Diurnal and seasonal occurrence,feeding habits and mating behavior ofMaladera matrida adults in Israel

Adult populations ofMaladera matrida Argaman (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae), a beetle highly injurious to agricultural crops, were studied in the coastal plain of Israel from 1985 to 1988. There were two generations annually. Adults emerged in March, April or May and disappeared in October or November. The beetles are on the wing, mate, and feed at twilight and in the dark. Feeding and mating behavior, sex ratio, and preferred food plants were studied.     

The effects of agricultural fields and human settlements on the use of rivers by wildlife in the mid-Zambezi valley,Zimbabwe

After the eradication of the Tse-Tse fly in the Mid-Zambezi valley, human settlements and fields extended mainly along the main rivers. In order to investigate the consequences of this human development on wildlife diversity we monitored three rivers of the Mid-Zambezi valley in Zimbabwe: Angwa, Manyame and Kadzi. The rivers were divided in segments of 200 m which were checked for spoors in order to assess the number of species and the number of individuals that used the segments. Human settlements were also recorded. We used a GIS to define the spatial characteristics of the fields present along the rivers, and related them to the distribution and abundance of wild species spoors in the river beds and banks. Our results show that the number of species in one segment of the river decreased with the increasing size of the field area bordering the segment. For all the major ungulate species, the numbers of individuals recorded per segment decreased with increasing field area. A similar trend was observed for small and medium-sized carnivores, though they were in lower numbers when present. Our analyses thus confirm that the extension of human agriculture in wildlife areas has an impact on most wild species, but we also define some threshold value of field size above which there seem to be an acceleration of the decrease in wildlife density and diversity: 3.2 ha for medium and small herbivores and carnivores; only the elephant seem to tolerate larger field area with a threshold value of 32 ha.This revised version was published online in May 2005 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

一维马尔可夫链模拟黑河中游流域土壤质地垂向变异

黑河中游地区土壤剖面砂、黏层次相间排列的特点及部分区域剖面中出现的不透水层对土壤中的水分运动和溶质迁移具有重要影响。该研究调查了黑河中游100 km2区域内土壤剖面的质地分层情况,运用一维嵌入马尔可夫链模型模拟该地区的土壤质地剖面。研究表明,研究区土壤剖面共出现砂土、壤质砂土、砂质壤土、壤土、黏质壤土、粉黏壤土和粉黏土7种质地类型,层次厚度呈对数正态分布。粉黏土未在表层土壤出现,而砂土在表层出现的概率明显高于其余质地类型,剖面某一质地层之下多出现细粒含量比其高的下一质地类型。剖面上相邻两质地层之间的转移具有明显的马尔可夫链特征（简称马氏性）,且马氏链是平稳的。一维嵌入马尔可夫链模型能够较好地描述研究区土壤质地层次的垂向变化,剖面主要的质地层次组合为：砂—壤、壤—砂、壤—黏、黏—壤。对土壤质地剖面的定量模拟,可以为开展该区域土壤水循环、转化和溶质迁移等相关研究提供参考。     

攀西地区黑山羊mtDNA D-loop区遗传多态性研究

对攀西地区9个黑山羊类群线粒体mtDNA D-loop区序列多态性及系统进化进行探讨。结果表明:群体间共有多态位点178个,单一多态位点47个,简约信息位点131个,平均核苷酸歧义度为0.03500,有53种单倍型,说明遗传多样性丰富;而通过构建黑山羊系统树可以看出,9个类群黑山羊明显分为3支系,即支系A～C。进而揭示黑山羊是多母系起源。     

覆盖对红叶石楠和红豆杉生长的影响

在相同地域条件下,采用传统养护方式与覆盖养护方式的对比试验,研究覆盖对红叶石楠和红豆杉生长的影响。结果表明:合理有效的覆盖养护方式,可以明显的改良土壤肥力,促进植株生长。     

我国农业机械化与城镇化关系的协整分析

在讨论我国农业机械化发展的内在机制以及与城镇化关系的基础上,运用协整分析方法建立时间序列数据模型,经过格兰杰因果关系检验,验证农业机械化与城镇化之间的长期稳定关系,进一步建立误差修正模型探讨这种稳定关系在长期内与短期内的动态变化特征,并预测我国2020年农业机械化发展水平。结果表明,在长期内,城镇化率增加一个单位农业机械化水平将提高1.09个单位。但是,农业机械化对当期城镇化的推进反应是滞后的,而是反映在长期趋势上。预测显示,2020年我国农业机械化水平将达到67.45%。