Habitat Fragmentation and Species Loss across Three Interacting Trophic Levels: Effects of Life-History and Food-Web Traits

Abstract:  Not all species are likely to be equally affected by habitat fragmentation; thus, we evaluated the effects of size of forest remnants on trophically linked communities of plants, leaf-mining insects, and their parasitoids. We explored the possibility of differential vulnerability to habitat area reduction in relation to species-specific and food-web traits by comparing species–area regression slopes. Moreover, we searched for a synergistic effect of these traits and of trophic level . We collected mined leaves and recorded plant, leaf miner, and parasitoid species interactions in five 100-m² transects in 19 Chaco Serrano woodland remnants in central Argentina. Species were classified into extreme categories according to body size, natural abundance, trophic breadth, and trophic level . Species–area slopes differed between groups with extreme values of natural abundance or trophic specialization. Nevertheless, synergistic effects of life-history and food-web traits were only found for trophic level and trophic breadth: area-related species loss was highest for specialist parasitoids. It has been suggested that species position within interaction webs could determine their vulnerability to extinction. Our results provide evidence that food-web parameters, such as trophic level and trophic breadth, affect species sensitivity to habitat fragmentation .     

农村生态文明建设视域下改善农村干群关系的思考

建设社会主义新农村需要生态文明,当前我国农村生态文明建设还面临着很大问题和挑战.农村生态态文明建设需要加强广大农村干部与农民群众的密切联系,改善农村干关系事关重大.     

基于ISM法的矿工安全心理影响因素分析

运用ISM法建立了矿工安全心理影响因素的三层递阶结构模型,分析矿工安全心理影响因素,明晰各因素之间的层次递阶关系。结果显示,表层直接影响因素为个体心态、生理疲劳和工作应激;中层间接影响因素主要涉及个性气质、作业环境、组织公平等因素;深层根本影响因素为安全教育培训、生产组织管理及生产工艺技术这三项因素。煤矿企业可从影响矿工安全心理的根本因素出发,寻找增强矿工安全心理的有效途径。研究结果为煤矿安全管理、矿工不安全心理预防提供了一定的参考。     

基于区间活性数据的定量结构-活性关系

利用贝叶斯统计方法构建了基于区间活性数据的取代苯胺和苯酚类化合物对大型溞(Daphniamagna)24 h急性毒性的定量结构-活性关系模型,并与基于平均数和中位数的点估计活性数据的定量结构-活性关系模型进行了比较.结果表明,前者可以充分利用化合物的活性数据信息,模型具有更好的拟合效果与预测能力以及较宽的应用范围.基于区间活性数据的定量结构-活性关系模型可为生态风险评价等提供更加可靠的预测数据.     

基于QSPR方法的脂肪醇化合物闪点预测

为提高脂肪醇化合物闪点预测精度,提出基于定量结构-性质关系(QSPR)原理的脂肪醇化合物闪点预测方法。应用Dragon软件计算出91种脂肪醇的分子描述符,利用遗传函数算法(GFA)从1 481个描述符中筛选出3个与脂肪醇闪点关系最密切的分子描述符。分别用多元线性回归(MLR)方法和支持向量机(SVM)方法进行建模,并采用内部验证和外部检验的方式对模型的拟合度、预测性等性能进行验证。结果表明:预测集的MLR方法和SVM方法的平均绝对误差(AAE)分别为2.870 K和2.706 K;均方根误差(RMSE)为3.451 K和3.371 K。SVM模型在精度上略优于MLR模型,而MLR模型更为简单和方便。     

从"两条主线论"考察中国文明进程

以可持续发展理论审视,在中国文明的发展进程中,除了存在传统史学所强调的“人与人”的关系这条主线外,还存在着“人与自然”关系的主线,本文以中国的若干重大历史事件为例证,初步论证了“人与人”和“人与自然”两条主线的相互作用关系是中国文明发展演变的主要驱动力。因此,实现人与人关系的公平和人与自然关系的和谐,是实现可持续发展的前提。     

PROMOTING GROUND WATER POLLUTION PREVENTION IN SMALL BUSINESSES1

ABSTRACT: Although they have not been the focus of major regulations, small businesses can contribute pollutants to ground water through routine practices. Because strict regulation of millions of micro firms is not likely, water resource professionals face a challenge of how to reach small business operators with effective pollution prevention messages. The purpose of this study was to examine the factors that influence a small business operator to adopt measures that reduce potential ground water pollution. We looked at how information delivery, internal business characteristics, and external relationships are associated with voluntary preventive measures. Mail surveys from small businesses in New Jersey municipalities and interviews with business owners provided data about business characteristics and current pollution prevention activities. Findings suggested that businesses doing the most to prevent ground water pollution were generally more connected to external organizations and had more financial and technical resources. The study also discovered that small business owners fear government involvement in their affairs. The study concludes with recommendations to encourage more voluntary adoption of prevention measures by businesses. These center on separating assistance programs from enforcement and involving industry peer groups in an effort to make information available in a non-threatening manner.     

Identifying Determinants of Nations' Wetland Management Programs Using Structural Equation Modeling: An Exploratory Analysis

Integrated management and policy models suggest that solutions to environmental issues may be linked to the socioeconomic and political characteristics of a nation. In this study, we empirically explore these suggestions by applying them to the wetland management activities of nations. Structural equation modeling was used to evaluate a model of national wetland management effort and one of national wetland protection. Using five predictor variables of social capital, economic capital, environmental and political characteristics, and land-use pressure, the multivariate models were able to explain 60% of the variation in nations' wetland protection efforts based on data from 90 nations, as defined by level of participation in the international wetland convention. Social capital had the largest direct effect on wetland protection efforts, suggesting that increased social development may eventually lead to better wetland protection. In contrast, increasing economic development had a negative linear relationship with wetland protection efforts, suggesting the need for explicit wetland protection programs as nations continue to focus on economic development. Government, environmental characteristics, and land-use pressure also had a positive direct effect on wetland protection, and mediated the effect of social capital on wetland protection. Explicit wetland protection policies, combined with a focus on social development, would lead to better wetland protection at the national level.     

太湖流域水环境演变与人类活动耦合关系

太湖流域水环境与人类活动之间存在相互制约、相互作用的关系。从 2 0世纪 6 0年代起 ,随着经济的发展、工业化与城市化进程的加速 ,流域水环境不断恶化 ,具有表征意义的太湖水体的TP ,TN ,COD浓度不断上升。本文把环境演变的人文驱动因素归纳为人口发展、经济发展、城市化、土地利用等 ,将其与太湖流域水环境耦合 ,得出探讨性结论 :太湖流域人类活动与水环境之间的互动关系大致经历了干预、干预—弱制约、干预—制约、干预—强制约四个阶段 ,每个阶段对应着不同的人类活动特征。流域水环境恶化经历了几十年 ,而水环境修复则需要人类更长时期的共同努力