施肥对青海省山地草原类草场地上生物量的影响

在青海省山地草原类草场进行了施肥试验,以确定不同施肥时期、不同施肥量组合对天然草地牧草鲜重的影响。结果表明,施肥可大幅度提高牧草产量,且因施肥量及施肥时期的不同,牧草产量差异大。施肥时间和施肥量间存在着交互作用,两者共同作用于牧草产量。施肥时间选择在6月25日,较其后的3个时期牧草鲜重分别增产20.71%、25.44%、27.28%;随着施肥时间的推后,牧草鲜重呈现持续下降趋势;3个不同施肥量处理的牧草鲜重分别比不施肥增产80.97%、86.26%和79.78%,施肥量在0~600 kg/hm2区间内,牧草鲜重变化呈抛物线型。通过综合比较分析,青藏高原山地草原类草场施氮肥时应选择在6月中下旬,施肥量应控制在420~600 kg/hm2之间。     

高寒草甸土壤微生物群落功能多样性对广布弓背蚁蚁丘扰动的响应

为了解蚂蚁在高寒草甸生态系统中的功能和作用,评估和认识高寒草甸生态系统的健康状况和稳定性,利用Biolog-ECO生态板法对蚁丘干扰后高寒草甸土壤理化性质以及土壤微生物功能多样性进行研究分析,结果表明,1)蚁丘扰动后0~10 cm土层土壤有机质、全氮、速效氮、速效磷、速效钾含量均显著高于蚁丘10~20 cm土层(P<0.05),而蚁丘扰动与土层深度的交互作用对理化性质均无显著影响(P>0.05);2)蚁丘干扰后高寒草甸土壤微生物多样性指数(Shannon-Weiner指数、Pielou指数、McIntosh指数和底物碳源利用数)有所增加;3)主成分分析表明蚁丘干扰对土壤微生物功能多样性产生了影响,改变了微生物代谢功能特征,土壤微生物利用的主要碳源是碳水化合物、氨基酸类和羧酸类;4)冗余分析表明土壤养分影响土壤微生物碳源代谢特征和功能。因此,由于蚂蚁的挖掘活动、有机质的累积等改变了蚁丘土壤微环境,进而改变了土壤微生物的碳源利用类型和代谢功能。     

抗重金属植物根际细菌的植物促生长特征以及它们对黑芥种子萌发的影响

Phytoremediation is an emerging technology that uses plants and their associated microbes to clean up pollutants from the soil, water, and air. In order to select the plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria(PGPR) for phytoremediation of heavy metal contamination, 60 bacterial strains were isolated from the rhizosphere of two endemic plants, Prosopis laevigata and Spharealcea angustifolia, in a heavy metal-contaminated zone in Mexico. These rhizobacterial strains were characterized for the growth at different pH and salinity, extracellular enzyme production, solubilization of phosphate, heavy metal resistance, and plant growth-promoting(PGP) traits, including production of siderophores and indol-3-acetic acid(IAA). Overall, the obtained rhizobacteria presented multiple PGP traits. These rhizobacteria were also resistant to high levels of heavy metals(including As as a metalloid)(up to 480 mmol L(-1)As(V), 24 mmol L(-1)Pb(Ⅱ), 21 mmol L(-1)Cu(Ⅱ), and 4.5 mmol L(-1)Zn(Ⅱ)). Seven rhizobacterial strains with the best PGP traits were identified as members of Alcaligenes, Bacillus, Curtobacterium, and Microbacterium, and were selected for further bioassay.The inoculation of Brassica nigra seeds with Microbacterium sp. CE3R2, Microbacterium sp. NE1R5, Curtobacterium sp. NM1R1,and Microbacterium sp. NM3E9 facilitated the root development; they significantly improved the B. nigra seed germination and root growth in the presence of heavy metals such as 2.2 mmol L(-1)Zn(Ⅱ). The rhizobacterial strains isolated in the present study had the potential to be used as efficient bioinoculants in phytorremediation of soils contaminated with multiple heavy metals.     

有机物-金属相互作用对重金属负载土柱中粘土矿物吸附剂再生的影响

Natural clay minerals can play an important role in crude remediation of wastewater polluted with the heavy metals (HMs) Cu,Zn and Ni.The presence and timing of addition of natural dissolved organic matter (DOM) have a significant effect on the HM removal by clay mineral sorbents.However,the influence of the presence of DOM on the remediation of the used clay mineral sorbents once saturated with HMs is largely unknown.To resolve this,clay mineral-rich soil column of varying composition,loaded (i) with Cu,Zn and Ni only,(ii) first with DOM followed by Cu,Zn and Ni,or (iii) with DOM,Cu,Zn and Ni simultaneously,was used in a set of desorption experiments.The soil columns were leached with 0.001 mol L-1 CaCl2 dissolved in water as control eluent and 0.001 mol L-1 CaCl2 dissolved in DOM as treatment eluent.During the preceding loading phase of the sorbent,the timing of DOM addition (sequential or concurrent with HMs) was found to have a significant influence on the subsequent removal of the HMs.In particular when the column was loaded with DOM and HMs simultaneously,largely irreversible co-precipitation took place.Our results indicate that the regeneration potential of clay mineral sorbents in wastewater treatment will be significantly reduced when the treated water is rich in DOM.In contrast,in manured agricultural fields (where HMs enter together with DOM),HM mobility will be lower than expected from interaction dynamics of HMs and clay minerals.     

影响青海细毛羊早期性状非遗传因素的研究

以年度(YEAR)、场(HERD)、性别(SEX)、母亲年龄(DAGE)作为固定效应,应用方差分析方法,系统分析了2005～2010年间青海细毛羊早期性能记录。结果显示,年度、场对青海细毛羊早期性状均有显著影响,母羊年龄对初生重、断奶重、周岁剪毛前体重有显著影响,性别对初生重,断奶重,周岁剪毛前体重、周岁产毛量、羊毛长度、羊毛细度影响显著;所有性状均随母亲年龄的增加呈上升趋势,研究结果将为优化群体周转结构,建立青海细毛羊早期生产性状遗传评价模型提供科学依据,最终为该品种羊的早期选种奠定基础。     

青藏高原高寒草甸草地NPK施肥组合研究

采用三因子二次正交旋转组合回归设计,以N、P和K3种肥料为因子,在青海省玉树州高寒草地进行施肥试验。结果表明,缺乏N和P的高寒退化草地,不缺K,3个施肥因素对牧草产量的影响顺序为NPK,草地牧草产量(Y,kg/hm2)可用其与N(kg/hm2)和P(kg/hm2)间的二元二次方程Y鲜重=11 027+742 N+728 P-2 540 N2-624 P2-1 055 NP和Y干重=3 706+243 N+232 P-716 N2-201 P2-306 NP很好地估测;牧草产量较优施肥组合为251.80 kg N/hm2+131.82 kg P/hm2和269.69 kg N/hm2+119.36 kg P/hm2。     

Roles of bootstrap resampling,measure of central tendency,and method for calculating thermal units when developing phenology models for pest management

The successful development of phenology models from field studies depends on many factors, some of which are entirely under the control of pest managers. For example, one such factor is the choice of method for calculating thermal units. In this study, we have demonstrated that four methods for calculating thermal units provided for acceptable predictions of one phenological event of one insect species, while another method for calculating thermal units did not. The measure of central tendency (mean or median) that is used to estimate lower developmental temperatures and required thermal summations is another factor that pest managers can control when developing phenology models from field studies. Here, we show that predictions that were made when using phenology models based on median lower developmental temperatures and median required thermal summations were superior to predictions that were made when using phenology models based on mean lower developmental temperatures and mean required thermal summations. The use of bootstrap vs. non-bootstrap estimates of lower developmental temperatures and required thermal summations is yet another factor that pest managers can control when developing phenology models from field studies. In this study, we found that calculating and using bootstrap estimates of lower developmental temperatures and required thermal summations in phenology models did not improve the predictions of one phenological event for one insect species. The implications of these and other findings are discussed.     

Resting metabolic rates increase with elevation in a mountain‐dwelling lizard

Individuals that inhabit broad elevational ranges may experience unique environmental challenges. Because temperature decreases with increased elevation, the ectotherms living at high elevations have to manage limited activity time and high thermoregulatory effort. The resting metabolic rate (RMR) of a postabsorptive animal is related to its total energy requirements as well as many other fitness traits. Mesquite lizards (Sceloporus grammicus) living on La Malinche Volcano, Mexico, inhabit a wide elevational range with some populations apparently thriving above the tree line. We measured the RMR of lizards from different elevations (i.e., 2,600, 3,200, and 4,100 m) at four ecologically relevant temperatures (i.e., 15, 25, 30, and 35 °C) and found that RMR of mesquite lizards increased with temperature and body mass. More importantly, lizards from the high‐elevation population had mass specific RMR that was higher at all temperatures. While the higher RMRs of high‐elevation populations imply higher metabolic costs at a given temperature these lizards were also smaller. Both of these traits may allow these high elevation populations to thrive in the face of the thermal challenges imposed by their environment.