Impact of Honey Bee Migratory Management on Pathogen Loads and Immune Gene Expression is Affected by Complex Interactions With Environment,Worker Life History,and Season

The effects of honey bee management, such as intensive migratory beekeeping, are part of the ongoing debate concerning causes of colony health problems. Even though comparisons of disease and pathogen loads among differently managed colonies indicate some effects, the direct impact of migratory practices on honey bee pathogens is poorly understood. To test long- and short-term impacts of managed migration on pathogen loads and immunity, experimental honey bee colonies were maintained with or without migratory movement. Individuals that experienced migration as juveniles (e.g., larval and pupal development), as adults, or both were compared to control colonies that remained stationary and therefore did not experience migratory relocation. Samples at different ages and life-history stages (hive bees or foragers), taken at the beginning and end of the active season, were analyzed for pathogen loads and physiological markers of health. Bees exposed to migratory management during adulthood had increased levels of the AKI virus complex (Acute bee paralysis, Kashmir bee, and Israeli acute bee paralysis viruses) and decreased levels of antiviral gene expression (dicer-like). However, those in stationary management as adults had elevated gut parasites (i.e. trypanosomes). Effects of environment during juvenile development were more complex and interacted with life-history stage and season. Age at collection, life-history stage, and season all influenced numerous factors from viral load to immune gene expression. Although the factors that we examined are not independent, the results illuminate potential factors in both migratory and nonmigratory beekeeping that are likely to contribute to colony stress, and also indicate potential mitigation measures.     

青海省民和县土地利用景观生态格局动态分析

为研究青海省民和县近20年景观分布规律及其土地利用程度问题,在GIS技术的支持下,将青海省民和县作为研究对象,选用2000、2010、2020年的全球地表覆盖数据GlobeLand30,基于GlobeLand30分类系统,构建分类体系,并通过土地类型转移矩阵得到20年来研究区各景观类型面积及其变化情况,最后利用Fragstats4景观分析软件选取9个主要景观指标,对民和县的景观格局进行斑块类型和景观水平的对比分析。结果表明：（1）面积增加最多的是人造地表,耕地面积减少最多,耕地转化为人造地表的趋势尤为明显;（2）草地和耕地的破碎化程度最高,湿地破碎化程度较小;（3）土地利用程度指数整体上升,土地利用效果明显。进行景观生态格局动态分析对区域的土地利用规划有重要的作用,可为其生态环境保护提供参考。     

新西兰鹿的福利及实施措施

新西兰鹿业协会为加大鹿及鹿产品在国际市场上的竞争力,积极实施鹿福利制度。文中主要介绍了新西兰在鹿的运输、锯茸及饲养管理等方面所实施的具体福利措施。     

嫩江沙地杨树用材林生产力的研究

通过对嫩江沙地杜蒙和讷河2个区域12个杨树样地标准木调查资料的分析,确定了几种杨树的地上净生产力范围;通过对生物量和生产力构成因素的综合分析初步确定了杨树合理的经营密度,表明林分密度应根据不同的造林目的和立地条件实行动态管理.     

不同整地方式对造林质量的影响

在黑龙江省半干旱地区通过全面整地、开沟整地、穴状整地和不整地对樟子松、云杉、落叶松和银中杨的造林成活率、保存率以及树高和地径生长量影响的试验研究,结果表明:开沟整地可大大提高针叶树的造林成活率和保存率,同时可有效提高樟子松和云杉的林木生长量。     

Trends in natural resource use and prospects for sustainable resource management in Kenya's Arid and Semiarid Lands

This paper describes the environmental problems facing the development of Kenya's Arid and Semiarid lands (ASAL) today. The problems arise because of a rapidly declining resource base in the ASAL as a result of overexploitation and misuse, following basic land use conflicts. The extent of the overutilization or resource damage is not well known and varies a great deal from one agroecological zone to another and from resource to resource in the ASAL; those most affected include: soil, water, range, forest, livestock and wildlife. As a result of increased population growth in the ASAL, these resources are under stress. This paper argues that many of the environmental problems in the ASAL cannot be solved if the development programme does not address the needs of the people who live in the ASAL. There is a need to shift the objective of ASAL development from a preoccupation with economic growth and the idea that the ASAL should make a contribution to GNP through interregional trade and export to sustainable development that enables the communities in the ASAL to support themselves at as good a standard of living as possible. The last part of this paper outlines a strategy to promote such sustainable development.     

Land degradation,stocking rates and conservation policies in the communal rangelands of Botswana and Zimbabwe

Communal rangeland management policies in Botswana and Zimbabwe are based on incorrect technical assumptions about the stability of semiarid rangeland, the nature of rangeland degradation, and the benefits of destocking. Consequently, inappropriate policies, stressing the need to destock and stabilise the rangelands, are pursued. Acknowledgement of the great instability but intrinsic resilience of rangeland would encourage the Governments to more favourably regard the opportunistic stocking strategies of the agro-pastoralists of the Communal Areas. However, degradation of rangelands is occurring, although at varying rates. This justifies the promotion of a ‘tracking strategy’, in which livestock densities are encouraged to follow, more closely that at present, variations in rainfall. The establishment of grazing territories controlled by specific ‘communities’ may be a prerequisite for the promotion of the tracking strategy, and for communal rangeland management and improvement. However, the establishment of such territories must take into account social equity, institutional problems and transaction costs, as well as spatial and temporal variation in rangeland resources.     

福建省粮食生产的耕地利用效应时空分析

根据福建省及其地级市2009—2016年的粮食生产数据,对其粮食生产和耕地利用情况进行时空分析,并采用LMDI模型分解各耕地利用因素对粮食产量的贡献,比较和分析不同耕地利用因素对粮食产量变化的效应,以探究不同区域粮食产量变化的主导因素。结果表明:福建省2009—2016年粮食产量约下降2.4%,其中,粮作比下降8.8%是导致福建省粮食减产的主要因素。2009—2016年,福建省各地级市中仅龙岩和三明2地实现粮食增产。厦门农业劳动力人均耕地面积降幅最大,龙岩和漳州粮食单产增幅明显,泉州农业劳动力数量下降明显,所有地级市的粮作比均有不同程度的下降。结构效应是导致福建省粮食减产的主要因素,影响省内各地级市粮食产量变化的因素则各有不同。     

农村宅基地制度改革与农民增收——基于6个试点县(市、区)面板数据的双重差分分析

以6个农村宅基地制度改革试点县(市、区)的885户农户面板数据为基础,采用倾向评分匹配法和双重差分法,分别以农民年人均收入和农民年人均财产性收入作为被解释变量,分析在固定年份效应和固定农户效应前提下的宅基地制度改革对促进农民增收的影响程度。结果表明:宅基地制度改革能促进农民年人均财产性收入增长,但对促进农民年人均收入增长没有显著影响。因此,要通过农村宅基地制度改革来促进农民增收,需要重点聚焦如何提高农民财产性收入。建议推进城镇化,引进市场机制,配套相关改革措施。     

田园综合体建设初期土地利用效益综合评价——以鲁家村为例

以鲁家村田园综合体项目为例,构建田园综合体土地利用效益评价指标体系,综合运用层次分析法和变异系数法组合确定指标权重,并从社会效益、经济效益、生态效益3方面对其土地利用效益进行综合分析,以期为田园综合体建设提供借鉴。结果显示:鲁家村田园综合体建设初期土地利用效益评价中,社会效益、经济效益、生态效益所占比重依次减小。鲁家村土地利用效益在田园综合体规划实施后有较大提升,社会效益、经济效益于2016—2017年增幅较大,2017—2018年增幅较小;生态效益在2016—2018年总体呈现稳定小幅增长。总的来看,鲁家村田园综合体建设对当地社会发展、经济提升、生态保护等均有正向影响,且在短期内社会效益、经济效益显著,而生态效应提升不明显。