旅游对保护区物种多样性的影响

采用典型地段取样的方法 ,对河南龙池曼自然保护区旅游步道沿线的群落物种组成、物种种数、物种个体数、高度、盖度、频度进行了调查、采样 ,利用α 多样性指数 ,分析了旅游对物种多样性的影响 .结果表明 :旅游加大了环境异质化过程 ,使群落结构简化 ,物种组成减少 ,群落的α 多样性指数。

Benthic harpacticoid copepods of Jiaozhou Bay, Qingdao

The species richness of benthic harpacticoid copepod fauna in Jiaozhou Bay,Qingdao,on the southern coast of Shandong Peninsula,has not been comprehensively studied.We present a preliminary inventory of species for this region based on material found in nine sediment samples collected from 2011to 2012.Our list includes 15 species belonging to 15 genera in 9 families,the most speciose family was the Miraciidae Dana,1846(seven species);all other families were represented by single species only.Sediment characteristics and depth are determined to be important environmental determinants of harpacticoid distribution in this region.We briefl y detail the known distributions of species and provide a key to facilitate their identifi cation.Both harpacticoid species richness and the species/genus ratio in Jiaozhou Bay are lower than in Bohai Gulf and Gwangyang Bay.The poor knowledge of the distribution of benthic harpacticoids,in addition to low sampling ef fort in Jiaozhou Bay,likely contribute to low species richness.

Stability of Mbuna Species Populations in Lake Malawi

The first comprehensive study of abundance, richness and distribution of Mbuna in Lake Malawi was carried out in the 1980s. The present study examined changes of species richness and abundance of Mbuna with time. Most sites demarcated during the 1980s survey were explored in order to determine changes in abundance and composition of Mbuna over a period of more than 20 years Chi-square analysis revealed significant difference （p 〈 0.05） in abundance of Mbuna between 1983 and 2005 with the exception of Chinyankhwazi and Chinyamwezi where the difference was not significant （p 〉 0.05）. Cluster analysis showed changes in species composition between 1983 and 2005 in various sites. Generally, there were more species lost in a given area than new species observed in 2005. Decline in Mbuna species richness might have been caused by siltation, harvesting of Mbuna for food and ornamental fish trade while new species were mostly introduced through translocation from one part of the lake to another.

First record of genera Rutilaria and Trigonium(Bacillariophyta) and 11 diatom taxa(species and varieties) in South China Sea

Diatom taxa in samples collected from the uppermost 1-cm sediment of the South China Sea （SCS） during cruises in 2000, 2001, and 2007 were investigated. Among them, two genera, Rutilaria and Trigoniurn, and 11 marine taxa （species and varieties） were described for the first time in China. The 11 taxa, Rutilaria radiata, Asterolampra grevillei, Biddulphia turrigera, Cocconeis cyclophora var. decora, Cocconeis ocellata, Dictyoneis rnarginata, Entogonia davyana, Tryblionella campechiana, Plagiogramma kinkeri, Plagiogramma nankoorense and Trigonium cf. contumax, were mainly extant species, although Rutilaria radiata and Entogonia davyana are fossils. Available data show that these species are mainly present in the eastern and western Pacific Ocean and the Indian Ocean. A large number of taxa newly recorded in this study were previously reported in the Philippines. The presence of these taxa in both locations is likely a result of seawater exchange in the SCS through the Bashi Channel Taxonomic descriptions, habitats, and distributions of each diatom taxon are provided herein.

Ultra-fast Maize （Zea mays L.） Hybrid Growth Response to Plant Population Density

Current arable land and increasing food demand necessitates the practice of double and multiple cropping systems with inclusion of ultra-fast maize hybrids, which are characterized by smaller size, fewer leaves per plant, lower leaf area and fewer self-shading problems, under irrigation. In this context, a field experiment was conducted for two successive cropping seasons 2008/2009 to 2009/2010 at Kenilworth Experimental Station to evaluate the effect of row spacings and plant density on growth. Three row spacing （0.225, 0.45 and 0.90 m） and five plant densities （5, 7.5, 10, 12.5 and 15 plants m^-2） were used. Treatments were combined in a factorial combination and laid out in a completely randomized design with replications consisting of five single plants randomly selected from each treatment for destructive sampling. Growth factors reacted differently to row spacing by plant density. At crop establishment, growth indicators were not significantly affected by either main effects or a combination thereof. However, at the end of the vegetative phase, almost all growth indicators reached a maximum and were significantly affected by treatment interactions. Growth analysis showed that there was an interaction effect of row spacing by plant density on plant height, dry matter （DM） accumulation, leaf area index （LAI）, crop growth rate （CGR） and net assimilation rate （NAR） of maize. Therefore, the current investigation demonstrated that a row spacing of 0.45 m or 0.90 m with a plant density of 10 plants m^-2 was optimum for the selected ultra-fast maize hybrid under irrigation.

New species of the diaspidid genus Lepidosaphes （Hemiptera： diaspididae） on cypress from Tibet of China

Cypress plays an important role in urban afforestation in Tibet of China, and scale insects are a serious pest group that attack Cypress. In this paper, a new species, Lepidosaphes xizangensis Feng, sp. n. from Tibet, is described. Its damages to cypress trees are recorded. The new species is similar to Lepidosaphes pineti Borchsenius, 1958, with its perivulvar disc pores arranging in eight groups, but can be distinguished from the latter by the following characteristics： （1） gland spines between median lobes longer than median lobes; （2） distance between median lobes similar than width of median lobes; （3） dorsal gland ducts are much more slender. It enriches the diversity of Lepidosaphes fauna of China and adds new information of coccids＇ damages to cypress.

The BPP program for species tree estimation and species delimitation

This paper provides an overview and a tutorial of the BPP program, which is a Bayesian MCMC program for analyzing multi-locus genomic sequence data under the multispecies coalescent model. An example dataset of five nuclear loci from the East Asian brown frogs is used to illustrate four different analyses, including estimation of species divergence times and population size parameters under the multispecies coalescent model on a fixed species phylogeny （A00）, species tree estimation when the assignment and species delimitation are fixed （A01）, species delimitation using a fixed guide tree （A10）, and joint species delimitation and species-tree estimation or unguided species delimitation （A11）. For the joint analysis （A11）, two new priors are introduced, which assign uniform probabilities for the different numbers of delimited species, which may be useful when assignment, species delimitation, and species phylogeny are all inferred in one joint analysis. The paper ends with a discussion of the assumptions, the strengths and weaknesses of the BPP analysis [Current Zoology 61 （5）： 854-865, 2015].

Intrinsic advantages of Cheilomenes sexmaculata over two coexisting Coccinella species （Coleoptera：Coccinellidae）

Development, survival and reproductive performance of coexisting ladybird species, viz. Cheilomenes sexmaculata, Coccinella septempunctata, and Coccinella transversalis, of the tribe Coccinellini were studied and compared to assess their coexistence and ecological relationships. High values of life history parameters, viz. developmental rate,immature survival, fecundity, egg viability, reproductive rate and conversion of efficiency of ingested food were recorded for C. sexmaculata followed by C. transversalis and C.septempunctata suggesting that the former has intrinsic advantages over the latter two species. This could possibly counterbalance its disadvantages, like relatively smaller size and weight, thereby making it competitive. The developmental period increased with increase in body size. Exceptionally high fecundity after single mating has been recorded in C. sexmaculata. The egg viability, however, was lower than in both Coccinella species.

Two-step sampling can produce triphasic species-area relationship

Aims It is important to explore the underlying mechanisms that cause triphasic species–area relationship(triphasic SAR)across different scales in order to understand the spatial patterns of biodiversity.Methods Instead of theory establishment or field data derivation,I adopted a data simulation method that used the power function of SAR to fit log-normal distribution of species abundance.Important Findings The results showed that one-step sampling caused biphasic SAR and n-step sampling could cause 2n-phasic SAR.Practical two-step sampling produced triphasic SAR due to the Preston and Pan effects in large areas.Furthermore,before exploring biological or ecological mechanisms for the nature phenomenon,we should identify or exclude potential mathematical,statistical or sampling reasons.

Combinations of nonstandard finite difference schemes and composition methods with complex time steps for population models

We propose an efficient numerical method for two population models, based on the nonstandard finite difference （NSFD） schemes and composition methods with complex time steps. The NSFD scheme is able to give positive numerical solutions that satisfy the conservation law, which is a key property for biological population models. The accuracy is improved by using the composition methods with complex time steps. Numerical tests on the plankton nutrient model and whooping cough model are presented to show the efficiency and advantage of the proposed numerical method.

An ecological model with the p-Laplacian and diffusion

We study the existence of positive solutions of a population model with diffusion of the form {-△pu=aup-1-f（u）-c/ua,x∈Ω,u=0,x∈Ω where △p denotes the p-Laplacian operator defined by △pz =div（｜z｜P-2z）, p 〉 1, Ω is a bounded domain of RN with smooth boundary, α∈ C （0, 1）, a and e are positive constants. Here f ： [0, ∞） → R is a continuous function. This model arises in the studies of population biology of one species with u representing the concentration of the species. We discuss the existence of positive solution when f satisfies certain additional conditions. We use the method of sub- and super-solutions to establish our results.