春甘蓝田小菜蛾及主要捕食性天敌时空生态位

在田间系统调查的基础上,研究了春甘蓝田小菜蛾及主要捕食性天敌的时空生态位。结果表明,小菜蛾的时间生态位宽度较小而空间生态位宽度相对较大,说明小菜蛾种群的发生有高峰期明显和全株为害的特点。小菜蛾的时间动态、空间生态位宽度与种群密度无显著相关性,说明小菜蛾对甘蓝的为害情况比较复杂。田间调查共记录捕食性天敌13种,主要优势种依次为草间钻头蛛、七星瓢虫、血色高亮腹蛛、八斑鞘腹蛛、四点高亮腹蛛和三突花蛛。主要捕食性天敌中,七星瓢虫和三突花蛛与小菜蛾的时空二维生态位重叠度最大,其次为四点高亮腹蛛和血色高亮腹蛛,八斑鞘腹蛛和草间钻头蛛最小。这表明七星瓢虫和三突花蛛对小菜蛾有较好的跟随和潜在控制作用。     

The Distribution of Dragonfly Larvae in a South Carolina Stream: Relationships With Sediment Type,Body Size,and the Presence of Other Larvae

Dragonfly larvae were sampled in Little Creek, Greenville, SC. The distributions of five common species were described relative to sediment type, body size, and the presence of other larvae. In total, 337 quadrats (1 m by 0.5 m) were sampled by kick seine. For each quadrat, the substrate was classified as sand, sand-cobble mix, cobble, coarse, or rock, and water depth and distance from bank were measured. Larvae were identified to species, and the lengths of the body, head, and metafemur were measured. Species were distributed differently across sediment types: sanddragons, Progomphus obscurus (Rambur) (Odonata: Gomphidae), were common in sand; twin-spotted spiketails, Cordulegaster maculata Selys (Odonata: Cordulegastridae), preferred a sand-cobble mix; Maine snaketails, Ophiogomphus mainensis Packard (Odonata: Gomphidae), preferred cobble and coarse sediments; fawn darners, Boyeria vinosa (Say) (Odonata: Aeshnidae), preferred coarse sediments; and Eastern least clubtails, Stylogomphus albistylus (Hagen) (Odonata: Gomphidae), preferred coarse and rock sediments. P. obscurus and C. maculata co-occurred more frequently than expected by chance, as did O. mainensis, B. vinosa, and S. albistylus. Mean size varied among species, and species preferences contributed to differences in mean size across sediment types. There were significant negative associations among larval size classes: small larvae (<12 mm) occurred less frequently with large larvae (>15 mm) than expected by chance, and large larvae were alone in quadrats more frequently than other size classes. Species may select habitats at a large scale based on sediment type and their functional morphology, but small scale distributions are consistent with competitive displacement or intraguild predation.     

宁波地区抛秧晚稻生长前期主要杂草及生态位分析

为明确晚稻生长前期田间主要杂草群落组成及其生态位,预测除草剂作用下农田杂草群落的演变。采用对角线五点取样法对宁波晚稻田杂草群落开展调查。结果表明本地区晚稻田主要杂草种类有稗(Echinochloa crusgalli)、千金子(Leptochloa chinensis)、耳叶水苋(Ammannia arenaria)、异型莎草(Cyperus difformis)、矮慈姑(Sagittaria pygmaea)、李氏禾(Leersia hexandra Swartz)。计算这些杂草的生态位宽度和生态位重叠值,结果表明稗和千金子的时间、水平生态位宽度均在0.90以上,且二者时间和水平生态位重叠值最大(0.9088、0.8261),说明稗和千金子为晚稻生长前期杂草群落中的优势种群。耳叶水苋时间生态位宽度最低(0.4955),但与稗和千金子水平生态位重叠值较高,分别为0.7201和0.6990。说明耳叶水苋出草较迟,但有着较强竞争优势,忽视对耳叶水苋的防治,将使其成为水稻生长后期杂草群落的优势种群。     

利用天敌昆虫治理豚草的研究进展

豚草Ambrosia artemisiifolia L.起源于北美洲,一年生草本植物,靠种子繁殖。豚草在入侵地逃离了天敌等生物因子的制约,种群得以快速发展,并暴发成灾,对人类健康、农牧业生产、生态环境等均造成严重的影响。从20世纪60年代开始,许多国家从原产地寻找天敌,开始豚草生物防治。我国从20世纪80年代,先后从国外引进了5种植食性昆虫,对其生物学、生态学特性及其应用等开展了研究,最终确认豚草条纹叶甲和豚草卷蛾是2种具有应用前景的天敌昆虫。这两种天敌昆虫在野外释放后,仅有豚草卷蛾能在野外成功建立种群,一定程度上延缓了豚草种群的蔓延。随后,2001年,在南京市郊的豚草上发现一种来自北美的广聚萤叶甲,经过寄主专一性测定后,发现其具有严格的寄主专一性。同时,这种叶甲气候适应能力、繁殖力和对豚草控制潜力均较强。在中国,广聚萤叶甲和豚草卷蛾生态位互补的生物防治技术已被提出,并在南方各省市大面积推广应用,取了非常理想的控制效果。然而,广聚萤叶甲尚未能在北方建立种群,这给北方豚草的生物防治带来了许多困难。因此,通过野外创造有利于广聚萤叶甲成虫越冬的人工保护生境,或通过人工冷驯化和筛选获取高产耐寒种群,将有助于这些问题的解决。     

Ontogenetic niche shifts in the American Alligator establish functional connectivity between aquatic systems

Individual animals undergoing ontogenetic shifts in habitat use may establish a mobile link between discrete ecosystems via movement of energy, nutrients and matter, as well as through impacts on ecosystem and habitat structure. The American Alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) is a model species for studying ecological implications of ontogenetic niche shifts, because they grow in size by several orders of magnitude, and they play a critical role as both top predators and ecosystem engineers. We used equal trapping effort, radio telemetry and nest surveys to document ontogenetic habitat shifts of alligators between hydrologically isolated, seasonal wetlands and riverine systems. To estimate the degree of functional connectivity between systems, we quantified alligator biomass and nutrient excretion in both systems. Seasonal wetlands provided nesting and nursery sites for adult females and juveniles, which constituted 0.78 g/m² biomass and excreted 0.05 g/m²/yr N, P, Ca, Mg, Na and K in that system. In contrast, the riverine system provided non-nesting habitat for adults and sub-adults of both sexes, totaling 0.18 g/m² biomass and excreting 0.01 g/m²/yr of nutrients. Furthermore, sub-adults and adult females were documented moving across the terrestrial matrix, while adult males spent the duration of the study in the creek. Our results demonstrated that ontogenetic niche shifts in alligators establish connectivity between seasonal wetlands and riverine systems and with the surrounding terrestrial matrix. These findings have implications for the definition of jurisdictional wetlands under the US Supreme Court’s 2001 SWANCC decision and highlight the importance of ecological, as well as hydrological, connectivity.     

石羊河上游退化草地植物功能群生态位分异特征——以阿尔泰狗哇花型草地为例

采用时空转换方式,以石羊河上游高山草地阿尔泰狗哇花Heteropappus altaicus型退化草地及其原生群落为研究对象,以其主要功能群结构特征调查为基础,研究各功能群生态位季节动态特征。结果表明：该区生态位季节动态变化趋势同功能群类别有关,与功能群所处的演替阶段无关;功能群生态位数量特征变化的绝对数量及相对数量受到其所处的演替阶段影响,表现为随季节的推移禾本科功能群生态位宽度上升,其上升相对值为退化样地（120.8%）高于原生群落（65.5%）;而杂类草下降,其下降相对值差异较小,依次为51.38%和66.34%。随季节的推移禾本科-杂类草生态位重叠度升高,且升高的幅度为退化样地(113.3%)略低于原生群落(119.4%),就升高的绝对值而言,原生群落各观测时期均低于退化草地;杂类草-禾本科生态位重叠度则逐渐降低,其相对数量在退化样地与原生群落中依次下降53.0%和54.9%。其中退化草地禾本科、杂类草生态位重叠度在7月中旬存在一个拐点,其前期禾本科-杂类草组对低于杂类草-禾本科组对,而后期刚好相反。造成上述现象的原因可能与功能群生长特性和放牧干扰共同作用有关。返青较早的禾本科功能群早期生长受到放牧干扰的影响,为返青较迟的杂类草生长提供较大的资源空间,从而使得杂类草功能群在“植被空隙中进行季节更新”,进而改变了原群落的功能群结构。阿尔泰狗哇花型退化草地是植物群落退化演替过程中的关键阶段,如果加以适当的管理,草原退化将得到一定程度的改善;如果不加以保护,草地继续退化后的不可预知风险将提高。     

麦田害虫与天敌群落动态变化研究

2008年3月15日至5月29日系统调查了冬小麦田害虫与天敌的种群数量动态,并利用相对丰富度、优势度指数、优势集中性指数、多样性指数和均匀度分析了害虫与天敌群落动态变化及时间生态位。结果表明:麦田昆虫群落组成较为丰富,由11目39科59种昆虫组成;优势种为麦长管蚜(Macrosiphum avenae)、麦圆叶爪螨(Penthaleus major)、龟纹瓢虫(Propylea japonica)和麦蚜茧蜂(Ephedrus plagiator)。群落的总个体数和丰富度随调查时间而变化;多样性指数与均匀度指数在小麦生长前期较低,中期和后期较高,两者变化规律基本一致,而优势集中性指数变化趋势与其相反。在害虫种群中以棉铃虫(Helicoverpa armigera)种内竞争最为激烈,条斑叶蝉(Psammotettix striatus)的竞争最缓和;棉铃虫与麦长管蚜种间竞争最强,其次为麦圆叶爪螨与小麦叶蜂(Dolerus tritici)。在天敌种群中以七星瓢虫(Coccinella septempunctata)种内竞争最为激烈,麦蚜茧蜂的种内竞争最为缓和;龟纹瓢虫分别与七星瓢虫和异色瓢虫(Leis axyridis)在时间维度上的竞争较为激烈,而麦蚜茧蜂分别与龟纹瓢虫、七星瓢虫和异色瓢虫的竞争比较缓和。从害虫种群与天敌种群之间的重叠值看,异色瓢虫和七星瓢虫对棉铃虫的控制作用较强,而麦蚜茧蜂和龟纹瓢虫则对麦田主要害虫麦长管蚜、条斑叶蝉和小麦潜叶蝇(Phytomyza nigra)等的跟随和控制作用均较强。     

芒果炭疽病生态位研究

以叶片和果实病情指数为依据,研究了海南省7个芒果品种的炭疽痛生态位.结果表明,芒果炭疽病对叶片和果实的侵染效应差别较小,对时间、空间和营养3资源的利用程度不尽相同.时间生态位宽度指数(平均值)分别为0.117 7和0.263 9,说明芒果炭疽病在时间维上的利用程度小,其发生和发展具有条件性;空间生态位宽度指数(平均值)为0.704 7和0.904 0,病菌能够充分利用各空问资源;营养生态宽度指数为0.666 2和0.579 6.说明病菌可以侵染各品种,但品种间的抗病性有较明显差异,台农1号抗病性较强,红芒6号、凯特和白玉较易感病.     

果园植被对芒果炭疽病生态位的影响

通过果园植被对芒果炭疽病的时间、空间、营养生态位的影响研究,结果表明,常规管理区和生草区芒果炭疽病的时间生态位宽度指数平均值分别为0.1763和0.2350,空间生态位宽度指数平均值分别为0.8557、0.9483,营养生态位宽度指数分别为0.8741、0.7716.说明杂草能扩张芒果炭疽病的时空生态位宽度.但却压缩了营养生态位宽度,对生草植被进行合理化管理可能在一定程度上影响芒果炭疽病菌的生存与繁衍,降低危害水平.     

上海地区几种杂草的生态位分析

采用Levins公式和王刚生态位重叠计测方法,分别从群落梯度和土壤水分维、土壤盐分维、土壤酸碱度维、有机质维等4个单一生态因子对上海地区7种杂草生态位分化进行了定量分析。结果表明：（1）在群落梯度上,生态位大小依次为牛繁缕〉齿果酸模〉蛇莓〉香附子〉狗牙根〉马兰〉蒲公英。（2）牛繁缕在土壤水分、土壤盐分、土壤酸碱度、有机质维上的生态位分别为0．5274、0．6039、0．3620和0．7325,齿果酸模在这4维上分别为0．3320、0．3083、0．5103和0．5353。生态位宽度研究表明：牛繁缕和齿果酸模处于优势种地位,其余属于伴生种。（3）每个物种在群落梯度上的生态位宽度基本大于在上述4个资源轴上的平均生态位。（4）牛繁缕与齿果酸模在土壤盐分维上的生态位重叠最大（0．4203）．表明这2个优势种在利用土壤盐分方面有相似的特性。