On bio-diversity, complexity of M-CSF and its receptor

With the development of science, the methods and the views or scientitic researcn changed from analyses to syntheses. Recently, more attention has been paid to bio-diversity and complexity. According to the study on M-CSF and its receptor for years, the author suggests that, the multi-level of bio-diversity also appears at the bio-macromolecular level. Probability of bio-diversity is one of the bases for bio-complexity. Cellular sociology and topobiology are important aspects in bio-complexity, and should be developed. If taking Chinese traditional medicine together with the advantage from Reductionism, joining the study on complexity, Chinese scientist would make a chair in the international scientific society.

Age-Structure and Dynamic of Dominant Population of Castanopsis carlesii Community in Dujiangyan City, Sichuan, China

It analyses the Castanopsis carlesii, Camellia oleifera and Symplocos launnapopulations' status and role in the Castanopsis carlesii community basing on the study on thedominant population size structure, survival curve and dynamic. It reveals the Castanopsis carlesipopulation acts as a main role in the community which maintains the stabilization and renovation ofthe community. The populations of Camellia oleifera and Symplocos laurina act as a secondaryposition. The development and succession dynamics of dominant populations is also discussed. Themanagement method is preliminary drawn out which offers a theoretical basis for the evergreenbroad-leaved forest restoration and reconstruction in the lower hilly of the west edge of theSichuan basin.

Sequestration and Carbon Storage Potential of Tropical Forest Reserve and Tree Species Located within Benue State of Nigeria

Carbon sequestration potential of tree species within forest reserves and other sites in Makurdi Benue state of Nigeria was investigated using non-destructive Walkley-Black technique. The result indicates that P. americana has the highest CO2 sequestration potential (125,916.7 kg), while T. grandis (10.4 kg) and D. regia (26.1 kg) were the least. The study also shows that trees (T. grandis, S. actinophylla and P. americana) with thick vegetation, broad and clustered leaves were found to be better CO2 sequesters. The relationship between the tree height and amount of CO2 sequestered gave a regression equation of y = 67898x + 9509 with R2 = 0.266, indicating insignificant variations existing between tree height and CO2 sequestration at P > 0.05. Variations however existed between tree dominance and CO2 sequestration among trees investigated. This finding strategically positions Benue tropical forest in line for carbon credit financing while substantiating the importance of preserving our indigenous forest and tree species.

A Study on Forest Species Diversity and Its Ecological Service Function in the Plateau Area of Western Sichuan

This paper presents a study on species diversity and its ecological service function in the plateau area in western Sichuan. The results show that species diversity in the plantations on the cutover land has a tendency to increase and that its ecological service function is to be improved with stand age growing. The species diversity in forest communities is also gradually increased on different succession stage till reaching a climax level. But the species diversity in the climax community is slightly decreased before it reaches a relatively constant status. Ecological service function of diversity is gradually strengthened with the progress of succession. In addition, species diversity in a stand in a similar site and at a same age differs among forest types. Species diversity index within a coniferous and broad-leaved mixed forest is larger than that within a coniferous forest. Meanwhile, species diversity enriches as the tree density increases.

Study on Biodiversity Conservation of Wetlands around the Chaohu Lake

There are many types of wetlands around the Chaohu Lake,and wetland biodiversity is rich. The protection of wetland biodiversity is of great significance for regional sustainable development. In this paper,the wetlands around the Chaohu Lake are taken as the research objects. Based on the investigation and analysis of the biodiversity in the wetlands,combing the threats to the biodiversity of the wetland around the Chaohu Lake at the present stage,the biodiversity protection countermeasures of the wetlands around the Chaohu Lake are put forward.

Beyond neutrality:adding habitat filtering to neutral models

Background:Understanding the processes that structure species is one of the primary focuses in community ecology.Hubbell’s neutral model shows stochastic processes alone can describe the two macro-ecological patterns,species richness and species-area relationship,of the community.Although Hubbell’s neutral model can explain the macro-ecological patterns of the species at large scales,it paid less attention to construct the spatial structure of the community.Previous studies suggest that such spatial structures are mostly due to habitat filtering processes work at the intermediate spatial scales.Therefore,Hubbell’s neutral model does not explain the full picture of the community structuring due to its fully stochastic nature.Results:In this study,we proposed a two-schema model that has the habitat filtering component and the stochastic component to construct the species assemblages seen in the community level.The proposed model uses one additional parameter(i.e.number of individuals in habitat)in addition to Hubbell’s three-parameter neutral model(i.e.fundamental bio-diversity number(θ),dispersal limitation(m)and speciation(v)).The proposed model works at two spatial scales:habitat filtering at the intermediate scales and stochastic processes at the large and very small spatial scales.The model coupled the local community dynamics with the meta-community dynamics.The local community has a fixed area with carrying capacity that is proportional to the local community size.The number of habitats in the proposed model can vary.Individuals are placed into habitats with probabilities according to the habitat suitability.Species richness and species composition in each habitat were calculated.The model is fitted for differentθvalues,m values,and a different number of habitats.Conclusions:We assume that habitat filtering plays an important role together with stochastic processes to structure species in forests.Therefore,the proposed model with only four parameters can explain a large proportion of the species structuring of the communities.We found that more species can be maintained in a heterogeneous environment than a uniform environment.Therefore,habitat conservation is highly important for maintaining species diversity in forest communities.