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The burrowing and trophic activities of four pika (Ochotona) species proved to be reflected in the horizontal structure of the biogeocenotic cover. Zoophytochores ofOchotona daurica andO. pallasi pricei burrows correspond to previously described ameboid zoophytochores. Burrows of pikas provide for the growth of pea shrubs
(Caragana bungei, C leucophloea), with the formation of specific plant groups under their crowns and on rubble dug out by pikas. In ecosystems of placers,
zoophytochores are formed owing to the presence of pika food stores and lavatories, which are the main substrate for vascular
plants first appearing among the stones. General ecological (and successional) series characterizing the overgrowing of placers
is as follows: (1) separate spots of vegetation with poor floristic composition at the sites of pika food stores (stacklets);
(2) groups of spots and simplest complexes; and (3) complex plant communities of pika colonies. Food stores of pikas in Tuva
were analyzed. 相似文献
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How and when migrants integrate directional information from different sources may depend not only on the bird’s internal
state, including fat stores, but also on the ecological context during passage. We designed experiments to (1) examine the
influence of stored fat on the decision to migrate and on the choice of migratory direction and (2) investigate how the integration
of orientation cue information is tied to energetic status in relation to migration across an ecological barrier. Migratory
orientation of red-eyed vireos (Vireo olivaceus) at twilight was recorded using two different techniques, orientation cage experiments and free-flight release tests, during
both fall and spring migration. During fall migration, the amount of stored fat proved decisive for directional selections
of the vireos. Fat birds chose directions in accordance with migration across the Gulf of Mexico. Lean birds oriented either
parallel to the coast line (cage tests) or moved inland (free-flight releases). Whereas only fat birds showed significant
responses to experimental deflections of the geomagnetic field, lean birds displayed a tendency to shift their activity in
the expected direction, making it difficult to evaluate the prediction that use of the magnetic compass is context dependent.
Fat loads also had a significant effect on the decision to migrate, i.e., fat individuals were more likely to embark on migration
than were lean birds (true for both cage and release experiments). During spring migration, a majority of experimental subjects
were classified as lean, following their arrival after crossing the Gulf of Mexico, and oriented in seasonally appropriate
directions. The vireos also showed significant responses to experimental deflections of the geomagnetic field regardless of
their energetic status. Free-flight release experiments during spring migration revealed a significant difference in mean
directions between clear sky and overcast tests. The difference may indicate a compensatory response to wind drift or possibly
a need for celestial cues to calibrate the magnetic compass. Finally, this is the first demonstration of magnetic compass
orientation in a North American vireo.
Received: 15 December 1995/Accepted after revision: 24 March 1996 相似文献
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Lignite mining and processing has caused a pronounced impact both directly and indirectly on soils and ecosystems across large
areas of the former GDR. We studied soils of pine forest ecosystems at sites affected by severe alkaline dust and sulphur
deposition, stemming from lignite fired power plant emission, and at dumped sites from lignite mining. In this paper we summarize
our main results and evaluate the long-term impact of lignite mining and combustion on the environment.
The pine ecosystems on naturally developed soils show a clear effect of deposition history along a former deposition gradient
with distinct changes in chemical properties of organic surface layers and mineral soil as well as in element turnover and
cycling rates.
Afforested sites on mining dumps are directly affected by the composition of the dumped substrates. Over a large area (800
km2) these substrates are dominated by Tertiary sediments with varying amounts of lignitic particles and pyrite that result in
phytotoxic site conditions (pH < 3, high salt and metal contents). High amelioration doses of liming material (up to 200 t
ha−1) were applied for restoration purposes. We studied the development of these sites over a period of 60 years using a false-time
series approach. Beside the extreme soil conditions, element budgets of these sites are characterized by very high element
release rates over decades caused by pyrite oxidation and primary mineral weathering. 相似文献
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The CORINE land cover database for Ireland (in ARC/INFO) is used to estimate the amount of carbon stored (tonnes) by each land-cover (vegetation) type. Carbon store is the area of each CORINE land-cover type multiplied by its carbon density (t C ha−1). Derivations of these carbon densities are described and limitations of data and other empirical evidence discussed. The total vegetation-carbon stores are calculated for Northern Ireland (3·81 Mt), the Republic of Ireland (19·27 Mt) and Ireland (23·08 Mt). Carbon densities are grouped into classes and their distributions across Ireland are mapped. The vegetation-carbon store is taken to include stems, branches, foliage and roots. It does not include litter, microbial biomass and organic carbon in the soil. Forests store 49% of the vegetation carbon on less than 5% of the total CORINE land area, with a further 22% in other semi-natural vegetation. In contrast, pastures account for 56% of the land-cover area, but only 19% of the carbon store. High carbon densities are found in the west and in uplands, reflecting the distribution of forests and semi-natural vegetation, particularly peatland and moors. The inventory of vegetation-carbon stores is an important first step in attempts to monitor changes in carbon sequestration from, and emissions to, the atmosphere by terrestrial vegetation. Greenhouse gas fluxes, including CO2, and climate warming are global issues which require responses by all countries. Inventories of carbon stores and fluxes therefore need to be comparable between countries so that agreed reductions can be targetted. CORINE land-cover data are available for 19 European Union and adjacent countries and could be used to provide an inventory of carbon stores, and through updating of CORINE, changes in those stores. Commonality in determining the carbon densities of CORINE classes would be required. This study exemplifies how that was achieved in two countries using their national data. 相似文献
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