Relationships between Plant and Animal Species Richness at a Regional Scale in China

Abstract:  Important questions in conservation biology and ecology include whether species diversities of different groups of organisms are correlated and, in particular, whether plant diversity influences animal diversity. I used correlation and partial regression analyses to examine the relationships between species richness of vascular plants and four major groups of terrestrial vertebrates (mammals, amphibians, reptiles, and birds) in 28 provinces in China. Species richness data were obtained from the literature. Environmental variables included normalized difference vegetation index, mean January temperature, mean annual temperature, annual precipitation, May through August precipitation, actual evapotranspiration, potential evapotranspiration, and elevation range. Species richness was strongly and positively correlated among the five groups of organisms. Plant richness was correlated with animal richness more strongly than the richness of different animal groups correlated with each other except for reptile richness, which had a slightly higher correlation with amphibian richness than with plant richness. Plant richness uniquely explained 41 times more variance in the species richness of the four vertebrate groups combined than environmental variables uniquely did, suggesting that plant richness influences terrestrial vertebrate richness at the regional scale examined. Because of strong correlations between the diversity of vascular plants and vertebrates, the diversity of vascular plants may be used as a surrogate for the diversity of terrestrial animals in China. My results have implications for selection of areas to be protected at both regional and local scales.     

珠江广州河段底泥中汞铜铅的污染及其与有机质硫化物积累的关系

珠江广州河段底泥中有机质、硫化物和重金属汞、铜、铅的污染监测结果表明：各种污染物的含量范围分别为有机质２０．８—７４．４ｇ／ｋｇ，硫化物２８．７—５３８ｍｇ／ｋｇ，汞０．０７－０．７４ｍｇ／ｋｇ，铜２０．９—１０１ｍｇ／ｋｇ，铅１４．２—９１７ｍｇ／ｋｇ；它们在沿程各断面的分布表现为上游往中游递增，而中游向下游递减，基本上以猎德、广纸和黄沙三个断面的污染最严重；各种污染物的污染程度顺序是硫化物＞汞＞铜＞铅。相关分析表明：汞、铜与有机质和硫化物的相关关系均达到极显著水平。说明随着底泥中有机质和硫化物积累的增加，汞、铜的富集量相应增加，污染加重。     

耕地土壤中交换态钙镁铁锰铜锌相关关系研究

应用主成份分析、聚类分析和相关性分析对沈阳市郊区1994个耕地土壤样本(0-20cm)的交换态钙、镁、铁、锰、铜、锌含量进行研究，结果表明，影响钙与镁、铁与锰、铜与锌分布的主因子分别在相同的主成份组中，钙与镁、铁与锰、铜与锌之间的相关系数较大，铁、锰、铜、锌之间均为极显著正相关关系，钙与铁、锰、铜、锌均为负相关关系，说明元素的生物地球化学属性对其地理分布有较大的影响。     

台湾泥岩地区不同刺竹林景观下之土壤与植被变异

台湾西南部泥岩恶地,由于其特殊之土壤,地力流失消耗与区域微气候型态之间的因果循环,在水土保持与景观上形成不易植生绿化的地区及特殊之世界地形。泥岩地区之不同刺林林相之土壤,其林相皆伐后复层植被区土壤性质变异高于其它位置,而其它区之土壤理化性质在时间及空间上之变异不大,可明显区分林相不同之显著差异。不同林相对泥岩地浅层土壤(0~20cm)理化性质的差异,以植物营养元素与植生覆盖因子可充分说明(约占变异范围之62%)。泥岩试区区中移动性物质(交换性钙、钠与镁)明显较少出现在复层林相处区,而易出现于淋洗、冲蚀量较大之刺林相保留区与隔丛择伐区。长效性植物营养元素因子(pH值与有效性磷),因长时间之林相不同,使其较明显趋于复层林相区堆积,并影响地表植生之种类、分布与覆盖情形。0～20cm土壤性质的分布和离子间的移动特性有关,移动性高的钠、镁离子会在冲蚀量高之区域出现,20～40cm土壤性质的分布则和土壤中之母质与植生有关并与因素分析结果相似,其次为可移动性离子的影响,且应用地理统计印证土壤性质在空间之变化,其分布确实与不同林相位置有关,即植生营养元素(pH值、有效性磷)大都朝向复层植被区之趋势。典型相关分析结果,地表覆盖度与入侵植物数量两变量主要系透过第一个典型因素与第二个典型因素而影响到复层植被区之pH值、有机质等土壤理化性质。     

Resampling from stochastic simulations

To model the uncertainty of an estimate of a global property, the estimation process is repeated on multiple simulated fields, with the same sampling strategy and estimation algorithm. As opposed to conventional bootstrap, this resampling scheme allows for spatially correlated data and the common situation of preferential and biased sampling. The practice of this technique is developed on a large data set where the reference sampling distributions are available. Comparison of the resampled distributions to that reference shows the probability intervals obtained by resampling to be reasonably accurate and conservative, provided the original and actual sample has been corrected for the major biases induced by preferential sampling.Andre G. Journel is a Professor of Petroleum Engineering at Stanford University with a joint appointment in the Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences. He is, also, Director of the Stanford Center for Reservoir Forecasting. Professor Journel has pioneered applications of geostatistical techniques in the mining/petroleum industry and extended his expertise to environmental applications and repository site characterization. Most notably, he developed the concept of non-parametric geostatistics and stochastic imaging with application to modeling uncertainty in reservoir/site characterization. Although the research described in this article has been supported by the United States Environmental Protection Agency under Cooperative Agreement CR819407, it has not been subjected to Agency review and therefore does not necessarily reflect the views of the Agency and no official endorsement should be inferred.     

东北过伐林灌木层物种多样性与林分因子的典型相关分析

研究林分特征尤其是经营上可以控制的因子对生物多样性的影响，将有助于制定合理的经营措施来维持和保护生物多样性，本文作者以我国东北过伐林区3种典型天然林类型为对象，采用典型相关分析方法，研究影响灌木层物种多样性的主要因子。结果表明：影响灌木层物种多样性的主要因子包括土壤含水率，树种多样性和林分密度；灌木层多样性组的变异被林分组第一典型变量解释的比例为68.32%,仍有31.68%的变异不能得到解释。     

大庆水质自动监测TOC与高锰酸盐指数(CODMn)的相关性分析

总有机碳(TOC)相对于高锰酸盐指数能够更全面地反映水体中有机物的污染程度,用TOC监测代替高锰酸盐指数(CODMn)监测有利于实现监测仪器化,自动化.通过对地表水体中有机污染物的高锰酸盐指数(CODMn)与TOC监测数据的相关性分析,建立了二者之间的线性回归方程和理论值范围方程,为地表水体的TOC监测代替高锰酸盐指数(CODMn)监测提供了实践依据.     

影响郑州市大气TSP浓度诸因素的灰色关联分析与弹性分析

根据郑州市大气TSP浓度的监测数据以及相关影响因素数据，运用灰色系统理论的关联分析方法，得出了影响TSP浓度的主要因素，并通过建立灰色GM（1，N）模型，运用弹性分析理论分析了各影因素对TSP浓度的贡献大小。经过两者分析，提出了控制和治理TSP污染的对策。     

死菌DNA对厌氧消化污泥中抗生素抗性基因及微生物群落分析的干扰

为评估死菌DNA对厌氧消化污泥抗生素抗性基因(ARGs)和微生物群落分析的潜在干扰,本研究对3种不同类型厌氧消化污泥进行叠氮溴化丙锭(PMA)处理,比较在PMA屏蔽死菌DNA PCR扩增情况下污泥ARGs和微生物群落分析结果与未经PMA处理情况下的差异.结果表明,经PMA处理后,剩余污泥自厌氧消化样品和高含固厌氧消化污泥样品中的ARGs丰度分别下降了41%～86%和74%～98%;污泥水解液厌氧消化15 d后的污泥样品中ARGs下降幅度相对较小,但降幅最高也达到34%.PMA处理对3个来源不同的厌氧消化污泥微生物群落组成分析结果呈现不同程度的影响,对高含固厌氧消化污泥的微生物群落结构分析影响最为显著.在经PMA处理与未经PMA处理两种情况下,厌氧消化污泥ARGs与微生物群落组成相关性分析的结果也截然不同.研究证明了死菌DNA对厌氧消化污泥ARGs和微生物群落分析的潜在干扰,采用PMA预处理能够更准确地反映厌氧消化污泥中的微生物群落及菌体携带ARGs的特征.     

流沙湾溶解氧的分布特征及其相关因素的探讨

2008年2月、5月、8月和11月四个航次对流沙湾海水中溶解氧进行详细的调查和研究,同时分别测试其温度、盐度、TOC、COD、叶绿素a等水质指标,通过统计分析,得出流沙湾DO的分布特征,并针对DO与其相关因素之间的关系进行探讨。结果表明:在整个调查海域内,秋冬季溶解氧呈现由外湾向内湾,由南向北逐渐递增的分布趋势;春季溶解氧则呈现由外湾向内湾逐渐递减的分布趋势,站位之间变化幅度较大(4.49～7.71mg/L);夏季内湾和外湾海水中溶解氧的含量较为平均,各站位之间变化幅度较小(5.93～6.99mg/L)。表层海水溶解氧平均含量(6.60mg/L)稍高于底层海水(6.33mg/L)。秋冬季溶解氧的平均含量(7.40mg/L、7.85mg/L)普遍高于春夏(6.26mg/L、6.46mg/L)两个季度,站位7底在四个季度中溶解氧均处于低值区。随着水温升高,氧的溶解度降低,随着盐度升高,溶解氧含量也有下降趋势,冬季和春季的线性关系较为显著。DO和COD随季节变化的规律一致,与TOC的季节变化规律相反。溶解氧与叶绿素a在冬季呈现极显著正相关。春季次之,夏秋两季两者之间不存在相关性。