Ibex diggings in the Negev Desert highlands of Israel as microhabitats for annual plants. Soil salinity, location and digging depth affecting variety and density of plant species

About 400 Nubian ibex (Capra ibex nubiana) dig many hundreds of temporary night beds, approximately 80 cm × 110 cm and 15 cm deep, on slopes near the edges of the cliffs bordering the Zin valley. The beds are used according to the wind direction and the size of the ibex group, which depends on the ibex social behaviour during the year.The diggings are gradually abandoned and become important microhabitats for seed accumulation and germination, seedling development and annual plant establishment. These are influenced by soil salinity, slope direction and angle, digging depth, and the time since the diggings were abandoned. A greater variety of plant species and plant density were found in these diggings than upslope from the diggings.     

Constraints of Housing Age and Migration on Residential Mobility

This paper investigates the role of housing age in constraining residential mobility, measured as the percent of households that have moved into their homes in the past 15 months. The leading explanation for why mobility rates differ so much among regions of the United States has been the overall level of growth. The present analysis shows that the growth effect operates through both the newness of population (migration) and the newness of housing available for occupancy by all local residents. The posited explanation for this housing age effect is that progressively older units contain increasingly settled occupants, yielding fewer opportunities for in-movers in areas with older housing. It is empirically demonstrated that households in older housing have lower likelihood of recent mobility even after controlling for age, tenure, migration status, and state location of residence. The analysis reveals the temporal interdependency of mobility, migration, person age, and housing age.     

Small-scale vegetation dynamics in semi-arid steppe in Inner Mongolia

Small-scale vegetation dynamics were followed for ecotones and in uniform stands inArtemisia-dominated steppe vegetation under grazing and when recovering from heavy grazing. Species composition was followed annually for 5 years in 1 m²and 0·25 m²plots for (1) presence–absence; (2) density; and (3) biomass.More rapid vegetation dynamics, in terms of change of type of vegetation and distance moved in DCA species space between sampling occasions, were observed in smaller plots and in early seral stages, where species were few and alpha diversity low. Only the plots recently protected from grazing showed a directional vegetation change; those protected for more than 3 years and those under continued grazing showed, at this scale, non-directional dynamics.     

X2检验假设分布有效性的岩体工程应用

在工程地质问题中许多现象是不确定、且具有随机分布的特性，而这种随机分布特性往往可以采用某种形式的密度函数来描述。采用Ｘ２检验假设分布有效性是一个重要的方法，采用该法可以获得观测数据最佳拟合的概率模型，通过自编程序可以同时检验多种概率密度函数并选取最佳模型。本文将介绍这一方法，并通过一个实例加以说明。     

频率域位场快速正则化反演界面和物性分布

从理论与模型算例两方面对一种以Ｐａｒｋｅｒ公式为基础的频率域位场反演方法做了进一步深入研究。表明它是一种能够更有效地引入低通滤波因子的迭代方法。与改进的正则化稳定因子相结合，提出新的快速正则化反演方法。除了将其用于反演求解均质界面以外，它也被推广至变物性的界面反演以及物性反演     

不整合界限地层单位确立及划分的重要意义──兼论华北地层区不整合界限地层单位的划分和命名

在进行岩石地层划分时，有必要进行不整合界限地层单位的划分。不整合界限地层单位是顶底以不整合界面为限，而由有关联的若干个基本岩石地层单位──组（群）组成的组合。和岩石地层单位一样，是自然界存在的客观实体。初步建议华北地区划分为８个不整合界限地层单位：桑干河序列、五台山序列、滹沱河序列、秦幽序列、冀鲁序列、三晋序列、燕辽序列、河海序列。不整合界限地层单位的划分、确立，是进行地层格架分析、进行层序地层学研究的前提，有利于以岩石地层单位（即以不整合界限地层单位）编制小比例尺地质图。     

夯扩桩半模夯扩试验及夯扩机理探讨

设计了夯扩桩半模夯扩试验，采用读数显微镜直接测读上体质点位移，获得了不同密度的均匀砂土中砂粒的位移，由此确定土体的位移场和密度场。借鉴魏西克（Ｖｅｓｉｃ）球形孔穴膨胀理论和梅耶霍夫（Ｍｅｙｅｒｈｏｆ）塑性剪切理论，结合模型试验成果，对夯扩机理作了探讨，并定性地提出了夯扩机理模式。     

应力波与可滑移岩石界面间的相互作用研究

研究了应力波与用节理刚度系数描述的线性滑移岩石界面间的相互作用，给出了其透、反射波幅的一般表达式。通过应力波垂直人射界面时的具体分析，反映出岩石界面的节理刚度对应力波传播的重要影响，并揭示了岩石界面对应力波的高频滤波作用。     

泡沫泥浆钻进工艺及护壁堵漏机理研究

介绍了所研制的ＤＦ－１型泡沫剂组分及性能；对泡沫泥浆钻进的配方进行了研究，得出的最优配方应用于现场，取得了较好的效果，并对泡沫泥浆的护壁机理进行了研究。     

A variance-ratio test for supporting a variable mean in kriging

This article discusses the issue of whether to use a variable mean and describes a test that can be used to evaluate whether it is justified to add terms to the drift (deterministic part) of a geostatistical model. The basic model could be the intrinsic one, where the deterministic part is a constant, and the alternate model could be any model that includes a constant term in the expression for the drift. Also, differences between constant- and variable-mean models are discussed.