横断山特有植物区系的物种多样性与生物地理学研究

前人对横断山区特有植物的宏生态学研究已有一定的资料积累，对横断山区在全球生物多样性保护中的关键地位和特有现象已有基本共识：（1）横断山区是全球生物多样性关键地区和生物多样性优先重点保护的热点地区之一；（2）横断山区不仅是中国的三大特有植物分布中心之一，而且是新特有中心和物种分化中心，特有现象的生态成因大于历史成因。横断山区种子植物种类丰富，且具有较高的特有现象，其中既有古特有成分也有新特有成分但更多的是新特有成分。但目前，关于横断山区特有现象与生态特征、特有种分布与物种丰富度、特有种丰富度与海拔梯度以及植被的关系等仍缺乏深入的研究。针对上述问题，本论文初步研究了横断山区（1）特有种的生活型、种子散布方式、传粉方式和繁育系统等生态特征，各生态特征之间的相关关系，以及它们的进化地位；（2）特有种的水平分布格局及环境成因；和（3）特有种和生态特征沿海拔梯度的变化规律。主要结论如下： 1．横断山区含特有植物2396个分类群（包括种、亚种和变种），隶属于372属90科。特有类群在372个属中的分布非常不均匀，约一半的特有类群（50.2%）集中分布在较少的属中（占总属数的6%），含特有类群的属大小差异很大，重要的大属是：马先蒿属、乌头属、杜鹃花属、翠雀属、紫堇属、虎耳草属、报春花属、小檗属、黄芪属、凤毛菊属、蚤缀属、橐吾属、龙胆属、景天属、柳属、苔草属、香茶菜属、凤仙花属、紫菀属、鼠尾草属和蝇子草属等，这些属多以横断山为分布和分化中心，为新特有成分。另外，地面芽植物和隐芽植物等占有绝对优势，而矮高位芽植物、高位芽植物、地面芽植物等占有较低的比例，反映了该特有区系的高山、亚高山植物区系特点，但又不乏与热带植物区系的渊源。与世界其它高山地区相比，该特有区系中的地面芽植物、隐芽植物和一年生植物有较高的比例。 2．草本、风力散布种子、昆虫传粉和两性花等为该特有植物区系的优势生态特征。除传粉方式和生活型间无明显的相互作用外，其它生态特征间都存在明显的正相关关系。定量化研究结果表明该特有区系特有种的传粉方式进化可塑性很小，处于保守（或原始）的进化地位。相反，种子散布方式和繁育系统的进化可塑性较大，处于衍生（或进化）的进化地位，是不同种系在历史发育过程中不同阶段的产物。生活型的进化地位在种间有较大的分异，具较小或较大可塑性的各占有一定的比例，因此生活型中既保留处于保守（或原始）的进化地位也有处于衍生（或进化）的进化地位，两种进化状态的生活型在该特有区系中并存，该特征不但是种系在进化早期决定的，同时也是不同种系在进化过程中获得的。 3． 特有种的分布不均匀，较高比例的特有种局限分布在较少的几个地区，北纬28-29°线是特有种丰富度重要的南北分界线。聚类分析结果表明其分布可以划分为3个物种聚集群：（1）北纬28-29°以北、北纬34°以南的藏东川西北物种聚集群；（2）北纬28-29°以南、北纬26°以北的藏东南—滇西北—川西南物种聚集群；和（3）北纬26°以南、北纬25°以北的滇西北物种聚集群。其中，藏东南—滇西北—川西南物种聚集群特有种丰富度最高，是横断山区特有种分布的核心区；滇西北物种聚集群特有种丰富度最低，藏东川西北物种聚集群特有种丰富度居中。藏东南—滇西北—川西南物种聚集群之所以特有种类丰富很有可能与该小区具有高的物种丰富度和落叶阔叶林、常绿/落叶针叶林的分布有密切的联系。在区域尺度上，横断山区总物种的分布中心与特有中心存在分异。尽管两者都处于北纬28-29°以南、北纬26°以北的藏东南—滇西北—川西南小区，但特有中心具有较小的分布范围，而总物种的丰富度中心分布范围较大。因此，我们推测特有分布中心不但与落叶阔叶林和常绿/落叶针叶林有密切的联系，而且也与物种丰富度有关。特有种与植被类型尤其是与常绿阔叶林和落叶阔叶林的关系研究对揭示特有现象的发生、性质和特点有一定的意义，有关研究尚需进一步开展。此外，海拔高差、区系物种丰富度、地理位置和单元面积为特有种丰富度地理分布的总体变异提供了74.7%的解释。 4．研究地区的南缘和东南缘有高比例的木本特有植物，而草本特有植物的比例相对最低，反映出该横断山区南缘的特有植物与热带植物区系的渊源关系，其成分多为一些古老的特有成分；而高比例和较高比例的草本特有植物在研究地区普遍存在，包括研究区域南、北的大部分地区，显然草本特有植物是横断山的优势特有成分。这种以草本特有植物为特征的高山、亚高山特有植物区系有别于我国其它两大特有植物分布中心。该特有中心的成因的最终解释还需要从物种形成（speciation）、灭绝（extinction）和扩散（biogeographic dispersal）——这三个直接影响一个地区物种数量变化的过程来考虑。 5．特有种丰富度沿海拔梯度呈“单峰” 变化曲线，在中海拔段达到峰值。与中国特有种、世界广布种相比，特有种的峰值最高，最适海拔分布范围最窄。特有率随海拔上升而逐渐增高，但在海拔5000-5500 m左右突然上升，在海拔6000 m左右达到最高值。说明（1）物种分布区和丰富度存在着正相关，即特有种具有小的分布区，而广布种的分布区较大；（2）特有率的线性变化规律反映了物种丰富度和特有现象之间的关系，即物种丰富度最大峰值以上海拔段物种数量减少，但特有率增加，说明了该特有区系的高海拔性质。 6．特有种沿海拔梯度表现出大小明显不同的物种聚集群，可能与横断山区的山地垂直气候及相应的植被类型有关。在2600-4600 m海拔段特有种数量最多，这可能与该海拔段分布着落叶阔叶林和常绿/落叶针叶林有密切的联系。特有植物沿海拔梯度可分为四个不同海拔段的物种聚集群：（1）200-1000 m；（2）1000-2600 m； （3）2600-4600 m；和（4）4600-6400 m。在对应海拔段依次分布着干热河谷稀树灌草丛、常绿阔叶林、落叶阔叶林和常绿/落叶针叶林、高山流石滩稀疏植丛。其中，分布在2600-4600 m海拔段的物种丰富度最高，1000-2600 m海拔段的物种丰富度次之，200-1000 m、4600-6400 m两个海拔段物种丰富度较低。 7．特有区系中占优势的生态特征包括草本、风力散布种子、虫媒传粉、两性花和克隆性等对海拔梯度的适应也呈“单峰” 变化曲线，但该主要特征与次要的生态特征（木本、动物散布种子、风媒传粉、单性花和非克隆性）相比，均具有较高的海拔峰值和较窄的最适分布范围，反映了主要生态特征对中、高海拔的适应特点。主要的生态特征与次要的生态特征并存构成了横断山区特有区系的基本生态特征。

中部天山林线动态对气候变化的响应研究

中部天山高山林线构成一个对气候变化及其变化程度的理想而敏感的代表性指标，低温、干旱和水分胁迫等都可能限制森林的分布和影响林线的形成。本文通过沿海拔梯度定位调查高山林线样地天山云杉种群的更新情况，利用树木年轮气候学和生态学方法，研究了林线天山云杉种群的时间动态和空间动态及其与气候变化的关系，并取得了一些初步结果。 利用不同年龄的树木年轮序列建立了三个不同年龄的树木年轮宽度年表，幼龄(<100年)，中龄(100-200年)和老龄(>200年) 树木都与当年生长季前期1-3月份的温度显著正相关，和当年1月份和7月份的降水显著正相关。但不同年龄的天山云杉对气候变化的响应结果不同，幼龄(<100年)天山云杉对气候变化的响应程度随年龄的增加而增加，但变化趋势不明显；中龄树木(100-200年)对气候变化的响应随年龄的增加而降低；老龄(>200年)天山云杉受年龄的影响不大。 有关古气候变化的相关研究中，都是尽可能采取年代长的树木年轮样本建立年代较长的年表，并利用最近几十年的气候资料与最近几十年的树木生长的相关关系来重建古气候变化情况。本文的研究结果表明，将不同年龄天山云杉的树木年轮宽度序列放在一起所建成的多年龄复合年表包含有更多的气候信息，显示出当地天山云杉种群对气候变化反应的共性。研究结果表明在建树木年轮的宽度年表时，选用一定数量的不同年龄的树木年轮宽度序列可增强年表对气候变化的响应关系。 利用不同年龄的天山云杉样本建成的复合年龄的树木年轮宽度年表对冬季的最低温度的响应关系，重建了中部天山高山林线地区过去300年来的冬季最低温度。重建的冬季最低温度的有几个明显的暖期和冷期，20世纪50年代以来冬季低温则表现出显著增高的变化趋势。 中部天山高山林线天山云杉种群的胸径和年龄结构以都呈倒-J型分布，说明天山云杉种群更新良好，处于稳定发展时期。随着全球变暖和温度的升高，20世纪以来中部天山高山林线天山云杉的种群更新数量较多，天山云杉的密度有所增加，但林线位置并没有显著的上升，不同年代内更新的树木所到达的海拔高度也不一样。中部天山高山林线天山云杉种群发生的时间动态主要和冬季最低温度正相关，而不同时间内更新的天山云杉种群空间动态形成原因比较复杂，主要和冬季低温负相关。

天山不同海拔高度下长鳞红景天种群遗传多样性分析

长鳞红景天（Rhodiola gelida）属景天科红景天属，多年生草本。主要分布在我国新疆中部天山。在天山一号冰川观测试验站附近的高寒草甸上，从海拔3850m~4010m均有长鳞红景天分布。长鳞红景天是一种重要的药用植物，但目前尚未见到有关其遗传多样性方面的研究报道。本文利用相关序列扩增多态性（sequence-related amplified polymorphism，SRAP）分子标记技术，对新疆天山不同海拔高度3个长鳞红景天种群的遗传多样性，种群内及种群间的遗传变异进行研究，为有效保护和合理利用长鳞红景天物种资源提供理论依据。主要结果如下： （1）基于CTAB法，建立了适合长鳞红景天的DNA提取方法，获得的DNA经琼脂糖电泳和紫外分析仪检测，浓度和质量均较高。该法有利于去除长鳞红景天植物材料中多糖、多酚类等物质，获得的高质量基因组DNA能够满足后续的PCR实验要求。 （2）采用正交实验对影响长鳞红景天SRAP-PCR反应的4个主要因素（Taq酶用量、Mg2+浓度、dNTP浓度、引物浓度）进行优化试验，选出这4个因素的最佳水平组合，建立了长鳞红景天SRAP-PCR最佳反应体系。同时，根据最佳体系筛选出扩增稳定、多态性丰富的SRAP引物。通过梯度PCR确定引物的最佳退火温度，得到了适合长鳞红景天SRAP-PCR反应的最佳扩增程序。 （3）对20对SRAP引物的扩增结果进行统计分析显示：长鳞红景天物种水平的多态位点百分率(P)为96.00 %，Shannon信息指数(I)为0.4484、基因多样性指数(H)为0.2922，表现出较高的遗传多样性水平；在海拔梯度上，长鳞红景天各种群间的遗传多样性水平有一定差异，但没有呈现规律性的变化；AMOVA分子变异分析显示，在总遗传变异中24.76 % 的变异存在于种群间，75.24 % 的变异存在于种群内，种群间的基因分化系数(Gst)为0.1749，表明3个长鳞红景天种群的变异主要存在于种群内，但种群间也出现了一定程度的遗传分化；长鳞红景天3个种群间的基因流为2.3595，遗传距离平均值为0.0981（变化范围：0.0768 ～0.1196），遗传距离较近，说明海拔高度对长鳞红景天的地理隔离较小；相关性分析表明长鳞红景天种群的遗传多样性与各生态因子的相关性均不显著。

Results of the Austrian-Ceylonese hydrobiological mission 1970 of the 1st Zoological Institute of the University of Vienna (Austria) and the Department of Zoology of the Vidyalankara University of Ceylon, Kelaniya. Pt. 1. Preliminary report: introduction and description of the stations

The Austrian-Ceylonese hydrobiological mission of 1970 investigated and made collections from 36 flowing water systems (brooks, torrents, rivers); of these, 34 water systems were in the mountains regions of south-west and south-east of Sri Lanka. In the crystalline mountain region, the water systems are extremely poor in electrolytes, very soft and slightly acid; these torrential streams have strong falls, high flow velocities and boulder bottoms. The water temperatures increase from the sources and brooks at 2,000 m altitude to the mouths from 15°C to 28°C. The density of animal population (macro and meso-fauna) increases from the river bank regions (and pools) towards the sections with strong current and reaches on the rocks in the cascades a density of 500 to appr. 750 individuals/1/16m².

Results of the Austrian-Ceylonese hydrobiological mission 1970 of the 1st Zoological Institute of the University of Vienna (Austria) and the Department of Zoology of the Vidyalankara University of Ceylon, Kelaniya. Pt. 10. Freshwater triclads (Turbellaria, Tricladida) from Ceylon

The collection of Triclads from the Austrian-Ceylonese hydrobiological mission originates from 23 streams in the mountains of the south of Sri Lanka. All collected animals are of the Dugesia gonocephala (Dug.) type. Unfortunately the determinable mature animals were very rare in the samples but it seems certain that all the Triclads, found by the mission, belong to Dugesia nannophallus, described by Ball in 1970 after two individuals from Dunhinda, Badulla (Prov. Uva, Sri Lanka).

Results of the Austrian-Ceylonese hydrobiological mission 1970 of the 1st Zoological Institute of the University of Vienna (Austria) and the Department of Zoology of the University of Ceylon, Vidyalankara Campus, Kelaniya. Pt. 14. The freshwater crabs of the Ceylonese mountain rivers

The report deals with the material on freshwater crabs, collected by the Austrian-Ceylonese hydrobiological mission 1970 from the running waters of the mountains in south-west Ceylon. The locality records for Paratelphusa (Oziotelphusa) senex (Fabricius 1798) Paratelphusa (Ceylontelphusa) sorror (Zehntner 1894) and Paratelphusa (Ceylontelphusa) rugosa (Kingsley 1880), are described.

What are the closest relatives of the hot-spring snakes (Colubridae, Thermophis), the relict species endemic to the Tibetan Plateau?

We conducted phylogenetic analyses to identify the closest related living relatives of the Xizang and Sichuan hot-spring snakes (T baileyi and T. zhaoermii) endemic to the Tibetan Plateau, using mitochondrial DNA sequences (cyt b, ND4) from eight specimen

云南无量山黑长臂猿对植物种子的传播作用

2005年9月至2006年4月,对无量山一群黑长臂猿进行观察,研究黑长臂猿在植物种子传播中的作用.观察记录黑长臂猿一天的排便次数并收集粪便.通过直接观察和收集长臂猿粪便确定长臂猿取食的果实种类.以森林中采集的果实种子为对照标本,对粪便中的种子进行鉴定,并记录各种种子的数量,测量其长度、宽度和重量.结果表明观察期间黑长臂猿共取食31种果实,其中有1种在被取食时尚未成熟,另有2种果实的种子在取食后遭到破坏,还有1种植物的种子不能被长臂猿吞食而得不到传播,黑长臂猿可为27种植物传播种子.黑长臂猿个体平均每天排便2次,粪便的平均湿重为22.7 g,每份粪便平均含有1种植物的种子;在不包含小种子(直径<3 mm)的情况下,平均每份粪便中含有12粒种子.总的来说,黑长臂猿是有效的种子传播者.

云南哀牢山平河黑长臂猿栖息地乔木结构分析

采用样方方法对栖息于云南省哀牢山平河(E 101°17′16.1″,N 24°20′09.5″,海拔2 600 m)的黑长臂猿(Nomascus concolor)栖息地乔木层结构进行了调查.调查中共记录到乔木57种隶属于23科37属;木质藤本植物9种隶属于6科8属.优势科主要为杜鹃花科(Ericaceae)、木兰科(Magnoliaceae)、山茶科(Theaceae)和壳斗科(Fagaceae)植物.主要树种重要值排序表明,露珠杜鹃(Rhododendron irroratum)为该地区最主要的优势种,在各坡位中均有广泛分布.乔木的多样性指数、均匀度指数在沟底明显降低,而乔木1层和2层所占的比例以及木质藤本的平均多度均随着坡位的下降而升高.与其他地区的长臂猿相比,哀牢山黑长臂猿的活动程度较低(10-22 m),果实性食物种类较少.

Molecular phylogeny and taxonomy of wood mice (genus Apodemus Kaup, 1829) based on complete mtDNA cytochrome b sequences, with emphasis on Chinese species

Phylogenetic relationships among 15 species of wood mice (genus Apodemus) were reconstructed to explore some long-standing taxonomic problems. The results provided support for the monophyly of the genus Apodemus, but could not reject the hypothesis of paraphyly for this genus. Our data divided the 15 species into four major groups: (1) the Sylvaemus group (A. sylvaticus, A. flavicollis, A. alpicola, and A. uralensis), (2) the Apodemus group (A. peninsulae, A. chevreri, A. agrarius, A. speciosus, A. draco, A. ilex, A. semotus, A. latronum, and A. mystacinus), (3) A. argenteus, and (4) A. gurkha. Our results also suggested that orestes should be a valid subspecies of A. draco rather than an independent species; in contrast, A. ilex from Yunnan may be regarded as a separate species rather than a synonym of orestes or draco. The species level status of A. latronum, tscherga as synonyms of A. uralensis, and A. chevrieri as a valid species and the closest sibling species of A. agrarius were further corroborated by our data. Applying a molecular clock with the divergences of Mus and Rattus set at 12 million years ago (Mya) as a calibration point, it was estimated that five old lineages (A. mystacinus and four major groups above) diverged in the late Miocene (7.82-12.74 Mya). Then the Apodemus group (excluding A. mystacinus) split into two subgroups: agrarius and draco, at about 7.17-9.95 Mya. Four species of the Sylvaemus group were estimated to diverge at about 2.92-5.21 Mya. The Hengduan Mountains Region was hypothesized to have played important roles in Apodemus evolutionary histories since the Pleistocene. (C) 2004 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

The stripe-backed weasel Mustela strigidorsa: taxonomy, ecology, distribution and status

1. The stripe-backed weasel Mustela strigidorsa is one of the rarest and least-known mustelids in the world. Its phylogenetic relationships with other Mustela species remain controversial, though several unique morphological features distinguish it from congeners. 2. It probably lives mainly in evergreen forests in hills and mountains, but has also been recorded from plains forest, dense scrub, secondary forest, grassland and farmland. Known sites range in altitude from 90 m to 2500 m. Data are insufficient to distinguish between habitat and altitudes which support populations, and those where only dispersing animals may occur. 3. It has been confirmed from many localities in north-east India, north and central Myanmar, south China, north Thailand, north and central Laos, and north and central Vietnam. Given the limited survey effort, the number of recent records shows that the species is not as rare as hitherto believed. Neither specific nor urgent conservation needs are apparent.

Gibbons under seasonal stress: the diet of the black crested gibbon (Nomascus concolor) on Mt. Wuliang, Central Yunnan, China

The diet of a habituated group of black crested gibbon (Nomascus concolor jingdongensis) was studied from March 2005 to April 2006 in the Wuliang Mountains, central Yunnan, China. Gibbons consumed 77 different plant species, one mammal-, two bird-, one li

Taxonomic review of the genus Sinocrossocheilus Wu (Teleostei : Cyprinidae), with a description of four new species

All Sinocrossocheilus species, except S. microstomatus, are reviewed. Four new species, S. labiata, S. papillolabra, S. nigrovittata, and S. longibulla, are described. The genus Sinocrossocheilus differs from other genera of Cyprinidae by the last simple dorsal fin ray being unserrated and unossified, the last unbranched anal fin ray being unserrated and unossified, the 5-branched anal fin rays, the mouth gap being inferior, the rostral cap covering the lower jaw and connecting directly with the lower lip, a row of fleshy lobes on the lower jaw, and a cloudy black spot above the pectoral fin. Sinocrossocheilus labiata is small and has 22 predorsal scales; S. longibulla has a very large air bladder; S. papillolabra possesses a well-developed ventral fin and a wide band covered by fleshy papillae on the lower lip; and S. nigrovittata possesses black longitudinal stripes along the lateral line. Crossocheilus bamaensis and Crossocheilus liuchengensis are transferred to the genus Sinocrossocheilus. Sinocrossocheilus species are endemic to the central and eastern Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau of China, where river systems are anfractuous, including seasonal rivers, cave rivers, underground rivers, and streamlets between mountains. These separated rivers probably provide conditions for the allopatric speciation of the Sinocrossocheilus.

Molecular and morphological analysis of endangered species Gymnodiptychus integrigymnatus (Teleostei: Cyprinidae)

Gymnodiptychus integrigymnatus is a critically endangered species endemic to the Gaoligongshan Mountains. It was thought to be only distributed in several headwater-streams of the Longchuanjiang River (west slope of the Gaoligongshan Mountains, belonging to the Irrawaddy River drainage). In recent years, dozens of G. integrigymnatus specimens have been collected in some streams on the east slope of the Gaoligongshan Mountains (the Salween drainage). We performed a morphological and genetic analyses (based on cytochrome b and D-loop) of the newly discovered populations of G. integrigymnatus to determine whether the degree of separation of these populations warrants species status. Our analysis from the cytochrome b gene revealed that nine individuals from the Irrawaddy drainage area and seven individuals from the Salween drainage area each have only one unique haplotype. The genetic distance between the two haplotypes is 1.97%. Our phylogenetic analysis revealed that G. integrigymnatus is closely related to highly specialized schizothoracine fishes. Analysis from the mitochondrial control region revealed that G. integrigymnatus has relatively high genetic diversity (pi was 0.00891 and h was 0.8714), and individuals from different river drainages do not share the same haplotypes. The AMOVA results indicated 87.27% genetic variability between the Salween and Irrawaddy populations. Phylogenetic trees show two major geographic groups corresponding to the river systems. We recommend that G. integrigymnatus should be considered as a high priority for protected species status in the Gaoligongshan Mountains National Nature Reserve, and that the area of the Gaoligongshan Mountains National Nature Reserve should be expanded to cover the entire distribution of G. integrigymnatus. Populations of G. integrigymnatus from different river systems should be treated as evolutionarily significant units.

Fishery resources: their exploitation, management and conservation in Africa

The beginning of the 20th century saw the discovery of Africa's vast natural resources. Not only did explorers "discover" lakes, rivers, forests and mountains but scientists and naturalists also "discovered what at that time were called new species of plants, fish and other animals. Thus scientific names were tagged to various species using the famed binomial nomenclature and immortalising the names of some of the people who first described those species. Africa of course abounds with thousands of different floral and faunal varieties and the early colonial scientists found the African environment lucrative fron the point of discovery of new species. This paper therefore attempts to descrihe the role science could only in the development and exploitation of one of Africa's renewable resources namely fisheries. This paper has attempted to expose the value of fish in human nutrition, provision of employment and uplifting of social and economic standards. The fishery resources of Africa are extensive and in the main not fully exploited. These resources like other natural resources are exhaustible although renewable. Efforts to exploit these resources must be encouraged but scientific planning and management of the resource is called for.