安徽省生物多样性调查与评价——以县域为评价单元

生物多样性是生物及其与环境形成的生态复合体以及与此相关的各种生态过程的总和,包括数以百万计的动物、植物、微生物和它们所拥有的基因以及它们与其生存环境形成的复杂的生态系统。本文构建了一个生物多样性评价指标体系,遴选了10个评价指标,确立了生物多样性评价的方法,并以安徽省为例,以县域为评价单元,开展了生物多样性综合评价,评价结果显示,安徽省79个县域单元中,生物多样性评价等级为"高"的有2个,评价等级为"中"的有19个,评价等级为"一般"的有27个,评价等级为"差"的有31个。     

基于eDNA的硅藻群落时空异质性及生态健康评价

近年来,环境DNA技术广泛应用于水生态生物多样性监测,如何基于环境DNA数据建立河流生态健康评价方法是当前研究的热点.拟开发基于环境DNA的分子硅藻指数来指示人类活动影响下的河流生态健康状况.首先通过环境DNA技术监测了沙颍河流域春秋两季硅藻群落组成和结构变化,解析了春、秋两季群落的驱动环境因子;进一步比较了4种基于环境DNA宏条形码数据的计算策略(OTU-分类、OTU-无分类、ASV-分类和ASV-无分类),构建了适合于评估沙颍河流域生态健康状况的分子硅藻指数.结果表明:①硅藻群落结构存在季节性差异,其中Discostella pseudostelligera、Nitzschia amphibia和Diatoma vulgaris等类群是区分春、秋季硅藻群落季节差异的主要因素;②重金属Mn、Fe和TN (总氮)是影响春季硅藻群落结构变化的主要环境因子,COD和Cu是影响秋季硅藻群落结构变化的主要环境因子;③在4种计算策略中,基于OTU-无分类数据计算的硅藻指数更好地反映了环境梯度变化;硅藻指数显示,沙颍河流域生态健康状况在时间上秋季优于春季,而在空间上上游优于下游.综上,通过eDNA技术监测了沙颍河春、秋两季硅藻群落,构建了沙颍河流域分子硅藻指数,促进了环境DNA技术在河流生态健康评价中的应用.     

Governance of seed and food security through participatory plant breeding: Empirical evidence and gender analysis from Syria

This paper presents the findings of a study on the governance of seed conducted in the framework of a participatory plant breeding (PPB) programme, based on a multi‐year inquiry with a panel of ten Syrian households. The study assessed the interactions between governance regimes regulating the rights to access and control genetic resources at international and national level, compared to the actual ability of the respondent women farmers to access and control the seed of varieties they co‐developed with the PPB programme. The paper argues that gender equal access to seed can “optimally” contribute to enhancing household food security in small scale farming. The paper also argues that to support a gender‐equal access to seed in the respondent households legislation needs to explicitly protect the rights of women farmers to access and share the benefits of genetic material and draw from empirical evidence of the actual access to and control of seed at ground level.     

Can environmental compensation contribute to socially equitable conservation? The case of an ecological fiscal transfer in the Brazilian Atlantic forest

ABSTRACT

Regions of high biodiversity often coincide with regions of poverty and conservation can imply economic and social costs for poor resident populations. Environmental compensation is considered a tool to reduce socio-environmental conflict, improve the equity of conservation and promote sustainable development. The intricacies of specific socio-ecological systems may determine how compensation payments are interpreted locally to produce outcomes. This research examines the social perceptions of an ecological fiscal transfer which intends to compensate the local public administration for the substantial costs of conservation in a hotspot of biological and social diversity in the Brazilian Atlantic forest. In this context we explore whether financial compensation (1) influences local perceptions of the conservation regime, (2) contributes towards the reconciliation of human-conservation conflicts and (3) triggers any meaningful socio-economic improvement that would counter the local costs of conservation. Results show that environmental compensation is not widely recognised as effectively benefiting the community. Local authorities consider compensation insufficient to enact a sustainable development agenda. Environmental compensation could play an important role in a policy mix for socially equitable conservation by being explicitly linked to community benefits, especially to fostering local livelihoods. The collaboration of actors operating across multiple governance levels may improve the institutional capacity of local actors to produce effective outcomes.     

Growth of non-English-language literature on biodiversity conservation

English is widely recognized as the language of science, and English-language publications (ELPs) are rapidly increasing. It is often assumed that the number of non-ELPs is decreasing. This assumption contributes to the underuse of non-ELPs in conservation science, practice, and policy, especially at the international level. However, the number of conservation articles published in different languages is poorly documented. Using local and international search systems, we searched for scientific articles on biodiversity conservation published from 1980 to 2018 in English and 15 non-English languages. We compared the growth rate in publications across languages. In 12 of the 15 non-English languages, published conservation articles significantly increased every year over the past 39 years, at a rate similar to English-language articles. The other three languages showed contrasting results, depending on the search system. Since the 1990s, conservation science articles in most languages increased exponentially. The variation in the number of non-English-language articles identified among the search systems differed markedly (e.g., for simplified Chinese, 11,148 articles returned with local search system and 803 with Scopus). Google Scholar and local literature search systems returned the most articles for 11 and 4 non-English languages, respectively. However, the proportion of peer-reviewed conservation articles published in non-English languages was highest in Scopus, followed by Web of Science and local search systems, and lowest in Google Scholar. About 20% of the sampled non-English-language articles provided no title or abstract in English; thus, in theory, they were undiscoverable with English keywords. Possible reasons for this include language barriers and the need to disseminate research in countries where English is not widely spoken. Given the known biases in statistical methods and study characteristics between English- and non-English-language studies, non-English-language articles will continue to play an important role in improving the understanding of biodiversity and its conservation.     

张家界国家森林公园不同土壤类型土壤动物群落的初步调查研究

2000年8月对湖南省张家界国家森林公园森林土壤进行了土壤动物调查，获各类动物1972个，分隶属于4门8纲24目，其中螨类和弹尾类为优势类群，双翅目和膜翅目为常见类群。初步研究表明，森林旅游对土壤动物类群和个体数目都有较大的影响。     

农业生态系统中杂草资源的可持续利用

杂草是农业生态系统中对农作物的生长和产量产生重要影响的伴生植物。杂草具有耐不良环境、生长快、繁殖力强等优良特性,是重要的生物资源。可利用杂草的优良基因作为农作物遗传改良的基因供体,利用其有用成分开发中医药,利用植物他感效应进行害虫生物防治,可开发成观赏植物,可作为先锋物种进行生态恢复、改良环境、促进养分循环、保护土壤微生物等。杂草的化学防除是导致杂草资源丧失的重要因素,寻找既利于杂草资源保护又不影响农作物生长的防除途径、杂草资源数据库的创建、杂草资源有益基因的发掘和开发利用,是杂草科学今后应加强的研究方向。     

三峡水库初期蓄水对消落带植被及物种多样性的影响

通过对173 m蓄水后三峡水库消落带内植物群落的调查,运用CCA法对消落带植物群落进行排序,研究了消落带植物群落特征和物种多样性格局,分析了消落带植被的变化及其环境解释。结果表明:三峡库区消落带共记录58科175种植物。狗尾草、马唐、小蓬草、狼杷草、稗、酸模叶蓼、苍耳、双穗雀稗、狗牙根等为优势种。一年生植物为消落带优势生活型。共记录54个群落类型,其中灌丛群落5个,草本植物群落49个。CCA排序表明,三峡水库消落带植物主要分布在坡度平缓、底质较细、高程较高的消落带上部区域。在消落带内,物种多样性和一年生植物比例随高程上升而增加。消落带植物组成特征和物种多样性格局与水淹干扰强度在空间上的变化一致。长期的冬季水淹、剧烈的水位变动以及退水季节的高温伏旱等环境因素是影响消落带植被组成的重要因素。     

城市湿地水生植物对附生轮虫多样性的影响

于2021年6~10月对海珠湿地连通水系水区及三类水生植物体表附生的轮虫群落结构开展研究,分析水生植物附生轮虫多样性及群落动态特征.研究期间共记录轮虫70种,其中水生植物水区最多,记录47种.水生植物均有大量轮虫附生,变化范围在108~5826ind./gdw之间,且附生轮虫丰度呈现沉水植物>浮叶植物>挺水植物的变化趋势.水生植物附生群落、无植物水区和水生植物栽培区3种生境轮虫群落物种组成差异明显.水生植物附生群落中游动能力较弱的腔轮虫、镜轮虫、鞍甲轮虫等敏感类群占据优势,而无水生植物区和水生植物水区群落中以游泳能力较强的多肢轮属、龟纹轮属和臂尾轮属等耐污类群占据优势.3类型水生植物附生轮虫群落Shannon-Weiner多样性指数与Pielou’s均匀性指数均显著高于无植物栽培水区(P<0.05).3类水生植物均为轮虫提供了生境支持,有效提高城市湿地生态系统生物多样性.     

若尔盖高原湿地生物多样性保护及其可持续利用

论述了川西北高寒湿地的自然概况及其形成原因,分析该区湿地的主要生物多样性价值,分布有具有世界意义的特有物种（黑颈鹤）和珍稀濒危物种,并且还分布有许多具有重要经济意义和具有科学研究价值的物种,但近几年来,人类活动的频繁干扰,如泥炭开采、过度放牧而破坏植被,再加上本区气候因素的特殊性,局部地区已引起沙化,使本区的生物多样性减少。由此而提出相应的生物多样性保护和可持续利用对策：协调人类活动与生物多样性保护的关系；严控载畜量,发展人工草场；发挥本地优势,利用泥炭治沙；建立湿地自然保护区；加强湿地立法