemical mimicry to gain access to these nests, and their mimetic signals may be acquired through biosynthesis or through contact with the hosts or their nest material. The cuticular hydrocarbon profile of the myrmecophilous salticid spider Cosmophasis bitaeniata closely resembles that of its host ant Oecophylla smaragdina. Here, we show that the chemical resemblance of the spider does not arise through physical contact with the adult ants, but instead the spider acquires the cuticular hydrocarbons by eating the ant larvae. More significantly, we show that the variation in the cuticular hydrocarbon profiles of the spider depends upon the colony of origin of the ant larvae prey, rather than the parentage of the spider.     

环境物质拟除虫菊酯毒理学研究进展

拟除虫菊酯作为一种重要的合成杀虫剂,在人们的生产生活中有着广泛的应用,但同时其毒理学问题也越来越引起人们的注意,许多学者对此进行了深入的研究,在此研究基础上,从对动物的神经毒性、生殖毒性和生理生化毒性三个方面,对拟除虫菊酯的毒理学研究进展作一综述.