淮北煤田早二叠世化石植物古生态

淮北煤田早二叠世化石植物丰富，其形成于炎热多雨的热带滨海三角洲沉积体系中。下三角洲平原是该区化石植物最宜生长的地方。早二叠世该区化石植物常形成四类植物群落：森林沼泽植物群落、沿岸水生植物群落、高地植物群落、三角洲平原真蕨及种子蕨混生植物群落（早期）、树蕨－大羽羊齿类雨林植物群落（晚期）。随着时间的推移，这四类植物群落的结构及面貌发生着不断的变化；其演替显示，早二叠世晚期该区气侯更加湿热，雨林气侯更为普遍。     

澜沧江上游德钦县亚高山、高山草地群落类型及其特点

摘要：采用样方调查方法获得94个草地群落样方,对澜沧江上游德钦县亚高山、高山草地群落类型及其特点进行了初步分析。结果表明,该县亚高山、高山草地群落类型存在20个类型。在放牧干扰下,大多数群落类型处于退化状态,相互之间存在明显的群落替代关系;调查发现群落中每平方米内平均含8种草本植物,平均盖度62．4％,地上平均生物量是4859kg／hm^2,平均可食率为61．5％;鸢尾群落、牛旁群落和小狼毒群落是草地严重退化后形成的典型有毒害群落类型;长期的高强度放牧虽然增加了群落类型多样性,但减少了群落内物种多样性。总体而言,长期的放牧干扰降低了德钦草地的生物多样性的质量及其生态服务功能,导致草地生态系统的非持续发展。     

库姆塔格沙漠梭梭群落特征研究

 在对库姆塔格沙漠植被调查的基础上，以天然梭梭为研究对象，从群落结构、分布和生长特性等方面研究了梭梭群落的结构特征及其自然生存规律。结果表明：沙漠南缘地带为梭梭群落的分布定居区。由于生境及地貌类型的不同，群落结构差异性较大。随着植被类型由东部山前荒漠草原向西部典型荒漠植被类型过渡，梭梭群落相对数量及相对盖度增大，由伴生种转化为建群种。水分是影响梭梭种群自然生长及更新的主导因素，成龄梭梭的生长差异性表现为河床梭梭优于滩地梭梭，沙地梭梭好于戈壁梭梭;小龄级梭梭幼苗主要分布在河床冲沟边缘附近，形成垂直河床的条带状定居格局;深居沙漠腹地的老龄梭梭已基本上衰败死亡，测定年代距公元1950年为(314±54)a。风沙作用使沙漠南移，梭梭出现衰败死亡与自然更新的演替过程。     

Seismogenic destruction of the Kamenka medieval fortress, northern Issyk-Kul region, Tien Shan (Kyrgyzstan)

A paleoseismological study of the medieval Kamenka fortress in the northern part of the Issyk-Kul Lake depression, northern Tien Shan in Kyrgyzstan, revealed an oblique slip thrust fault scarp offsetting the fortification walls. This 700 m long scarp is not related to the 1911 Kebin Earthquake (Ms 8.2) fault scarps which are widespread in the region. As analysis of stratigraphy in a paleoseismic trench and archaeological evidence reveal, it can be assigned to a major twelfth century a.d. earthquake which produced up to 4 m of oblique slip thrusting antithetic to that of the nearby dominant faults. The inferred surface rupturing earthquake apparently caused the fortress destruction and was likely the primary reason for its abandonment, not the Mongolian–Tatar invasions as previously thought.     

棉铃虫种群消长及影响因子

耕作制度的改变,为棉铃虫种群数量上升提供了良好的食物源和生态环境;大面积使用化学农药,不仅削弱了天敌的控害作用,也提高了棉铃虫的抗药性;气候变暖,适宜于棉铃虫数量上升。因此,棉铃虫种群增加,棉花、玉米、小麦、豆类、瓜菜等受害也明显加重。要控制棉铃虫的发生程度,首先要防治棉田外一代幼虫和卵,减少一代种群数量;对二代棉铃虫,宜有选择地使用化学农药和生物农药进行防治,并充分发挥天敌的自然控制力,以减少种群数量;三代、四代棉铃虫主要危害作物繁殖器官,直接影响作物的产量和品质,以物理诱杀和玉米诱集带集中诱杀为主,既可控制其危害,又对其天敌无负面影响;五代棉铃虫虽对当年作物产量影响不大,但其种群数量直接影响下一年一代发生量,因此应及时喷施病毒类等生物性药剂,降低其越冬种群,同时也保护自然天敌安全越冬。     

Inconstancy in predator/prey ratios in Quaternary large mammal communities of Italy, with an appraisal of mechanisms

Constancy in predator/prey ratio (PPR) is a controversial issue in ecological research. Published reports support both constancy and inconstancy of the ratio in animal communities. Only a few studies, however, specifically address its course through time. Here we study the course of predator/prey ratio in communities of large Plio-Pleistocene mammals in Italy. After controlling for taphonomic biases, we find strong support for PPR inconstancy through time. Extinction, dispersal events, and differences in body size trends between predators and their prey were found to affect the ratio, which was distributed almost bimodally. We suggest that this stepwise dynamic in PPR indicates changes in ecosystem functioning. Prey richness was controlled by predation when PPR was high and by resources when PPR was low.