内蒙古荒漠草原生态环境监测区土壤环境监测初报

草原地区，降水的波动性对草本植物的生理机理、生态学机理、演替机理、生物量、载畜量、表层土壤养分含量等生态因子影响很大。本文分析报告了降水的波动性对荒漠草原生态环境监测区及代表类型区等表层土壤养分含量的影响。     

内蒙古自治区荒漠的保护与合理利用

通过对内蒙古地区不同地带，不同类型荒漠及其基本特征分析，找出防止目前荒漠区开发利用中存在的如沙漠化迅速扩展的问题，并提出相应的资源合理利用与保护对策。     

我国南疆荒漠喀什-和田地区的畜牧业特点与发展战略

作者在对该地区进行实地考察的基础上,研究了位于新疆南部荒漠最西部两个地区的自然环境和经济条件后,指出该地区畜牧业的 4个基本特点,概括了该地区畜牧业与生态环境以及牧业生产条件之间的关系。地处内陆,极端干旱,周围高山环绕,绿洲经济与绿洲农业发达,对该地区畜牧业的现状与发展有深刻影响。从而作者提出了该地区发展畜牧业的方向与战略。指出今后应以发展集约化的平原绿洲畜牧业为主体。改革饲养方式,加强饲料生产,提高畜群生产水平,近期商品性生产的发展要与自给性生产的发展相结合。使我国这一特殊类型地区的畜牧业得以顺利发展。     

Odour profile congruity in two closely related desert tenebrionid beetles: Homology as the basis for a cleptoparasitic relationship?

Summary Parastizopus armaticeps andEremostibes opacus are two closely related desert tenebrionids which also live in close association, the former having biparental brood care and the latter cleptoparasitising the brood.E. opacus is unable to discriminate between the conspecific and host odour even in the absence of physical contact. Gas chromatographic analysis of headspace volatiles of resting animals showed almost complete qualitative and quantitative odour congruity between them. Comparison of these odour profiles with those of two other tenebrionids sharing the same ecological niche,Gonopus agrestis andHerpiscius sp. (damaralis?) showed that congruity was independent of common foodplant utilisation. It is also independent of common defensive gland secretions. Parallels between resting odour spectra, defensive secretion spectra and systematic status suggest that the origins of congruity lie in odour homology, by means of which the cleptoparasite was able to exploit its host.     

Role of small mammals in natural and anthropogenic landscapes of the right-bank region of Saratov oblast

Small mammal communities inhabiting natural and anthropogenically transformed areas of the right-bank region of Saratov oblast are fairly similar in species composition. They are represented by wide-spread, common species that, against the background of a low population density of typical steppe species, make a major contribution to the community. The highest ecological tolerance is characteristic of the striped field mouse Apodemus agrarius, which is widespread in the study region and dominates in the majority of natural biotopes and in agrocenoses; the common vole Microtus arvalis is scarce in agrocenoses.     

Valuation of Ecological Resources and Functions

/ Ecological resources are natural resources that provide certain necessary but overlooked system maintenance functions within ecosystems. Environmental economics is in search of an appropriate analysis framework to determine economic values of such resources. This paper presents a framework that estimates and compiles the components of value for a natural ecosystem. The framework begins with the ecological processes involved, which provide functions within the ecosystem and services valued by humans. We discuss the additive or competive nature of these values, and estimate these values through conventional and unconventional techniques. We apply the framework to ecological resources in a shrub-steppe dryland habitat being displaced by development. We first determine which functions and services are mutually exclusive (e.g., farming vs soil stabilization) and which are complementary or products of joint production (e.g., soil stabilization and maintenance of species). We then apply benefit transfer principles with contingent valuation methodology (CVM), travel cost methodology (TCM), and hedonic damage pricing (HDP). Finally, we derive upper-limit values for more difficult-to-value functions through the use of human analogs, which we argue are the most appropriate method of valuation under some circumstances. The highest values of natural shrub-steppe habitat appear to be derived from soil stabilization.KEY WORDS: Natural resource economics; Ecological economics; Ecological resources; Shrub-steppe; Environmental valuation; Cost; Benefit; Value     

长期不同施肥下灰漠土有机磷组分的变化

土壤有机磷是土壤磷素的重要供应源,也是植物吸收磷素的重要来源。对灰漠土16年长期不同施肥条件下,土壤有机磷的四种形态(活性有机磷、中活性有机磷、中稳性有机磷和高稳性有机磷)进行了测定。结果表明,不施磷肥处理(CK、N)土壤有机磷组分有下降趋势,施磷肥处理(NP、NPK和NPKM)可以提高有机磷各组分的含量,但是只有氮磷钾配合有机肥施用效果显著,有机磷总量和中活性有机磷提高了60%左右。不同施磷下灰漠土有机磷组分均以中活性有机磷为主,其占有机磷的比例为80%～90%;四种有机磷含量次序为中活性有机磷>中稳性有机磷>活性有机磷>高稳性有机磷。土壤有机磷组分中,活性和中活性有机磷含量与速效磷的相关性达极显著水平(相关系数分别为0.9403**,0.9894**;n=5),说明土壤活性有机磷和中活性有机磷有效性相对较高,是植物有效磷的主要形态。     

宁夏荒漠草原恢复演替过程中物种多样性与生产力的变化

荒漠草原一直是生态学者关注的焦点。文章以宁夏灵武的荒漠草原区为研究对象,对围栏条件下退化群落的物种多样性、生产力和群落演替及其生态机制进行探讨,为荒漠草原的植被恢复和重建提供理论基础。结果表明:群落生产力除受物种多样性的影响外,也受物种本身特征和环境资源的影响。在荒漠草原中功能群盖度与群落初级生产力无显著的相关关系。荒漠植物群落物种多样性指数在时间尺度上的变化表现为随着围栏时间的延续逐渐增加,而生态优势度变化趋势则相反。在不同年份年降水量直接影响植物群落物种数的多少、丰富度和生产力。     

Cycling of metals in desert soils: effects of Tamarix nilotica and inundation by lake water

Concentrations of Ca, Mg, K, Na, Cu, Zn, Al, Fe and Mn were measured in soils and in Tamarix nilotica from Wadi Allaqi on the shore of Lake Nasser in the Eastern Desert of Egypt. All of the elements were concentrated in the leaves of Tamarix relative to the stems and roots. Leaf:soil concentration ratios, used as an indicator of metal accumulation in the plant, showed high enrichment factors for Na (67.5), K (63.0) and Mg (35.0); of the trace elements measured, Zn had the highest enrichment factor (7.64). Comparison with other desert species suggested that Tamarix was exceptional only in the accumulation of sodium. Periodic inundation of the soil by Lake Nasser caused dilution and dispersion of the accumulated salts.     

新疆生态环境监测指标体系与评价方法探讨

针对新疆荒漠生态 环境的独特 环境特征，以准确、快捷、客观反映荒漠生态环境质量为目的，建立了区域性荒 漠生态环境监测指标体系和评价方法，充分发挥生态监测网络站和各行业监测站的作用，做到信息共享，通过在新疆生态环境监测和质量评价中进行实践，证明所建指标 体系 和评价方法 具有一定的科学性和实用价值。